Although these abilities and characteristics of the Dark Fruit are powerful, their drawbacks are also very obvious.
As the most special natural type, the body of a user with the Dark Fruit ability cannot be elementalized, and unlike other natural types, it has powerful frontal destructive power.
Because of this, Blackbeard, who has a special physique, is so obsessed with the powerful destructive earthquake fruit.
That was the last key piece of the puzzle for him to rule the entire world!
"I can find the Zhenzhen Fruit slowly, but now, I must get rid of you!"
Blackbeard looked coldly at Maud, who was locked by gravity and unable to resist.
To be honest, after witnessing Modde developing the [Shadow Fruit] to such an extent, Blackbeard thought for a moment that the position of the second fruit should be reserved for the Shadow Devil that could be absorbed from Modde's body. force.
However, in the end, reason prevailed over this whim.
After all, what he lacks is simple and crude destructive power, not the shadow ability to take a treacherous route.
"This time, I won't let you escape again!"
Blackbeard's eyes were filled with cold murderous intent.
This dark vortex is equivalent to a small black hole.
In other words, as long as he grabs Mord and Shadow together, he can directly send Mord into the black hole, and then compress Mord with infinite power until he is crushed!
However, there is a difference between inhaling a lifeless object and inhaling a strong person with a strong aura.
Inhaling the former is a breeze, while inhaling the latter requires a delay of about a few seconds.
The delay time within these few seconds will test the physical combat capabilities of both parties.
Blackbeard has not yet obtained the shocking power that he longs for, and the person he is facing is Maud, so he has no confidence in his heart.
However, the initiative to kill is in his hands, so even if he can withstand Mod's close attack, as long as he survives these few seconds of close combat, the winner can be decided directly.
What's a pity is that this time, although it was ensured that both Mod and Shadow were stuck by gravity, there was no companion to do the finishing touches.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have to bear the risk of failure in physical combat.
In an extremely short period of time, Blackbeard, who had a chance to win, had a lot of thoughts.
On his side, he was sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai, while on Mod's side, it was life and death.
Although the situation was very critical, Maude did not panic at all.
"The solid shadow transformed by the Devil Fruit's ability cannot escape the gravity of the black hole. What if it is a shadow in a normal state..."
Even if the ability of the Shadow Fruit is temporarily sealed, Mod is not inferior to Blackbeard in hand-to-hand combat.
The only thing to worry about is the shadow being sucked away from the body.
If the shadow is sucked into Blackbeard's black hole space...
Under this premise, if Blackbeard is determined not to liberate the black hole, it means that the shadow will be trapped in the black hole forever.
This is not a situation that Maude wants to see.
"Release!"
Maud's heart moved, and he gave Shadow the order to disable his abilities.
In an instant, the solid shadow that was flying in front and locked by gravity suddenly returned to a flat shadow that was not affected by light and existed more conceptually.
strictly speaking-
The two-dimensional shadow that is born under the influence of the shadow fruit ability and can move freely and is not affected by light is no longer a normal optical phenomenon.
Perhaps calling it a partial manifestation of Maud's soul would be more inclined to the correct answer.
The shadow that was relieved of its physical state, just as Mod expected, got rid of the gravity of the Dark Fruit and dropped to the messy ground.
at the same time.
Locked by gravity, Maude flew across the distance between life and death, and was grabbed by Blackbeard's neck.
The moment the limbs touched, Maude lost the ability of the shadow fruit, and naturally could not exchange places with the shadow hanging on the ground.
"You're finished, Bacardi Mod!!!"
Blackbeard seized the opportunity accurately. While squeezing Maud's neck, he wrapped his solid armed-colored left hand in advance, made a fist, and hit Maud hard on the chest.
Bang!
Following an extremely dull sound of air explosion, Maud's body suddenly arched back.
The energy that followed the fist penetrated directly through his body and came out from his back.
At the same time, the black mist emerging from Blackbeard's palm had already wrapped around Maud's neck.
It seemed that in just one or two seconds, Mod would be pulled into the black hole space by the black mist.
"Hahaha...!!!"
Blackbeard seemed to have seen Maud's death, and laughed proudly.
"Um!?"
Just when Blackbeard was about to add a second punch, he happened to see Maud holding an old-style flintlock gun in his left hand and pointing the muzzle slightly downward at his abdomen.
"It doesn't matter if I take one shot from you. When the next punch is over, gravity will swallow you up completely!"
Blackbeard, who was in control of the situation, did not pay attention to the flintlock that Maud pointed at his abdomen. He knew very well that the key to victory or defeat was to use gravity to suck Maud into the black hole!
In this brief second that determined life and death, Blackbeard put a piece of armed color on his abdomen, and then punched Maud hard in the chest.
Bang!
This was the sound made by Blackbeard's second punch on Maude.
After being hit, Maud raised his head and vomited thick blood, and his entire upper body was plunged into black mist.
boom!
It was the sound of Maud pulling the trigger and firing.
A special bullet, wrapped around Maude's desperate weapon color, hit Blackbeard's abdomen at close range.
laugh!
A blood flower bloomed instantly.
The bullet broke through the armor on Blackbeard's abdomen with difficulty, and then penetrated into Blackbeard's body.
