[Mythical Zoan Nine-Tailed Fox Fruit] Secured! (Please Follow! Please Vote!)

[Mythical Zoan Nine-Tailed Fox Fruit] Secured! (Please Follow! Please Vote!)

Infinite Hell was engulfed in ceaseless cannon fire, the thunderous blasts echoing without end.

Yet Catarina Devon, separated from Storm by only a single set of bars, still heard every word he said clearly.

"You want my [Nine-Tailed Fox Fruit]? Muruhuhu!"

Catarina Devon let out a witch-like cackle.

"Then come and take it!"

The instant her words fell—

The Clay White Snakes had already slithered into the cell.

Catarina Devon sprang from the spot, twisting and rolling nimbly several times through the air.

Like an acrobat performing in a circus, she effortlessly evaded the attacks of the Clay White Snakes.

A pair of Seastone shackles still bound Catarina Devon's wrists.

Yet those shackles barely restricted her at all and did nothing to hinder her mobility.

Storm had already anticipated Catarina Devon's performance, so he was not particularly surprised.

Seastone did indeed possess an extremely powerful restraining effect on Devil Fruit Users.

But just how strong that restraint was varied from person to person.

Some Devil Fruit Users would go limp the moment they touched Seastone, unable to move at all like a puddle of mud;

Others could still leap about energetically even while wearing Seastone restraints, at most being unable to use their abilities.

Deep within the New World lay Wano Country.

The Beasts Pirates had even specifically built several "Seastone stadiums (crossed out)"—

Several Seastone prisons.

The prisoners in Udon Prison could still carry out their daily labor even while wearing Seastone shackles.

As the Devil Fruit User of the [Mythical Zoan Nine-Tailed Fox Fruit], Catarina Devon possessed exceptionally powerful physical abilities.

It was not impossible to understand that she could move freely despite wearing Seastone shackles...

However.

That did not affect Storm's next attack.

He did not have enough time to play any sort of "beast-taming game" with Catarina Devon!

Under Storm's mental command, the Clay White Snakes that had entered the cell swiftly gathered together.

Countless clumps of clay fused into a massive ball of clay, standing tall within the cell.

What the hell is that ball?!

The instant Catarina Devon landed, her beast-like eyes locked tightly onto the huge clay sphere.

Her combat instincts continuously sent her fatal warnings—

Danger! Danger! Danger!

Crack—crack crack—

Under Catarina Devon's watchful gaze, several fissures suddenly split open across the surface of the perfectly round clay ball.

If the clay spheres launched by the Clay Dragon Bullet outside possessed explosive power equivalent to [Death Blink], then the explosive power of this enormous clay sphere inside the cell was fully comparable to the Okama King's [Hell Blink]!

A famous saying flashed through Storm's mind—

All fear stemmed from insufficient firepower!

The next instant.

A violent shockwave erupted from within the clay sphere, immediately blasting the entire ball into fragments.

BOOOOOOM!!

An explosion far louder than the blasts nearby erupted within the cell.

Like an oversized bomb, the clay sphere's powerful explosive shockwave swept through the entire cell in an instant.

Catarina Devon could evade the Clay White Snakes, but there was no way she could evade an all-pervading explosive shockwave!

The moment the clay sphere detonated—

Catarina Devon bore the brunt of it, her entire body slammed directly into the cell wall by the terrifying shockwave.

The walls of Infinite Hell, which had stood for who knew how many years, were smashed into a human-shaped crater by Catarina Devon.

"Cough—blegh!"

Catarina Devon felt piercing pain erupt from every part of her body and involuntarily coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Crimson blood sprayed down like a fountain, leaving countless mottled stains across her tattered prison uniform.

"You bastard!"

Ignoring the agonizing pain wracking her body, Catarina Devon stared at Storm with both fury and fear in her eyes.

"You really intend to kill me!

"At Impel Down, aside from Magellan, no one has the authority to dispose of prisoners as they please!

"Not even Shiryu of the Rain!"

At that moment, Catarina Devon was truly afraid.

In terms of prisoner treatment alone.

Infinite Hell was unquestionably the best of Impel Down's "six levels of hell."

Only Newkama Land was more comfortable than Infinite Hell.

There were basically no "death-row prisoners" in Infinite Hell.

Once prisoners were thrown into Infinite Hell, only one fate awaited them—

To sit there and waste away until they died of old age!

But no matter what.

At least they could stay alive.

Catarina Devon could no longer remember how many years she had "lived" in Infinite Hell.

But if one could live, who would want to die?

Catarina Devon's string of words had completely exposed the panic and unease in her heart.

