Chapter 357 Golden Sea of Fire! (Two in One)
The cold wind was howling, and there was no human habitation on the vast ice field of the extreme cold hell.
This is the fifth floor of the Impel Down City, which should be holding countless criminals. However, as Tsujikoku Yoshiichi flew all the way here, he couldn't see any living people at all.
Neither the prisoners nor the jailers of Push City had noticed any trace of these people. Tsugikoku Yoshiichi occasionally saw the bodies of prisoners buried under the ice, but it was unknown how long those bodies had been buried in the ice.
Stussy fled at a very fast speed. Although Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's Observation Haki could clearly capture Stussy's position, it would take some time for him to catch up with her.
During the pursuit, Tsugikuni Yoshiichi was observing the environment in the extremely cold hell, and a strong sense of incongruity arose in his heart.
"When the navy was first established, Impel Down was also established."
"Over the years, the number of criminals held in Push City has already reached hundreds of thousands. It's probably larger than an average country."
"Even if the number of prisoners on the fifth and sixth floors isn't huge, there shouldn't be a problem with a few hundred or even a thousand."
"Including the jailers, it should be normal to have three to four thousand people advancing on the last three levels of the city."
"But why is it that there are so few auras that can be sensed?"
Since entering Impel Down, Tsugakuni Yoriichi's observation Haki has been covering the entire island. Before, his attention was focused on Scarlett and Rebecca, mother and daughter. It was not until now that Tsugakuni Yoriichi had time to think about the abnormalities in Impel Down.
Looking back now, things seemed a little strange from the moment Stussy and the others appeared in front of Ji Guoyuan.
Too few people
There were too few people who could stop him.
Since that CP0 intends to use the power of the prisoners to deal with the new group, the combat power possessed by the other party should not be limited to just a few people.
This is exactly the reason why Tsugikuni Yoriichi felt such a strong sense of disharmony in his heart.
However, soon, Tsugikoku Yoshiichi stopped thinking deeply about this matter, because he suddenly discovered that the breath of the escaped CP0 suddenly stopped.
Not only that, in Tsugokuni Yoshiichi's perception, the other party's breath stopped somewhere and suddenly began to grow stronger rapidly.
"What's going on?!"
"That guy's aura has become stronger?!"
Ji Guoyuan sensed all this, opened his eyes slightly, muttered to himself in surprise, and his flying speed suddenly increased.
The sixth level of Advance City, Infinite Hell.
According to legend, the criminals imprisoned in the sixth level of the Infinite Hell in Impel Down are extremely vicious.
So vicious that the World Government needs to erase their existence from history. The criminals imprisoned on this floor are all "legendary" figures. These people are basically on death row, and only a very small number of them are sentenced to life imprisonment.
The reason for life imprisonment is not because the crimes they committed can be forgiven, but simply because the world government wants to torture these criminals in the form of "imprisonment".
The dark loneliness is sometimes far more torturous than physical punishment.
In the infinite hell that should have been holding countless criminals, a soft gurgling sound was now echoing.
A strong smell of blood filled the air. The cages of various sizes in the Infinite Hell were now filled with corpses. Blood gathered into small streams and flowed towards the small open space in the center of the Infinite Hell.
In the corridor outside the cage, there were also densely packed corpses lying in all directions. The clothes on these corpses included black and white prison uniforms, beige prison guard uniforms, heat-insulating clothes, cold-proof clothes, and all kinds of other clothes.
The corpses of numerous prisoners and jailers blocked the aisles, leaving no room for anyone to step. On the ground, blood pooled, flowing like rivers from the cages, converging towards the open space in the center.
There is no light in the infinite hell.
In the clearing at the center of hell, a slender figure stood with her arms outstretched. Streams of blood flowed from all directions, converging at her feet. As they reached her soles, they were quickly absorbed and vanished without a trace.
The corpses that filled the walkways and cages quickly shriveled up as the blood flowed.
After a long time, the gurgling sound disappeared without a trace, and the infinite hell returned to its former silence.
