Tsugikuni Yoriichi's gaze swept toward Saint Marcus Mars.
He had just exited his Mythical Zoan Transformation. Saint Marcus Mars, whose legs Yoriichi had severed, was rapidly restoring his body with his ability.
In just a few breaths, two new pale-red fleshy limbs had grown from his previously empty lower body. Using those newly formed limbs for support, Saint Marcus Mars struggled to rise from the ground.
The instant Tsugikuni Yoriichi's gaze fell upon Saint Marcus Mars, every hair on Mars's body stood on end.
Yoriichi was clearly nearly a hundred meters away, yet an overwhelming sense of danger enveloped Saint Marcus Mars's heart. Merely being watched by his enemy filled him with immense pressure.
When he looked toward the battlefield, Saint Marcus Mars happened to meet Tsugikuni Yoriichi's eyes. With just that single glance, alarm bells rang furiously in his mind. Without waiting for his body to recover, Saint Marcus Mars reentered his Mythical Zoan Transformation, turning into a massive bird and frantically flapping his wings as he tried to leave the ground.
At that moment, Saint Marcus Mars could not muster even the slightest thought of confronting Tsugikuni Yoriichi.
He had already noticed the enormous head Yoriichi was holding.
The veteran Gorosei were all roughly equal in strength. Though their individual abilities differed somewhat, the combat power they could display in an actual battle was not all that different. At most, variations in the course of battle might cause slight differences in performance.
But none of them could reliably stand above another.
Tsugikuni Yoriichi, however, was different. Years ago, he had achieved the terrifying feat of killing a Gorosei even while surrounded by the Gorosei.
After several years of lying low, the Tsugikuni Yoriichi now standing before them had grown even stronger than before.
Even Saint Saturn, with all