Ye Mu vs. Sengoku (6)

"Ah... So hot... So hot..."

As cries of alarm rang out, the scorching sensation on their skin jolted the unconscious jailers, prisoners, and guards awake in panic.

After extinguishing the flames on their bodies and climbing from the boiling pools onto the surrounding ruins, they finally had time to look around and see what had happened.

What appeared before their eyes, however, was a scene utterly beyond imagination.

Towering flames filled their vision.

In the world before them, it seemed that everything within sight had burst into flames at that very moment.

The scorching heat melted the ice plain beneath their feet into a steaming ocean, while the sound of flowing water rang out everywhere.

"Huh!?"

They rubbed their eyes, seemingly wondering if they were dreaming.

From the Kuma-blazing forest in the distance, the surrounding prisons, and the bewildered prisoners and jailers beside them, it seemed they were still in Impel Down. They should have been in Level 5, Freezing Hell—but what was with these flames and this temperature?

Just then, an extremely gloomy voice came from behind them.

"Hey, you lot, don't block my view!"

The jailers and prisoners were all startled. When they turned around, they saw a prisoner in one of the cells glaring at them with a ferocious expression.

Anyone imprisoned in Level 5, Freezing Hell had a bounty of at least one hundred million.

They were on an entirely different level from pirates with bounties of only a few tens of millions.

At that moment, the prisoners and guards also noticed something.

"Hey, isn't that Admiral Sengoku!?"

"Golden Lion... It really is Golden Lion..."

"Thank goodness Admiral Sengoku is here. Along with the warden and the others, Golden Lion won't be able to escape..."

All the guards and jailers grew excited.

After all, judging from