Right now, what mattered most was not the Dark-Dark Fruit, nor hiding his identity, but surviving and leaving this place alive.
Teach's face carried both seriousness and ferocity. His right hand formed a fist, a fist as big as a clay pot, smashing toward Kalifa.
Seeing Teach's movement, Kalifa hurriedly swung the whip in her hand and rushed straight forward, preparing to take Teach head-on.
He was nothing more than an ordinary crew member of the Whitebeard Pirates!
But in that split second, Lucci, seemingly sensing something, had a drastic change of expression and shouted loudly: "Kalifa, don't get close to him!"
As he spoke, at that very moment, Lucci rushed forward together with the others, rapidly tightening the encirclement.
Without any hesitation, everyone, using fists, feet, or claws, pounced toward Teach.
However, facing CP9's encirclement, Teach made no other move and continued charging toward that woman.
At this time, he knew very well that only by breaking through the encirclement would he have a chance to escape.
Since the World Government had already discovered his identity, he believed that the World Government would definitely not send only these few people to capture him.
There must be others lurking in the dark!
So, Teach forcefully took the attacks from the others and directly smashed a punch into Kalifa's face.
Showing not the slightest bit of mercy, he used all his strength in that punch, directly beating Kalifa until the whites of her eyes rolled back.
"Bang!"
Her entire body instantly crashed backward!
"This guy also knows Armament Haki!"
Lucci, whose punch had landed on Teach's back, let out an exclamation while directly stating Teach's ability.
Seeing this scene, he knew very well that aside from himself, the others were not this guy's match.
Ever since witnessing that terrifying man two years ago, he had never relaxed his training.
Up until now... He had also learned Armament Haki.
"Boom!"
When Lucci's attack slammed into Teach's back, Teach did not hesitate at all. A mouthful of blood sprayed from his mouth, and using the impact force, he pulled away, opening some distance between them.
From the moment he launched the attack, he knew clearly that he absolutely could not get bogged down here with these guys!
He had to escape!
He had to leave this place!
His dream... Would not end so easily!
"Ah!!!"
Letting out a roar, Teach wiped the corner of his mouth with his right hand and continued charging forward.
This also allowed Lucci to guess what this guy was trying to do. His face turned cold as he shouted loudly to the others beside him: "He wants to escape! We can't let this guy run away, we absolutely cannot let him run away!"
As he spoke, he rushed forward. In the blink of an eye, he had caught up to Teach from behind and directly raised his foot and kicked toward Teach.
And Teach also knew... this kick, he could no longer take head-on.
And this guy would no longer send him flying away.
Earlier, the area ahead had been open and unobstructed. That punch could give him momentum. But now... This guy was trying to kick him into a dead end!
He had to deal with this guy first!
He could tell this was a troublesome opponent!
Teach's expression turned ruthless. He quickly turned around, spread his feet, planted himself on the ground, and wildly swung his right fist toward Lucci.
"Bang!!!"
The fist instantly collided with Lucci's foot, but it wasn't over yet.
Teach did not pause at all. Immediately afterward, he pressed forward, his left hand also forming a fist as it smashed toward Lucci's waist!
"Pff!
That heavy blow directly made Lucci spit out a mouthful of blood, and his entire body was sent flying by Teach!
"Lucci!!!"
"Don't worry about me, and stop him! We absolutely cannot let this guy escape!"
After two years of training, Lucci, whose strength was no longer what it once was, did not lose consciousness under that terrifying force. He stood up from the rubble, and after letting out a furious roar, he charged forward once again.
At the moment he rushed out, his entire body directly transformed into a leopard.
His strength and speed have increased!
In just the blink of an eye, he had already rushed in front of Teach, and from the earlier exchange, Teach was once again surrounded by CP9.
Knowing that this guy had been hiding his strength, the CP9 members no longer dared to be careless at this moment.
However…
"Damn it, damn it! You actually won't let me leave!"
Seeing that he truly couldn't escape, Teach went berserk. As if he were gathering power, the ground beneath his feet instantly shattered. "Then all of you stay here with me!"
Teach fought one against five.
First, he let out an angry shout and rushed toward the guy who had transformed into a leopard.
Armament Haki wrapped around his hand as he swung upward, delivering a powerful uppercut.
Then, he kicked horizontally, blocking the long staff in the hands of the pink-haired guy.
Using the rebound force, he immediately threw a straight punch at the big-faced guy. He did not defend at all, nor did he pause in the slightest. Relying on his body to tank the hits, he swung punch after punch straight into the enemy's face.
In just a single exchange, he had already knocked three people flying.
Immediately afterward, he let out another roar and charged forward again, his foot kicking into the stomach of the long-nosed guy.
Aside from Lucci being able to exchange a couple of moves with Teach, the others were all defeated with just one blow.
At this moment, everyone suddenly understood... this terrifying guy was simply not someone they could deal with.
If this guy hadn't only wanted to escape, they probably would have already lost their lives. And also, why had Lucci become so strong?
Looking at Lucci, who could actually fight back and forth with such a terrifying guy, aside from Kaku, who already knew, everyone else wore expressions of shock!
"Damn it, damn it!"
Teach went mad while smashing his fists toward Lucci in front of him.
Meanwhile, Lucci became more and more serious as the fight went on. He discovered... He had really become stronger!
No, he had finally become strong!