Impel Down, Level Five Underground.
This place was known as the "Freezing Hell," and the temperature was so low it seemed as though Kuzan had just fought someone here.
The prisoners held in this frozen wasteland, where the heavens seemed sealed and the earth locked in ice, all had bounties of around a hundred million Beli. Every one of them was a formidable fighter.
And now, all these prisoners had broken free of their shackles, smashed their cells, and joined Ace, Sabo, and the others in an unprecedented riot.
The prisoners of Level Five, the commanders of the Whitebeard Pirates, senior officers of the Revolutionary Army, and Ivankov and his many okama subordinates, who had successfully linked up with the prison-break force.
These were the enemies Magellan had to face.
Though Impel Down had ample defensive forces, all they could do was barely hold back the prisoners' assault through sheer numbers.
What truly decided victory or defeat was the battle between top-tier powerhouses. Ordinary guards had no ability to interfere.
So now, Magellan could almost be said to be fighting alone.
"Move aside, Magellan!"
Teach no longer showed any of the panic and despair he had displayed when reporting Garen to Magellan. The smile on his lips was utterly arrogant.
"You alone can never defeat all of us!"
Though his words were grating, they were the truth.
Yet Magellan still stubbornly stood on this vastly uneven battlefield, without the slightest wavering on his face.
"Huff."
Magellan exhaled a swirling wisp of pale purple poison gas, fury and resolve blazing in his eyes.
"I truly cannot defeat so many of you, but—"
"If all I have to do is keep scum like you trapped inside this prison, then I can definitely do it!"
"Hahaha!"
One commander could not hold back his