Forced to retreat, Jinbe tried to dodge Shalltear's attacks, who took great pleasure in hitting him. Having already touched him several times, the vampire felt her fists being covered in her opponent's blood, while a smile of ecstasy was visible on her face.

"This feeling...it's heaven."

Feeling his body tremble as he lost more strength, Jinbe fought the urge to just collapse to the ground. Clenching his fist, he tried to strike Shalltear again.

" FIVE THOUSAND ... "

Seeing him doing so, Shalltear raised one of her legs before kicking him in the abdomen.

"Have you still not understood? It's useless."

However, she was surprised when Jinbe took a step to the side. Missing its target, Shalltear's foot only grazed Jinbe's left flank. Taking advantage of this, Jinbe pinned Shalltear's leg on his arm and immobilized her.

" What ? "

" ... TILE TRUE PUNCH ! "

Punching Shalltear's face, Jinbe let out a loud scream, before letting go of the vampire's leg. Immediately, his enemy's body flew backwards, while a cracking sound was heard. Unfortunately, wincing in pain, Jinbe grabbed his hand, while the bones in his fingers had shattered upon impact.

For her part, managing to land on her foot, Shalltear seemed only slightly bothered by the blood running down her forehead, while her smile was still present.

"You're so weak that your attacks do more damage to you than to me."

Then she changed position.

"You know...I hate humans! However, when Darkness-sama asked us to study them, I admit that I appreciated certain things, such as their combat techniques."

Striking the same pose as a kickboxing fighter, she stated.

"They are weak but I admit that this position makes me cool."

And before Jinbe could react, Shalltear used him as a punching bag again. Feeling three punches hitting him with quickness and speed, Jinbe tried to fight back. However, Shalltear's foot hit him in the shin, knocking him off balance. Feeling himself falling, Jinbe dropped to one knee. Taking advantage of this, Shalltear reached her hand up to her head and grabbed her hair.

"Whatever you do, you're done for."

Then, taking advantage of the fact that Jinbe couldn't longer move back, she punched his face several times.

"HAHAHAHA! In the end, you are pirates even stupider than the rest of humans! You came here to challenge Darkness-sama? Why? To follow the orders of a stupid man with a stupid dream? Pirate King? My ass! This human is nothing and he will never be nothing."

And finally, she placed the palm of her hand on Jinbe's face.

" HELL CHOC ! "

Immediately, Jinbe felt the power of a shockwave hit his face and knock him backwards. The next moment, another crashing sound was heard, as his bloodied body collapsed to the ground.

Seeing him like this, Shalltear affirmed.

"I warned you! You didn't stand a chance."

Trying to hold on to his breath, Jinbe still didn't understand the reason for his defeat. Why did he feel so weak? Was it because of Shalltear's bite? Was it because she drank some of his blood?

Opening one of his eyes, Jinbe stared at the vampire who kept smiling at him. Staring at his teeth, Jinbe noticed that one of Shalltear's canines was missing. However, Shalltear had always fixed her teeth without the slightest problem. Thinking for a few seconds, the fishman ended up widening his eyes.

" Don't tell me ... ? "

Suddenly, Shalltear closed her fist, and aimed it at Jinbe.

"I will finish this fight and bring your corpse back to Darkness-sama."

However, she was surprised to see Jinbe performed a perfect backflip, forcing Shalltear to hit the ground.

" Huh ? "

Getting back to his feet, Jinbe then looked down at his injured arm and stared at the still visible bite mark. Then, to Shalltear's astonishment, Jinbe opened his jaws and bit his arm, where the vampire had bitten him.

" What ? "

Letting the blood spurt out, Jinbe didn't hesitate to damage his wound. Then, finally, tearing off a piece of flesh, he ended up spitting it into his second hand. Then looking at what was in the palm of his hand, he made a small white object among the flesh and blood: a canine tooth.

"I understand." Jinbe said, staring at Shalltear's tooth that was stuck in his bite. "That's why I felt so weak."

Sighing, Shalltear looked annoyed.

"Damn it! If you had stayed on the ground, it would have only taken me two more minutes to take away what little energy you had left."

Nevertheless, regaining her smile, she affirmed.

"I broke my canine on purpose so that it would get stuck in your wound! And even if it's outside my mouth, I can use my special abilities to use my canine to steal your energy from a distance! It's like I can drink your blood, without needing to touch you."

Hearing this, Jinbe growled in displeasure before crushing the canine between his fingers. Immediately, a new canine appeared in Shalltear's mouth, as she retorted.

"It's too late! Every time you hit me, I only had to steal your energy to heal myself! In the end, I'm still in great shape compared to you who struggles to stay standing. "

Knowing she was right, Jinbe could only grunt in displeasure. However, he affirmed.

