The Journey of Freedom After the Awakening of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit

"puff!"

The powerful shockwave of the Ryuo Haki instantly pierced through the warden's internal organs, causing him to cough up blood.

At the same time, the prison guards who were attacked leaned forward and fell downward.

Just then.

"call out!"

"puff!"

The shadow needle that Moria had previously deflected drew a straight line diagonally upwards and instantly pierced through the warden's heart and body.

"puff!"

It wasn't over yet. In that instant, the tall girl Helen gripped a knife in her right hand and plunged it straight into the prison warden's body, following the wound inflicted by the shadow needle attack.

In an instant, the petrification curse was activated, and countless black runes emerged from the girl's blade, wrapping around the warden like a rice dumpling.

"Swoosh!" The girl Helen quickly drew her sword back into its sheath, stood up, and jumped back two steps.

The warden, whose body was petrified and unable to move, collapsed to the ground.

"Bang! Bang bang... Bang!"

The warden, with his left arm raised to his temple, rolled a few times on the ground, making a clattering sound like a stone.

When masters clash, every move can be fatal.

Especially when someone stronger than you attacks you, and it's not just one or two, but three of them, they basically won't give you a chance to dodge.

To survive this combination of attacks, besides having unparalleled speed, one must also have extremely strong defense.

Unfortunately, the warden of prisons hasn't achieved either of those things.

Therefore, facing the combined attack of Moria, the World Destroyer, and the girl Helen, he didn't last even a second.

Yes, the combined attack just now, although it seemed like several moves had passed, was actually completed in just one second.

Otherwise, the warden wouldn't have been defeated before he could even change his expression.

Retracting the Shadow Needle, Moria had a thought and manipulated the shadow to merge into the warden's shadow, initiating the Shadow Slave Transformation.

The warden, petrified, had his blood stop flowing like stone; his body was slowly dying, and his consciousness was gradually dissipating.

Therefore, Moria's transformation into a shadow slave went smoothly, succeeding in just seven seconds.

"Alright, let's break free from the petrification curse and welcome our new companions!" Moria walked up to the warden and smiled at the girl standing to the side.

Helen stepped forward, tilted her head slightly, glanced down at the shadow at Moria's feet, said nothing, drew her long sword, and pointed the tip at the warden's chest.

Instantly, countless black runes flowed back from the warden's body onto the blade.

Helen drew her sword and sheathed it, but did not step back. She stood a step ahead of Moria, watching the warden with a warden's watchful eye.

“Don’t worry, he’s already one of my men!” Moria said with a smile.

Helen turned and glanced at Moria, saying nothing and not backing away.

Moria didn't speak, but looked at the warden.

The warden, now back to normal, struggled to his feet, but with his heart pierced, he was powerless and could only kneel on one knee in front of Moria. His expression was somewhat complicated, but he quickly regained his composure.

"Master!" Unlike Bondiwald, the prison warden quickly accepted his change of status after being enslaved, and his address of "master" came naturally.

"This is..." Helen frowned slightly upon seeing this, but quickly relaxed and smiled.

"Are you scared?" Moria smiled and patted the girl Helen's shoulder as he asked.

Feeling several rough fingers pressing against her smooth skin, the girl turned around and glanced at the large hand on her shoulder, then looked up at Moria and laughed, "If you're not afraid, why should I be!"

Moria laughed, said nothing, and withdrew his hand from the girl's shoulder.

Moria understood what the girl Helen meant. Both of their Devil Fruit abilities were terrifying. Since Moria wasn't afraid of her, was willing to save her, and hadn't yet turned her into a shadow slave, she naturally wouldn't be afraid. She trusted Moria.

At this moment, Helen truly became Moria's companion, just like Hera and Perona, a true companion, a true member of the Shadow Emperor Pirates, not a shadow slave but a companion.

With a thought, Moria manipulated his shadow to infuse the warden with life force, helping him recover from his injuries.

Then Moria lightly stomped his foot twice, and a shadow servant emerged from the shadow beneath him.

Moria asked, "How much time has passed since I destroyed the power room?"

The shadow servant replied, "Twenty-nine minutes have passed, Master."

Moria waved his hand, sending the Shadow Servant back to the Shadow Space, and pondered.

Almost half an hour later, the Navy will most likely have already discovered the anomaly in Impel Down.

If we continue to expand our Shadow Servant force to the fifth floor, we will definitely be blocked by the Navy's reinforcements.

Moria himself didn't care; he could leave at any time.

