"Doflamingo!!!"
Faced with Doflamingo's words that pierced to the core, Zephyr's fists drooped slightly. He gritted his teeth and glared fiercely at Doflamingo.
"You talk too much. Well then, I'll beat you until you can't say a word!"
After saying that, Zephyr lunged forward, and a bolt of lightning instantly shot out from the palm of his mechanical hand. The lines that Doflamingo used to intercept his attack were immediately burned and dried by the lightning, and then shattered by Zephyr's punch!
With a predatory gaze, Zephyr continued charging towards Doflamingo. He gripped his right wrist with his left hand, and the lightning gathered in the center of his wrist instantly condensed into a sphere, which then transformed into a dense beam of pulsed electricity, sweeping towards Doflamingo!
Seeing the electrical pulse so close at hand, Doflamingo frowned slightly, then his smile grew even more disdainful.
While laughing wildly, Doflamingo made a simple gesture, like turning on a light switch.
Instantly, he pulled on the thin, invisible thread and quickly rose into the sky.
As he climbed, Doflamingo used his left hand to casually adjust his sunglasses.
Then, he smacked his lips and said provocatively to Zephyr.
"Tsk tsk, so Z, the superhero who never kills, is now starting to use weapons of mass destruction?"
I've emphasized this to you before, haha, I've emphasized it to you back then, the one who knelt in a pool of blood, weeping bitterly for the death of a student!
If a day is bad enough, even a saint can go mad!
And you, you've gone mad!
I am so pleased and proud. You are my most outstanding masterpiece. I love seeing you like this now.
Even if I die at your hands, I'll only die because of my own masterpiece, bubbling bubbling bubbling!!!
Amidst the laughter, Doflamingo suddenly stretched his right hand behind him, his movement exactly the same as Luffy's normal attack motion.
After gathering his strength, he swung his right hand out with a vengeance, and as countless almost transparent lines shot out from his hand, Doflamingo grinned.
"Super Strike Whip!"
"Armament Haki: Black Arm!!!"
Facing Doflamingo's sudden attack with the Super Strike Whip, Zephyr's left hand quickly turned pitch black. He then grabbed the long whip made of countless threads and forcefully dragged Doflamingo at the other end of the whip.
Doflamingo did not resist the force; he simply allowed himself to be captured by Zephyr.
But as he charged towards Zephyr with that force, Doflamingo finally raised his head.
"Can you still shamelessly shout out your Black Arm moves, Fufu Gawain gave you a lot of confidence and also illuminated countless shadows for you!"
Even I know what Gawain wants to do. Is what he's doing really meant to bring light to the world?
Whether that's true or not, his path cannot withstand any setbacks. You and I both know how deeply the World Government is hiding!
Even under these circumstances, you still insist on killing me, making my death, as a former Celestial Dragon, a problem for Gawain's future?!
At this point, Doflamingo suddenly released his right hand. As he disconnected the Super Strike Whip, he gently crossed his hands, and countless lines, like wildly growing leeks, "grew" out of the deck!
No, that wasn't growth. That was Doflamingo using his Devil Fruit Awakening powers to instantly assimilate the nearby deck into strings under his control!
The lines gathered like ocean waves and surged toward Zephyr. From afar, a large white wave rose on the deck of the Little Dark Bird, and the direction of that wave was toward Zephyr, whose eyes were bloodshot!
Just as the wave was about to engulf Zephyr's legs, Doflamingo gently clenched his crossed hands.
"Raging Wave White Line!"
"Hmph, you dare to show off your meager skills before an expert? Geppo!!!"
After a loud shout, Zephyr took to the air, and the white lines controlled by Doflamingo immediately changed direction.
Just moments ago, the line surged forward like a tidal wave, but in the blink of an eye, it resembled a pea vine reaching for the sky, chasing after Zephyr as it soared into the air!
Seeing the white waves chasing closely behind him, Zephyr's blood-red eyes glared fiercely. Every muscle on his body rapidly expanded, and those expanding muscles instantly tore through the clothes on his arms and calves!
"Seimei Kikan - Z Form!!!"
After a roar, Zephyr instantly swelled to nearly four meters in size, and his originally enormous mechanical hand now appeared remarkably coordinated.
Immediately afterward, he stepped into thin air and transformed into an almost invisible beam of light, rushing towards Doflamingo, whose arms were crossed!
Doflamingo's eyes widened slightly as he looked at the almost invisible Zephyr.
"It's incredible! I've seen that famous Admiral from back then in his heroic form again!"
You truly deserve to be called monsters of the older generation; your control over your bodies has reached a level that ordinary people cannot achieve!
However, back then, you only activated this form for less than five minutes before the intense exertion triggered asthma, completely rendering you unable to fight.
As for now, is it Gawain's doctor who gave you the confidence to perform to your full potential?
Or do you not only want Gawain to lose me, but you also want to destroy yourself?
As soon as he finished speaking, Doflamingo stomped his right foot on the ground, and a new white line instantly shot out from the deck.
