After easily dealing with Hannyabal and the others, Luffy had Karu use his ability to open a door in the ground.
They then directly passed through this door, heading down to LV1 on the floor below.
Inside LV1.
The jailer Masira and a group of guards responsible for this area were quickly running towards the passage leading to the top floor, intending to provide support.
However, just as they were about to reach the passage, they saw the ceiling above suddenly open.
Soon, a group of people leaped down one after another, appearing before them.
Upon meeting, both sides immediately engaged in battle without a word.
"It's those invaders!"
The monitoring room staff also discovered Luffy and his Straw Hat crew immediately.
They immediately reported again to all the guards planning to provide support.
"Attention all personnel! Latest whereabouts of the Straw Hat have been discovered!"
"They are currently near the entrance of LV1, engaging in combat with the jailers there!"
Magellan, who had already taken the elevator to the top floor, suddenly frowned upon hearing this report.
"What's going on?"
"Were Hannyabal and his men broken through so quickly?"
"And how did they reach the first floor so fast?"
Although extremely puzzled, Magellan immediately changed his course of action and decided to head to LV1.
However, just as he arrived on the first floor, he heard the latest report from the monitoring room.
"Attention all personnel!"
"The Straw Hat has broken through the jailers of LV1 and reached LV2!"
"They seem to possess the ability to open the ground, allowing them to directly open a door on the ground and proceed to the next floor."
Upon hearing this report, Magellan was utterly enraged.
If he kept chasing them by elevator like this, he would never catch up to the Straw Hat.
He immediately temporarily gave up the pursuit and went to the monitoring room on the top floor.
Inside the monitoring room, several guards stared at the screen in horror, reporting the latest news of the Straw Hat to everyone.
Seeing Magellan suddenly burst in angrily, the few guards were startled.
"War-Warden?!"
Magellan completely ignored them, snatched the den den mushi from the hand of the person broadcasting, and ordered the jailers on all floors.
"I am Magellan!"
"It seems the Straw Hat has been moving straight down near the passage connecting each floor."
"Guards on each floor, listen to my command: go directly to the vicinity of the passage on your respective floors and wait to intercept them; do not chase them back and forth."
Upon receiving Magellan's order, all the jailers who had originally planned to go to the upper floors for support gathered near the passage on their respective floors, intending to wait there for them.
On Luffy's side!
When they arrived at LV2, they saw a man rushing towards them.
Behind him was a large group of strangely fierce beasts.
"Waaah… Help!"
"I'm going to die!"
The moment Luffy saw that person, he was stunned.
Nami and Uta also exclaimed in surprise,
"That person is…"
"Buggy the Clown?!"
Buggy was being chased by a group of fierce beasts and was no match for them.
Seeing Luffy and his Straw Hat crew appear, he didn't care about anything else and ran towards them.
"Help, Straw Hat!"
Seeing Buggy lead a large group of fierce beasts towards them, the Straw Hat had no choice but to face the enemy.
Because the opponents were in a not-so-wide corridor.
Usopp directly fired a cannonball.
Boom!
A violent roar.
A railgun shot swept along the passage, seemingly devouring and destroying everything it passed.
As the fire and smoke from the explosion dissipated.
Everyone saw that the passage was completely destroyed.
The ground, the surrounding walls, and the ceiling were all shattered, like a ruin.
And that pile of fierce beasts was buried under the rubble, no longer able to move.
This scene completely stunned Buggy and the countless criminals confined on both sides.
Clang, clang, clang!
All the cages clanged loudly, and bursts of wild shouts continuously erupted from inside.
"sugei! They actually dealt with those guardian beasts in one go."
"Hey! Are you pirates? Can you let us out? We can help you!"
"Yeah! Let us out! You few people can't escape from here."
"Let us out!"
Listening to the surrounding criminals clamoring to be let out, Luffy paid no attention.
However, as he was about to leave, he seemed to hear someone calling his name.
"Straw Hat!"
"Straw Hat!"
Luffy listened carefully and finally followed the sound to find the person calling him.
He saw Mr. 3 in a prison cell, clinging to the iron door, looking at him with eager eyes.
Seeing that Luffy had finally noticed him, Mr. 3 immediately cried for help.
"Straw Hat…"
However, the sound was too noisy, and Luffy could barely hear what he was saying.
"Everyone shut up!"
Luffy suddenly roared.
A powerful aura erupted from him.
Immediately, the entire prison became incredibly quiet.
All the criminals who had been frantically shouting and banging on the iron doors stood there stunned, like startled quails, sweating profusely.