“Ah~~~~”
But not long after, a moan of comfort that penetrated deep into the bones was heard from the infinite hell.
There is only one entrance to Infinite Hell, an elevator that leads directly from Scorching Hell to Infinite Hell. Scorching Hell is connected to the warden's office, allowing the warden to respond immediately should any problems arise in Infinite Hell. Furthermore, having only one entrance to Infinite Hell greatly reduces the possibility of jailbreaking or escaping.
However, at this time, in addition to the elevator located in the central area of the Infinite Hell, another "passageway" was also opened on the wall at the top of the Infinite Hell, and a trace of cold air poured into the Infinite Hell from the passage.
"call out!!!"
A light sound that broke through the air was heard in the Infinite Hell. From the hole in the top wall of the Infinite Hell, a figure fell rapidly from the sky and landed on top of a cage at the edge of the open space.
Suddenly entering this dim place from a bright place, Tsuchikuni Yoshiichi couldn't help but squint his eyes slightly, but in the blink of an eye, his vision became clear again. Even in such an environment, Tsuchikuni Yoshiichi could clearly see the surrounding environment.
The corpses scattered all over the ground in the infinite hell and the strong smell of blood in the air made Jigoku Yoshiichi frown slightly, and his eyes quickly fell on the girl in pink skirt in the open space not far away. Feeling the powerful and fierce aura from the girl, Jigoku Yoshiichi's face couldn't help but reveal a bit of solemnity.
"Why did you come along?"
"The person has clearly been rescued."
"Haha. Are you trying to kill me?"
Tsugakuin Yoriichi's arrival had obviously caught the girl's attention. Stussy said as she slowly turned to face Tsugakuin Yoriichi and asked him.
Her face was a sickly pale color, and when she grinned, two sharp white fangs were revealed at the corners of her mouth.
Stussy's ears turned into a pair of pointed animal ears, her white top was removed, revealing a pink dress. Stussy stood barefoot on the cold ground, looking at Tsugakuin Yoshiichi without any fear in her eyes.
"The blood in the corpse has been drained by some force."
"It should be directly related to the increased aura of this CP0 in front of me."
"Is the bloodsucking increased?"
"Is it a devil fruit ability?"
Ji Guoyuan looked at Stussy's current appearance without saying a word. He looked at her carefully and slowly moved the long sword in his hand in front of him.
The swordsman's instinct told Yoriichi Tsugikuni that the woman in front of him posed a threat to him.
"Why don't you speak?"
“Answer me!!!”
Stussy's first sentence was sweet and tender, but in the next sentence, she suddenly opened her mouth and let out a terrifying scream.
A loud noise suddenly reached the ears of Yoshikazu Tsugakuni, and a terrifying aura burst out from Stussy's body, forming a strong hurricane in this infinite hell.
The moment Ji Guoyuan heard the other party's scream, he felt a slight swelling pain in his head. The moment the other party burst out with momentum, Ji Guoyuan leaped up and raised his knife to slash at Stussy's position.
Although he didn't know what the other party had done in the Infinite Hell, Yuichiro Tsugikuni knew one thing - it's better to strike first!
“Bang!!!”
When Tsugakuya Yoshiichi attacked, a terrifying sonic boom suddenly sounded in the open space. Stussy's figure suddenly turned into a shadow and disappeared in front of Tsugakuya Yoshiichi. The long sword flew past the shadow and missed.
"Hehehe"
“Hahahahahaha!”
"See? Even Kuma has appeared. This is my current power."
"Tsugikoku Yoriichi, it's great that you can catch up!"
"This place will become your grave!"
Stussy's voice came from mid-air. Ji Guoyuan raised his head slightly and looked in the direction of Stussy, and found that a pair of small bat wings had grown on Stussy's back. When the two bat wings were fully spread out, they were only about three meters long.
Around Stussy, black flames were like ribbons, passing through her armpits and forming a circle of flames on her back.
That posture was clearly the appearance of an awakened animal-type devil fruit. However, looking at the changes in Stussy's body shape, Jigoku Yoshiichi was more inclined to believe that the other party had awakened the ability of a mythical beast-type devil fruit.
