" Akainu, you really are the type to back down after you've served your purpose. I wasn't wrong."
Blackbeard smiled knowingly.
"Your deal with the Five Elders was indeed very simple."
"However, my deal with the Five Elders is a bit complicated."
As he finished speaking, his tone suddenly turned serious, and a violent aura surged forth from all directions.
"Do it!"
The figure that had been standing behind Blackbeard vanished as if it were a mirror image.
Within a radius of several hundred meters, figures hidden in the void shot straight towards Bai Yu Bai Yu sharp arrows.
" One Sword Style: Ryuo Black Rain!"
" Drunken Fist Heavy Strike!"
" Black Snipe!"
A series of shouts rang out almost simultaneously.
The moment his figure materialized, a series of sharp attacks descended upon Bai Yu.
This was clearly planned in advance!
Akainu's expression changed drastically, and he shouted urgently.
" Blackbeard, are you insane? I did agree to save your life in front of Bai Yu, but I didn't mean for you to seek your own death. What you've done goes beyond the deal between me and the Five Elders. Be careful, or I might abandon you."
"Ignore me?" Blackbeard's smile had reached its peak.
Seeing Akainu so close at hand, he unleashed a detonation of his right-hand Dark Tide.
The moment Akainu's Blackbeard, he sprang into action like a venomous snake.
Akainu's pupils suddenly contracted, and he instinctively tried to retreat.
Unfortunately, having already pushed his strength to its limit, he couldn't muster any more energy. Faced with Blackbeard's sudden attack at close range, he didn't even have time to dodge, let alone defend himself.
At the same time, Dark Tide, like venomous snakes, quickly coiled around Akainu's limbs, binding him tightly.
They were reduced to nothing more than fish meat on a cutting board.
All he could do was watch helplessly as Blackbeard's attack landed on his chest.
" Akainu, I'm telling you now, my deal with the Five Elders is to kill both you and Aokiji."
"I told you to kill Aokiji so that he wouldn't come to your aid. Look at him now, he's too lazy to even move."
Blackbeard appeared in front of Akainu in an instant, but his peripheral vision remained fixed on Bai Yu.
Originally, the purpose of having Catarina Devon create the illusion was to prepare for Bai Yu's appearance and then launch an ambush.
Bai Yu's actions have undoubtedly given Blackbeard an unexpected surprise.
"Is this your purpose? As expected, the Five Elders are never up to anything. Making a deal with them is like asking a tiger for its skin."
A chill suddenly emerged from the scorching molten lava.
The next moment, a biting cold wind appeared as suddenly as a fleeting ephemera.
The frost suddenly froze and quickly enveloped Blackbeard.
Before Blackbeard could react, an unexpected figure appeared in front of him and Akainu.
Ice Age!
Boom!
Large swaths of frost, like a volcanic eruption, descended upon Blackbeard.
Seeing the rapidly enlarging attack in his pupils, Blackbeard suddenly awoke and the Roar hysterically.
" Dark Tide!"
Bang!
The endless black tide, like a vortex, surged back and quickly blocked the approaching frost.
However, the powerful impact of Aokiji's sudden attack could not be completely neutralized in a short time.
Its massive body flew backward like a cannonball, traveling over a hundred meters before finally coming to a stop.
Along the way, the frost that filled the sky was dispersed by the wind like a torrential rain.
Blackbeard's face turned ashen as he watched the figure appear before Akainu like a ghost.
Even Akainu is no exception.
Why aren't you dead?!
Akainu's expression froze for a moment, and he couldn't help but speak.
Akainu did regret his last attack afterward; he did indeed intend to kill when he made that move.
Finally, he even used Observation Haki to probe an area of tens of thousands of meters in radius, and only stopped after confirming that there was no trace of Aokiji.
Now, Aokiji appeared alive and well before him and even saved him.
Judging from his breathing, the injuries he suffered earlier have completely healed.
The huge difference between before and after was clearly beyond Akainu's expectations.
Faced with this almost the Miracle event, only one possibility flashed through Akainu's mind.
"Did Bai Yu save you?"
"Yes, he saved me at the last moment. However, I don't know how he saved me. He just told me to wait for an opportunity to save you and see what the Five Elders are plotting."
Aokiji exhaled a breath of cold air and said calmly.
"It seems Bai Yu was right after all."
" Blackbeard, your scheme is likely to fail."
Boom!
Explosive gusts of wind, like a raging tide, swept outwards in all directions.
Shiryu and the others quickly retreated, their expressions equally grim as they looked at the golden light swirling around the epicenter of the explosion, where a figure remained unharmed.
As Blackbeard's subordinates, they were well aware of the importance of this deal with the Five Elders.
According to Blackbeard, they were like the Kamakiri stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind.
Not only do they want to wipe out Aokiji and Akainu, but they also want to include Bai Yu in their schemes.
However, to their utter surprise, there was another slingshot behind the oriole.
Not only did Aokiji survive, but Akainu was also rescued.
They were supposed to receive a Devil Fruit ability, but they didn't even get a hair of it.
If we really want to analyze this, this silent scheming is probably won by Bai Yu, who is like a slingshot!
" Blackbeard, you bastard, tell me now, did the Five Elders really send you to kill me?"
Akainu suddenly snapped back to his senses and the Roar with a twisted expression.
Just thinking about that moment, that instant of facing death...
It felt as if a giant hand was squeezing my heart tightly.
Seeing that Aokiji, whom he should have killed, had actually saved him at the last minute, he was deeply disappointed.
This kind of humiliating favor was simply unacceptable to Akainu.
" Akainu, shut up."
Blackbeard's face was ashen, and he gave up on arguing with Akainu. His gaze suddenly shifted and landed on Bai Yu.
"Well done, former Admiral. I thought my plan was foolproof, but I never expected you to have a method beyond our calculations to save Aokiji."
"However, if you really think that these are all the methods I've come here with, you're sorely mistaken."
"I forgot to tell you, when we made deals with the Five Elders, we also made deals specifically targeting you."
"They had already anticipated your involvement, and we knew about your meeting with Sengoku and the others three days ago."
"Therefore, in order to kill you as well, we have prepared a contingency plan that you will never forget."
"I am the true slingshot, unaware of the oriole behind the cicada!"