Chapter 177: The Three-Headed Dog of Hell!
Hearing Blackbeard's boastful declaration, the entire battlefield momentarily paused.
Everyone glanced in his direction with varying degrees of confusion.
"…Did he get hit in the head or something?"
Most didn't take him seriously. Enel and Ace, knowing Blackbeard's powers, had kept their distance the entire time—both were using elemental attacks that didn't require getting close.
"Hawkeye Mihawk, getting distracted in the middle of a fight… that's hardly the mark of a true swordsman," Kuina chided, blade flashing as she launched another strike.
"Yeah," Akame added, her voice cold. "Being underestimated pisses me off."
They attacked in tandem once more.
"Oi, why are you staring at me like that?" Doflamingo snapped, his tone sharp and agitated. "We're both Shichibukai! Shouldn't we be dealing with the real pirates here?"
He looked miserable.
Tendou Pain was a complete cheat code.
Doflamingo couldn't beat him, and every time he tried to escape, Pain would just use Shinra Tensei and send him flying back into the fight.
And the Pacifists? Completely useless. They were like junk metal before Yahiko.
Shockwaves? Nullified. Strings? Torn apart.
Doflamingo was slowly losing it. He'd even forgotten why he brought the Pacifists in the first place.
Right now, he had just one goal—get the hell away from Yahiko.
The worst part? He still had no idea why he was being targeted.
"Shichibukai?" Yahiko repeated with a scoff. "Your title means nothing to me."
"I just don't like you. And if you don't know pain… I'll make sure you learn."
Without waiting for a reply, Yahiko attacked again.
Doflamingo had no intention of debating with this lunatic.
What the hell is his logic? he thought. Why am I the one being punished here?
But Yahiko wasn't giving him a chance to complain.
Across the battlefield, similar chaos unfolded.
Some continued to fight. Some stayed on the sidelines, choosing to observe or recover.
Blackbeard's earlier declaration had landed like a pebble in the ocean—causing a small ripple before quickly fading into irrelevance.
He stood awkwardly on the execution platform, arms spread wide, trying to look imposing.
"…Ace," Enel said slowly, frowning. "Are you sure we're targeting the right guy?"
He pointed a finger at his temple.
"Maybe," Ace muttered. "Either way… let's just kill him."
He prepared another attack.
Blackbeard had envisioned this moment as his grand entrance, where he'd shake the world and seize the spotlight.
But he was wrong.
He wasn't the protagonist.
No one was paying him any attention.
Even Whitebeard was locked in a fierce battle with Akainu, who fought like a feral beast. Not even Whitebeard could afford to ignore him.
Suddenly—
BOOM!
A terrifying aura erupted from Blackbeard's body.
Electricity and flames exploded outward, enhanced and amplified, surging in all directions.
Ace and Enel immediately backed off.
The Pacifists caught in the blast were instantly destroyed. Even nearby Navy and pirate soldiers were caught in the crossfire.
Casualties skyrocketed.
That was enough for the rest of the bloodthirsty combatants to turn their attention to Blackbeard.
"Blackhahahaha!"
"NOW you're watching, aren't you? The era of Blackbeard… begins today!"
He laughed maniacally, finally getting the attention he craved.
BOOM!
Sengoku appeared out of nowhere, charging straight at him.
With one massive arm, he smashed Blackbeard mid-sentence.
Blackbeard had wanted to use this war as a stage to make himself known.
But Sengoku had other ideas.
The number of dead and injured Navy soldiers had pushed him over the edge.
"Enough of this crap!" Sengoku roared, fists slamming into Blackbeard over and over again.
Blackbeard could absorb elemental attacks, sure—but he was trash when it came to physical blows.
Blood gushed from his mouth as Sengoku's fists crashed into him.
Seeing their chance, Ace and Enel leapt in.
CRACK!
A lightning blade and a blade of fire pierced Blackbeard's body at the same time.
But instead of a scream, what followed was...
"Zihahahaha!"
"ZIHAHAHAHAHA!"
Blackbeard didn't fall.
He laughed.
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Then, the change began.
Blue flames began to flicker and rise around him.
Black claws extended.
His body started growing, mutating.
He was no longer a man.
A monstrous figure slowly emerged from the blue fire—black fur, glowing eyes, and three massive heads.
"A-A three-headed dog?!"
"What the hell is that!?"
"Wasn't he the user of the Dark-Dark Fruit?! How is this happening!?"
"No… That's… the Dog-Dog Fruit, Mythical Zoan Type: Hell Three-Headed Dog!"
"Seriously?! You know this stuff!?"
Panic spread as Blackbeard's form grew larger and more terrifying.
Animal-type Devil Fruits weren't rare.
But Mythical Zoans?
That was a different story.
Marco's Phoenix. Kaido's Dragon.
Each one was an ultra-rare existence—monsters in both power and potential.
Now Blackbeard had one?
But… wasn't the whole reason Whitebeard's crew went after him because he killed Thatch for the Dark-Dark Fruit?
What the hell was going on?
"Yo, Ace," Enel muttered. "You forgot to tell me this guy had a mythical Zoan fruit?"
"I didn't know either!" Ace shouted. "Pops!!"
He turned and fled, not wanting to waste another second.
The moment Ace retreated, everyone nearby backed off too.
The Dragon Hunter Pirates were the first to vanish.
While others were still reacting, Chrollo and his group were already back on their ship.
The Akatsuki Pirates and Thunder God Pirates joined them soon after.
Even the Empress made her way over, drawn by Luffy's presence.
In the blink of an eye, three of the Shichibukai were gathered on one ship.
The Navy was completely thrown into disarray.
"What is going on?! Who's on whose side anymore!?"
Even Mihawk decided it wasn't worth sticking around.
He silently turned his tiny boat around and sailed off.
Better to train Zoro and Monkey than get caught in this nonsense.
Doflamingo could barely hold back his rage.
The Akatsuki Pirate he'd been fighting turned out to be a member of the Dragon Hunter Pirates!?
And the Pacifists?
Scrap metal.
No, wait—they weren't even scrap anymore.
Yahiko took them.
"These bastards… they're so broke they're stealing trash?!"
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