Invincible

A peerlessly powerful slash effortlessly extinguished Marco's blue flames.

The shockwave infused with Conqueror's Haki followed the blade into Marco's body, rupturing his organs.

No matter how one looked at it, that slash was absolutely fatal.

However.

Even though Marco's internal organs had suffered irreversible damage and his body had nearly been cut in half, his life was still not in danger.

That was because the innate ability possessed by the Mythical Zoan Phoenix form was, just as its name suggested, immortality.

Thus, even after suffering a fatal attack, Marco would not die on the spot.

Unless his stamina ran out, the rebirth flames that reignited would continuously repair his body.

Maud looked down at Marco as he fell toward the ground. With his top-tier Observation Haki, he naturally sensed this.

"An immortal ability...? But no matter what kind of ability it is, it has a limit."

Marco's Phoenix ability reminded Maud of the Mythical Zoan Yamata no Orochi's ability.

As fellow Mythical Zoans, the representative ability of the Yamata no Orochi Devil Fruit was granting its eater eight lives.

As long as one ate the Yamata no Orochi Devil Fruit, one could survive even after having one's head cut off, without activating its ability form.

The special nature of Yamata no Orochi's ability was essentially no different from Marco's Phoenix ability.

The only difference was that—

Yamata no Orochi's limit was eight lives, while the Phoenix could achieve true infinite rebirth as long as it still had stamina.

As his thoughts turned, Maud compared Yamata no Orochi with the Phoenix.

In terms of their abilities, the Phoenix was clearly stronger than Yamata no Orochi.

Unfortunately, he had already had Luo eat the Yamata no Orochi Devil Fruit.

Otherwise, the Phoenix Devil Fruit might have been the better choice.

But