Regardless of how the prisoners and guards within Impel Down were faring, the conflict on the sea surface had fully escalated into a white-hot stage.
Under Byrnndi World's large-scale assaults, the surrounding warships and cannons mounted on Impel Down's shores were basically negligible.
The members of the God's Blades were also retreating step by step under the attacks of Bullet and the others.
Although their stamina hadn't fully recovered, and there were even residual toxins in their respiratory tracts, their condition had improved significantly after receiving help from miraculous Medical Ninjutsu.
This was the difference between the Ninja World and the One Piece World.
In the Ninja World, almost any formal combat unit should include at least one Medical-Nin.
With their Ninjutsu assistance, as long as combat personnel weren't injured in vital spots, they could quickly recover basic combat capability, at least avoiding death from excessive blood loss.
In contrast, most strong individuals in the One Piece World relied on their robust physiques to tough it out.
If they could withstand it, a meal and a good sleep would start the self-healing process. If they couldn't, they'd die on the spot.
Even though the God's Blades were also elite individuals chosen from thousands, standing before them were the most powerful lone pirates of the previous era, as well as formidable Ninjas who had saved another world.
"Die!"
Bullet casually snatched a weapon from a God's Blades' member, coated it with Haki, then backhandedly slashed the unfortunate fellow to death.
There's no other conclusion. This guy was a monster who could fight evenly with the then-Rayleigh in his teens!
Did they really think he was some insignificant small fry?
The frustration he had suffered earlier at Naruto's hands was quickly vented on the God's Blades.
Swoosh-
The reinforced Kusanagi Sword easily pierced through a God's Knight's skull. But before Redfield could take further action, that God's Knight, as if uninjured, spread his arms and lunged to embrace Redfield.
This God's Knight, who looked strange, like a giant fish-man, possessed immense strength. Redfield's fencing techniques were forcefully parried several times by the other.
Moreover, even when he scored a hit, the damage caused by the Kusanagi Sword would heal in an extremely short time.
"These people aren't right! They seem unkillable!"
A section of his white braid had been severed during the fight. Redfield looked quite disheveled now, his speech no longer adhering to 'noble' etiquette.
Several times, he had almost been hit by the God's Knights' attacks.
To be honest, at his age, being able to fight fiercely with a God's Knight for so long without eating any Devil Fruit to maintain his physical condition was already an extraordinary performance.
His swordsmanship was characterized by speed, precision, and lethality, but this also meant Redfield's defense was very weak. He absolutely couldn't tough out attacks with his body like his two other cellmates beside him.
But strangely, even at this critical life-and-death moment, Redfield's heart was unexpectedly calm.
Now, fierce fighting was everywhere around him. Roars, the sounds of flintlocks and cannons filled his ears.
But precisely because of this, those usually annoying whispers in his heart had completely dissipated.
At this moment, besides fighting, Redfield didn't need to think about anything else.
"Watch out!"
Karin's voice suddenly came. The golden Valkyrie used her steel claws to firmly grab a weapon attacking Redfield.
The environmental noise seemed to have weakened Redfield's Observation Haki perception. If not for Karin's timely rescue, he might have been severely injured by this strike.
"Thank you, young lady…"
Rarely, Redfield actually initiated thanks to someone else.
In his perception, Karin's miserable past was involuntarily transmitted into his mind.
It was a dark period of being treated as a tool, without the rights and dignity of a 'person'.
Before Redfield could lament for this ill-fated young lady, the light that changed Karin appeared.
'Uzumaki Naruto, what a marvelous guy.'
Redfield had lost count of how many times he had sighed like this.
'Roger, you raised someone... who might surpass you.'
At this moment, Redfield chose to entrust his back to Naruto, Karin, and the others. At this moment, he was no longer the forever solitary [Red the Aloof].
Sasuke had fully transformed into his hybrid form, now wreathed in Calamity Flames and lightning, engaged in a frenzied fight with the God's Knight who could spew lasers.
With the calamitous flames providing endless healing, Sasuke fought completely disregarding injuries.
But he didn't care, and Maffey, facing him, cared even less.
"Use...less, you can't kill me."
Half her head was blasted apart by the Chidori enhanced with Haki and Calamity Flames, yet Maffey could still laugh and say such things.
Simultaneously, she also raised her sharp sword and thrust it towards Sasuke's heart.
Ding!
The sword was blocked by a purple transparent armor that appeared out of thin air. After a brief stalemate, bluish-green Calamity Flames spread along the armor's surface towards Maffey's weapon.
Having learned the effect of those bluish-green flames during the earlier fight, she very decisively withdrew her sword and retreated.
"An ability I haven't seen before. The Mythical Zoan Fruit you ate really has many abilities."
From Sasuke's appearance, Maffey could naturally tell he was a Zoan User, but she also clearly mistook the lightning on Sasuke's body and the Susanoo as additional powers of the Mythical Zoan.
"Hmph."
Sasuke remained aloof, silently dispersing the transparent Chakra Armor.
It wasn't that he didn't want to use the Complete Body Susanoo.
But against these highly mobile opponents with formidable physical attributes, transforming into a giant humanoid really had no effect other than becoming a target.
"What's wrong? Scared?"
Maffey wore a malice-filled smile, seemingly wanting to further damage their morale.
"Useless. We are immortal. Whether you pierce our hearts or cut off our heads, it's the same."
Even as she spoke, the God's Knight who had been knocked into the sea earlier had somehow climbed back up and was now darting and weaving around Byrnndi World.
"You will definitely die today… Urk… Urgh..."
Maffey's words got stuck in her throat.
A slash shimmering with black and red lightning directly cut through most of her body.
Maffey, who had been incredibly arrogant moments ago, immediately became listless. The injured area also failed to heal rapidly as before.
"Only attacks coated with Conqueror's Haki can block their self-healing and truly kill them."
Naruto spun Mushoukou halfway, severing the necks of several more God's Blades.
"Just restrain them. Leave the killing to me and that guy."
As he spoke, he looked towards Bullet not far away.
"You heard that too, right? Can you still fight on your end?"
Hearing this, Sasuke didn't throw a tantrum like he might have before. Instead, he cooperatively began performing other techniques.
He had grown too.
"Bastard brat, who are you looking down on?!"
On the other side, Bullet followed the example, coating his fist with Conqueror's Haki. He punched, shattering a God's Knight's mask along with their skull, causing them to collapse, temporarily unable to recover.
He immediately followed up with several more punches, ensuring the other party was completely killed.
Well, the effect was good, but the consumption was really too great.
Attacks using Conqueror's Haki coating consumed far more spirit and stamina than ordinary Armament Haki. For the current Bullet, he could only deliver about five more attacks of that level at most.
'But... it should be enough...'
It was also at this moment that Kurama, who had been offline for a long time, seemed to finally 'reconnect', using Naruto's vision to see what was happening around them.
"Those guys from last time again?"
On the God's Knights, Kurama sensed the same feeling as when they fought Killingham and the others last time.
"Right-"
Naruto sensed something, then sharply turned and slashed behind him.
Mushoukou and Cerberus didn't physically clash in the air, but layers of air waves had already generated between the two weapons. The spatial distortion caused by the clashing Conqueror's Haki slashes was very apparent.
"Sinner, die."
Shamrock has boarded the ship.