Who told him to become the Pirate King!

Chapter 13: The First Golden Cup! (Please continue reading!)

Does Hannibal's advice actually work?

It is currently unknown to Storm.

After a rather sumptuous lunch.

Having eaten and drunk his fill, Storm took the elevator to the second level of Impel Down.

A beastly hell!

Whether Hannibal can promote him is uncertain.

However, Magellan's "promotion and transfer order" was absolutely valid!

Storm is now the chief jailer of both the Crimson Hell and the Beast Hell.

His first task, naturally, was to beat (crossed out) —

Meet with your employees!

Unlike the Red Lotus Hell.

There are no natural landscapes in the Beast Hell.

All that exists here are densely packed cells, wide and towering corridors, and—

Endless roars and wails.

"Roar!"

"Awooooo—"

As soon as Storm stepped into the Beast Hell, he was met with a terrifying "sonic attack".

It's like being in a dark, gloomy tunnel in a hell of ferocious beasts, where a terrifying monster could leap out at any moment!

If an ordinary person were standing here, they would probably be terrified.

"It's so noisy..."

Storm picked at his ear and calmly set off for the jailer's cell in the Beast Hell.

He planned to retrieve a list of prisoners from the guards' quarters, containing information about the inmates in Beast Hell.

This will also facilitate the subsequent "Tournament Hunting Project".

But Strom had only taken a few steps.

A series of noisy footsteps came from the dark passage in the distance.

Accompanying this was a roar filled with anger.

"key!"

"Give me the key!"

Storm stopped, his brow furrowed, and he looked up at the surveillance Den Den Mushi in the corner.

A prisoner escape has occurred in Beast Hell?

But why is there no news from the monitoring room?

Storm prepared for battle and waited quietly for a moment, finally seeing the group of angry "escapees".

However, contrary to his expectations, the group of "escapees" were not prisoners in uniform.

Instead, they were a group of extremely ferocious, enormous lions with human faces!

Hell of ferocious beasts, prison, lion with human faces.

When Storm saw the Lion-man.

The group of human-faced lions also spotted him.

To be precise.

This group of human-faced lions had come here because they smelled the scent of strangers.

Upon seeing the "real deal," a group of human-faced lions immediately roared and charged forward.

The group of human-faced lions charged forward, roaring as they went.

However, the meaning of the roar was somewhat unclear.

"Boxer briefs, boxer briefs!"

"Loincloth, loincloth!"

They heard the roar of the lion-faced man.

Storm was immediately speechless.

"What kind of rubbish are these human-faced lions learning?!"

Although the lion-faced creature has a human face and can speak.

However, their intelligence level is only slightly better than that of the blue water monkeys in the Crimson Lotus Hell.

Lions can mimic human speech, but they have no idea what those words mean.

"A water monkey that can swim in the sea, a talking lion-faced creature..."

Storm stood still, gathering his strength, his body radiating a metallic black sheen.

"What kind of monsters and demons are these!"

"Iron block! Ha!"

The roaring lion-faced creature rapidly approached Storm.

Storm could even see his own reflection in the pupils of those lion-men!

Just then.

The fastest of the three-headed lions had already charged towards Storm.

It suddenly straightened its upper body, raised its lion paws, which were as big as palm fans, and slammed them down on the humans in front of it.

boom!

The lion's claws slammed heavily into Storm's body, producing a dull, resounding impact.

It was as if its claws were striking not human flesh and blood, but steel forged through countless hammer blows!

Click!

Accompanied by a crisp, pleasant sound of bone cracking.

The lion's paw of the leading lion-faced creature suddenly twisted into an unbelievable contortion.

"Aww!!"

The lion-faced creature let out a pained howl.

Ignoring the humans in front of it, it immediately lay down on the ground, struggling and howling incessantly.

A lion with a human face fell down.

More human-faced lions rushed forward.

however.

The human-faced lion is like a surging wave.

Storm is like a steadfast reef.

The waves surge and flow, the tides rise and fall, yet the reefs remain steadfast.

In less than a moment.

The group of man-faced lions that had just been so aggressive all lay down on the floor of the walkway.

Some of them had broken hand bones, and some had lost teeth, all of them howling in agony.

With the strength of the Lion-faced Man, there was no way to break through the [Iron Block]'s defense!

in contrast.

The harder the lion-faced man attacks, the more severely he is injured!

"I feel like the Lion-faced Man isn't any stronger than the Blue Gorilla..."

Storm ended the effect of [Iron Block] and tugged at his somewhat torn uniform.

Then he spread his five fingers, and clay gushed forth, shaping giant clay fists the size of millstones.

"A clay downpour!"

With a single grasp of his five fingers, Storm's giant clay fist landed with pinpoint accuracy on the heads of each of the lion-men.

