Chapter 182: Impel Down Broken
"Now then, as repayment for saving you, you are all now Crewmates of the Rocks Pirates. If anyone is unconvinced, you can challenge our Captain. As long as you win, you can leave."
Hades looked around, joking.
This earned him a chorus of glares.
What kind of joke was that? How could they possibly be a match for Rocks?
Even "King of Hell" Blazer didn't have such a thought.
The Fleet Admiral Black who once captured him was even beaten to death.
He knew his own situation best.
Purely based on Strength, even as a Sea Overlord himself, he was absolutely no match compared to Rocks D.
Xebec.
The reason he could achieve such a powerful record was mainly due to his Undead Legion.
The vast majority of the Undead Legion were created from Corpses.
The Corpse of a stronger Strongman resulted in a stronger undead being.
The Bodies of these Strongmen had already undergone tempering with Haki.
In his Era, he was the only Sea Overlord.
After his downfall, there were four Hegemon-level Great Pirates on the Great Sea.
Rocks defeated them one by one and subdued them.
Without absolute Strength, he would have been unable to do that.
What about joining the Rocks Pirates? For an old guy like him, gaining freedom was already a very good outcome.
As Blazer, who had survived to become a Hegemon, he didn't have such strong ambition either.
He was also somewhat looking forward to the Rocks Pirates.
He had heard the name of that junior, "Rocks D. Xebec," more than once in this Hell.
"Let's go then. First, let's go to the Fourth Level to recover our condition."
Hades said, leaping lightly.
His figure continuously ascended, passing through the pit and entering the Fifth Level, the Extreme Cold Hell.
Impel Down's Warehouse was located on the Fourth Level, storing a good amount of Supplies, enough for these Criminals to recover some of their Stamina first.
Kosa followed closely.
With terrifying Explosive Power, purely relying on Strength, he leaped out of the Infinite Hell.
Other Pirates used their various methods.
Some left through the pit, while others went directly to the Passage connecting the Infinite Hell and the Extreme Cold Hell.
Arriving at the Extreme Cold Hell, Chief Guard Scott was already severely injured.
He watched helplessly as one vicious Criminal after another escaped from the Infinite Hell.
The weakness he inadvertently revealed became his Grim Reaper's Scythe.
The Bones in his right arm were completely shattered.
Byrnndi World seized the opportunity and delivered a punch.
"Momo: Hundredfold Speed!"
"Momo: Hundredfold Power!"
"Momo Double Haki!"
Seeing that Hades had already rescued the target, Byrnndi World didn't want to drag it out for too long.
He unleashed terrifying Strength, and a fearsome aura condensed onto his Fist.
With extreme Destructive Power, Scott's body simply couldn't keep up with Byrnndi World's speed.
Before he could make any movement, a punch landed squarely on his chest.
His chest visibly caved in.
Not even Haki could defend against it.
A tyrannical punch, the terrifying impact engulfed his entire body, sending him flying thousands of meters away like a kite with a broken string.
Everything in its path was left in devastation.
Looking at Scott again, he had already lost signs of life.
Two of Impel Down's Three Pillars had already been lost.
Starting from the Sixth Level, the Infinite Hell, the Criminals on the Fifth Level, the Extreme Cold Hell, were also released.
The Pirates of this Era were far fewer than in the future, but those who could be held in the Extreme Cold Hell and still survive were considered Elite even among the regular members of the Rocks Pirates.
And in Impel Down's history, the largest Criminal breakout had begun.
Impel Down, known as the "Iron Wall," had been broken.
Or perhaps it couldn't be called an escape, because along the way, there were simply no forces capable of stopping them.
The Jailers were slaughtered.
The Criminals who had been imprisoned in the Darkness were craving slaughter, craving battle, craving to vent.
The only one still holding on was Warden Aises, who had turned the First Level into ruins.
In the battle against Rocks and the other two, Aises was absolutely under suppression, but the three of them also couldn't do anything to him.
Even Rocks had never faced such an enemy.
His stamina and injuries were all shared by numerous Criminals.
He had no scruples whatsoever.
Meanwhile, the Criminals still below had sensed that something was wrong and were following Hades and the others to the Fourth Level.
"Hurry and recover."
Hades glanced at these Criminals and, together with Byrnndi World, rushed towards the higher levels.
The great battle was still ongoing!
Hades and Byrnndi World observed from the shadows for a while, getting a general understanding of Aises's combat strength.
Although his ability was strange, Hades had a trump card in hand.
"I'll create an opportunity. You know what to do, Byrnndi World."
Hades instructed quietly.
Seeing the thing in Hades's hand, how could Byrnndi World not know? He nodded, his body already preparing to gather strength.
Facing the attack from three sides, without pain, without injury, and with endless stamina, Aises was still being beaten down, completely under suppression.
Rocks was already going all out.
Facing Aises, who was jointly restrained by Shiki and Titan, he had an excited smile on his face.
The Supreme Grade Great Sword "Shura," wreathed in black-red lightning, directly hit Aises's neck.
Normally, Aises would have been decapitated, but the damage from this strike had no effect at all.
To be precise, it was shared.
This made things difficult for those Impel Down Criminals.
Their necks instantly felt a surge of pain, and a cut appeared out of nowhere.
Pirates who possessed Armament Haki immediately used it to resist, but for those who didn't, well, sorry.
They were instantly decapitated.
How terrifying was Rocks's strike?
Even ten thousand people weren't enough to be killed by it.
As for these dead trash, the Rocks Pirates didn't need them anyway.
As for Aises, Rocks seemed to see him as a toy, someone he could freely play with.
Aises was fearless and was about to counterattack when a figure appeared beside him almost silently.
Titan reacted immediately.
With terrifying strength, he directly pinned down Aises's arms.
"Crack!"
A feeling of powerlessness instantly spread throughout his entire body.
Aises watched helplessly as Hades cuffed his hands with Seastone Handcuffs, completely unable to resist.
The ability he was maintaining was disappearing, being sealed.
A terrifying airwave struck him head-on.
A figure instantly appeared in front of him.
"Momo: Hundredfold Speed!"
"Momo: Hundredfold Power!"
"Momo Fivefold Haki!"
Byrnndi World's long-prepared punch was like a volcanic eruption, like crashing waves.
Hades and the others, not wanting to be affected, immediately dodged away.
This punch would affect even those within a hundred-meter radius.
For them, as long as they didn't directly face this punch, they would be fine.
Even Rocks had to admit the terror of Byrnndi World's burst of power.
This was truly a trump card, as long as it could hit.
Boom!
An earth-shattering punch.
The ground collapsed and crumbled, and the entire Impel Down erupted in violent tremors.
The terrifying impact caused by the fearsome punch pierced through the ground.
No, the entire Impel Down was pierced through.
An enormous deep pit, connecting Impel Down's First Level at the Sea Surface with the six levels below the Sea Surface.
As for Aises, he was a bloody mess.
His chest was almost pierced through, and one could even see his slowly beating heart.
At this moment, Aises had lost consciousness, lying spread-eagled, fallen into the Infinite Hell.
The incredibly strong impact triggered by Impel Down spread towards the surrounding Sea Area.
In the Netherworld-like Deep Sea, pairs of ferocious eyes opened.
The sleeping Sea Kings were completely awakened.
This was the Calm Belt, the habitat of the Sea Kings.
(end of chapter)