Boom!
A thunderous explosion echoed once again. The two figures were pushed back before stopping.
At this moment, the blood on Whitebeard's injuries had solidified. His chest heaved up and down as he panted heavily. He even felt that his vision was a little blurry. The high-intensity battle had lasted for too long, and his body was at its limit, and he was also a little old now. However, his drive continued to push his body to fight with Giotto.
As for Giotto, his condition was much better than Whitebeard. He joined the battle slightly late, and because of his Sun Mark, his endurance was particularly strong.
"It's over, Whitebeard. You are very strong. There is no doubt about this, but you are no match for me now. If there is a next chance, you can fight me again when you are at your prime!"
Giotto slowly opened his right hand. The terrifyingly high-temperature flame began to gather on his palm. At this moment, the extremely dense flames directly converged into a long sword that was emitting light.
"Gu ra ra ra, when have I not been at my prime?" Whitebeard tightly grabbed Murakumogiri, showing no intention of retreating.
But at this time, the temperature of the flame sword in Giotto's hand was becoming more and more terrifying, turning the surrounding into a purgatory. This was also an ability that he developed after further enhancing his Devil Fruit ability. He could amass the flame that covered a large area to further increase the temperature of the flames.
"Don't try to bluff, Whitebeard. This attack will be the last!"
Giotto clenched the flame sword in his right hand. Then, his entire aura exploded.
At the same time, Whitebeard pushed his body and used Tremor-Tremor Fruit's ability once again. He threw a punch forward, violently shaking the air and the ground in front of him. The impact of the impact was like a roaring beast as it headed towards Giotto.
"Great Flame Commandment..."
A low shout came from Giotto's mouth, and circles of flames appeared under his feet. Then, all these flames gathered on the flaming longsword in his hand. In an instant, the flaming longsword emitted a dazzling light. Moreover, the temperature also rose rapidly. In less than a minute, the temperature had reached 10,000 degrees Celsius!
"Annihilation Bough!"
Giotto held the flaming sword in his hand and slashed forward. A sea of flames instantly formed, and scorching air waves swept forward. Even the ground was instantly incinerated under this terrifying temperature.
"Boom!"
After a few seconds, Giotto was sent flying by the shockwave for a hundred meters before he managed to stabilize his body. The injury on his chest was also recovering at a speed visible to the naked eye under the effect of the Sun Mark.
On the other hand, Whitebeard was completely engulfed by the sea of flames. The intense heat drove everyone else away!
Just at this critical moment, the roasted bird lying on the ground suddenly opened its eyes. Boundless blue flame soared into the sky at this moment!
The blue flames were filled with an overflowing life force!
In the next moment, a phoenix emerged from the blue flame. Without the slightest hesitation, it dove into the flame that engulfed Whitebeard and used its huge wings to disperse the flames around Whitebeard. Then, it grabbed Whitebeard with its talons and threw him to where Thatch and the others were.
"Whitebeard Pirates, immediately take Pops and other wounded crews and retreat. I will cover you guys!"
Marco then descended in front of Giotto as he gave orders to all Whitebeard Pirates' crew. The outcome of this war was already very obvious. They had to retreat as soon as possible to reduce the casualties.
After all, in addition to Vongola Family, Big Mom had been eyeing them like a tiger. If they suffered too many casualties after this war, Big Mom would not overlook such a chance.
The only thing worth rejoicing about now was that in that moment between life and death, Marco's strength had actually improved by chance, reaching the awakening.
If it were another opponent, he would definitely attempt to test his new strength right now, but against Vongola...
Forget it!
Even if he awakened his Devil Fruit's ability, it was impossible for him to win this war by himself. After all, his pops was already exhausted. After Jozu fell into Mammon's illusion, he was still standing there like a wooden stake. If not for the fact that he was still breathing, he would think that Jozu had been killed by the opponent.
Moreover, the war had lasted for too long, and the losses of Whitebeard Pirates were too great. It had far exceeded their previous expectations.
On the other hand, only Levi and Lussuria were seriously injured on Vongola Family's side. There was also Skull, who was beaten black and blue, but it seemed that there was no big problem.
Although Belphegor was injured, the more injured he was, the crazier he would be.
The opponent had more than a hundred casualties. This loss might not be small for Vongola Family, but compared to them, it was like the difference between heaven and earth.
"Next, I will be your opponent!"
Marco took a deep breath and made up his mind. He stared at Giotto and said in a deep voice.
At this time, the other Whitebeard Pirates crew had already begun to retreat. They were well aware of the current situation. There was no hope of winning if they continued to fight.
His father was not in a good state right now. He ought to receive treatment immediately. Otherwise, the situation might become even worse.