226Chapter 227 The Ox-Horse Combination! The Ultimate Kill by Black Flame and Dragon Claw
Chapter 227 The Bull and Horse Combination! The Ultimate Kill by Black Flame and Dragon Claw
Viktor and Sabo descended the dark, damp spiral staircase of Impel Down like two bolts of lightning tearing through the darkness, hurtling down to the second basement level—Level 2.
However, when they actually stepped into this area that should have been filled with deafening roars of beasts and screams of prisoners, the scene that greeted them was quite shocking.
The wide corridor was surrounded by steel cells that had been violently destroyed and were now in disarray.
The thick iron fence twisted like noodles.
Those terrifying beasts, such as the giant Sphinx, which were originally used to intimidate criminals and act ferociously, have long since been beaten to a pulp by Luffy.
Their massive, mountain-like bodies lay sprawled like a pile of rag toys amidst pools of blood and rubble, only able to utter weak, terrified cries.
Just as the two were moving quickly without any regard for others.
Several giant poisonous spiders, who had narrowly escaped Luffy's beating and had been hiding in the dark dome of the corridor, silently unleashed their tough venomous silk.
They tried to ambush Victor, who was walking ahead, from a blind spot above.
Faced with this sudden ambush, Viktor didn't even pause in his forward charge.
He merely raised his head slightly, and his dark, deep eyes instantly transformed into a scarlet, eerie, eternal kaleidoscope pattern.
Complex black patterns flowed slowly in his blood-red pupils, emanating a chilling pressure as if a god were looking down on ants.
It was just a casual glance.
Those enormous venomous spiders stiffened instantly, as if they had been electrocuted.
Their eight legs convulsed violently, and they foamed at the mouth.
Then, it fell heavily to the ground from mid-air like a broken sack, completely trapped in the bottomless and terrifying illusion of the Eternal Kaleidoscope, and never to live again.
The two of them strolled over the bodies of these monsters as if they were in an empty place, continuing their frantic run deeper into Impel Down.
Without the slightest pause or respite.
The two powerful figures standing at the pinnacle of the new era were like two unstoppable blades, directly piercing through the second level and striding into Level 3—the Hunger Hell.
As soon as you step into this floor, you are hit by an unusually dry and hot air.
It's as if it's trying to evaporate and squeeze out all the water from the body in an instant.
In the dark and cramped cell, prisoners lay sprawled out, emaciated as skeletons.
The entire space was filled with their piercing cries of agony from prolonged hunger and endless despair, resembling a true hell on earth, a truly chilling sight.
Following the arid, sandy corridor, they finally encountered a significant obstacle in front of the massive elevator gate leading to the fourth floor.
Two animal-type jailer beasts, having received a death order from Commissioner Magellan, vowed to tear all intruders to pieces.
The chief jailer, the Minotaur (a minotaur), and the Minozoan (a horse-headed man).
They stood like two insurmountable iron towers, blocking the way from the left and right.
The two giant beasts had bloodshot eyes and faces full of bloodthirsty madness.
Each of them wielded a massive, heavily spiked steel mace weighing several tons.
"Mou! Who are you people?!"
With a deafening roar, they slammed down from the left and right with the terrifying strength unique to Zoan-type Devil Fruit users.
The earth-shattering force even forced the dry air inside the passage to produce a muffled sonic boom, and the strong wind stung people's cheeks.
Faced with these two monsters, as ferocious as mountains of flesh, pressing down upon them.
Sabo and Victor showed no sign of backing down; instead, they exchanged a knowing glance.
Sabo stepped forward, his hands instantly covered in deep, dark, and constantly flowing Armament Haki.
He casually moved his neck from side to side, his knuckles cracking, and a burning fighting spirit ignited in his eyes:
"I'll handle that stupid ox with the big club."
Victor chuckled softly, his slender fingers leaving the hilt of his sword.
His scarlet eyes coldly locked onto the eager horse-headed man: "Then this horse is mine."
No sooner had he finished speaking than the minotaur's spiked club, carrying the force of a whirlwind and destruction, came crashing down on Sabo, as if to instantly smash him into a bloody pulp.
Sabo neither dodged nor evaded, his figure standing as upright as a pine tree.
His hands suddenly transformed into powerful dragon claws in mid-air, precisely and firmly gripping the sharp spikes on the spiked club against the overwhelming force!
Immediately afterward, Sabo's eyes widened, and he roared, "Dragon's Breath!"
Sabo's dragon breath, like a raging torrent, pierced directly through the minotaur's thick, steel-hard skin defenses.
It exploded violently inside its internal organs without any reservation.
"Puwah—!"
The minotaur's massive body suddenly convulsed violently, and his eyes rolled back instantly.
It vomited a mouthful of blood mixed with pieces of internal organs.
Even its proud, abnormal regenerative ability didn't have time to activate before the internal destructive force that penetrated its body completely destroyed all its vitality.
With a deafening roar, the prison guard beast, which struck fear into the hearts of countless prisoners, crashed to the ground, utterly dead.
"you...."
