I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

While closing the inventory again, Sig also turned off the frame-dropping attack.

At that moment, the frame rate returned to normal.

Whitebeard, Sengoku, and other powerful figures also sensed that the abnormality around them had finally disappeared.

They stopped attacking simultaneously, each retreating more than ten meters and staring at each other.

Upon seeing this, they couldn't help but be astonished.

Including Whitebeard and Sengoku, all the powerful figures present were injured.

Whitebeard's injuries were quite severe. He had taken a direct hit from Akainu's attack to the chest, and now a large area of ​​his chest was charred black. He also had a bloody hole in his shoulder, which was caused by Redfield accidentally injuring him.

The Buddha-like Sengoku was radiant with golden light, but there was a slightly dented fist mark on his waist, and he was still feeling a dull pain.

Zephyr stood awkwardly beside Sengoku, his fists clenched. A long, narrow knife wound on his chest was clearly visible, and it was already bleeding.

Akainu emerged from the crevice once more. This time, he was smarter and stood about forty or fifty meters away from Sengoku, looking at him with a strangely complicated gaze.

Sengoku could only cough lightly and explain:

"Sig's abilities are too troublesome..."

"He had already used it on Sword Mountain Island before, but he didn't expect that the actual experience would be more troublesome than he imagined."

As soon as Sengoku said this, everyone's eyes turned to Sig, and upon seeing him, they were once again taken aback.

Higuma's condition is much better than that of Whitebeard and the others.

Sig's clothes did indeed have many lacerations and several holes that were clearly caused by bullets.

Surprisingly, the skin beneath the clothing was completely intact, showing no signs of injury whatsoever.

"What happened? In the chaos just now, even Fleet Admiral Sengoku and Whitebeard were injured, but Higuma wasn't hurt at all?"

Beside Aokiji, the flying squirrel stared at the blood-stained longsword in his hand, lost in thought.

Outside the frame-dropping area, the Marines had witnessed Sig being hit by the attacks of Momonga and the others, but at this moment he showed no signs of injury whatsoever.

This reminded them of another legend about the high seas.

"Could it be that he possesses an immortal body similar to Kaido's?"

"Or perhaps, Sigurd's Armament Haki has been honed to its peak, allowing him to ignore even Vice Admiral Momonga's slashes?"

"Wait... I think I just saw blood on Sig, but he doesn't have any wounds? Did it heal instantly? Is this a similar ability to Marco the Phoenix?"

Regardless of the specific speculation, it was enough to send chills down the spines of the navy.

As is well known, Sigir possesses extremely powerful Conqueror's Haki, reaching an unprecedented level where he can even generate his own sound effects.

His mastery of Observation Haki has apparently reached the level of foreseeing the future, and has also reached its peak.

Now it seems... Sigurd's mastery of Armament Haki has reached the point where he can ignore Momonga's slashes and is impervious to blades and spears?

Even if that's not the case, the truth is that he has a self-healing ability similar to Marco the Phoenix, which is astonishing.

"Sig is much more troublesome than we imagined!"

Lanefield was also looking at Sieg.

For a top swordsman like him, opponents with strong Armament Haki, such as Kaido or Garp, are a touchstone for his swordsmanship.

Cutting steel, cutting diamonds, cutting sea stone, and eventually cutting through everything... Whether it's Hawkeye or Redfield, they are both pursuing such a touchstone.

Looking at it now...

"This era seems pretty good; it has produced some very strong swordsmen..."

Redfield's lips curled up.

The awe-inspiring gazes that gathered around him eased slightly the panic in Sieg's heart caused by finishing the large meat stick.

He coughed lightly, a slight smile playing on his lips, and began his performance again.

"Give up, Navy."

Sieg rubbed his forehead, a smirk playing on his lips, and the black flames that had been swirling around him reignited, burning fiercely.

"Your attacks are all useless!"

"If you ask why, it's because within my Zavarudo, no one can attack my true form!"

"If you want to be my enemy, you'd better figure out my... my Devil Fruit ability first!"

Upon hearing this, the expressions of Sengoku and the others became even more serious.

From Sig, they obtained another important piece of information.

"That strange ability, according to Vegapunk, is a power that can interfere with time and space, but now it seems it's not that simple?"

"Is it not only related to time and space, but also affects the ability user himself?"

"However, no Devil Fruit ability is invincible. As long as we find out the truth about Higuma's ability, we will find a way to deal with him!"

The ability to drop frames and quickly heal itself was so strange that Sengoku subconsciously believed it.

However, these words are of course lies.

This is nothing more than a smokescreen to confuse right and wrong, interfere with the Navy's judgment, and delay the inevitable.