The heartbreaking pain that was the first to come back made Blackbeard take a breath.
But the outcome is decided.
This fight to the death was won by him, Blackbeard! ! !
"This is your last futile struggle, Bacardi. Mo... hmm!?"
Before the black mist swallowed up Maud, Blackbeard took advantage of the opportunity to laugh out loud, but the sudden feeling of weakness and powerlessness made him stop talking.
"This is… !?"
Blackbeard weakly let go of his right hand that was holding Maud's neck. He looked at the black mist that melted away like spring snow in astonishment. He stumbled and almost fell to the ground.
Once the unreasonable gravity of the Dark Fruit disappeared, Maud landed firmly on the ground and put away the old, smoking gun.
Immediately, Maude raised her hand to cover her face, wiping away the blood on her face and the messy hair on her forehead.
The messy hair was immediately styled with blood.
"Blackbeard, no one told you? Arrogance and rashness are your weaknesses."
After completing this action, Maud lowered his head and calmly looked down at the astonished black beard from a distance away.
Blackbeard stared at Maude, his wide eyes filled with strong unwillingness.
"Hailoushi Bullet... you have been... from the beginning..."
"Yeah, correct."
Maude reached out and grabbed Blackbeard's neck, thus interrupting Blackbeard's words.
Bailey relaxed completely and ran to Maud's shoulder.
The navy soldiers not far away all had stiff faces.
What just happened seemed to be a long time, but in fact it only happened in a few seconds...
Chapter 212 The End of Blackbeard
The entrance to town.
Most of the navy stared blankly at Blackbeard, who was kneeling in front of Maud and suddenly lost the power to resist.
The battle ended so quickly that they didn't even know what was going on inside.
Only Fujitora and Cha Dou, from the standpoint of bystanders, could see some clues, and couldn't help but look surprised.
The battle that ended in a few seconds seemed uneventful, but was actually thrilling.
Even the onlookers Takagi and Fujitora could see the danger, and for the parties involved, Maud and Blackbeard, there was no need to say more.
Fierce fighting, fighting!
This common phenomenon of interaction in battles of the same level cannot be used to describe the battle between Mod and Blackbeard.
This is a—
There is no confrontation of gorgeous moves, no destructive power, no display of arrogant momentum... It's just a battle where whoever makes the wrong move will be defeated immediately.
"The Darkness Fruit, the nemesis of ability users... is known as the most vicious ability in history, and it is well-deserved."
Fujitora slowly let go of his right hand on the wooden stick and said solemnly to himself.
In a one-on-one situation, it would probably be extremely dangerous for him to face Blackbeard.
After all, without knowing the details...
No, even if precautions are taken in advance, the ability that can unmistakably strip away the power of demons and directly force the person into a fist-fighting arena will often interrupt one's own fighting rhythm in an extremely brutal manner. .
The more people with abilities have integrated their Devil Fruit abilities into their fighting skills and fighting instincts over time, the more likely they will be caught off guard.
Therefore, breaking the target's instinctive fighting thoughts and forcibly interrupting the target's fighting rhythm is the most vicious manifestation of the Dark Fruit's ability.
"The chance of winning is within a breath, Blackbeard."
Maude grabbed Blackbeard's neck and lifted him up.
The situation a few seconds ago was completely changed at this moment.
If Blackbeard hadn't yet obtained the power of earthquake, the result would be hard to say.
Because, Mod also didn't expect that the arrogant and rash guy in front of him, who was keen on explaining the effects of abilities in battle, was actually a hidden physical master.
In the final analysis, it is also because when Blackbeard showed off his combat power in the original work, the existence of the Dark Fruit ability and the Shock Fruit ability was too intuitive.
In addition, Blackbeard is too conceited and full of flaws most of the time, so that people inadvertently ignore Blackbeard's basic combat power.
Now think about it carefully -
The former Shichibukai Jinbei, in the Ten Thousand Kingdoms Arc, was able to withstand the Imperial Sword of the Fourth Emperor Charlotte Lingling with his body without any injuries just by relying on his armament!
As for Jinbe, who had such outstanding armament and physical strength, he was stunned to fight Ace for five days and five nights and still couldn't decide the winner.
From this point of view, Ace should not be the type who relies solely on Devil Fruit abilities. In terms of physical strength and basic combat power, he is also worthy of being the captain of the second team of the Whitebeard Pirates.
But Ace was turned into a Muggle by Blackbeard's physical skills.
From this point, we can see the basic combat power of Blackbeard.
In addition, Blackbeard had injured the red hair in his serious state before eating the Dark Fruit.
Maude almost forgot this information which was briefly mentioned in the original novel.
Only after fighting Blackbeard in person could Maud deeply understand the power of Blackbeard hidden in the Darkness Fruit ability.
"It's not entirely a good thing to blindly trust the inherent perception obtained from the original work."
In an extremely dangerous situation, the victory was confirmed in this battle that ended in only a few seconds. Maud could not help but feel emotional.
He is a man, not a god.
It is impossible to accurately grasp all the information in the original work.
Sometimes, in a battle of this level, a slight error in information may affect the final result.