"Don't underestimate the bond between us, the Ox and the Horse!!"
On the other side, seeing its companion instantly killed, Mino Zebra let out a mournful roar.
Its eyes turned even bloodshot with rage as it charged madly at Victor.
Faced with this charging behemoth, powerful enough to smash through city walls, Victor didn't even bother to draw his sword.
He stood silently in place, the eerie, eternal kaleidoscope pattern in his eyes spinning rapidly, like two bottomless crimson vortexes.
"Amaterasu!"
There were no hand seals or any unnecessary physical techniques to begin.
With a strange hissing sound, a ball of pitch-black flame, exuding an aura of endless destruction, suddenly ignited on the broad, sturdy chest of the horse-headed man.
The moment the black flames possessed him, the horse-headed man let out an extremely shrill scream.
It dropped its weapon in terror, its massive body rolling wildly back and forth on the cold stone floor, trying to extinguish the flames by friction with the ground.
However, Amaterasu's fire is said to never extinguish until it has burned its target to ashes.
No matter how desperately the beast struggled, the insidious black flames did not diminish.
Instead, it burned ever brighter, relentlessly devouring its body inch by inch.
In just a few seconds, amidst chilling screams...
This horse-headed man, possessing a monstrous, animal-like life force, was completely burned into a pile of black ashes scattered by the raging black flames.
Sabo retracted his dragon claws and turned to look in Victor's direction.
When he witnessed the horrifying process of the horse-headed man being instantly killed by black flames and turned to ashes, a deep shock flashed in his azure eyes.
He swallowed hard, a chill creeping down his spine.
What exactly are those eyes of this guy?
It can unleash such an unreasonable and unquenchable destructive fire out of thin air without even being touched...
This is practically like the power of a demon from legend!
After easily defeating the jailer beasts blocking their way, the two stepped over the ashes and corpses on the ground and continued their journey deeper into the corridor.
A moment later, they finally arrived at a huge gate made of thick, fine steel.
The gate was tightly shut, exuding an aura of inviolable authority.
Viktor walked forward expressionlessly, casually raised his right leg, and then slammed it hard into the solid steel door leading to Level 4.
"BOOM—!!!"
With a deafening metallic crack, the door was kicked open.
The two incredibly heavy doors twisted and collapsed inwards, crashing heavily onto the floor of the passageway inside.
The moment the door opened, a violent, scorching current, mixed with thick, pungent steam from the blood pool, rushed towards the two of them.227Chapter 228 Sabo!! Brothers Reunited!
Chapter 228 Sabo!! Brothers Reunited!
The scene cuts directly to Level 4, the scorching hell, the fourth underground level of Impel Down.
All around was a huge pool of boiling blood, with endless scarlet bubbles bursting on the surface of the viscous liquid, making a chilling gurgling sound.
The extreme heat relentlessly baked the entire prison floor, causing the air in mid-air to become visibly and severely distorted, making the entire space resemble a massive furnace that was burning wildly.
On the wide stone bridge spanning this endless pool of blood, Luffy collapsed to his knees, his strength failing him.
His thin, scarred body was heaving violently, covered in cold sweat from the unbearable pain.
Even more shocking was that his once powerful hands and legs were now covered in a large area of glaring purplish-black venom.
Those deadly toxins are like living, bloodthirsty insects.
It relentlessly eroded his motor nerves along his skin and pores, ruthlessly stripping him of the last bit of strength he had left.
Facing Magellan, the warden of Impel Down, whose body was covered in deadly poison.
Luffy's close-combat skills, which he had been so proud of in countless life-or-death battles, completely lost their meaning at this moment.
Every punch he landed on Magellan didn't bring down his enemy; instead, it hastened his own demise.
Mr. 2, hiding in a corner far away from the stone bridge, had his face covered in snot and tears of despair.
As a former prisoner who had been held here, he knew Magellan's terror better than anyone else.
That man's very existence is an unsolvable disaster.
That was a destructive force capable of destroying the world's largest underwater prison in an instant.
Watching Luffy fall down again and again, only to grit his teeth and stagger back up each time, Xiao Feng's mental defenses completely collapsed.
He desperately pounded the scorching ground, shouting hoarsely at the stubborn figure in the straw hat ahead:
"Run! Little Straw Hat!"
"Give up the resistance and run away! Please!"
"If you keep fighting like this, that terrible venom will really dissolve you completely, leaving not even a single bone behind!!"
However, Director Magellan ignored the distant cries of anguish.
He was like a terrifying demon god crawling out of the deepest hell, his enormous body covered in layers of viscous, boiling purple venom.
Magellan looked down at the panting Straw Hat boy with his cold, emotionless eyes, as if he were looking at a rotting corpse.
He slowly opened his mouth, mercilessly pronouncing the intruder's final death sentence:
"This foolish farce has come to an end."
"So-called Twin Stars of the Worst Generation, your meaningless pirate career ends here."
"Straw Hat Luffy, this is Impel Down, a city with absolute justice and known as an impregnable fortress."
"No one can survive my venom."
