Black Flash

The Marines stationed here could not hold them off at all.

The two strongest Vice Admirals and several Rear Admirals had long since been sent by Kuzan to fight a bloody battle on Level 2, and they had already been dealt with.

Even with over three thousand Marines remaining, they were no match for them.

In just two hours, their defensive line was completely broken through.

Now, only a few of Impel Down's jailers, Deputy Chief Warden Hannyabal, and Vice Warden Domino were still holding their ground.

Yet facing the swarming criminals, they had already resigned themselves to death.

"Hahaha, Magellan, you bastard! I haven't even become Chief Warden of Impel Down yet, and you've gone ahead of me!"

"But don't worry, I'm coming to join you! I won't let them get their way!"

Amid their hoarse, furious roars, Hannyabal, Domino, and the others produced several Molotov cocktails and set themselves and the warships ablaze.

Even someone as afraid of death as Hannyabal chose, at that final critical moment, to burn away the criminals' hope.

He ended his own miserable life.

Hiss!

In the blink of an eye, three intact warships were engulfed in flames.

This sudden turn of events left Crescent Moon Hunter, Emporio Ivankov, and the other criminals pale-faced.

"Ah! What are you doing? Don't do anything rash! We can talk this out! Why the hell would you just set yourselves on fire? Fuck!"

"It's over... the warships are gone. What do we do now? Even if we fight our way through Impel Down, are we supposed to swim out?"

"Fuck! Stop standing around and put out the fire! Save one ship-even one will do!"

Big Barrel had stopped drinking now, too. He roared frantically and moved to put out the fire.

He hurled the liquor in his hand, which he had found somewhere, at one of the warships.

The others tried to stop him, but it was already too late.

The instant the liquor landed on the warship, even greater flames swept across the entire vessel.

"Uh!"

Silence fell over the scene, followed by an uproar.

"Don't you fucking know drinking screws things up? You goddamn bastard!"

"Yeah, you kept drinking all through the battle earlier. We've been sick of you for ages! Believe it or not, we'll throw you into the sea!"

Everyone cursed him furiously, and Big Barrel finally sobered up.

Wait, I was putting out the fire.

How did one throw turn into pouring fuel on it?

Well, he had drunk himself stupid.

"Hurry, stop making things worse! Lord Roy and the others might finish fighting soon. We have to save a warship as quickly as possible."

"Otherwise, once Marine Headquarters gets here, we're all finished!"

Fortunately, Emporio Ivankov stepped forward and quickly directed the criminals into action.

Everyone exchanged glances, but none complained.

After all, Emporio Ivankov and the others knew Roy. Starting another round of infighting now would be real trouble.

Soon, the group extinguished the flames with seawater.

Unfortunately, with the fire raging so fiercely, they ultimately saved only one warship, and its hull had a large hole in it.

Unwilling to give up, they could only find usable parts and do their best to piece them together and make repairs.

Rumble!

Just then, Impel Down shook violently again.

Two bolts of red and black lightning shot straight from the clash on Level 1 to the level at the sea's surface with terrifying force.

Even more outrageous was that this collision was clearly more terrifying than Bullet's earlier clash with his opponent.

Everyone's eyes filled with shock and disbelief.

What exactly was happening on Level 1 to unleash such terrifying power, enough to shatter Impel Down?

Meanwhile, on Undersea Level 1.

Red and black lightning intertwined and collided furiously. The terrifying shock waves forced Kuzan, Bullet, and the others back again and again, leaving them to watch from afar.

"Hey, hey, are these two seriously planning to smash Impel Down apart? That's way too crazy!"

"Heh, Roy, that old bastard Garp isn't easy to deal with. You'd better not lose."

"Mr. Garp... won't lose."

At the center of the battlefield, after two hours of fierce fighting, both men had long since fought themselves into a frenzy.

Both had been wounded.

But Roy possessed Reverse Cursed Technique, allowing his injuries to heal quickly, so he looked as though nothing had happened.

