Luffy begins fighting Magellan despite Bentham's warnings to flee and finds that he is unable to go on the offensive because of Magellan's poisonous body and long-range poison attacks.
While Luffy and his allies continue fighting on Level 4 of Impel Down, Buggy and Mr. 3 reach Level 2 and release the prisoners there to cause a riot to cover their escape.
Although Luffy wants a proper battle with Blackbeard, Jinbe reminds him there's no time for that as Ace's execution will occur in only a few short hours.
Luffy becomes enraged after learning about Magellan defeating Emporio Ivankov and Inazuma, but Mr. 2 and Jinbe persuade him that escaping takes priority.
Jinbe, Crocodile and Daz Bones finally secure a Marine vessel to escape with. Meanwhile, Luffy continues his fight against Magellan, with the assistance of Galdino's Doru Doru no Mi powers.
While heading to the sea to return to the Sabaody Archipelago, Zoro and Perona stumble upon an enormous tombstone. Brook decides he has to wait to find Luffy and the others until he can fulfill his debt to the people of Harahettania.
Koby and Helmeppo attempted to flee from the war after feeling too overwhelmed by the deaths and chaos, but stumbled upon Akainu and an apparent plan by Sengoku.
In a desperate attempt to stop Whitebeard from advancing to the execution platform, the Marines activate walls to block Whitebeard's path but gets stopped by the ice.
Akainu's Meteor Volcano melts nearly all the ice and destroys the Whitebeard Pirates' ships, dropping them into boiling water and enabling the cannons on the wall to bombard them while the Pacifistas block the way out.
Luffy with his newly restored strength continues on to the execution platform to save Ace and is warned by Ivankov that the hormones only trick his body.