A massive ice sphere, visually terrifying and overwhelmingly powerful.
With the size and movement speed of Magellan's Venom Demon, there was no way to evade—it could only endure the attack.
With a deafening crash, the ice sphere slammed into the Venom Demon, once again smashing it—and Magellan—into the walls. At that moment, the thick wall shattered completely!
Magellan, forced to take the full brunt of the attack, coughed up blood from the sheer impact.
"Let's move, everyone!"
Elior shouted. Bullet and the others exchanged glances, each revealing different degrees of shock at his raw power.
"Could this freezing ability be an even more advanced version of the Ice-Ice Fruit?"
Crocodile couldn't help but wonder aloud.
In this world, Devil Fruits had superior and inferior versions. For example, the Snow-Snow Fruit was considered a weaker counterpart to the Ice-Ice Fruit.
"This can't really be compared."
Elior shook his head. In truth, he believed the power of his Demon's Extract surpassed the Ice-Ice Fruit. Furthermore, he could now unleash an ability that froze space-time itself.
And most importantly—he was not a Devil Fruit user.
Of course, this was Elior's secret.
With Magellan no longer blocking their way, they quickly reached Level 3, where Shiryu retrieved his meito, Raiu.
The moment he grasped the sword, his aura intensified exponentially.
Ten minutes later, they arrived at the gates of Impel Down. The guards they had encountered along the way barely put up any resistance.
With a single punch, Bullet blasted the gate open.
Light instantly poured in.
"Is this... the sun?"
Bullet roared in exhilaration, inhaling deeply. "Fresh air! The outside world!"
After twenty years of imprisonment, seeing daylight again was an indescribable feeling—one Elior couldn't begin to comprehend.
"But how do we get out of here?"
Crocodile finally voiced the key issue. "There are no ships here."
Shiryu exhaled a plume of smoke from his cigar. "Normally, the only ships that come near Impel Down are those transporting prisoners or supplies. No vessels dock here. Instead, this entire region is swarming with Sea Kings. And not just any Sea Kings—this is their breeding ground."
The only reason the Golden Lion had managed to escape was because of his Float-Float Fruit—after all, he could fly.
"Do you hear that?"
Crocodile suddenly said. "Magellan's voice."
Sure enough, they could all hear the furious roars of Magellan in the distance. He was relentless—until he was physically incapable of standing, he wouldn't stop.
"There's always a way."
Without hesitation, Elior dragged the corpses of three slain jailers and tossed them into the sea.
The scent of blood immediately spread.
In an instant, a swarm of Sea Kings erupted from the depths.
Countless bloodthirsty eyes locked onto Elior and his group.
"Let's use them to escape."
Before anyone could react, Elior unleashed an overwhelming burst of Conqueror's Haki.
A crimson aura swept across the sea, covering a vast area. The sheer pressure alone distorted the air, while arcs of lightning crackled violently.
At that moment, Elior stood like a war god, exuding the presence of an unstoppable force.
Within seconds, nearly every Sea King rolled over, their eyes white from unconsciousness.
"Conqueror's Haki!"
The group was stunned, even Bullet—who himself possessed the qualifications of a king.
But Elior had already displayed the power to crush Magellan. Now, seeing his mastery over Conqueror's Haki, they couldn't help but be shocked.
Without hesitation, Elior jumped onto the head of a massive Sea King—one of the few that had remained conscious but was now trembling in fear.
"You understand me, don't you?"
Elior's gaze pierced into the beast's soul.
Creatures of this caliber could comprehend human speech, and more importantly, they feared overwhelming strength.
Elior's Haki alone had nearly scared it to death.
"Now this is interesting!"
Barrett and the others immediately understood his intention and leapt onto the massive beast as well.
Meanwhile, a heavily injured Magellan reached the shattered prison gates about ten seconds later.
Seeing the destroyed entrance, he felt a chill run down his spine. His entire body trembled.
In the distance, he spotted Elior and the others already riding a Sea King, over a hundred meters away from Impel Down.
Elior turned to face Magellan.
Raising his right hand, he channeled the full power of his Teigu and thrust his palm forward.
A shockwave of absolute zero spread outward—
In an instant, the ocean surface was frozen solid!
And this freezing ability—it was even more terrifying than Aokiji's Ice Age.
Unlike Aokiji's smooth ice, Elior's frozen sea was filled with massive jagged ice spikes, forming an entire frozen forest.
The ice spikes extended until they reached the shattered gates of Impel Down itself, forcing Magellan to retreat. The temperature around the prison plummeted by dozens of degrees, and half of Impel Down was frozen over.
Countless unfortunate Sea Kings were either crushed by the ice or frozen solid.
Three minutes later, the world had no choice but to accept the fact that a group of terrifying criminals had escaped.
"I failed in my duty..."
"A mysterious intruder, strong enough to crush me, has broken out the 'Demon Heir' Bullet, Shiryu of the Rain, and the former Shichibukai, Crocodile!"
Magellan's body trembled in helplessness.
Soon, the den den mushi in the fleet admiral's office at Marine Headquarters began to ring.
The world would soon learn of this catastrophe.