Brutal Battlefield!

Tsugikuni Yoriichi's slash shot downward, crossing Saint Topman Warcury's boar head and smashing into the ground in the blink of an eye.

The earth, unable to bear the strain, let out a miserable wail.

The tremendous roar could almost be heard throughout Fish-Man Island. The bubble protecting the island trembled violently alongside the quake, seeming on the verge of bursting.

As blood sprayed through the air, Saint Topman Warcury's head flew sideways, crashing into the ground and blasting out a huge crater. His massive body toppled over with a thunderous boom, kicking up thick clouds of dust.

After unleashing that slash, Tsugikuni Yoriichi drifted down and landed steadily beside Saint Topman Warcury's boar head. Glancing sideways at the enormous head, he extended a chain formed from Golden Flames at his fingertips, swiftly seized it, and drew it into his hand.

Golden Flames rapidly engulfed the boar head. The instant the flames touched him, Saint Topman Warcury, who should no longer have been able to feel pain, still let out low cries.

"Ah!!"

"Ah!!!"

Saint Topman Warcury's face was filled with terror. Though he had been decapitated, he had not died immediately. To the Gorosei, no matter how terrifying Tsugikuni Yoriichi's slashes were, as long as their super-speed regeneration remained effective, Yoriichi posed no threat to them.

But the problem was that several Gorosei who had previously died at Tsugikuni Yoriichi's hands had inexplicably lost their super-speed regeneration.

Saint Topman Warcury and the others believed that Tsugikuni Yoriichi had been able to kill them because of the unique nature of his Devil Fruit ability.

According to intelligence gathered from every side, the original form of the Mythical Zoan Tsugikuni Yoriichi possessed was an existence nearly akin to a god.

In murals left behind by ancient peoples, the Phoenix that Tsugikuni Yoriichi