Sizzle… sizzle…
Thick, dark blue venom hissed as Naruto's flames evaporated it, the sound punctuated by the sharp crackle of heat, while purple toxic gas billowed into the air.
"Hahaha! This idiot's actually using fire against the Warden's Poison Pufferfish attack!"
The surrounding jailers of Impel Down lit up with excitement.
"What a fool—Magellan-sama is the Doku Doku no Mi (Venom-Venom Fruit) user! Even the steam left behind after his venom evaporates is toxic…"
"Go on, get poisoned already! Who would've thought we'd catch a 10-billion-Berry monster!"
"In a space this tight, there's no way he can escape—heh, the World Government will definitely reward us for this…"
Under countless expectant gazes, Naruto tilted his head slightly at the rising cloud of poison.
"You really think something like this works on me?"
Before he even moved, Terumi Mei stepped forward from behind him. Her slender hands formed seals before she exhaled a fierce gust.
"Fūton: Daitoppa! (Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!)"
The roaring wind surged forward, instantly sweeping the poisonous gas back toward its source.
The jailers who had been cheering moments ago froze in terror, scrambling away as the toxic mist barreled toward them.
"No! The gas is coming back down!"
"Everyone run! We don't have any antidotes left right now—!"
"AAAHHHH!!"
In the shadow of Magellan's darkened expression, a wave of jailers collapsed—skin turning bluish-purple, clutching at their throats before hitting the ground.
In just seconds, half of the guards on Level 4, Blazing Hell, were down.
The survivors backed away to the farthest point they could reach, unwilling to take even a single step closer to the spreading blue venom.
Naruto watched all this, then turned his amused gaze back to Magellan.
"Warden Magellan, Doku Doku no Mi user… Looks to me like you can't actually control the gas once it's in the air."
The Venom-Venom Fruit, while classified as Paramecia, was in Naruto's eyes an exceptionally dangerous one. Properly developed, it could yield liquid venom, gaseous toxins, viruses, and all manner of specialized poisons.
But Magellan seemed to only use venom in liquid form.
Magellan snorted. "For dealing with the likes of you, this much is enough. This is my domain—you're not leaving alive."
With a wave of his hand, several massive serpents of dark blue venom rose up behind him.
"Doku Ryu! (Poison Dragons!)"
The venomous dragons reared into the air.
Naruto rubbed his chin. "Troublesome… Guess I can't just keep using fire here…"
He wasn't worried for himself, but Robin, Guren, and the other women couldn't withstand such toxins.
With that thought, Naruto stepped off the crystal dragon, his feet striking the air as if it were solid.
Bang! Bang! Bang…
Though there was no visible foothold, he strolled freely through midair.
His fists, coated in Busoshoku Haki (Armament Haki), smashed into the poison dragons one after another, bursting them apart and splattering venom across the floor.
"Armament Haki…"
Magellan's heart sank. Now he understood why Naruto was so unbothered—coating his strikes in Haki let him make direct contact with the venom without suffering any harm.
As Magellan hesitated, wondering whether to unleash even stronger venom, his face suddenly shifted.
The blond youth was already right in front of him. Gritting his teeth, Magellan covered his fists in dark blue venom and swung hard.
BAM!
The venom coating shattered under the blow—followed by Magellan's body itself, sent hurtling like a cannonball.
BOOM-BOOM-BOOM…
Dozens of walls exploded as he crashed through them, only stopping when his body slammed into the Seastone outer wall of Impel Down.
Gah!
Magellan coughed up a mouthful of blood, clutching his left arm—it felt as though the bones had shattered. Pain surged through every inch of him, compounded by the impact from smashing through wall after wall.
"This guy… no wonder he's invaded the Holy Land, fought the Three Admirals, and lived… A 10-billion-Berry monster, through and through…"
Gritting his teeth, Magellan made up his mind. Against a monster like this, holding back was suicide.
"That said… I didn't come here just to play." Naruto appeared at his side in an instant, voice tinged with amusement. "I've got business. So, why don't you just knock yourself out for me? Or… you could always become my subordinate. I do find you impressive."
"…What!?"
Magellan's heart skipped a beat. Horror flickered across his face.
"When… When did you get here!?"
His eyes had been on Naruto the entire time—yet he hadn't seen him move.
Which meant Uzumaki Naruto could have killed him at any moment without resistance.
"Who knows?" Naruto replied casually, his gaze flicking toward the Hiraishin (Flying Thunder God) seal on Magellan's shoulder.
As long as that mark remained, Naruto could appear at his side at will. And it would never vanish on its own.
Seeing Naruto's hand lift again, Magellan's face twisted with fury.
"All of you—get the hell out of here! The fight from here on out is not one you can join. Run as far and as fast as you can!"
Even as he shouted, purple venom surged across his body, spreading outward in thick layers.
The moment it touched the floor, the surface hissed violently—each drop corroding pits deep into the ground.
The air thickened with an even deadlier toxic gas.
Hannyabal's eyes nearly bulged from his skull. "Run! Run now! When the Warden goes all out, one drop of that purple venom will kill you instantly—there's no antidote that can save you!"
With that, he bolted without a shred of hesitation, careful not to let even a single droplet touch him.
The other jailers blanched, drawing sharp breaths before racing for the elevator.
They knew Magellan's abilities all too well.
The dark blue venom was potent, yes—but it wouldn't kill instantly, and an antidote could reverse it.
The purple venom, however… was another story entirely.
It was, for all intents and purposes, a weapon of mass destruction.
One drop could wipe out thousands of ordinary people.
(End of Chapter)
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