Upon receiving the command, Cerberus instantly broke free from the long sword, manifesting its massive form in mid-air!
The colossal beast then fixed its gaze on Meiser, its eyes filled with icy killing intent.
"ROAR!!!"
"Not this beast again."
Meiser glanced back at the roaring Hell Cerberus and frowned. "What a nuisance."
But before he could react, he noticed the Hell Cerberus's body rapidly descending.
Meiser: ???
Wait, is this some kind of joke?
Cerberus: ???
Cerberus also looked around in confusion, clearly not expecting to be suspended in the air.
"Gunko, catch it," Saint Shamrock commanded.
Upon receiving the order, Gunko furrowed her brows, her eyes showing clear disdain as she looked at Cerberus.
But bound by Saint Shamrock's command, she had no choice but to comply.
Gunko then activated her Devil Fruit power, creating an enormous arrowhead.
She positioned the arrowhead beneath Cerberus, securely catching the creature.
Cerberus: !!!
Looking down at the arrowhead that had caught it, a flicker of surprise appeared in Cerberus's eyes.
Now that it had a landing platform, safety was no longer a concern.
With this thought, Cerberus's eyes turned fierce once more.
It fixed its gaze on Meiser and let out another thunderous roar.
"ROAR!!"
All three heads roared simultaneously, the sound echoing throughout the area!
"Such a noisy creature," Meiser remarked with a frown.
As if hearing Meiser's words, Cerberus roared again.
"ROAR!!"
Then, the collar around its neck began to spin, rotating faster and faster!
"Bzzzzz~"
Finally, the three dog heads transformed into spinning tops, breaking free from the body and hurtling toward Meiser!
"Whoosh~"
"Whoosh~"
"Whoosh~"
"Using this move again?"
Meiser glanced at the three spinning dog heads closing in on him. After a moment's thought, he activated the Shadow Clone Technique.
"Poof~"
A clone appeared beside Meiser, grabbed his body, and forcefully threw him downward!!
"Whoosh~"
After completing this task, the clone sneered at Cerberus and activated a Combination Ninjutsu.
"Water Style: Thunder Water Dragon Bullet Technique!!"
"Whoosh"
As the words fell, water infused with lightning appeared around Meiser, rapidly swirling!
The next moment...
"BOOM!!"
A massive water dragon surged forth, swiftly charging toward the Hell Cerberus's heads!
"ROAR?"
Watching the sudden attack, the Hell Cerberus's three heads clearly froze for a moment, evidently not expecting the opponent to unleash such a move at this moment.
The next instant...
"BOOM!!"
The water dragon entwined with lightning crashed into the three dog heads, immediately paralyzing them and forcibly halting their spinning bodies.
Cerberus: ???
Feeling the tingling numbness in its heads, Cerberus was utterly dumbfounded.
How could the opponent's attack paralyze its body?
Soon, the three electrified dog heads plummeted downward, clearly having lost their ability to fly.
"Seems quite effective," Gunko's clone sneered before vanishing into a puff of white smoke.
Glancing at the spot where the clone had disappeared, Saint Shamrock frowned and remarked, "I never expected this guy to still be capable of using a Lightning Release Technique that can temporarily immobilize even Cerberus at a time like this."
This Blood-Eyed Ninja was proving far more difficult to kill than he had imagined.
Then, Saint Shamrock shot a glance at Gunko, signaling her to retrieve Cerberus's heads.
Upon receiving the order, Gunko, with a displeased expression, activated her arrowhead and swiftly retrieved the three dog heads, which were still sticking out their tongues from the electric shock.
Subsequently, Gunko turned her gaze toward Meiser, who continued to fall, and said, "If we let him keep falling like this, he might end up in the ocean."
Though the guy looked extremely pale, if he reached the sea, he might just escape!
"Don't worry, he won't get away!" Saint Shamrock said coldly.
Just then, the three dog heads recovered and flew back into the air.
But before they could start spinning again, they heard Saint Shamrock's command.
