The desert is filled with sand.

Under the sky that looked a little pale, two figures were confronting each other.

"Ah~ Isn't this my most optimistic subordinate Ace?" The rough man with a few teeth missing in his mouth laughed, "What? Did you come here to follow me intently?"

"Tic!" Ace roared, his voice filled with pain and confusion, "Why do you do this?"

"Don't even the captain plan to shout? This is really sad!" Tiqi smiled.

“Answer my question!”

"Question? Are you talking about the dark fruit?" Tic smiled wildly, "Is this difficult to understand? Of course, the strongest power should only belong to the strongest talent, right?"

"So you killed Big Brother Sach?"

“Isn’t this an obvious thing?”

"So, was it actually I killed Brother Sach?" Ace growled in pain, "If I hadn't spread the news that Brother Sach got the fruit everywhere, he wouldn't have died at all!"

"No, he will still die!" A glimmer of excitement flashed in Tic's eyes, "Even if he eats this fruit, I can still get it!"

"What do you mean?"

"Do you want to follow me? Ace!" Tichi stretched out his right hand and invited, "I have mastered the secret of the devil fruit. Soon, I will be able to start my era!"

"No, your journey will end here!" Ace clenched his right fist and fire filled the air, escaping from his fingers.

Tichi was stunned, then she hugged her stomach and laughed, "Hahaha! I heard that my dad asked you to take over my position. Because of this, can you not see your position clearly?"

"Your strength is very strong, I know this very well!"

"Then you dare to catch up with me alone?"

"It's not just me, but Brother Marco and Brother Joz. I've notified them that as long as you hold you back for a while, you'll wait to go back for trial!"

"Ace, I'm really optimistic about you! How about it? Do you want to consider my proposal again?" said Ditch, grinning, "It's a pity for someone like you to die here!"

"I can understand your words as asking..."

Ace said confidently, but a sound from afar changed his expression.

"Ace, I finally found you!"

"Luffy, why are you here?" Ace asked in shock and angrily.

"I didn't expect it? Chopper's nose is very smart!"

"Damn it! How could this happen?"

Ace thought he could stop Tic for a while, but that was when no one was dragging him down.

It is really difficult to protect Luffy and the others in the battle that is already a weak side!

"Are they your friends of Ace?" Tichi laughed.

"Uncle Black, who are you?" Luffy asked curiously.

"Luffy, run, this guy is an extremely dangerous person!" Ace shouted.

"Ah? In other words, this guy is the enemy, right?"

Ace thought badly, and sure enough, the next moment he heard Tic laugh loudly, "Only those who are evenly matched can be considered enemies. Little Devil, do you have this qualification?"

Dark water!

The gravity of darkness was stirred up, and Luffy was sucked over. Before he could react, Tic punched him on his lower abdomen.

"Puff~ah!" Luffy was knocked out directly, spit out a large mouthful of blood, and bowed like a cooked prawn.

"Luffy!"

"Luffy!"

Both sides exclaimed in unison, but Luffy soon stood up with his tenacious will and Xiaoqiang physique, and gasped and said, "I, I'm fine, but this guy is really strong. When I was caught, I even had the illusion that my ability was taken away!"

This time it was Tic's turn to be surprised. Although his punch did not use all his strength, it was not something that a new pirate could block. It would be fine if the little ghost on the opposite side was not dead, why did he still stand up now?

But he didn't care much, just smiled, "That's not an illusion. Those who are caught by me will temporarily lose their ability to fruit. Very good ability, right, Ace? This is the most vicious dark fruit in the history of the devil fruit!"

Losing the ability to fruit... Everyone was suffocating when they heard this. They finally knew why Ace said that this guy was extremely dangerous!

However, the horror in Ace's heart was still above them.

He didn't know Tic's fruit ability before, and it was said that it was extremely dangerous, but it was just because of the other party's own strength.

Even if he dared to catch up with him alone, he just felt that it would be impossible for Tic to convert the fruit into combat power in such a short time.

But now, the dark fruit is the most basic function of the most powerful function that can restrain his ability.

This is really troublesome!

"It's really lively here!" A arrogant voice suddenly broke in.

The person who came was a disabled man with a big back, biting a cigar and looking down at everyone in a downward posture.

"Crocodile, it's you!" Luffy said.

Clockdal's mouth twitched obscurely, and then looked at Ditch, "Where is the thing? Have you got it?"

Tichi didn't answer, but waved his right hand, "Liberate!"

The black smoke rose, rendering the surroundings like night.

Then, a well-maintained golden stone tablet fell from the darkness.

"Oh! So it's you, the thief!" Luffy exclaimed first, then looked at Clockdal alertly, "We discovered this guy first, Crocodile, don't snatch us!"

Hearing Luffy's sovereignty words, Blackbeard and Sand Crocodile were stunned, and then burst into laughter.

"What are you laughing at?" Luffy asked with his head tilted.

"Idiots! They are laughing at you! These two guys are obviously in the same group!" Nami slapped Luffy on the head, and then said with a sad face, "This time it's really over. I'm not ready to say goodbye to this world!"

"What to do? What to do? Usopp..." Chopper was so anxious that he found that Usopp, who was most synchronized with him, was actually writing something peacefully this time. He couldn't help but ask excitedly, "Usopp, are you writing a plan?"

"No, I'm just writing a suicide note." Usopp looked peaceful.

Chopper was stunned for a moment, and then cried in panic, "Woooooo (t_t), I don't want to die!"

"You guys run away quickly, I'll stop them." Ace said.

"Ace, are you overestimating yourself again?" Diqi smiled and opened his palm, and the dark gravity activated again.

"Ah!" An irresistible force was applied to Ace. He now understood what Luffy had experienced before.

"Divine Fire·Not Knowing Fire!" Ace ignited a ball of flame with both hands, and as soon as he approached, he suddenly threw the flame out.

"Ah! It hurts so much!" Tichi, who was burning with flames on his body, wailed loudly, but his movements did not stop at all, and he punched Ace directly out with a fierce punch.

Although it is double pain, it is not unbearable for Tic, but he is not the kind of person who cares about other people's opinions. He would rather use this wail to vent the pain.

Seeing this scene, everyone's hearts sink even further.

Although Tichi screamed much worse than Ace, judging from the scene, Ace was undoubtedly at an absolute disadvantage.

Even Clockdal couldn't help but feel afraid when he saw this scene, "Dark Fruit? Such a terrible ability, aren't you afraid of becoming a public enemy of the capable person?"

"Thief Hahaha! Only the weak will be afraid of the hostility of mediocre people. To me, they are just stepping stones on my way to becoming One Piece!" Tiqi laughed loudly.

"It's no wonder you don't want to stay under Whitebeard!" Clockdal said as if no one was around.

"Dad is indeed very strong, but he has no ambitions. Don't you think it's too ridiculous? Hahaha..." Ditch also completely ignored everyone, then turned his head and looked to one side, "Who is there?"

A heroic female navy walked out from behind the sand pile, "This situation is really unexpectedly difficult! In my original plan, I didn't plan to join forces with the Blackbeard and the Sand Crocodile."
Chapter completed!