Before he finished speaking, Magellan gave Luffy no chance to catch his breath, not even for a second.
"Poison Dragon!"
The purple venom on his body surged wildly like boiling magma.
In the blink of an eye, three enormous venomous dragons, formed from highly concentrated deadly poison, roared and sprang forth from the venomous swamp behind him.
These three enormous creatures opened their gaping maws, large enough to devour everything, and emitted a pungent, acrid stench. They simultaneously surrounded Luffy from three directions, roaring as they lunged at the wounded Luffy in the center.
"hateful..."
Luffy clenched his teeth tightly, and blood seeped from his gums.
He desperately tried to squeeze out the last bit of potential from his body, forcibly activating "Second Gear" to dodge this deadly blocking attack.
But fate seemed incredibly cruel at this moment.
The potent neurotoxin lurking within him suddenly and completely erupted at this moment.
Luffy's pupils contracted sharply, and his legs suddenly went weak in a violent paralysis.
He could no longer support his own weight and collapsed heavily onto the scorching hot stone slab.
Time seemed to slow down at that moment.
Luffy could only open his eyes wide with despair, filled with resentment, and watch helplessly as the three enormous poisonous dragons, carrying the shadow of death, fell from mid-air, completely enveloping his small body in their shadow.
From a distance, von Clay let out a scream that was almost desperate.
Just as the dragon's gaping maw was about to close completely, at the critical moment!
"BOOM!!!"
At the end of the corridor, a heavy iron door made of special alloy was opened with a deafening, terrifying roar.
It was blasted into flying metal fragments from the outside using an unreasonable and violent method.
A blur of motion, accompanied by a violent gust of wind, descended from the sky like a meteor forcefully tearing through the endless night.
The person was in mid-air when his hands suddenly bent, transforming into the fierce and incomparable shape of dragon claws.
His strong, powerful arms were instantly enveloped in high-level Armament Haki, as black as night.
Facing the roaring, enormous venomous dragon, this figure showed no fear whatsoever.
He unleashed a powerful palm strike from afar, slamming it down on the jaw of the poisonous dragon closest to Luffy.
"Dragon's Claw!"
"Bang--!!!"
A terrifying shockwave of internal destruction erupted from the center of the jet-black dragon claw.
This domineering and unparalleled force directly penetrated the surface of the venom and exploded violently inside the giant venomous dragon's head!
A deafening explosion was heard.
That venomous dragon head, powerful enough to melt steel, was actually shattered from the inside by this powerful internal force!
The purple, deadly venom sprayed wildly in all directions like a torrential downpour.
However, when this deadly rain of poison fell toward Luffy, it was all deflected by the invisible Haki defensive net emanating from the newcomer.
The poisonous rain turned into pools of hissing, toxic water that fell onto the surrounding stone slabs.
On the battlefield, the acrid smoke and purple poisonous fog gradually dissipated in the fierce wind.
A tall, upright figure slowly came into focus in Luffy's sight.
He was a blond young man wearing windproof goggles, a top black hat, and tightly gripping a steel water pipe upside down in his hand.
He was like a towering mountain, weathered by time yet still unshakable, shielding himself from all danger and death in this desolate place known as the Scorching Hell.
Having survived the ordeal, Luffy sat dazedly on the scorching ground, his chest still heaving violently.
He struggled to lift his face, which was covered in dust and sweat, and stared intently at the figure in front of him.
At that moment, Luffy's mind went into a long but brief blank.
The sounds of boiling blood pools and Magellan's furious roars all seemed to be instantly muted.
The silhouette of that figure from behind, that familiar hat...
All of this clearly exists only in the deepest, most precious memories of his childhood, clearly belonging to his older brother who should have died many years ago on that cold sea.
Under Luffy's incredulous gaze.
The blond youth holding the water pipe slowly turned his head.
The moment that face with obvious burn scars came into Luffy's view.
Luffy could clearly see that the young man's eyes were already completely red and filled with glistening tears.
The young man's lips trembled slightly, almost uncontrollably.
But he still did his best, extending his gloved hand to gently lift the top black hat on his head.
Meeting Luffy's dazed gaze, he gave a smile filled with endless tenderness and heartache.
That slightly hoarse voice rang out softly in the scorching air, yet it struck Luffy's soul with tremendous force:
"It's been a long time, Luffy, my little brother."
A hot tear slid down the scar on his face:
"Sorry... I'm late."
boom--
That familiar voice, so deeply ingrained in my soul.
That gentle smile that would never be mistaken, even if it meant crossing the line between life and death.
In that instant, all of Straw Hat Luffy's psychological defenses were completely shattered.
The warden of Impel Down, the deadly poison, the fear of death—all of these were thrown to the winds at that moment.
Tears welled up in Luffy's large eyes, which had been gradually losing focus due to the poison, and burst forth like a flood.
Large tears rolled down his face, snot and tears mingling together, covering his young face without any regard for his appearance.
He struggled to stand up, but could only fall forward helplessly.
