Defeating Magellan

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Golden Lion fighting Magellan was nothing short of a complete, naked one-sided beatdown. Magellan had no power to fight back before him. Even the Venom Dragon he unleashed could not touch Golden Lion's body.

Golden Lion used only two moves, yet blood was already gushing from Magellan's chest, where a sword wound deep enough to expose bone had appeared.

As for the guards behind Magellan, more than half had fallen into pools of blood in the blink of an eye. The rest wailed like ghosts and howled like wolves, their cries utterly miserable. Hardly any of them could still stand upright.

Sand and dust churned through the air as broken stones flew everywhere.

Golden Lion took a deep drag from his cigar, raised both hands disdainfully, and burst into wild laughter. "You think the likes of you can stop me? You're overestimating yourselves. Mere grains of rice dare to compete with the bright moon? What a joke!"

Golden Lion's golden hair whipped wildly in the wind, and he radiated overwhelming Haki. A bold, domineering aura spread from him, and the terrifying pressure frightened the surviving guards into collapsing to the ground. Several of them even soiled themselves on the spot.

Ye Chen stared at Golden Lion's arrogant, contemptuous appearance and clenched his fists hard, his fingers nearly digging into his flesh. Even if Golden Lion were a god, he could not simply let it go after being forced to kneel.

No matter what, he had done Golden Lion a favor. Asking him to rescue Olvia should have been effortless, yet Golden Lion had insisted on forcing him to kneel.

Ye Chen's heart burned with resentment, but Golden Lion did not care in the slightest.

The words loyalty and righteousness had never existed in Golden Lion's dictionary. Throughout his life, he respected only one kind of person: those who spoke through strength. Whoever earned his recognition would earn his admiration.

Roger, Whitebeard, Garp, and Sengoku—Golden Lion regarded all of them highly. Other than them, everyone else in the world was nothing more than an ant in his eyes.

Just as Golden Lion was about to move on, Magellan gritted his teeth and charged at him again. Golden Lion raised his thick sword-like brows, a cold gleam flashing in his eyes as he sent another merciless Slash Wave at Magellan.

Magellan could not block it at all. He staggered back several steps and was about to collapse, but he gritted his teeth and charged forward again. "Venom Dragon!"

As Impel Down's vice warden, Magellan was a man of responsibility and backbone. Even though he was weaker than Golden Lion and could not defeat him, as long as he still had a single breath left, he would fight to the death without hesitation.

Every time he rushed forward, Golden Lion easily knocked him back. Magellan's injuries grew worse and worse, and he could barely stand, yet he still refused to give up.

"Lion's Might: Earth Roll!"

Golden Lion unleashed another powerful killing move. Endless sand and stone instantly gathered into more than a dozen roaring lions, all charging at Magellan with the ferocity of tigers. Magellan's massive body was swallowed by the stone lions in an instant.

"What foolishness!"

Golden Lion spat disdainfully onto the ground and strode forward. Just as he reached the place where Magellan had fallen, bursts of white smoke suddenly rose from the ground. Immediately afterward, streams of red poison began flowing out of the deep pit where Magellan lay.

Like scorching lava, the poison instantly corroded everything in its path. Golden Lion's expression remained calm, and before long, Magellan's body underwent a shocking transformation.

A gigantic skeletal poison giant appeared behind him—a blood-red poison giant. Even the suffocating poisonous mist alone made Ye Chen's eyes sting and stream with tears.

"Venom Demon: Hell's Judgment!"

Magellan's face twisted viciously, cold light flashing in his eyes. With a sharp shout, he slammed his right hand toward Golden Lion. The poison giant behind him made the same movement, its enormous blood-red skeletal palm ruthlessly striking down at Golden Lion. Compared to that gigantic palm, Golden Lion looked like a tiny ant.

Ye Chen hurriedly led Olvia backward, afraid of being splashed by Magellan's poison. This venom was incredibly potent, worlds apart from the purple poisonous mist from before. Even sturdy stone slabs would immediately corrode upon being splashed.

If it could melt stone in an instant, flesh and blood stood even less of a chance.

Yet Golden Lion still did not move. Just as Magellan's palm was about to reach him, Golden Lion gritted his teeth and swung both swords together, coldly forcing out several words through clenched teeth. "Lion's Song: Senjindani!"

This move was an enhanced version of Slash Wave. Slash Wave could only release one sharp slash at a time, but this time, countless slashes surged wildly from before Golden Lion all at once.

Magellan's enormous palm was instantly sliced to pieces, and endless poison splattered in every direction. Golden Lion's sword energy did not stop, carrying irresistible divine force as it slammed fiercely into Magellan.

More than a dozen sprays of blood burst from Magellan's body in succession. He was like a crimson fountain, blood pouring and splashing everywhere as he was sent flying backward like a kite with its string cut.

Ye Chen's eyes widened in shock. He did not blink, and even his breathing seemed to stop. That terrifying poison giant had nearly crippled Magellan completely with just one move from Golden Lion.

No wonder Golden Lion did not take Impel Down seriously. No wonder he could remain so calm and composed. No wonder he could make Ye Chen kneel whenever he wanted—his strength was simply too overwhelming.

Ye Chen could not understand how someone so powerful had been captured in the first place. Could there really be someone stronger than him in this world?

Ye Chen did not know that Golden Lion was not currently at his strongest. The damned ship's wheel lodged in his head had severely damaged his brain nerves, leaving his current strength far below what it had been at his peak.

Garp and Sengoku had fought Golden Lion together for several days before barely managing to suppress him.

"Can we leave now?"

Golden Lion walked up to Magellan and deliberately asked again. Magellan still wanted to struggle to his feet, but his body no longer obeyed him. His injuries were simply too severe. Even so, Magellan's gaze remained sharp as he continued glaring fiercely at Golden Lion.

"Hmph..."

Golden Lion gave Magellan a disdainful glance. He did not even have any interest in killing him. Turning around, he beckoned to Ye Chen. "We can leave now. I doubt anyone else will block our path."

Impel Down's two strongest top fighters, Magellan and Shiryu of the Rain, had both been easily defeated by Golden Lion. The remaining rabble did not even have the courage to stand in Golden Lion's way.

They proceeded without obstruction and soon reached Impel Down's main gate. Looking at the vast sea outside, Ye Chen hurriedly asked, "How are we leaving this place?"

Golden Lion smiled calmly and casually swung Oto and Kogarashi in his hands. With a loud crash, one of Impel Down's gate panels suddenly fell over.

Golden Lion stepped onto it, and Ye Chen and Olvia followed. A fierce gale swept up around them, and Ye Chen was astonished to discover that the gate panel had flown into the sky like a ship.

Golden Lion was a Float-Float Fruit user. He could make anything he touched float into the sky. A gate panel was nothing—if he wished, he could make Impel Down itself float into the sky.