"Marco!" At the sight of this, Blackbeard let out an enraged roar. "There's a road to heaven, yet you refuse to take it. Hell has no gate, yet you insist on barging in! If you want to die, I'll grant your wish!"
That roar echoed across the sea and sky, making the eardrums of nearly a hundred thousand people ache. They could all hear the boundless fury in Blackbeard's voice.
"Traitor! Die!" After Marco's powerful strike destroyed a pirate ship, the fleet behind him quickly followed. Led by Marco, they charged into the enemy formation, firing cannons and ramming ships as they forcibly broke into Blackbeard's fleet.
"Kill!" The ships from both sides collided, and everyone raised their weapons as close-quarters melee began.
Blackbeard was the chief culprit behind Whitebeard's death. Later, in his bid to seize Whitebeard's territory, he had fought an exceptionally brutal war against Whitebeard's remnants. The hatred between the two sides ran incredibly deep.
Now that they had met, old grudges and new scores were settled together. Only by ending the other side's lives with blood could the hatred between these two great forces be brought to an end.
Marco's entire body burned with surging blue flames, making him especially conspicuous amidst the chaotic battle. To capture bandits, capture their king first. Every pirate under Blackbeard treated Marco as their foremost target and launched attacks at him.
Yet whether it was blades, spears, clubs, or Armament Haki, Marco used the characteristics of his Devil Fruit ability to neutralize every attack. Step by step, he pushed into the encirclement, blasting away and cutting down everyone who blocked his path as he did everything he could to draw closer to Blackbeard.
"Teach!" Marco fought with all his strength, the powerful waves of force around him sweeping away nearby