"You can continue to ignore me."
Yang Tao's appearance made Aokiji's expression very solemn. Teach didn't know how powerful the man in front of him was, but Aokiji had seen it with his own eyes.
Even though Yang Tao hadn't been heard from for three months, the Navy hadn't relaxed at all.
The Celestial Dragons were now completely hidden, and even the Navy couldn't contact them.
All of this was thanks to the person in front of him.
"Yang Tao, what do you want to do by coming here this time?"
"Me? Just wandering around."
Seeing that Aokiji had no intention of talking to Teach, Yang Tao descended from the sky: "I just happened to see you fighting, so I came to join the fun."
Aokiji breathed a sigh of relief. According to their observations and discussions, although Yang Tao's actions seemed aimless and spontaneous, he didn't lie, at least not when facing the Navy.
Their conclusion was that he disdained lying to the Navy.
"Zehahahahahaha! Yang Tao, are you interested in joining my ship? I'll give you the position of First Mate."
Yang Tao turned to look at Teach.
Teach's appearance was very rugged, giving people a feeling of wildness and unrestraint. His body was densely covered with hair, and his build was very burly, at least three to four meters tall, with a tanned complexion and a head of fluffy black hair.
He wore two necklaces and bracelets in a flamboyant manner, and even his ten fingers were adorned with various styles of jeweled rings.
He looked exactly like a nouveau riche who had hit forty and whose family had been compensated for demolition.
Yang Tao showed undisguised disgust and said: "First, you are too ugly. If I looked like you, I would have died long ago. Second, your strength is too weak… Third, your laugh is too unpleasant. Even if I were to board a ship, I would board one full of beautiful women."
Teach narrowed his eyes slightly upon hearing this, but he still let out his Zehahahaha laugh: "A man shouldn't only look at appearance, and I am very strong."
Yang Tao directly ignored Teach. Whether this guy was good or bad had little to do with him. His gaze still fell on Aokiji and he said: "You continue, I will not interfere…"
He stopped mid-sentence when he saw the ice surface covered by a strange black shadow beneath his feet.
He turned to look at Teach not far away.
"Did… I offend you?"
"No, no, I just want you to know that I am really strong. My ship needs a First Mate, and I really think highly of you."
The energy of the Dark-Dark Fruit attached itself to Yang Tao's body, and a force pulled him towards Teach. After feeling it, Yang Tao directly gave up any resistance and allowed the other party to pull him over.
Aokiji, who was originally exuding cold air, almost burst out laughing when he saw this scene. He really wanted to ask Teach if he had forgotten to take his medicine this morning.
Why take medicine if you're not sick? If you're not sick, why provoke this demon
Teach didn't feel any resistance from Yang Tao, and the smile on his face became even more unrestrained.
"Zehahahahaha, do you feel my power, kid? I'll give you another chance, join us! We will definitely become the Emperors of the New World in the future!"
What Teach said was true. Without Yang Tao's interference, Teach would have become a new Emperor.
But this time, even the First Mate position is gone. Is it because I didn't resist?
Little did he know, from the moment he appeared, Teach had never thought of truly recruiting him, but rather wanted to use him to exchange for the status of a Warlord.
Yang Tao looked up slightly at Teach in front of him and said:
"Marshall D. Teach, how do you think my 10 billion bounty came about?"
"A bounty of this magnitude must be for killing a Celestial Dragon. You know, even the strongest man in the world, Whitebeard, only has 5 billion."
Looking at the stout Teach, Yang Tao showed a smile on his face, mainly because the World Government had set his bounty too high.
If it were 3 billion, Teach would not have tested him so easily.
"Kid, come with me."
Yang Tao chuckled and said: "Blackbeard, you guessed right, my bounty was indeed obtained by killing Celestial Dragons."
Hearing this, Blackbeard showed a "just as I expected" smile.
"However… You can ask Admiral Aokiji how many Celestial Dragons died by my hand."
Teach's smile froze on his face. The Red Line had now completely become a forbidden zone, not only because of the Navy's blockade, but also because of the spread of the Sculk.
His gaze subconsciously turned to Aokiji.
"I don't know the exact number. But at least 400 or more."
Run!!
After hearing this number, Teach's mind was left with only this one thought. Everything about crew members, Ace, and the Warlords was thrown to the back of his mind.
He just wanted to survive now.
To kill 400 Celestial Dragons and still be alive in this world, that was an existence he absolutely could not afford to offend.
He regretted it. After being cautious for half his life, he was taught a lesson today.
Bang…
A wall radiating a faint white light directly enveloped him. Unable to dodge, Teach directly slammed into it.
It clearly looked like only a thin layer, but hitting it was like hitting a steel plate. No… it was even harder than a steel plate. With his current strength, even a steel plate could be pierced by him.
The next moment, he activated the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit, wanting to break through the barrier in front of him by relying on the Dark-Dark Fruit's ability to nullify other Devil Fruit abilities.
The dark energy hit the barrier without any reaction.
"This… This is impossible!"
One must know that in Teach's mind, the Dark-Dark Fruit was the strongest Devil Fruit, but now it couldn't even break through a barrier, which was quite a big discrepancy.
Unfortunately, not all abilities originate from Devil Fruit.
"Weakness Curse, Undead Curse, Black Hole!"
First, reduce Teach's maximum HP by 80%, then change Teach's attribute to Undead, followed by a Black Hole. Within the small barrier, Teach had no way to avoid it and could only be helplessly sucked into the Black Hole.
"Heavenly Descent Holy Light!"
A thick pillar of holy light descended from the sky, accurately hitting Teach's location. Having been transformed into an Undead attribute, he would take double damage when facing holy light.
Bang…
A projectile wrapped in Haki was held in Yang Tao's hand. This was Van Augur, Teach's subordinate, the future sniper and Captain of the 3rd ship of the Blackbeard Pirates, known as "Supersonic."
He was one of the earliest members to join the Blackbeard Pirates and an ability user who had eaten the Warp-Warp Devil Fruit.
He wore a strange hat, an eye patch over his right eye, had a long face, and wore a black cloak. At this moment, he was holding a long gun and continuously shooting at Yang Tao.
The remaining two also rushed towards him when they saw this.
This time, Yang Tao didn't even bother to dodge. He raised his staff and lightly tapped the sniper Van Augur, and a Containment Barrier directly enveloped him.
Characteristics of the Containment Barrier.
Any teleportation method will be ineffective.
"Black Hole…"
The two guys who rushed over plunged into the Black Hole.
Before Yang Tao could continue attacking, several missiles descended from the sky, accurately hitting the location of the two.
In the world of pirates, only Kizaru could unleash such attacks.