Chapter 226: The Ox-Horse Combo! The Fatal Strike of Black Flames and Dragon Claws
Tatsuya and Sabo followed the dark, damp spiral staircase of Impel Down, rushing downward like two bolts of lightning tearing through the darkness, charging into the second level—Wild Beast Hell (Level 2).
However, when they truly stepped into this area, which should have been filled with earth-shaking roars of beasts and the screams of prisoners, the scene that met their eyes was truly shocking.
The wide corridors were surrounded by steel cells that had been violently smashed to pieces.
The thick iron bars were twisted like noodles.
Those terrifying giant beasts, like the Sphinx, originally used to intimidate prisoners, had long since been beaten to a pulp by Luffy.
Their mountain-like bodies lay sprawled in pools of blood and rubble like piles of rag dolls, able only to emit weak, fearful whimpers.
Just as the two were moving quickly without any restraint.
Several giant poisonous spiders, which had luckily escaped Luffy's beating and had been hiding in the dark dome of the corridor, silently spat out tough, venomous silk.
They attempted to ambush Tatsuya, who was walking in front, from the blind spot above.
Facing this sudden sneak attack, Tatsuya did not even pause his forward momentum.
He merely lifted his head slightly, and his deep, dark eyes instantly transformed, turning into the crimson, eerie pattern of the Eternal Mangekyo.
Complex black patterns slowly swirled within his blood-red pupils, emitting a cold pressure like a god looking down upon ants.
With just a calm glance.
Those giant poisonous spiders instantly stiffened as if they had been electrocuted by high voltage.
Their eight legs spasmed violently, and they foamed at the mouth.
Then, they fell heavily from mid-air like torn sacks, completely trapped within the unfathomable, terrifying genjutsu of the Eternal Mangekyo, and ceased all signs of life.
The two stepped over the bodies of these monsters as if strolling through a garden, moving as if no one were there, and continued their sprint deeper into Impel Down.
Without the slightest pause or breath.
The two powerhouses standing at the peak of the new era were like two unstoppable blades, cutting straight through the second level and stepping firmly into Level 3—Starvation Hell.
As soon as they stepped onto this level, an exceptionally dry and hot wave of air rushed toward them.
It felt as if it would instantly evaporate and drain all the moisture from the human body.
In the dark and narrow cells all around, prisoners as thin as skeletons lay scattered in disarray.
The entire space was filled with their shrill wails born of long-term starvation and endless despair, truly like a hell on earth, making one's hair stand on end.
Moving along the dry, sandy corridor, they finally encountered a decent obstacle before the massive lift gate leading to the fourth level.
Two Zoan-type Jailer Beasts who had received the death order from Warden Magellan, swearing to tear all intruders to shreds.
Jailer Beast Minotaurus (Minotaur) and Minozebra (Zebra-headed man).
They stood like two insurmountable demon towers, blocking the path tightly from left and right.
The two giant beasts had blood-red eyes and faces full of bloodthirsty madness.
Each brandished a massive steel spiked club, covered in barbs and weighing several tons.
"Moo! Who are you!!"
Accompanied by a deafening roar, they swung down from left and right, carrying the terrifying, monstrous strength unique to Zoan-type ability users.
The earth-shattering force even compressed the dry air in the corridor, creating muffled sonic booms, and the fierce wind made one's cheeks ache.
Facing these two monsters pressing down like mountains of flesh.
Sabo and Tatsuya showed not a hint of retreat; instead, they exchanged a look of perfect tacit understanding.
Sabo stepped forward, his hands instantly covered in deep, black, flowing Armament Haki.
He casually stretched his neck from side to side, his joints cracking crisply, and burning battle intent ignited in his eyes:
"I'll leave that stupid ox with the big club to me."
Tatsuya chuckled, his slender fingers leaving the hilt of his sword at his waist.
His crimson eyes coldly locked onto the eager zebra-headed man: "Then this horse is mine."
As soon as he finished speaking, the Minotaur's spiked club, carrying the force of a wind and destruction, smashed down overhead, as if to instantly crush Sabo into meat paste.
Sabo did not dodge or evade; his figure stood upright like a pine tree.
His hands suddenly transformed into the fierce, invincible Dragon Claw posture in mid-air, and against that destructive force, he precisely and firmly gripped the sharp spikes of the club!
Immediately after, Sabo's eyes widened, and he roared out: "Dragon's Breath!"
Sabo's Dragon's Breath, like a violent torrent, pierced directly through the Minotaur's thick skin, which was as hard as steel.
It exploded without reservation within its internal organs.
"Pua—!"
The Minotaur's massive body convulsed violently, and its eyes instantly rolled back.
It spat out a large mouthful of blood mixed with pieces of internal organs.
Even its vaunted, monstrous regenerative ability didn't have time to activate before it was completely destroyed by this internal destructive force that had passed through its body.
With a loud "Boom," this Jailer Beast, which terrified countless prisoners, collapsed to the ground, dead.
"You..."
"Don't underestimate the bond of our Ox-Horse combo!!"
On the other side, seeing its companion instantly killed, the Minozebra let out a shrill roar.
Its eyes became even redder with rage, and it charged crazily toward Tatsuya.
Facing this rampaging giant beast capable of smashing through city walls, Tatsuya didn't even make a move to draw his sword.
He stood quietly in place, the eerie Eternal Mangekyo pattern in his eyes spinning rapidly, like two bottomless crimson vortexes.
"Amaterasu!"
There were no hand seals, nor any unnecessary taijutsu opening moves.
With a strange "Sss" sound, a mass of black-as-ink, eerie flames exuding an aura of endless destruction instantly ignited out of thin air on the zebra-headed man's broad, sturdy chest.
The moment it was possessed by these black flames, the zebra-headed man let out a shrill, extreme scream.
It threw down its weapon in terror, its massive body rolling frantically back and forth on the cold stone floor, trying to use the friction of the ground to extinguish the flames on its body.
However, the flames of Amaterasu are said never to extinguish until the target is burned to ashes.
No matter how desperately the giant beast struggled, the bone-gnawing black flames not only did not weaken.
Instead, they burned brighter and brighter, ruthlessly devouring its body inch by inch.
In just a few seconds, amidst the hair-raising screams.
This zebra-headed man, possessing the monstrous vitality of a Zoan-type, was completely burned into a pile of black ashes that drifted away with the wind under the ravages of the black flames.
Sabo withdrew his Dragon Claws and turned to look in Tatsuya's direction.
When he witnessed the horrifying process of the zebra-headed man being instantly killed and turned to ashes by the black flames, a flash of deep shock crossed his azure eyes.
He swallowed hard, secretly shocked in his heart:
"What exactly are this guy's eyes?"
"To be able to release such unreasonable, inextinguishable fire of destruction out of thin air without even having to touch it..."
"This is simply like the power of a devil from legend!"
After easily dealing with the blocking Jailer Beasts, the two stepped over the ashes and corpses on the ground and continued their journey deeper along the corridor.
A moment later, they finally arrived before a massive gate made of thick, refined steel.
This gate was tightly closed, exuding an inviolable majesty.
Tatsuya walked up with an expressionless face, lifted his right leg nonchalantly, and then kicked heavily against the sturdy steel gate leading to Level 4.
"Boom—!!!"
Accompanied by a deafening metallic explosion, the gate was kicked open by force.
The two incredibly heavy door panels twisted and collapsed inward, slamming heavily onto the floor of the inner corridor.
The moment the gate swung open, a violent, scorching air current, mixed with the strong, pungent steam of the blood pool, rushed toward the two of them.
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