" That'll do. "

" Huh ? "

"What little energy I have left will be more than enough to beat someone as weak and pitiful as Darkness."

"Weak and pitiful…"

Repeating these two words, Shalltear gritted her teeth, while her eyes turned scarlet.

"How dare you insult her! DIE!"

Immediately, a new dark and destructive wave appeared and rushed towards Jinbe.

" WAVE DEATH ! "

Unable to avoid it, Jinbe found himself trapped in the attack, while Shalltear asserted.

"I will pulverize you... dismember you... my attack will leave no trace of your being..."

However, while her attack seemed to be able to pulverize everything in its path, Shalltear was surprised to see the darkness begin to move in a strange way.

" Huh ? "

Whirling around Jinbe, the death wave seemed to be swallowed up. Then, finally, stopping attacking Jinbe, darkness began to swirl around his left fist and feet.

" FISHMAN KARATE ! "

" W ... What ? " Said Shalltear.

"Even though I'm used to doing this with water, I can easily control this attack." Jinbe stated. "Like in the ocean, your attack moves like a sea current! Using my fishman karate, it is easy for me to stop this sea current and use it to counterattack."

"Impossible." Shalltear retorted, taking a step back.

However, bending his legs, Jinbe propelled himself towards Shalltear, while using the darkness around his feet to increase his speed tenfold. With his fist already clenched, he let the darkness surround him as he prepared his attack.

" FISHMAN KARATE SECRET TECHNIQUE ! "

Seeing him rushing towards her, Shalltear quickly created a magic circle in front of her. Gathering a large source of energy, the magic circle then released a huge ray of light, which shot towards Jinbe.

" ANTI-PARADISE ! "

" ONIGAWA TRUE FIST ! "

Letting his fist strike the raccoon of light, Jinbe managed to break through the attack, which found itself transformed into simple particles of light. Eyes wide, Shalltear saw her attack disappear, while Jinbe's fist ended up in front of her.

" I lost ? "

The next moment, her abdomen was the target of Jinbe's fist. Hitting her with all the strength he had left, the fishman threw her against the ground. Pinned between the ground and Jinbe's fist, Shalltear could only open her mouth to spit out a fountain-like stream of blood. And as the inside of her body was pulverized, a crater appeared around her.

Deteriorating the ground, the shock waves produced by Jinbe's fist end up creating imposing cracks. Unable to withstand such a powerful attack, the floor of the room was eventually destroyed and collapsed. Falling along with the stone blocks, Jinbe and Shalltear left the scene of the fight and fell towards the floor below.

Puffing out his cheeks, Jaldabaoth coughed up a large amount of mucus. Jumping back to dodge it, Sanji saw the mucus fall to the ground and begin to cover the ground.

" What is that ? "

In response, Demiurge created a new sphere of fire. But instead of targeting Sanji, the demon let his attack hit the mucus. And immediately, Sanji's eyes widened, as an explosion was produced. Feeling the shock wave hit him, the cook was forced to step back.

However, his opponent appeared behind him and aimed his eight arms in his direction.

" I've got you. "

Sensing his presence, Sanji turned around and managed to hit two of his arms with his leg. However, numerous claws slashed at his abdomen and managed to injure him.

" ARRRGGGHHHH ! "

Forced to step back, Sanji placed his hand on his abdomen, while he stared at Demiurge angrily.

" Damn it ! "

"Human... your strength is phenomenal." Demiurge confessed. "And I must say that you scared me for a few moments! However, winning against you is not very complicated."

" FIRST HASH! "

Setting his leg ablaze, Sanji propelled himself towards his opponent. However, Demiurge used four arms to grab Sanji's leg and stop him.

" What ? "

"Your kicks are super powerful! However, if this is your only way to fight, let me tell you, you don't stand a chance."

Puffing out his cheeks again, Demiurge spat out a large amount of mucus which covered Sanji.

"EURK!" The cook growled.

Then, fear showed on his face as Demiurge created more fireballs around him.

" Sayonara ! "

And before Sanji could react, the spheres of fire were thrown towards him and, hitting the mucus covering Sanji, they exploded.

Teleporting, Demiurge reappeared a few meters back, and admired the explosion he had just created.

"In the end, this fight taught me a lot! To show my gratitude, perhaps I will transform this human's body into a ghoul who will serve as my assistant."

However, when the smoke from the explosion cleared, the demon couldn't help but be surprised, seeing Sanji's body still standing.

