027 Prove your worth

All the criminals looked horrified. 

The way they regarded Blackbeard changed completely.

"With terrifying ambitions, formidable subordinates, and abnormal strength, will anyone in the world be his future opponent?"

"How can one person have two fruit abilities!"

"What kind of monster is he?!"

"Blackbeard Teach... he might truly have the power to shake the world!"

"Next, I have to kill Whitebeard's and snatch his Tremor-Tremor Fruit. I never said I can only have the power of two fruits! Zeehahahaha!!!" 

Blackbeard laughed once more.

His words struck everyone on the head like a club.

"So you can have multiple fruit abilities?!" 

A criminal asked in disbelief.

"Not only that, in the future, I will create a group of pirates with powerful fruit abilities. Because I have the method to plunder the fruit abilities, following me is equivalent to following an overlord of the era!"

Blackbeard spoke out his ambitions boldly. Since he wants to recruit partners who will follow him, he must make those pirates feel that they can get benefits by following him.

In this world, no one owes anyone anything. 

If there's no benefit, why should these notorious criminals follow him?

"It sounds very appealing!" 

Catarina Devon spoke up first.

"Shiryu" 

Blackbeard called, looking at him.

With just one look, Shiryu understood his intentions. He stepped forward and unlocked the Seastone handcuffs restraining Catarina Devon.

"This feeling is truly wonderful" 

Catarina Devon said with a smile after stepping out of the cage.

Blackbeard words were very attractive, and the courage he showed was even more convincing.

With Catarina Devon taking the lead, the others naturally followed suit.

"I also got a little interested..." 

The corrupt king Avalo Pizarro smiled.

After witnessing this, Blackbeard still requested Shiryu to unlock the Seastone handcuffs for him.

As Avalo Pizzaro untied the handcuffs, his clothes transformed, and his prison uniform changed into normal attire in the blink of an eye.

Blackbeard's eyes underwent a subtle change.

No wonder during the Marineford Summit War, criminals like Catarina Devon, Vasco Shot, and Sanjuan Wolf, who came out of prison, were all wearing prison uniforms, while Avalo Pizzaro was dressed in regular clothes.

So, he's probably a Logia Fruit user after all...

Soon, a considerable number of criminals on the sixth floor chose to join the Blackbeard Pirates, and the number reached a lot of people.

"Captain Teach, it's an honor to follow you. With so many powerful criminals forming a pirate group, who else can stop us?"

"Hahaha, you're right. I believe Captain Blackbeard is someone capable of great feats. Who among the people would dare to come to this forsaken place to find a partner? They wish they could stay far away from here."

"Captain Teach, let's fight our way out together!!!" 

The released criminals were all incredibly arrogant, eager to follow Blackbeard to marineford immediately.

"Hey, hey..." 

Burgess and Shiryu looked at each other, wearing a strange smile on their faces.

Because they understand that, in Blackbeard's plan, the next step is the highlight.

"Zeehahahahaha! ! ! "

Blackbeard laughed immediately upon hearing this, then sneered and said: "Although you are all extremely wicked criminals imprisoned on the sixth floor, I don't want everyone in the Blackbeard Pirates."

"Boom!" 

His words instantly extinguished the newly kindled enthusiasm of these criminals.

"Hahaha, what a mad man! Blackbeard!" 

Bullet burst into laughter upon hearing this.

"Interesting, interesting!" 

'Red Earl' Patrick Redfield, remnant from the same era as Whitebeard, notorious swordmaster known as Red the Aloof, watching the spectacle from the sidelines, also became intrigued.

"I didn't expect to meet someone more arrogant than me here!" 

After the Golden Lion Shiki was defeated by Luffy and captured again in Impel Down City, he also laughed upon hearing Blackbeard's words.

Naturally, they didn't want to be under someone else's command, so they preferred to watch the show from the sidelines.

"What does Captain Blackbeard mean?" 

Many criminals eager to follow Blackbeard asked one after another.

"The Blackbeard Pirates only need strong men; I don't need weaklings. Whoever among you can survive the fight will become my partner."

Blackbeard said with a smile, as if he were stating something very simple.

His words caused the pupils of many criminals to shrink. 

Everyone felt a chill down their spines as they realized just how crazy Blackbeard was!

Compared to his crew, he also has to consider whether these people are worthy!

"Hahahaha, I truly admire such a captain. If what you said is true, I'd be willing to join the Blackbeard Pirates."

Catarina Devon laughed loudly. Strength is a person's courage. She didn't take the criminals around her seriously at all.

"Then you might as well give it a try!" 

Avalo Pizzaro also laughed and took the lead in action. He extended his hands and created a cone of soil that pierced through the body of the criminal in front of him.

"You!!" 

The criminal had already died in his hand before he could react.

"This is a familiar feeling, hahaha!!" 

Avalo Pizzaro smiled, then raised his hands, and several soil cones formed around his body. With a thought, the soil cones rushed towards the surrounding criminals!

"Ahhhhh!!!" 

"Damn you!"

Several screams echoed.

"Fruit ability user!!!" 

Among the criminals, people gazed at Avalo Pizarro in fear and became wary of him.

The most challenging aspect of confronting individuals with Devil Fruit abilities is not understanding the other party's ability.

After witnessing Avalo Pizzaro in action, Blackbeard displayed a hint of interest on his face. Judging from his skill, his fruit abilities seemed to be a Logia-type Earth-earth Fruit!

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TO BE CONTINUE

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