## One Piece Chapter 529, pages 10-11: Beast Hell - Chapter: 529 - Pages: 10-11 - Characters: Monkey D. Luffy, Buggy, Galdino, Mr. 3, Sphinx, Impel Down prisoners ### Summary Page 10: A huge creature waits ahead, first muttering "Soumen..." and then roaring "Ramen!!" and "Tamen... Yakisoba!!!" A caption identifies it as the "Level 2 Guardian Sphinx," a human-faced, feathered lion. Luffy stares and says, "A... a lion..." then corrects himself with "No... a man?" while Buggy and Mr. 3 panic. Mr. 3 calls it the guardian of the stairs, the Sphinx. Buggy observes that it can only say the names of noodles, and a footnote explains the "Amen" joke as English rather than noodles. The Sphinx shouts "Amen!" while Buggy misreads it as praying. The page introduces the boss of Level 2's beasts: even sillier than the Manticores in speech, but much more dangerous as the gatekeeper to Level 3. Page 11: The Sphinx's huge paw comes down with a heavy impact, and the beast smashes the floor so violently that Luffy, Buggy, and Mr. 3 are thrown into panic. Someone shouts, "Uwohh!! This guy is bad news!!" The imprisoned men nearby also panic as the Sphinx goes wild. They say the Sphinx is going wild someplace far away and that they knew it was impossible for them to escape. The Sphinx's roar echoes through the cells as prisoners cling to the bars, realizing that opening their cages has not made them free if the floor boss can still crush everything in sight. The page turns the escape momentum back against the prisoners and makes the Sphinx feel less like a guardian and more like a walking disaster.