Even with his throat hoarse and torn, he still tilted his head back and hysterically shouted the name he thought he would never be able to utter again at that figure that seemed to have descended from the heavens:
"Sabo—!!!"228Chapter 22Defense Overwhelms! The Poisonous Giant and the Crimson Demon God
Chapter 229 Absolute Defense Overwhelms! The Poisonous Giant and the Crimson Demon God
On the scorching hot stone slab, Luffy gripped Sabo's arm, which was covered by a leather glove, tightly.
On that face covered in dust and tears, large tears rolled down uncontrollably, washing away the blood and grime around the wound.
Looking at his younger brother, who was so weak he could barely stand, Sabo's eyes welled up with tears.
With a look of heartache, he gently pulled Luffy up from the ground and let him lean against his side.
A deep and constantly flowing layer of high-level Armament Haki instantly covered Sabo's hands.
He slowly infused this domineering aura, full of vitality and destructive power, into Luffy's wound.
It forcibly blocked and temporarily suppressed the purplish-black toxins that were spreading wildly in Luffy's nerves and blood vessels.
However, this is a brutal battlefield.
Completely ignored by this sudden intruder, they even put on a show of "brotherly affection" right in front of him.
Magellan, the warden who held the highest authority in Impel Down, felt an unprecedented sense of humiliation and anger.
"Don't be so arrogant, you lawless invaders!"
Magellan's eyes widened, and he let out a furious roar that shook the entire scorching hell:
"This is Impel Down, a fortified city!"
"This isn't some backwater tavern for you bunch of pirate scum to reminisce!"
With the warden's murderous intent boiling over, Magellan held nothing back and unleashed the full power of the Venom-Venom Fruit.
"Splash—!"
His body was covered in a deep purple, deadly venom that gushed out like a tsunami bursting its banks, blotting out the sky.
This time, the venom didn't just condense into three poisonous dragons; instead, it exploded in mid-air, turning into a high-concentration poisonous rain that rained down from the sky and covered the entire space!
The purple raindrops carried a terrifying acid that corroded everything, determined to dissolve the massive stone bridge spanning the blood pool, along with everyone on it, into a pool of blood.
Faced with this overwhelming, indiscriminate AOE attack of deadly poison.
Sabo's joy at the reunion vanished instantly, and his brows furrowed tightly.
If he were the only one standing here right now.
He could easily carve out a bloody path by relying on his unparalleled domineering aura.
But now he not only has to protect the weakened Luffy, but also has a little Bon Clay hiding behind him.
Simply relying on the invisible shield released by domineering aura is unlikely to withstand the continuous, catastrophic corrosion of Magellan over a large area protecting many people for an extended period of time.
At this critical moment of life and death!
Suddenly, without warning, a sharp, tearing thunderclap rang out in the scorching, distorted sky above the scorching hell!
"Boom—Sizzle!"
A violent, dark blue bolt of lightning, like a meteorite tearing through the sky, struck the stone slab in front of Sabo and Luffy with overwhelming force.
Rock fragments flew everywhere, and lightning flashed in all directions.
The blinding lightning gradually dissipated.
A tall, imposing figure stood firmly beneath the pouring poisonous rain, wielding the lightning-streaked greatsword "Autumn Water" in one hand.
When Luffy saw that familiar figure, his eyes, which had been dimmed by the poison, suddenly burst forth with an astonishing light.
"ah!!!"
Luffy was so excited that his voice cracked as he shouted out loud.
"Victor!! You...you actually came too!"
Victor didn't turn around; he simply turned his back to Luffy and casually raised his left hand and waved.
He slightly raised his chin, his handsome face bearing its usual smiling expression, his deep gaze meeting Magellan's furious rage without fear:
"If we can't even protect our own captain..."
"Won't I, as the first mate, lose face on the high seas from now on?"
Magellan was so enraged and disrespected by a pirate with a bounty of 600 million that he laughed in response.
"The price of arrogance is a gruesome death!"
Magellan waved his hand, controlling the most corrosive concentrated venomous dragon, which opened its blood-red maw in mid-air, blotting out the sky.
With a nauseating stench, the venomous dragon swallowed Victor and the area he was in whole, its purple venom instantly engulfing everything.
"No—!" Xiao Feng, hiding behind, clutched his head in despair and let out a shrill scream.
However, just when everyone thought that the black-haired swordsman had vanished without a trace.
Deep within the swamp-like, purplish-black venom, two complex, eerie crimson patterns began to spin rapidly in Victor's eye sockets!
"boom--!!!"
A massive, suffocatingly large amount of scarlet chakra, like a long-suppressed active volcano, shot directly into the sky from within the venom!
Under the utterly shocked gazes of Magellan and all the jailers, who even forgot to breathe.
A crimson demon god clad in heavy armor resembling a tengu forcefully tore through the thick venomous veil and rose from the ground.
This semi-transparent energy behemoth, resembling a god descending to earth, possesses a massive chakra skeleton and a tangible spiritual energy cloak.
It completely enclosed Victor, Luffy, Sabo, and the terrified Bon Clay in the core safe zone.
