One Piece: The Salted Fish Fruit

Luffy, having retracted his arm once more, instantly appeared in front of Blackbeard under the rubber compression and slammed down upon him.

"Get lost!" Blackbeard, who had been attacked from three sides, revealed a fierce look on his face. The three-edged steel claws on his hands quickly slashed upwards, their sharp edges aimed at Luffy's fingers.

"Bah!"

With a piercing metallic scraping sound, the alloy brass knuckles tightly gripping Luffy's fingers were sliced ​​into several pieces by Blackbeard's steel claws, which were covered in Armament Haki, and the Seastone embedded in them was thrown far away.

At the same time, Sabo and Ace's attacks struck him heavily, and a powerful burst of Armament Haki erupted from his body again, forcing the two to retreat.

"Straw Hat Kid, Revolutionary Army, Whitebeard!" Blackbeard roared in a low voice, panting heavily. The three of them had exhausted him to the limit, and with just a slight lapse in concentration, they seized the opportunity to seriously injure him.

Bright red blood flowed down his shattered lips to his jaw, dripping onto the sea and forming tiny red ice crystals. His thick left arm was withered and broken, the white bone exposed, the broken pieces drifting away in the sea breeze. A pungent, burnt smell emanated from his chest, a fist-sized tunnel running from his front to his back.

Chapter 276 The Battle of Dressrosa (Part 7) The Death of Blackbeard!

"Hahaha! Hahaha! You all die! How could you survive gravity without Seastone! Ace, taste the disaster you suffered back then, the pain of your fire stamina being drained by darkness! Dark Hole!" Blackbeard, with only one arm left, roared angrily as he watched his men being slaughtered in the distance. A black smoke rose from beneath his feet and spread wildly around him. Broken ship hulls and mangled corpses were all silenced within it. Even those with Devil Fruit powers felt a suction force, their bodies involuntarily slowing down as they moved closer to the black smoke.

"Blackbeard, the Fifth Emperor! Taste my Devil Fruit user cannonball!" Usopp stood in the distance in front of a cannon as thick as a man's waist, laughing wildly as he rapidly pulled the rope holding the breech.

A white sphere rolled out of the cannon, its target pointing directly at Blackbeard.

Mabe, who had been observing Usopp's movements, smiled. The task she had assigned him was finally completed. As a sniper, he only needed to ensure a single, decisive kill; he didn't need to participate in the team's chaotic battles.

He swung his sword to knock away Aokiji's military knife, and a black shuttle appeared in his hand. He twisted his body and used the powerful centrifugal force to launch a swift attack. The shuttle in his hand instantly turned into a ball of black light and struck the top of Blackbeard's head.

Ding!

The white shell shattered instantly!

A cloud of white powder instantly covered an area several meters above his body.

"Huh! Huh!"

Mabi waved her wrist, and shuttles infused with her spatial power appeared around Blackbeard one after another, carrying sharp spatial cutting power that made it difficult for him to leave, forcing him to stay in his original position.

The white powder flying everywhere was immediately inhaled into his body by the heavy breathing generated during the battle.

This was also a plan devised by Mapi and Usopp. The Dark-Dark Fruit is indeed one of the most powerful fruits in the world, and it is the nemesis of all fruit users.

But above it lies the nemesis of all ability users: 'Seastone'.

Furthermore, since the Dark-Dark Fruit is an energy form, unlike the abilities of Aokiji, Akainu, Ace, Sabo, and Smoker which are physical entities, their extended limbs can sense something is wrong and simply use their abilities to block or stir up the air to create a whirlwind, thus allowing them to escape the area after a short delay. Therefore, the 'Seastone' poses little threat.

The Dark-Dark Fruit is merely a mass of ethereal energy that attracts all matter, including highly toxic substances like Seastone. Upon contact, the user's black mist ability vanishes instantly, leaving the Seastone directly exposed to Blackbeard's body. This causes Seastone powder to cover his body, suppressing his powerful absorption ability. The inhalation of Seastone powder weakens his stamina, and with Maple harassing him from afar, escaping becomes even more difficult.

Powdered Seastone is destined to be the nemesis of some Paramecia and Zoan types. Once inhaled, it will cause the body to become weak and paralyzed, making one vulnerable to being slaughtered, just like a deadly poison.

However, for non-ability users, it's just as uncomfortable as inhaling sand, and doesn't have much impact on combat ability; a quick rinse with water afterwards will solve the problem.

Covering the battle area is a devastating effect on those troublesome ability users, causing them to suffer 80% self-inflicted damage and 1000% damage to the enemy.

"Pfft! Pfft!"

Blackbeard's physical weakness made it difficult for him to even maintain the most basic Armament Haki. Maple's shuttles mercilessly pierced into Blackbeard's muscles, with several shuttles inlaid with Seastone mixed in. The Seastone embedded in his muscles made it even more difficult for him to move.

