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His fist shot forward. Behind him, the Phantom that blotted out the entire sky let out a low roar, scattering clouds for miles with a single bellow.

Boom!

Brilliant light erupted. Invisible ripples spread outward and slammed into the Thirty-Six Threads.

Crack!

Fractures appeared in the air. The Thirty-Six Threads shattered, turning into countless bolts of lightning that streaked into the distance.

Every bolt and spark that struck the ground set off violent tremors and explosions.

All of Mogu Town shook and shuddered.

Doflamingo stood in midair, trembling from head to toe.

The instant their attacks collided, he felt the terrifying force carried by his opponent's punch.

It was not just Conqueror's Haki Infusion. It was the sheer physical strength that burst from that body.

"What monstrous strength!"

They were nearly a thousand meters apart, yet more than ten seconds after that punch, the gale it had unleashed still whipped his clothes and distorted his face.

He had never seen such overwhelming power!

In their battle more than ten years ago, he had not even been capable of glimpsing the limits of Xia Le's strength. He had lacked the qualifications entirely.

Ten years later, he had finally gained some measure of that qualification.

Yet a greater shock filled Doflamingo's heart, bringing with it a trace of despair.

The man before him was so strong that his limits were nowhere in sight.

But madness soon returned to Doflamingo's blood-red eyes.

"If you represent the limit of this world, its very pinnacle!"

"Then let me see what the view from the top is like!"

At that moment, an even fiercer desire to fight welled up within him.

His feathered coat fluttered behind him. Doflamingo abandoned the aid of the String-String Fruit and charged forward himself.

The surge of his will made his