The truth about Zavarudo is frame drops, and the truth about Sigurd's self-healing ability is that he stops time and then eats a bunch of big sticks to restore his health... Even if Sengoku and the others racked their brains, they would never be able to guess the truth behind such absurd abilities.

And at this time.

Bang... Bang!

From the direction of Impel Down came a series of muffled thuds, growing louder and louder.

As the muffled sound rang out, the entire section of the city wall trembled, as if some ferocious beast was imprisoned within, attempting to shake this impregnable fortress.

Chapter 544 The Dark Flame Master's Third Stage!

Deep within the city, at the armory.

The jailers guarding the armory lay sprawled on the ground, while Douglas Barrett walked alone through the armory.

At this moment, he had changed back into his old dark blue military uniform and was inspecting the various swords, guns, cannons, and other military equipment piled up in the city.

As the world's largest prison, Impel Down has a large number of prisoners. To deal with these prisoners, the guards are well-equipped, and the armory has a considerable amount of munitions.

"So much weaponry, it really brings back memories..."

"The raw materials are sufficient. It seems that I can rebuild my catapult using my strongest Fusion Fruit ability."

A look of reminiscence flashed across Barrett's eyes. He placed his hands on the weapons cabinet beside him, and a layer of dark purple light emerged from his palms, gradually enveloping the entire armory.

Instantly, all the swords, guns, and cannons seemed to be drawn to something, converging towards Barrett and, under the power of the Fusion Fruit, began to transform and merge into a huge, constantly writhing metal mass.

After a period of time, the huge metal mass gradually transformed into a shuttle-shaped submarine.

This is the submarine catapult, the one-man pirate ship that Barrett used to sail the seas alone.

Barrett is a former soldier from a certain country, proficient in all kinds of firearms and weapons, as well as the structure of naval vessels. In her early years, when her life was hanging by a thread on the battlefield, she ate the Fusion Fruit.

The power of the Fusion Fruit is not only to combine with objects, but also to manipulate inorganic matter, gather metal and rubble, and change their structure to create various weapons and ships.

The Fusion Fruit is actually very powerful; it's an ability that allows one person to quickly create weapons and war machines, and even form an army.

Furthermore, its ability to manipulate and alter the structure of inorganic matter is even more powerful than that of the Magnet-Magnet Fruit of the future supernova Kid.

"The catapult is ready, so next... it's time to deal with the mice in the house."

Barrett grinned silently in the almost empty armory.

..........

boom!boom!

The dull thuds coming from the direction of Impel Down immediately drew the attention of the Marines and pirates. Looking up in the direction of the sound, they saw that a section of the wall had begun to develop tiny cracks.

"It's probably Golden Lion and his group..."

Many people have made the same judgment.

However, Sieg was a little distracted.

At that moment, he saw a light screen rapidly unfold in front of him, and the scene that Sieg had been waiting for finally appeared!

Yuta Togashi, whose compatibility had been stuck at 59% since returning from the Holy Land, has finally reached 60% in a natural progression.

At the same time, the abilities of the [Dark Flame Master] have finally reached the third stage.

[Dark Flame Master (Stage 3) ----- The Dark Flame Master, who wields the power of dark flames, adds cool scene destruction effects to the Fantasy Flame. Activation requires 100 Chuunibyou Energy. Cannot affect living entities.]

Scene destruction effect? ​​This surprised Sieg slightly.

The first stage of the Dark Flame Master is flames that only have a physical form.

In the second stage, the energy annihilation effect allows the flames to clash with those of Logia-type Devil Fruit users, or even more specialized Paramecia-type users like those with the Buddha-Buddha Fruit.

The third stage we've now achieved is the scene destruction effect.

As the process progresses step by step, the effects of this "chuunibyou" energy intensify, further influencing reality and perhaps ultimately becoming and changing it.

Sieg pondered for a moment, then a wisp of black flame quickly drifted down from his fingertip and disappeared into the brick ground beneath his feet.

*Sizzle*...

This time, the bricks and stones on the ground seemed to be corroded by some kind of strong acid, making a hissing sound, and were rapidly corroded at a speed visible to the naked eye.

When the flame disappeared completely, Sieg was shocked to find that the bricks on the ground had been eroded into a small pit, which was full of burn marks.

"Scene destruction effects... Is this a floor-specific attack? Although it still can't hit people."

Sig pondered for a moment, then suddenly had an idea. He turned his head and looked towards Impel Down, at the section of the wall that had already developed cracks.

"Whitebeard, hang in there a little longer!" Sig said in a deep voice.

He immediately stepped into the void and ascended to the sky at top speed, rushing towards Impel Down.

Sengoku's expression changed slightly as he guessed Sieg's intention:

"Stop him!"

Immediately, a group of naval officers also took to the air using the Moon Step technique.