One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

The moment he raised his right hand, two bursts of fire erupted from his body.

Two bullets pierced his chest and exited from his back.

Van Augur, holding a sniper rifle, looked at Ace, who was unharmed and still managed to unleash a huge ball of fire in their direction, and his expression changed slightly.

"Hahaha, you're no match for him. Get out of the way, I don't want to see you die here prematurely!"

Teach laughed loudly, took a step forward, and charged straight at Ace's fiery fist.

The enormous fiery fist roared, sweeping away everything in its path and unleashing boundless heat as if it wanted to incinerate everything.

"Teach, let me see where your confidence lies! What kind of power does the Devil Fruit you stole from Thatch have that makes you disregard past friendships and openly murder your comrade!"

Ace stared intently at Teach, wanting to see how he would defend himself against his attack.

"Hahaha, well then, let me show you! Captain Ace!"

"Dark water!"

Teach spread his five fingers on his left hand, aiming at the oncoming giant fist of fire, and a spinning black vortex rapidly emerged from his palm.

As the black cyclone appeared, a massive suction force materialized out of nowhere, instantly distorting and twisting the atmosphere hundreds of meters in front of Teach.

The massive fiery fists that rained down from the sky shattered before this immense suction force, transforming into long, dragon-like wisps of flame that swiftly disappeared into the black vortex in Teach's left palm.

Just a dozen seconds later, only scorched earth remained on the beach of Tassan Island, and the giant fiery fist had completely vanished without a trace.

Ace frowned.

"What kind of ability is this? You absorbed my flames?"

"If you want to know what kind of ability this is, experience it for yourself, Ace!"

Teach once again faced Ace, opening his left hand, which was now shrouded in a black vortex.

"Dark water!"

The immense suction force that had drawn away the surrounding flames and even the air reappeared.

This time, the immense suction force acted on Ace, making him feel as if he were being pulled forward by an invisible hand!

"what?!"

Ace was shocked and tried to break free from the pull of the suction force, but found it impossible. He could only watch helplessly as he was pulled toward Teach's outstretched hand.

While suspended in mid-air, Ace crossed his hands, crimson flames rising from his fingers, and the surging flames transformed into two sharp arrows that shot out from his hands.

"Divine Fire! Crossfire!"

Two hissing sounds, like flesh being burned, rang out on Teach's chest.

He screamed as two rocket-like arrows pierced his body, as if his body had been pierced by two red-hot steel bars, and the surging heat was scorching his body from within.

The double pain inflicted by the Dark-Dark Fruit caused Teach to scream and collapse to the ground, clutching his body and wailing in agony.

Ace was puzzled by this.

Although the penetrating power of his Crossfire attack was astonishing, given his understanding of Blackbeard's monstrous body structure, Ace didn't believe he could defeat Blackbeard in one move.

However, Ace showed little mercy after landing a successful blow, raising his hand to deliver a fiery punch to the wailing Blackbeard.

"fire punch!"

A roaring rage erupted from his fist, instantly engulfing everything within a few hundred meters in front of him.

Van Augur and the others, who had retreated to a distance, looked at Teach, who was engulfed by a raging sea of ​​fire, and their expressions changed drastically.

Feeling the intense heat that was almost scorching their hair and clothes, the group's confidence in Teach's abilities began to waver.

Could it be that the Fire Fist Ace before us is another monster on par with the blind swordsman Yixiao?

Seeing the sea of ​​fire completely engulf the screaming Teach, Ace, though puzzled by Teach's lack of strength, still breathed a sigh of relief.

The sudden suction force Teach unleashed just now did indeed cause him a moment of panic.

Fortunately, the final result was still...

"Hahaha, it hurts so much, it hurts so much!!"

The thought had barely formed in his mind when, amidst the raging inferno, Teach's loud scream, punctuated by heavy breathing, echoed.

Ace's expression changed. In the center of the raging sea of ​​flames that distorted the air in his vision, a dark, inky vortex suddenly appeared.

That tiny cyclone expanded rapidly, just like a drop of ink being poured onto the surface of water.

The raging sea of ​​fire was quickly transformed into a sky full of black smoke by the spreading black mist.

At the center of the black smoke that kept rising from the ground into the sky, stood a man with a black beard, his hand pressed to the ground.

"Dark acupoints!"

Teach slowly got up, still panting, but his right hand opened towards Ace again.

A strong sense of crisis rose in Ace's heart.

Danger!

Without hesitation, he transformed into a streak of fire and retreated rapidly.

But it was too late!

"Dark water!"

An even larger black cyclone than before emerged from Blackbeard's right palm.

An irresistible, powerful suction force suddenly appeared and acted on Ace, violently pulling him backward toward Blackbeard.

"Divine Fire! Fire Bodhidharma!"

While suspended in mid-air, sparks burst forth from Ace's ten fingers, shooting bursts of crimson flames toward Blackbeard, who was surrounded by endless black mist.

Faced with the oncoming crimson flames, Blackbeard's eyes turned bloodshot, and his ruthlessness surged. Without dodging, he charged straight at the flames, letting large swaths of fire strike his body.

