Faced with Maud's shot wrapped in Armament Haki,
Doflamingo crooked a finger, driving the awakened power of the String-String Fruit to transform the ground before him into tightly intertwined strands.
In an instant, the mass of strands rose rapidly from the ground like maltose, turning into a wall of strings that stood before Doflamingo.
Not only that, dark Armament Haki spread across the wall of strings.
The incoming bullet slammed into the wall covered in Armament Haki.
"Boom!"
Centered around the point of impact, a powerful shockwave burst outward in all directions.
Once the aftershock dissipated, the wall of strings that Doflamingo had summoned in an instant remained completely unharmed.
"Fufufu..."
After blocking the Armament Haki bullet, Doflamingo dispelled the wall and looked coldly at Maud, who was still holding his firing stance.
Even in the New World, there were few marksmen capable of wrapping bullets in Armament Haki.
Maud was so young, yet he had mastered this technique. With Doflamingo's insight, he had no choice but to acknowledge Maud's potential.
But for now, that was all he had.
Killing intent surged around Doflamingo as he turned to Issho and said coldly,
"I don't know why you're interfering with me, but this brat killed my family. So no matter what price I have to pay, I will make him... die here!"
Those harsh words were mostly meant to test Issho's bottom line.
Before his voice had even faded, the ground beneath Doflamingo's feet began to surge like ocean waves.
The hard rock ground actually transformed into countless writhing white strings, a truly spectacular sight.
"Awakening...?"
Issho raised his head. It was as if he could see wave after wave of white strings surging into the sky, and a grave look appeared between his brows.
A man who had earned his