"Clang!"
"Clang, clang!"
The sound grew louder and louder, drawing everyone's attention and gaze.
The sound came from Marco's corpse.
"Pfft!"
A wisp of azure flame emerged and grew larger and larger, instantly enveloping Marco. A Phoenix covered in Blue Flames flew into the sky, circling continuously as it let out piercing cries.
"Marco!"
"Marco has come back to life!!!"
The Whitebeard Pirates erupted in joyful cheers at the sight, easing the sorrow of Jozu's death.
"Pops, I'm back!"
The Phoenix circling overhead transformed into a Human-Beast Form, revealing Marco's familiar face.
"Holy shit!" Ryan stared blankly at the resurrected Marco in the sky and muttered to himself, "He really is a Phoenix!"
Moreover, Ryan could sense that the revived Marco seemed to have grown stronger. As his Breathing Technique continuously fused with his Observation Haki, Ryan's perception of auras had become exceptionally sharp.
If anyone on the scene was most dumbfounded by Marco's resurrection, it had to be Hawkeye and Dazhen. They had personally carried Marco away earlier, and they had been absolutely certain that he was dead then.
Yet in such a short time, everything had changed completely.
With everyone watching him, Marco flew toward Whitebeard. However, halfway there, his smiling face suddenly froze, the smile replaced by grief and fury.
Because he saw Jozu—dead, yet still standing upright.
"Pops, Jozu, he...!" Marco flew to Whitebeard's side and blocked Zephyr's attack on him. He looked at Whitebeard with grief and indignation, his gaze demanding an answer as he pointed at the gaping hole in Jozu's chest.
"Sigh!" Whitebeard could not quite meet Marco's eyes. As a father, he had failed to protect his son. That was his fault.
Seeing Whitebeard like this, how could Marco not understand what had happened? Jozu was dead!
"Who killed him? Was it