Unlike Esdeath's flashy abilities, Rayleigh and Zephyr's battle was incredibly intense.
Both were powerful martial artists, and Rayleigh was also a great swordsman.
The Marines nearby could only hear continuous clashing sounds, unable to see anything at all.
"Zephyr!"
Rayleigh felt a tingling sensation on his scalp as he watched Zephyr directly use his Armed Color to withstand his slash.
That guy's Armament Haki is still so strong!
Clang!
Clang, clang, clang!
Swords flashed!
The ground shattered, and from time to time, sword qi flew out, striking buildings and the ground in the distance; ordinary people would probably be cut in half if they touched it.
"Armament—Arm Beast Finger Pistol!"
"He's getting serious!"
Rayleigh's eyes also became serious; it wouldn't be good to be hit by that move!
"Great Slash!"
Sword qi swept out!
A blade that seemed capable of cutting down everything collided with Zephyr's Arm Beast Finger Pistol.
Boom!
A huge roar echoed!
The surrounding terrain within a hundred meters changed accordingly, Zephyr's clothes were torn, and Rayleigh also started to pant slightly.
"Getting old!"
Before, let alone one sword, even ten or a hundred swords, what would it matter!
"Is this really a battle between humans?"
On the street a thousand meters away, Esdeath's soldiers collapsed directly onto the ground.
Even a thousand meters away, they felt their bodies trembling; the sound was like dozens of bombs exploding simultaneously in their ears.
On one side, blue flames and ice intertwined, while on the other, there was a battle they couldn't see, only hear.
"Damn it!"
Smoker looked at Esdeath, who was already able to confront Marco; he wondered how long it would take him to catch up and defeat her!
Even if he was given a few more years, he wouldn't reach this level!
"You must win!"
The end of any one battle would lead to the end of both battles!
"Snap!"
A snap of the fingers!
"Heavenly Justice!"
A massive block of ice from the sky covered Marco's figure.
"Ridiculous!"
Such a huge block of ice, let alone causing damage, wouldn't even cause him the slightest trouble.
"Blue Flame Goose!"
An unusual wisp of blue flame condensed into a phoenix's tail feather, which he crushed in his hand and slowly wrapped around Marco's fist.
Whoosh!
His figure shot straight towards the giant ice block in the sky!
"Shatter!"
He punched the ice block, and the giant ice shattered in response!
Esdeath's figure appeared above the shattered ice, a sword was drawn, and she held Hyōrinmaru with both hands, bringing it down in a slash!
"Nani?"
Marco had originally thought the sword at Esdeath's waist was just a decoration, but he didn't expect it to actually have an offensive purpose.
However!
A sword wound wouldn't affect him much!
Just as he was about to confidently take Esdeath's slash, his Observation Haki suddenly warned him, and Marco immediately chose to trust his Observation Haki!
"Immortal Thistle!"
Blue flames surged from Marco's body, forming a circular shield in front of him.
"Oh?"
She looked at Marco's reaction with some surprise; if Marco had dared to be overconfident and block her Hyōrinmaru's attack, then she would have won this battle!
Hyōrinmaru slashed onto the Blue Flame Shield, and an endless surge of cold air erupted!
"Impossible!"
The cold air was actually slowly freezing the Immortal Thistle he had formed with blue flames.
Marco instantly severed his connection with the Immortal Thistle, flapped his wings, and left the range covered by the cold air, floating in the sky.
His eyes revealed disbelief!
Although his flames didn't have the same high damage as true flames, they absolutely would not be frozen by ice.
Even if Aokiji came, even if he could freeze it, he could quickly break free, but what was happening now?
"Which sword is it?"
His eyes fixed on Esdeath's Hyōrinmaru, but even his Observation Haki didn't detect any abnormalities.
"Where do you think you're going!"
Stepping on Moonwalk, Esdeath slashed towards Marco!
"Tch!"
"Phoenix Assault!"
He turned and kicked out with a claw-like kick!
Armament Haki wrapped around his physical claws as he kicked fiercely!
Clang!
Immediately, a strong gust of wind blew through the air, spreading cold air and slightly warm flames in all directions.
The already dilapidated ground instantly sent countless chunks of dirt flying in all directions!
"So cautious!"
She hadn't even coated herself in Armament Haki, yet Marco had unexpectedly coated himself in Armament Haki beforehand and kicked towards her!
"Sword Flash!"
A rapid thrust of the sword!
"Phoenix Assault Rampage!" Marco immediately reacted, kicking out afterimages with both legs, constantly colliding with the sword shadows!
"Ice Phoenix Dance!"
An ice-condensed phoenix appeared at the tip of Hyōrinmaru in the blink of an eye, and the phoenix flew out!
"Phoenix Crest!"
A powerful shockwave instantly shot out!
Phoenix Crest and the Ice Phoenix collided with each other!
Boom!
The Ice Phoenix shattered and fell to the ground, and the Phoenix Crest also lost its power and disappeared into the air.
"Shikai!"
Cold air began to surge around Hyōrinmaru, slowly spreading outwards, and Marco, seeing this, reacted.
"Immortal Bird Form!"
Marco, who was originally in a half-immortal bird state, was completely enveloped in blue flames, and then the Immortal Bird form of Marco appeared!
"Flock of Ice Pillars!"
Countless ice birds appeared, flying towards Marco.
"Phoenix Flame Break!"
Marco, flapping his wings, had no intention of underestimating these inconspicuous ice birds; a ball of blue flame flew out and met the incoming ice birds.
The result was the same; the blue flames were frozen into ice blocks and slowly slid down in the air.
"Impossible!"
It was frozen again!
Just now, he was half-human, half-bird, so it was understandable, but this time, he was at full power, yet he could still be frozen.
"Vacuum Ice Blade!"
Several ice blades shot out!
"Ha!"
His two claws directly shattered the incoming ice blades, causing no effect whatsoever.
"So troublesome!"
Marco considered himself an explosive fighter, yet he hadn't caused any damage facing this woman.
Instead, he was somewhat on the defensive!
"Can you do it?"
She glanced at Marco; as a former man, she naturally knew what a man couldn't stand the most.
"She's looking down on me!"
To be looked at like that by a woman, especially a beautiful woman, how could he endure such anger!
"Phoenix Assault!"
With a slight movement of his wings, he lifted one leg and swiftly attacked towards Esdeath!
"Maha Padma!"
Time froze!
At such close range, she could completely kill Marco, but it wouldn't be worth it!
The relationship between Marco and Whitebeard was not comparable to that between Ace and Whitebeard!
She couldn't bear Whitebeard's wrath right now, but since she had come, how could she let Marco return unscathed?
Esdeath, holding Hyōrinmaru, slashed down!
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