" Huh ? "

Having his shirt completely charred, Sanji's body was also covered in burns. Exhaling black smoke out of his mouth, he felt his body tremble, as he nearly collapsed to the ground. However, he was still alive.

"Tssss! I'm going to end up believing that you're not human." Demiurge growled.

Hearing this, Sanji couldn't help but smile.

"Maybe it is! But I refuse to believe it."

" Huh ? "

Suddenly, reaching into his pants pocket, Sanji confessed.

"I only know how to fight with my feet! However, this is only the case when I fight like a human."

"Huh? Like a human?"

at that moment, Sanji took out a small cylinder with a number 3 marked on it.

"But when I become a monster, my fighting style is different."

" What ? "

"Do you want me to demonstrate to you?" Sanji asked.

" What is this guy talking about? " Demiurge wondered.

But before the duo could continue their discussion, they were surprised when they heard the ceiling of the room crack.

"Huh?" They were surprised, looking up.

At that moment, the ceiling was pulverized and two bodies fell at the same time as the stone blocks. There was the body of a small woman who seemed to have lost consciousness and that of a blue-skinned man.

"SHALLTEAR / JINBE?" Demiurge and Sanji were surprised.

Hitting the ground, the two bodies found themselves crushed under the rubble, while Demiurge and Sanji backed away to avoid meeting the same fate. Forced to wait for several seconds, the duo saw the blocks of stone stop falling.

"Damn it." Demiurge growled. " What happened ? "

Not asking himself this question, Sanji rushed towards the stone blocks.

"Hey, Jinbe! Are you okay?"

At that moment, a fist hit a block of stone and pulverized it. Having his body covered in Busoshoku haki, Jinbe managed to extricate himself from the rubble.

"I admit to having overestimated the harshness of my environment! Fortunately our fall was not that impressive."

"Oye! What happened?" Sanji asked.

"I fought against a general of Darkness! And the good news is that the heroes who accompanied me were able to leave while taking the woman that Darkness had captured! Our mission is therefore a success."

Hearing this, Sanji turned to Demiurge.

"In that case, all I have to do is defeat this guy."

Unmoving, Demiurge glanced briefly at Jinbe.

" This guy...he fought against Shalltear and he's still standing! We had doubts about his true power but it seems obvious that it's equivalent to that of a guardian. "

Frustrated, Demiurge had to admit the obvious.

" Roronoa... Mugiwara... Black leg... Fishman... all four have enough strength to allow them to fight against the Guardians of Nazarick. "

At that moment, a cry of rage was heard. Then, a rock was thrown towards Jinbe. However, the fishman remained motionless, while Sanji gave a simple kick to the rock to deviate its trajectory. Then, the two men stared at Shalltear who walked towards them.

Now having her body just as bloodied as Jinbe's, the vampire seemed in a sorry state. Showing only deep rage in her eyes, she stared at Jinbe while roaring.

" YOU ... YOUUUUUUU ... "

Suddenly, she rushed towards him.

" You will pay for that. "

Unfortunately for her, having anticipated what she was going to do, Jinbe simply ducked to avoid the punch she wanted to give him. Then, raising his leg, the fishman was easily able to strike Shalltear.

Breathless, the vampire's body found itself flying through the air. However, remaining conscious, Shalltear let her wings appear and stopped her course. Then creating a magic circle, she created a multitude of bats made of blue flames, and made them fly towards Jinbe.

" DIE ! "

In response, Jinbe let a film of water cover his hand. Then, he made a simple movement with his arm and ejected a few droplets of water. Quickly transforming into arrows, the water drops slammed into the bats and pulverized them.

Seeing this, Shalltear had difficulty hiding her anger. Placing one foot on the ground, she roared.

"How? You're cheating! You have to be cheating."

Pointing at Jinbe's injured hand, she growled.

"How can a human with a broken hand defeat me. It's impossible."

"I don't cheat." Jinbe retorted.

At that moment, he grabbed the broken fingers of his injured hand before pulling them forcefully. More cracking noises were immediately heard. However, Jinbe had managed to repair the bones of his fingers and was able to move them again.

"You used my energy to restore yours while I used your attack to hit you with more force! I don't see what's wrong with doing that." Jinbe affirmed.

Staring at Shalltear seriously, he stated.

"It's exactly as I told you! You enjoy fighting and torturing people weaker than you! But as soon as you feel in danger, you only scream and attack without thinking! You are not by no means an adversary that scares me."

Growing more and more angry at hearing this, Shalltear couldn't control her rage any longer.

"How dare you?" She asked, as a murderous aura began to surround her.

Then, veins appeared on her face as she began to transform. Letting her fury dictate her actions, Shalltear began to lose control of herself.

"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU! I'M GOING..."

