Konoha's Mission Master

Golden flames danced across the blades as the two blades slashed toward Blackbeard's neck in an instant.

The Dark-Dark Fruit is indeed very powerful... but it also has a fatal side effect: it prevents one from becoming an elemental.

Faced with Yakumo's lightning-fast slashes, Blackbeard could only wrap his arms in jet-black Armament Haki to block.

Yakumo immediately sensed the resistance from Blackbeard's Armament Haki, as if hard steel was appearing in front of a blade, gradually slowing down its advance.

The Demon-Subduing Blade's blue lines instantly spread out.

Ultimately, it was constructed into complex and mysterious runes.

"Spell-breaking incantation".

[Breaking Spell: Increases destructive power against energy defenses by 15%!]

With a clang.

Blackbeard's hard Armament Haki was cut through, revealing bright white bone where the blade struck. The invincible blade was ultimately blocked by the bone.

"It hurts...it hurts so much!"

Blackbeard retreated half a step and exclaimed in surprise that, for some unknown reason, Blackbeard would suffer double the pain when hit.

Waves of excruciating pain surged through him, causing Blackbeard's face to contort in pain. Black smoke billowed from his back, and the four braided strands of his beard swayed in the wind.

"Dark water".

Blackbeard began to attack, an invisible force drawing Yakumo's weapon in.

Yakumo immediately exerted his strength to resist this force.

At the same time, water columns several meters high rose from the surrounding sea and crashed into Blackbeard. In fact... Yakumo had the advantage of both timing and terrain in the battlefield environment!

Black smoke spread, swallowing the incoming water column like a terrifying behemoth. Blackbeard seemed unaffected, continuing to control the dark water to absorb the weapon in Yakumo's hand as much as possible.

"Celestial Art: Compassion!"

Thirty-six water droplets shot from a distance, entering the range of Blackbeard's Observation Haki, and he almost instantly tried to dodge.

However, he was tightly entangled by Yakumo, who was wielding two swords.

call out!call out!call out!

A whooshing sound came from the air.

Despite Blackbeard's best efforts to dodge, he was still hit by four water droplets, and faint golden arcs of electricity rippled across his shoulders and lower abdomen.

The excruciating pain spread and struck.

Blackbeard's expression grew even more grim.

"It hurts...it hurts so much!"

Blackbeard slammed his right hand, enveloped in black smoke, towards Yakumo, his towering figure exuding an incredibly terrifying sense of oppression.

Yakumo took two steps back, choosing not to confront him head-on.

The Dark-Dark Fruit holds too many unknown wonders for him; a rash head-on confrontation could easily give Blackbeard an opening to wipe him out in one fell swoop…

"Water Release: Water Dragon Barrage"

In the distance, eight blue water dragons, each a hundred meters long, rose from the sea and immediately launched water spheres, each about two meters in diameter, at Blackbeard.

Such an attack could not injure Blackbeard, but it could force him to defend himself, since any Devil Fruit user has a natural fear of seawater.

"Water Escape: Water Prison!"

Yakumo controlled the surrounding seawater to form a giant blue water sphere, which floated on the ever-undulating sea surface. Yakumo then manipulated the water sphere to crash into Blackbeard.

This action is similar to Kisame's actions in the original work.

"Darkness Barrier!"

Blackbeard spread his arms wide, and the thick black mist between his hands formed a barrier similar to a city wall, rapidly devouring the water sphere created by Yakumo and storing it in an unknown space.

But Yakumo remained completely calm.

How could there be a lack of water on the sea surface?!

"You like to drink water, then I'll let you drink as much as you want!"

As Yakumo mobilized his chakra, the surrounding sea rose directly, crashing into the dark barrier and allowing it to engulf him.

Upon seeing this, Blackbeard immediately retreated and dodged.

Clearly, just as Yakumo guessed, the Dark-Dark Fruit creates a dimension that stores and devours items, but this dimension has a volume limit, which is why Blackbeard doesn't dare to devour seawater indiscriminately.

Swish!

Yakumo created shadow clones to control the movement of the water prison.

Meanwhile, the main body crashed into Blackbeard like a sharp sword.

Blackbeard had to focus all his attention on Yakumo's true form, because he sensed an indescribable sharpness emanating from her.

If Whitebeard in his youth possessed the ultimate power capable of destroying everything, then Yakumo before Blackbeard was an unparalleled weapon capable of severing everything.

Blackbeard had no choice but to fight back with all his might.

