Outer Heaven Flying Fairy

At this point, Gion naturally would not let Doflamingo keep building up his momentum. With a flash of blade light, she unleashed her strongest sword technique yet.

"Elegant Waltz!"

Pink sword light flickered through the air, faintly forming effects like countless peach-colored petals. It looked incomparably gorgeous.

Yet beneath that seemingly dazzling sight lay unparalleled killing intent. Every drifting petal was formed from sword energy capable of piercing gold and iron with ease. Their immense numbers blocked every path of escape as they surged toward Doflamingo, appearing slow but moving swiftly.

The instant Gion made her move, Doflamingo, who had already locked onto her with Observation Haki, changed expression. He seemed like a god or Buddha in the heavens, aloof and proud.

Drawn by some mysterious force, Doflamingo suddenly leaped into the air. The sword in his hand traced a flawless trajectory, transforming into an inconceivable sword flash that chilled one to the bone.

Flawless and pure, like blue skies and white clouds; swift as thunder and lightning. As the sword energy erupted, the countless peach-colored petals rushing toward him became like truly fragile petals, instantly vanishing beneath that brilliant, resplendent sword light.

"Pfft!" Gion suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. The powerful sword light pierced straight through her chest. Had Doflamingo not shown mercy at the last moment and shifted Chidori slightly, this strike would have gone straight through her heart.

"Gion!" Tokikake, who had been watching from outside the Training Grounds, ran over with a face full of panic. He hurriedly tried to hold his goddess of dreams, only for Gion to push him away.

"What is that move called?" Though severely wounded and trembling all over, barely able to stand by leaning on the sheath in her hand, Gion's eyes shone with astonishing brightness. Looking at Doflamingo, she asked with curiosity.

"Outer Heaven Flying Fairy. That move is called Outer Heaven Flying Fairy!" Doflamingo's gaze was distant as he continued recalling the sensation from that strike.

Although the technique's workings differed vastly from his memories, and it lacked the support of extraordinary power like internal energy, replaced instead by the use of muscular strength, the true soul of that sword technique—the brilliant, magnificent sword intent, flawless and pure as blue skies and white clouds—had been passed down intact.

At that instant, it was as though Ye Gucheng's soul had awakened once more, using Doflamingo's body to unleash this unbelievable Pirate World version of the sword strike—a Outer Heaven Flying Fairy belonging to this world.

"Outer Heaven Flying Fairy! What a beautiful name. Only a name like that deserves such a perfect strike!" Gion said excitedly, paying no heed to her injuries.

Gion herself was widely experienced; otherwise, she could not have become a top-tier swordswoman at such a young age. Yet among all the swordsmen and Great Swordsmen she had seen, none had ever wielded such a perfect technique.

Perhaps some had stronger swordsmanship, greater destructive power, or more terrifying lethality, but that was only because their physical foundations and Haki cultivation far exceeded her own. Under equal strength, however, almost no one could break this Outer Heaven Flying Fairy.

"All right, stop talking! You're coughing up blood!" Tokikake fretted anxiously beside her, while Gion merely wore an unconcerned expression and casually wiped the blood from her lips.

"Being able to witness such a perfect move, even getting hurt—or dying—would be worth it."

Though she said that, once her excitement subsided, Gion still followed Tokikake to the hospital.

After all, Doflamingo was still right here. If she wanted to see that move again in the future, she surely could. There was no need to rush for the moment.

After Gion left, Doflamingo continued gesturing and practicing, recalling the sword strike he had just unleashed.

The original Outer Heaven Flying Fairy was certainly not this terrifying. Gu Long's martial world was, in the end, still a low-level martial arts world. There, sword energy reaching ten meters was already shocking and unparalleled.

But ten meters was only ten meters. In the Pirate World, any swordsman could casually cleave out a Flying Slash spanning ten meters; that was child's play.

That was merely the limitation of the world's power. Judging the sword technique alone, Outer Heaven Flying Fairy could indeed crush nearly every swordsman in the Pirate World.

After all, swordsmanship here did not place much emphasis on such things. Rather than spending time studying sword techniques, it was better to improve one's basic strength first. Wouldn't overwhelming skill with sheer power be even better?

But it was different for Doflamingo. With Skill Pearls and the Illusion Space, studying sword techniques came effortlessly to him and would not interfere with his strength training. Naturally, he intended to grasp both with equal firmness.

After practicing for a while, he unleashed another Outer Heaven Flying Fairy. Though without an opponent, the move's spirit and power were somewhat diminished, it at least allowed Doflamingo to thoroughly familiarize himself with the feeling.

With more practice, it would not be difficult to completely make this sword technique his own. Then, he would have a trump card for normal circumstances as well.

Though Intangibility was an unsolvable move, much of his attention had to be focused on his Devil Fruit ability while using it, inevitably slowing his speed. Top-tier experts all possessed astonishing instincts, so ambushing them would not be easy either.

It was not until the moon hung high in the sky, when he felt his training was about done, that Doflamingo dragged his tired, injured body back to his dormitory.

He found several Sea King steaks in the refrigerator, took out a bottle of red wine, and made a red wine braised steak meal. After eating his fill, he went straight to bed to rest.

Early the next morning, Doflamingo had just emerged from the Illusion Space when he heard loud banging on the door.

"Who is it?" He walked to the door in confusion. After all, Doflamingo spent nearly every day in the training camp cultivating. Other than being on good terms with Tokikake, hardly anyone else had ever visited his dormitory.

The moment he opened the door, Doflamingo saw Gion, still wrapped in some bandages, and Tokikake, wearing the expression of a man with a grievance, standing outside his dormitory.

"It's you two. Did you need something?" Doflamingo raised an eyebrow and looked at Gion.

As for Tokikake, one look at his expression told Doflamingo that he was merely the guide. He definitely was not the one who had come to see him.

Gion's expression was calm, but a trace of excitement flickered in her eyes. "Let's go. We're going to train. Seeing your Outer Heaven Flying Fairy yesterday gave me many new insights."

Doflamingo sighed, though he was not surprised. A move like Outer Heaven Flying Fairy drawing a swordsman's attention was perfectly normal.

Though they followed different paths, all top swordsmen could see the value of that technique. Wanting to study and observe it was only natural.