Chapter 35: Magellan is trapped (Ch 35)

The fourth floor underground in Impel Down, the Burning Hell.
Magellan’s office was located on this floor, along with a kitchen and granary. The entire floor was filled with high temperatures, as if one were in a huge iron pot filled with boiling blood and blazing flames.
From the third floor to the fourth floor, you can choose to jump directly in through the exhaust port in the middle, but you must be careful. If the landing point is not accurate, the consequences will not only be as simple as scalding. For those prisoners who are about to be imprisoned, they will first experience a scorching baptism here for disinfection.
At this time, Magellan, who was still squatting in the toilet, was already extremely anxious. While trying to solve his physiological needs, he couldn’t help but ask loudly: “What is going on outside now?”
After hearing Magellan’s question, a prison guard standing at the toilet door hurriedly reported respectfully: “Master Potato Head, Hannibal, Domino and Sadie have all been defeated by the invader Durant. I’m afraid they have already begun to invade this floor!”
“What?” Magellan was so shocked that he didn’t even bother to wipe his butt when he heard this. He hurriedly pulled up his pants, then impatiently opened the toilet door and rushed out like an angry bull.
If he didn’t go and suppress Durant as soon as possible, would he really let him penetrate the entire Impel Down City layer by layer? This was simply a joke! If things really developed to that point, wouldn’t he, the director of Impel Down City, be so ashamed that he would have no choice but to die?
Magellan was so anxious that he ran all the way and finally passed one cell after another. However, when he saw the scene in front of him, he couldn’t help but widen his eyes – he saw Hawkins releasing prisoners unscrupulously!
“Damn it! Stop it now!” Magellan roared in anger and used the ability of the Poison Devil Fruit.
“Poisonous dragon!”
In an instant, a giant dragon made of blue liquid rose into the air and rushed towards Hawkins with great momentum. Just as the dragon was about to hit its target, a sharp flying slash suddenly came whistling and accurately blocked the dragon’s attack. And the owner of this slash was Durant.
Magellan looked at the person who was blocking him, and his anger suddenly burned. He widened his eyes and questioned the other party with an angry face: “Are you Durant? You have the guts to invade Impel Down? Humph, as long as I am here, you will never leave alive!”
Hearing this, Durant’s mouth corners slightly raised, revealing a hint of a smile, and then he replied calmly: “Oh? Really? Then see if you have the ability to stop me.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Magellan released three huge liquid poisonous dragons without hesitation, which pounced on Durant with their fangs and claws.
Facing this sudden attack, Durant knew that Magellan’s venom was untouchable, so he quickly stepped back a distance. Then, he stretched out a hand and pressed it on the ground, instantly exerting the power of the Floating Fruit. In an instant, the surrounding objects seemed to be pulled by a powerful gravitational force, and gathered together to form three huge lion heads, which collided violently with Magellan’s poisonous dragon.
Magellan saw the ability Durant showed, and he couldn’t help but frown, with a flash of surprise in his eyes. He said in a deep voice: “I didn’t expect that the ability of the Golden Lion’s Floating Fruit would fall into your hands, and judging from your swordsmanship, it seems to be inherited from the Golden Lion. In this case, I can’t let you go.”
After saying that, Magellan increased the intensity of his attack again, trying to defeat Durant completely.
Durant watched Magellan’s attack become more and more crazy, but his heart was not too disturbed. For him, the victory or defeat with Magellan was not the most important thing. If they really wanted to compete with Magellan, it would take too long, which would delay the real purpose of their operation. Therefore, Durant chose to stay calm and continue to look for other strategies to deal with the situation.
At the same time, Magellan also noticed Durant’s intention. He found that Durant did not want to fight him head-on, but had been using the power of the Float-Float Fruit to control objects for sneak attacks. This tactic made Magellan very unhappy, but he could not find an effective way to crack it for a while.
Just when Magellan was distracted for a moment, Durant keenly captured this moment. He did not hesitate to use the power of the Float-Float Fruit to his fullest, controlling all the objects around him. With his shout, “Lion Power: Imperial Scroll!” A powerful force burst out, and countless objects spun around Magellan like a tornado, forming a huge vortex.
Magellan was startled by the sudden attack and tried to break free but found it was too late. He could only watch himself being trapped in the vortex, bearing the pressure from all sides.
Durant looked at the trapped Magellan and smiled. He knew that his plan had been partially successful. As long as he could hold on for a while longer, he would have enough time to complete the next step – taking Hawkins to the fifth underground floor to release more prisoners. The ultimate goal of their trip was to go deep into the sixth underground floor, recruit powerful crew members, and form a real pirate group.
After trapping Magellan, Durant shouted, “Hawkins, follow up, we’re going to the next level.”
“Okay, Captain Durant.” Hawkins hurriedly followed the captain’s pace, his heart full of anticipation and curiosity.
At the same time, he was also surprised by the brief battle scene between Captain Durant and Magellan. He had never thought that Captain Durant could seize the moment when Magellan was distracted and instantly use the power of the Float-Float Fruit to control all the surrounding objects and trap Magellan tightly! This scene gave him a new understanding of Captain Durant’s strength, and also made him realize the gap between himself and Captain Durant.
“I still have a lot to learn…” Hawkins sighed secretly. Whether it was the use of the devil fruit power or his own combat power, he was far inferior to Captain Durant. However, he was not discouraged by this, but instead aroused a stronger fighting spirit.
Durant and Hawkins moved quickly, and soon they reached the fifth underground level – the extreme cold hell. The environment here was extremely harsh, and the prisoners were held in an environment colder than a large icehouse, suffering from severe frostbite and death. There were also a large number of military wolves raised in the forest of the extreme cold hell, which were even more ferocious than the huge beasts on the second level.