At this moment, what came into view of the black beard was a brilliant and vibrant golden light.

Golden arcs of electricity, almost tangible, flowed across Yakumo's body, igniting the surrounding moisture. From a distance, he resembled a high-wattage incandescent light bulb.

Dazzling and eye-catching.

“Wei Kingdom”.

Yakumo gripped his twin blades tightly and unleashed an extremely brutal slash, which Blackbeard immediately neutralized with his Dark Water.

The moment they made contact, the blue light on the surface of the Demon-Subduing Demon was overwhelmingly stronger.

Break the law!

The blade roared, like a raging dragon.

Blackbeard's expression darkened, and he no longer concealed his power. Almost instantly, the pressure he exerted on Yakumo increased several times over.

"Broken Void - Reversal".

"The Creation of Heaven and Earth: The Round Dance"

Yakumo kept moving forward and backward on the sea, colliding wildly with Blackbeard. The shockwaves caused by their collisions were even greater than those caused by Whitebeard and Sengoku in the distance.

This is because Yakumo and Blackbeard fought with far less restraint, going all out... while Whitebeard and Sengoku were somewhat more restrained.

Facing Yakumo's fierce attack, Blackbeard no longer held back. A monstrous heartbeat gradually emanated from his body, and Blackbeard's body swelled up slightly.

Those were two heartbeats overlapping!

Blackbeard's heartbeat sounded even deeper.

It's like... an old war drum.

Yakumo was forced back by the immense force.

However, the water prison and the merciful droplets descended at lightning speed. This time, Blackbeard swiftly dodged the attack, his towering body displaying a speed no less than that of Yakumo.

"So... you really do have two hearts."

Yakumo sighed. He guessed that Blackbeard usually kept one of his hearts beating slowly to reduce the pressure of the surging blood flow on his blood vessels and body.

When he activates his second heart, it signifies entering a battle mode where he holds nothing back, with the two powerful hearts rapidly pumping blood throughout his body.

While putting greater pressure on the blood vessels, it also enhances Blackbeard's strength and speed.

This is the protagonist template... Unleashing its full potential!

On the turbulent sea, Blackbeard heard this and a cruel smile appeared on his face, his narrow eyes filled with malice.

"Anyone who knows this secret... will die!"

"We have no enmity between us. It is you who have been pushing me so hard. Since you are so eager to die, then I will grant your wish!"

Blackbeard chuckled in a low voice, gradually gathering power in his fists.

At this moment, Blackbeard's body was covered with knife wounds, and blood was seeping from many places. He looked terrifying, especially his chest and right arm, where two knife wounds were so deep that the bone was visible.

The knife wound on Blackbeard's chest was caused by Kaiyu. Yakumo drew a 2% chance and used the Shadow Slash, which ignores defense and directly breaks through Dark Water's defense, leaving a 30-centimeter knife wound on his chest.

Blackbeard was now firing at full power, looking completely confident of victory. He didn't even launch a preemptive attack, but instead waited for Yakumo to make his move.

If perseverance, patience, greed, and ambition are the roots of Blackbeard's gradual growth, then his arrogance and recklessness are the biggest reasons for his downfall.

Do you know why I'm targeting Akainu?

Yakumo backhanded the double-edged sword back into the Glory Sword Sheath.

"What? Knowing you're no match, are you planning to beg for mercy?"

Blackbeard was taken aback, then asked with great interest.

Now that his strength had been exposed, it was no longer possible for him to follow Sengoku in hunting Whitebeard. All of this was because of the boy in front of him. In his anger, Blackbeard developed a strong curiosity about Yakumo.

In the collision just now.

Blackbeard has already tested Yakumo's true strength.

At this moment... he remained completely calm.

"If you kneel down and beg me, I'll let you go."

Blackbeard said with malice.

His gaze disgusted Yakumo.

That was... absolute darkness without any light.

It was as if Blackbeard had stripped away all the brilliance of humanity, leaving only pure darkness and evil, with a terrifying malice sweeping over him.

Yakumo guessed that Blackbeard must have a terrible past, just like every evil villain needs to have a tragic past.

But Yakumo is really annoying, this kind of malice.

"Because I hated him, he died."

Yakumo hates it... Akainu bombards ordinary civilians in the name of justice, just because he doesn't want his absolute justice to be tarnished. He hates it... He kills his subordinates without hesitation if they disagree with him, even if those subordinates are just firmly convinced of their own justice.

"Oh...and then?"