"Kill them!"
Gelai gave a cold shout.
The modified humans, who had been standing there like wooden statues, made the first move.
Dozens of pirates who had once been famed across the seas swooped down like agile leopards.
At the head of them were none other than Silver Axe and the other two, former members of the Rocks Pirates.
A distance of a thousand meters was closed in the blink of an eye.
As Silver Axe leaped into the air, the axe formed by his Devil Fruit ability expanded once more in his hand.
Perhaps he had a particular fondness for axe-type weapons.
After his previous attack had been blocked, Silver Axe's axe instantly grew to over a hundred meters long this time.
With a sky-covering presence and no unnecessary flourish, it cleaved straight down.
Boom!
The roar of wind and thunder erupted in an instant. As the air along its path howled, the hundred-meter axe closed in on Whitebeard in the blink of an eye.
Perhaps because of obsessions left behind from their lives, when it came to fighting powerful opponents...
Among the three former Rocks Pirates members, the first person they intended to eliminate was clearly Whitebeard.
"Hmph, you had no chance to lay a hand on our king while you were alive. You won't have one after death either," Marco snorted coldly.
Pale blue flames swelled against the wind, carrying a piercing whistle as they charged directly toward Silver Axe.
Bang!
Claws coated in Armament Haki collided with Silver Axe.
The enormous shadow descending from above was kicked away outright.
As a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit user, the Phoenix was not a power-type ability. However, as the commander of Whitebeard's First Division, Marco's strength was not to be underestimated.
At the very least, the martial arts he