Lafitte spoke in a trembling voice.
"No one could survive an attack like that!"
Van Augur spoke gravely.
Marshall D. Teach's face was drenched in sweat, yet for a moment, even he could not tell whether the man was dead.
Those eyes were still bright and radiant, still gleaming with life as they stared coldly at him.
"Teach!!"
"You don't think this is enough to kill me, do you?"
A low voice suddenly rang out, and a sneer appeared on Xia Le's face.
"What?!!"
Everyone shuddered, their faces filling with shock and terror.
In the next instant, the body before them, which everyone had deemed certain to die, suddenly moved.
Like a howling gale, like thunder erupting, he unleashed a terrifying presence that shook the heavens.
"You, Teach!!"
"You're the one I loathe from the bottom of my heart!!!"
His icy voice seemed to rise from the depths of hell, reaching Teach's ears in an instant as that powerful, ferocious figure suddenly loomed before Marshall D. Teach.
"X-Xia Le!!"
"It's a misunderstanding! A misunderstanding!"
"I'll submit to you! I can become a Marine!"
In an instant, Marshall D. Teach began screaming in terror.
"Heh heh..."
Xia Le sneered.
He clenched both fists, black-red lightning flashing wildly as Armament Haki wrapped around them.
In the next second, his savage fist slammed into Marshall D. Teach's abdomen.
Bang!
Tremendous force blasted through Marshall D. Teach's body. He doubled over and spewed a mouthful of blood, his face contorted with utter terror and unbearable pain.
In the next instant, another brutal punch struck the other side of his face.
Marshall D. Teach lost his balance and crashed to the ground, his head spinning as stars danced before his eyes.
"H-help!"
He immediately screamed.
But in a flash, Xia Le's foot struck his waist