The carnivorous vines grew rapidly, quickly surpassing Blackbeard and his crew's height, ready to entangle them.
The audience from the One Piece world saw this and thought they were doomed.
After all, how could a group of people from the medieval era possibly deal with such a monster?
"Dark Vortex!"
At this critical moment, Teach unleashed a massive amount of dark energy, enveloping himself and his crew, absorbing all the vines into the darkness, making them disappear.
The darkness seemed endless, no matter how many vines poured in, they couldn't break through.
At this moment, the vines shifted their attack towards Ace, who was outside the range of the Dark Vortex.
In an instant, several thick vines wrapped around Ace.
"Ace!"
Seeing this, Luffy became anxious. Ace was wearing Seastone and couldn't use his powers. If he got caught, he was doomed! Luffy was frantic, not knowing what to do. He threw punches at the screen, hoping to help Ace, but to no avail!
At this moment, Ace felt intense pain as his body was being compressed, making him scream in agony, his eyes rolling back.
"Crack."
Suddenly, there was a sound of something breaking, and Ace's previously pale eyes flashed with a spark of fire.
"Whoosh!!"
Ace's body turned into flames, spreading in all directions, making it impossible for the vines to hold on.
The flames then flew like a meteor to a distant hill, where Ace reverted to his human form!
"He escaped!"
Ace was surprised by his narrow escape, but before he could celebrate, he saw a large number of vines rushing at him, piercing his body.
Anyone else would have died instantly, but Ace, being a flame-human with the power of the Flame-Flame Fruit, turned into fire, unharmed.
"Not sure what you are, but you're dangerous! Fire Fist!"
Sensing the danger, Ace immediately threw a punch, unleashing a massive flame like a waterfall onto the vines.
Engulfing many vines in the flames! However, to Ace's surprise, the vines were unaffected by the fire, continuing to rush through the flames towards him.
Ace had to turn into flames and fly to maintain his distance, continuously launching fire attacks.
"Liberation!"
At this moment, Teach's voice echoed as he released a large amount of compressed vines from the black hole, scattering the approaching vines, buying them time to escape and distance themselves from the carnivorous vines.
"What kind of monster is this! And how did Ace escape!"
Teach anxiously looked at Ace in the distance.
If Ace escaped, his plan would be ruined.
But these vines were so troublesome, they were hard to destroy!
Thousand Sunny.
Seeing Ace escape, Luffy cheered, raising his hand in excitement.
"Great! Ace got out! Yahoo!!"
He then hugged Usopp and Chopper, dancing a weird celebratory dance.
"Phew, thank goodness the Seastone was destroyed first, allowing Ace to use his powers."
Nami sighed in relief.
If Ace had died, this troublesome captain would have been devastated.
"But the danger isn't over. Ace can't deal with these vines."
Zoro watched the screen seriously, also keeping an eye on Teach.
As expected, that guy was no ordinary person; he was very powerful. "No problem, Ace will definitely escape!"
Luffy was confident. As long as Ace wasn't bound by Seastone, he would definitely survive!
Marine Headquarters.
Sengoku stared grimly at the screen.
He didn't expect Fire Fist Ace to escape. Missing this chance meant they couldn't capture him again!
"Where's Aokiji! Hurry up!"
Sengoku could only urge Aokiji to hurry. It would be best if they could capture both the carnivorous vines and Ace!
"Garp seems to be on his way too. Hope he doesn't cause trouble."
Sengoku was worried about this. As an old friend, he knew better than anyone how much Garp valued family.
The only thing that could restrain him was the word justice.
At this moment, viewers from other worlds raised numerous questions.
They initially thought the people on the screen would be slaughtered by the carnivorous vines, but they unleashed various abilities, shocking everyone! Tony Stark: "What's going on! What did that fat guy release, and why did that naked guy turn into fire?"
Jiraiya: "What kind of ninjutsu is this? Fire Release isn't that outrageous! That darkness looks like Yin Release."
Nick Fury: "That guy called Jiraiya, I don't get your ninjutsu talk. This is a superpower, right?"
Son Goku: "Superpowers? Like Chiaotzu's?"
Bruce Wayne: "Why are we talking about food? Hey, Luffy, you're from the same world, right? Can you explain?"
Luffy: "It's the Devil Fruit I mentioned earlier. Eating a Devil Fruit grants great power. Ace ate the Flame-Flame Fruit, a Logia-type, allowing him to turn into fire."
Tony Stark: "What about that fat guy? What kind of superpower is that black stuff?"
Luffy: "I don't know."
Robin: "I think it's the power of the Dark-Dark Fruit. It's said to release darkness and absorb everything."
Hearing this, everyone remembered Luffy mentioning the Devil Fruits. They had dismissed it but were now amazed at the power these fruits granted!
Marvel, Kamar-Taj.
The Ancient One fanned herself while watching the comments on the screen.
"Darkness, huh? It's far from Dormammu's level, but eating a fruit to gain powers is like a magical artifact."
She understood well. Many magical artifacts granted powers upon acquisition.
But consuming one was rare.
"That Luffy mentioned losing strength upon contact with seawater after eating a Devil Fruit. Compared to a contract with a demon, that's a minor cost."
The Ancient One commented. If she could gain great magical power at such a small price, she would be more than willing.
DC Universe.
Diana watched the screen, surprised at Ace continuously unleashing flames.
"Devil Fruit, huh? Interesting, but he seems to be a pirate."
Diana frowned at this thought.
Such powerful abilities in the hands of pirates—how could the people live in peace?
"If only I were in that world."
Diana despised evil. To her, all pirates were criminals. She hoped the pirates and carnivorous vines would destroy each other.
(End of Chapter)