"Zehahahaha!"
"We have every reason to work together, Donquixote Doflamingo. We already had a deal!"
"You've seen just how powerful and terrifying the strength I now wield is!"
Marshall D. Teach spoke with a booming laugh.
He was plainly brimming with confidence and arrogance. After years of hiding, he had seized the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit, and now he had obtained the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit as well.
One body possessed the formidable abilities of two Devil Fruits.
That meant he would never again need to conceal himself, scurry from hiding place to hiding place, or fear anyone else.
This chaotic paramount war would not only show the world River's terrifying strength, but also make his own name resound across the world.
"Indeed. Those powerful tremors have even me shaking!"
Donquixote Doflamingo laughed.
A glint flashed across his sunglasses, his eyes deadly serious behind them.
Darkness and tremors-both powers had indeed appeared in the same man. It was shocking and inconceivable.
Everyone knew that eating a Devil Fruit granted extraordinary supernatural abilities. But if someone greedily swallowed a second, the power of the Devil Fruits would cause their body to explode.
Yet the man before him truly wielded a second fruit's ability.
Perhaps he was another exceptional human besides River.
"Zehahahaha!"
"Let's start by wreaking havoc on Marineford!"
"It's about to sink anyway. I'll give you a hand!"
Blackbeard burst into laughter as he turned to face Marineford's plaza.
His outstretched hands suddenly shuddered. Rippling shock waves spread outward, and the space ahead showed signs of distortion.
Bending his knees slightly, Blackbeard laughed and yanked both hands downward, striking the pose that Whitebeard had once made so terrifying.
Crack-crack-crack!
In an instant, space shook and split apart. The fractures spread thousands upon thousands of meters through the air