Doflamingo's Terror: Why Won't These Flames Go Out?!

That Conqueror's Haki was no longer the simple pressure from before.

It had transformed into a tangible impact!

Like a tsunami and a landslide, it crushed outward in every direction!

The hard stone ground of the dock cracked inch by inch, centered around Lynn!

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Spiderweb-like fissures spread wildly!

The sinister smile on Doflamingo's face completely froze the instant Lynn's Conqueror's Haki erupted!

Behind his sunglasses, his pupils abruptly shrank to pinpoints!

"This brat...!"

He did not even have time to think. Almost instinctively, he pushed his own Conqueror's Haki to the limit as well!

Bzzzt—!!!

An equally domineering will erupted from Doflamingo, attempting to contend against Lynn's Conqueror's Haki!

However!

It was useless!

The instant Doflamingo's Conqueror's Haki came into contact with Lynn's sovereign will, it was like a paper tiger encountering a true beast!

It was utterly crushed!

Pfft!

Doflamingo only felt an irresistible force slam viciously into his spiritual will!

The ground beneath his feet suddenly caved in. He staggered back three steps before barely managing to steady himself!

His signature pink feather coat fluttered violently despite the absence of wind!

For the first time, horror appeared on his face!

"How is this possible?!"

"My Conqueror's Haki... was completely suppressed?!"

He could not believe it!

He had dominated the New World for years. As a Shichibukai and the king among underworld brokers, when had his Conqueror's Haki ever been crushed so easily by anyone?!

And his opponent was a baby wearing split-crotch pants!

"Young Master!"

Pica, Diamante, Trebol, and the other Family officers drastically changed expression and moved to step forward!

"Stand down!"

Doflamingo growled, stopping them.

He knew that in a clash of Conqueror's Haki at this level, ordinary people would only be throwing their lives away!

Just then!

"Hmph! Interesting!"

A cold snort rang out!

Beside him, Gild Tesoro blazed with golden light!

He, too, unleashed his Conqueror's Haki!

Boom!

The two powerful wills overlapped, forming a solid dam as they attempted to withstand Lynn's Conqueror's Haki, which surged like a world-ending flood!

"Fuffuffuffu... Tesoro, thank you!"

Doflamingo forced a smile onto his lips, but the cold sweat seeping from his forehead betrayed how difficult things were for him.

Tesoro said nothing, his expression grim to the extreme.

He could clearly feel that even with him and Doflamingo joining forces, they could only barely block the frontal impact of that Conqueror's Haki!

That will was too pure, too tyrannical, too aggressive!

It was as though it intended to tear their wills apart completely and crush them into dust!

Even working together, they could only avoid being overwhelmed. Counterattacking was simply impossible!

Moreover, they could sense that their opponent seemed to be... holding back!

"W-What kind of fucking monster is this?!"

The underworld big shots Tesoro had brought with him were all pale as paper, their bodies shaking like sieves!

Quite a few of them were fairly strong, but before Lynn's world-destroying will, their strength did not amount to shit!

They could only watch helplessly as Doflamingo and Tesoro struggled to endure!

Jack the Drought and the Beasts Pirates members behind him, however, were so excited that their blood boiled with pride!

"Young Master Lynn is mighty!"

"Kill them, Young Master Lynn!"

Jack's face had flushed red with excitement, and the enormous tusks in his hands buzzed loudly!

Too powerful!

This was Young Master Lynn.

This was the future heir of the Beasts!

"You damned brat! Don't get too cocky!"

Suddenly!

An enraged roar exploded through the air!

Diamante, one of the Donquixote Family's highest-ranking officers and commander of the Combat Army, could no longer endure this humiliation and oppression!

Seeing Doflamingo and Tesoro suppressed even while fighting together, his pride and loyalty to the Family drove him mad!

"Die, you little bastard!"

Diamante roared as he yanked his longsword from his waist and shot forward like a cheetah!

