Chapter 414: The Trouble in Mary Joa
"Boom!!!"
With a deafening bang, this once glorious and majestic building seemed to have been wiped out from the world, without even the slightest trace left.
The moment the research institute in Pangu City disappeared, time seemed to stop for a moment.
Dust was flying all over the sky, obscuring people's vision. Only the empty ruins silently told the traces of their past existence.
Blackbeard stood in the center of the ruins, the once prosperous ground beneath his feet was now in ruins.
The dark power that had just been destroyed still remained in his body, and the dark aura emanated from around him, destroying everything.
"Thief hahahaha..."
A deep and arrogant laugh came out of his mouth, which, combined with everything he had done, was extremely shocking.
His laughter echoed in the ruins, as if mocking all the glory that once existed here and those rulers who thought they were superior.
Blackbeard opened his arms, as if welcoming everything he was about to control.
He stepped forward slowly, his eyes sweeping across the front, "I will accept all of your collections with reluctance!"
These research results, devil fruits, and advanced technologies that were once considered confidential by the World Government were all collected by him using the "Dark-Dark Fruit" and sealed in a dark space that only he could enter.
The air still had the residual warmth of destruction, but Blackbeard, who was standing in the center of the battlefield, had a look of greedy satisfaction on his face.
Every inch of strength, every weapon, made him feel extremely satisfied.
However, behind the ecstasy brought by the power of space, Blackbeard also vaguely sensed the changes in his body.
His fingers trembled slightly, and he felt a strange power flowing through his body.
This power was not the devil fruit power he knew. It was deeper and more bizarre, as if there was a being with mysterious power wandering in his body.
His brows furrowed slightly, and a trace of uneasiness flashed through his mind, but after further feeling it, he laughed again and threw the uneasiness behind his mind.
Even as he was laughing wildly, Mary Geoise's guards and navy had already heard the news and arrived.
Their footsteps were quick and heavy, forming the first line of defense of the world government.
In a moment, countless cold gun muzzles were pointed at Blackbeard, and every soldier's eyes were filled with anger and fear towards this "destroyer".
"boom!"
A gunshot pierced the air, and then dense bullets poured down on Blackbeard like raindrops.
Smoke and dust rose, gunshots roared, and the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder. All the soldiers, without exception, concentrated all their firepower on Blackbeard, intending to completely destroy him with a violent attack.
However, as the gunshots gradually stopped and the smoke and dust had not yet dispersed, a familiar and piercing laugh suddenly rang out in the air.
"Thief haha..."
Blackbeard's confident and contemptuous laughter once again echoed in the ruins.
"You little tricksters, are you trying to tickle me?"
The smoke and dust gradually dissipated, and Blackbeard's figure gradually appeared.
He was still standing there, without a single scratch on his body, as if the bullet had been swallowed by the huge dark mouth around him.
His dark power seemed to be greater than before, and even exuded a strong aura that made people shudder.
The fatal attack just now seemed to have no effect on him.
The soldiers' faces turned pale in an instant, their eyes filled with fear and disbelief.
They all knew how powerful Blackbeard was, but this encounter was beyond their expectations.
The Blackbeard in front of them was no longer the “Seven Warlords of the Sea” they were familiar with.
His power has entered into unknown territory.
Blackbeard grinned again, his eyes gleaming with madness.
He took a step forward, and the dark power emanating from his body seemed to destroy everything, gradually absorbing the surrounding light.
He muttered in a low voice: "It seems... this harvest is much smaller than I thought."
Blackbeard stood on the devastated ruins, the breeze ruffling his messy black hair, his expression becoming blurred and eerie in the shadows.
He could clearly feel the new power slowly awakening in his body.
When he ate the fruit, his action was almost driven by instinct, but now he knew that this power was far more complicated than it seemed.
He looked down at his hands, his fingertips trembling slightly as he felt a strange touch.
His skin became incredibly soft and elastic.
He took a light step forward with his right foot, and suddenly felt his entire leg stretched out, with his toes almost crossing a distance of dozens of meters.
"Rubber fruit..."
He murmured softly, his eyes narrowed with a hint of tentativeness and suspicion.
This ability completely turned his body into rubber, giving him strong resistance to blows, but this did not seem to be enough to explain why his instinct led him to swallow it at that moment.
He didn't believe that the fruit's potential was limited to this.
He waved his arm tentatively, and his arm instantly stretched like rubber, sweeping across a dilapidated stone pillar and shattering it instantly.
His rubberized body displayed amazing flexibility and strength, and even gave him a sense of unexpected pleasure.
Although this power does not appear to be as dark and profound as the Dark-Dark Fruit he swallowed before, Blackbeard knows that the truth of power is often hidden deeper.
"This fruit... must have other potential."
He thought to himself, a cruel smile on his face.
Rubber's ability brought him a new way of fighting and gave him different defensive capabilities, but deep down he was still curious about the secret of this fruit.
However, now is obviously not a good time to study this power.
All around him, Mary Joa's guards and naval soldiers were still staring at him, weapons in their hands ready to launch the next round of attack at any time.
Although the gunfire just now did not cause any substantial harm to him, Blackbeard knew that the World Government would not let him go easily.
His eyes quickly scanned the surroundings, and the tense atmosphere around them made the air seem stagnant.
The wreckage of the institute, the scattered rubble, and the trembling researchers, everything showed the destructive power he had just inflicted.
But he knew that next, he had to buy himself more time to explore this new power.
"This place is not suitable for my ability to study the fruit quietly..."
The corners of his mouth curled up slightly as he thought about his next plan.
His legs suddenly stretched out, his steps were so light that they were hardly noticeable, and he quickly distanced himself from the enemy like a rubber catapult.
Every movement is full of flexibility and weirdness.
The guards looked at Blackbeard's strangely elongated body and did not dare to act rashly for a moment.
The rubbery body before them seemed to possess unlimited potential and flexibility, beyond their understanding.
Blackbeard smiled coldly, and his rubberized arm suddenly whipped up a soldier who was trying to approach him, and instantly threw him to the ground several meters away.
The soldier fell heavily to the ground, groaning in pain. The soldiers around him took a few steps back in horror, with the weapons in their hands hanging limply.
"Thief hahahaha!"
Blackbeard laughed wildly. His rubberized body brought him an unprecedented sense of control and pleasure.
He knew that today's battle would not end here, but he also knew that he had to seize every minute and every second, leave here as soon as possible, and find a safe place to truly explore the full potential of this fruit.
"I'll be back...just wait and see."
Blackbeard muttered to himself in a low voice, with a gleam of determination in his eyes.
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