One Piece: Groudon the Beasts

Chapter 240 Blackbeard, Dead!
"Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!"

A series of piercing screams echoed across the battlefield!

Blackbeard clutched his head, howling and rolling on the ground. The pain of his shattered skull stimulated every nerve in his body, causing him unbearable agony.

Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!

All the senses are reduced to only one sensation: pain!
Until the sound of footsteps reached my ears!

Like the sound of death!

Blackbeard's instinctive fear of death jolted him awake from the pain, causing his adrenaline to surge wildly and suppress the pain.

Blackbeard raised his head and looked ahead.

"Whether it's basic combat strength, or domineering aura and ability, I am superior to you."

Goode stood in front of Blackbeard, looking down at him condescendingly: "What gave you the illusion that you could defeat me?"

"Damn monster!"

Blackbeard was covered in blood and cold sweat.

In the exchange just now, he realized that his strength and domineering aura were no match for Goode, and that the only way to defeat him was to rely on his abilities!
"Darkness Liberation!"

Endless darkness surged forth from Blackbeard, reaching the sky and plunging the entire Marine Headquarters into darkness.

Navy, pirates, the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

Everyone's expression changed, even Akainu, who had returned to the battlefield thanks to the lava eruption, stopped pursuing the captain.

The evil power, so different from ordinary abilities, made them feel threatened, and if left unchecked, it would definitely become a major threat.

Nature Type: Dark Fruit!
"Hahaha!!!"

Blackbeard slowly rose to his feet, his entire body shrouded in darkness.

"Darkness is the strongest force, and this is the most evil Devil Fruit in history. You cannot resist darkness!"

"Is that so? Well then, I'll show you."

Goode tilted his head back, his body swelling.

In the blink of an eye, Groudon, tens of meters tall, appeared on the battlefield. Then, a blazing beam of light tore through the dark sky and gradually expanded.

Light has dispelled darkness!
But it's not over yet!

Groudon roared to the sky, opened its mouth wide and inhaled forcefully, immediately drawing the black mist that shrouded the sky towards Groudon's mouth.

Storm inhalation!

"This is impossible!!!"

Blackbeard's face was filled with disbelief.

Darkness is a power of devouring, capable of consuming all abilities, but at this moment, his darkness was being devoured by the opponent!

After an unknown amount of time, Groudon stopped absorbing darkness, and its eyes and chest glowed with a purplish-black light.

"You'll taste the darkness too!"

Groudon opened its mouth wide, and a purple orb of light condensed in front of it, containing not only dark power but also light.

"Destroy the Death Ray!!!"

A purplish-black beam of light bombarded the earth, swept across the castle of the Fortress of Justice, and stretched all the way to the edge of the island, continuing upwards and tearing apart the clouds in the sky!

There was no explosion, nor any roar.

When the destructive ray ended, everything in its path vanished without a trace, as if it had been completely devoured.

A bottomless ravine appeared on the battlefield, burning with purple flames, as if leading to a dark abyss.

The fortress castle that was swept by the beam of light had a large chunk of its center disappear, as if a large bite had been taken out of a cake.

"What a terrifying attack!"

Everyone was horrified!

Clearly, the beam of light just now was not a simple physical attack, but rather a combination of the devouring power of darkness.

The naval high command was pale.

They already knew that Goode could absorb the power of nature after transforming, but they didn't expect that he could even devour darkness.

"Ugh, this is awful!"

Good felt nauseous. Darkness didn't suit his nature. He could force himself to control it, since it was also energy from nature. Although it didn't suit him, it wasn't as incompatible as ice and water.

Goode looked down.

Blackbeard was still in the center of the battlefield, half of his body withered. If he hadn't been Dark himself, the dark energy beam from earlier would have been enough to annihilate him.

There wasn't even a trace left.

This time, fear finally appeared in Blackbeard's eyes!

He couldn't possibly win against such a monster.

Unless you obtain the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit!
Blackbeard looked at Whitebeard, who was still standing at the edge of the Great Rift Valley. Even though he was covered in wounds and had lost half of his head, his eyes were still open.

Not dead yet!
If Whitebeard hadn't died, he wouldn't have been able to steal the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power!
"Bages, Lafayette!"

Blackbeard looked around for his men, hoping to get support, but his men were all locked in a fierce battle!
Meanwhile, the prisoners, including the tyrannical king, who were brought out of prison, were fleeing to the coast while being pursued by Groudon Company executives. They had clearly abandoned their captain when they realized the situation was not good!

Am I going to die here?

Blackbeard stared at the giant claw descending from the sky, then swung his hand, attempting to suppress the opponent's power with the power of darkness!
however--

"Crack!"

The moment they touched, it felt like a mountain had crashed down, twisting and deforming their hands, and shattering their arm bones.

"boom!!!"

Groudon's claws slammed into the ground, creating a deafening roar, and countless bricks and stones flew into the sky!

Pure physical attack!
Goode reverted to human form.

Inside the enormous claw-shaped crater, Blackbeard was covered in blood, with countless broken bones throughout his body. As a being of darkness, he could absorb all attacks, including physical ones.

However, there is a limit to how much can be absorbed.

Goode walked toward Blackbeard and drew the greatsword from his back with his right hand.

Seeing this, Blackbeard shamelessly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "Don't kill me, I can be your dog, I can definitely help you, my ability has a special function, I can absorb the ability of other people and feed it to them!"

In order to survive, Blackbeard even revealed the biggest secret of the dark power: he can hunt Devil Fruit users!
Goode stared coldly at Blackbeard.

Hunting ability is indeed an irresistible temptation, but in his heart, real estate comes first!
This is the only bottom line he cannot cross!
"I told you, you are sentenced to death!"

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Blackbeard turned around in terror and began to climb out of the battlefield.

The sword flashed!
Blackbeard felt dizzy for a moment, and then he saw his headless body lying on the ground.

he died!
His ambition
His dream of becoming the Pirate King.
The pupils gradually lost focus.

"The captain is dead!"

Blackbeard's men were thrown into chaos and immediately abandoned their enemy to flee. With their captain dead, those left behind faced certain death.

Nobody was thinking about avenging Blackbeard.

Goode took out a handkerchief and wiped the blood off the blade, then lifted Blackbeard's head and walked toward Whitebeard.

"Is the old man still alive?"

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Whitebeard looked at Teach's head and slowly closed his eyes.

His body had long since died; he had only been able to hold on until now because of his obsession with the outcome. Now that Teach was dead, his worries were finally put to rest.

In my final moments of consciousness, the scenery I had traversed throughout my life came to mind.

"Hey, Newgate!"

"If you, as a pirate, don't crave treasure, what do you want?"

"family."

"What a strange idea, hahaha!"

Thanks, Good Boy.

The future of our sons is in your hands.

Whitebeard is dead!

(End of this chapter)