"Okay! I'll head over right now!"
Vic hung up the phone, said goodbye to Olvia, and then vanished from the room like Inazuma.
Since arriving in this world, besides Imu, the old coin that Vic has always kept in mind, now there's another one: Blackbeard!
Because Blackbeard escaped from Vic's grasp three times when he decided to eliminate this threat ahead of time, this man was like a thorn in Vic's heart, constantly affecting his mind. Now that Blackbeard has been located, he naturally cannot let him go any longer.
Although Vic travels through the clouds on the Law of Lightning, his speed is absolutely top-notch, but there is still quite a distance to travel from the latter half of the New World, across the Red Line, to the Calm Belt of Paradise.
So when Vic arrived at Amazon Lily, he found that the battle was over and over! The Marines had retreated, and Blackbeard had disappeared without a trace, leaving only the heavily damaged Amazon Lily and the shaken Amazon Lily behind.
"We're late! It's over already? I wonder how Hancock is doing!"
Vic landed on the outskirts of Amazon Lily and saw that a small part of the Mount Kuja, which was sculpted by a volcano in the center of the island, had been sheared away. He knew he was too late!
He hadn't expected the battle here to end so quickly!
That's pretty fast, even though it's a three-way conflict, or maybe a four-way conflict! But Blackbeard is in a league of his own because he invaded with the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit. He's confident he can even fight Vic.
So the confident Blackbeard resurfaced, setting his sights on Hancock's Devil Fruit ability. Apart from S-Hawk and S-Snake, two little guys he had never seen before, which surprised him somewhat, he didn't take the others seriously.
It wasn't until he gripped Hancock's slender neck and refused to let go that he sensed another Conqueror's Haki, and only then did Blackbeard realize he was in a predicament!
He didn't care about the Empress's strength, but he couldn't be immune to her Devil Fruit ability. He didn't have Vic's ability to regulate the secretion of various hormones and proteins in his body.
It's easy for Hancock's power to stir up primal desires and shake one's will, and then be petrified by another effect of the power—it's a bodily instinct!
Blackbeard could only feel at ease by using Armament Haki to imprison Hancock's power within her body, but at the crucial moment, Dark King Rayleigh, appeared with his powerful Conqueror's Haki.
Blackbeard was already struggling against Rayleigh, and with Boa Hancock constantly wearing down his Armament Haki and not daring to go all out, the outcome of the battle was hard to predict. For Blackbeard, who was used to playing it safe, this was not a worthwhile trade.
Therefore, Blackbeard quickly made a decision and retreated with the injured Marine Koby, which is why the battle here ended so quickly!
If it were just a simple battle between the Navy and the Kuja Pirates, it would have taken a long time because they were evenly matched. But with Blackbeard's crew involved, things are different; he's the kind of guy who likes to reap the rewards.
So when the two sides were fighting fiercely, he suddenly made his move, and in a very short time injured Koby and captured the Empress.
As for the formidable S-Hawk and S-Snake? Because a large number of Marines were petrified by Hancock, Koby feared that the powerful Seraphim destroy the stone statues formed from the Marines, and out of caution Seraphim.
Then the powerful Seraphim became a spectator, not intervening again after Blackbeard captured the Empress, until the arrival of Dark King Rayleigh. The four parties reached a silent agreement, and the chaos here ended instantly!
With no leader, the Navy naturally retreated, Blackbeard, having captured an important Navy figure as a hostage, didn't linger. Therefore, the turmoil on Amazon Lily subsided in a very short time, and by the time Vic arrived, the battle was already over!
"Huh!"
Vic released his Observation Haki, covering the entire Amazon Lily, and detected a familiar and powerful aura. After a quick thought, he knew that it must have been this old-fashioned guy who ruined his plans and scared Blackbeard away!
"Well, another wasted trip!"
"I should have had Ban use the Mirror World to send me here. That way, I definitely would have made it in time. Spatial abilities are so useful! If I had the time, I definitely wanted to get one and develop it properly!"
Although lightning is incredibly fast, making it unparalleled in both combat and travel, it still falls short compared to spatial abilities!
Moreover, when it comes to the ability to escape, what ability can compare to a spatial ability? Wasn't it precisely because of this ability that Van Augur escaped from a God Realm being like Blackbeard? Although it was by surprise.
Although Vic has already eaten two Devil Fruit, the Speed-Speed Fruit has never shown the weaknesses that a Devil Fruit user should have since he ate it!
He doesn't become powerless upon contact with seawater, nor does he experience any adverse reactions from touching Seastone. He can still use his Devil Fruit powers. This performance is already like God Realm who has mastered the Laws and returned to simplicity!
This is also why he was able to eat the second Rumble-Rumble Fruit without exploding. Vic only understood this after breaking through to the God Realm!
Although Vic's Law of Speed and Slowness are not yet fully mastered, his Law of Lightning are already fully mastered. This is like returning to his physical state before eating the Rumble-Rumble Fruit. In theory, he could continue to eat another Devil Fruit and comprehend other Laws, just like Imu, who comprehended multiple complete Laws over a long period of time!
"Since we're already here, let's go over and say hello!"
Vic saw that Blackbeard had already left and wanted to go straight back, but then he thought that since he was already here and Blackbeard was nowhere to be found for a while, and there were two acquaintances here, it would be a shame not to say hello.
With a few flashes of lightning and a shift in spatial location, Vic had already entered the volcano and arrived at the final battlefield between Blackbeard and the Empress, where many people had gathered!
Empress Hancock of the Amazon Lily was sitting on the ground with her head wrapped in bandages, leaning against Rayleigh's knees to rest. Next to her sat Shakky, the former queen of the Amazon Lily and the owner of the Shakky's Rip-off Bar.
Hancock escaped unscathed this time during the Navy's pursuit of the Shichibukai, but what about after that? The Navy can come once and then again!
The same goes for Blackbeard. Unless Rayleigh stays here, but that won't solve the fundamental problem, the high-ranking officials of Amazon Lily are gathered here, worrying about this issue.
Granny Nyon: "This ironclad rule forbidding men from entering has been in place for hundreds of years, but this is the first time it's been invaded by so many men! The mountains have collapsed and the city is severely damaged, alas!"
Hancock: "As long as I'm here, the Navy will keep coming. Where should I go?"
Granny Nyon: "Now that the Shichibukai system has been abolished, the agreement with the government prohibiting the invasion of Amazon Lily is also invalid. The problem is that the Navy can easily Calm Belt with its ships built of Seastone!"
Shakky: "It's so good that I'm still alive!"
Boa Sandersonia: "Thank you, Rayleigh!"
Shakky: "Progress can be a problem too! It's all Vegapunk's fault for his Seastone exoplanet; Calm Belt isn't safe anymore!"
Granny Nyon: "With the navy surrounding us, deploying new weapons, Blackbeard invading, I thought we were doomed!"
Rayleigh: "To be honest, that's exactly how I was saved. I'm getting old, and I can't possibly defeat Blackbeard head-on now! In other words, the Navy believes those new weapons can replace you Shichibukai!"
Boa Marigold: "And then those two androids..."
Boa Sandersonia: "They didn't even have a scratch until the very end! It's incredible, and one of them looks exactly like my sister when she was little!"
Rayleigh and his companions were reminiscing about their past experiences, marveling at the power of the Seraphim, the difficulty of dealing with Blackbeard, the loss of safety on Amazon Lily, and the uncertain future of Hancock!