With a muffled groan, Ace, who was being pulled towards him by the suction force, was firmly grasped by his right hand.

Ace was stunned for a moment when Blackbeard grabbed him with his right hand.

"What? What about my abilities?"

Before he could finish speaking, Blackbeard delivered a fierce elbow strike to his abdomen, sending him flying into the air and spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Immediately afterwards, a large black vortex pulled Ace, who was flying through the air, back down.

Seeing the large black hand reaching for his face, Ace gritted his teeth, unleashing all the Armament Haki within him, transforming it into a Haki armor that slammed into Teach's hand, briefly dispersing the powerful suction emanating from it.

Then, he spun in the air and delivered a powerful overhead kick with his right foot, striking Teach squarely in the forehead, causing his nose to collapse and blood to splatter everywhere.

Teach leaned back abruptly, gritted his teeth, and reached out with his left hand, which was emitting a huge suction force, to grab Ace, who was trying to create distance. His right hand was wrapped in Armament Haki, and he punched Ace in the neck.

With a crisp cracking sound, Ace coughed up blood again and was slammed onto the black ground by Blackbeard, who pressed his neck down.

Blood dripped from Blackbeard's hideous face as he grinned maliciously, "Zehahaha, Captain Ace, did you feel it? This ability can nullify all Devil Fruit powers!"

"This is the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit, the strongest Logia-type ability..."

"Oh!"

Ace's right foot struck Blackbeard's chin. With a kick imbued with Armament Haki, Blackbeard's chin visibly caved in and shattered, sending him flying like a cannonball into the air, hurtling far away.

Ace flipped over, got up from the ground, took a few quick breaths, and delivered another powerful and surging fire punch to the flying Blackbeard.

"Teach! Old Man was right, your weakness is arrogance! Brutality! So what if you have invincible Logia-type abilities? Do you dare challenge Rorschach? I will definitely win this battle today! After defeating you, I will challenge Enel and Rorschach!"

Endless black gas erupted from the earth, shooting into the sky like black crude oil, turning the sky above Tassan Island completely black.

After the giant fiery fist carved a path through the swirling black mist, it was then swallowed and shattered by the endless black mist.

Blackbeard pressed his broken jaw as he stood up, grinned again, and let out a muffled laugh.

"Hahaha, you dare challenge Rorschach? What's there to be afraid of! Don't even mention Rorschach, I'll personally take Old Man's head! Ace, come on! Let's see who can take Old Man's place, you Gol D. Ace, or me, Marshall D. Teach!!"

The billowing black energy surged in his hand, instantly transforming into a black sun surging with black energy, radiating boundless suction as it fell towards Ace.

"I will definitely be the winner!"

"Great Flame Ring! Flame Emperor!"

Amidst the surging black tide, Ace roared furiously, his boundless rage spreading outwards, transforming into a blazing sun, which he lifted up and smashed towards the black sun that Blackbeard was crushing down upon.

Two suns, one red and one black, each hundreds of meters in diameter, collided violently off the coast of Tassan Island, like two opposing planets, obliterating and colliding with each other.

The terrifying shockwave generated by the collision swept across the entire island of Tasang in an instant.

The villagers on the island who had miraculously survived from Blackbeard and his men were crushed into dust by a cataclysmic force before they even had a chance to scream or beg for mercy. Not even a trace of flesh or blood was left behind, and the island's towns were reduced to nothingness along with them.

The fight between the two lasted very short time.

The battle was completely over in just over ten minutes.

When Teach, his body charred black and panting heavily, slammed the severely injured and unconscious Ace to the ground, he couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Hahaha, hahaha!"

"From this moment forward, my name, Marshall D. Teach, will resound throughout the world!"

"The position of Shichibukai is mine!"

Chapter 617 Sengoku and Rorschach

Marineford, the naval headquarters, is an inner bay naval port.

"Rorschach, you're quite leisurely, having time to sit here fishing. What, is your G5 territory so peaceful right now?"

Sengoku, carrying a bag of senbei and wearing flip-flops that revealed his long, slender legs, walked over from the square and looked at Rorschach, who was sitting on the embankment basking in the sun with a fishing rod in his hand.

Luo Xia sat leisurely in a white shirt and beach shorts, his legs crossed, leaning back in an invisible chair. Beside him was a metal bucket piled with ice, containing several bottles of ale and juice.

Seeing Sengoku approach, Luo Xia didn't get up, but simply took a bottle of chilled ale from the ice bucket and handed it to him.

"Old man, I just got out of prison after a year, and now I'm all over the place in the new world, fighting those ruthless and brutal pirates for months to solidify the regime. Even if you're hanging yourself, you need to catch your breath. Can't I relax a bit?"

"You little brat, when did you learn this sarcastic way of speaking? You might as well just call the Celestial Dragons trash and say you don't want to work for a bunch of trash."

Sengoku glared at Luo Xia with annoyance and plopped down in the empty chair to his right.

Rorschach was shocked and turned his head in disbelief to look at Sengoku, who was uncorking a beer bottle and chugging it into his mouth.