The poisonous rain and Magellan's poisonous dragon poured down on the surface of Susanoo, hissing and corroding, and sending up large swaths of purple poisonous mist.
However, Magellan was horrified to discover...
His invincible poison, capable of dissolving the world's hardest steel, had absolutely no effect on this translucent demonic armor made of pure spiritual energy and chakra.
The venom slid down the edge of the armor, unable to penetrate even a fraction of it!
This is an absolute and overwhelming defensive advantage.
Viktor stood steadily in the diamond-shaped crystal between Susanoo's eyebrows, arms crossed.
He looked down at the incredulous Director Magellan below, as if a god were looking down at an insignificant ant.
Those Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan eyes held no warmth, only chilling indifference.
"poison?"
Victor's deep voice boomed through the massive demonic body in the scorching hell: "I'm sorry."
The moment the words fell.
The towering crimson demon suddenly stretched out its enormous arm and pulled out the massive light sword formed from high-density chakra from its waist.
Viktor's right eye narrowed slightly.
"Sizzle—Boom!"
In an instant, the blade of that enormous lightsaber was instantly enveloped in a raging, high-level Armament Haki, blindingly dark blue lightning, and the Amaterasu Black Flame, a symbol of destruction!
The intertwined power of black, red, and blue gave this giant sword a terrifying aura capable of cleaving the heavens.
"Susanoo - Takemikazuchi!!"
With a low shout from Viktor.
Susanoo raised its giant sword high, unleashing a devastating force, and slashed down at Magellan in front of it and the venomous swamp behind him.
"Whoosh—!!!"
A terrifying sword aura, interwoven with black and red hues and crackling with lightning, roared out.
This sword strike instantly cleaved Magellan's prized giant poisonous dragon in two.
The unparalleled pressure of the sword showed no signs of abating.
It directly cleaved a terrifying, bottomless ravine into the enormous, churning pool of blood in the scorching hell!
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The entire Impel Down shook violently under this devastating blow, with countless pieces of rubble falling from the ceiling.
The prisoners and guards who were barely surviving fell to the ground, staring in terror at the sky as if the real end of the world had arrived.#229Chapter 230 The Severed Hell! The Empty Sixth Level and the Alliance of Extreme Evil
Chapter 230 The Severed Hell! The Empty Sixth Level and the Alliance of Extreme Evil
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The entire Level 4 blood pool was cleaved open by this earth-shattering sword strike, creating a bottomless vacuum abyss.
Boiling crimson blood churned wildly to both sides, but the remaining domineering sword intent prevented it from healing for a long time, forming a terrifying chasm that was breathtaking.
"Puwah—!"
Magellan, the warden of Impel Down, was struck as if by lightning, and coughed up a mouthful of blood.
His massive body was violently thrown backward, leaving a horrific burn deep enough to expose bone on his chest.
What horrified him even more was...
His deadly poison, capable of corroding everything, failed to work after being contaminated by that inextinguishable black flame.
Instead, it was burned and emitted a pungent, unpleasant burnt smell.
The source of the venom was actually swallowed up in reverse.
"What...what kind of power is this...?"
Magellan knelt heavily on one knee, panting heavily, his back soaked with cold sweat.
He stared intently at the crimson demon god in front of him, which towered into the clouds like a deity.
For the first time in his life, a flicker of fear appeared in those usually cold and ruthless eyes.
Only at this moment did the warden, who had suppressed countless great pirates in the abyss, finally realize this.
The Straw Hat Pirates' vice-captain, whose bounty is only 600 million, cannot be measured by conventional pirate standards.
This is undoubtedly a monster comparable to the Four Emperors of the New World.
Viktor, standing atop Susanoo's brow, looked down at the critically wounded and dying Magellan.
He knew very well that if he added a casual blow now, the system would definitely judge that he had drastically changed the world order, and thus issue a massive reward of ninja points.
But he did not choose to do so; instead, he slowly withdrew his sword.
Because Viktor's mind was perfectly clear.
If Magellan dies here today, the absolute repression system upon which Impel Down depends will completely collapse.
At that time, the vicious, inhuman legendary monsters and thugs on the lower levels will lose all their shackles and surge towards the sea like a tide.
This will inevitably cause devastating disasters for innocent civilians around the world.
This is completely inconsistent with his bottom line and style as the first mate.
More importantly, with the execution date fast approaching, they no longer had the time to linger here.
With a thought, Victor released the chakra giant sword from Susanoo's hand.
He directly controlled the enormous crimson hand of Susanoo, grabbing the weakened Luffy on the ground and the dazed Bon Clay in his palm.
"Sabo!" Victor called out to the blond youth below.
Then, he harnessed Susanoo and, without hesitation, led everyone in a leap into the air.
He jumped directly into the massive vacuum abyss rift that the sword had just cleaved in the blood pool.
They forcefully pierced through the thick rock barrier between the floors, and amidst a violent sense of weightlessness, crashed directly into Level 5 below—the extreme cold hell.
With a muffled "boom," everyone plummeted from the sky, crashing heavily onto the Level 5 ice layer.