But Storm was utterly unmoved.

He only felt that the woman before him was even tougher than Shiryu of the Rain!

As expected of a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit User!

Storm once more manipulated the power of the [Clay Fruit].

He threw one large clay bomb after another into Catarina Devon's cell.

After the previous bombardment.

Storm had already confirmed the durability of Infinite Hell's cells.

They were definitely tougher than the prisoners!

That was enough.

Storm only wanted to blow Catarina Devon to death, not destroy Infinite Hell.

Without the slightest restraint, he detonated one massive clay bomb after another.

Thunderous explosions continuously erupted within the cell.

Amid the unending blasts, Catarina Devon's furious roars could also be heard.

They sounded like a beast caught in a trap, howling madly.

Hysterical, utterly deranged.

But as time passed.

The howls of the legendary "most vicious female pirate in history," the infamous "Hunter of the Crescent Moon"—

Catarina Devon—gradually weakened.

Storm hurled dozens upon dozens of large clay bombs into the cell.

The clay bombs had even peeled up a layer of the cell's floor.

Only then did his [Observation Haki] sense Catarina Devon's presence, which had gone from robust to nearly imperceptible.

As expected of a future member of the Blackbeard Pirates!

She managed to survive the survival-of-the-fittest slaughter in Infinite Hell.

Catarina Devon's strength must have ranked among the very best of all Infinite Hell prisoners!

Several thoughts flashed through Storm's mind.

Before the smoke in the cell had even cleared.

Storm stepped forward, his whole body turning fluid as he slipped directly into the cell.

The instant he appeared inside, a hand clamped around his ankle like an iron vise.

"You bastard..."

Storm looked down.

Catarina Devon, covered in blood and looking like a rag doll.

Was glaring at him with an expression of extreme hatred and despair.

"Even if I go to hell—"

Before Catarina Devon could finish delivering her final words.

Storm raised his fist without expression and brought it crashing down.

Crack!

A sharp sound of bone fracturing rang out.

The last light faded from Catarina Devon's vicious, venomous eyes.

Hunter of the Crescent Moon, dead!

"Hell is right here!"

A brand-new Big Trophy appeared before Storm.

[Diamond Trophy: Catarina Devon]

[Trophy Star Rating: ★★★★★★]

Unlike an ordinary [Diamond Trophy].

Every diamond on this six-star Big Trophy gleamed with a crimson, bloodlike hue, like precious blood diamonds.

Blood Diamond Trophy!

Death Trophy!

It had been mentioned before that a [Big Trophy] possessed the abilities of "wishing" and "adding points."

Under normal circumstances, the two could not be had together.

But a special [Death Trophy].

Could be used both to "add points" and to make "wishes"!

Time was limited, so Storm had no time to inspect the wish-granting effect of this special [Blood Diamond Trophy].

He controlled the clay and covered the entire cell.

At the same time, it concealed both him and Catarina Devon from view.

Storm took out a fruit he had prepared in advance, then aimed the [Demon Ring] at Catarina Devon's heart.

With the experience from his previous "Devil Fruit Rebirth Experiment."

Storm could now use the [Demon Ring] to extract the power of another Devil Fruit without first transferring the power of the [Clay Fruit].

Storm first used the [Demon Ring] to draw out the Devil Fruit power within Catarina Devon.

Then, he guided that power into the fruit in his hand.

As time passed.

The fruit in Storm's hand underwent an exceptionally strange transformation.

A brilliant golden color replaced its original hue.

Strange tail-like flesh slowly sprouted from the bottom of the fruit, propping it up like a stand.

On closer inspection, it looked as though the fruit had grown nine fox tails.

[Zoan-Dog Fruit Zoan-Tailed Fox Form]!

At last, he had obtained this target Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit.

A flash of delight crossed Storm's face.

He set the [Nine-Tails Fox Fruit] on his shoulder.

The Little White Dragon, which had silently followed at his side all this time, rippled along its belly and "swallowed" the fruit inside.

This [Nine-Tails Fox Fruit].

Together with the earlier [Chameleon Fruit].

Meant that the Little White Dragon's round belly now held two Zoan Devil Fruits.

Storm dismissed the clay barrier and was just about to rush toward his next target.

When the Okama King's urgent warning came through his Den Den Mushi.

"Magellan and Shiryu have already dealt with that 'impostor' in Crimson Lotus Hell!

"They've both discovered the abnormal situation in Infinite Hell too!

"They're heading your way now!"

Storm fell silent for a moment.

"Then you can begin acting as well."

"Hey! Teach—"

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