"Return," Saint Shamrock ordered.
Hearing this, Cerberus paused briefly, then glanced at its master in confusion.
Seeing no change in his expression, it maneuvered the heads back onto its body, transforming into black smoke and returning to Saint Shamrock's longsword.
After a quick glance at the sword in his hand, Saint Shamrock commanded, "Speed up, catch up to this guy. I'm going to cut him down."
"Understood."
Gunko nodded and promptly steered the arrowhead bird downward, swiftly pursuing Meiser.
Meanwhile, Borsalino caught up to Meiser at that moment.
Looking at this man whose expression remained unchanged, a flicker of complexity passed through Borsalino's eyes.
Then, he summoned his exclusive weapon, the Heavenly Cloud Sword!
"Clang!"
Infusing the weapon with Haki, Borsalino declared, "Allow me to send you off."
This way... at least the other wouldn't have to suffer any further torment!
With that thought, Borsalino swung his sword at Meiser without hesitation.
"Susanoo!" Meiser shouted.
As he spoke, a pale golden light enveloped Meiser, and the skeletal framework of Susanoo materialized around him once more.
Immediately, Meiser manipulated Susanoo to swing its skeletal fist ruthlessly toward Borsalino.
"Clang!"
"Crack!"
"Wha...?!"
Witnessing Susanoo's bones crack from a single blow, Meiser's expression 'instantly changed'.
"It seems you've truly reached your limit," Borsalino remarked.
The opponent's Skeleton Armor was noticeably more brittle than before, indicating they had likely exhausted their strength.
Thinking this, Borsalino sighed inwardly.
"Rest in peace."
After silently uttering these words, he prepared to strike Meiser down.
At that moment, Meiser snarled with a distorted expression, "You think you can kill me?"
"Then be prepared to die by my hand!"
As his voice fell, the pale golden Skeleton Armor on Meiser's body began to transform rapidly.
Flesh and blood surged over the skeletal frame, swiftly morphing it into an armor of living tissue.
Then, Meiser summoned his unique divine weapon—the TimePiercingSpearOfToki!
Without hesitation, he thrust it toward Borsalino, who was watching him intently.
"Die!"
Observing the attack closing in, Borsalino murmured to himself, 'So this is a final, desperate struggle...'
Recognizing Meiser's intent, he sighed quietly once more.
He prepared to unleash his own technique to end Meiser's life.
Just then, an overwhelming pressure descended from above, as if something terrifying had plummeted downward.
Sensing it with his Observation Haki, Borsalino frowned slightly and vanished in a flash of yellow light without a second thought.
"Whoosh~"
Meiser, having missed his strike, instinctively furrowed his brow and looked up at the sky.
"What is this...?"
His pupils contracted as he saw the approaching slash. "A slash imbued with Conqueror's Haki?"
The next moment...
"Clang!"
A terrifying slash struck Meiser's Susanoo, instantly cracking it.
"Crack, crack, crack!"
Watching the fractures spread across his Susanoo, Meiser's expression twisted into one of extreme dismay.
But before he could react, the Conqueror's Haki-infused slash shattered the Susanoo entirely and cleaved directly into his body.
"Gush!"
Struck by the slash, Meiser was instantly split in two.
Feeling his life force ebbing away, Meiser roared with bitter resentment, "Damn it! If this were on the open sea, you would never be my match!!!"
After this final roar, his body went limp, motionless forever.
Observing Meiser's fading vitality, a complex emotion flickered in Borsalino's eyes.
He then turned his gaze to Saint Shamrock, frowning slightly in clear dissatisfaction with the other's earlier actions.
"I knew you could evade my slash, so I didn't bother warning you," Saint Shamrock stated flatly.
His tone held no trace of respect for the Marine Admiral.
Borsalino remained silent for a moment, then nodded without another word.
What else could he say?
As a Marine Admiral, what could he possibly do?
Seeing Borsalino offer no further argument, a hint of satisfaction gleamed in Saint Shamrock's eyes.