The moment they landed, the biting cold pierced their very bones like steel needles.
This is an extremely cold hell where even boiling blood would freeze instantly, surrounded by an endless ice field, with howling winds.
Amidst the veil of wind and snow, countless eyes glowed with an eerie green light.
Those were large numbers of ferocious war wolves that were wandering the ice fields in search of prey due to extreme hunger.
Viktor looked indifferently at the wolves that were closing in from all sides and casually dispelled his Susanoo.
His hands flew across the paper, forming hand seals, his chest bulged high, and he suddenly exhaled forward:
Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!
A massive wall of fire, as overwhelming as a tsunami, suddenly erupted.
The scorching heat instantly dispelled the deadly, bone-chilling cold of this hellish place.
It directly burned the ferocious wolf pack that pounced on it, leaving them scorched and whimpering. They tucked their tails between their legs and fled in panic, disappearing completely in the blink of an eye.
Just as the crisis was averted and everyone was preparing to find the entrance to the next level.
"Click-clack—"
Suddenly, the incredibly hard, millennia-old ice beneath their feet emitted a strange sound.
Then, the ice layer was cut open from below like a fragile piece of paper, leaving a large hole.
A man with a peculiar half-part hairstyle of orange and white, wearing sunglasses, transformed his hands into two giant, sharp scissors and burst through the ice.
Revolutionary Army cadre, user of the Cut-Cut Fruit—Lightning (Inazuma).
Lightning had only noticed the huge commotion and intense heat coming from above while it was in a hidden base below.
He thought the navy had discovered the entrance and came out fully armed to investigate.
The moment he poked his head out and raised his face, he made an incredibly clear eye contact with Sabo above him, who was wearing windproof goggles.
With a crisp "crack," the expensive red wine glass that Lightning always held in his hand slipped from his grasp and shattered on the ice.
Behind his sunglasses, his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets, and his voice stammered from sheer shock:
"Chief of the General Staff?!"
Sabo was also taken aback, his azure eyes widening in surprise:
"Inazuma? What are you doing in this prison?"
After they recognized each other, the situation became urgent.
Led by Lightning, the group carried Luffy, who was in a near-death coma due to the effects of the poison, and quickly passed through the secret passage he had cut open with scissors.
They entered the underground utopia hidden deep within Impel Down, unknown to outsiders—"New Cabaret Paradise" (Level 5.5).
As soon as you step into this peculiar amusement park, you are greeted by an extremely flamboyant display of stage lights.
Emporio Ivankov, a senior revolutionary officer and king of the transvestite kingdom, made a dazzling entrance with his signature afro.
However, when he turned around and saw that the person who came was actually Sabo, the second-in-command of the Revolutionary Army.
"Aaaaaaahh...
Ivankov let out a bloodcurdling scream that pierced the heavens.
Her enormous head stretched out like a spring, coming right up to Sabo's face, and she put on an exaggerated facial expression that was beyond the reach of ordinary people:
"Sabo-boy?!"
"How did you end up in this damn place?!"
"Could it be...could it be that Dragon has finally made up his mind to launch a full-scale attack on Impel Down?!"
Sabo didn't even have time for pleasantries; he grabbed Ivankov by the collar and shouted anxiously:
"We'll talk about those things later! Save him!"
"This is Luffy, the biological son of Boss Dragon!"
Upon hearing this, Ivankov was struck as if by a thunderbolt, his jaw dislocated and slammed heavily onto the hard stone floor.
She spun around wildly in place like a top, clutching her head and screaming.
"What?! Dragon's biological son?!"
Although I was completely stunned by this bombshell.
But Ivankov immediately regained his professionalism as a doctor and rushed forward to check Luffy's injuries.
However, after a careful inspection, he looked up in surprise at Victor standing to the side.
He discovered that there was a magical and gentle green energy within Luffy's body, which had incredibly and completely stabilized Luffy's life force, which was on the verge of collapse.
It also forced those deadly toxins into the dead ends of the blood vessels, preventing the poison from further attacking the heart.
"What amazing medical skills..." Ivankov exclaimed.
Since Luffy's vital signs have been stabilized, there is no need to desperately try to save him.
Ivankov then decisively abandoned the use of the ultimate "healing hormone" that would forcibly consume ten years of Luffy's lifespan.
His fingernails instantly transformed into sharp needles, precisely injecting a dose of "simple vitality hormones" into Luffy's arm.
He planned to use this gentle method to complement Victor's Healing Palm Technique and reawaken Luffy's depleted stamina.
Under the wondrous combined effect of this magical palm technique and the vitality hormones.
"Ah! He's back to life!"
Luffy, who had been keeping his eyes closed, suddenly opened his bright eyes.
He jumped up as if nothing had happened, shouting loudly that he was hungry and wanted to eat meat, while still remembering to hurry up and save Ace.
After wolfing down a large amount of food.
When Ivankov learned from Sabo that Fire Fist Ace, who was about to be publicly executed, was actually the sworn brother of Chief of Staff Sabo and Luffy, the son of Dragon.