Seeing this, Mabe decided to strike while the iron was hot and kill Blackbeard, abandoning Aokiji and appearing directly beside Ace.

"Ace! Envelop the surrounding space in flames so that no one outside can see it."

"Alright! Flame up!" Upon hearing Maple's order, Ace didn't say much. A fiery space with a radius of 100 meters appeared directly on the ice, surrounding Ace, Sabo, Luffy, Aokiji, Maple, and Blackbeard, who was covered in steel rods.

"Come out and eat!" Mabi shouted, summoning the spirit-like altar to appear in the air. After all, Blackbeard was surrounded by seastone powder, and even if she went in herself, she would encounter misfortune. She could only let the altar extract the Devil Fruit power herself.

"Oh! Boss has finally let me out." A cone-shaped altar with a diameter of over a hundred meters pierced the ice surface, and the six stone pillars on it displayed different energy colors, showing its joyful mood.

"Stop fooling around, hurry up and extract the fruit! When I have time, I'll make you a base and arrange for you to join the projection space to keep Old Tube, Little Squid, and Little Green company." Mabi laughed as she pressed the altar that emitted a joyful expression.

"We guarantee to complete the mission!" the other party responded, and several energy arms reached out from the stone pillar to grab Blackbeard, who was slumped on the ice, and dragged him into the altar.

Upon seeing this action, Mabi called out and jumped into the air, stepping on the air.

"Let's go!" Ace and Sabo exchanged a glance and nodded to each other. They already knew that Mabi could extract the fruit when they first met, but this was the first time they had seen it with their own eyes.

“Hoo hoo! No wonder some of the ability users are still alive, but the ability users have changed. It turns out you not only accepted their technology, but also their relics.” Aokiji, who had also climbed up from the ice, looked at the stone slab covered with mysterious characters and said.

"Don't make a move, we're on the same side!" Mabi pressed down on Sabo and Ace's arms, which were preparing to fight Aokiji, and explained to Aokiji.

The two days he spent on the ship were completely undefended and open to him, so it's no big deal for him to know about these things.

"We have accepted some of it. After all, there are many people on the high seas who have adopted the scientific and technological achievements of their predecessors. We are just one of the lucky ones."

Law's submarine, the technology acquired by Vegapunk and Franky, Chopper's medical skills, and Nami's meteorological science are all products of wisdom from ancient times.

Compared to that, what I've gained is nothing.

"Mabi, this stuff tastes awful." Luffy, running towards the center of the altar, picked up a basketball-sized, purple pineapple-shaped fruit from the ground and tossed it to Mabi with a look of disgust.

Hearing him say it tasted awful, Meibi looked distressed. The pain from over a decade ago was still vivid in her mind. Once you've tasted it, you'll never forget that fishy, ​​bitter, and nauseating taste that filled your mouth.

He tossed it to Ace and said:

"Ace, here! You can handle this. After all, you paid for Whitebeard's life and the lives of tens of thousands of pirates because of it."

"You guys decide what to do with it. Keeping this kind of item in our pirate crew would only cause us grief. Keep it to strengthen yourselves." Ace only glanced at the object that had triggered Blackbeard's inner turmoil and led to the death of his pirate crew, then flicked it to Maple.

He walked towards Blackbeard's corpse, grabbed him by the still-warm neck, turned and jumped off the altar, heading towards the distant battlefield.

Sabo and Luffy followed closely behind.

"Fire Fist!" Ace, carrying Blackbeard's corpse, punched the Devil Fruit user in front of him, strode into the center of the battlefield, and roared!

"Blackbeard is dead, and the old man's revenge has been achieved!"

"Teach! Teach!" Upon hearing Ace's announcement, the people fighting around immediately looked over, and the familiar figures of both sides came into view.

"Haha! Haha! We've finally avenged Dad and my brothers!"

"Blackbeard Teach is finally dead!"

Some members of the Whitebeard Pirates burst into tears, releasing their pent-up emotions. Since their defeat two years prior, they were once again experiencing the joy of victory.

After two years of waiting, the final result has finally arrived!

Victory!

The culprit is finally dead!

"Run!" Seeing that Blackbeard's forces were doomed, and witnessing the Whitebeard Pirates' tearful joy, some of them immediately considered fleeing. They admired Blackbeard for his willingness to give them a true ideal of the pirate world. Now that he was dead, coupled with their hatred for the Whitebeard Pirates, the remaining dozen or so of them would likely not be kindly let go by the Whitebeard crew.

"They're trying to escape!" The crew members on the outer perimeter, noticing the enemy's sudden attack from their side, roared and charged forward, brandishing their weapons.

My father has avenged his father, and he's in such a high mood that we can't let them leave.

"Don't let them escape!"

"Catch them up! We absolutely cannot let a single one escape!"