He then looked toward Meiser and commanded, "Gunko!"
"Understood!"
Upon receiving the order, Gunko immediately summoned several smaller arrows and ruthlessly launched them at Meiser.
"Thud!"
"Pfft!"
"Pfft!"
Numerous arrows pierced through Meiser's body, quickly turning him into a leaking sieve!
Yet Meiser showed no signs of resistance throughout this process, clearly on the verge of death.
Moments later, Meiser's life force completely vanished, evidently killed by Gunko.
Sensing the change in Meiser's aura, Saint Shamrock remarked, "It seems this fellow is truly going to die this time."
Judging by his earlier performance, he likely no longer possessed the ability to resurrect, otherwise he wouldn't have shown such an expression.
Still, to be safe, Saint Shamrock had Gunko take out a pocket watch to count the time.
"Is this really necessary?" Gunko frowned.
Given his condition, was timing still needed?
"It is necessary," Saint Shamrock nodded.
Since Saint Shamrock insisted, Gunko didn't argue further.
She then took out the pocket watch and began timing.
Meanwhile, Meiser's body, severed by Saint Shamrock, reached the sea surface and violently erupted from the water!
"Boom!!"
The two separated halves of the corpse slammed into the ocean, creating two massive craters!
Subsequently, Meiser's corpse gradually floated up, returning to the sea surface.
Saint Shamrock and the other two continuously used Observation Haki to lock onto the area below, monitoring whether Meiser's aura would reappear.
Their worries proved unnecessary, as Meiser's aura never resurfaced after vanishing.
Glancing at the blood-stained seawater below, Saint Shamrock waited patiently.
Soon, over ten minutes passed, and Meiser's corpse remained floating on the sea.
"More than ten minutes have passed," Gunko said, putting away the pocket watch. "He should be dead."
"Then retrieve his body and let's go," Saint Shamrock ordered.
"Yes!"
Following the command, Gunko immediately sent two arrows to lift Meiser's two body sections.
Looking at the lifeless corpse, Saint Shamrock's expression suddenly turned contemplative.
"If only this person had been willing to serve us," Saint Shamrock lamented inwardly.
What a pity.
Shaking his head, Saint Shamrock withdrew his Observation Haki and sheathed his long sword.
"Alright, let's return," Saint Shamrock said.
Gunko and Borsalino, also retracting their Haki, nodded and prepared to leave with Gunko's arrows.
At that moment, the sea surface suddenly churned violently, as if something enormous was about to emerge from below.
Sensing trouble, Saint Shamrock immediately frowned and looked toward Meiser. "Could he still be alive?"
But that couldn't be—he was truly dead, his aura completely gone!
What was beneath the water?
Thinking this, Saint Shamrock intended to use Observation Haki to identify the source of the disturbance.
Before he could release his Haki, a colossal creature burst forth from the water!
"Crash!!"
It was a hundred-meter-long Sea King, resembling a giant eel.
"Roar!!The eel-like Sea King roared, then lunged without hesitation to bite the group hovering mid-air!
Seeing this, the group immediately retreated to create distance, but Meiser's body couldn't escape the gaping maw of the Sea King.
Crunch!
In one bite, it swallowed Meiser's body whole!
Saint Shamrock: !!!
Watching Meiser's body being devoured by the Sea King, veins bulged violently on Saint Shamrock's face.
How could they hand over the Blood-Eyed Ninja they had worked so hard to capture to this beast?!
With this thought, Saint Shamrock directly drew his longsword.
Clang!
Then, without hesitation, he swung it down!
Whoosh~
An incredibly terrifying Flying Slash shot from the longsword, reaching the body of the eel-like Sea King in an instant.
Thump!
With a single strike, it cleanly severed the creature's body in two!
Roar!!
The bisected Sea King let out a painful roar before crashing heavily onto the sea surface, sending massive splashes everywhere!
The area soon turned crimson, stained by the blood of the eel Sea King.