Magellan's Terror

The savage purple Poison Dragon lunged at Ye Qiong, carrying the stench of death.

Poison continuously surged from Magellan's body, reinforced by his powerful control, almost completely ignoring the repulsive force created by space.

Ye Qiong teleported into the air to the side. The Poison Dragon missed, yet curved through the air above the hell and continued charging toward him.

"So annoying!"

Ye Qiong was helpless. He could not possibly catch this poisonous attack with his bare hands.

He drew the longsword at his waist, and his entire aura shifted, turning sharp as a blade.

"Night Radiance!"

Ye Qiong activated his Armament Haki, coating the blade as he swung at the Poison Dragon. A pitch-black sword beam streaked across the sky like lightning.

Splat!

The purple Poison Dragon burst apart. Black sword energy crisscrossed through the air, destroying the venomous liquid, leaving only part of it to splash downward.

"Poison Passage!"

Purple venom poured from Magellan's entire body, spreading into a passage of poison as he swiftly slid toward Ye Qiong.

Ye Qiong swung his sword at him, but the blade sank into Magellan's body. Poison splashed out, blocking the sword beam from penetrating deeper.

The poison's terrifying corrosiveness was damaging the longsword. If not for Ye Qiong's Armament Haki coating it, the sword would likely have been destroyed instantly.

Magellan's enormous body pressed closer beneath a massive shadow. He spread his arms to embrace Ye Qiong as the purple venom on his body surged and boiled.

Once it touched him, the poison would inevitably enter his body.

Ye Qiong's pupils abruptly contracted as his spatial power surged at full speed.

"R Tensei!"

He pressed his right hand toward Magellan's body. Before his palm could touch the venom on Magellan's surface, a spherical space abruptly expanded around him, its outward repulsive force increasing without limit.

Bang!

Magellan seemed to have been struck by an immense force. His burly body was flung away, and countless streams of purple venom across his body were likewise blasted outward, splattering in every direction.

Boom!

Magellan did not stop until he crashed into the wall. The wall shattered, the prison trembled, and his entire body sank into the hardened stone.

Ye Qiong shook his longsword, flinging off the purple venom clinging to it.

"I underestimated you." Magellan broke free from the wall, his terrifying eyes fixed on Ye Qiong. "Next, experience the terror of hell."

He grabbed the horns on top of his head with both hands and, with a forceful pull, actually tore them off and held them as weapons.

Purple venom surged violently as poisonous gas rolled out in waves.

Thud!

Magellan stomped the ground, his burly body racing forward as venom continued to surge and coil around the twin-horn weapon.

Ye Qiong raised his sword. A milky-white glow flowed over the pitch-black blade, condensing into a sharp edge.

"Dark Night Style: One Night!"

He gathered his strength and swung his sword. A black-and-white blade arc tore through the air like an exquisitely mysterious crescent moon.

"Poison Dragon!"

Venom surged madly over Magellan's weapon, transforming into an enormous dragon that pounced and bit toward the black-and-white crescent.

Screech!!!

The massive Poison Dragon was sliced apart inch by inch, venom splattering everywhere. The crescent did not stop, though it was continuously weakened, until it struck the twin-horn weapon and the venom exploded.

Yet the separated purple venom suddenly gathered again, forming two smaller dragon shapes that lunged once more.

Ye Qiong teleported away, appearing behind Magellan. Milky-white spatial cutting power flowed over his blade before he swung fiercely.

"Dark Night: Second Night!"

Two black-and-white crescents burst forth, tearing through the air as they sliced toward Magellan's back.

"Poison Passage!"

Magellan sensed the attack. His body moved as venom erupted from him, and his huge frame actually slid swiftly along with the poison, avoiding the two black-and-white crescents.

Screech! Screech!

The crescents landed on the venom-covered floor, carving two unfathomably deep slashes through it. The cuts were smooth and even, yet quickly covered by poison again.

Magellan slid along the Poison Passage, but his mouth did not pause. Poison balls blasted out like cannonballs.

Ye Qiong swung his sword. Sharp black sword energy shattered several poison balls, and the exploding venom splashed outward. He could only deploy Space: Barrier to isolate it.

"Twin Poison Dragons!"

Poison Dragons coiled around Magellan's twin-horn weapon. He thrust it forward with force, simply and brutally breaking through the spatial barrier as he closed in on Ye Qiong.

Having learned his lesson several times already, how could Ye Qiong possibly allow Magellan to get close? He could only teleport away.

By now, their battle had become exceptionally fierce, yet neither seemed capable of doing anything to the other.

Ye Qiong was wary of Magellan's venom.

Magellan, meanwhile, was helpless against Ye Qiong's teleportation.

"Stalling for time is no problem at all, but..."

Ye Qiong sighed inwardly. He could clearly sense that White Snow and Crow King were still stranded on the third level of hell!

Most likely, powerful enemies were blocking them, leaving them unable to escape.

"I still have to rely on myself." Ye Qiong's gaze sharpened as he considered a way out.

But before that, he had to make Magellan temporarily lose his fighting strength. Otherwise, with Magellan and the powerful enemies above attacking from both sides, he would be finished.

"Annoying spatial teleportation."

Magellan stood where he was and did not attack again.

"Your poison is the truly annoying thing."

Ye Qiong sneered. The venom Magellan released seemed inexhaustible. It had already covered the prison floor around them layer upon layer, and all four walls were stained with poison as well.

He could only create Space Cubes and stand in the air.

But this was precisely what made Magellan so terrifying. Outside, his ability would not be such a great threat. Yet they were inside the nearly sealed prison of Impel Down.

This was the perfect place for a poison man like Magellan to unleash his strength!

"How do I get out?"

Ye Qiong pondered.

"It is time to end this." Magellan suddenly spoke, startling Ye Qiong.

End this... Had Magellan found a way to defeat him?

Or was he merely bluffing?

"It is over. It is time to send you to hell."

Magellan repeated those words calmly.

"What are you—"

Ye Qiong began in confusion, but suddenly stopped.

His body suddenly trembled, and the blood and energy within him became disordered.

Then his ears rang without end. Ye Qiong rubbed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his vision was blurry. Magellan's body in the distance twisted abstractly.

"This is... poison?"

Ye Qiong's face turned pale. His body staggered as though drunk, unable to maintain his balance.

"When did it happen?"

He remembered never coming into contact with the venom. How had he still been poisoned?

"Could it be..."

Ye Qiong suddenly recalled the scene in the original story where Luffy fought Magellan. Besides its liquid form, the poison seemed to have another form.

He forced his eyes open and looked around. Sure enough, unnoticed, purple poisonous gas had filled the air. Combined with the dim lighting of Burning Hell, he had not noticed it at all.

"R!"

Ye Qiong forcefully expanded a spherical space, preventing the poisonous gas from continuing to invade.

"It is useless." Magellan looked at him coldly and said evenly, "The air here is already filled with my poisonous gas."

"Unless you do not need to breathe, you will inhale it."

"Cough, cough..."

Ye Qiong coughed violently. The toxins were already numbing the nerves in his body. Deploying R now was indeed too late.

"You have struggled long enough." Magellan said.

"Poison Pufferfish!"

He opened his mouth, and clusters of poison balls shot toward Ye Qiong.

Harmed by the toxins, Ye Qiong was temporarily unable to use teleportation. He could only kick off and dodge.

The poison had entered his body, affecting his control over his abilities. Even the Space Cubes were no longer stable.

Ye Qiong lost his footing in the air. His expression changed, but he could only fall from the sky.

He crashed straight into the prison wall, then collapsed weakly onto the poison-covered ground.