"Ice Age!" Aokiji's ability appeared at the perfect moment, creating an iceberg that separated the two sides. Only a few people reached the other side of the iceberg, while the rest remained within the encirclement of the Whitebeard Pirates, who had finally come to their senses.

"Aokiji, former Marine Admiral! What's he doing here?" A cold ice wall suddenly rose up on the ice, rudely blocking the Whitebeard Pirates from behind, allowing the Blackbeard Pirates members who had escaped first to appear on his side.

"Stop! Our only enemy is Blackbeard. The rest can't cause any real trouble. We'll kill them when we have time." Ace shouted as he carried Blackbeard's corpse, seeing his companions being intercepted.

Although I don't know why that cross-dressing pervert said he was one of our own, there's no point in chasing him since he said he was one of our own.

"That bastard Aokiji! He's trying to kill me!" Shiryu cursed under his breath as he saw the iceberg suddenly rise up and trap him on the battlefield, before his body vanished into thin air in an instant!

"Invisibility ability?" Zoro, who was in charge of fighting him, ignored the bloody wounds on his body and looked at the disappearing body of his opponent with a wicked smile on his lips!

Chapter 277 The Battle of Dressrosa (Final) - The Victory Banquet!

The green headband that had been tightly binding his hair on his forehead was pulled down to cover his eyes. Qiushui Guiche stood upright at his side, his mind calm and fully aware of everything around him.

Suddenly, Zoro swept his blade horizontally, creating a powerful gust of wind that formed a violent storm, while he let out a deep roar!

"Three-Sword Style: Black Rope Great Tornado!"

Within a radius of 100 meters, countless strong winds instantly filled the area, and a transparent outline formed in the storm, with the tornado lashing against it and making a hissing sound.

"Found you! One-Sword Style Iai - Black Blade - Death - Lion's Song!" Zoro quickly retracted Wado Ichimonji and Kitetsu, and Shusui in his hand resembled a black crescent moon. He flashed past Shiryu in an instant.

Blood splattered into the sky, and the heavily wounded Shiryu slowly revealed himself, his cruel and evil eyes fixed on Zoro's direction.

A dark figure appeared behind him.

"Dark Acupoint - Devour!" Mabi appeared behind Shiryu, carrying a metal gourd as tall as a person. The gourd's mouth, several inches larger than a human head, pressed tightly against his back. Black smoke appeared, swirling around Shiryu and sinking into the black mist. As Mabi enhanced his Armament Haki, Shiryu, his face filled with terror, was completely drawn into the black mist. Until all the black mist was swallowed by the gourd, Mabi quickly covered it with a log.

"Hey! You perverted bastard, you stole my opponent again." Zoro, who had sheathed his long sword, was immediately displeased by Mabi's actions and slashed at Mabi with his weapon without any hesitation.

"I'll fight you later, now's not the time to play around." Mabi raised her foot to block Zoro's weapon, and laughed as she pulled on the rope around her waist to carry the tall metal gourd on her back!

I'm already badly injured and you'll kill me sooner or later. I'll just be the one who gets the better deal.

"Brother, it worked!" Mabi asked as blue and white lightning flashed across her limbs, which had transformed from double-edged swords into human hands and feet.

“Yes, the memory alloy gourd you forged is used to imbue the Dark-Dark Fruit, which can then devour the many ability users present to test how to strip them of their abilities,” Maggie replied. Now she doesn’t have to wait for her own companions to use the Dark-Dark Fruit to strip ability users of their powers.

Sanji was heartbroken for many days after the invisibility user he captured was rescued.

Thinking of this, Mabe stepped forward, and her whole body flew across the battlefield. All the Blackbeard Pirates, whether corpses or seriously wounded, were sucked into Mabe's gourd. The dark space, which was tens of thousands of cubic meters high, was enough to hold all the enemies present.

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"The Straw Hats have won!" Fujitora said calmly, standing atop the mushroom-shaped rock and looking out at the distant battlefield.

"Doflamingo is dead. The final secret will vanish in the flames. The end of Blackbeard, one of the Five Emperors, has nothing to do with us," replied the man in the white suit with long, wavy black hair. A white dove flew in from afar and landed peacefully on his shoulder.

"Really? I saw that you were quite emotional just now, Straw Hat." Fujitora smiled, glanced in the direction Aokiji had left, and then the rock beneath his feet carried him down to the plaza below.

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"Sabo, Ace, and the Whitebeard Pirates, let's have a feast together!" Luffy shouted from the ice after Ace burned Blackbeard's corpse to ashes.

"Luffy, kid!"

"Luffy, you brat!"

Hearing Luffy shout, the Whitebeard Pirates smiled broadly. In that battle, his courage had surpassed everyone else's.

“Ace, since your brother has extended such a warm invitation, we can’t let him down!” Neilco said with a smile beside him. Now that the great revenge has been taken and the heavy shackles have been removed from his head, it’s time to go crazy.