Conqueror's Haki Extinguishes the Black Flames, Doffy Goes Berserk, Mission Complete, Reward Obtained!

[Time remaining to complete the mission "Remain Standing for One Minute": 15 seconds... Host detected actively interrupting defensive stance. Timer reset!]

[Time remaining for the mission "Remain Standing for One Minute": 60 seconds.]

"..."

Lynn nearly spat out a mouthful of blood.

He had only been fifteen seconds away!

He helplessly shook his head, his little face full of frustration.

Yet this subtle movement, in Doflamingo's eyes, was nothing less than the most blatant provocation!

"You... you're laughing at me?!"

The veins on Doflamingo's forehead bulged one after another, and the eyes hidden behind his sunglasses seemed ready to spit fire!

He was the mighty Heavenly Yaksha, one of the Shichibukai, the king of the underworld—Joker!

And yet he was being looked down on by some snot-nosed brat in crotchless pants?!

Unforgivable!

"Fuffuffuffu... Good! Very good!"

Doflamingo laughed in extreme anger, and his aura abruptly changed!

Boom—!!!

An invisible yet incomparably terrifying pressure erupted from within him like a burst dam, instantly sweeping across the entire dock!

Conqueror's Haki!

And it was Conqueror's Haki unleashed without reservation, at full power!

At the same time, the ground, the houses, every visible object... all transformed into threads!

This was... Devil Fruit Awakening!

In an instant, everyone was thrown into chaos. Doffy no longer intended to show any mercy!

"Hm?"

Suddenly, the golden pupils of Gild Tesoro beside him sharply contracted.

He keenly noticed that at the exact moment Doflamingo's Conqueror's Haki erupted, the black flames clinging to Diamante like maggots had dimmed and flickered for an instant!

Those black flames seemed to have been strongly suppressed!

"Doffy! Use your Conqueror's Haki!"

Without time to think, Tesoro immediately shouted a warning.

"That black fire... Conqueror's Haki seems to affect it!"

"What?"

Doflamingo, who stood on the verge of exploding with rage, shuddered before immediately reacting.

He sharply turned his head, his gaze locking onto Diamante, who was rolling across the ground in agony not far away.

Sure enough!

The bizarre black flames on his brother's body truly did not seem as intense as before!

The edges of the flames even showed signs of dissipating!

"The weakness of this black fire... is Conqueror's Haki?"

A trace of incredulous surprise flashed through Doflamingo's mind.

Conqueror's Haki was a manifestation of a king's disposition. It could intimidate the weak-willed and even inflict physical destruction when top-tier fighters clashed.

But using it to extinguish flames?

Especially this bizarre black fire that even Seastone could do nothing about?

It was simply unheard of!

But there was no time to care about that now!

Saving his man came first!

He forcibly suppressed the killing intent that nearly devoured his sanity and sent his Conqueror's Haki, pushed to its absolute limit, surging toward Diamante like floodwaters unleashed from a dam!

Hiss... hiss hiss...

A bizarre scene unfolded before everyone's eyes!

The Amaterasu black flames, which had been incomparably stubborn—unquenchable even by seawater and utterly unaffected by Seastone powder—actually began to sway violently beneath the impact of Doflamingo's tyrannical Conqueror's Haki!

The black flames visibly shrank and dimmed, until finally... they went out!

In just a few seconds, the black flames that had nearly burned Diamante alive vanished completely!

All that remained was charred, hideous skin and the nauseating stench of burnt flesh in the air.

"Pant... pant... I was saved..."

Diamante collapsed onto the ground, drenched in cold sweat as if he had just been pulled from the water.

He gasped heavily, his eyes unfocused, his face filled with both the relief of surviving a disaster and profound fear.

Just now, he had truly believed he was going to die!

He never wanted to experience that soul-searing agony again for the rest of his life!

Pica, Sugar, Trebol, and the other Donquixote Family officers all let out long breaths of relief, their eyes filled with concern as they looked at Diamante.

At the same time, when they looked at the tiny, doll-like figure floating in midair, their gazes grew increasingly wary and frightened!

That brat...

That baby in crotchless pants...

What kind of monster was he?!

He could even release such bizarre black flames, something none of them had ever heard of or seen before!

If Doflamingo's Conqueror's Haki had not happened to counter it...

Their Donquixote Family would probably have lost at least one top officer here today!

And this also meant something else.

Anyone without Conqueror's Haki who was touched by those black flames could only watch helplessly as they burned to death!

"Fuffuffuffu..."

Doflamingo looked at Diamante, whose life had been spared. Not only did the fury in his heart not diminish in the slightest, it instead burned even more fiercely, as if boiling oil had been poured over it!

He slowly turned his head. Behind his sunglasses, terrifying bloodshot eyes stared fixedly at Lynn.

