Marineford, Marine Headquarters.
On the plaza, the battle between the Marines and the pirates had already reached a fever pitch.
Gunfire and cannon blasts roared without cease, their thunderous echoes piercing the sky.
Bright red blood seeped from the fallen bodies, gradually pooling across the ground into a river of blood.
Whether Marines or pirates, their eyes were filled with chilling Killing Intent. They desperately wielded the swords, guns, and cannons in their hands, launching attack after attack against the enemies before them.
They fought without regard for life or death, driven to utter madness!
Crescent Moon Naval Port Bay, atop the ice.
Slash—!
A crimson blade flash streaked through the air. Sephiroth swung the Butcher Blade in his hand, tracing a beautiful arc through the air before cleanly severing Thunder Lord Makugai's left hand in a single strike, making the latter's face turn pale from pain.
Sephiroth looked at Thunder Lord Makugai and sneered.
"Interfering in someone else's battle without permission isn't a wise choice.
Especially when you're weaker than them..."
Hearing this, Thunder Lord Makugai gritted his teeth and said nothing. With his remaining right hand, he raised his longsword and pointed it at Sephiroth.
"Makugai, go support the others!
I can still hold on here..."
At this moment, Flower Sword Vista had lost his usual composed smile. His face was extremely pale, and his breathing was heavy and rapid.
A wound ran across his chest from his left shoulder to his right waist, deep enough to expose bone, blood constantly pouring from it.
When Flower Sword Vista had fought Sephiroth, his Observation Haki, which allowed him to briefly foresee the future, had suddenly lost track of Sephiroth's presence for an instant. In that brief instant, Sephiroth had nearly killed him on the spot with the Butcher Blade.