The natural system started off strong, but the navy finally reached its peak!

Thank you... Luffy.

[Let me...hear...the drums of 'liberation' once again...]

It clearly refers to the drumbeats that echoed during Luffy's Gear 5 battle.

Emmett's voice then became more serious, as if conveying a crucial message that had spanned a long period of time.

But... the young bearer of the Will of D...

What you are facing... is 'it'...

Facing 'it'... requires... Joy Boy...

We need... a real 'sun'...

We need... a 'key' that can connect the 'past' and the 'present'...

[And...the 'container' that can hold 'dawn'...]

Emmett spoke haltingly.

Luffy didn't quite understand what was being said, but he could sense that it was related to the "pointed-headed black guy" in the distance.

His expression gradually turned serious despite his weakness.

After all, the situation on the battlefield is now clear; the war cannot end until Im is eliminated.

Although usually carefree

But when it comes to comrades, freedom, and things like this that clearly involve a "great enemy" and an "important mission,"

Luffy possesses an almost instinctive intuition and sense of responsibility.

Therefore, he stopped asking about the words he didn't understand.

Instead, following the subtle guidance in Emmett's words, their gaze moved downwards, eventually landing on...

The lower left chest area of ​​Emmett's massive torso.

Luffy pursed his thin lips, a resolute glint in his eyes.

Although I don't know exactly what it is...

But since this talking "iron lump" (Emmett) mentioned it, and it seems important...

There might be something in there that can help!

Maybe it's food, and then I'll recover on my own.

With this simple and direct thought in mind, Luffy simply rubbed his weakened body against Emmett's lower left chest...

He didn't know what was inside.

But this battle now requires every possible force.

He, Straw Hat Luffy, would never lie here, looking like a withered old man, until the end!

Chapter 711 The Hyena Driven Mad

Just as Luffy's vague intuition sensed.

The situation on Gern's side

Although relying on its storm-like and thunderous methods

It instantly defeated the demonic avatars of Shiryu and Oka, severely injured Saint Maz, and nearly killed Saint Pitt.

They seemed to have the upper hand, but at this moment, they were caught in a more dangerous and protracted struggle!

Because of that "variable" that wavered from the very beginning of the battle, hesitant and conflicted, repeatedly torn between fear and greed.

'Blackbeard' Marshall D. Teach

After experiencing being threatened with death by Im and having his subordinates transformed into demon puppets

After witnessing firsthand the shocking events, including Gern tearing Maz Saint apart with his bare hands...

The string of "reason" and "calculation" has finally snapped completely!

Instead, a kind of madness arises from being driven to the brink of despair and having nowhere else to retreat!

In other words, they've gone mad!

"Zehahaha...Zehahahaha!!!!"

Blackbeard let out a laugh that was almost manic, more grating than crying.

His toothless mouth was stretched to its limit, and his eyes were bloodshot.

There was no longer any hesitation or cowardice, only a ferocity that seemed to be willing to perish together!

He understood completely.

Escape? Im's tentacles could turn him into a puppet at any moment!

Surrender? Gern will never let him go!

Relying on the Five Elders? Those three useless individuals (Saint Maz, Saint Pitt, and Saint Vocholi/possessed by Im) can barely protect themselves!

He wanted to live, he wanted to avoid being turned into a monster, he wanted to keep everything he, Marshall D. Teach, had...

There's only one way—kill!

Fight your way out!

Kill the biggest threat right in front of us!

The Heavenly Shock of Gern!

Either you die or I die!

Extreme fear catalyzes extreme madness.

And extreme madness gives rise to a reckless and all-consuming burst of power!

"Dark Water Abyss!!!"

Blackbeard spread his fingers wide on his left hand, and the black hole in his palm expanded wildly with an unprecedented scale and suction force!

This time, it was no longer a simple tug-of-war; the darkness extended countless invisible tentacles.

Like a maggot clinging to a bone, it coiled around and adhered to the space and energy field surrounding Gern.

It greatly interfered with and slowed down Gern's movement and the release of vibrational energy!

He pushed the Dark-Dark Fruit's ability to counter other Devil Fruit users to its extreme in a near-life-or-death manner!