Even so, Roy's Two Shikigami had been utterly defeated by Garp and sealed away.

Still, by coordinating with his Shikigami, he had also left an extremely deep slashing wound across Garp's waist and abdomen.

He had inflicted it by seizing an opening and severely wounding Garp with Haki Slash: Dismantle.

He had intended to kill Garp with a single slash, but unsurprisingly, he had failed.

Garp's Armament Haki was truly terrifying. Getting hit not only hurt intensely but also caused both internal and external damage.

Just as Roy was about to cut Garp in half at the waist, Garp projected his Haki outward and forcibly shattered the slash.

By now, their clashes were growing increasingly terrifying.

"Garp, your Haki really is strong. Then try this move-let's clash again!"

"Black Flash!"

Roy laughed wildly, red and black lightning energy flashing around his fist. The surrounding space seemed to twist beneath this punch.

And that was indeed the case.

With this latest template upgrade, the ultimate killing move, Black Flash, had finally been unlocked.

Its greatest effect was to strengthen abilities without limit. It could replenish energy and shatter an opponent's energy replenishment.

Used in the world of pirates, this strike was every bit as powerful as a clash of Conqueror's Coating.

"Such terrifying power... could it be Conqueror's Haki?"

"If not, why do I feel this surge of dread and fear?"

Faced with Roy's move, Garp was exceedingly cautious.

He activated his Conqueror's Haki once more.

Black and red lightning split the earth and distorted their surroundings.

Bang! Bang!

Both men were top-tier fighters.

Even knowing how terrifying the other was, neither bothered testing the waters. They clashed directly without touching.

Boom!

The instant they collided, all the ground around them shattered and turned to ash.

Garp was utterly shocked. "Roy, this power of yours definitely isn't Conqueror's Coating! But why is it so similar to Conqueror's Coating? It even..."

"I actually feel my own strength being weakened?"

He had never expected Roy's power to work so similarly to Conqueror's Coating.

What horrified him even more was that Roy could weaken his stamina, his Haki, and even his Conqueror's Haki.

Even so, Garp's gaze turned utterly cold.

He abruptly increased his power, intending to crush Roy in one blow.

Only now did he truly understand why Kuzan had been so wary of Roy.

Bizarre slashes, two Shikigami, extraordinary learning ability, and a power even more inconceivable than Conqueror's Coating.

Someone like this must never be allowed to escape!

"Haha, Garp, today you're destined to fall at my hands!"

Roy laughed without answering Garp's questions.

What a joke. This was a unique killing move from the world of Jujutsu Kaisen. How could I possibly tell Garp the truth?

Facing Garp's steadily increasing power, his laughter grew even more unrestrained, and he abruptly surged the Cursed Energy within his body.

Boom!

The stalemate between them, maintained without contact, reversed in an instant.

Roy's Black Flash actually overwhelmed Garp's Conqueror's Coating head-on, and the terrifying attack slammed into Garp without holding anything back.

Boom!

With an explosive crash, Garp took a heavy blow.

His entire body smashed hard into the wall behind him, and the whole cell block of Impel Down shook violently.

Every powerful fighter present fell silent.

A power as terrifying as Conqueror's Coating had actually been broken head-on by Roy!

What kind of fucking joke was this?

But Roy did not stop. Instead, he formed a strange seal with both hands.

"As expected of Black Flash. One hit, and my stamina and Cursed Energy are both rising rapidly."

"But the world of pirates is full of monstrous physiques. Even several clashes of Conqueror's Coating might not kill someone. That old bastard Garp is probably only badly wounded. He won't die yet..."

His tone sank, then turned utterly cold.

"In that case, let Garp try the power of my domain."

"Domain Expansion: Malevolent Shrine!"

In an instant, chilling white bones suddenly emerged from the surrounding ground, then gradually gathered into a shrine.

Roy stood at the very center of the shrine.

Once the shrine had formed, everything within a two-hundred-meter radius turned dark red, with countless slashes roaming ceaselessly through it.