Fluttering: Thousand Thrusts!

The longsword in his hand transformed into a sky full of sword shadows, blasting toward Lynn, who floated in midair like a torrential storm!

Every sword shadow carried a piercing shriek through the air, enough to easily punch through steel!

"Diamante! Stop!"

Doflamingo's expression changed drastically. He wanted to stop him, but it was already too late!

He cursed that idiot inwardly!

How could he launch an attack at a time like this?!

Jack's gaze sharpened as well, and he was about to intercept!

However.

Lynn merely cast an indifferent glance at the countless sword shadows rushing toward him.

There was not the slightest ripple in his clear, pitch-black eyes.

Just as the endless sword shadows were about to pierce his tender body.

Lynn's pupils suddenly changed.

A Mangekyō filled with eerie blood-red color emerged!

"Amaterasu!"

Sizzle—!!!

There was no warning whatsoever!

On Diamante's right arm, which was swinging the longsword as his face twisted savagely!

A small cluster of pitch-black flames suddenly ignited!

"Huh?!"

Diamante's movements abruptly froze!

He felt a burst of scorching heat on his right arm. When he lowered his head to look, his pupils suddenly contracted!

"What is this?!"

He did not have time to react!

"Aaaaarghhhhh—!!!!"

The next second, a scream so agonized it barely sounded human burst from Diamante's mouth!

His longsword fell to the ground with a clang!

As if every bone had been removed from his body, he clutched the arm burning with black flames and rolled frantically across the ground!

"Fire! Fire! It's so hot! It hurts so much, aaahhh!"

Like maggots clinging to bone, those black flames stuck tightly to his skin and burned wildly!

An indescribable burning pain scorched the depths of his soul like countless red-hot brands!

This pain was more terrifying than any injury he had ever endured in his life!

"Diamante!"

"Quick! Put out the fire!"

Pica, Trebol, Sugar, and the others changed expression drastically and rushed over!

Trebol's sticky body directly covered him, attempting to smother the flames with his mucus!

Pica even controlled the surrounding rocks, trying to wrap and isolate the black flames!

But!

It was useless!

The instant Trebol's mucus touched the black flames, it ignited too!

"Whoa! That's hot!"

He shrieked and retreated in disarray!

Pica's rocks sizzled beneath the black flames and released clouds of black smoke. They could not extinguish them at all!

"Water! Bring water, quickly!"

A Family officer shouted in panic, fetching buckets of water from the ship and dumping them over Diamante!

Yet the black flames did not go out upon touching water. Instead, they burned even fiercer!

"W-What kind of flames are these?!"

"Why can't we put them out?!"

Everyone panicked!

They had never seen such bizarre flames before!

"Seastone! Use Seastone powder, quickly!"

Doflamingo suddenly thought of something and shouted sharply!

Seastone could restrain all Devil Fruit powers!

These bizarre flames had to be some kind of Devil Fruit ability!

Soon, an officer brought over a bag of Seastone powder and, without hesitation, scattered it over Diamante's burning arm!

Everyone held their breath, awaiting a miracle!

What happened next nearly made everyone's eyes pop out of their sockets!

After coming into contact with the Seastone powder, the pitch-black flames merely flickered slightly before... continuing to burn!

They remained just as stubborn!

Just as tyrannical!

It was as if Seastone was no different from ordinary sand to them!

"It... didn't work?!"

"Seastone... doesn't work against these flames?!"

"H-How is that possible?!"

Doflamingo's pupils contracted to the limit!

The expression on his face could no longer be described as mere shock!

It was pure fear and disbelief rising from the depths of his soul!

What the hell were these flames?!

Even Seastone could not restrain them?!

Could it be... that this was not a Devil Fruit ability?!

Then what was it?!

As he looked at the expressionless baby floating in midair, a chill shot from the soles of his feet straight to the top of his head!

Just how many terrifying methods was this brat still hiding?!