Wherever that black mist passed, everything was devoured by those small flying insects. They didn't even leave soil or rocks, making the strong fighters around feel chills seeing it.
"At times like this, if only Akainu were here..." Kizaru muttered softly, slightly missing Akainu's ability.
Against flying insects like this, fire was definitely their natural enemy. Just with one magma punch, all those insects would surely burn to ashes.
Aokiji glanced at him, half his body was instantly enveloped in frost. With a wave of his right hand, cold frost transformed into a whirlwind striking forward: "Akainu isn't here, but I am!"
Aokiji was very confident. Strong ice power wasn't necessarily worse than fire power. However, what shocked him was when that strong cold aura contacted the black mist, no effect whatsoever was produced. That black mist penetrated the cold aura without the slightest hindrance and continued advancing toward everyone.
"How is this possible!" Aokiji's eyes widened, not believing.
This cold aura's power could even freeze the ocean, yet couldn't freeze these small insects?
Imu laughed uproariously with a mocking expression.
Did they really think her Devil Fruit was just an ordinary fruit?
As the former World Government's supreme ruler, how could she choose an ordinary Devil Fruit for herself?
As more and more things were swallowed by the black mist, the demon (Oni) head Imu formed slowly became perfect. Black bone segments extended, producing a neck, spine, ribs... mysterious thick black power formed muscles and veins.
A black giant nearly ten meters tall stood shakily, and a long sword at its waist slowly began to form.
"This Devil Fruit from the One Piece World is truly a magical thing..." Tobirama and the others stared at that black giant full of admiration.
An ordinary human, just by obtaining a Devil Fruit, could directly transcend ordinary human limits and possess supernatural abilities and power. This was hard to imagine in the Naruto World or One Punch Man World.
"Imu holds the complete Devil Fruit encyclopedia?" Bang turned toward Tatsumaki beside him: "Then, was the version obtained by Hero Association executives before just a defective version?"
Tatsumaki nodded slightly while gritting her teeth: "As expected, that bastard was too cunning. Many things she didn't reveal."
Now Saitama wasn't here, there was almost no one in the One Punch Man World who could completely suppress Imu. Capturing her again seemed to have become impossible.
Right when that black giant formed perfectly and gripped the sword hilt at its waist, a thick darkness vortex suddenly formed beneath its feet. Like a black hole, that darkness began to swallow and creep up from the soles.
Initially others didn't pay too much attention because both were black colored. But soon, everyone realized something was wrong. That black giant looked down; its ankle had already been swallowed by that black hole. Moreover, this black hole seemingly had extraordinarily strong suction power; it couldn't break free despite trying hard.
That black giant raged powerlessly. The long sword at its waist changed targets, the blade thrust downward. However that darkness seemed capable of swallowing everything. That sword entered it without the slightest sound, directly swallowed halfway, and couldn't be pulled back.
"This is... Yami Yami no Mi!" As the former supreme ruler, Imu was very familiar with Devil Fruit abilities. She immediately recognized it in an instant.
"Zehahahaha—finally you realized it... Imu!" A head slowly emerged from the black hole, wearing a captain's hat, heavily bearded, with missing teeth, producing a terrifying strange laugh.
That was Blackbeard, Marshall D. Teach, who had long disappeared!
Seeing this person, Shirohige's eye pupils in the distance instantly contracted. Marco and the others behind him also showed drastic expression changes.
"Teach!! How dare he come here!"
"He even managed to restrict Imu's movement, has that bastard's power already grown this fast?"
Even Shirohige was slightly shocked. For himself too, directly fighting Imu wasn't an easy thing. Teach, his former crew, in a short time had apparently already grown to this level?
"Yahahahaha—Pops (Oyaji), Marco, Jozu... long time no see!" As if sensing Shirohige and the others' gazes, Teach turned his head toward them and laughed wildly.
Currently, his strength indeed grew very rapidly until capable of rivaling Shirohige, but facing Imu alone was still difficult. What he relied on was the Golden List reward ability. When Imu transformed into a demon, the thick darkness emanated became the best camouflage for him and provided the right time to attack.
He kept hiding in darkness waiting for an opportunity, and launched a deadly attack at the most critical moment. Using Yami Yami no Mi's characteristics, he activated Kurouzu (Liquid Darkness) to trap Imu and intended to swallow her whole.
Initially he just wanted to target the Bijuu to obtain power, he would do any means for that. But when Imu activated her ability, his target changed. With his special body, he could swallow other Devil Fruit abilities. Imu's great power was very suitable with his ability; if he could obtain it, his strength would surge drastically.
When that time came, Shirohige and the others here would no longer be his match. What he wanted wasn't just one fruit. Shirohige's Gura Gura no Mi, Big Mom's Soru Soru no Mi, and Kaido's Uo Uo no Mi Model: Seiryu were extraordinarily strong fruits.
If all fell into his hands, he couldn't imagine how strong he would be later. When that time came, perhaps even Rank One of the Golden List would no longer be his match, right?
Thinking about this, Teach grinned widely, and the swallowing speed from his black hole strengthened more.
That large black giant had already been swallowed more than half reaching the chest. That terrifying demon face stared at Teach; two red fire dots in its eyes suddenly blazed violently and shot out from the demon's eye sockets toward Teach.
Teach was shocked, he immediately stopped his laughter. Thick darkness transformed into towering walls to hold it back. At the same time, the black hole around rose like a tidal wave, surrounding from all directions to swallow the entire demon body resulting from Imu's form.
"Imu, go in peace, I'll take over your ability!" Teach's voice sounded as if coming from hell's depths, very terrifying.
"Pops!" Marco stared at Shirohige anxiously.
Everyone knew that if Imu died at Teach's hands, that wasn't a good thing. This person never did things in vain and was very planned; if he succeeded, the consequences would be very bad.
Shirohige and the others understood this, and he immediately launched a slash in the air.
"Kageki (Air Quake)—!"
Space cracks spread from the blade, striking straight toward Teach.
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