Magellan stared at the rampaging Sage for a moment and sighed, "Pirates like you are everywhere, never understanding why Impel Down is called an 'absolute wall'."
He walked over to Hannyabal, patting the shoulder of the man struggling to stand straight, "You did a great job, Hannyabal, leave the rest to me..."
"Chief, chief..."
Hannyabal's mouth opened, his whole body relaxed, and he collapsed back onto the ground.
Sage's earlier 'greeting' was extraordinarily powerful, piercing all the Secret Holes.
Being able to stand again already showed Hannyabal was not weak.
An average person, even with the same level of Haki as Sage, wouldn't be able to defeat an opponent so quickly.
But for Sage, surpassing means overwhelming, with no other choice.
"Rest well."
Magellan said in a solemn voice, "Never be discouraged, my position...only you can take it in the future."
He turned around and looked at Sage, "As for you, as chief, I have the authority to execute people. A fugitive like you, a fugitive who has slaughtered many guards, should be executed!"
"Hohohohoho!"
Sage responded with a sinister laugh, "See if you can manage that first!"
Magellan walked unhurriedly in the direction of Sage and said, "I am a Poison Person who ate the Venom-Venom Fruit; even my breath releases highly volatile toxins... You seem to be a guy relying on physical combat; in close combat, you can't be my match."
He opened his mouth, began to exhale gas, and his body emitted gas, but the gas wasn't directionless, it uniformly surged toward Sage.
"Your Haki proficiency isn't bad, but Haki isn't omnipotent, some things can't be defended with sheer will."
Magellan certainly knew Haki, with high Haki proficiency, ordinary people could become masterful because it was the power of will.
But he knew even more that Haki isn't a cure-all.
Willpower, belief, determination, courage, killing intent, fighting spirit...
All are good, but they aren't tangible, merely 'unshakable strength.'
But this strength can't resist heavy force, can't grasp elements, and Haki...can't ward off his toxins.
That's not a barrier.
Magellan was very experienced; he saw at a glance, to deal with this type of guy, the physicalized venom would be blocked by Haki, but definitely not the toxic gas.
This guy's Haki proficiency is high, certainly capable of Externalized Haki; if it were venom, it would be broken by Externalized Haki, but pure toxic gas is unavoidable.
Haki can offset some fruit abilities acting upon oneself, but they are mostly superpowers.
Magellan's toxic gas doesn't belong to those; it's genuine 'damage.'
"Poison Cloud..."
Magellan said in a solemn voice, "Disappear now, five senses."
This move of exhaled toxic gas didn't even require breathing; merely touching Sage's body, the toxins could corrode his five senses, gradually rendering him a lifeless shell without any tangible sensation.
Such as now...
"Poisonous Blowfish!"
As the toxic gas dispersed, Magellan exhaled several balls of venom rushing towards Sage.
No need to wait for the gas to fully take effect; the ongoing attack could already hit.
Once a target is poisoned, they basically lose all ability to resist!
This is Magellan!
The incomparably powerful 'absolute wall' within Impel Down, even though he can only move for four hours here, he is absolutely invincible!
Because no one can withstand the toxin!
Even in a high-temperature environment, it's the same.
Bang!
Just as his thoughts formed, his abdomen suffered a heavy blow, kicking him sliding back until he came to a stop by the fallen Hannyabal, his footsteps halting hard.
Clutching his abdomen, he looked up ahead, seeing Sage maintaining the posture of a direct stab with one foot, smiling towards him: "Strong... My kick wasn't light, did you manage to defend?"
More than just not light.
Sage used his usual intensity of Haki with this kick; due to nearly unlimited recovery, he generally used extremely high Haki amounts in his strikes.
But it was blocked.
"No..."
Magellan released his grip, and massive amounts of purple venom began streaming from his body, turning him into a purple figure.
"Injured, the kick was heavy, but that isn't what surprises me the most... You seem fine?"
A guy with high Haki proficiency, that's indisputable. That kick, whether in intensity, force, speed, was all very high—so high that the foot didn't even actually touch him, using the Externalized Haki technique, Haki hit first before the leg approached.
This technique was originally meant to counter foes inconvenient to touch; besides that, it includes Internal Destruction techniques, and within it, there's a unique destructive force.
Very strong...
But not unstoppable.
He knows Haki too.
But compared to Haki, in terms of fruit development, he's just stronger.
Upon contact with gases, let's say Sage's actions should have slowed down, but at that instant, he not only shattered the venom balls sprayed out, he even launched an attack at him.
No pause in movement.
Ineffective?
"Mere toxin..."
Sage chuckled lightly: "Trying to paralyze my senses? You can't achieve that!"
Indeed, Sage couldn't defend against this kind of toxic gas; the moment the gas dispersed, he fell victim.
But...
What about when Life Return and North Star Divine Fist don't exist?
Use toxic gas to paralyze senses?
Such a thing is utterly useless against him!
As the one most proficient in the human body, even having started to utilize the body's potential as 'Dragon Transformation Breathing Technique,' practically transforming into 'Transformation'-level Sage, he knows his own body best.
Whether it's Life Return or activating his own Secret Hole, he can break this simple paralysis and slowing toxin.
It's not immunity.
Just that inhaled and contacted toxins, he constantly expelled them.
Such things don't even have the might of those sprayed venom balls.
However, Magellan evidently noticed this factor too; otherwise, he wouldn't have shrouded himself with venom.
"Looks like some destructive toxin is necessary... How long can your Haki sustain against it?"
Magellan's expression hadn't changed at all, as though it weren't surprising to him that even such an assault could affect him.
Venom continually surged from his body, gradually beginning to float up; from behind him arose over ten purple Poison Dragons, like a spider web, covering all directions around Sage, with all dragon heads aimed at Sage.
The presence of Poison Dragons intensified the encircling atmosphere as if stirring up fog and clouds, orbiting continually around Magellan as the boundary.
"Poison Dragon!"
Three purple Poison Dragons again flew from his body, heading straight for Sage's location.