"Killingham!"
Shamrock witnessed the God's Knights' first true "casualty" in so many years, and the anger in his heart far exceeded his shock.
Originally suppressed by Naruto in his Nine-Tails cloak state, Shamrock suddenly burst out with powerful Haki and took the opportunity to kick Naruto away.
Then he used the gap created by increasing distance to summon his sword.
The three-headed dog, with one head motionless and the other two covered in wounds, felt as if granted amnesty upon receiving its master's command.
The Naruto clone over there swiped with a claw and hit nothing but air.
The previously enormous three-headed dog had now transformed back into Shamrock's weapon.
Of course, chips and cracks inevitably appeared on the blade.
"Damn it!"
Covering it with Haki, Shamrock couldn't care about the fact that the enemy's numbers now exceeded their own.
From the moment Killingham had fallen, their numbers had already been at a disadvantage.
Shamrock's fighting style changed drastically with his weapon enhancement.
For a moment, he actually managed to level the battle situation again.
There was quite a difference between Shamrock with a sword and Shamrock without one.
After all, his father, Figarland Garling Saint, was a master swordsman who had once severely wounded Whitebeard with his swordsmanship in the "God Valley Incident."
Having been trained by his father since childhood, he was also more skilled at armed combat.
Earlier, due to his underestimation of Naruto, he had let the three-headed dog go off to hold back a clone by itself.
Now, having personally witnessed his comrade's death, Shamrock immediately adjusted his mindset.
The guy before him wasn't just some arrogant person.
He truly possessed the ability to threaten the holy land, Mary Geoise.
On this side.
The Naruto clone that had just killed Killingham rapidly recovered from his injuries under the renewed coverage of the Nine-Tails chakra cloak.
This was quite convenient. He didn't need to perform medical ninjutsu himself.
Kurama inside Naruto's body curled his lips after hearing his thoughts but said nothing more.
This kid had exceeded his expectations.
Before today, he had never imagined that any jinchūriki other than the old man could reach this level.
The Multiple Shadow Clone Technique was one thing.
The clones could bear a certain degree of injury and wouldn't disappear unless it was a fatal wound.
Apart from pain and fatigue, there was no worry about injuries being transmitted back to the main body when clones dispersed.
Without doubt, the correct use of this ninjutsu was as suicide soldiers.
While the tailed-beast-transformed Naruto clone was at a standstill with the complete Shamrock, Gunko and the underwear old man on the other side were in grave danger. Both of their frontal combat abilities were inferior to Shamrock's.
Among them, Gunko's strength was even weaker.
Whether in Haki or combat techniques, she was inferior to underwear old man Sommers.
Although this old man was also being beaten by Naruto, he could continuously create distance using his combat experience.
Gunko could only rely on the God's Knights' "immortality" to forcibly regenerate her body.
Even this advantage had disappeared after Naruto released the "pseudo-Tailed Beast Ball" just now.
No, calling it a pseudo-Tailed Beast Ball was no longer appropriate.
It was a Conqueror's Haki Tailed Beast Ball.
Haki Ball!
That sounded pretty good.
The Naruto clone who had freed up his hands and come over to spectate nodded, quite confident in his naming abilities.
The large catfish "Fishball," happily swimming in the ninja world's ocean, suddenly shivered, then looked around suspiciously.
Good, no fishing hooks. Continue swimming.
"Looks like I'm not needed here."
The two clones looked at each other and understood each other's meaning.
Then this clone joined up with the one that had previously beaten up the three-headed dog, and both rushed together toward the more central area of Mary Geoise.
They continued throwing Rasengans downward along the way.
It wasn't that they didn't want to throw "Haki Balls."
It was just that this technique consumed quite a bit of chakra and Haki, and they still had uses for their resources ahead. No need to waste them on ordinary Celestial Dragons.
Don't let the holy land Mary Geoise's name fool you into thinking it was just a "paradise" the Celestial Dragons built for their own entertainment.
