Dressrosa Royal Palace.
The battle between Ace and Doflamingo continued.
The aftermath of their clash was equally fierce. The entire palace had become a world woven from flames and threads!
"Fire Fist!" Standing amid the sea of fire, Ace controlled the flames and threw a punch. Surging fire gathered into a massive fist that blasted forward, reducing all the threads sweeping toward him to ash!
"Damn, he's really troublesome..." Doflamingo bore many scorch marks by now. As time passed, the temperature on the battlefield rose higher and higher. If his threads were not coated in Armament Haki, they would burn up.
He had underestimated this Supernova. Ace was far stronger than he had expected. Although Doflamingo held the upper hand, he could not finish him off quickly!
The Birdcage had already contracted by more than half. Many residents had died beneath its shrinking threads. The ground was covered in devastation, and blood had dyed all of Dressrosa red.
In the midst of the crisis, King Riku had come out to give a speech. Through tears, he urged the residents to pull themselves together and flee toward the palace plateau as much as possible. Only then could they retain a sliver of hope for survival!
After learning of Doflamingo's scheme, everyone's misunderstanding of King Riku was cleared up. They followed his advice and began fleeing toward the center. Casualties were unavoidable, but King Riku's impassioned speech ignited an intense desire to survive within the residents.
"Giant Wave White Line!" Doflamingo crossed his hands. Thread pillars surged out from both sides, shredding the incoming flames and keeping them from reaching him.
"Fuffuffuffu, time is running out. You have Observation Haki too, so you've noticed that the 'voices' are disappearing one by one, haven't you? Their deaths are all because of you!" Doflamingo