I quit the Straw Hats at the beginning and joined the Beasts Group

But in an instant, my heart suddenly felt cold.

Without hesitation, he retreated like lightning.

"Clang—"

A raging flame burned up.

Ryan's gaze was as sharp as a knife.

His empty left hand was as fast as lightning, and the [Great King of Freedom] at his waist suddenly came out of its sheath.

In an instant, the atmosphere was torn apart, a chilling cold light flashed across, and it slashed towards the Phoenix that instinctively retreated.

"Immortal Thistle!"

Marco's hair stood on end.

Without hesitation, a large amount of green flames surged out of his body.

It transformed into a circular shield, blocking the incoming fiery slash.

"Boom boom..."

The terrifying flames continued to surge.

An astonishing heat wave is rolling in.

"This guy..." The terrible heat made Marco change color in horror.

The blue flames gushed out continuously, trying their best to block the flames released by Ryan.

At the same time, he retreated without hesitation to create some distance.

"brush……"

However, at this moment.

Ryan was extremely powerful and murderous.

"Instant step!" He stepped forward and flapped his wings behind him.

Like a ghost, his whole body was as fast as lightning, and he rushed out relentlessly.

In an instant, they came in pursuit again.

"What!?"

The phoenix's hairs stood on end.

But it was too late to dodge.

As the two swords were swung, two terrifying cold lights broke through the atmosphere and struck like lightning.

Marco, unable to dodge, hurriedly crossed his arms and used Armament Haki to block.

He was still ruthlessly blown away by the astonishing blow.

"boom……"

The earth was torn apart.

The embarrassed figure barely managed to keep his balance.

His arms were torn into shocking wounds by the extremely sharp blow.

But surprisingly, there was no blood flowing.

Blue flames emerged, burning and jumping continuously.

Thanks to the phoenix's amazing regenerative ability, Marco's torn body continued to recover at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Stronger than half a year ago..."

His eyes were full of solemnity.

He looked at Ryan in disbelief.

The opponent's strength increased so quickly in such a short period of time.

He didn't use any fruit power at all, but his swordsmanship was even more amazing than that of Flower Sword Vista, the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates' 5th Division.

He simply felt that he was not facing a young pirate who had only been at sea for about a year.

But they are pirate emperors like Kaido of Beasts and Charlotte Linlin.

"The regenerative ability is really strong..."

See this.

Ryan raised an eyebrow and chuckled.

"Blood Prison——"

Marco yelled.

He had absolutely no intention of backing down, or perhaps he was very clear that he had no way out.

His entire body transformed into a gigantic blue-green phoenix.

His whole body was bathed in green flames, extremely gorgeous.

Take the initiative.

"Phoenix Seal!"

There was a whistling sound breaking through the air.

With the help of the inertia brought by high-speed flight.

The sharp bird claws carry a powerful impact.

Attacked fiercely.

Extremely ferocious.

"Hey!"

However-

The next moment, Ryan was filled with awe-inspiring aura.

His eyes were as sharp as an eagle's, and the King Yama in his hand exuded a terrifying aura.

Black and red lightning kept interweaving.

He swung out fiercely.

"God avoids!!"

"What!?"

"Boom boom..."

Phoenix Marco's expression changed drastically.

He had just rushed to the other party, but before he could actually touch Ryan, he was hit hard.

He was blasted away by an extremely terrifying sword pressure.

"Wow……"

Crashed the earth.

He got up in a panic.

Blood oozed from the corner of his mouth, and he stared at Ryan intently: "Hypericorn is entangled..."

The Phoenix has amazing regenerative abilities and is said to be able to recover from any injury.

He was directly injured by the opponent's fierce attack.

Even the regenerative ability could not completely ignore that terrible blow.

Obviously, the ability of his mythical beast Phoenix form is not without limits.

"Oh? Is that all?" Ryan raised his eyebrows and looked directly at him. "It seems that it's not just your body that's aged... your spirit has been shattered!"

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talking.

He shook his head.

There was a hint of disappointment in his eyes.

That’s right, Marco’s strength is much weaker than Ryan imagined.

Otherwise, without using the power of the fruit and taking the Rumble Ball, he would not be able to crush the opponent so easily.

Apart from anything else, the strength of his domineering aura alone is clearly far less than that during the previous Battle of Marineford.

It's not just a matter of physical frailty due to aging.

But it’s the mentality that’s the problem.

Just like the previous Gekko Moriah.

One was crushed by Kaido, the King of Beasts, and his mentality collapsed and he completely degenerated.

One was crushed by the "fallen angel" Azazel and lost his spirit.

............ 0

However, Marco's problems are multifaceted.

The deaths of Ace and Whitebeard, and then being easily crushed by Azazel...

He also witnessed with his own eyes how, because of his reckless decision, he led the Whitebeard Pirates into war with the Cross Guild, leading to the deaths of so many of his companions...

He watched as those brothers in the Whitebeard Pirates who were once as close as brothers were killed and sacrificed on the battlefield, while he was powerless to do anything.

They even need others to cover their retreat in order to escape and survive.

In addition, Azazel used the ability of the mythical beast vampire form to ruthlessly drain away decades of his youth, turning him into an old and frail man.

This was a huge blow to Marco's heart.

Although it’s not to the point of becoming a complete cripple like Moria.

But he seemed to have lost confidence after being crushed, and his dominance declined a lot.

"hateful……"

Marco gritted his teeth.

Looking straight ahead at Blood Prison Ryan.

My heart sank to the bottom, and I felt unwilling and desperate.

At this moment, he is old and weak, and his strength has been greatly reduced.

There is no way to fight against the monster in front of me.

"Then I will take your life without hesitation..."

Stomping hard.

The figure passed through the atmosphere like a ghost.

In an instant, he was relentless again and chased after me.

"Blood Prison, don't be so arrogant. You weren't even born when I was a pirate!!" Marco yelled.

He transformed into a human-beast form and rushed forward unwilling to be outdone.

"Hades!"

"Phoenix Seal!!"

"Boom boom..."

……Spoon.

Chapter 426: Buddha Form? All Sides Move

"boom……"

On the Sphinx Island.