His voice was hoarse and cruel, as though squeezed out from the depths of hell.

"Brat, you dared lay a hand on my family... You've successfully enraged me!"

"I'll make you pay the most painful price for everything you just did!"

Before his words had even faded, Doflamingo suddenly spread his hands!

"Awakening... Spider Web!"

Rumble!

The entire dock shook violently at that moment!

As though the earth itself had turned over!

Countless thick white threads surged wildly from the ground, broken walls, and surrounding ruins like venomous snakes endowed with life!

These threads were incomparably tough and glimmered with a dangerous sheen. They rapidly intertwined and coiled through the air, spreading upward at incredible speed!

In the blink of an eye!

The threads formed enormous white walls dozens of meters tall, completely sealing off several hundred meters of space around Lynn!

They formed an airtight white prison!

Immediately afterward, Doflamingo curled both hands inward and violently brought them together!

His eyes were savage, and a cruel arc spread across his lips!

"Sixteen Holy Bullets: God Thread!"

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh—!!!

The white threads generated by his awakened power, even tougher and deadlier than before, instantly transformed into sixteen terrifying bundles as thick as a child's arm under Doflamingo's control!

Like sixteen indestructible white spears, they stabbed viciously toward Lynn at the center of the prison from every direction, carrying sharp shrieks that tore through the air!

Every bundle of thread was wrapped in sinister Armament Haki, gleaming with a chilling, metallic black light!

This was a terrifying attack capable of piercing steel walls and shattering massive boulders!

One of Doflamingo's ultimate killing moves!

"Young Master Lynn!"

The Beasts Pirates members' eyes nearly split apart at the sight. Terrified out of their wits, they were about to charge forward regardless of everything to help!

"All of you, stay the hell where you are!"

Jack the Drought's furious roar exploded like a bolt of thunder from a clear sky, forcibly stopping them in their tracks!

His mountain-like body stood in front of everyone.

Yet he still gritted his teeth, his gaze unwavering as he said in a deep voice:

"Without Young Master Lynn's orders, no one is allowed to move!"

"This is... an order!"

Although every Beasts Pirates member was frantic enough to claw at their heads, with veins bulging from their foreheads, they could only forcibly suppress their impulses and stare at the battlefield with bloodshot eyes.

They believed in Young Master Lynn!

But...

Their opponent was Heavenly Yaksha Doflamingo's Devil Fruit Awakening ultimate move!

That world-destroying pressure alone was enough to make their scalps go numb!

Facing this terrifying attack as though the end of the world had arrived, Lynn continued floating in midair.

His doll-like little face was as calm as an ancient well, completely without fear.

The pale blue skeletal energy construct around his body gave off a dim glow carrying both holiness and ominousness, firmly protecting his small body within.

No matter how frantically those sixteen Holy Bullets stabbed!

No matter how they erupted with ear-splitting screeches of friction and explosions!

They could not break through even a fraction of that seemingly fragile blue skeleton!

They could only stir up dense ripples of energy across its surface before dispersing helplessly!

Doflamingo looked like a madman. His hands moved as if cramping as he continuously controlled even more awakened threads, causing them to pour in from all directions and transform into attacks of every shape, bombarding Lynn without restraint!

"Ocean Current: White Wave!"

Countless white threads surged like raging waves, seeking to swallow Lynn whole!

"Overheat Whip Thread!"

Threads condensed to the extreme transformed into an indestructible giant whip, lashing down with the power to tear apart all things!

"Shadow Knight Thread: Shield White Thread!"

The threads wove themselves into enormous shields, then suddenly exploded into countless fine threads that shot outward in volleys!

The entire space covered by the Spider Web had completely transformed into an ocean of white threads!

Violent!

Destructive!

Suffocating!

The Donquixote Family officers, along with Gild Tesoro and the underworld magnates, all watched with pounding hearts!

If any one of them had faced an attack of this magnitude, they would likely have already been torn to pieces!

Yet no matter how violent or dense Doflamingo's attacks became...

Lynn and the blue skeleton around him remained unmoving, like an eternal reef standing firm amid a storm!

Time passed second by second.

Lynn's expression did not change in the slightest from beginning to end.

His black eyes were as calm as the depths of the universe, as though the mad assault outside—enough to make any top-tier powerhouse's scalp tingle—was nothing more than a breeze brushing his face and drizzle dampening his clothes.

Finally.

Just as another even more violent wave of Doflamingo's God Thread was about to descend.

[Ding! The mission "Remain Standing for One Minute" has been completed!]

[Congratulations, Host! Reward obtained: Massive Conqueror's Haki reward!]

The corners of Lynn's lips rose ever so slightly for an instant.

It worked!