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Chapter 256 A New World Order!

This wave that swept the entire world lasted for more than three months before gradually subsiding.

And unsurprisingly, the global landscape underwent a reshuffling within these three months.

Countless pirates who wanted to advance further succeeded, but many more perished in this massive wave, their remains never seen again.

Surprisingly, the fall of Emperor Whitebeard did not lead to a situation with two emperors in the world; instead, it returned to the original situation of four emperors.

Four Yonko-level pirate crews reign supreme on the seas. Aside from the undisputed Red-Haired Pirates and Big Mom Pirates, the remaining two crews are the victors of this wave!

The first pirate crew was one that no one expected.

It is not a new force, but one of the original overlords, the Whitebeard Pirates.

That's right, the Whitebeard Pirates did not fall from their status as an Emperor-level pirate crew after Whitebeard's death, as many people expected.

Instead, after several months of fighting to defend and conquer territory, they regained their footing and maintained the dignity of their former status as a royal-level pirate crew.

One reason for this situation is that the captains of the Whitebeard Pirates are not weaklings. Even without Whitebeard, their overall strength is still among the top of all the remaining pirate crews.

Of course, this is only one reason. Another very important reason is that an outlier appeared in the Whitebeard Pirates.

Marshall D. Teach, the current captain of the Whitebeard Pirates!

He used to be just one of the few people in the Whitebeard Pirates who had some influence, but not a particularly significant one.

The strength he displayed was only at an above-average level within the Whitebeard Pirates.

However, after Whitebeard's death, he rose to prominence and demonstrated his immense strength, becoming the strongest member of the Whitebeard Pirates.

Among them, the two Devil Fruit abilities he possessed played a very crucial role.

That's right! !

Two Devil Fruit abilities!!

Marshall D. Teach broke the world's old rule that one person could only eat one Devil Fruit!

He became the world's first known user of two Devil Fruit abilities.

One of the fruits is the Dark-Dark Fruit, which is considered the most unique Logia-type fruit.

The Dark-Dark Fruit allows the user's body to transform into a black, solid substance with infinite gravity. It can absorb everything it touches and compress and crush it with limitless power.

Unlike other nature-based systems, it cannot become immune to damage through elementalization; instead, it must absorb all attacks.

This is a basic introduction to the Dark-Dark Fruit. Its most unique feature is that it is the nemesis of other Devil Fruits, which is also the most terrifying aspect of this fruit, known as "ability nullification".

Whenever Blackbeard touches another Devil Fruit user, their ability will be temporarily nullified, similar to the effect of Seastone. This gives him a natural advantage when facing most Devil Fruit users.

But great power usually comes at a great cost.

Aside from being unable to possess other Logia-type elemental abilities, this fruit causes the user to experience twice the pain of others, or "double" the pain.

Besides the Dark-Dark Fruit, Blackbeard also possesses another fruit.

The Tremor-Tremor Fruit, known as the strongest Paramecia-type Devil Fruit!

That's right, it's the same ability Whitebeard once possessed.

No one has investigated why the white-bearded man's abilities were obtained by the black-bearded man.

The only thing that is certain is that the Tremor-Tremor Fruit does indeed have the ability to greatly enhance combat power; of course, this also depends on who eats the fruit.

Blackbeard is clearly the kind of person whose strength can be greatly enhanced. Blackbeard's strength with the Dark-Dark Fruit alone may not be particularly strong, perhaps only about the same as Marco or slightly stronger.

Of course, if we take into account the fact that the Devil Fruit ability is countered, Marco is definitely no match for Blackbeard.

However, after acquiring the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power, Blackbeard's strength suddenly rose to become one of the strongest pirates on the sea.

During a conflict between the Whitebeard Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates, Blackbeard and Big Mom briefly clashed.

During that brief exchange, although Blackbeard was at a disadvantage throughout, he was still able to hold his own against Big Mom, and it wouldn't be an easy task for Big Mom to defeat him.

It was through this battle that Blackbeard firmly established his title as the strongest pirate after the Pirate King.

Therefore, although his strength may not be as good as Shanks, Big Mom, and others.

But he still earned the title of one of the Four Emperors.

It was because of his existence that the Whitebeard Pirates were not dethroned from their position as the Emperor Pirates.

It has to be said that this process was somewhat fantastical, but in the end, even after Whitebeard's death, the Whitebeard Pirates remained one of the most powerful pirate crews.

In the tides of time, they were not defeated by the raging waves, but stood at the peak after experiencing hardships!

This is the story of the Whitebeard Pirates!

The last pirate crew was indeed a newly formed pirate crew.

The Red Earl Pirates!!

That's right, the Red Earl. This title had previously been held by only one person, none other than the Red Earl of the old era, known as the Lone Red—Barolorick Redfield!

And the Red Earl Pirates were naturally founded by him.

No one would doubt the strength of Red Earl Baron Redfield. In the old era, he was hailed as a legendary pirate on par with Whitebeard and Roger, all by his own strength.

He is a truly exceptional individual combatant, having single-handedly defeated the former Fleet Admiral and current Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Steelbone Sky!

However, after his defeat, he was exhausted and was eventually arrested by Garp, imprisoned in Impel Down for more than 30 years until he was able to escape during the Battle of Impel Down.

Theoretically speaking, so many years have passed, even legendary powerhouses have aged, and after being imprisoned in Impel Down for so many years, they should no longer have the fighting power they had in their youth, and should not be able to become Yonko.

But here's the problem.

The Count of Red who appeared before the world was not old and frail, but rather incredibly young, looking like a robust man in his thirties.

Everyone who first saw him doubted the authenticity of his identity, even though he looked exactly like the Red Earl in his bounty poster when he was young.

Because the idea of ​​reversing aging is just too incredible!

But when the Red Earl demonstrated his formidable strength and unique attack methods, such doubts naturally vanished.

Later, everyone learned the secret to why the Red Earl had regained his youth.

Zoan-type Mythical Zoan Fruit, Bat-Bat Fruit, Mythical Zoan type, Vampire form!!!

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