Zhu Tian started by deceiving his father-in-law from the perspective of pirates.

The other criminals who escaped from Impel Down also looked at Blackbeard with mocking expressions.

Their faces showed absolutely no concern for their captain; in fact, they all wore expressions of schadenfreude.

They are a group of ruthless and vicious pirates. On this sea, you can only trust yourself.

They'll follow the captain when he brings them benefits, but if he doesn't, well, they'll be the first to kill him.

This is the way pirates survive.

"Damn it, you brat, what are you trying to do?" Blackbeard looked at Rhodes with a sinister expression and said.

This time, he really couldn't laugh.

“You should ask Kaido what he wants from you. After all, I’m just following orders,” Rhodes said with a smile.

Kaido was extremely pleased with himself. In front of everyone, Rod acknowledged him as his subordinate, which made Kaido very happy.

Even though their relationship is reversed, you're giving me face by saying that in front of outsiders!

"Your name is Blackbeard, right? I've heard you can steal other people's Devil Fruit abilities. I need your help in a bit. Take out someone's Devil Fruit for me. If you do, I'll consider not killing you," Kaido said.

Upon hearing this, Blackbeard's eyes widened instantly!

Are you kidding me? Why? How could Kaido know my abilities?

The most unique ability he gained after eating the Dark-Dark Fruit was the ability to steal other people's Devil Fruits, an ability he only revealed to a few of his subordinates.

Could it be that?

Blackbeard glared fiercely at the group of prisoners he had recruited, as well as his four initial recruits.

"Hey! Captain, don't look at me like that. I haven't leaked any information," Lafitte said, somewhat speechless.

The sniper Van Auger standing to the side was also speechless. Was this some kind of mistake?

Shouldn't you have suspected the prisoners in Impel Down first? Maybe one of them leaked the information.

"Alright, Blackbeard, hurry up and make a decision! Do you want to help me?" Kaido said, propping his spiked club on the ground.

"Hahaha! You're here to steal the Tremor-Tremor Fruit too, aren't you? I didn't expect a monster like you to have your eye on Whitebeard's abilities," Blackbeard said.

"Hmph! I do value Whitebeard's abilities, but this time you're not taking his abilities, but someone else's. Answer my question now," Kaido said.

“I understand, I will help you, but after I finish my work, you have to let me and my companions leave,” Blackbeard said.

"Who wants to leave with you? Idiot, you probably can't keep your promise to us, can you?" the tyrannical king said impatiently.

The other Impel Down pirates also looked at Blackbeard with mocking expressions. If you can't keep your promise, we won't follow you.

"Isn't it just a performance opportunity in a moment? It's just a change of target, what are you worried about? My abilities will amaze you sooner or later," Blackbeard said.

“Then I hope you keep your word, Captain!” Shiryu of the Rain said.

"Humph!"

"These damned pirates, do they even respect me? Do they even respect the Marines?" Sengoku the Buddha led the three admirals, and Marine hero Garp stood in the distance, looking furious.

"Fleet Admiral, let's wait and see! Kaido's target doesn't seem to be our Marines. Let their pirates fight amongst themselves first; we just need to step in last to clean up the mess," Akainu said.

Although the Navy's upper echelons suffered no losses in the all-out battle against the Whitebeard Pirates, their resources were severely depleted, making it unwise to continue fighting under these circumstances.

After all, Kaido is no ordinary pirate, but a top-tier Yonko. Who knows if the Beasts Pirates are on their way?

Let Kaido of the Beasts fight Blackbeard or Whitebeard first, so that he can take the opportunity to recover some strength to deal with the next battle.

Sengoku nodded upon hearing this, and led several admirals and the entire navy to retreat to the back. Facing Kaido of the Beasts, Blackbeard, and Whitebeard at the same time, their navy was really struggling.

The navy's actions naturally did not escape Rhodes's eyes, but Rhodes didn't care. As long as he could get his business done, he didn't care about anything else.

"I'll see Whitebeard off first, and we'll continue later." Kaido smiled, raised his big club, and looked at Whitebeard beside him.

"You bastard, what are you trying to do to Dad? Stop it!" Marco shouted anxiously.

"Marco, take all your brothers and leave Marine Headquarters now, and return to the New World," Whitebeard said, turning his head to speak, before engaging Kaido in battle.

But in just one exchange, Whitebeard was knocked to the ground and seriously injured. Coupled with his old age and declining health, he was no match for Kaido at this point.

"Hey, hey, hey, don't damage his body," Rod said.

"Hmph! I know, brat. Whitebeard, let me send you on your final journey! Blood Thunder Bagua." In addition to Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki, Kaido's spiked club was also imbued with a blood-red energy.

Then, with a fierce blow, he struck Whitebeard, breaking his weapon in two.

Whitebeard staggered back a few steps, barely managing to stand. At this moment, his consciousness began to blur, and his life was finally coming to an end.

"Ahem! One Piece is real!" After shouting these words, Whitebeard closed his eyes forever.

Goodbye, my sons, this time it will be a final farewell!

"Dad!"

"Heh! The cycle of life has ended, but death is not the end!"

Chapter 84 Blood Death Knight Whitebeard

Whitebeard's death caught everyone off guard; some were surprised, some sighed, some gloated, and some were heartbroken.

Although many people predicted Whitebeard's death today, it is still quite poignant that such a legendary pirate tale ended in this way.

"Father, Father, Kaido, you bastard, Kaido, I'm going to kill you!" Marco said, looking at Kaido with extreme anger.

