Luffy, how can you become the Pirate King if you don't work hard!

"It's not even in its complete form yet, I really don't want to use it. But I can't stand your smug look!"

Blackbeard said this, but his arrogance only grew stronger.

The two black skulls on his chest seemed to sense his emotions, their jaws opening and closing, emitting a silent roar.

"A hidden attack!"

The skull on the left suddenly opened its mouth wide, and a deep, pitch-black beam of light, seemingly capable of swallowing all light, shot out like a laser cannon, heading straight for Luffy's face!

Wherever this black light passed, even the air seemed to be annihilated, leaving behind a brief vacuum trail!

You can't just use your domineering aura to withstand this.

An extremely dangerous feeling instantly gripped Luffy.

Luffy dodged in a flash.

That's the problem with elemental attacks.

It felt like fighting Kizaru.

Domineering aura is an extension of will, an armor and blade for both defense and offense.

However, it is difficult for it to maintain a physical barrier for a long time to isolate pure fire, ice, lightning, or the strange dark energy in front of it.

The ability to withstand elemental damage through sheer physical strength and willpower is itself an astonishing skill.

Teach is an anomaly, and an outstanding one at that. He is a product of the combination of Devil Fruit characteristics and his own physical body, which allows him to withstand more damage.

"Don't even think about escaping, you damn straw hat."

Blackbeard transformed into a human cannon machine, aiming at Luffy's position and blasting at him, while Luffy's body constantly dodged and launched a counterattack.

"JET Thunderfire Anti-Aircraft Cannon!"

Luffy did not choose to take the hit head-on. He took a deep breath, put his hands into a striking stance, and lightning and fire exploded in the air. The wind from his fist compressed the air, forming countless transparent air bullets that could be seen with the naked eye. The core of each air bullet was compressed with scorching flames and violent lightning!

Colliding with the cannon of darkness.

Boom boom boom!

The air bullets and the dark beams collided in mid-air, exploding into chaotic clouds of energy!

"It's not over yet! Straw Hat!"

Just as Luffy dodged, Blackbeard roared and came back from below, the black skull on his right chest suddenly opening its mouth!

The gushing darkness instantly coalesced into a ferocious dragon.

The dark dragon roared silently, opening its gaping maw large enough to swallow a small boat, and with a terrifying aura that could annihilate everything, it lunged at Luffy!

"Dark Dragon!"

dong dong dong.

Luffy's pupils contracted as he tried to block the impact, but his body was knocked back by the immense force.

"Straw hat, how was that? Not a good attack, huh? Hahaha."

Blackbeard looked at him and laughed, "Darkness can devour everything; you have nowhere to hide before my darkness!"

Having been constantly on the defensive, Teach harbored a deep resentment.

But he's no novice pirate.

His goal, his plan, is to ascend to the position of one of the Four Emperors of the New World, not to fight to the death with a single-minded guy here.

He could endure so much in the Whitebeard Pirates, so how could he possibly tolerate this?

Therefore, they took the initiative to make peace.

"Don't waste your energy and time here. You can't kill me. My vitality is incredibly strong because I've awakened my Devil Fruit powers!"

Blackbeard stretched out his hand, and the enormous dark dragon behind him came to life. He laughed and said, "Let's end this battle here. We all have our own things to do, don't we?"

"What I'm going to do is kill you."

Luffy lightly stomped his right foot on the ground, baring his teeth, and said, "You think you're the only one who has awakened a Devil Fruit?"

The sound of drumming rang out.

boom!boom!

The ground beneath Teach's feet suddenly turned rubbery, and a huge fist instantly rose up and slammed into his abdomen from below!

"Rubber Flying Squirrel Gun!"

"Ugh!"

Caught off guard, Teach was thrown off the ground and floated into the air. "Damn it, Dark Dragon, swallow him!"

The enormous dark dragon charged again.

"Turn into rubber!"

Luffy stretched out his arm, which was covered in white flames and exuded Haki, and plunged it directly into the dragon's gaping maw.