Thump! Thump! Thump! ——

A unique sound effect, like hitting a watermelon, echoed continuously in the corridors of the Beast Hell.

Every lion-man who attacked was knocked unconscious on the spot by Storm.

[Silver Trophy: Lion-faced Man] *9

After subduing the group of lion-faced creatures, Storm looked again at the surveillance Den Den Mushi in the corner.

"The jailers of the beastly hell, come out and take in stray cats!"

Inside the cell next door.

None of the prisoners who had witnessed the entire battle dared to speak at this moment.

They didn't even dare to think about making a sound!

In Storm's eyes, the Lions were a bunch of "wildcats" that could be dealt with at will.

But in the eyes of the prisoners in the Beast Hell, any one of the lion-men is enough to threaten their lives!

As Storm's figure gradually disappeared into the dark passage, even the sound of his footsteps could no longer be heard.

Only the prisoners in the Beast Hell dared to speak.

"How terrifying! They took care of all the lion-faced creatures in an instant..."

"That's a jailer's uniform! A powerful new officer has arrived at the prison!"

"I still prefer the old Little Sadie..."

"As long as it's not Shiryu."

Among the prisoners, the name "Shiryu of the Rain" seemed to possess a unique magic.

The moment the name "Shiliu" was uttered, all the prisoners lost the will to speak.

In the end, only one "prison old man" let out a long sigh.

"This is hell..."

the other side.

Storm successfully obtained the list of prisoners from the guards' cell for Beast Hell.

In addition, he also obtained a map of the daily activities of the prison guards in the Beast Hell.

The map details the daily activity locations of the animal guards in the Beast Hell.

The guards also thoughtfully assigned a threat level to each animal inmate.

In the judgment of the jailers.

The lion-faced creature that Storm encountered earlier was merely the lowest-threat prison guard in the Beast Hell.

In addition, there are flying mantises, burrowing rats, big-mouthed hippos, puzzle scorpions, and other wild beasts in captivity.

Storm ignored the ordinary beasts in the prison and set his sights on the "Monster Boss" and the "Monster Number Two"—

Basilus, the Ceratosaurus!

The Sphinx, a beast with the body of a lion and the head of a human!

According to the jailers...

Among all the animal prisons in the Beast Hell, the Sphinx is the most powerful.

Even if you threw the Sphinx into the fifth level of the freezing hell, it would still qualify as a prison guard.

As long as the army wolves don't eat it.

"That doesn't sound very strong..."

Storm secretly grumbled to himself.

He carried the list of prisoners and a map of the prison guards' activities, and toured the Beast Hell.

Finally, we arrived at the staircase that connects the Beast Hell and the Hungry Hell.

Storm didn't want to delve into the lower levels of the starving hell.

He came here simply because the Sphinx was here too!

Blue gorillas and lions can only offer a silver trophy at most.

The Sphinx is the strongest prison guard that Storm can currently interact with normally.

He wanted to see just how powerful the Sphinx really was!

stairs.

A very large creature was crawling on the steps.

It has a lion-like body and a pair of light brown wings growing on its back.

Hell of Ferocious Beasts, the Prison, the Sphinx!

As Storm arrived at the stairs.

The Sphinx also sensed the presence of strangers.

It slowly stood up, revealing a huge, dark, human-like face.

"roar--"

The sphinx roared at the stranger.

It raised its enormous arm, as thick as several people could hug, and slapped it towards Storm.

【Moonwalk】!

Storm stomped heavily on the ground, then soared into the air like a bird, dodging the attack.

boom!

The sphinx's claws slammed into the ground, unleashing a deafening roar.

The ground of the entire Beast Hell seemed to tremble slightly from this slap.

"What amazing power!"

Storm nodded slightly.

"This slap could at least knock out a water monkey or a lion-faced man."

"No wonder the Sphinx became the 'boss' of the beast hell!"

Having missed its target, the Sphinx roared in fury once more.

"Hoo-"

But this time, Storm doesn't intend to go easy on them again.

He extended his right hand towards the Sphinx, unleashing the power of the Clay-Clay Fruit without reservation.

In a short time, white clay covered the entire entrance to the staircase.

pop- pop-

The Sphinx looked puzzled and patted the soft, white clay beneath it, but to no avail.

Trapped in a cage, completely unaware.

With a thought, Storm quickly split the white clay in two.

Part of it formed a huge white net, restricting the Sphinx's ability to move.

The other part formed enormous clay fists.

"Clay Meteor Fist!"

A barrage of massive clay fists rained down like a super meteor shower, bombarding the immobilized Sphinx.

Bang! Bang! Bang—

The inhumane beating lasted for several minutes.

Suddenly, a magnificent golden trophy appeared before Storm's eyes.

[Golden Trophy: Sphinx]

[Tournament Star Rating: ★★★★]

(End of this chapter)