Chương 1305: Blackbeard's Conspiracy

You know, in the original work, Ace never showed this ability when facing Blackbeard, and he was quickly defeated.

The key factor that led to this change was the series of chain reactions triggered by Charlotte, like the flapping of a butterfly's wings.

When Napoleon suddenly appeared, Ace witnessed and experienced the amazing power of Armament Haki, which prompted him to practice hard and eventually master this powerful skill.

Even though he could defeat 99 percent of the enemies on the sea with the power of his fire fist, the armed color domineering displayed by Napoleon was still deeply imprinted in his heart, making him unforgettable.

Ace naturally attaches great importance to the armed color domineering that can defeat him.

Since then, he began to diligently cultivate his own domineering power, hoping to be able to compete with it one day.

Unfortunately, however, in the Whitebeard Pirates, few people use such a powerful force as Armament Haki, let alone receive special training in it.

On weekdays, people are either immersed in lively banquets or rushing on the way to banquets.

Such a noisy and joyful atmosphere made it difficult for Ace to really calm down and focus on practicing Armament Haki, so that the skill he mastered could only be considered mediocre and nothing particularly outstanding.

But even so, Ace's strength is still better than Blackbeard.

In fact, Ace was not defeated by Blackbeard, but by his own over-inflated self-confidence.

During that battle, Ace had several opportunities to successfully stop Blackbeard's fierce offensive, but due to his blind ego, he allowed Blackbeard to unleash his terrifying abilities.

It should be noted that the Dark-Dark Fruit is known as "the most dangerous and vicious devil fruit", and its strange and changeable characteristics catch people off guard.

Therefore, to be precise, Ace was defeated by his own arrogance, just like Blackbeard who was also defeated due to his arrogance.

I have to admit that these two people do have many similarities in character.

Perhaps it is because of this that Blackbeard invited Ace to join his gang again and again after meeting him.

However, it is regrettable that Ace was ultimately defeated by his own arrogance. But this defeat seemed a bit strange and bizarre.

Overall, the intuitive feeling given is that Ace was defeated too quickly.

It was as if all his true abilities had ended in disgrace before they could be displayed.

Whether it is the Armament Haki that can strengthen one's own defense and attack, or the Conqueror Haki that has a kingly demeanor and can intimidate everyone, or the Observation Haki that can see through the opponent's movements, except for the Armament Haki used at the last moment, we have never seen Ace use the other two types of Haki.

As for the reason, it may be due to Ace's overconfidence.

Even though he sensed the potential crisis with his Observation Haki, he did not take it to heart.

Or maybe it was because Ace was very curious about why Blackbeard would brutally kill his companions for a mere devil fruit, and he just wanted to see with his own eyes what kind of unique charm the devil fruit had.

Because of this, he allowed Blackbeard to use all his abilities to his heart's content and hardly made any dodging moves the entire time.

By the time you finally realize the danger is approaching, it is too late to escape.

As a result, during the entire fierce battle, no one was able to see Ace use his Observation Haki to deal with the enemy's attacks.

To talk about why Ace was unable to use Conqueror's Haki, the reason has to start from the moment he decided to surrender to Whitebeard.

At that moment, the domineering aura, which was already a little weak, was quietly extinguished and disappeared like a candle in the wind.

When it comes to the Flame-Flame Fruit, the situation is even more grim.

After all, nearly 90% of Ace's strength comes from the Flame-Flame Fruit, but who would have expected that there would be such a terrifying thing as the Dark-Dark Fruit that could make the abilities of the ability user disappear instantly.

In this way, it can be said that most of Ace's strength has been wasted!

Faced with such a situation, he was completely unable to display his superb skills, and ultimately could only watch himself being quickly defeated in this fierce battle.

If Charlotte were here at this moment, she would surely feel deeply moved: Ace is overly dependent on the power granted by the devil fruit after all.

In fact, Ace is not the only one like this. Most of the Devil Fruit users find it difficult to escape this fate.

Because when these people realize that they can become increasingly powerful by simply continuing to tap into the potential of the fruit, they will naturally begin to neglect the training and honing of their bodies and skills.

Over time, this has become a common drawback for almost all Devil Fruit users.

As the thrilling battle on Banaro Island came to an end, the entire island was reduced to ruins.

Those townspeople who were lucky enough to survive the war felt heartbroken and grief-stricken as they looked at their devastated homes, and their tears could not stop flowing.

In this world where the strong dominate and the weak are the prey of the strong, ordinary people are as small as ants. They simply cannot find a place to stay in this cruel world.

When Blackbeard slowly woke up from his coma, what he saw was Ace tied up on the side of the ship.

Looking at the motionless prey in front of him, Blackbeard couldn't suppress his inner ecstasy. He raised his head and laughed deafeningly: "Thief hahahahahaha!"

His laughter was so wild that it seemed to break through the sky and change the color of the heaven and earth.

In an instant, a strong wind began to howl, dark clouds rolled in, and the originally calm sea was also filled with huge waves. The whole world seemed to have fallen into chaos because of this horrible laughter.

At this time, Lafayette, who was tall and thin and as agile as a ghost, quietly came to Blackbeard's side.

His narrow eyes were fixed on the unconscious Ace, and the corners of his mouth slowly raised an extremely sinister smile, saying: "Captain, I think we should change our original plan. Ace is far more valuable than Luffy. As long as we can control him, the title of Shichibukai will be easy to get!"

When Blackbeard heard this, a cunning look flashed in his eyes, and a chilling sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.

He nodded slightly, indicating his agreement with Lafayette's proposal, and ordered: "Okay, I'll leave this matter entirely to you!"

Before he finished speaking, a sinister and vicious plan had quietly taken shape in his mind.