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"Hmph, Marco, where's Whitebeard? Didn't he come in person?" Perospero said, frowning. 

Marco grinned, "You don't need a big knife to kill a chicken. I'm more than enough for this."

Marco looked around and mocked: "Without Katakuri, none of you are my match."

Perospero replied, "Lick it up and see what happens!"

Marco's grin widened, "Come on then, try me!"

Tension quickly escalated, and the air grew thick with the scent of impending battle.

Perospero gave the command, and the cannons roared. Thousands of pirates charged, brandishing their swords and shouting, 

"Kill!"

"Don't let Pops down!" 

Marco raised his arms and shouted, rallying his crew as Big Mom pirates charged fearlessly. 

Swords clashed, and both sides suffered heavy blows in the chaotic battle.

Lynch watched the battle unfold with keen interest. 

"The Four Emperors' pirates are really something else. Their basic crew members are on a whole different level compared to the small-time pirates," 

He remarked, still observing the fierce combat.

"If pirates like these showed up every day, it might actually make things easier for us Marines" he mused, a hint of amusement in his tone.

"Pineapple head, I've been waiting to crush you! Prepare yourself!"

"Who are you calling pineapple head?"

Soldiers clashed with soldiers, and commanders faced off against commanders.

Perospero was ready to charge at Marco, but a hand pulled him back mid-stride.

"Smoothie, what are you doing?" he demanded.

"You go deal with the others and leave the pineapple head to me." 

Smoothie replied calmly. Without waiting for Perospero's agreement, she stepped in to face Marco herself.

"Am I disliked?" 

Perospero wondered, torn between laughing and crying. Is it inevitable for every sister to grow distant from her brother as she matures?

The younger sister was obviously worried that he couldn't beat Pineapple Head. How could he be so weak?

"You're the Pineapple Head! I won't let anyone else call me that!" 

The conversation between the brother and sister made Marco very angry.

He vowed to show them just what he was capable of.

In the heat of battle, Smoothie repeatedly thrust her sword into the pirates. 

Within moments, her three-meter-long blade was covered in bodies, like candied hawthorns on a skewer.

The pirates impaled on her sword screamed as they were drained, turning into mummies before the naked eye. The blade glowed with an eerie light. 

As a Squeeze-Squeeze Fruit user, Smoothie could extract the essence from their bodies to enhance her own strength.

The more people she extracts, the stronger she becomes. 

Though she usually prefers taking it easy, Smoothie doesn't hesitate to give her all when it's necessary.

"Is she going to use that move?" 

Lynch narrowed his eyes from the stands. 

Despite the jokes about Smoothie having a bounty of 900 million and legs worth 800 million, she might be serious this time.

But within the Big Mom Pirates, her strength is second only to Big Mom and Katakuri. 

She's the second strongest among the Four Sweet Commanders.

"Juice Giant!"

Smoothie unleashed a massive sword slash from the air, spanning several hundred meters. It cut down countless pirates as it tore across the battlefield, heading straight for Marco. 

Any pirate touched by the sword's light was instantly felled.

"This crazy woman even attacks her own crew!" 

Marco muttered as he halted his dive and instantly transformed into his phoenix form.

Struck by the sword's light, Marco was sent flying like a meteor, crashing through most of Fish-Man Island and toppling countless buildings before finally coming to a stop.

King Neptune's heart sank. 

How much will the repairs cost?

"Marco!" 

"Are you okay?" 

Several officers of the Whitebeard Pirates called out, their faces filled with worry.

In the next moment, a bright green flame burst through the ruins and soared into the sky. Half of Marco's body was wrapped in the green flames. 

He smiled and said, "It's not that easy to defeat me."

The Whitebeard Pirates erupted in excitement, shouting "Phoenix!" over and over.

"Marco, your weakness is exposed, Perrorin" 

Perospero sneered as he secretly sent out a stream of syrup. It instantly solidified around Marco's ankle and yanked him down.

As a Lick-Lick Fruit user, Perospero's syrup hardens tougher than steel.

"Good job, brother," Smoothie said as she jumped into the sky, grabbing Marco and preparing to squeeze him into juice.

"Bang!" 

A massive figure shattered the hundred-meter-long syrup chain connected to Marco's ankle.

"Perospero, your opponent is me," said Sachi, the Fourth Division commander, as he stepped in front of Perospero.

"Who are you? Candy Maiden!" Perospero taunted as a massive candy giant rose from the ground like a mountain.

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Marco, Smoothie, Perospero, and Sachi clashed fiercely in battle. 

"This Satchi is quite strong. He'll probably be killed by Blackbeard in the future, and it will likely involve a sneak attack," Lynch observed with interest.

Pineapple Head was stronger than Smoothie, and Perospero was stronger than Sachi. Despite this, the four of them fought evenly for a while.

"It's a shame. The Phoenix Fruit is a mythical beast type, but its talents are focused on defense and recovery," Lynch remarked. 

If the battle drags on for a few days, Marco's endurance might win. But in a short fight, it's hard to say.

If they could defeat Satchi while Marco is protecting him and keep the battle from dragging on, the Smoothie siblings would win. 

When a weaker opponent faces a stronger one, the Phoenix Fruit can make them doubt their survival. 

Even if they're clearly stronger, they might find themself unable to escape death while the opponent clings on, dragging out the fight.

On the contrary, if they fight enemies that are only slightly weaker than them, they will not be able to win the battle quickly.

While the four were fighting to death, other cadres were not idle either.

Owen battled Flower Sword Vista. 

Mondor faced Division 9 Captain Blenheim. 

The siblings Raisin and Garrett fought against Rakuyo, the captain of the Seventh Division.

"Vista, I'm the nemesis of all swordsmen," Owen declared.

"Are you ready for your sword to melt?" 

Owen's hands glowed red as steam from the intense heat rose into the sky.

As a Heat-Heat Fruit user, Owen can melt even the Meito swords. 

"Let's see which is faster: your hands or my sword," Vista challenged.

With a deep armament color coating his sword, the two long blades clashed, creating blurring afterimages.

"If a grown man dances with a sword, he dances. But why so many flowers?" 

Lynch observed with a chill as he watched a burly man with flowers floating around him every time he prepared to strike.

"Father, can we be as strong as them in the future?" 

"Yes, Father," 

The three princes were in awe, having never experienced human strength so directly before. They looked at Neptune with great anticipation.

"Ho ho ho, of course it's possible," 

Neptune said, patting their heads affectionately. 

"Jinbei and Tiger are no weaker than them, and you haven't even met all the strong person around you."

The princes' eyes lit up. "Then we'll definitely ask Mr. Tiger's guidance and become top masters like him."

The eldest prince, Fukaboshi, imagined the future when he would return from his training, having reached the peak of strength.

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