C75:-OnePiece_TL_WBPirates_Ron

75. Marco became stronger! Ochoku’s determination!

│3rd Person POV│

[Grand Line, New World, Beehive Island…]

Hobi's face turned livid at the moment.

He never expected that his allies were such trash.

Whether it was Wang Hao or the other guys, they died so quickly without giving him enough time to at least finish off Vista.

Just Vista and Jozu weren’t too much of a threat to him. After all, these two guys were weaker than his current self.

Vista’s swordsmanship and Jozu’s Twinkle Twinkle Fruit weren’t capable of dealing much damage to him.

But Marco was different.

This guy was able to kill Wang Hao so quickly, even though the latter had been a Mythical Zoan Type Devil Fruit user like him.

Under the current circumstances, his chances of winning were essentially zero.

"Hobi! You should surrender! Let’s make a deal!"

At this time, Marco on the ground suddenly spoke.

"What!?"

"Marco, what are you saying?"

Hearing this, before Hobi could respond, Jozu and Vista spoke up in astonishment. They looked at Marco in shock, their eyes full of disbelief.

Hobi was their enemy and the conflict between him and the Whitebeard Pirates was so great that they would kill each other the second they got the chance.

Now, they have the advantage here. They should completely eliminate Hobi directly.

But what was going through Marco’s mind? He actually asked Hobi to surrender.

"Marco, what do you mean?"

Hobi was also a little surprised. He focused his gaze on Marco, ignoring the other two for the moment.

Hobi didn't know what Marco was planning, but he vaguely felt that the latter was trying to recruit him.

But how was such a thing possible?

Marco knew all about the grievances and conflicts between him and Vista.

"I’ll explain! Let me show you something first!"

With that said, Marco jumped up.

The next second, he assumed his Phoenix form and soared high in the sky.

Dark blue flames burned, and the temperature of the surrounding area rose rapidly at this moment.

In just a few breaths, Marco arrived in front of Hobi and the aura exuding from his body began to press heavily on the latter.

Feeling Marco’s strength with his Observation Haki, Hobi couldn’t help but suck in a cold breath of air.

At this moment, he sensed that Marco’s strength had surpassed Wang Hao’s by a huge margin.

It seems Marco had a breakthrough after completing his fight with Wang Hao.

In the past, Whitebeard, the Strongest Man in the World, was the pillar that has been supporting the Whitebeard Pirates group.

In a few more years, Whitebeard would have succumbed to old age and then, there would have been no one to hold the fort for the Whitebeard Pirates.

But now?

With Marco’s current strength, if he managed to learn Advance Haki techniques, it was possible for him to take up the position of Emperor in Whitebeard’s stead.

“Oh!! Marco became stronger again!”

On the ground, Jozu and Vista watched the scene with wide open mouths and eyes full of shock.

They never expected that this war would actually make Marco so much stronger.

Furthermore, Marco's Phoenix Fruit had not yet awakened. Previously, Marco had said that he could feel himself close to awakening.

Once he awakened his Devil Fruit, wouldn’t his strength reach close to Four Emperor’s level even without Advance Haki?

Thinking of this, Vista and Jozu couldn't help but swallow their saliva, and they looked at Marco with an envious expression.

“Gura ra ra ra~!!”

At the same time, Whitebeard also noticed the situation with Marco and he couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

Looking at Ochoku in front of him, he said with a smirk, “Ochoku, your end is near! Your Vice Captain is already dead and he even helped Marco become stronger in the process!”

"Bastard!"

Hearing this, Ochoku's face was livid. Seeing Marco engaging Hobi instead of Wang Hao, he felt extremely aggrieved and angry inside his heart.

Wang Hao was not only his second-in-command, he was also his successor. Now, he was actually dead.

This also meant that no matter what he did now, it was meaningless.

The remaining senior cadres of the Ochoku Pirates have almost no possibility of surviving this battle now.

"Why? Why is this happening!?”

At this moment, Ochoku couldn't help but roar.

When Wang Hao’s strength had increased and reached the level of an Admiral, he had seen the possibility of becoming the Fifth Emperor.

This was the reason he had chosen to seize Beehive Island and even planned to let Wang Hao reach the Four Emperors level before he died.

But now?

With Wang Hao dead, all this was gone!

The Ochoku Pirates are going to be broken.

It wouldn’t even matter if he defeated Whitebeard at this moment.

"Whitebeard—!!"

Thinking of this, Ochoku roared crazily. His aura grew stronger and immediately afterward, his appearance also began to change.

Ochoku became extremely ugly with sharp claws protruding out of his hands, his hair turning gray-white, his face becoming pale and his eyes adopting a dark shade of red.

At this moment, his aura wasn’t much weaker than Whitebeard’s.

Locking his eyes with Whitebeard, Ochoku said in a raspy voice, “You’re dead, Whitebeard!”

"Devil Fruit?" Whitebeard muttered while taking a careful look at Ochoku’s new appearance.

After a few seconds, he stated, “Although I don’t know what Devil Fruit you ate, I can feel that you won’t be able to maintain this form for long.

“As far as the current situation is concerned, you won’t be able to achieve much before you become a fish on a chopping board.”

Hearing Whitebeard’s deduction, Ochoku didn’t have a change in his expression as he said, "With Wang Hao, there is no point in me holding back any longer.

“Even if I die today, I’m going to take you with me to hell. Your era will end today, Whitebeard!”

After saying that, Ochoku rushed forward and attacked Whitebeard.

In response, Whitebeard just let out a smirk, raised Murakumogiri in his hand, and said, "Ochoku, you finally admitted that this era is mine.

“Come, let me put an end to you!"