Because he had never heard of any "animal" that looked like Stussy now.
"Kuma?"
"What is that?"
From Stussy's words, Tsugikoku Yoshiichi also heard a new word. He didn't know what the "Kuma" in Stussy's mouth meant.
However, there was no chance for Yuichi Tsuchiya to think about it. Suddenly, a sonic boom was heard in the air. In the blink of an eye, a black shadow suddenly disappeared from the air. At the same time, a white hand quickly stretched out from in front of Yuichi Tsuchiya and pointed directly at Yuichi Tsuchiya's heart.
The speed is so fast that people can't react in time.
"The speed has increased countless times!"
At the moment when Stussy attacked, Tsugakuin Yoshiichi's body subconsciously made a defensive gesture with the sword across his body. This thought flashed through his mind, and a huge force was suddenly transmitted to Tsugakuin Yoshiichi.
“Huahua——”
Ji Guoyuan flew backward, and his boots plowed two long cracks in the ground.
“Bang!!!”
In a blink of an eye, Jiguo Yuanyi was knocked back dozens of meters, and his body hit the rock wall of the cage directly. After shattering several closely connected rock walls, Jiguo Yuanyi's figure finally stopped smoothly. The splashing gravel and dust quickly buried Jiguo Yuanyi.
After repelling Yuichiro Tsuchikuni with one blow, Stussy's face no longer showed any joy. She stood where Yuichiro Tsuchikuni had just stood, and looked at her palm with a look of surprise.
There was a huge bloody wound on her white palm, spreading from the side of the base of her index finger to her wrist. The burning pain coming from the wound made her calm down.
Stussy originally thought that after sucking so much blood, she could easily kill Tsugakuin Yoshiichi with a flip of her palm. However, when the attack just now hit Tsugakuin Yoshiichi, Stussy could clearly feel that her attack was blocked.
The bloodstain on the palm is proof.
Even with such powerful strength, there was no way to kill Tsugakuin Yoshiichi with one blow. Stussy had no way of imagining how powerful Tsugakuin Yoshiichi was.
Although she successfully knocked Yuichiro Tsugakuin away, Stussy knew very well that for a strong man like Yuichiro Tsugakuin, knocking him away was nothing.
“Hua La La—”
Sure enough, just as Stussy was thinking this, a slight sound was heard in the smoke in the distance.
"This guy..." Stussy's face was full of solemnity, and there was no joy on her face anymore.
In the smoke and dust, Ji Guoyuan stood up straight, and dirt and gravel slid down from his clothes, making some noise when they landed on the ground.
"I haven't felt this way in a long time."
"The last time I felt this kind of tension fighting others was when I was in the Holy Land."
Ji Guoyuan gently brushed off the dust on his body with his left hand, and slowly walked out of the smoke and dust while speaking.
Seeing that Yuichiro Tsugakuten appeared in her sight again, Stussy couldn't help but her pupils shrink slightly. Stussy noticed that Yuichiro Tsugakuten showed no signs of injury except that his clothes were a little dirty, and she couldn't help but feel a little depressed.
The terrifying power temporarily gained by slaughtering the prisoners and jailers of the three levels of hell was actually unable to cause any harm to Tsugikuni Yoriichi?!
Such an outrageous thing happened right in front of Stussy, and the red-haired young man in front of her made Stussy's heart sink to the bottom.
"It just so happens that I also want to find someone to test the power I have now."
"CP0, I hope you can maintain this state."
Gaining immense power in a short period of time often comes with enormous risks. Tsugikoku Yoshiichi could sense that the opponent's momentum had weakened after the blow.
As Tsugakuin Yoshiichi was speaking, he moved his mind and used the power of his devil fruit. The red markings on his forehead were covered by a few golden feathers. In the darkness, Tsugakuin Yoshiichi's eyes also turned golden, and he looked at Stussy not far away with burning eyes.
