Living Wood

"There's not much time left."

Violet explained, "Besides, this guy is a very troublesome enemy, so staying here to fight him would be a huge disadvantage."

"Anyway... let's go to the flower room on the second floor first."

The opponent's Devil Fruit ability can detonate any inorganic matter, which means the opponent can detonate all the rocks here!

Therefore, staying here to fight the enemy is tantamount to suicide.

Seeing that Violet had said so, Luffy gave up his plan to continue fighting and instead ran away into the distance.

Seeing this, Xi Yan abandoned his plan to attack and quickly gave chase with Kyros.

"Lord Viola, you..."

"No need for further words, Brother-in-law Lord." Violet smiled at Kyros and said, "I understand. Thank you for not abandoning this country."

Kyros paused for a moment upon hearing this, then shook his head and said, "This is, after all, my country as well."

Although what he had experienced was extremely painful, it couldn't make him give up. After all... the country needed him, Rebecca needed him too.

"Then let's work together to take back our country," Violet said firmly.

"Profound!"

Kyros nodded, then turned his gaze forward, preparing to launch a surprise attack on Doflamingo.

"Violet!"

Ignored, Gladius angrily said, "You bastard, how dare you betray the young master! I will never forgive you!"

"I have never betrayed anyone."

Violet turned around and shouted, "Because... I haven't forgiven you since that day ten years ago, so there's no way I can genuinely Donquixote Family!"

From the very beginning, she never genuinely Donquixote Family, so how can that be considered betrayal?

"But this still cannot change the insults suffered by the young master," Gladius shouted.

As soon as he finished speaking, he activated his Devil Fruit power without hesitation, enlarging his helmet and ultimately detonating it.

"Helmet Blast!"

"Boom!!"

The next moment, a large amount of steel debris shot out, rushing towards Xi Yan and the others in front of them like cannonballs.

"Don't even think about it!"

Upon sensing the attack, Xi Yan stopped without hesitation and immediately activated Wood Style: Wood Dragon Technique.

The next moment, a Wood Dragon burst out of the ground with a roar, completely blocking the passage and successfully stopping Gladius's attack.

"Bump!"

"Bump!"

"Bump!"

"What?!"

Upon seeing the suddenly appearing Wood Dragon, Gladius's eyes immediately showed surprise.

Is this guy really able to summon such a huge Wood Dragon in an instant?

Is this the power of Devil Fruit User?

"Great, we stopped them." Violet breathed a sigh of relief.

If that level of attack hit her, it might just kill her outright.

Xi Yan glanced at the Wood Dragon behind them, then said, "This Wood Dragon can hold him off for a while. Let's leave here first."

Normally, things created by one's Wood Style possess life, which means that the opponent's Devil Fruit ability might not be effective.

"Good."

Violet nodded, then quickly walked forward, saying, "Let's hurry, our destination is just ahead."

Afterwards, Violet led Xi Yan and the others away from there.

Meanwhile, Gladius, who was standing behind, glared angrily at the Wood Dragon that was blocking his way.

"Asshole!"

"You think this thing can stop me?!"

You underestimate me!

Did he really think he could stop this Explosion-Explosion Devil Fruit User with just a pile of broken wood?

Are you kidding me!

Then, Gladius rushed to the foot of the Wood Dragon and reached out to touch its body.

"Blow it up!" Gladius roared.

As soon as he finished speaking, he activated his Devil Fruit ability without hesitation, intending to use it to detonate the Wood Dragon blocking his way.

To Gladius's surprise, his abilities could not be applied to the Wood Dragon.

Gladius:???

"What's going on?"

Gladius looked at his hand with a puzzled expression, then at the Wood Dragon, and asked, "Why didn't it detonate?"

His Devil Fruit ability should be able to detonate anything inanimate, so why can't he detonate this piece of wood?

Could it be... that his ability has failed?

With that thought in mind, Gladius lowered his head and touched the stone below, imbuing it with his Devil Fruit power.

The next moment, the stone suddenly began to expand, clearly indicating that his ability had taken effect.

"My abilities are not a problem..."

Gladius frowned as he looked at the Wood Dragon in front of him and said, "So... this thing isn't an inanimate object?"

No, is this reasonable?

Aren't the things created by Devil Fruit User supposed to be lifeless, inanimate objects? Why does that Wood Dragon created by the Sunglasses Man have life?

For a moment, Gladius stood frozen in place, unsure of what to do.

After a moment of stunned silence, Gladius came to his senses and said, "Since we can't blow this up, let's go somewhere else."

After saying that, Gladius turned his gaze to the wall beside him, clearly intending to blow the place up.

Meanwhile, Xi Yan and his group took advantage of the gap in Gladius's movement to successfully reach the vicinity of the target area.

"Boom!!"

"Um?"

Hearing the commotion behind him, Luffy instinctively turned around and glanced back, then asked in confusion, "Did he blow up the Wood Dragon?"

"It shouldn't be."

Xi Yan stroked his chin and said, "That guy's ability is to detonate inorganic matter, but the wood I released itself has life force, so his ability should be ineffective."

According to Violet, Gladius is Devil Fruit User, which gives him the ability to detonate inanimate objects.

Unfortunately, all the wood created by Wood Style contains incredibly powerful life force.

Therefore... the opponent's abilities will most likely be ineffective.

"Are there still any living beings left?"

Kyros glanced at Xi Yan, who had grabbed him, in astonishment. This guy's abilities were truly incredible.

"Isn't it normal for trees to have vitality?" Xi Yan said.

Kyros:...

"It seems so."

Upon closer examination, the other party's abilities are indeed quite unique.

Then Kyros grinned.

