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Chapter 101: Devil vs Dragon!

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After multiple Cero blasts, his heart was pulverized, joining the ranks of the other legendary pirates who had fallen before Ian, becoming yet another soul to fuel his power.

With that, the entirety of Level Six, the Eternal Hell, and even the prisoners of Levels Three, Four, and Five – the Starvation Hell, the Blazing Hell, and the Frozen Hell – had been eradicated by Ian's hand. Only one remained, a snarling, bristling old lion, standing defiant amidst the carnage.

"Do you think that question still needs answering?" Ian asked, his voice cold as he fixed his gaze on Shiki, the Golden Lion. Regardless of the consequences, Shiki's fate was sealed.

"Aaargh!" A scream tore through the air, followed by the flickering black light emanating from Ian's fingertips. The last of the legendary pirates in the Eternal Hell fell.

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Suddenly, the ceiling of Level Six shattered with an earth-shattering roar, a massive hole ripped open by brute force, revealing a towering figure and a booming voice.

"Yo, Black-Winged Devil! Finally found you! How's my partner doing down there? And that old lion, too. I figured I'd ask after him, seeing as we were crewmates once."

But upon entering the Eternal Hell, the scene that greeted Kaido sent a shiver down his spine. The entire level was a gruesome spectacle of carnage, a sea of blood and corpses, the stench of death thick in the air. Words could scarcely describe the horror.

And at the center of this macabre tableau stood Ian, alone, like a blood-soaked Asura risen from the depths of hell, his presence radiating an aura of terrifying power. No, he was a Devil.

"It seems I don't need an answer either. You've shattered my dream of an all-Zoan crew, Devil!"

A glint flashed in Ian's eyes. He clenched his fist, and in a blink, he vanished, reappearing instantly before Kaido, having crossed the vast distance in the blink of an eye.

Kaido, his massive, muscular torso bare, towered over even Big Mom and Whitebeard. His bulging muscles rippled with explosive power, his very presence like a mountain. He roared as Ian appeared before him, unleashing a devastating punch without hesitation.

Kaido's colossal fist, coated in Busoshoku Haki, hurtled towards Ian with crushing force, the wind pressure alone enough to send tremors through the air. Ian, unflinching, met the attack head-on.

Fist against fist. He planted his right foot firmly, sending tremors through the Eternal Hell, and unleashed his own punch, wreathed in lightning, explosive force, and razor-sharp energy.

While smaller than Kaido's fist, it lacked none of its power. He had absorbed the souls of Douglas Bullet and Byrnndi World, gaining access to the incredibly potent Gasha Gasha no Mi and More More no Mi.

While the More More no Mi could amplify a user's power a hundredfold, at their level of strength, even a thousandfold increase was negligible. It was similar to his own template fusion; the further he progressed, the more souls he required.

Eventually, the amount of souls that once granted a 10% increase wouldn't even yield 1%. At their level, even the slightest difference in power was a chasm.

Otherwise, how could Bullet's amplified cannonball be sliced in half by Mihawk? Bullet was already stronger than Luffy in his base form, so why was his amplified form no match for Mihawk's burst of power, succumbing to plot armor in the world?