Hearing Ace and Sabo, Doflamingo turned around. He was still holding Luffy, whom he had just been stomping underfoot—his head covered in bumps, his face bruised and swollen, looking utterly miserable and almost beaten beyond recognition.
Casually tossing Luffy aside and letting his red, swollen face make intimate contact with the cold, hard ground, Doflamingo demonstrated through his actions exactly what "devil training" meant.
As it happened, Luffy had served as a punching bag for half an hour and was completely out of strength. Continuing any longer would mean draining his body dry and would only leave more hidden injuries.
Now that he saw Ace and Sabo, Doflamingo's urge to play teacher flared up, and he decided to teach the two of them a lesson as well.
"What? You two came over to stand up for him?"
"You bastard, you won't even spare a child! I'll beat you flat." Ace and Sabo had never considered that Doflamingo might be the powerful man who had split apart the hills and forest. The difference between them was simply too great. Why would someone that strong bully a kid like this?
If he got seriously angry, one puff of breath would probably leave Luffy dead without a trace. Judging by the strength he had used to beat Luffy just now, he was at most about as strong as the two of them. That was why Ace and Sabo had dared to step forward.
The two charged in without hesitation, full of heroic spirit, and attacked Doflamingo!
Ten minutes later, there were two more bruised, swollen, unrecognizable figures lying on the ground.
"Hahaha, so it was training?" Sabo, his head wrapped in bandages, laughed nonchalantly. "Your body went all limp. I thought he'd broken all your bones."
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