Chapter 548: Here to Stir Things Up


    The appearance of Vice-Admiral Gion caught Ian by surprise. He hadn’t expected Navy reinforcement to arrive so quickly.


    Moreover, the fact that Gion could appear on the fourth level of the prison for arrangements meant that the Marine ship outside,manded by Enel, might have been captured. In other words, the warship that brought them here might have been sunk.


    This wasn’t good news. Though Ian hadn’t ced his hopes on evacuating via that warship, having it sunk by the Marines still irked him.


    Because it meant he might have to wait a bit longer…


    As for Enel, Ian wasn’t worried. He knew why Enel was captured. Despite being able to go toe-to-toe with Admiral Kizaru, he fell to Vice-Admiral Gion. It was likely that his abilities were nullified. However, Gion wouldn’t execute Enel immediately. Although he might suffer at the hands of the jailers, Ian could rescue himter.


    Enelcked Armament Haki, which was always his weakness. Perhaps after this incident, Ian could find time to “train” him properly. Dropping the ball at a critical moment wasn’t the mark of apetent fighter.


    “Ian boy! What’s next?” Ivankov asked as he approached Ian. “Continue charging upward?”


    “Of course. With our current strength, we don’t need any tactics. We’ll just push through!” Ian grinned. “Vice-Admiral Gion might be a bit of trouble, but she alone can’t stop us!”


    Their power now was no weaker than it was during the days of Dressrosa, so all they needed to do was fight their way out.“And there’s Magen!” Mr. 1 suddenly spoke up. “I saw him wake up!”


    “No worries, if I could beat Magen once, I can beat him again!” Ian shook his head. “Impel Down can’t stop us from leaving anymore!”


    “Oooh!!!” Hearing Ian’s confident words, the prisoners couldn’t help but cheer, the hope of escaping the prison and gaining freedom was right before their eyes, making them ecstatic.


    Buggy, on the other hand, smirked. “Let’s focus on getting out first. The fact that Vice-Admiral Gion appeared means that the ship you were nning to escape on has definitely been destroyed. In this situation, we must find a way to leave on our own!”


    Upon hearing this, Ian couldn’t help but give Buggy a strange look before saying, “Right, now that you mention it, I suddenly remember. If our warship was sunk, then your Big Top was probably sunk too!”


    Buggy was stunned, unable to believe it. “What… What are you saying? What does my ship have to do with this!?”


    Cabaji raised his hand nervously. “Captain Buggy, when we came here, we were aboard the Big Top, but when we encountered Captain Ian and his crew in the waters outside Impel Down, we followed them here, so…”


    “My… my ship…” Buggy was dumbfounded upon hearing this terrible news. Then, as if driven mad, he grabbed Ian’s cor and shouted, “I knew it, encountering you never brings any good luck!”


    He had thought that this time he’d finally catch a break, only to be saved by Ian again. But it turned out to be a misconception…


    Buggy felt that his entire miserable life had been one long series of cons by Ian, and the kind that left him hanging between life and death…


    Buggy cried bitterly. In fact, many pirates had a special attachment to their pirate ships, especially the longer they spent with them. Ian understood his feelings towards his ship, so he could understand why he grabbed him by the cor. After patting him off, Ian said, “A ship is just a possession. As long as you’re alive, that’s what matters. Look at me, I’ve never had a dedicated pirate ship, and I’m doing just fine.”


    Buggy thought to himself, Can I evenpare myself to you? You’re just someone who freeloads on ships…


    After calming their emotions, the group set off, dividing into several batches and taking the elevator to the third level.


    However, when Ian and the others, as the first batch, arrived at the third level and opened the elevator door, they were forced back once again!


    The entire third level of the prison was filled with Magen’s poison gas. Even the ground was covered with purple poison.


    “Hurry, put on the gas masks!” Thanks to Mr. 1’s earlier reminder, Ian and the others managed to find some gas masks. However, it seemed that they had been cleared out by the prison guards earlier, so there were only a few masks left, all found in inconspicuous corners. They could only give masks to Jinbe, Crocodile, and a few other main fighters. As for the rest, they had to return to the fourth level first.


    In the end, only Ian, Eva, Crocodile, and Jinbe remained.


    Ian threw a Shield of Four Heavens’ Resistance on himself, and a faint light film enveloped him, isting him from the poison gas. Through the gas, Ian could vaguely see Magen standing alone at the staircase leading to the second level, with the crimson poison giant behind him, ring at them menacingly.


    “Magen!” Ian shouted at him. “Really, haven’t I saved you once, and you still want to be my enemy?”


    Upon hearing Ian’s shout, Magen couldn’t help but touch his abdomen. There was originally a wound inflicted by Shiryu, but miraculously, there was no trace of it now. When he woke up and heard Vice-Admiral Gion say that Ian had saved him, he was also greatly surprised.


