"Huh? Why is the lightning wall still there? Wasn't Vic supposed to be dead? Wait!! He's not bleeding..."
After his self-righteous, maniacal laughter subsided, Blackbeard's initial excitement at shattering Vic's illusions gradually faded, and he finally realized something was wrong!
If a Devil Fruit user dies or loses consciousness, their abilities should also disappear. However, Blackbeard quickly realized that this wasn't entirely true. Logia Fruits, once Awakening, can permanently alter the surrounding environment, and they won't revert even after the user dies.
When Blackbeard thought that was the case, he looked at Vic's body parts again and found that Vic's body parts had not shed any blood!
Blackbeard finally realized that he had gotten a little carried away. Vic, a Logia- Logia user, was different from him, who couldn't elementalize. Vic could elementalize to avoid all physical damage, and even powerful vibrations and tearing forces were useless against him. Haki was his nemesis!
"You're awake now? I thought you were going to be smug for a while longer. This is quite amusing!"
From the pile of Vic's shattered body, a piece flew up, consisting of only a mouth and half a nose still attached. The voice came from this mouth, its tone mocking, showing no sign of weakness from being injured!
Then Inazuma flashed from the tear in the suspended fragments, and Inazuma also flashed from the pile of fragments on the ground, as if they were exchanging secret signals. Then the Inazuma connected, and fragments flew into the air and combined with the fragment with the mouth, quickly piecing together a complete Vic!
However, Vic's body was covered in cracks, like a piece of shattered ceramic that had been pieced back together. But as a beam of white light shot out from these cracks, Vic's body returned to normal. All of this seemed slow, but it was completed in an instant!
"You're mocking me! Ah! Ah! Ah!"
Blackbeard was furious. Vic could have recovered immediately, but he didn't, just to see Blackbeard's smug and ugly behavior. This cruel act was driving Blackbeard to the brink of a mental breakdown!
When had he ever experienced such contempt and humiliation? He was the man who killed his own Pops and aspired to become the King of the World! At this moment, his desire to kill Vic was at its peak!
So what?
Vic remained calm. Since he had Van Augur under control, Vic didn't believe Blackbeard could escape this time. He'd rather break through the Lightning Wall first.
That's a creation of complete Laws. Even if it can be torn open by the spatial shattering power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, it will instantly recover. It will be very difficult for Blackbeard to escape!
This is not to say that the complete Law of Lightning is weak, but Tremor-Tremor Fruit does indeed have immense destructive power, strong enough to tear space apart. Vic even speculates that the complete Law of Tremors could shatter this planet into dust in an instant!
Therefore, it's quite normal for the complete Law of Lightning to be suppressed for a moment by the incomplete Law of Tremors. Vic was indeed quite surprised when he saw this scene!
However, he didn't care because he sensed that the power that tore through space was still very weak. Even though Blackbeard used this tearing power against him, he didn't feel any danger. Moreover, as long as he killed Blackbeard now, he wouldn't be able to Awakening the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power!
" Dark Water!"
Blackbeard knew that the Tremor-Tremor Fruit wasn't very effective against Logia Fruit users, so he used the Dark-Dark Fruit on Vic again. He refused to believe that the Dark-Dark Fruit couldn't counter Vic's abilities!
Back then, he used the Dark-Dark Fruit to counter Ace's Flame-Flame Fruit. How is Vic, who is also a Logia Fruit user, any different?
Why not just use the Dark-Dark Fruit's power to pull Vic in and suppress his elemental transformation, then use the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power to shatter him?
Blackbeard thought this way, and he did it this way; the powerful suction of " Dark Water " enveloped Vic!
No matter how Blackbeard used his Devil Fruit power to absorb Vic's body, Vic's body remained unmoved. Only his clothes were pulled towards Blackbeard by a force, and a faint Conqueror's Haki permeated around Vic!
"You really want me to come over? Fine, here I come then?"
The powerful gravity of the Dark-Dark Fruit is also Devil Fruit ability. As long as it is a Devil Fruit ability, it will naturally be suppressed by Conqueror's Haki. Therefore, Blackbeard's " Dark Water " naturally failed!
With a cheerful tone, Vic stopped using Conqueror's Haki to resist the gravity. Instead, he took a step with the force, giving himself a considerable initial velocity. Then, Vic shot towards Blackbeard like an arrow!
Blackbeard's face lit up with joy when he saw Vic finally flying toward him, but the joy froze on his face in an instant!
Vic arrived too fast. Before he could even prepare his Tremor-Tremor Fruit attack, Vic was already in front of him—no, Vic's fist had already reached his face!
That was a fist imbued with Conqueror's Haki. A sharp pain and dizziness spread through Blackbeard's mind, almost causing him to faint!
However, it was precisely because the pain was so intense, coupled with his unique physical condition, that Blackbeard experienced pain more acutely than others, which ironically made his mind even clearer!
Using Vic's attack, Blackbeard flew towards the Lightning Wall. Just before he was about to crash into it, he used his Tremor-Tremor ability, which he had finally prepared, to tear a large hole in the Lightning Wall. Then, his entire body flew out through the hole!
After flying out of the lightning prison, Blackbeard finally breathed a sigh of relief, and because of this relief, he also spat out the blood that had been stuck in his mouth.
Vic's fist, imbued with Conqueror's Haki, was incredibly powerful. It was only because Blackbeard was resilient that he was only injured; anyone else would have been utterly destroyed!
Blackbeard, having coughed up blood, collapsed to the ground. He quickly endured the pain and got up, scanning his surroundings. He discovered that Stronger Stronger had been turned into a stone statue!
Blackbeard has always been wary of Boa Hancock's Devil Fruit ability, knowing it to be extremely powerful and wanting to acquire it for his own use.
However, after much deliberation due to Dark King Rayleigh's sudden appearance last time, he ultimately gave up. Although the old man was old, he had never heard of him having any injuries or illnesses, and he didn't know how much strength he still had.
However, he had also heard about Rayleigh and Kizaru's battle at Sabaody, and having witnessed Rayleigh's strength in his youth, he still harbored a sense of fear. Therefore, he spared the Empress!
Now the consequences have arrived. The Empress has petrified Stronger Stronger, and one of Doc Q's arms has also been petrified. The situation is extremely precarious, and the outcome is decided in a matter of moments!
Ignoring the battle between the Empress and Doc Q, he looked at the strange table that had previously trapped Van Augur—that was the key to his escape!
The table that had been there was gone, and two figures appeared in its place, one standing and one lying down!
The one standing was naturally the white-haired woman wearing a mask, and the one lying down was none other than his beloved sniper, Van Oka.
At this moment, Van Augur had lost consciousness. His hands and feet were shackled with Seastone shackles, and his body was tattered and emaciated, as if he had been exploited day and night by 100 female pirates for half a year!
This surprised Blackbeard, who couldn't help but glance at Olvia a few more times, wondering if the face beneath the mask was pretty, whether the torture Van Augur had endured was worth it, and whether he should try it himself.