As Doflamingo's laughter abruptly stopped, Pica placed his hand on the ground beside him, ready to animate the surrounding rock at any moment. On land, his combat power increased by at least one-third.
"Gulu~"
Sugar, who had been swallowing grapes, choked and rolled her eyes. Amu had somehow appeared behind her. If anything went wrong, he would instantly crush Sugar to pieces. He didn't care whether Sugar was cute or not.
Doflamingo raised a palm toward Pica, signaling him not to act rashly. The reactions of the three were perfectly normal. If having a blade pressed against one's throat felt like being pricked by needles, then observing Apollo from such a close distance was like having a red-hot iron brought near one's brow—searing and painful.
"Did you make this weapon?"
Doflamingo quickly calmed down, but his five fingers twitched, and invisible threads appeared around Su Xiao.
Sizzle~
The Boundary Severing Thread shot out, coiling above Su Xiao and tightening around several transparent threads in midair.
"Of course. Otherwise, why would the World Government hunt me across the world?"
Su Xiao's expression remained unchanged. He didn't even look up at the Boundary Severing Thread above him.
Doflamingo hooked his index finger and withdrew the threads above Su Xiao. This was the power of his Devil Fruit—the String-String Fruit, which he had developed to the point of awakening.
"I want to know the detailed specifications of this thing, whether it can be mass-produced, its power, its cost..."
Doflamingo could only feel that Apollo was extremely dangerous. He knew very little about it.
"You can call it Apollo. It's a large-scale explosive. As for how it kills its targets, you can imagine a miniature artificial sun crashing down onto the ground.
"In reality, Apollo's explosive power isn't particularly strong. It relies on the