They looked at Luffy in terror, feeling extreme fear and coldness emanating from him.
Luffy did not release too strong a Haoshoku; he was about to join the battle, so he couldn't waste Haki on these people.
After using a little bit of deterrence on those people, Luffy walked to Mr. 3's cage and said,
"I can save you, but I need you to promise me one condition!"
Even if he didn't hear what the other party said clearly, Luffy guessed that he must be asking for help.
As for why Luffy would agree to save him, it was entirely because of Mr. 3's ability.
With Mr. 3, they could easily open any lock.
At that time, whether it was rescuing Jinbe or Ace, it could be done easily.
Otherwise, without a key, they would not be able to open the Sea Stone handcuffs in a short time.
Bringing Mr. 3 would save them a lot of trouble.
Luffy put forward the condition of having him unlock the locks, and Mr. 3 immediately nodded in agreement after hearing it.
"I promise you!"
"Please let me out quickly!"
"Do you see the keys hanging over there?"
"Those are the keys that can open these cages and my Sea Stone handcuffs."
Following Mr. 3's guidance, Luffy saw a string of keys hanging on a wall.
After taking the keys, he opened this cage and released Mr. 3.
After a moment of terror, the other pirates also wanted to take the opportunity to escape.
But Luffy turned and locked them back inside.
These people were all heinous criminals.
Although it had nothing to do with him, if he were to release these people, it would indirectly bring some disaster to the outside world.
So after rescuing Mr. 3, Luffy had Nami destroy all the keys, melting them into a puddle of molten iron with lightning.
After that, they moved again, heading towards Level 3.
As for Buggy, Luffy didn't bother with him.
Buggy was already breaking out of prison, so whether he could escape depended on his own luck.
The third level was the Starvation Hell.
When Luffy and the others came down, their first feeling was an intense heat.
Besides that, as far as they could see, what met their eyes was ground like endless yellow sand.
As a gust of wind blew, they could even see sections of white bones exposed from the yellow sand.
However, they had no time to worry about these things right now.
Because the moment they landed,
a group of jailers surrounded them.
Leading them was a bipedal cow holding a spiked club.
Beside it were many Masira, the jailers Luffy and the others had seen on the first level!
The moment he saw that strange cow, Mr. 3 exclaimed,
"That's a Jailer Beast!"
"It's a monster that treats humans like trash!"
"There are four such Jailer Beasts in total."
"Each of them is incredibly powerful..."
"Waaah..."
Mr. 3 was still nervously and excitedly introducing the terror of the Jailer Beasts to Luffy and the others.
But then he saw Luffy casually throw a punch, sending it flying a hundred meters away.
One-shot kill!
This scene instantly stunned Mr. 3.
"You... have you gotten stronger again?"
After Mr. 3 was beaten by Luffy, he and his partner fled Alabasta.
However, he hadn't escaped for long before he was unexpectedly arrested by the Marine and imprisoned here.
Therefore, he was completely unaware of what Luffy and the others had been doing outside.
And now, witnessing Luffy's strength, he was greatly shocked.
Luffy paid no attention to his astonishment and said indifferently,
"Don't say such useless things!"
"Our time is limited!"
Mr. 3 was very confused by this.
He didn't know why Luffy and the others were in such a hurry.
But he didn't dare to ask too many questions.
The rest of the Straw Hat quickly dealt with the other jailers with ease.
Luffy immediately called Karu, preparing to go to the next level.
However, just then, Mr. 3 sharply stopped him.
"No, Straw Hat!"
Hearing Mr. 3's words, Luffy and everyone else looked at him in confusion.
Then they heard him say,
"The level below here is known as the Blazing Hell."
"The entire fourth level is like a giant iron pot."
"Below are rolling pools of blood and raging seas of fire."
"If we land in the wrong place,"
"we'll be swallowed by the sea of fire."
Hearing Mr. 3's words, Luffy was unconcerned and said,
"It's fine!"
"I still have use for you, I won't let you die!"
With that, Luffy had Karu open a door directly.
Then the Straw Hat jumped down one after another.
Seeing this scene, Mr. 3 was almost scared to tears.
He truly didn't understand why Luffy and the others would risk their lives like this.
As he stood at the entrance, fearfully hesitating, he felt a push from behind.
Then he was involuntarily pulled by Luffy, leaping down from that door.
After jumping down, Mr. 3 only glanced at the scene below before he was utterly terrified and burst into tears...
"See! I told you!"
