Luffy, how can you become the Pirate King if you don't work hard!

"Luffy, be careful! His ability is strange; it can nullify Devil Fruit powers!"

Upon seeing this, Ace immediately shouted a reminder.

He had personally experienced the strangeness of this ability and suffered many losses as a result.

However, Ace's reminder was completely unnecessary.

The instant darkness surged from Blackbeard's fist, Luffy felt a powerful pull coming from there, as if it wanted to drag him over and devour him completely.

"Dark water!"

Blackbeard grinned maliciously. This was one of his most proficient abilities: attracting Devil Fruit users from a distance and temporarily disabling their powers!

Even those with the speed of light are no exception.

For those with superpowers, suddenly losing their abilities can be quite terrifying, and he could almost see Luffy panicking.

The Dark-Dark Fruit is the nemesis of all Devil Fruits!

Luffy's pupils flashed red for a moment. Instead of resisting the suction force, he used his waist and abdomen to exert force. The power of the Gum-Gum Fruit gave him unparalleled elasticity and kinetic energy. With the help of this suction force, his speed increased again!

"what?!"

The sinister smile on Blackbeard's face froze instantly.

Is this guy going to take the initiative?

"Eat my punch!"

The fact that his ability hadn't failed meant that Luffy hadn't used it at all. Using the attraction of the dark water and relying solely on his physical skills, Luffy's outstretched fist crackled with black and red electricity, and he arrived in front of Blackbeard in the blink of an eye.

To Blackbeard's astonishment, it was imprinted on his face.

boom!

A muffled sound came from the air.

Blackbeard, with his medium to slightly overweight build, was sent flying backward by the punch, like a cannonball, crashing heavily into the wall behind him and kicking up a cloud of dust.

Luffy landed lightly, shook his fist, and stared at the swirling dust, his eyes slightly narrowed.

"I hit it, but it felt really strange."

Last time in Devil Town, he used the Rubber Empire technique, a super-wide-range impact move, to send Blackbeard's crew flying, along with their ship, flying from a great distance.

This is the first time we've had such a brutal, hand-to-hand combat.

how to say?

Although the punch landed squarely, and the sensation from the fist confirmed the hit, there was a strange feeling that the power had been absorbed and dispersed.

The Dark-Dark Fruit sounds like a Logia-type fruit.

However, the fist that had just been covered in domineering energy did not produce the special feedback that one would expect when striking a natural elemental being.

It seems to be a very special ability.

"Cough cough, ptooey!"

The smoke and dust slowly dissipated, revealing Blackbeard's somewhat disheveled figure.

He covered his rapidly swollen cheek, a trickle of blood escaping from the corner of his mouth. There, on the spot where he was covering his face, dark smoke was faintly writhing, as if it were repairing something.

"Ouch! Straw Hat Boy! How did you even train your Haki?!"

He felt half his face go numb, and his head was buzzing. "I will never forgive you! I will make you pay!"

While roaring, Blackbeard's movements were not slow at all; he slammed his hands down on the ground!

"Dark acupoints!"

In an instant, darkness spread out from him as if it were alive, quickly covering a large area around him.

The ground, the rubble, and even some of the unconscious prison guards—anything that came into contact with this darkness was like sinking into a swamp, quickly being sucked in, sinking, and disappearing without a trace.

"A Devil Fruit ability? That's really strange."

Luffy frowned slightly, pushed off with his feet, and quickly leaped backward to avoid the encroaching darkness.

At that moment, a misty black hand, like a tentacle, emerged from the dark tunnel and swiftly grabbed at Luffy in mid-air.

It would be troublesome if we got caught.

Are they everywhere?

Black hands reached out from in front and behind him.

As Luffy flew backward in mid-air, his eyes suddenly burst forth with a scarlet light. Centered on him, a massive black and red torrent poured out and crashed into the black tentacles.

Chi Chi!

Black and red lightning intertwined with pitch-black shadows, and the dissipating energy carved out one scorched pit after another in the ground.

"Hahaha, I knew it! Such domineering talent!"

Blackbeard laughed loudly, "Daring to kill a Celestial Dragon, it's only natural that you have the qualifications to become a king!"

"But you don't seem to have that."

Luffy stared at him coldly, landing smoothly. "Enough nonsense. What exactly do you want to do here in Impel Down?"

