Although Su Xiao had already held back, the blow from the metal rod was still extremely heavy. If not for Doflamingo's powerful physique, it would definitely have broken his nasal bone.
Just after striking Doflamingo with the rod, Su Xiao felt tremendous force slam into his lower abdomen. His body flew backward. Katakuri was too fast—so fast that by the time Su Xiao's instinctive perception detected his movement, the attack had already landed.
Su Xiao held his left arm level and was just about to fire the Boundary Severing Thread when he saw Katakuri leap up from where he stood. His attack had been predicted again.
After rolling several times through the sand, Su Xiao rose into a half-crouch. A furious gaze fixed on him. It belonged to Doflamingo, who was covering his nose and mouth with one hand, blood seeping between his fingers.
"My hand slipped."
Su Xiao casually shook the blood from the metal rod and charged toward Katakuri. Doflamingo, blood streaming from his nose, was furious, but he chose to follow.
Boom, boom, boom...
Sand flew everywhere as waves of force spread in all directions.
Not far away, Bubu Wang lay prone on the glutinous rice. It had already determined Cracker's position through the Heat Detection device and was now waiting for an opportunity.
As long as the timing was right, Bubu Wang and A'Mu would eliminate Cracker as quickly as possible. The timing clearly wasn't right yet. They had to wait until Katakuri was held up.
Threads shot out. A mass of condensed threads flew past Katakuri's ear. As he dodged them, his hand was wrapped in Armament Haki, and he reached out with his bare hand to grab the metal rod coming at his face.
With a muffled bang, Katakuri caught the metal rod. Su