This loyal and righteous transvestite king was so moved that he immediately decided to no longer stay in this underground paradise.
He rallied all who called for his help, leading all the new humans yearning for freedom to come out in droves, determined to lend them a hand and cause a great disturbance!
With the addition of this new force, the group, led by the transvestite king Ivankov and Lightning, made great strides forward.
This peculiar force, a mix of Worst Generation Supernovas and high-ranking Revolutionary Army officers, stormed through the last line of defense at the bottom of Impel Down.
With the combined efforts of everyone, an incredibly heavy sea stone gate collapsed with a deafening roar, kicking up clouds of dust.
The group stepped over the ruins of the gate.
They finally stepped into the absolute abyss of Impel Down, a city that imprisons countless legendary monsters whose existence has been erased by the World Government.
Level 6 (Infinite Hell)!230Chapter 231 Despair Arrives a Little Too Late! The Strongest Prison Break Team Assembles
Chapter 231 Despair Arrives a Little Too Late! The Strongest Prison Break Team Assembles
With a deafening roar, the massive, heavy stone gate collapsed, stirring up clouds of dust that had accumulated over the years.
The group crossed the ruins and officially stepped into the abyss of Impel Down—Level 6 (Infinite Hell).
In stark contrast to the cruel punishments on the upper levels, which are filled with pools of scalding blood, freezing snow, or savage venomous insects, there are no fancy tortures here.
What met the eye was only an impenetrable, eternal darkness and a suffocating, absolute silence.
Because those imprisoned here are all legendary pirates who have committed heinous crimes and have even been forcibly erased from the Poneglyphs by the World Government.
Time seemed to stand still here, with only despair spreading silently.
However, the crowd's forced entry was like a boulder thrown into a stagnant pool, instantly shattering the stillness.
Deep within the dark prison cell, countless eyes, gleaming with ferocity, greed, and madness, immediately lit up, staring intently at the uninvited guests.
Immediately afterwards, some emaciated veteran pirates began shaking their chains, emitting eerie and mocking laughter:
"Hehehe... Someone actually managed to break into this place? What a rare guest."
"Hey, you little devils over there, come over here and keep this old man entertained. I've almost forgotten what the air outside tastes like..."
Hearing the noisy and jarring noises all around him, Viktor, who was walking at the front of the group, frowned slightly.
He stopped and slightly raised his head.
Those jet-black eyes instantly transformed into the crimson Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan in the endless darkness.
As the eerie patterns slowly shifted, a chilling, destructive killing intent, almost tangible, swept across the entire spacious sixth-level space in an instant.
Those hardened criminals who were laughing and joking just a moment ago felt as if they had fallen into an ice cave under this terrifying mental pressure that struck their very souls.
The entire Infinite Hell fell into a deathly silence, and the veteran pirates all shut their mouths.
He could no longer utter a sound, for fear of angering this god of death who had appeared out of nowhere.
Luffy and Sabo completely ignored the serious criminals around them.
With bloodshot eyes, the two brothers ran frantically down the corridor toward a specially made cell deep inside.
"Ace!"
"Ace! Where are you? We're here to save you!"
Sabo charged ahead to the cell marked with Ace's number.
He couldn't wait to find the key, and his hands instantly transformed into jet-black, powerful dragon claws.
With a tearing sound, he ripped a large hole in the seemingly indestructible stone prison door with the most violent means.
However, when the door was violently ripped open and the two hopeful individuals rushed in, they froze in place upon seeing the scene inside the cell.
All that came into view were empty stone walls and cold, damp ground.
In the center of the cell, only a few thick, heavy sea stone chains lay scattered about.
Apart from that, there was no one else there.
"how so..."
Luffy's mind went blank for a moment, and the ringing in his ears filled all his hearing.
His knees buckled, and he knelt blankly on the cold stone slab, his wide-open eyes filled with unbearable despair and bewilderment.
Sabo, standing to the side, clenched his teeth so tightly that blood seeped from his gums.
He suddenly swung his right fist and slammed it hard against the solid wall next to him with a "bang".
His knuckles instantly bled, but he seemed oblivious to the pain; his scarred face was contorted with regret and agony.
"Damn it! Damn it!!"
"We were so close! We were just a hair's breadth away from catching up!"
Just when the two brothers were on the verge of collapse.
From the heavy shadows of the opposite cell, a dull thud of chains clanging violently suddenly echoed. "Clang..."
Jinbe, the former Shichibukai and "Knight of the Sea," who was pinned to the wall by thick seastone chains, slowly raised his head.
He looked at the two brothers opposite him, who were on the verge of collapse, and let out a long sigh:
"Don't waste your energy, young people."
"You... are too late."
Under the anxious gazes of Luffy and Sabo who suddenly turned around.
Jinbe's blue face was filled with grief, and he continued in a low voice:
"Just now, Brother Ace was taken to the private elevator leading to the sea by Magellan's subordinates and a vice admiral sent by headquarters."
"Judging by the time, they should be arriving at the Navy Headquarters escort ship above Impel Down by now."