"If our landing spot is wrong, we'll fall into the sea of fire."
"It's over, we're dead for sure now!"
However, no sooner had he finished speaking than he saw that all the Straw Hat were either flying or running in the air.
In short, they used various abilities to miraculously move through the air, heading towards the prison area on the far side.
Some who couldn't use abilities, like Brook, Bonney, and Franky, who hadn't learned Moonwalk yet, were carried by others to the safe zone.
When Mr. 3 was brought to the safe zone by Luffy,
what appeared before them was a huge door, and countless guards wearing fireproof suits.
And near these guards were three other Jailer Beasts, as well as a man who made Mr. 3 fall onto his butt in terror the moment he saw him.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle...
A scorching sensation spread through his butt, and Mr. 3 immediately jumped up from the spot with a shriek.
Then, he stared at the tall man with extreme dread, trembling as he said,
"Oh... oh no!"
"It's Warden Magellan!"
Even before Mr. 3 introduced him, the Straw Hat had noticed that this man didn't seem simple.
They all became serious and solemn now.
Magellan, upon seeing Luffy and the others, immediately frowned and angrily said in a deep voice,
"What do you take my prison for?"
"If you manage to break through with me here,"
"then I'll have no face to report to Fleet Admiral Sengoku!"
When Magellan realized that the Straw Hat seemed to be in a hurry, continuously heading straight down,
he took the elevator and arrived at this special fourth level in advance, which only had a small area where people could stand.
Sure enough, just as he expected, he had barely arrived when Luffy and his group showed up.
Magellan then looked at Empress and Kuma, and immediately showed a look of disdain and contempt, saying,
"I didn't expect even you two Shichibukai to betray us and invade my place with the Straw Hat."
"Pirates are indeed pirates; they are simply not to be trusted."
"However, since you've conveniently arrived here..."
"Then I'll lock all of you in this prison!"
As Magellan finished speaking, he suddenly activated his ability.
Several huge poisonous dragons suddenly surged from his body, sweeping overwhelmingly towards Luffy and the others.
"Scatter quickly! Be careful not to touch these poisons!"
"Magellan is a Devil Fruit user who ate the Venom-Venom Fruit; all the liquids he releases are highly poisonous."
Kuma explained Magellan's ability to everyone.
Upon hearing this, the Straw Hat immediately scattered in all directions, dodging this wave of poison attacks.
"Mero Mero Mellow!"
After dodging this wave of poison, Empress immediately unleashed an ability that could petrify others towards Magellan.
A pink heart instantly passed through Magellan's massive body.
However, to everyone's surprise, Magellan was not petrified.
"What's going on?"
Empress exclaimed, and the others also felt confused.
At this moment, they heard Magellan laugh confidently,
"We have already mastered all of your Shichibukai's abilities."
"Your petrification ability is not invincible."
"As long as my other desires overcome my evil thoughts towards you, I won't be controlled by your ability."
Hearing this, Empress immediately recalled the scene where Vice Admiral Momonga relied on piercing his arm with a knife to overcome his evil thoughts.
But looking at Magellan, the other party hadn't harmed himself.
This made Empress feel very puzzled.
Just then,
Puff, puff, puff, puff...
A series of strange sounds suddenly came from Magellan's body.
The next second, everyone saw streams of purple mist injection from behind him.
And Magellan's expression was extremely twisted and ferocious, looking incredibly pained.
"So... so smelly!"
"Oh... oh no! This fart is poisonous!"
As the purple mist spread, the guards around Magellan all fell to the ground after a series of startled cries.
Seeing this, Empress and everyone else immediately understood how Magellan had overcome his evil thoughts.
"You poisonous creature, to rely on such a method to neutralize my power, how despicable!"
Empress said with disgust and contempt, covering her nose and mouth, and moving away from Magellan with a look of disdain.
The others also showed expressions of disgust, looking at Magellan with extreme speechlessness.
Even Magellan's subordinates were the same, all moving away from Magellan.
However, Magellan paid no attention to the attitudes of everyone else.
He clutched his stomach, twisting and turning, struggling in immense pain for a few moments, before his complexion gradually improved.
With some color returning to his face, he glanced at his subordinates who had moved away to the sides, but he didn't blame them; instead, he ordered them,
"Stay away from my combat range!"
Then, Magellan looked back at the Straw Hat and shouted angrily,
"Prepare to die!"
"You scum of the sea!"
With that, Magellan activated his ability again, unleashing several poisonous dragons that swept towards the Straw Hat like a tidal wave.