Or assume it was at most the size of a city.
In reality, Mary Geoise's true size was comparable to a super-large island. It wasn't a city either. Strictly speaking, it could already be considered a country.
It was the "country above countries" built on top of all nations.
Its core area was vastly different from its periphery.
This included "Pangaea Castle," where the actual controllers of the World Government, the "Five Elders," worked, as well as the "Room of Flowers," where that "Lord Imu," whom almost no one across the seas knew about, resided.
Before Naruto, only one person had penetrated so deeply into Mary Geoise, even successfully surviving after meeting Imu and declaring he "would return."
This person was the leader of the Rocks Pirates, Rocks D. Xebec.
If this name seemed unfamiliar, then mentioning his crew members would surely be thunderously familiar to many.
The famous "World's Strongest Man," Whitebeard Edward Newgate; Golden Lion Shiki, who died at Naruto's hands; and Big Mom Charlotte Linlin.
Even Kaido, one of the Four Emperors, had once been an apprentice on the Rocks Pirates.
One could imagine how valuable this achievement was.
Tiger and Naruto's small-scale operation over ten years ago had only reached Mary Geoise's periphery, so they hadn't alerted the holy land's true defensive forces at all.
Even in the Five Elders' view, the few Celestial Dragons who died in the slave rebellion were less important than damage to the World Government's dignity.
Therefore, they had never made a big show of pursuing Naruto.
The charges they gave him were "attacking the holy land" and "liberating slaves." Only a few involved parties knew about killing Celestial Dragons.
Just as Naruto transformed into a bomber, bringing surprises from heaven to Mary Geoise's Celestial Dragons, a huge figure suddenly jumped out from the shadows and directly knocked one clone flying.
This figure looked like a gigantic wild boar with four tusks.
But actually, he was one of the Five Elders, Warrior God of Justice Saint Topman Warcury.
That giant boar with black flame clouds wasn't some ordinary ability but a "Fengxi" among Mythical Zoan Devil Fruits.
"Naruto Uzumaki, you really are bold."
The boar's mouth emitted Warcury's low, aged voice. What responded to him were Nine-Tails claws wrapped in Haki.
Two clones' dozen-plus giant claws simultaneously clenched into fists, creating a flurry of fist shadows.
Warcury, transformed into Fengxi, seemed too lazy even to dodge.
Fists hitting his skin directly created dents, but couldn't harm him. Instead, a recoil force transmitted back,
directly shocking the clone with little remaining chakra out of his Nine-Tails transformation state.
Obviously, in terms of pure defense, this Five Elders member far exceeded other God's Knights personnel.
Seeing that normal attacks didn't work, the clones looked at each other and immediately changed tactics.
It seemed impossible for clones alone to rush into Mary Geoise's core, so they might as well start right here.
The clone who lost his Nine-Tails cloak directly charged forward, unleashing Rasengans and various martial arts techniques without restraint, a continuous barrage that left Warcury no time to react.
But he didn't care either.
This level of attack couldn't hurt him.
As long as the mark Lord Imu had carved on his body couldn't be destroyed, they could regenerate infinitely.
Surface wounds caused by Haki alone couldn't reach the mark.
If it had been any of the other Five Elders today, they might not have been able to handle this so easily.
But it just happened to be him, the one with the strongest defense!
"It's useless, criminal!"
Warcury let out a disdainful sneer. After getting used to this clone's attack speed, his four long, sharp tusks instantly transformed into blades, catching the clone off guard and piercing through his body.
However, this clone only showed a smile that made his hair stand on end, then dispersed into smoke.
Then Warcury's gaze focused on the Nine-Tails cloak clone that had been obscured by the previous clone.
At this moment, a black-red ball several times larger than the experimental Haki Ball released earlier was being held above the clone's head.
"No!"
BOOM!!!
This ball, infused with all of the clone's Haki and chakra, didn't even need to be thrown. Just exploding in place was enough to destroy everything visible.