"Hahaha! Finally, we can talk, Straw Hat!"

Blackbeard opened his left hand, and a ball of deep, dark energy condensed in his palm. "Didn't I just say that my purpose in coming here is the same as yours? To recruit powerful allies!"

Only these monsters imprisoned in the endless hell are worthy to accompany me to the new world!

His eyes widened, filled with fanaticism. "We're all pirates! You know what I mean, Straw Hat. We can settle our scores in the New World. At least until this war is over, we're not enemies. We can cooperate!"

Luffy's face showed disdain: "I like to settle scores on the spot. Even if the sky falls, you'd better leave me something today."

"We're definitely not on the same wavelength."

Blackbeard said unhappily, "At this time, you should accept my suggestion. The Navy and the World Government are your enemies, aren't they?"

Luffy said no more and raised his Demonic Black Blade once more. As the jet-black Haki, flowing like liquid, wrapped around the blade, visible black and red lightning bolts began to leap across the blade.

"Hehehe, did you learn it, kid?"

The golden lion, not far away, narrowed its eyes and then burst into laughter.

That's a symbol of Conqueror's Haki being deeply entangled!

When we fought him, he was only in his rudimentary form.

With this kind of talent, Garp, you truly are worthy of being your grandson!

"Are there Devil Fruits that can counter Devil Fruit abilities? That sounds complicated,"

Luffy said, "But who told you that I have to rely on that ability to fight?"

Blackbeard stared at the black sword radiating destructive power in Luffy's hand, and the chilling Conqueror's Haki swirling around it. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead again. He chuckled dryly, "You really are becoming more and more like the guy I used to know!"

He left a scar on the man's face, but that was before he obtained the Dark Fruit.

After obtaining the Dark-Dark Fruit, in order to adapt his physical attributes to this special fruit, he gave up on physical growth and instead focused on developing his abilities.

But that doesn't mean he's physically weak!

"That man is very pragmatic; he knows how to weigh the pros and cons,"

Blackbeard's voice suddenly rose, "Unlike a single-minded guy like you!"

Luffy sneered, "That's only because you're not qualified for me to weigh these things!"

Before he could finish speaking, Luffy swung his arm down suddenly.

Swish!

A jet-black sword aura, crackling with purplish-black lightning, descended.

Like a crescent moon tearing through the air, it slashed towards Blackbeard with destructive sharpness in an instant.

"Straw Hat! Do you know how long I've endured on Whitebeard's ship for this day?!"

Blackbeard was completely enraged by Luffy's words. His face contorted with rage as he roared, "Twenty years! A full twenty years! Do you know how I've spent these past twenty years? How could I possibly fail here?!"

He wrapped his left hand in even thicker darkness and threw a punch!

"Dark Emperor!"

A massive, deep ball of dark energy met the sword energy, and wherever it passed, even light seemed to be distorted and swallowed up.

The pitch-black sword energy collided violently with the all-consuming dark energy sphere in mid-air.

A visible circular shockwave exploded from the center of the collision, spreading outwards like a tsunami.

boom! boom! boom!

The walls on both sides of the passage were instantly covered with cracks as if struck by an invisible giant hammer, and a large amount of gravel fell down.

Some unlucky prison guards who were a little closer were directly blown away by the shockwave, suffering broken bones and tendons.

The shockwave ruffled Luffy's black hair and Blackbeard's messy curly hair.

Their gazes met once more, separated by the center of the energy annihilation.

"You've made a mess of my prison."

A deep, suppressed voice came from the other end of the passage.

Everyone turned to look.

Magellan, who had been blasted from the sixth underground level back to the first ground level, has returned.

His face was contorted with barely concealed rage, and venom flowed around him, emanating a deadly aura.

He looked at Luffy and Blackbeard, who were facing off, and was slightly surprised, but when he thought about how Fire Fist Ace was sent in by Blackbeard, he could understand.

Magellan considered Blackbeard a dangerous man.

Arriving at Impel Down without any orders and launching indiscriminate attacks, he is essentially still a pirate.

However, Magellan also felt that, given the current situation, it was a good thing that Blackbeard was on their side.

It's surprising that Blackbeard's strength is enough to go toe-to-toe with Straw Hat's. Among the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Blackbeard's strength is considered to be at a relatively high level.

Magellan said coldly, "Don't underestimate our strength, criminals."