After tearing Vasco Shot to pieces, Da Hong did not calm down in the slightest.
He slowly turned around, his large eyes blazing with golden light as they locked onto Shiryu of the Rain standing outside the cell.
Shiryu had truly not expected things to spiral this far out of control. And he had definitely not expected Da Hong's berserk state to be this terrifying.
After all, even though Vasco Shot had lost his Devil Fruit abilities under the effects of Seastone shackles, his own physical strength had still been monstrous. Tearing Vasco Shot apart with bare hands was something even Shiryu himself could not do.
In that instant, Shiryu finally understood why even a Marine Admiral like Kizaru had resorted to using a carrot to calm Da Hong down.
It wasn't that Kizaru had no pride.
It was that this rabbit—
was a true monster.
While Shiryu was still reeling from the shock, Da Hong suddenly rushed to the bent prison bars.
Crack—!
Before Shiryu's disbelieving eyes, Da Hong strode right out of the cell like a demon walking out of hell and came to stand directly in front of him.
The next second, Da Hong's fist rose high and smashed downward toward Shiryu.
"I'm not Vasco."
A cold light flashed through Shiryu's eyes.
The instant Da Hong's punch came down, Shiryu yanked Raiu from its sheath.
And unlike Vasco Shot, Shiryu had no intention of retreating.
Faced with Da Hong's tyrannical punch, Shiryu didn't dodge at all. He raised his sword horizontally and met the blow head-on.
Boom!
A shocking blast rang through Eternal Hell.
A terrifying shockwave burst outward from the point where Da Hong and Shiryu collided, rampaging through the entire sixth floor like a roaring dragon.
Before the prisoners in the surrounding cells could even react, one figure was sent flying in a straight line and slammed heavily into the sealed iron gate at the far end before crashing down.
"Shiryu got sent flying?!"
"Hahahaha! Go, Rabbit-bro! Kill that bastard and let us out!"
The moment the inmates realized the one who had been blown away was actually Shiryu, the entire sixth floor exploded into chaos.
The prisoners rushed to their Seastone bars one after another, shouting themselves hoarse as they cheered Da Hong on.
"Go, Rabbit-bro! Kill Shiryu! Then kill Magellan too, and we'll all be free!"
"So Magellan finally regrets not putting shackles on him, huh? Hahahaha!"
"Go, Red Rabbit! Finish him now!"
Amid the frenzied roars of the prisoners, Da Hong clenched his fists and advanced step by step toward Shiryu, his body radiating overwhelming fury.
Shiryu climbed slowly to his feet at the iron gate, his face twisted as he stared at Da Hong.
The pressure Da Hong gave off was suffocating.
That fury felt almost tangible—
like a volcano on the verge of erupting.
Tyrannical. Violent. Unstoppable.
Shiryu should have realized from the beginning that this rabbit could not possibly be ordinary. He finally understood why Kizaru had specifically warned them not to touch Da Hong's reverse scales.
It wasn't kindness.
It wasn't Kizaru throwing away the dignity of an Admiral.
It was because berserk Da Hong was a monster beyond reason.
Shiryu took a deep breath and forcibly swallowed back the blood rising in his throat.
Then he slowly raised his sword.
At the same time, the aura around him surged sharply upward.
Although he did not strike immediately, the "force" radiating from him climbed higher and higher until even the air itself began to distort faintly around him.
The inmates of Eternal Hell all felt it.
The moment Shiryu released his full pressure, even the prisoners—who had all been monsters in their own right once—couldn't stop their pupils from shrinking.
Some of them were genuinely shaken.
From one cell, an old man wrapped in a wide blood-red cloak slowly lifted his head and looked toward Shiryu.
"So that's your true strength…"
His voice was quiet, but it carried clearly through the prison.
"If I'm not mistaken, your power… should already be comparable to a Marine Admiral, Shiryu."
As soon as that voice sounded, the other prisoners snapped out of their shock and all turned toward that cell.
"Even the Red Count is interested now?"
"This just got interesting…"
"Ohohoho… for Red Count Patrick Redfield himself to take notice, it seems Shiryu really does have the strength to match an Admiral."
Patrick Redfield.
A monster from the same era as Roger, Whitebeard, Shiki, Garp, and Sengoku.
A legendary pirate who had once stood shoulder to shoulder with those giants through sheer individual strength alone.
Shiryu paid no attention to the uproar from the cells.
At that moment, there was only one thing in his eyes:
the berserk Red Rabbit.
Monster or rabbit, it didn't matter.
Today, he had to kill it.
Otherwise, how could he ever continue ruling over Eternal Hell?
"Red Rabbit…"
"Die."
The instant Shiryu's words fell, Raiu slashed downward through the air.
At the same time, Shiryu burst forward and vanished from where he stood.
Da Hong moved too.
When he reappeared, he was already directly in front of Shiryu.
Before Shiryu's descending blade could land, Da Hong's palm had already smashed into Shiryu's chest.
"How is that possible—?!"
"Blargh!"
Shiryu's strike cut nothing but air.
And this time, he could no longer suppress the blood.
A huge mouthful sprayed from his lips.
Da Hong gave him no room to breathe.
The instant he landed the first palm, he launched into a merciless flurry—his fists and palms striking like a drumbeat.
In the blink of an eye, Shiryu had been hit over a hundred times.
Every single blow made Shiryu's eyes widen a little more, and blood kept blasting out of his mouth in wild bursts.
The rhythmic impact sounds echoed across Eternal Hell again and again.
Pinned against the massive iron gate by Da Hong's storm of blows, Shiryu looked like he had been nailed there. He had no chance to fight back at all. All he could do was spew blood while being beaten senseless.
The prisoners in the surrounding cells stared in utter disbelief.
"Damn… this is way too brutal…"
"If this keeps going, is Shiryu going to get beaten to death?"
"Who was it just now that said Shiryu had Admiral-level strength?"
"Because if Shiryu's really Admiral-level, then doesn't that mean…"
"If an Admiral came down here, they'd get the same treatment?"
At the same time—
Because Shiryu had shut down the surveillance Den Den Mushi, Magellan had rushed out of his office and headed straight for the elevator.
"Domino!"
Right in front of the elevator doors, Magellan suddenly remembered Kizaru's earlier warning and immediately bellowed toward Domino's office:
"Bring some fresh carrots and a brand-new magazine to Eternal Hell right now! Hurry!"
Without waiting, Magellan stepped into the elevator and headed directly for Level 6.
The instant the elevator reached Eternal Hell, the sound of ferocious impacts was still echoing outside.
Then—
ding.
The elevator doors opened.
Before Magellan could react, a black blur shot through the shattered prison gate like a cannonball and expanded rapidly in his pupils.
Without hesitation, Magellan instinctively jumped aside.
The figure crashed straight into the elevator car.
It was Shiryu.
He was still coughing blood, his eyes wide and half rolled back, looking as if he was barely hanging onto life.
Seeing Shiryu in that state, Magellan blinked stupidly.
This was not how the scene was supposed to go.
Shiryu had been the one to shut off the surveillance.
Under normal circumstances, the one being beaten senseless should have been Da Hong.
Could it be that Shiryu had known he was about to get thrashed and deliberately shut off the Den Den Mushi so no one would witness his humiliation?
The absurd thought had only just crossed Magellan's mind when a figure radiating terrifying pressure stepped through the gate of Eternal Hell.
The next moment, a sandbag-sized fist expanded rapidly in Magellan's vision.
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