Sylvanas took out some magical materials and began to depict various details around Whitebeard. Then she took out the Blood Death Knight transformation item that her subordinates had previously prepared.

They were placed one by one around Whitebeard's corpse, and soon a blackish-purple six-pointed star magic circle formed around Whitebeard's body.

“Here you go, this is the summoning spell and the contract circle. Just follow the steps on it, and you can control him. Remember, you must find a way to weaken his soul and make him willing to submit to you,” Sylvanas said, handing a spell to Rhodes.

Transforming into a Death Knight is only the first step. The more important step is to control the other party. Controlling undead creatures is slightly simpler than controlling demons, but it still requires sealing off the contract.

After taking the spell, Rhodes nodded and went to Whitebeard's corpse, where he began to inscribe necromancy and blood conversion arrays on his body.

This was also her first time, the first time she had transformed another life into an undead creature.

However, this was bound to happen sooner or later. As the queen of the Forsaken, she had to consider the sake of her entire race.

There are some things that must be done even if you don't want to, otherwise the forgotten will disappear sooner or later.

On the other side, Kaido stood beside Rod, carrying his spiked club. Blackbeard's face was extremely grim; this was a golden opportunity—a perfect chance to seize Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit.

But it's a pity that Kaido, one of the Four Emperors, was standing there, along with that fearsome kid and that peculiar woman, and the skeleton lying on the ground. I don't think I noticed them before! So there was a bound skeleton among this group?

“You bastard, what are you going to do to Dad’s corpse? He’s dead, give the body back to us,” Marco said.

"You bunch of trash, shut up! Anyone who wants to die, come at me!" Kaido said.

Several Whitebeard Pirates captains couldn't wait to rush over, but Marco immediately stopped them.

Do you think he doesn't know Kaido's strength, even if others don't?

This is the only monster that can defeat Dad in a one-on-one fight.

Now that his father is dead, he is the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates. He has the responsibility, the obligation, and the duty to bring all his brothers back to the New World safely.

This rescue operation was a complete failure. Their rescue target, Portgas D. Ace, was killed in action, and even Whitebeard, their father, was killed in action.

"Halaam Star, Salamkaru." A strange, bitter, and incomprehensible incantation was uttered by Rhodes.

Sylvanas then began to unleash powerful necromantic energy, which transformed into a dark purple mist that began to permeate around Whitebeard.

The dark purple mist gradually entered Whitebeard's body. The gruesome wounds on Whitebeard's body began to change.

The two huge wounds on his chest began to heal, but strangely, the white-bearded man's body slowly began to change to the skin color of the woman he had just seen.

It turned into a dark purple color, and a cold wind blew by, causing everyone present, whether pirates or marines, to feel an extremely cold aura.

The four jars placed around Whitebeard suddenly shattered, and a large amount of blood flowed out, then pooled on Whitebeard's body.

An eerie, indescribable sense of dread arose in everyone's hearts.

It seems! It seems! Something terrifying is about to happen.

"Hey! What's that rookie kid in the Beasts Pirates doing? And that strange woman, what are they going to do to Whitebeard's corpse?" Doc Q said.

As a black doctor, also known as the Grim Reaper, he clearly sensed something different, the aura of death, an absolute deathly aura.

"I don't know, let's keep watching. Anyway, we can't stop them. Besides, this is Navy territory, and the main force hasn't said anything." Blackbeard glanced at Sengoku the Buddha standing in the distance and said.

“Marco! Father, something seems wrong with Father’s body! Father’s skin color seems to have turned blackish-purple, just like that woman’s,” Vista said.

"And have you noticed that all of Dad's wounds seem to have healed? This is really strange. What's going on?"

The Seven Warlords of the Sea on the high platform also joined in the excitement, but Empress Boa Hancock quietly left the scene.

No matter what other people's affairs are, nothing is more important than Luffy. She needs to go and see how Luffy is doing right away, so she hijacks a navy ship and sets off.

She just saw a small boat that looked like a submarine rescue Luffy and Jinbe.

"Fleet Admiral! What should we do? Should we make a move?" A Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral approached Sengoku and asked.

"If we were to go to war with the Four Emperors, we would need the World Government's approval. The World Government only approved our war with Whitebeard. If Kaido doesn't show any hostility towards us, we'll just wait and see," said Sengoku the Buddha.

This situation is actually advantageous to their navy; let these pirates kill each other!

Kaido of the Beasts just killed Whitebeard, which did the Navy a huge favor.

"Sengoku, I always felt that the dark purple-skinned woman in Kaido's crew, and that young brat, were not simple. They... they seemed to be doing something terrifying," Vice Admiral Tsuru said.

"Let's wait and see. Akainu, you need to recover your strength quickly," said Sengoku the Buddha, glancing at his admiral Akainu beside him.

He was the one who fought the hardest in this war, but he was also the one who was most seriously injured.

With Kaido present, a tremendous deterrent effect was created, and neither the Navy nor the pirates dared to act rashly, giving Rhodes the crucial time to transform.

Time passed slowly, and Sylvanas was starting to feel the strain; the old man with the white beard was physically incredibly strong.

Transforming it into a powerful death knight requires an enormous amount of death power.

Fortunately, they are currently on a battlefield, surrounded by at least tens of thousands of dead people. The death energy generated here is extremely abundant, which they can fully absorb and transform.

"Rhodes, how's the situation?" Kaido asked.

It's been almost an hour, and you still haven't finished?

"It's almost done," Rhodes said, bringing out his weapons and armor. He finished the final transformation spell.

He began to wholeheartedly manipulate the infusion of the power of death.