That Gladius was really unlucky; he actually ran into a power user who was his natural counter.

This is really...

We've arrived.

Violet stared at the Great Gate ahead and said, "If we go through that Great Gate, we can find Doflamingo."

"Okay, leave it to me!"

As he spoke, Luffy rolled up his sleeves, clearly ready to fight Doflamingo.

Xi Yan narrowed his eyes, wondering if the blind old man was even there.

Although he really wanted to use his Observation Haki to check it out, Xi Yan gave up the idea after considering that the other party's Observation Haki was even more terrifying.

"Wait a moment."

Violet grabbed Luffy, who was about to Luffy out, signaling him not to act rashly.

"What's wrong?"

Luffy looked at Violet with a puzzled expression. Why do we have to wait?

Why doesn't he just charge in and fight?

Xi Yan also looked at Violet with a puzzled expression, clearly not understanding what she meant.

"If we go in now, we'll ruin their entire operation," Violet said.

"Ha?"

Luffy stared at Violet with a face full of question marks. What was this girl talking about?

Seeing this, Violet could only explain the Tontatta's battle plan against Usopp and the others to Luffy and Xi Yan, which made the two understand what the other party meant.

"I see." Xi Yan stroked his chin, then turned to look at Kyros and said, "So... you were also waiting for this opportunity?"

"That's right."

If he can return to human form, he can rush in and cut off Doflamingo's head!

Seeing that Kyros and Violet had both said so, Xi Yan calmed down and decided to wait and see.

Luffy, on the other hand, turned and walked towards the window, intending to check the situation inside first.

Seeing this, the others followed, intending to peek inside through the window.

Meanwhile, Doflamingo was frowning as he looked at Law, his mind filled with speculation.

Then he said:

"Your goal is the SMILE Factory; that should be all."

"But... why are the Straw Hat allied with the dwarves of the Green Bit?"

"This isn't something that can be done on a whim."

When Doflamingo received this information, his head was full of question marks.

He couldn't understand why the Straw Hat Crew was able to gain the Tontatta Tribe's trust in such a short time.

Is this reasonable?

What exactly did they do?

"A dwarf?"

Luo was stunned for a moment. What was this guy talking about?

Doflamingo, ignoring Law's confusion, continued to frown and ask, "Not only that, they also successfully infiltrated the underground... How did they manage that?"

"And why did they attack Sugar?"

"And what's the deal with those people's actions?"

"Everything they've done is very bad for me."

"If none of this is a coincidence... then it means those guys already know the root of this country's darkness."

It's unclear how these guys obtained the intelligence or how they managed to do those things.

However... everything the other party did pointed to one truth: they knew that Sugar was the Donquixote Family's Achilles' heel!

This is really bad news for him.

Fortunately, Trebol was strong enough to successfully defeat all the invaders, so there was no need to worry about problems there.

Upon hearing Doflamingo's words, Law subconsciously frowned. What the hell was this guy talking about?

Did the Straw Hat discover something they themselves didn't realize?

"Hello!"

Baby5 walked up to Luo, slapped him on the back of the head, and said fiercely, "Luo, the young master is asking you a question, answer it now!"

"Um?"

Luo, who had just been slapped, immediately looked up and glared fiercely at Baby 5, scaring her so much that she ran to Buffalo's side, crying and begging for comfort.

Buffalo:...

"If you're going to cry, then don't do it..." Buffalo quipped, "You guys are still the same as before."

In the past, Baby 5 would cry loudly when Luo scolded her, but after the incident, she would forget about it and continue to beat Luo up, repeating the cycle endlessly.

"But..."

Baby 5 looked at Buffalo with teary eyes, which made Buffalo sigh.

"Why."

I'm really fed up with this guy.

Law, however, paid no attention to the interaction between the two. Instead, he turned to Doflamingo and calmly said, "I've already said it, they have nothing to do with me anymore. The alliance is over."

I can barely understand what you're saying.

That last sentence was true, since he genuinely couldn't understand what Doflamingo was saying.

"Fufufufufu~"

"Trying to get away with this?" Doflamingo grinned. "Or... are you truly clueless?"

This time, Law didn't say anything, just calmly looked at Doflamingo, which made Doflamingo feel somewhat helpless.

There's really no way to get any useful information from Luo right now.

"If only Violet were still working for me," Doflamingo said. "That way, I could easily get the information I want from you."

Unfortunately, Violet has now betrayed him, so he can no longer command her to interrogate Luo.

Then, as if he had just thought of something, Doflamingo turned to look at King Riku, who was standing silently to the side, and said, "Hey, King Riku."

"You weren't behind this, were you?"

"I remember the Tontatta Tribe submitted to you before."

If this guy is the big hand behind everything, then all of this makes sense.

After all Tontatta Tribe obeys this guy's orders, so it's reasonable for him to choose to cooperate with the Straw Hat Pirates.

"Father?"

Seeing King Riku sitting there silently, Violet's pupils immediately shrank to their limit. Why was her father here?

Kyros looked at King Riku with some excitement; he was so glad that the king was safe and sound.

This time, he's going to personally kill Doflamingo, rescue King Riku, and return Dressrosa to King Riku!!

"Hey."

Luffy tugged at Xi Yan's clothes and said, "Why is Tra-man sitting there?"

Upon hearing this, Xi Yan lowered his head and said, "Didn't I just tell you? Law was defeated by Doflamingo and taken back to the Royal Palace."

This is what he saw before he split into two.

As for why Doflamingo didn't kill Law directly... perhaps he wanted to get some useful information out of him?

Well, he couldn't think of any other possibility.

Unfortunately, a man like Law is not afraid of interrogation, so Doflamingo's plan is likely to fail.