At the same time, Doflamingo turned his right hand, and the thick white lines immediately gathered in front of Doflamingo.
"Shield White Line!!!"
With a loud shout, a powerful white wave immediately surrounded Doflamingo, who was like a giant cocoon tightly wrapped in silk, completely hiding in his own silk threads!
Upon seeing this, Zephyr first gritted his teeth in hatred, but then he suddenly laughed!
While laughing, Zephyr began to prepare for his sprint!
He swung his arm, which had swelled to nearly half a meter in diameter, back violently, and with his latissimus dorsi muscles straining wildly, he gritted his teeth and roared!
I can't be bothered to listen to what you're saying!
All I know is that the more you talk, the more afraid you are!
You... damn Joker!!!
The moment the words left his mouth, Zephyr's left fist slammed into the Shield White Line of Doflamingo's defensive shield!
Boom!!!
His bulging muscles rippled like flowing water!
With the rapid encroachment of black Armament Haki, Doflamingo's white lines shattered into ash in the blink of an eye.
Zephyr's fist successfully landed on Doflamingo's body!
However, Doflamingo had his hands on Zephyr's fists, and his whole body bent like paper under Zephyr's force.
While using the momentum to dodge, Doflamingo grinned widely, smiling excitedly at Zephyr.
"Fufufu, do you think you've seen through my fear?"
Of course I am afraid, because I am not hypocritical. What honest person would completely ignore death that is so close at hand?
But so what? If I were truly afraid of death, why would I appear before you?
If I were truly afraid of death, why would I have crossed the Grand Line to return to the East Blue, a place even birds are too lazy to roost in!
In this life, there are many things that are far more important than survival!
You know what? I'm too lazy to lie to you. For me, the things that matter are my insatiable ambition and desires!!!
Of course, blah blah blah, there's also the unfillable void in my heart, and the wicked pleasure of watching you in your current madness!
As soon as he finished speaking, Doflamingo used the momentum to steady himself in mid-air and spread his arms wide open!
Behind him, several ropes that suddenly shot out were abruptly covered by a thick layer of Armament Haki!
Looking at Zephyr's bulging muscles, which made him over four meters tall, Doflamingo grinned and roared.
"Sixteen Sacred Bombs - God Thread!!!"
Wow!!!
With a crisp sound, sixteen thick threads covered in Armament Haki seemed to pierce through time and space, instantly approaching most of Zephyr's vital points!
The attack came so fast that Zephyr didn't even have time to dodge!
Ding ding dong dong!!!
In an instant, the thick ropes were all inserted into Zephyr's body. Those black ropes were like steel bars, firmly nailed to the gaps between Zephyr's knotted muscles!
In a short time, countless drops of blood gushed out from Zephyr's flesh.
Despite these injuries, Zephyr only showed a disdainful smile!
"That bastard Shiki has used similar moves far too many times!"
"If I were to be defeated by a junior like this, do you think I'm just using courage to hunt down the Shiki from back then?!"
With a loud roar, Zephyr took a step forward with unusual decisiveness!
Tear!!!
Just like the sound of rubber being torn apart, Zephyr actually walked out of the sixteen holy bullets that were pinning his body!
As he walked, his torn muscles seemed to come alive, slowly and meticulously coming back together!
A moment later, apart from the bloodstains on his body, there were no other wounds on him!
Across from him, seeing Zephyr's wild and untamed Zephyr, Doflamingo laughed and nodded appreciatively.
"Boo boo boo, this is how a senior naval officer should be!"
Seimei Kikan so skillful it's unimaginable; possessing the ability and will to control every single cell in the body!
The only things that can break you, besides physical exhaustion, are the stress and illnesses within yourself!
As soon as he finished speaking, Doflamingo raised his hands together, bent down, and slammed his palms hard onto the ground!
At the same time, Doflamingo continued speaking.
"But to deal with someone as stubborn and obnoxious as you, you need to be flexible enough, Fufu!"
How can a stone escape the fickle nature of water?
Just like each of us, we cannot escape this vast and magnificent ocean!
Just as he said this, the section of deck that Doflamingo's hands touched instantly turned white!
It was as if Aokiji had arrived at the scene. In a short moment, the white color spread rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, the entire Little Dark Bird was assimilated into a white appearance!
"Haiyuan Baibo!!!" Doflamingo shouted softly.
As soon as he finished speaking, the ship, which had been assimilated into white, completely transformed into a swirling mass of dense lines, threatening to trap Zephyr within them in the blink of an eye!
Noticing the changes around him, Zephyr curled his lip in disgust. Fighting this group of Awakening ability users to the end, a guy like him who relies purely on physical skills always has to deal with all sorts of unimaginable environments that should never exist in reality!
The thought only lasted a moment. The next instant, Zephyr took to the air again. This time, he used a series of Geppo to reach a height of 800 meters above the sea!
Meanwhile, on the white line that rippled like the sea, looking at Zephyr rising high above, Doflamingo stretched out his five fingers and pointed his fingertips at the target in the sky.