Then, his arm coiled, pulled, and swung like a rope!

That terrifying dark dragon was actually tied into a knot with his arm, turning into a clay toy that could be manipulated at will.

"Here you go!"

Luffy swung the dark dragon, which had been knocked into a bow shape, and slammed it back at Teach, who was off balance in mid-air, like throwing a hammer!

"Your ability is very strange!"

Blackbeard, suspended in mid-air, barely managed to adjust his posture, using darkness to create a vortex in front of him, attempting to absorb the dark dragon that had been thrown back. "We really don't get along!"

This feeling of being restrained made him feel suffocated.

"Who wants to get along with you?"

Luffy sneered, his eyes growing even sharper. "Get ready for me to kill you."

The domineering aura within his body is being rapidly depleted.

Maintaining the Nika form or frequently using Conqueror's Haki puts a tremendous strain on both mental and physical strength.

We can't keep arguing like this.

Luffy isn't naive enough to think that Blackbeard is his only enemy.

Continuing to entangle him will not do him any good; the entire Marine Headquarters is also watching him closely!

We must finish this quickly!

Luffy locked his gaze on Teach, who was suspended in mid-air, and took a deep breath.

The next moment, Luffy's size increased, and his whole body swelled up.

"Ok?"

Teach paused for a moment, "Is there no other way? Getting bigger just makes you a sitting duck for me."

His expression gradually turned to surprise. "It's shrunk again?"

After Luffy's inflated body grew to a certain size, it began to shrink inward.

The pure white flames around him were compressed.

Muscles, bones, and rubbery body tissues are all being forcibly condensed toward the core under the control of some kind of will.

Its size is shrinking, but the aura it exudes is like a volcano that has been suppressed to its limit, becoming increasingly terrifying.

"Compress, compress, and compress again!"

Just as he compressed the power of the Rubber Empire to a single point of explosion, at this moment, he is trying to compress his own form!

If techniques can be compressed to increase their power, what happens when body size is compressed?

This is one of the results of Luffy's training during the few days he was on his way to Impel Down.

The knife that Magellan was given before was only a half-finished product; now it's the complete form!

"Hahaha, that's strange. Why are you in this posture? Aren't you a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit user?!"

Blackbeard Teach's arrogant expression gradually froze.

"What's wrong with the rubber fruit being a little special? What, you're not convinced?"

The rubber giant, which had expanded and grown to tens of meters, was compressed to ten meters, eight meters, and five meters!

Luffy, who was originally only up to Blackbeard's chest, was now looking down at him.

His entire body was enveloped in condensed white flame clouds, and on his body surface, jet-black Armament Haki patterns intertwined and spread with leaping dark red Conqueror's Haki lightning, forming a complex and majestic totem.

The black and red arcs of electricity shot out uncontrollably, further shattering the already pitted ground around them.

An indescribable, heavy pressure, like a tangible mountain, enveloped the entire battlefield!

"Nika Hades Stance!"

Luffy spoke slowly, his voice echoing with a strange resonance, staring intently at Blackbeard as he shouted, "It's not over yet."

Click, click.

The demonic black blade in his hand seemed to sense the change in its master, and with a hum, it automatically extended and widened, transforming into a pitch-black giant blade that matched his current five-meter height!

This feeling brought back the same posture Luffy had when he stuffed Moria's shadow into Thriller Bark.

This feeling is even stronger now.

"Isn't your ability specifically designed to counter Devil Fruits?"

Luffy raised his massive head, looking down at Teach with his eyes, "If you're so capable, try to nullify my current abilities."

Blackbeard's mouth twitched violently.

He wanted to use the dark water to pull the other party over and forcibly nullify their ability.

But out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Luffy's body, compressed to its limit and containing destructive power, and that chillingly black giant blade.

Reason is frantically calling the alarm!

He had no doubt that if he used Dark Water at this moment and revealed an opening, the Straw Hat Puppy in that state would rush over at a speed that he couldn't even catch, and then his head might really be chopped off!

However, Teach's inaction does not mean that Luffy's pose is just for show.