Darkness filled the air, spreading across several kilometers in an instant.
Everyone and everything touched by that darkness was pulled in and swallowed by it.
Big Mom's Whole Cake Castle trembled violently. The entire structure shook, then gradually began to be consumed by the darkness.
On the massive platform of the top floor, Nami and the others were stunned.
"What's happening? Is the castle collapsing?"
Robin crossed one arm over her chest, gently caressed her cheek with the other hand, and said softly:
"I'm afraid it's gravity... everything that gets absorbed ends up being crushed..."
Shirahoshi looked nervous.
"And Luffy's grandfather..."
"Grandpa..." Vivi covered her cheeks. She had only met Luffy's father before, and now she was seeing his grandfather for the first time.
"This place is going to collapse! That would scare anyone to death!"
Perona floated about a meter above the ground, holding a cute parasol in her hands.
That was her spirit body.
Her real body was inside a room on the Sunny.
And at that moment, the ship was hovering above Whole Cake Island.
As soon as she finished speaking, the entire castle tilted violently. The wedding tables on the great platform overturned one after another, and chaos erupted.
Shirahoshi screamed and nearly fell off the edge of the platform.
"That bastard is trying to swallow us into the darkness?"
Nami gritted her teeth, raised her hand, and swung it downward.
"Sixty Million Volts!"
Boom!!
The dark clouds in the sky flashed with lightning, and a thunder dragon roared toward Blackbeard and the others.
"What?!"
Blackbeard froze for a moment.
Many pirates looked up, their expressions hardening.
With a deafening crash, the thunder dragon descended, and the power of lightning engulfed them all.
"AAAAAHHH!"
Cries of pain rang out.
Among them all, the loudest scream came from Blackbeard.
The spreading darkness came to a halt, and Blackbeard rolled on the ground howling.
"It hurts! It hurts! Damn woman... She ate the Thunder Fruit?!"
Without support from its user, Whole Cake Castle survived. At that moment, it remained tilted at about thirty degrees, barely suspended above the ground.
"He dispersed all of it?" Nami looked surprised. "No... part of it was absorbed by his ability..."
The Yami Yami no Mi.
It was also the most unique existence among the Logias, possessing the gravitational force of darkness.
At the cost of being unable to transform into an element, the user gained the power to absorb all damage, including Devil Fruit attacks.
But that kind of absorption required contact.
In other words, when the Thunder Dragon struck Blackbeard, he was able to absorb part of the lightning.
Or when the black mist he created collided with the dragon, that all-consuming gravity could also take effect.
In short, he could not absorb attacks through the air.
With Nami's Thunder Dragon, the main target had been Blackbeard.
It was also thanks to him enduring most of the attack that the others were not electrocuted instantly.
"Damn woman..."
Blackbeard lay on his back on the ground and stretched his hand toward Nami above.
"Dark Zone!!"
His palm turned black, as if a black hole had formed inside it.
Boom!!
Nami's expression changed slightly, and her body was uncontrollably pulled toward Blackbeard.
Vivi immediately reached out and grabbed Nami.
"Be careful!"
Robin frowned slightly, narrowing her eyes.
In an instant, several arms sprouted from Blackbeard's body, and his head was forcibly twisted backward.
"What is this now?!"
Blackbeard showed a pained expression.
Why were all the Straw Hat women so troublesome?!
He reacted immediately and grabbed the arm squeezing his neck with his palm.
At that moment, Robin froze.
"Kairoseki... no, my ability was nullified."
As soon as the words fell, the arms restraining Blackbeard turned into pink petals and vanished.
Another trait of the Yami Yami no Mi!
As long as he touched a Devil Fruit user, Blackbeard could temporarily nullify their abilities.
And the arms created by Robin's Hana Hana no Mi were extensions of her own body.
Once touched by the Dark Fruit, they were immediately sealed.
That was why they disappeared.
"What do you mean?" Perona asked blankly.
"Be careful. That man's ability is extremely dangerous."
Robin warned softly.
She had not awakened naturally, but had consumed an Awakening Fruit, so she possessed great resistance to Kairoseki.
Even Seastone could not completely block her ability.
But Blackbeard's Dark Fruit could, because it was the power of another fruit.
It was like magma nullifying ordinary fire.
That included Nami as well.
Nami's Thunder Fruit had been obtained through a blank fruit, allowing it to ignore the usual weakness to Kairoseki and fear no side effects from seawater.
But the Dark Fruit could still seize her body and pull her through the air.
At that moment, the Blackbeard Pirates who had been struck by lightning rose one by one, their expressions hideous.
Douglas Bullet snorted coldly.
"Looks like we won't be escaping."
Blackbeard also stood up, sweating coldly.
Those women were truly vicious.
He had almost been killed by them.
"Zehahaha... then there's no other choice. We can only fight first!"
"Hahahaha!"
Suddenly, Garp laughed.
"As expected of my granddaughter. Don't think you're getting out of here now, Blackbeard Pirates!"
Boom!
Conqueror's Haki instantly spread out, pressing down on the pirates.
Another wave of Conqueror's Haki also exploded at the same time, emanating from Bullet.
The two bursts of Haoshoku collided in the air. Black and crimson lightning snaked across the ground, leaving craters wherever it passed.
After only a few seconds of stalemate, with a loud crash, Bullet's Conqueror's Haki was completely crushed.
His whole body staggered back several steps, and his face turned pale.
"Impossible..."
He looked shocked.
Garp was already an old man in his seventies, yet he still possessed Conqueror's Haki at this level?
At that moment... boom, boom, boom!
Everyone's shoulders felt as if a mountain were pressing down on them, and an illusory roar echoed in their ears.
However, none of the people present were weak. Though some were shaken, no one lost consciousness.
"Finish this!" Blackbeard shouted in alarm.
Hearing that, Bullet snorted coldly.
"Don't order me around! This is only temporary cooperation for mutual interests!"
He roared, and layers of strange blue matter emerged beneath his feet.
Gasha Gasha no Mi!
Awakening Technique!
Everything on the ground began connecting to Bullet, and even Whole Cake Castle was swallowed up.
Nami and the others had to bring Shirahoshi back to the top of the Sunny.
"What is that? He absorbed the entire island?" Vivi asked blankly.
What appeared before everyone was a gigantic blue monster over one hundred meters tall.
(End of Chapter)