'Rumble...'

  The massive elevator came to a halt on the fourth level, the Bzing Hell.

  Adrian, the deputy warden, raised an eyebrow, sensing an uling stillness.

  The silence was unusual. Normally, the cries and screams of prisoners uorture filled the depths of Impel Down, creating an atmosphere akin to hell itself.

  But noart from faint background here were no screams at all.

  As the elevator doors opehe se before him firmed his suspis.

  "What… how is this possible?!"

  Adrian’s pupils dited, his jaw dropped in shock, and his face paled as disbelief washed over him.

  Before him stood her prison guards nor inmates. Instead, the space was filled with a mass of winged, jet-bck metallic figures gleaming uhe dim light—'angels' in form, but twisted and dark like fallen angels from myth.

  Thousands of them stood in formation, their sheer numbers overwhelming and suffog.

  "Surprised?"

  A tall and imposing figure stepped forward—her than El, radiating a fiery aura of authority.

  Behind him were Gerd, the Jad Gace brothers, Uthan, Moss, and others, all exuding fidence as they stared at the deputy warden with predatrins.

  "You… this…"

  Adrian’s face was drenched in cold sweat as his gaze darted between El and the terrifying army. He stammered in anger and shock:

  "You’re the Fallen Angel… El? What are you doing here? Where is Warden Ian and the rest of the staff?!"

  The truth slowly dawned on him, dread creeping in as he realized what had happened.

  The infamous Impel Down, hailed for turies as an imperable fortress, had been infiltrated—no, quered—without the outside world or even the Navy notig.

  Not even the warships stationed outside had caught wind of it.

  "You’ve already figured it out, haven’t you?"

  El’s pierg gaze bore into Adrian’s soul as he smiled faintly, his words cutting like a bde.

  "Damn you—!"

  Adrian roared in fury, his blood boiling.

  With a thunderous step, his massive, three-meter frame vanished in a blur of motion as he charged at El.

  His iron-hard fist, gleaming bd blue, radiated immense power as he hurled a devastating punch.

  "Hardened Justice Fist!"

  But before Adrian’s attack could ect, El, as if predig his every move, met it head-on.

  His colossal fist, ed in bd red lightning from his queror’s Haki, tore through the air as it collided with Adrian’s.

  'BANG!'

  The two fists cshed like collidieors, unleashing a shockwave that tore through the area.

  Adrian’s face twisted in shock as his arm went numb, trembling violently uhe force.

  "Damn it…!"

  Overwhelmed, Adrian’s body was sent flying like a onball, smming through the elevator’s metal structure.

  'BOOM!'

  The massive elevator shattered, and Adrian’s battered form embedded itself into the wall.

  El, his expression cold and merciless, unfolded his dark wings.

  In an instant, his bzing aura vanished, and his figure seemed to dissolve into the shadows.

  Appearing like a phantom, he reemerged in the elevator shaft, his massive fist—shrouded in an intense queror’s Haki—hurtling down mercilessly at Adrian.

  'BOOM!'

  “AHHHHH!”

  'RUMBLE!'

  The massive explosion reverberated through Impel Down, causing the entire uer prison to shake violently.

  Cracks spread across the walls, deep and jagged, threatening to tear the structure apart entirely.

  "Hiss—"

  "Tsk! So this is the power of El-sama?"

  "One of the Hell’s Guards, the future warden of Impel Down, was crushed so easily!"

  "pletely outcssed—it was like watg a child fight an adult…"

  "As expected of El-sama!!!"

  The newly created 'Homies' of the angelic army and a handful of recruits chosen from Impel Down’s vast pool of prisoners stood awestruck.

  Their eyes widened, and they gasped in disbelief as they looked upon El’s t, anding figure.

  Reverence, awe, and urained admiration shone in their gazes.

  "Hey, El! Calm down!"

  Moss and the others, notig the widening cracks in the walls, called out in arm:

  "Don’t fet, we’re uer here!"

  They had no doubts about El’s strength.

  If he wanted, he could reduce Impel Down to rubble in an instant.

  "The deputy warden is a Hard-Hard Fruit user, after all. His defense is top-notch—I had to use a bit of force."

  Retrag his fist, El nontly tossed Adrian’s bloodied, unscious body like a ragdoll to Gerd.

  "Don’t worry, I held back. I won’t destroy the prison."

  He had no iion of pletely obliterating Impel Down.

  Even though it had been breached, the Wover might not abandon it. He could always return to harvest its resources again.

  "Heh, three more premium souls for the taking!"

  Gerd grinned, clearly satisfied.

  Not only Adrian, but also 'Blood Prison Ian', the former warden, and 'Sharktooth Buck', the chief jailer, had all had their souls mercilessly extracted by her.

  'ch… ch…'

  Nearby, Ryan’s uling ughter echoed.

  The stist opened his massive, grotesque mouth, swallowing the lifeless bodies whole to recover their Devil Fruit abilities.

  "Now, let’s finish off the Navy outside and leave."

  El’s eyes narrowed coldly as he issued the order.

  "I just received word from Streusen—several key isnds uhe Hell Trading pany have been exposed and discovered by the Wover."

  "I’ve heard that G-12 Fortress has already dispatched a fleet to attack. Although Hajrudin and his forces are holding them off, we ’t afford any further deys."

  Murderous i fred in El’s tone as he paused.

  "Those isnds are the core of our future 'Totto Land Kingdom'. We ot let them fall!"

  "It’s iable," muttered Sally, the Shapeshifting Witch, with a resigned sigh.

  "The telligeworks, developed over hundreds of years, have eyes and ears everywhere. They’ve infiltrated every er of the sea…"

  "Even though we were cautious at first, ohey began mobilizing their resources, it became nearly impossible to avoid dete."

  "It doesn’t matter," El said dismissively, waving off her s.

  "Let them discover what they want. There’s nothing to worry about anymore."

  His gaze turo Barry.

  "Open the Mirror World portal to the surface. Let’s deal with those outside swiftly—we’re not here to waste time on the Navy."

  At this point, only the intervention of the Five Elders could stop them.

  The Fallen Angel pirates had grown far beyond a mere band ues.

  "Heehee, leave those pests to me!" Gerd said fidently, standing tall.

  Ohey dealt with the naval forces outside, they would slip into the Mirror World ae with Linlin’s group to return to the New World.

  It was time to officially unch the long-prepared 'Totto Land Pn'.

  "Uood!"

  Bleam