    He never expected to be saved by an enemy…


    Shaking his head, Magen pushed aside his stray thoughts and shouted back at Ian, “I appreciate that you saved me, but I still have to stop you. It’s my duty!”


    “This guy is really stubborn!” Ian said, feeling a bit of a headache.


    Jinbe, wearing a gas mask, spoke with admiration, his arms crossed. “Actually, if we look at it from another perspective, I think this person is quitemendable!”


    Ian also thought so. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have saved Magen in the first ce. However, Magen’s recovery ability and resistance to attacks were somewhat unexpected to him. Even after having a tenth of his life force taken away by Ian while seriously injured, he managed to wake up in such a short time, which disrupted Ian’s ns.


    Ian had originally thought that Magen would wake up after they escaped from Impel Down…


    This was like facing Magen for the second time. However, Ian also noticed that Vice-Admiral Gion, who came up earlier, did not fight alongside Magen. It seemed like there was a bit of a misstep on the Navy’s part!


    Ian knew that Vice-Admiral Gion was sent to suppress the prison riot together with Magen, but they didn’t consider one thing: once Magen’s ability was activated, it was not only a lethal weapon against enemies but also against friendly forces. Although they could use gas masks to iste the poison gas, the venom was not something gas masks could block. So, Vice-Admiral Gion couldn’t possibly fight alongside Magen…


    This is a huge mistake. Magen’s ability destined him to always be a lone wolf…


    “You guys stay here!” Ian said to Ivankov and the others, then he spread his me Wings and flew towards Magen.


    Seeing Ian approaching, Magen made a gesture, and the hands of the Venom Demon behind him immediately sped together, pping toward Ian.


    However, under Ian’s deliberate maniption, the me Wings suddenly burst with intense heat. The sped hands of the Venom Demon were vaporized just as they reached Ian!


    Since Ian was now immune to poison gas, a bit more of it on the third floor wouldn’t affect him. However, for Magen, this was undesirable because it meant that even his most powerful moves had no effect on Ian.


    Ian rushed in front of Magen without drawing his sword. Haki directly attached to the sheath of the senbonzakura, and fiercely struck Magen’s stomach.


    Magen was struck so hard that his stomach churned. Ian had only healed the wounds left by Shiryu on him. The wounds caused by Ian himself had not been treated, so Magen, who had just recovered from his serious injuries, was hit hard and started sweating profusely, copsing to his knees again.


    “It’s useless!” Magen raised his head, sweating profusely as he looked at Ian. “Even if you defeat me again, the poison gas and venom here won’t disappear. You won’t find more gas masks, so even if you escape, only a few people can get away. The rest will be blocked by the poison gas!”


    Magen’s Devil Fruit ability wasn’t like Sugar’s, where once she fainted, her powers went out of control. So even if Ian knocked Magen out, the poison gas and venom would still exist.


    “That’s not necessarily true!” Ian turned to Crocodile and said, “Let’s have another Desert Storm and try to disperse this poison gas!”


    Crocodile extended his hand, gathering another tornado. However, as he released it, he said to Ian, “We can disperse the poison gas, but what about the venom?”


    “Even simpler! Just dilute it a bit!” Ian snapped his fingers, looked around, and then picked up a weapon left behind by the prisoners on the third floor, shaking off the venom on it.


    It was a double-edged axe. After grasping it, Ian suddenly sparked with lightning all over his body!


    “Electricity Maniption!!”


    Powerful electric currents surged, acting on the axe. Bringing about a high-temperature effect, it instantly softened the iron axe, turning it into a huge iron ball.


    Ian left only a small portion, about the size of an egg. He tossed the pellet in his hand and said to Magen, “Watch closely!”


    “Railgun!”


    Powerful electric currents surged again from Ian’s arm as he forcefully shot the metallic-egg.


    A stronger sonic boom than before cracked open. Under the influence of Ian’s Grandmaster level in Nen training, even the power of the railgun had increased significantly. The egg, moving at a higher speed than before, turned into a stream of light and struck… the wall of the third floor!


    Boom! A loud explosion rang out. The thick wall of Impel Down was instantly pierced by the egg, leaving arge hole. Then, the projectile, still maintaining its strong force, pierced through the wall and entered the seawater outside. It struck a Sea King that happened to be swimming along the route. After sting through the Sea King’s body, it continued flying into the distance…


    The moment the wall was pierced, seawater gushed in from therge hole, instantly turning into a jet due to the powerful water pressure!


    “You… you’re crazy!?” Magen was dumbfounded to see this scene. Previously, when he was on the fourth floor, Ian had prevented him from piercing the wall. Now, he had pierced Impel Down on his own initiative, letting seawater pour in!?


    “It’s all about timing!” Ian was very satisfied with the power of his railgun andughed, “Before, when I needed to get to the sixth floor, of course, I wouldn’t let seawater in. But now, I’ve already rescued who I came for… Whether Impel Down gets flooded or not, it’s not my problem! I’m here to cause trouble, you know!”