Starting as a pirate, he rose to become the strongest Shinigami in Soul Society.

Chapter 128 The Dark-Dark Fruit kills the Phoenix, Marco dies!

Marco, having grown up alongside the Whitebeard Pirates since childhood, possesses remarkably fast reaction speed in battle.

After realizing that he could not break free from the dark gravity of Bane, he stopped making any futile struggles and quickly adjusted his posture, spreading his arms and making the feathers on his body stand up!

"Phoenix Feather!" Marco roared.

Just like Borsalino's Yasakani no Magatama, Marco's feathers shot out, quickly covering Bane's figure from above.

"It's completely useless!" Bane laughed loudly.

The flying blue flame feathers were drawn to the dark power in Bane's hand shortly after they reached him. One by one, they disappeared into the dark abyss in Bane's hand like swallows returning to their nests, having no effect whatsoever.

Cursing under his breath, Marco knew this tactic wouldn't work, so he decisively adjusted his strategy again. With a powerful tug on his foot, and using the force that Bane was using to draw him away, he suddenly flapped his wings to accelerate, directly rushing in front of Bane's face and kicking him in the head!

"Phoenix Seal!" Marco roared.

This kick came flying through the air with tremendous force, enough to send a large three-masted sailing ship flying!

However, in the next instant, Bane accurately grabbed Marco's ankle, and then the dark element erupted, instantly extinguishing the blue flames on Marco's body and sealing his phoenix ability.

At the same time, Bane slipped and spun half a circle on the spot, dissipating the force of Marco's kick. Then, he grabbed Marco's ankle and, like throwing a rag doll, gave Marco a spinning top kick!

Before Marco could even react after being spun around 360 degrees by Bane, Bane suddenly unleashed his power, his arm muscles bulging as he grabbed Marco's ankle and slammed him to the ground like a hammer!

With a loud bang, the ground shattered on the spot, kicking up a cloud of dust. Marco was embedded in the ground, and the powerful impact and recoil caused him to instinctively spit out a mouthful of blood.

This kind of injury is nothing to him; he's already used to it, it's just an everyday occurrence.

The problem is that in the past, he could quickly heal his injuries with his Azure Flame, but now, Bane is holding his ankle and sealing his Phoenix Power, so Marco can't recover from his injuries at all.

"Cough!" Blood spurted from Marco's mouth, but before it could fall, he lost his balance again and was pulled out of the pit by Bane's ankle.

"You bastard." Marco seemed to want to curse a few words, while simultaneously gathering his domineering aura to try and break free from Bane's grasp.

However, even though he was a Mythical Zoan type ability user, he was far inferior to Bane in strength and could not break free at all. Following closely behind, Bane grabbed Marco again, swung him in a semi-circle in the air, and slammed him down hard onto the ground on the other side.

Another muffled thud nearly knocked Marco unconscious.

This time, there was no pause. As if he were addicted, Bane grabbed Marco and swung him around, slamming him against the ground on both sides. For a moment, he experienced the same thrill that the Hulk felt when he fought Loki!

Each heavy slam caused the ground to tremble, and the force of this recoil and impact quickly shattered the Haki Marco had hastily mustered. Similarly, each strike deepened Marco's injuries. At first, Marco could still use his Haki to fight back, but after the next dozen or so strikes, the ground was covered in blood, like graffiti. Marco was completely limp and powerless, unable to struggle at all.

How could he struggle?

After his domineering aura was shattered, Bane's smashing power was terrifying. In no time, Marco felt as if all the bones in his body had been shattered, and those that weren't shattered were dislocated. He was slammed back and forth on the ground, his flesh and blood were a mess, and his consciousness was about to dissipate. What was the point of struggling?

Bane's confidence returned immediately after beating Marco.

I did absolutely nothing against Kaido, but it was so much fun fighting those Whitebeard Pirates captains!

You're guaranteed to win, bro!

Especially when facing the ability users among them, that guy named Jozu, who was incredibly arrogant because his ability was practically absolute defense, he ended up sealing Jozu's ability, pinning him to the ground, and smashing his head to pieces. He was one-on-one, not making a sound!

