"What?"
Seeing Akainu make his move, Marco's heart sank.
He was well aware of Akainu's strength, especially with his recent gains in strength.
Even Kaido was helpless against him.
Marco worried that his Seraphim won't survive.
"BOOM!"
"Crack—"
The sounds of explosions were followed by a shattering noise.
Marco's pupils contracted, "As expected, it was really Pops tremor powers!"
"The Marine's second Devil Fruit... its really terrifying!" he gritted his teeth.
Fortunately, the Whitebeard Seraphim reacted quickly and nimbly dodging the attack.
"Hmpph!" Akainu sneered.
This time, he was seriously gonna destroyed this Seraphim!
In an instant, the two began to engage in an all out fight, but it was clear the Seraphim was no match for Akainu, who now possessed two Devil Fruit abilities.
"Damn it…" Marco gritted his teeth and immediately stepped forward to intervene.
No matter what, he had to rescue Ace.
"Phoenix Form!" Marco's figure changed, and he transformed into a phoenix engulfed in blue flames.
His figure moved like lightning toward Ace.
But, to Marco's surprise, Aokiji slowly walked over as his own figure slowly changing.
In an instant, his entire body transformed into a phoenix.
"WHAAATTTT?!" Marco's body shook, his pupils contracting into shocked.
"This... it's Marco's Phoenix fruit abilities! The Marine's second Devil Fruit can even grant power of mythical zoans???!"
Blackbeard, who had already reached Sengoku's side, was also shocked.
Ace who's held in his grasp, was equally terrified.
"BOOM!" The two phoenixes collided in mid-air, and Marco was immediately sent flying backward.
"Puh..."
He looked in disbelief at the phoenix in the sky.
This phoenix was different from him; it emanated a chilling aura that made one's heart tremble, clearly the power of the Ice-Ice Fruit.
"Whitebeard Pirates division 1 commander, Phoenix Marco..." Aokiji flew in the sky, looking down at him.
He shook his head. "No matter what, you can't win against me."
Indeed, as an Admiral, his mastery of both types of Haki was excellent, not to mention his physical strength.
He originally had only the Logia-type Ice-Ice Fruit powers and now he also have a mythical zoan phoenix abilities... how could Marco fight against this?
'Damn it... how did things develop to this point!' Marco cursed inwardly.
He looked toward Leon, 'It's all because of this kid...'
At this moment, his gaze toward Leon was filled with shock, hatred, and overwhelming anger.
But in the end, he forcibly suppressed his anger.
Gritting his teeth, he glanced at the battle between Akainu and the Whitebeard Seraphim.
Their battle was almost one-sided.
The Seraph was nothing more than a punching bag as it was barely able to defend itself.
"Damn it!!"
"Ace! Wait a little longer, we'll definitely come to save you!!"
These words burst from between his teeth.
Marco looked guiltily at Ace, then immediately turned and flew toward the distance.
He knew that he and the Whitebeard Seraphim alone were no match for the Marines.
He couldn't even save Ace, let alone stay behind.
Even he and the Seraphim would be defeated easily here.
So he decisively turned and ran.
"Stop him!!" Sengoku hurriedly ordered.
Capturing only the Second Division Commander wasn't enough.
Hearing Sengoku's order, Kizaru, the fastest person on the field, immediately wanted to chase Marco.
However, he saw the Whitebeard Seraphim suddenly shoot a laser beam towards Leon.
Kizaru had to turn to block the laser.
In that brief moment, Marco had already flown to the edge of the sky and was about to escape.
Akainu and Aokiji immediately gave chase.
Akainu wasn't that fast but Aokiji, transformed into a phoenix, could followed closely.
"Peasant Beak!!"
The phoenix Aokiji swung his wings and create a huge ice bird, instantly striking Marco's back.
"AHHHHH!!"
With a scream of pain, Marco's body in the sky trembled as he was almost fall down.
Seeing this, Aokiji was about to launch another attack.
But he saw the Whitebeard Seraphim standing in front of him.
"Geppo! Rankyaku!!" It directly engaged Aokiji in battle.
"Hmph, Ice Age!!" Aokiji immediately launch his strongest attack.
But the next moment, something shocking happened.
The Whitebeard Seraphim suddenly retreated, its speed so fast that it turned into an afterimage.
"Huh?! it escaped so fast!" Aokiji's face was full of astonishment.
When he looked toward Marco's direction again, he couldn't find him.
"...Let them run." Aokiji shook his head.
"Damn it!! Damn that Marco!!" Akainu gritted his teeth, his face full of dissatisfaction.
"A Seraphim with such fast speed and even make the three Admirals can't catch up to it..." Sengoku's eyes lit up, then his brows furrowed tightly before he sighed.
"Well, maybe it's caused by Whitebeard's bloodline factor. The power of this Seraphim comes from the strongest man in the world, so it's normal for it to be extraordinary..."
The battle's result was astonishing, but then he calm down.
Looking at Ace lying at his feet, Sengoku smiled.
"At least we've captured the Second Division Commander, Portgas D Ace! That's an achievement!"
"Let's go, return to the Headquarters!"
"Yes!" Akainu lifted Ace and led the way toward one of the doors.
Ace, who had been captured, still wore a look of disdain.
But the next moment, he saw Garp with an extremely unpleasant expression.
A flash of shock passed through his eyes, and his mouth involuntarily opened wide.
In the end, he closed his mouth again and was led through one of the doors by Akainu.
Sengoku then looked toward Blackbeard and his group.
He narrowed his eyes, examining them carefully.
"Marshall D Teach, the traitor of the Whitebeard Pirates…"
"Are these your crew members?"
"Don't you want the position of Shichibukai? Then come with me."
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