"Damn it, you forced me to do this!" After taking another lightning strike and feeling his Haki weakened to nearly nothing, Hody Jones finally roared.
He then took out a small bottle of pills from his belt and swallowed them all without hesitation.
Doflamingo's mouth twitched slightly as he cursed Neptune, that idiot king, half to death in his heart.
"Damn it, Hody Jones actually still managed to get his hands on the ES Drug? That's stupidity beyond belief!"
The so-called ES Drug was a kind of overdraft medicine that burned life force to enhance combat power, similar in effect to the Heavenly Devil Disintegration Great Art. It had always been kept in the Tamatebako of Ryugu Palace.
No one knew how Hody Jones had gotten his hands on the drug this time, but the amount he had seemed far less than in the original story. He had probably been less prepared than before and had only gotten a little.
But then again, the current Hody Jones was far from comparable to the one in Ryugu Palace from the original story. After going out to sea and witnessing the vastness of the ocean, his strength had improved considerably as well.
Therefore, although he had taken far fewer drugs than he had in Ryugu Palace, he was no less threatening.
Perhaps he was not as overwhelmingly powerful as he had been in the original story, but at least his current strength was much more controllable.
"Die!" After swallowing the pills, Hody Jones's muscles swelled enormously, and even his speed increased greatly—speed and strength had always complemented each other. Greater muscle strength might reduce agility, but it could only increase absolute speed.
With a thunderous boom, Hody Jones stomped a crater into the ground. His fist, coated in Armament Haki, instantly swung