A pair of phoenix wings grew out from Tsugakuni Yoriichi's back, and golden flames were faintly visible on the wings. Compared to when Tsugakuni Yoriichi used the Devil Fruit on the island of Tamami-no-Tsugaru, the form of his Devil Fruit had changed again when he used it again.
His body exuded a sense of power, and in a semi-beastial state, a feeling of "omnipotence" emerged in Tsugikoku Yoshiichi's heart. That feeling could easily make people lost.
"This is what it looks like"
"The power of a devil fruit!"
"The information is correct. Tsugikuni Yoriichi has indeed eaten the Devil Fruit and become a special ability user."
"This looks like a mythical beast-type devil fruit!"
Stussy's eyes quickly examined Tsugikoku Yoshiichi, and she immediately formed a judgment in her mind. Facing Tsugikoku Yoshiichi, whose form had changed slightly, Stussy did not hesitate at all. Her body suddenly turned into a shadow and disappeared from Tsugikoku Yoshiichi's sight.
"call out--"
The sonic boom sounded again in the silent infinite hell. The next moment, Stussy suddenly appeared beside Tsugakuin Yoshiichi and stabbed Tsugakuin Yoshiichi's temples one by one.
However, facing Stussy's attack, Tsugikoku Yoshiichi just turned his head slightly and showed no intention of dodging.
The next moment, Stussy's fingers actually sank directly into Jiguo Yuanyi's temple. But the strange thing was that when Stussy's fingers sank into Jiguo Yuanyi's temple, there was no feeling of piercing the skull.
At the location of Ji Guoyuan's temple, golden flames were flowing.
Looking at the scene in front of her, Stussy's pupils shrank slightly, and at this moment, Ji Guoyuan swung the long sword in his hand, and golden flames quickly covered the long sword, and slashed directly at her chest.
Stussy reacted quickly, retracted her fingers, spread her wings and quickly retreated backwards. However, she was still a little slow. Although she avoided the fatal injury, the tip of Tsugikuni Yoshiichi's knife still passed through Stussy's chest.
The pink skirt in front of her chest was torn, leaving a four or five centimeter long wound on Stussy's chest. At the same time, the golden flames also stained Stussy's skin.
Stussy, who was flying back, saw the golden flames on her fingers and chest, and her eyes showed a hint of scrutiny.
Very strange.
No burning sensation.
Although she didn't feel any pain, Stussy could clearly see the flesh and bones on her fingers and chest being burned and melted by the golden flames.
Without any hesitation, Stussy quickly pulled out a lady's fan from her waist, and then quickly cut off a piece of flesh from her chest. At the same time, Stussy decisively cut off her fingers that were stained with golden flames.
As the golden flame was peeled off from Stussy's body, it fell to the ground and was still burning, but the fire did not spread.
The black flames surrounding her body "caressed" Stussy's wound, and the wound began to slowly heal.
Stussy couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and looked up at Yoriichi Tsugikuni, who was looking at her with a scrutinizing expression and did not continue to chase her.
"The power of the Mythical Beast Devil Fruit."
"Why is there an effect similar to a Nature-type Devil Fruit?!"
"It looks like a Phoenix user, but it's definitely different!"
Stussy did not act rashly. At this moment, her heart was full of doubts, and she was secretly analyzing the devil fruit ability of Yoriichi Tsugikuni.
And Tsugikuni Yoshiichi didn't seem to be in a hurry. He looked at Stussy who had recovered from her injuries, and then looked at the golden flames still burning on the ground, and a look of understanding appeared in his eyes.
After a long while, when Ji Guoyuan saw that Stussy didn't seem to want to continue attacking, he held the long sword horizontally in his hand and said with a smile:
"You don't seem to have any intention of continuing the attack?"
"Then let me do it!"
As he spoke, Ji Guoyuan spread the phoenix wings on his back, and golden flames suddenly shot out, instantly illuminating the entire layer of Infinite Hell. The golden flames instantly covered the entire layer of Infinite Hell, turning the Infinite Hell into a golden sea of fire. The next second, golden flames rushed towards Stusi in the center from all directions.
(End of this chapter)
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