Clang! Doflamingo did not draw Narikitsune from his waist. Instead, he extended a hand wrapped in Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki, forcefully blocking the flying slash.
Black lightning crackled through the air, the aftershock produced by the clash of Conqueror's Haki coating. Several enormous cracks instantly split the sea crystal beneath their feet, while some of the weaker pirates were nearly knocked unconscious by the impact of their Conqueror's Haki.
After facing off for a moment, they both withdrew and looked at the weapons in their hands. A trace of disbelief appeared in Charlotte Linlin's eyes.
There were faint fingerprints in the blade she held—fingerprints Doflamingo's Haki had apparently pinched into it from afar!
Though the marks were light and shallow, looking almost like a faint layer of dust on the blade, what they represented sent a chill through Charlotte Linlin's heart.
It meant Doflamingo's Haki had surpassed hers. Only then could he pierce through her Haki defenses and damage the weapon in her hand.
Moreover, ever since suffering a loss at Doflamingo's hands last time, Charlotte Linlin no longer dared to animate her weapons when fighting opponents such as Doflamingo and Boa Hancock. But given her status, the weapon in her hand was naturally no ordinary one.
Because of her size, she had not sought out any of the famous Great Grade Swords from history. Still, her weapon had been painstakingly forged from the finest materials by a renowned craftsman, not much inferior to the twenty-one Great Grade Swords. Yet Doflamingo had still left fingerprints on it. Clearly, there was already a considerable gap between their Haki.
"Bastard! Impossible! Die!" Once her disbelief passed, Charlotte Linlin was both shocked and enraged. She immediately raised her hand again, preparing to unleash another Ikoku Spear!
Doflamingo sneered. "I don't have time