Upon hearing these words, Luffy, who was kneeling on the ground with his head bowed, suddenly raised it.
He stretched out his dusty hand and pressed it firmly against the brim of his straw hat, hiding most of his face in shadow.
But the confusion and despair that had been in his eyes, which were fixed on the ground, were instantly swept away, and a burning fighting spirit even more intense than before was rekindled.
"Since he's not here..."
Luffy gritted his teeth, slowly stood up from the ground, and growled, word by word.
"Then let's chase after them! Fight our way all the way to Marine Headquarters! I absolutely have to bring Ace back!"
Sabo, who was standing to the side, also straightened up again.
He took a deep breath and forced back the tears welling in his eyes:
"That's right. Even if we have to chase them all the way to Marine Headquarters."
"Even if we have to chase him to the ends of the earth, we will definitely bring him back!"
In the midst of this chilling atmosphere, a low, hoarse, cold laugh suddenly came from the dark corner of the next cell.
"Kuhahaha... What a touching display of brotherly love."
"What? You want to cause a ruckus on the grand stage on the sea?"
Accompanied by heavy, dragging footsteps, Crocodile, the former Shichibukai, slowly emerged from the shadows into the dim light.
A wild and untamed smile graced his face, which bore the distinctive horizontal scar.
"The passages outside are now completely covered in a net. How about taking me with you, Straw Hat Boy?"
"I can clear the way for you."
"In exchange, you will let me out."
"I'm going to take the head of that old man with the 'white beard'."
Upon hearing that familiar voice, Luffy turned his head sharply.
The image of Princess Vivi's desperate tears and the innocent people ravaged by war flashed through my mind in Alabasta.
Luffy instinctively clenched his fists, shouting a resolute refusal:
"You bastard crocodile! Don't even think about it, I will never let you out!"
But just as Luffy was about to continue his tirade, a long, strong hand landed firmly on his shoulder, stopping him.
Viktor calmly walked past Luffy and slowly made his way to Crocodile's steel cell in the silent hell.
He slightly raised his chin, looking down coldly at the powerful figure who had become a prisoner.
"You can come out and be our pathfinder, Crocodile."
Viktor's voice was devoid of any emotion, and his eerie Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan slowly rotated.
"However, if you dare to make any unnecessary movements along the way..."
Before he finished speaking, an overwhelming sense of psychological pressure, far beyond what ordinary people could imagine, pressed down on Crocodile's shoulders without reservation.
Feeling the true terror of facing the abyss of death, Crocodile's arrogant expression suddenly froze.
He was acutely aware that this young man could bring him to ruin with a single thought.
A bead of cold sweat involuntarily slid down Crocodile's forehead as he stared intently at the unfathomable black-haired youth before him.
He clicked his tongue, but ultimately managed to rationally suppress his arrogance:
"Ah... what a breathtaking growth rate, Crimson Lotus... Deal."
Seeing that the two sides had reached an agreement, Lightning, who was standing at the back, immediately stepped forward.
His hands instantly transformed into massive, sharp scissors, and with a crisp snapping sound, he swiftly sliced Old Shah's sturdy cell door into pieces.
At the same time, Jinbe on the other side also pleaded with Luffy in a deep voice, hoping that he could be released as well.
His blue face was filled with a resolute determination, as if he were facing death.
"I'm going too! I'm going to save Brother Ace and help Whitebeard!"
"I will fight this war even at the cost of my own life!"
Victor did not hesitate at all.
He turned around, drew his black sword "Autumn Water" from his waist, and the blade flashed across the cell like a black lightning bolt.
With a crisp "clang," the thick sea stone chains that had bound Jinbe for so long were cleanly and decisively severed by his sword.
Thus, in the deepest, darkest part of this hell, a team capable of shaking the entire world was born.
Crimson Victor, Revolutionary Army Chief of Staff Sabo, Straw Hat Luffy, plus two high-ranking Revolutionary Army officers, Okama King Ivankov and Lightning.
And Crocodile and Jinbe, two powerful former Shichibukai.
This terrifying lineup, which can be described as the "strongest prison break team in history," has officially assembled in Infinite Hell.
Without a moment's hesitation, everyone turned around and charged headlong down the stairs leading to the upper level.
...
Just as this escape team was preparing to break through to the top.
The scene suddenly shifts to the gates of Impel Down Level 1.
"BOOM!!!"
With a terrifying, earth-shattering explosion, the supposedly indestructible gates of Impel Down were breached.
It was blasted into a pile of rubble and debris from the outside using incredibly violent methods.
Amidst the billowing, acrid smoke, a burly man with a full head of black hair and missing teeth, draped in a black cloak, swaggered into the ruins with a group of equally dangerous and ruthless henchmen.
The man looked up at the prison dome, which was shrouded in dark clouds.
He spread his arms wide and let out his signature arrogant laugh:
"Hahaha! We've finally gotten in!"
"My little ones, get your spirits up! Are you ready to welcome our new world?!"
—The Blackbeard Pirates have officially invaded the world's number one underwater prison.