This Phoenix Marco is also the captain of the first division and a veteran of the Whitebeard Pirates. Logically speaking, he should be very strong. Now that he's enjoying the windmill, isn't he silently giving a thumbs up?

At this moment, Bane finally experienced the joy of the Dark-Dark Fruit and Charlotte Linlin!

Being able to forcibly attract and seize the power of sealed ability users, coupled with absolute brute force, makes it an absolute crushing force when facing ability users whose strength is not much different from its own!

Bane splattered himself with blood, making him look even more ferocious and savage. Not far from where he was brutally beating Marco, Smoker, being supported by Smoker, watched the scene with a twitching mouth. Cruel, so cruel!

Fubuki, feeling a pang of pity, quickly interjected, "That's enough, that's enough, Bane! He's almost dead. Stop torturing him like this, just give him a quick death!"

Hearing this call, Bane finally snapped out of the pleasure of torturing Marco, grabbed the other man's ankle, and lifted him upside down in front of him.

Marco was now a bloody mess, his body limp and mushy, not a single bone was hard, like a rag doll, his arms hanging limply on the ground, bleeding profusely, a pitiful sight.

Clearly, after being flipped over and slammed dozens of times on the ground by Bane, Marco's consciousness had completely collapsed, and he was unable to utter a single word.

"Tsk, the phoenix, it's nothing special." Bane clicked his tongue and said sarcastically.

As soon as he finished speaking, dark power surged from his hand again, spreading along Marco's ankle and towards his body. Soon, it enveloped Marco completely. Then, Bane clenched his hand, and the dark elemental power collapsed inward violently, as if he had crushed something, giving people a very unpleasant feeling.

This pinch naturally ended the life of Marco, a key member of the Whitebeard Pirates. Immediately, the dark elements receded like a tide, and a strange energy swept out from Marco's corpse.

Then, Bane casually tossed the nearly unrecognizable corpse to his feet, quickly pulled a fresh fruit from the dark space, and soon infused it with the energy of the phoenix. A brand new Devil Fruit appeared in his hand.

"The most brutal Devil Fruit in history. It truly lives up to its name." Momonga and Smoker couldn't help but sigh as they watched Bane casually steal the abilities of his enemies.

Not a single mistake, not a single poem, not a single post, not a single piece of content, not a single look!

"Zoan type, Bird-Bird Fruit, Mythical Zoan type, Phoenix form." Bane grinned as he looked at the bizarre Devil Fruit in his hand, which seemed to be engulfed in blue flames. "Very good, very good."

Without wasting any time, he quickly stored the Phoenix Fruit into his dark space. In just a short while, he had already acquired three Devil Fruits. This battlefield is really great!

Thinking about all this, Bane looked into the distance, where the most important battle of this war was taking place.

The strongest man – Edward Newgate the Whitebeard!

It's clear that Newgate is on the verge of collapse under the combined attack of Yixiao and Borsalino. After all, his physical condition is really poor, and he's getting old. Facing two admiral-level experts, he really can't hold on. Indeed, based on the current comparison, Bane still thinks Charlotte Linlin is stronger!

Look at that old hag, she's carrying two big men, that's a completely different feeling!

They get more energetic as they play!

A glint of greed flashed in Bane's eyes once more. "Paramecia-type Tremor-Tremor Fruit"—this is a good thing!

With that in mind, Bane decided to first break Newgate's mental defenses!

The moment the thought crossed his mind, Bane kicked Marco's mangled corpse with tremendous force. Miraculously, the corpse was sent flying and crashing towards Newgate.

To be honest, Whitebeard was so focused on fighting Issho and Borsalino that he didn't pay much attention to what was happening outside and didn't even notice that Marco had been killed!

As he blasted Borsalino away, he seemed to catch a glimpse of something flying towards him from behind. He had encountered this situation many times before. After all, this was a battlefield, and there were always people trying to sneak up on him, seizing every opportunity to fire a couple of shots or a couple of cannon shots at him.

So Newgate didn't think much of it and unleashed a powerful punch, shattering Marco's corpse into a bloody mess with a loud crack.

It was at this moment that Newgate suddenly saw the familiar pineapple hairstyle floating in the air, and his expression froze!

(End of this chapter)