The most courageous pirate hunter

"That must be the King of Hunters!"

"There is absolutely no mistake, he is the most courageous man in the world."

"That's a myth!"

"How could the King of Hunters appear in such a remote place?"

"Idiot, they're definitely here to hunt down Blackbeard, one of the Four Emperors."

Everyone on the street looked up at the sky and saw Hermes standing there in a divine and extraordinary manner, his Observation Haki covering the entire island. It has to be said that Blackbeard is very good at escaping.

It took him five days to find a clue.

Hermes was certain that Blackbeard was on this island. He had sensed a trace of his presence from a great distance earlier, but it had quickly disappeared. It seemed that the guy had learned his lesson.

Little did they know that Blackbeard, inside the tavern, was extremely anxious at that moment.

He changed places many times in five days, but that beast Jormungandr was like a leech, always able to smell him. He had to hide.

If Blackbeard hadn't gone to hunt down Van Augur and lost track of Burgess and his two companions, he wouldn't have had these five days.

midair.

Hermes remained calm. As long as he was certain that Blackbeard was on the island, he would find him, unless the other man's Observation Haki was superior to his own.

It's obvious that there isn't.

The Observation Haki began to converge, and then began to radiate outwards from itself in a carpet-like pattern. Previously, it was only over a very long distance, so it was relatively thin, but this time it was much more detailed, so it quickly sensed that something was wrong.

call out! ! !

With a single kick, a hundred-meter-long whirlwind swooped down towards the distant tavern, causing Blackbeard, who had been holding his breath, to change his expression in shock. Damn it, he hadn't given himself away at all, so how had he been discovered?

Did that guy put a tracker on himself?

"Run away."

"Oh no, the Hunter King has made his move."

"My God, is this the casual strike of the world's bravest and strongest man? Just looking at it from afar, you can feel the chill."

"It's in the direction of the tavern."

Rumble~

The street was torn apart, and the tavern was split in two like tofu. Blackbeard didn't take the hit head-on, but turned around and blended into the crowd in the dust, trying to get away from there as quickly as possible.

At the same time, he prayed in his heart that Hermes was just bluffing him and didn't really know he was there.

However, the goddess of fortune did not favor him.

"Jie Jie~"

"Teach, am I that scary? Why do you run away as soon as you see me!"

A despairing voice echoed in his ears. Blackbeard turned around and his hair stood on end. How could someone who was still a thousand meters away catch up with him so quickly?

"Jormungandr."

Blackbeard did not stop there. Instead, he began to unleash a terrifying aura. A plume of black smoke rose from the ground, and the once clear sky instantly turned pitch black.

"Dark Water."

His right hand seemed to be holding a black hole, quickly grabbing at Hermes, while his left hand gathered the power of the Ton-Pound Fruit, ready to fight back.

We will never surrender without a fight.

The powerful gravity enveloped her entire body, yet Hermes showed no intention of breaking free. At the same time, her right hand began to radiate intense light, and a sun slowly rose.

So much so that even the darkness was dispelled.

Hermes' sun is significantly more exaggerated than Ace's Flame Emperor; its explosive energy cannot be concealed, which is why Blackbeard's face turned green.

boom! ! !

A moment.

Light and darkness collided, unimaginable energy erupted, eventually forming a mushroom cloud that began to rise. People around felt their sight and sound disappear, and then they vanished without a trace.

Visible to the naked eye.

Most of the city was evaporated. Those who had escaped earlier looked at the ever-spreading giant mushroom with lingering fear. Fortunately, they all knew the Hunter King's fighting style.

Don't just watch the spectacle.

Especially at close range.

After everything calmed down, a sinkhole appeared on the ground. Hermes got up from the mud, shook his right hand, and was a little surprised. Blackbeard's punch just now was something else.

Seeing the Observation Color Radiation, he was even more astonished.

Blood gushed from Blackbeard's mouth and nose as he endured the pain and fled into the distance. Had it not been for the Dark-Dark Fruit absorbing the damage, he would have been kneeling down from that punch.

Since his debut.

He has taken the punches of many people, but the Hunter King's punches are the hardest. Even his father's punches are not that exaggerated. They can cause fatal damage both to outsiders and to insiders.

"It is interesting."

Without Van Augur's teleportation ability, Blackbeard would have had no chance of escape.

Behind.

Hermes began to hold Van Gufried high, and the terrifying power expanded again, forming a torrent the moment it was swung out, destroying everything in its path with overwhelming force, almost unstoppable.

"hateful."

Blackbeard was forced to stop, turning his head in horror, and using all his strength to block him, because he didn't have that much speed, so he could only tough it out.

That torrent covered an area that was far too wide.

"Ahhh~"

Hysterical screams and curses against Hermes.

At the moment of impact, Blackbeard bled from all seven orifices, then transformed into a rainbow that pierced through barren mountains before crashing into the jungle, covered in wounds. But he dared not breathe, and continued to flee into the distance with a limp.

He had to escape.

But Blackbeard was in despair.

Hermes appeared out of nowhere, his hands forming a flower petal that joined together, aimed directly at him, gathering terrifying power that caused the air to hum.

"It seems you're quite adept at absorbing damage. So far, there are only a handful of creatures on the high seas that have been able to withstand my three-hit combo. You, Blackbeard, have every reason to be proud."

"Great Freedom - Ten Gods".

A mushroom cloud rose again.

Blackbeard used every means to stop him, but with a crack, both of his arms shattered, and his chest began to cave in, eventually bending into a shrimp shape and crashing into the ground, sinking deeper and deeper.

Until the area within a radius of one kilometer turned into a sinkhole.

goo goo~

I don't know how much time passed, but the dust settled down.

Hermes stood three feet off the ground in the center of the sinkhole, one hand gripping Blackbeard's neck. The bastard had lost consciousness and was in a coma, covered in blood and barely breathing.

It took him quite a bit of time to catch this guy.

I finally got it.

Chapter 344 [Redeem the Promise]

the other side.

The country of peace.

Burgess, Hody Jones, and Guy Rump have arrived here with the aim of seizing some Seastone, but Wano Country is still in the hands of the Beasts Pirates.

"Hahaha~"

"You're asking the BOSS to kill Kaido?"

The outskirts of the Flower Capital.

Bages looked at the man in front of him. They had been doing a good job of seizing the Seastone, and the pirates from the Beast Pirates in the quarry would flee at the mere sight of the three of them.

I didn't dare stay a moment longer.

Then Kyoshiro came knocking and demanded that Hermes redeem the deal from many years ago, leaving Guyram and Hody Jones completely bewildered. Who on earth is this guy?

I recognize Burgess.

"Yes."

Kyoshiro was also lamenting how things change over time, never expecting that the man who forced him to teach Ryuo would now be at the very top of the ocean.

More than once, Kyoshiro was glad he made that decision.

"Bages, what's going on?"

Hody Jones disliked Kyoshiro for immediately having Burgess inform the boss to fulfill some promise, the kind that involves defeating Kaido of the Beasts.