Welcome to Infinite Hell

This moment.

Zefa, Borsalino, Shiryu, and even Domino, who had been fiercely opposed to releasing the prisoners of Infinite Hell from the start, all turned their eyes to Rosen.

They all wanted to know what this man before them would ultimately decide.

Turn back.

Or step into hell.

"Hell?"

"Why don't I see it?"

Facing everyone's gazes, Rosen smiled. He took the list from Zefa, read every name from beginning to end, then returned it to Zefa and turned to meet Shiryu's teasing gaze.

"Perhaps our understanding of the word 'hell' was different from the start."

"In my eyes."

"This so-called Infinite Hell is merely a little wind and frost, no different from the wind and frost I saw earlier in Extreme Cold Hell."

As soon as he finished speaking.

A terrifying Crimson Glint suddenly showed in Rosen's eyes.

Amid peals of thunder and flashes of lightning, savage black-red lightning burst from all over his body, like a fearsome black dragon coiling around him and radiating endless pressure in every direction.

"Hm?"

"Why has my Conqueror's Haki suddenly improved so much?"

Rosen immediately noticed that his Conqueror's Haki had undergone some kind of change.

Very quickly, he understood why.

It was neither because of Qi Body Origin Flow nor Six Warehouses Immortal Thief. It was purely because his own spirit had grown stronger, causing a tangible improvement in his Conqueror's Haki.

Although Rosen immediately restrained his surging Conqueror's Haki and did not allow it to spread throughout the Fifth Layer of Impel Down or affect anyone, Borsalino, Zefa, and the others standing closest to him could still clearly feel an almost tangible pressure.

"His spirit has grown stronger?"

Zefa was the first to react.

Conqueror's Haki was the spirit of a king.

Before Rosen created the Haki cultivation method known as Qi Body Origin Flow, every king's Conqueror's Haki could only grow stronger alongside their spirit. It could not be cultivated at all.

"It has only been one day, yet he already seems like a completely different person."

"Compared to yesterday, the strength of his Conqueror's Haki has increased by more than double."

"Junior, you really are a monster."

Borsalino was slightly moved.

From Rosen awakening Conqueror's Haki, to mastering it freely, to entering the level of Intermediate Conqueror's Haki, Borsalino had witnessed the entire process. Naturally, he knew the level of his junior's Conqueror's Haki.

If Rosen's Conqueror's Haki yesterday was comparable to Donquixote Doflamingo's, then Rosen's Conqueror's Haki today was Katakuri's.

In a single day, he had become a completely different person.

"Conqueror's Haki!"

"And it's..."

"Conqueror's Haki Coating."

Shiryu's expression changed slightly. In particular, when he saw Rosen forcibly rein in his Conqueror's Haki just as it erupted, coating it around his body without allowing even a trace to leak out, he could no longer suppress his shock and cried out.

As the second-in-command of Impel Down, he knew very well that Conqueror's Haki, whether beginner or intermediate, was ultimately just that. It could only clear out fodder and was merely the qualification of a king.

But once someone mastered Conqueror's Haki Coating, the situation became entirely different.

No matter how weak their Conqueror's Haki was, as long as someone took a hit coated in it, even a pirate with a bounty exceeding a hundred million would still drop dead on the spot.

"Is he really just a new student at Navy School?"

Domino widened her eyes and stared fixedly at Rosen, her face full of lingering fear.

She did not understand Conqueror's Haki Coating, but she knew what Conqueror's Haki was.

Even though Rosen had controlled his suddenly strengthened Conqueror's Haki in time, facing it head-on had made her feel dizzy, as though she were suffocating, for an instant.

Seeing even Shiryu, who was normally so arrogant, cry out in shock at Rosen's display of Conqueror's Haki Coating, she could fully imagine how terrifying Rosen was.

"Sorry about that."

"My Conqueror's Haki suddenly improved."

"I nearly hurt all of you by accident."

After Rosen reined in the Conqueror's Haki that had abruptly grown stronger with his spirit, he first apologized to Zefa and the others. Then, under Shiryu's solemn gaze, he took the lead and walked toward the entrance to the Sixth Layer.

This was the first time since Rosen entered Impel Down that he had walked ahead of everyone else.

It was not that he had not dared to before. It was simply that before arriving at Impel Down, he had needed someone to guide him through the first five layers.

But now, there was no need.

The classroom for his fifth lesson was right in front of him.

"The wind and frost of Extreme Cold Hell?"

Domino watched Rosen's back. Thinking of the Conqueror's Haki that had seemed to roar at Infinite Hell just now, she couldn't help recalling this man's performance in the Fifth Layer's Extreme Cold Hell.

The overwhelming snow and ice had been unable to approach him in the slightest before his Outer Shell Still Blood Armor.

Perhaps it really was as Rosen had said.

Even Infinite Hell was merely a little wind and frost.

"Perhaps he really can do it."

"Something like breaking through Infinite Hell."

This thought suddenly surfaced in Domino's heart.

Even she found it unbelievable. That was something even a Navy Admiral might not be able to accomplish, yet for some incomprehensible reason, she chose to believe Rosen could do it.

"A new student has actually mastered Conqueror's Haki Coating."

"Truly unbelievable."

"Then let me see how you plan to scatter the wind and frost of Infinite Hell."

Shiryu pondered briefly, then grinned fiercely.

Originally, when he received Magellan's order to cooperate with Zefa and the others, he had felt immensely resistant.

With that time, he would rather kill a few prisoners to have some fun.

But after coming into contact with Rosen, that way of thinking changed.

The longer he spent with him, the less resistance he felt toward this mission.

Especially after facing Rosen's spirit and witnessing this man display Conqueror's Haki Coating, Shiryu no longer felt any resistance. All that remained was curiosity.

Whether Rosen was simply boasting or truly could break through Infinite Hell, once they reached the Sixth Layer, the truth would come and tell him itself.

"I suddenly feel that this mission accompanying my junior will be very exciting."

Borsalino suddenly said.

"Witnessing the rise of a new king."

"Watching a legend be born."

"Of course it will be exciting."

After saying that, Zefa stepped forward to catch up with Rosen.

"A new king?"

Borsalino savored the phrase, a smile called anticipation appearing on his face. Then he followed after the two of them.

Seeing this, Shiryu followed without a word.

Domino could only steel herself and follow Rosen and the others out of Extreme Cold Hell and into Infinite Hell.

The sound of a door opening rang out.

The gate leading to Infinite Hell had been pushed open.

"Oh? Are new cellmates coming?"

"Who could it be?"

"To come here and become our neighbor, they must have destroyed at least one or two countries!"

"No matter how glorious they were outside, from the moment they are sent here, even their names will be erased cleanly from history."

Hearing the door open and the Footsteps from the entrance, the prisoners confined within the sunless Infinite Hell all looked over.

There was curiosity, mockery, anticipation, and even gloating.

The pirates imprisoned here were already utterly vicious. Coupled with being kept year after year in this hell where no sunlight could reach, even a kindhearted person would be forcibly turned into a demon.

To them, their greatest amusement aside from the daily newspaper was seeing new neighbors arrive.

As the Footsteps drew closer and closer, several figures soon entered the prisoners' sight. Under the gazes of the gathered prisoners, they grinned fiercely and raised their arms high, like evil ghosts in hell welcoming new neighbors.

"Newcomers?"

"Welcome to Infinite Hell."