"Break through!!!"

At the same time, the pale shockwave gathered by his right fist was no longer a single impact.

Instead, it was a chain reaction of spatial collapse, a punch that blasted out

The space in front was like a mirror that had been struck by a heavy hammer, shattering and collapsing layer by layer!

The devastating shock was not limited to physical impact; it also attempted to directly destroy the spatial stability that Gern relied on to maintain "shockwave" and high mobility!

For a brief moment, a scene unfolded where the middle-aged Whitebeard displayed the power of his Devil Fruit.

What's even more surprising is Blackbeard's previously undisguised Conqueror's Haki.

At this moment, he fully revealed the entanglement between his fists.

Although it is far less pure in quality and quantity than Guern, it continues to try to break through.

One time

The interference and restraint of the Dark-Dark Fruit!

The Tremor-Tremor Fruit's devastating area-of-effect attack!

The impact of Conqueror's Haki's willpower!

The three forces were forcibly combined by the crazed Blackbeard and erupted simultaneously without regard for the consequences!

At this moment, Blackbeard was no longer the cunning, cowardly "hyena."

Instead, it's a madman cornered in a corner, baring all his fangs, desperately trying to fight to the death!

Its ferocity and threatening nature instantly jumped several levels!

Blackbeard has served as a "support," "restraint," and even a "burden" since the start of the war.

In dire straits, they fought their way into becoming the "main force" that directly confronted Gern!

........

"Damn it, has this 'hyena' suddenly gone mad?!"

Gern cursed inwardly, his brow furrowed.

Blackbeard's reckless and all-or-nothing fighting style, which completely abandoned defense, was indeed far beyond Gern's expectations.

However, thankfully, under pressure, Gern's fighting rhythm remained completely intact.

Facing Blackbeard's surprise attack once again

Gern quickly took a half step back, slamming his right heel into the ground to regain his balance and build up his strength for the counterattack!

"Buzz!"

Armament Haki hardened his right fist, and vibration particles were compressed into the knuckles.

The light grew brighter and more concentrated, even beginning to faintly outline a blurry dragon's head.

"Dragon Fist!!!"

Gern growled and unleashed a powerful right punch.

At the point of the fist, the head of a gray-white dragon, composed of pure vibrational energy, opened its invisible maw and roared as it lunged at Blackbeard!

Blackbeard neither dodged nor avoided, but instead expanded the darkness in his left hand to its extreme and took the initiative to meet the attack!

Om-! ! !

The dragon's head trembled as it crashed into the dark vortex!

The Dark-Dark Fruit, with its absolute ability to suppress and absorb Devil Fruit powers, was being used to its fullest potential by Blackbeard!

But Gern's attacks were never singular or isolated!

Almost at the same instant that "Dragon Fist" was absorbed

With a flick of his wrist, the Eight Directions sword was held horizontally instead of vertically!

Without any fancy trajectory, it slashed horizontally straight at Blackbeard's neck, which was slightly open due to the activation of "Dark Acupoint"!

However, Blackbeard is even more brainless.

He completely ignored Gern's follow-up strike, and he cared even less about himself!

He forcefully took a step forward, directly bracing himself against the slash.

He closed the distance to almost hand-to-hand combat, and then, with his right fist imbued with shockwave...

It slammed hard into the narrow gap between the two people!

He didn't care at all whether the punch would affect him!

What he wants is the most extreme, indiscriminate destruction of a wide area!

The ground was overturned the moment the fist struck it.

Centered on the two individuals, an absolute collapse with a diameter of tens of meters suddenly formed!

This is not an attack, it is a spatial collapse detonated at close range!

Gern forced himself to hold the Eight Desolations horizontally in front of him and retreated rapidly backward, his feet carving two deep furrows in the ground to dissipate the impact.

But it was still uncomfortable; blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.

Blackbeard fared even worse!

Being at the very center of the explosion and being the one who initiated it, it bears the most direct impact!

Even more fatally, the side effect of the Dark-Dark Fruit, [enduring double the pain], was amplified to the extreme at this moment!