Chapter 289: Cornering Elders, Struggle and Ashes

Chapter 289: Cornering Elders, Struggle and Ashes

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Francisco's rage was noticeable as he walked forward towards the three elders who had killed Whitebeard, he truly couldn't find it in himself to keep up his previous role of surveying the battlefield.

In an instant, his blade lashed out, cutting off two of Elder Saturn's legs while his blade whipped upwards and into the gigantic spider demon's stomach.

Saturn grunted as all of his legs moved to close in on Francisco and pierce his body from all sides, but the legendary Swordsman was not that easy to catch.

Without any hesitation, he used the Spider's torso as a foothold to dash into the ground underneath him, crashing into the dirt with his back whilst sending a gigantic flying slash upwards.

It wasn't sharp enough to cut deeply into the Elder, but he was still sent flying upwards, right into Big Mom's gigantic sword, which swung to send him flying back towards the earth.

Francisco immediately dashed to the side, heading for Saint Warcury, who was currently being held back by Kuma and Sabo, who had just arrived on that part of the battlefield.

"Prometheus!" " Yes Mama!"

Above Saturn, Linlin had already sent her fiery creation to descend upon him.

Imbued with the soul and haki of an Emperor that had consumed a piece of a god, the flames seemed to fry the very skin off of Saturn's face as the fire grew bigger and bigger to engulf him.

Meanwhile, Sabo delivered a heavy claw onto the gigantic Boar Elder's head, shaking the brain inside whilst trying to crack his skull with the shockwaves.

The Blonde Revolutionary's Haki struggled to spread out through the Elder's body, as Warcury was seemingly at a much higher level when it came to all types of Haki.

Warcury immediately pushed Sabo away, causing him to roll a few times and drag his hand through the ground of the red line underneath their feet.

The Elder then proceeded to dash towards him, but Kuma got in front of them immediately, and extended his hand, stopping the Boar Demon in his tracks.

"Pesky Buccaneer Brat!" The Elder roared, and a crack immediately resounded in their surroundings, as Kuma's wrists seemed to break, causing him to grunt.

But even with his wrists broken, he was not going to fall easily.

"Ursus Shock!"

With the impact and power absorbed in both of his palms, the Paw Fruit user sent the Elder flying like a tree in a tornado,

Warcury struggled immensely as a translucent gigantic paw print pushed him away with great force, the ground all around them cracking and breaking off just from the dissipating shockwaves.

The Elder eventually stopped skidding backwards, and shook his head a bit, trying to shake off the dizziness from receiving two strong blows to the head consecutively.

Francisco immediately took advantage of that, making his presence known by dashing from the side and slashing at the Elder's head, his sabre left a deep scar almost going right through the Boar Demon's tough skull and blowing off one of his tusks.

Francisco couldn't help but smile when noticing that the Elders seemed to be healing slower than before.

The Swordsman continued his assault, flying slashes being sent out at the Elder from many angles.Warcury sent out a powerful roar, which caused a shockwave big enough to deflect the slashes.

Francisco then moved into close range, although the Elder seemed to have better Observation Haki than him, they were still rather close when it came to armament, which meant that Francisco was more than capable of dealing good damage to him.

At this point, Sabo and the others also noticed that the Elders were healing slower, with the worst offender certainly being Saturn.

The Spider Demon had to endure the onslaught of most of the heavy hitters of the entire Marine force of Enel's army. The damage he had taken far surpassed the other Elders present.

But despite healing slower, he still seemed to be holding on fine, dashing through Big Mom's flaming cloud to deliver a deadly thrust with his stingers, aiming to pierce her head.

Thankfully the Empress had been paying attention, leaning her body backwards in time to let the gigantic stinger slide right in front of her.

Whitebeard in his final moments had been the only one to notice the blue flames eating away at Marco's body.

The Elders and their now many enraged opponents couldn't spare a glance at the body of Whitebeard's first mate and oldest son.

Ace was off fighting against Pacifistas, as his skills were not deemed enough to deal with the elders like Marco, but if he had been nearby, he would have certainly recognized what his older brother was going through.

Marco's body was being completely turned to ash by the flames that had once made up his transformed phoenix body.

And the moment it fully turned to ash, that was when it happened.

To call it a burst of flames would have been an understatement, no it was more aking to a pillar of blue light.

It immediately caught the attention of everyone on the battlefield nearby, as many of them couldn't quite grasp what was happening exactly.

At first, Francisco thought that maybe Enel was giving them a helping hand, and missing...

But that was unlikely, Enel was clearly not doing good for himself since he had to resort to such a destructive attack.

'Don't tell me...' Nusjuro's eyes widened, his attention slipping from his fight for a moment, which led to him being stabbed in the body twice, and his neck being twisted by a powerful kick.

But he was the first one to notice it. The strange figure formed within those flames.

It was only when a foreign aura descended onto the battlefield did the others all realised what was happening as well.

The crushing pressure that appeared now was that of a gigantic bird, its body and feathers built of blueish golden flames, its talons and beak built of solid dark blue flame.

A pair of round, fiery eyes, and a tail built of feathers of all colours...

All of the people on the battlefield realized who it was. And what his appearance meant.

'That damned Pheonix Annoyance awakened?!?' Saturn's face twisted in anger, his expression coated in blood as his head was still healing from being split open.

Marco blinked a few times, unsure of what had happened, of what he had achieved.

He looked at his wings, much larger than ever before. He looked at his body, feeling much stronger than ever before.

It was almost as if, up to that point, he had merely been a fragment of what he could have been. Nothing more than a fallen feather of a Mythical Beast.

His mind felt clearer, unbothered... Reborn.

After all, it was the fate of the Phoenix to always rise from the ashes.

And when Marco's eyes landed on his father's body, they turned red.

And it was time for the Elders to also experience it. The fiery rage of a real phoenix.

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