Fighting the Donquixote Family!

"Damn it!"

Doflamingo gritted his teeth, then spread his five fingers wide!

Next, hair-thin threads flew from his hand into the air.

"Birdcage!"

Lines of string intersected high above, shooting out toward the surroundings like shooting stars and finally weaving into a giant cage!

Before long, the Birdcage formed, enveloping the greater part of the island!

These threads were all coated with Haki, making them extremely sturdy and razor-sharp.

Ordinary people could neither get out nor get in!

This could be considered Doflamingo's ultimate move, his most powerful skill!

Looking at the surrounding scene, Mislanda smiled disdainfully, but Corazon beside him did not think so at all!

He had witnessed Doflamingo use this very move to slice an island into fragments with his own eyes!

"Fuffuffuffuffu, all of you, go to hell!"

With that, Doflamingo clenched his five fingers together, and the Birdcage above instantly contracted in response.

Threads swept across the ground, leaving behind deep gouges!

Yet Mislanda showed not a trace of panic, stepping forward instead.

"This is indeed a nice skill, but... why did you have to be inside this cage?"

"This is practically giving me the chance to finish you off!"

Mislanda admitted that the Birdcage was indeed a very troublesome ability.

After all, in the original story, even Fujitora Issho had to push it back!

However, as long as Doflamingo was defeated, the Birdcage would collapse on its own!

And right now, Doflamingo was right before his eyes!

At this thought, Mislanda opened his hand toward Doflamingo's position.

"Dark Water!"

Boom!

Suddenly, a tremendously strong suction force erupted across a vast range, pulling not only Doflamingo but even his subordinates toward him!

The Dark-Dark Fruit possessed a powerful suppressing effect on all other Devil Fruit users, unless the opponent was a Haki master capable of using Haki to forcibly break free from this pull!

Yet clearly, Doflamingo indeed possessed such skill.

Under the pull of Dark Water, he managed to forcibly steady his stance, preventing himself from moving toward Mislanda!

His subordinates, however, were a different story!

They were pulled in one after another, quickly arriving right in front of Mislanda!

"Damn it, what on earth is this ability?!"

"Five Color Strings!"

Doflamingo swiped his hand, sending five differently colored strings flying toward Mislanda like sharp blades!

However, upon contacting the black Qi released from Mislanda's palm, Doflamingo's strings were swallowed up directly, failing to produce even the slightest effect!

Seeing this, Doflamingo launched another attack, countless threads shooting from his hand to surround Mislanda like a spiderweb!

Following that, these threads tightened rapidly, seeking to slice Mislanda directly into pieces!

"Hmph, is that any use?"

Facing the countless fine threads, Mislanda charged right through them by sheer force!

Those originally razor-sharp strings proved unable to pierce his skin, getting snapped apart instead!

"Don't waste your effort!"

Suddenly, Mislanda flashed right in front of Doflamingo!

As for the rest of the Donquixote Family, all were trapped by a black vortex and unable to break free for the time being!

The next moment, Doflamingo's head was pressed down by him, sending his entire body crashing onto the ground!

From the very moment of contact with Mislanda, Doflamingo's fruit ability directly failed, and the Birdcage in the sky slowly dissipated until nothing was left at all!

"How can this be?!"

Feeling his fruit ability suddenly vanish, Doflamingo could not help but panic.

He tried to struggle to his feet, but how could his strength ever compare to Mislanda's?

Bolstered by the Dragon Essence, Mislanda's strength grew daily, having now reached a truly terrifying level.

Today, the only ones capable of surpassing Mislanda in sheer physical strength were those old geezers, plus Kaido!

"Your ability is quite nice! I'll take it!"

Mislanda smiled, and then black Qi began to gradually seep into Doflamingo's body!

Just as he had done back on the Red Line, Mislanda was once again going to use the Dark-Dark Fruit to extract a devil fruit user's ability!

Though the String-String Fruit was not exceptionally good, it was at least a very decent ability!

"Bastard, dream on!"

Boom!

Just as Mislanda was about to extract the String-String Fruit ability, Doflamingo suddenly burst forth with immense strength, breaking free in a flash!

"God Slayer!"

Doflamingo was out of his mind by now, his eyes completely bloodshot!

Immediately after, the ground beneath Doflamingo's feet turned entirely white.

"Awakening?"

Doflamingo had developed the String-String Fruit to a formidable degree, and had long since awakened it.

The ground was instantly assimilated, transforming directly into string.

Swish, swish, swish...

Suddenly, several tentacle-like growths extended from the ground, resembling the sharp tips of lances!

Seeing this, Mislanda frowned slightly.

"This is getting a bit troublesome!"

He had not expected Doflamingo to suddenly unleash such a burst.

Even so, he felt not the slightest fear!

Mislanda crossed his arms over his chest, massing a large amount of black Qi in front of him to form a giant black sphere.

Then Mislanda gripped the black sphere with both hands and continuously compressed it!

At last, a black sphere the size of a ping-pong ball appeared in the palm of his hand.

Right at that moment, Doflamingo's attack arrived, eight tentacle-like appendages imbued with Haki stabbing toward Mislanda!

Yet Mislanda did not dodge at all, simply thrusting the black orb from his palm outward.

Immediately following that, Mislanda rushed to Corazon's side, grabbed his collar, and flew off without looking back!

For he knew very well that whatever the outcome of his upcoming move, the scene it left behind would be disastrous.

This was also his first time using this technique!

Behind him, Doflamingo's attack struck the black sphere directly, piercing right through it!

Yet that single strike amounted to opening Pandora's Box!

The compressed black Qi instantly burst forth, then frantically sucked in everything in the vicinity!

Out on the sea, sensing the two surges of Conqueror's Haki coming from the island, Vice Admiral Tsuru had not landed immediately.

According to her intelligence, Doflamingo possessed Conqueror's Haki, but then who was this other person?

"Look quickly, what is that?!"

Suddenly, a marine pointed toward the island, as if seeing something incredible!

Vice Admiral Tsuru looked up as well.

A massive black sphere was hovering in the sky above Rubeck Island, while objects were continually being sucked into it from below!

Rocks, topsoil, trees, and even buildings!

Boom!

Before long, the black sphere exploded directly, and vast amounts of black Qi shrouded the surrounding sky entirely!

"What kind of power is this? It is truly terrifying!"