Helen, the girl, Bondiwald, and the San Juan wolf are in trouble.

Especially the young girl Helen, a woman who can be frozen by the World Government. If she is found to have escaped, the Navy's reinforcements will likely prioritize dealing with her and not let her leave alive.

Thinking of this, Moria instructed the three girls, Helen and the others, "You go through the passage of that big fat man. I'm going to another place. We'll meet up outside Impel Down then."

Moriah had barely finished speaking when Helen and the other two hadn't yet responded.

Boom!

A loud bang was heard, and the entire Impel Down shook.

"It seems to be coming from that fat man's cell!" The girl, Helen, frowned.

Moria remained silent for a moment, and since he didn't hear the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, he guessed that it probably wasn't the hungry wolf from St. Lake An falling back into the cell.

"Then the upward passage must have been blocked, and San Juan Wolf must have cleared it!"

Moria thought to himself that Helen and the other two should continue to leave through the passageway of the San Juan Wolf's prison.

Because leaving from there is the fastest way.

"Okay!" The three nodded and ran towards the Hungry Wolf's cell at Holy Lake An.

After the three left, Moria had a sudden thought and switched places with a shadow dragonfly before leaving.

When he reappeared, Moria was in a room filled with weapons on the first basement level of Impel Down.

The weapons in this room were the same weapons the prisoners had when they were outside Impel Down. After they were captured, these weapons were also sent to this room and locked up.

Yes, they are locked up.

I don't know which idiot in the World Government came up with the idea that not only are those who have committed heinous crimes guilty, but also the weapons and swords that have followed their masters in countless killings are guilty and need to be imprisoned in Impel Down.

As a result, the Golden Lion who escaped from Impel Down brought his two famous swords with him.

Now, Moria has also left with Wang Zhi, Silver Axe, and the weapons of the Red Earl and others.

"What a bizarre idea!"

"They probably thought no one could escape from Impel Down."

Moria thought to himself, looking at the weapons on display, and without even choosing one, he simply put all the weapons in the room into his shadow space and took them away.

……

"what happened?"

At the entrance to the passage from the fifth to the sixth floor, Magellan and the warden questioned the sudden loud noise and shaking.

The soldiers steadied themselves, looked around, and were unsure of what had happened.

"Brubrub!"

Just then, Magellan's Den Den Mushi rang.

Magellan took out a Den Den Mushi from his bag and answered the call.

"Deputy Director, the stone door to the fourth level, passage number zero, has been blasted open, and the massive warship, the San Juan Wolf, is crawling out of the passage and is climbing up to the next level."

"What!!!" Magellan's heart stopped, then his expression changed, and he was about to go to the fourth floor.

The warden stopped Maizeren and said in a deep voice, "You stay here and guard the place. I'll go upstairs."

With that, the warden ran toward the entrance to the fourth floor.

Maizeren's expression was uncertain, but he ultimately chose to remain where he was, ready to assist the warden at any time.

He was unaware that the warden had already been defeated and become Moria's shadow slave.

On the fourth level of the prison, San Juan Wolf crawled out of the Zero Passage, walked through a hundred-meter-long corridor, and then continued climbing upwards.

This zero-channel is shaped like two "7" head bars stacked together on the fourth layer.

The passageway marked by the horizontal bar was originally blocked by a massive stone gate, but it has now been blasted apart by San Juan Wolf.

The loud noise that shook the entire Impel Down was caused by San Juan Wolf smashing through the stone gate.

As the warden headed towards the zero-bar passage on the fourth floor, Helen and her two companions were also flying upwards through the zero-bar passage.

As luck would have it, just as the warden arrived at the fourth-floor walkway, Helen and her two companions emerged from the passageway.

"Chief!!!"

The warden, who was running towards them, immediately spotted the prison warden, who was standing two steps behind the girl Helen.

What puzzled him was why the warden and the two prisoners from Impel Down seemed to be on friendly terms.

"Bah!"

Seeing the warden rushing towards Helen, she turned to face him, flicked her thumb, drew her knife an inch, and reached out her right hand to grip the hilt, ready to fight.

"I'll do it!"

Suddenly, the prison guard stepped forward and ran towards the warden.

Helen gently raised her left hand, pulling the knife back into its sheath.

“Signature…”

The warden, who was rushing over, saw the director running towards him. Before he could even greet him happily, his expression changed, and he drew his knife and held it horizontally in front of his chest.

"Clang!"

"boom!"