Under the gaze of all the prisoners still conscious in Infinite Hell, Nox's figure directly fell from the empty high altitude.
"Thump, thump, thump, thump..."
Suddenly, the originally noisy Infinite Hell fell almost completely silent, leaving only the sound of Nox's footsteps.
"Is this the World's Strongest Man and World's Greatest Swordsman? What terrifying might!"
"But I, Shiryu, wasn't scared into growing up!"
In this extremely silent environment, Shiryu's mad voice broke the silence!
"Yo hahahahaha, Shiryu, I advise you not to make a move, or you might lose your life!"
Shiryu was someone he favored, John didn't want Shiryu to die in vain.
At this moment, Shiryu was stimulated by Nox's absolute might. As a Swordsman's pride, or perhaps for his own pride, he absolutely could not admit defeat just because of Nox's name!
"Kill!"
The Raiu in his hand instantly unsheathed. The extreme killing intent and madness spurred Shiryu to slash towards Nox's head at extreme speed.
"A Swordsman who cannot control his Sword Intent, or is even backlashed by his own Sword Intent, is not qualified to challenge me!"
Nox said indifferently. He could tell Shiryu's current state at a glance. This was not something a normal Swordsman would exhibit. It could only be said that the current Shiryu was not a normal Swordsman.
Facing Shiryu's full-force strike, Nox merely naturally extended two fingers of his left hand. Under Shiryu's shocked gaze, his full-force strike was actually clamped by Nox's two fingers!
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
Seeing this scene, Shiryu couldn't believe it. His Raiu was actually clamped by someone using two fingers.
He had thought that even if he was inferior to Nox, even if he would lose, he could at least force out Nox's strength.
But he hadn't expected to be defeated so casually, so easily and comfortably. Nox didn't even draw his sword, and received his Raiu with just two fingers.
This was an unparalleled shock, it simply shattered his worldview!
"This prison has limited your strength, and it has also limited your horizons. There is nothing impossible in this World. If there is, it's because your strength is too weak!"
Nox said lightly.
Then he extended two fingers of his other hand and flicked Shiryu's forehead with lightning speed.
Shiryu wanted to dodge, but no matter what, he couldn't. It was as if he had been locked onto.
"Bang!!!"
Instantly, Shiryu's head felt as if it had been struck hard by a giant hammer. His whole head buzzed, blood instantly flowed from his seven facial orifices, and his body flew backward like a cannonball, smashing into the wall and forming a human-shaped dent a meter deep.
"Gulp..."
The prisoners in Infinite Prison all knew Shiryu and also knew Nox. They hadn't expected Shiryu to be defeated so easily, unable to even force Nox to draw his sword.
"Yo hahahahaha, Nox, your strength is greater than before!"
While everyone in Infinite Prison feared Nox, John burst out laughing.
"John, you're really miserable. Your greed ultimately made you pay the price!"
Nox looked at John's current miserable state with interest and laughed.
If John hadn't been greedy back then and hadn't teamed up with other great Pirates to plunder the Four Seas, he wouldn't have been caught by Garp and Sengoku working together.
"Yo hahahahaha, indeed I didn't consider things carefully back then and fell for Sengoku's scheme. After I get out, I definitely won't let them off!"
Over the past few years, John had long clearly realized his mistake back then.
These past few years, he had constantly been thinking about how he would develop, how he would get revenge, and how he would make himself safer from being caught if he could get out.
"It seems you haven't been affected by the oppressive and despairing environment here in terms of your intelligence!"
Looking at John's current situation, Nox couldn't help but slightly raise the corner of his mouth.
He came here precisely to rescue John. If John's sanity had become mad, then after getting out, Nox would consider whether or not to replace John with someone else.
Now it seemed there was no need to replace him, because the current John was still the same John from back then.
"Yo hahahahaha, I, John, won't fall so easily!"
"Speaking of which, Nox, are you here to rescue me this time?"
John looked at Nox in front of him with burning eyes. Although he was certain Nox was here to rescue him, seeing Nox not making a move for a long time made him incredibly anxious!
"Nox, and me too! If you rescue me, I'll follow you!"
"That's right, that's right! I can join the Limitless Pirates, obey your commands, please save me!"
"I have a lot of treasure outside. If you save me, I'll give all the treasure to you!"
"I have Devil Fruit. I hid two Devil Fruits outside!"
"..."
Hearing John say this, many prisoners couldn't help themselves and spoke up, begging Nox, as this was their only chance to escape!
Towards the pleas of these prisoners, Nox didn't hesitate at all. The Seven Star Sword instantly appeared in his hand.
"Crack!!"
As Nox swung his sword horizontally, sword energy instantly surged. In the instant blood light flashed, almost all the cages were destroyed by a single sword strike, and the prisoners' handcuffs and leg irons were also almost all severed by this single sword strike!
"Yo hahahahaha, I'm finally out!!"
After his handcuffs and leg irons were severed, John himself pulled out the nails embedded in his body. Relying on the recovery ability of his Animal-type Mythical Zoan Devil form, he quickly recovered.
It wasn't just John, the prisoners in the cages also broke free one after another.
"You're Shiryu, right? I see ambition, madness, and unwillingness in your eyes. Do you want to follow me, join the Limitless Pirates, and walk out of this prison?"
"Only by walking out of this prison can you see how vast this World truly is, only then can you shed your identity as a frog in a well, and only then can you continue to climb higher in this World."
"Otherwise, you will forever be a frog in a well, and you will never have the opportunity or possibility to continue getting stronger!"
Nox came before the wall dent created by Shiryu. He hadn't struck to kill, knowing that Shiryu was still alive.
"Crack!!"
After speaking, Nox stood there quietly waiting. After waiting for two minutes, the dent gradually collapsed, and Shiryu, bleeding from his seven facial orifices, slowly walked out of the deep pit.
"So, in your eyes, I am just a frog in a well?"
"This analogy is truly realistic!"
"Captain, please take care of me from now on!"
At this moment, Shiryu had thought things through. The gap in strength between him and Nox was too, too big, so big that in Nox's eyes, he was like an ant.
Under this strong contrast, his pride was instantly destroyed. Now, all he wanted was to become stronger, stronger, and even stronger, strong enough to be qualified to challenge Nox again!
And to become stronger, he must walk out of this prison and see the World outside!
After walking out, it meant he had betrayed the World Government. He needed a powerful backer, and wasn't the Limitless Pirates the biggest backer in the World?
Given this, how could he refuse Nox's invitation?
Anyway, joining the Limitless Pirates would also make it convenient for him to understand Nox's strength, wouldn't it?