Then, he said with a smile.
"A Thousand Arrows Piercing the Heart - Feather Strike - Thread!"
Sasa sasa sasa!!!
On the white line forming the sea surface, countless lines shot into the sky, resembling a pair of enormous wings. The black tips of these wings pierced through space and rushed towards Zephyr in the air!
Seeing Zephyr, Zephyr immediately stepped aside, while Doflamingo raised his right hand and fanned it fiercely like a fan, shouting.
"Giant Wave White Line!!!"
Call!!!
Suddenly, unimaginable giant waves surged up from nowhere on the white sea surface formed by the white lines!
The giant wave reached a height of seven or eight hundred meters, relentlessly chasing after Zephyr's figure!
With the Feather Strike Line in front and the Giant Wave White Line behind, Zephyr gritted his teeth and fiercely thrust his mechanical right hand toward the ground!
"Ever since that good lad Franky gave me this arm, there's one move I haven't used yet!"
It is said that Franky absorbed many principles from Captain Gawain's Devil Fruit in this move!!!
As he spoke, Zephyr gripped his right wrist tightly with his left hand. Brilliant electrical currents crackled around the five fingers of his mechanical right hand, and a deafening roar shook the entire surrounding sky!
Above the vanished Little Dark Bird, Gion, standing even higher, gently bit her lip, watching Zephyr's current techniques, and whispered.
"Franky said that whatever moves Master Zephyr's mechanical hand can use, Lord Gawain can definitely master as well!"
So, Gawain, you haven't had a life-or-death battle in so long, and you haven't even shown your Devil Fruit ability to Garp. What amazing techniques are you hiding?
Meanwhile, on the flagship Gentori, Dark Bird Ship, looking at Luffy dazzling lightning that illuminated the entire distance, stared at Ace in utter astonishment!
Ace!!!
Is this the ocean you experienced?!
These white waves, hundreds of meters high, and moves that hurt your ears just to hear them...!
Is this the kind of strong person you've been dealing with all this time?!
This... this...!
This is the real ocean, hahaha!!!
I want to go to sea!!!
Nobody can stop me, I'm going to sea!!!
I want to be as strong as them!!!
Just as Luffy exclaimed in amazement about his dream, even though Zephyr gripped his mechanical right hand tightly with his left, his right hand still began to tremble uncontrollably!
Although he looked disheveled and trembling, the strength brewing beneath that trembling gave him a real jolt of energy!
While aiming his right hand at the slightly wary Doflamingo, Zephyr opened his mouth and spoke in a voice that was both excited and furious to the point of trembling.
"That brat Franky calls this move the Electromagnetic Cannon!"
But Captain Gawain...
He preferred to use electricity and magnetic fields to launch weapons that nearly broke the speed of light...
Called...
Di Jiang!!!
Boom!!!
Buzzing!!!
Sizzle!
Wow!
Under the terrifying electromagnetic effect at the center of Zephyr's robotic arm, even the parts of Zephyr robotic arm were absorbed by the electromagnetic effect and turned into part of the attack!
In an instant, his entire mechanical hand transformed into parts, rushing towards Doflamingo at a speed that could no longer be observed by the naked eye!
That concentrated and swirling electromagnetic energy, carrying metal, instantly pierced through the sea of white lines that Doflamingo used for both attack and defense!
Almost without making a sound, those things pierced through Doflamingo's chest!
But Doflamingo's smiling figure was just the beginning. After piercing through Di Jiang Doflamingo, the Electromagnetic Cannon continued its charge towards the sea beneath Doflamingo!
Rumble rumble rumble!!!
In a short while, the sand and rocks on the seabed in the area controlled by Yixiao were completely mixed with the seawater that surged hundreds of meters high!
Buzzing!!!
The violent tremors spread along the seabed. Even with Xiao exerting all his strength, some of the unstoppable kinetic energy was released into the surrounding area, causing the Dark Bird Ship to sway slightly and creating ripples on the sea surface.
But right at the epicenter of the explosion...
Doflamingo, the one pierced through by Di Jiang, the Doflamingo whose chest had completely disappeared.
He simply shook his head slightly.
After shaking his head, Doflamingo raised his head, opened his mouth wide, and laughed at the exhausted and shocked Zephyr high in the sky.
"You really have gotten old, Zephyr!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Doflamingo's body instantly disintegrated, and then his entire body turned into shattered threads.
At the same time, not far from where Doflamingo disappeared, another Doflamingo appeared out of thin air with a sinister smile.
While laughing, the new Doflamingo clapped his hands in a teasing manner.
Clap clap clap!
He spoke to Zephyr, who was clenching his teeth again in the sky, in a repulsive, encouraging tone.
"You're so old you can't distinguish between reality and falsehood!"
Just as you cannot define the value of hatred versus gratitude.
Now, let's...
If you haven't seen through my Shadow Rider Line, do you really still have the right to seek revenge against me?
Or rather, if you can't achieve revenge without Gawain, does your pursuit of revenge even have any meaning?