I'm in One Piece, and I'm Luffy's childhood friend.

Black smoke engulfed the flames, and Blackbeard rose again, truly without a single wound on his body.

"Bai Yun knows your abilities very well. He told me everything, Blackbeard. Don't think you've already won!!"

Bai Yun had told Ace this.

The Dark-Dark Fruit can absorb Devil Fruit attacks, but only on a small scale, like Ace's fire bullets just now. It cannot absorb large-scale fire punches.

However, the exact amount absorbed depends on the size of the black hole.

"Bai Yun can see (the future)... He thinks too absolutely. Knowing your weakness, I may not necessarily lose."

Ace took off his hat, hung it around his neck and behind his back, and assumed an attack stance.

He spoke with great confidence.

"who is he?!"

Who exactly is he?!

Blackbeard roared menacingly.

The "he" he was referring to was naturally Bai Yun.

"Why does he know so much about the Dark-Dark Fruit?!"

"Moreover, his ability seems to be specifically designed to counter the Dark-Dark Fruit!"

"Who exactly is he?!"

Here, "Blackbeard" refers to the way Bai Yun's ever-changing bracelet always managed to perfectly block Blackbeard's attacks during their fight in Mogu Town.

Moreover, the Dark-Dark Fruit hasn't appeared in the world for a long time, and unless you have a Devil Fruit encyclopedia, very few people know about it.

Blackbeard had seen the Devil Fruit encyclopedia, and the description of the Dark-Dark Fruit wasn't that detailed. He knew that he had gradually discovered it over the years.

How did Bai Yun know all this so clearly?

He's my brother!

"Fire Fist!!"

Ace made his move again.

Blackbeard wasn't going to just stand there and get hit, so he dodged the fire punch.

"Dark water!"

During the dodge, Blackbeard's black hole suction force erupted again, pulling Ace towards him.

Having already suffered a blow, Ace wouldn't sit idly by and wait to die.

"Sacred Fire Shiranui!"

Ace's hands transformed into flames, and as he flew away, he swung the flames into a spear at Blackbeard. The flaming spear pierced Blackbeard and instantly burst into flames.

Blackbeard gritted his teeth and endured the pain, kicking Ace back. Why didn't he use his hands? Because he didn't have any hands.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Ace was kicked down.

Blackbeard stood there, panting heavily, his forehead covered in sweat—a result of the psychological trauma he had suffered.

"So what if you know the weakness of the Dark-Dark Fruit?"

"How many hits can you take, Captain Ace?!"

"Furthermore, there's an even more powerful force from the Dark-Dark Fruit that you've never seen before!!"

Chapter 546 Fate Can Be Changed!!

"Furthermore, there's an even more powerful force from the Dark-Dark Fruit that you've never seen before!!"

"Rotation of Kingdoms!!!"

Just as Blackbeard was speaking confidently, Ai Baiyun's voice came from behind him. Startled, Blackbeard immediately turned around, but saw no one.

Looking up, Bai Yun spun down from the sky, his long sword charged up and slashed down with overwhelming force.

The black hole couldn't be absorbed by the slash, and Blackbeard was now missing an arm, so he could only release the black hole on his hand, harden his Armament Haki, and throw a punch upwards, meeting Ai Baiyun's blade.

With a loud bang, the ground beneath Blackbeard's feet cracked.

"Now's the time!!"

"Crossfire!!"

Ace crossed his two index fingers to form a cross, then shot a cross-shaped beam of light from his fingers at Blackbeard. Following the beam of light, he unleashed a massive cross-shaped flame that shot towards Blackbeard.

Blackbeard felt the attack from behind, his eyes widened, and he punched Ai Baiyun away.

It was too late to avoid it!

A cross-shaped fire mark appeared on his back, which then burned fiercely, causing Blackbeard to writhe on the ground in pain once more.

Upon seeing this, Ai Baiyun drew his knife and slashed.

The blade magnified in Blackbeard's eyes, and just as it was about to strike, a bullet struck the blade with such force that Ai Baiyun dropped his longsword.

It was naturally the bullet fired by Oka.

The four of them also rushed over.

As the bullet from the Oka deflected the longsword from Ai Baiyun's hand, Lafitte, with wings on his back, arrived first, thrusting his cane-sword at Ai Baiyun, aiming straight for the top of his head.

"Torture to Death!!"

Ai Baiyun's Observation Haki alarm bells rang wildly, and he exploded backward by pressing down on the ground.

Lafitte's sword missed its mark and landed on the ground in front of Blackbeard's head.

Blackbeard was terrified.

"Watch out!!! Lafitte!!!"

"Hehehe, Captain, you're alright, aren't you?"

Lafitte always maintained that forced, insincere smile towards everyone.

"Hahaha, who said I'm fine? It hurts like hell."

"But even if it hurts, it's all worth it to get the chips, hahaha!!!"

Ai Baiyun and Ai Si reunited.

The Blackbeard Pirates reunited.

The two groups faced off again. Ai Baiyun understood that it was impossible for him to hold off four people by himself, but if one or two more people were to leave, it would be troublesome for Ace to leave. Blackbeard's suction force was most troublesome for Devil Fruit users who wanted to escape.

Therefore, the best solution right now is... to stall for time!!!

Ai Baiyun sent a consciousness connection to the main body of the Seven Waters City.

Over here, Bai Yun, who was looking for Zoro, received the message instantly and quickly flew towards Fate's Crystal Island.

Since the plan was to stall for time, Ai Baiyun began to put on an act.

First, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath, then opened them, his fear and anxiety turning into contempt and mockery.

Blackbeard, who was about to make a move, stopped himself after noticing the look in that eyes.

"It's been a long time, Blackbeard."

Ai Baiyun spoke, looking utterly disdainful.

Blackbeard finds that tone annoying.

"Bai Yun?"

"No! This is your clone! It's definitely you!!"

"You're trying to lie to me, aren't you!"

"Is it really that difficult to transfer consciousness into a clone?"

"Just like you said, we are one person."

Ai Baiyun replied.

"Wow, Bai Yun is amazing!"

Ace believed it first.

Ai Baiyun put his hands on his hips.

"Of course, I'm amazing."

Blackbeard couldn't stand seeing the two of them like that.

"Enough!! Do you two think I don't exist!?"

"Bai Yun! So what if your original consciousness has arrived!?"

"Are you strong enough?!"

"Even if I could, I wouldn't run away today!!"

"Let's fight to the death! Hahahaha!! This is what pirates are all about!!!"

Ai Baiyun had to admit that although Blackbeard betrayed them and used every means possible, his spirit truly made him a real pirate, a ruthless hero who was willing to "betray the world" for his dream of ruling the seas.

Bai Yun had assumed he was a positive character based on his earlier remarks about dreams.

Unexpectedly, it was Luffy and Blackbeard meeting their final rivals.

"superior!!"

Blackbeard spoke again, and the four men behind him launched another attack.

Ai Baiyun hadn't expected Blackbeard to have such courage. His plan to stall for time had failed, and he could only rely on fighting.

"I'm leaving?"

Ai Baiyun and Ai Si stood back to back, surrounded by the four people.

The words "I'm leaving" were said by Ace.

Ai Baiyun's answer was yes.