"SHALLTEAR! What are you doing? Stop! Calm down and stay where you are."

Surprised, Shalltear turned around and saw Demiurge.

"For once in your life, stop acting like a stupid bully and try to use your brain to think calmly."

" Demiurge ? "

"You are more than capable of winning this fight." Affirmed the demon. "If you lose, it is not because of your weakness but only because of your stupidity! You have already shamed Darkness-sama enough in Russia! I forbid you from shaming him again by losing another fight ! Do you understand me?"

Hearing it, Shalltear felt more veins appear on her face.

"Don't… Don't talk to me like that."

Feeling her murderous aura still surrounding her, the vampire wanted to release her rage and slaughter everything around her. However, finally letting reason take control of her emotions, Shalltear remained still and began to take a deep breath.

Finally managing to calm down, she confessed.

"Yes, you're right! I must not shame him again."

Then, she turned to Jinbe.

"I'm going to win this fight."

Constant that she had managed to regain her composure, Jinbe declared.

"I have no choice but to be serious."

Since Sanji was his only ally, Jinbe knew he had to win this fight. Against Shalltear, Sanji didn't have the slightest chance.

As a result, Shalltear and Jinbe got into a fighting stance and looked at each other. remaining perfectly still, they seemed to have transformed into veritable statues. However, they didn't remain inactive. Having fought the other before, both adversaries now knew their battle tactics. They could therefore imagine the potential scenarios that could show the rest of the fight.

Remaining still, the duo didn't move. And as the room fell into an eerie silence, a tiny stone broke away from what was left of the ceiling and fell to the ground. The noise she made was like a signal. Moving in perfect synchronization, Jinbe and Shalltear rushed towards each other. Yet even after thinking about it, none of them were sure of the best move to make to win. All they knew was that a wrong choice would result in defeat for one of them.

Faster than Jinbe, Shalltear closed her fist, before directing it towards her opponent's face. However, having already predicted her move, Jinbe crossed his arms in front of his face. Unfortunately, having made a feint, Shalltear suddenly stopped her fist and raised her leg.

Striking Jinbe's stomach hard, the vampire's foot seemed as if it wanted to pierce him completely and pulverize his spine. Unfortunately, hearing the sound of a crack, Shalltear felt her leg pulverize, while Jinbe managed to cover his stomach with Busoshoku haki.

Then, stretching his arms towards Shalltear's leg, Jinbe managed to grab it. Then using his Herculean strength, he lifted shalltear into the sky, before throwing her forcefully against the ground. Spitting blood again, Shalltear felt like her back was going to break.

Lifting her again, Jinbe was going to throw her against the ground again. However, aiming for his face, Shalltear opened her mouth and let out an ultrasound-like scream. Feeling like his eardrums were exploding, Jinbe had the bad reflex to let go of Shaltear and step back.

Taking advantage of this, Shalltear aimed her fists at the skull and hit him where both of his ears were. Having damaged his eardrums, Jinbe had the strange sensation of losing his balance, while his vision became blurry. For her part, this simple attack caused Shalltear to vomit blood, while Jinbe had her body completely pulverized.

Unable to continue this fight, the two adversaries were forced to finish it immediately. Therefore, being close to each other, Shalltear aimed at the base of Jinbe's neck and opened her jaws. For his part, the fishman covered his fist with his haki before aiming at Shalltear's abdomen.

" DIIIIIIEEEEEEEEE ! "

The next moment, a noise of shock was heard. Standing still, Sanji and Demiurge saw Shalltear flying backwards, while Jinbe managed to hit her. Unfortunately, having had time to bite him on the neck, the vampire tore off a piece of flesh, which fell to the ground. Still holding his fist out, Jinbe's eyes were now completely white as he remained motionless. Finally, her body collapsed forward, just as Shalltear's body crashed against a wall.

Once again there was silence, as both combatants were now unconscious and far too injured to continue the fight. In truth, their injuries could even be fatal.

"Oye, Jinbe." Sanji shouted, running towards him.

However, he stopped when he saw Demiurge appear in front of him.

"Great job, Shalltear! Now it's my turn to finish this."

"Get out of my way." Sanji ordered him.

Suddenly, the duo froze.

"Huh?" They were surprised, feeling an aura that terrified them.

Taking a step back, Rubedo tried to maintain his composure. But it was quite difficult because of what faced her.

"Hey, is this a joke?"

Having his gaze lowered, Yamato still faced him. However, a black aura now covered the tall woman's body.

" I will ... I will ... "

Finally raising his face, Yamato showed eyes that were completely purple. Showing nothing but hatred on her face, she roared.

" I WILL KILL YOU. "