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Just as the Empress was about to land after leaping through the air, a sudden attack struck!

"Phoenix Seal!"

Marco, who had been waiting for the right moment, used his strongest move at this opportune but not perfect time.

"Damn it~!"

Upon seeing this, the Snake Princess's pretty face turned ashen, filled with both shock and anger.

But Marco unleashed his ultimate move, which was fast and powerful, leaving Snake Princess with no chance to dodge and forcing her to take the hit head-on.

Her slender arms, hardened with Armament Haki, were crossed in front of her forehead, and she raised one leg, pressing her knee, hardened with Armament Haki, against her body.

And at the same time she adopted this optimal frontal defensive stance.

That blazing, magnificent, violent, and swift shockwave of five-colored flames also arrived with a thunderous roar!

Then, Marco's enormous bird claws, which kept growing larger, followed closely with a kick!

The Phoenix Seal technique, to be precise, is not simply a Devil Fruit ability technique, but a technique that combines Armament Haki with external projection!

Two-stage attack.

The first segment is a powerful shockwave formed by a mass of Armament Haki enveloped in blue flames.

The second part is Marco's talon kick, which carries the maximum impact force of flight.

The shockwave formed by the condensation of Armament Haki needs no further explanation in terms of its power.

The second kick is a flying kick in Marco's human-beast form, a kick that shatters to pieces. He doesn't care about the backlash when he hits the target because his phoenix ability allows him to recover quickly, so he only pursues the fastest and most powerful kick.

Therefore, the combined destructive power of the "Phoenix Seal" attack is exceptionally astonishing.

One strike can send a ship weighing hundreds of tons flying, and another strike can send the super-defensive body of a Quinn Alloy Orc flying and making him cough up blood!

At that moment, the attack landed squarely on Snake Princess's defensive stance.

Boom~!

There was a loud noise in the sky.

Shebi had already suffered internal injuries from the shockwave of the first burst of Armament Haki.

The second kick, with its massive bird claws, slammed straight into her forearms and knees.

The immense force sent Snake Princess flying backward like a cannonball.

With a whoosh, it hurtled diagonally into the dense forest, felling dozens of large trees along the way, and traversing hundreds of meters before finally landing.

Despite the excruciating pain in her internal organs, her forearms, and the fracture in her right knee, Snake Queen slid backward for several dozen meters before finally coming to a stop.

A trickle of blood slowly oozed from the corner of his mouth.

Snake Princess raised her hand and forcefully wiped away the blood, then swallowed the remaining blood in her mouth.

'As the Empress!'

Never show weakness to others!

next moment.

The Snake Princess stood up with her head held high!

Completely unharmed!

'This battle.'

How can we win this battle?

This question lingered in the mind of the Snake Princess.

No matter how she thinks, as long as Marco, a strongman who is in no way weaker than her and even a step stronger, is there, she will always be there.

It seems that this problem is unsolvable!

Snake Princess gritted her teeth, almost biting her lower lip until it bled!

In no time at all.

The three arrived again!

The three seemed to have carefully observed Boa Hancock's condition before Vista launched the first attack from the side.

Streams of sword energy crisscrossed and slashed towards us!

Jozu, having learned his lesson, no longer dared to engage in close combat with Boa Hancock. He covered his hands with Armament Haki, plunged them into the ground, and fiercely dug out a large chunk of earth and stone, lifting it high into the air.

He possessed incredible brute strength, lifting massive boulders weighing tens of tons and leaping into the air. With the help of Vista's sword energy, he hurled the boulders at a thunderous crash as the Snake Princess dodged!

Knowing that Marco was lurking there, the Snake Princess dared not jump into the air again, because once she was in the air, it would be difficult to maneuver. Therefore, she simply used her extremely fast footwork to transform into a flashing figure and sprint along the ground at high speed.

Seeing this, Marco thought to himself that with the Empress's agile movements as she sprinted so close to the ground, it would be difficult for any of his moves to hit her.

And then, what happened next was...

Vista and Jozu employed ranged attacks using sword energy and hurled boulders, while the Empress relied on high-speed sprinting and dodging to wear down her opponent's stamina.

Marco, in his human-animal form, hovers and flies through the air, waiting patiently for his chance to strike.

Chapter Twenty: The Empress's Fierce Spirit (Seeking flowers and monthly tickets)

This war of attrition lasted for more than ten minutes.

During this time, the Snake Princess's two younger sisters also led some brave Nine-Snake Warriors to come and provide support.

However, the difference in strength was too great.

They were instantly defeated in the blink of an eye, only to be caught off guard by the three strong members of the White Group.

"Damn it, we can't help our big sister at all!"

The third sister, Marigold, clutched her broken arm and collapsed to the ground, weeping loudly.

"Damn it~ Damn the Whitebeard Pirates!!"

The sergeant, Kikyo, was so broken that all her bones were shattered. She lay on the ground, covering her face and weeping.

Most of the other female warriors collapsed and were temporarily unconscious.

The three strong members of the White Team relentlessly pursued the Snake Princess, launching a continuous barrage of attacks that gave her no chance to catch her breath.

Boa Hancock did attempt various counterattacks against Jozu and Vista.

But with Marco around, every single one of her attempts immediately failed.

If the Snake Princess shoots the Captive Arrows as she runs, Marco spews out blue flames, easily shielding his two companions from the rain of arrows.

If Boa Hancock tries to get close to Jozu and Vista, Marco can easily send her flying with a flying kick imbued with Armament Haki. However, she will then have to dodge Jozu and Vista's ranged attacks.

This physically demanding fighting style continued for twenty minutes.

Snake Princess, who was already at a physical disadvantage and had been injured by Marco's Phoenix Seal kick, was the first to show signs of severe fatigue.

On the other hand, the three strongest members of the White Team were resting while fighting, showing no signs of fatigue whatsoever!

After a long and exhausting battle, Snake Princess suddenly collapsed to her knees after dodging a round of attacks, coughing up a mouthful of blood.

'Is Heaven truly going to destroy me?'

Snake Princess stared wide-eyed at the pool of blood on the ground, a sense of despair and self-pity rising in her heart.

"Hahaha, you vixen, you're finally too tired to fight anymore, aren't you?"

Upon seeing this, Joz ran over laughing.

On one hand, there was a pact with Loya to severely injure the Empress.

On the other hand, he dared not blame Loya for forcing them to sacrifice those dozens of brothers, so he blamed all his anger on the Empress.

So when he came close at this moment, he really wanted to beat the Empress up.

Upon seeing this, Snake Princess immediately stood up in anger and delivered a fragrant kick to Jozu.

However, Jozu let out a cold laugh and easily grabbed Boa Hancock's calf with his Armament Haki-enhanced left hand.

"Your speed has slowed down; your movements are sluggish!"

After saying that, Joz glared at her, and with a forceful flick of his left hand, he sent the Empress flying into the air before slamming her to the ground!

boom!

A loud bang was heard, and earth and rocks flew everywhere.

The empress was slammed into the earth and rocks by brute force.

Joz took a few steps to the Empress's side and raised his foot to stomp hard on her back.

However, the Empress suddenly flipped over, grabbed a clump of dry mud in her hand, and accurately splashed it on Joz's face!

"uh-huh!"

Caught off guard, Joz raised his hand to cover his face, closed his eyes, and took a step back.

"drink!"

The Snake Queen's hair stood on end in anger, her beautiful face contorted in a ferocious rage, and she let out a delicate, startled cry!

A kick landed squarely on Joz's knee!