"Don't you dare hurt Nami!"
Sanji kicked without thinking. Nami, startled, turned into lightning and dodged, appearing in the air an instant later. Sanji's Diable Jambe destroyed the ropes, and Nami unleashed her strongest attack from above.
"Thunder Beast: Snake-to-Dragon Transformation!"
Nami's snake had finally become a dragon. Well, it looked like her old snake with four legs added, so it had barely gained any power.
Doflamingo knocked Sanji away and fired masses of threads from his palms. They quickly gathered into something like a long snake and wound around the Thunder Dragon Nami had unleashed, strangling it in moments.
Nami's Observation Haki warned her of danger. She used Thunder Flash again and moved elsewhere.
Doflamingo cursed in annoyance. Unless he went all out, he couldn't take down Sanji and Nami quickly. But if he did, wouldn't the Marines have the last laugh?
He ought to learn from Kuma. Kuma and Crocodile were making a tremendous spectacle of their fight without doing each other any real harm.
Aokiji joined the battlefield, opening with a wide-ranging, deadly attack. A bird made entirely of ice crystals appeared and hurtled into the Pirates.
Sabo stepped in. With a Dragon Claw powerful enough to crush anything, he seized the ice bird's head. Armament Haki surged through his fingers, and he crushed the entire bird.
Aokiji wasted no time. He formed a long sword of ice in his hand and slashed at Sabo in midair.
Sabo pulled the pipe from his back and met Aokiji's blow. The result was never in doubt: Sabo was sent flying, though he suffered no serious injury.
Sabo flexed his wrist. It had barely held up under Aokiji's strike. He knew he might lose within a few breaths.
Whitebeard waited no longer. Raising Murakumogiri, he brought it down on Aokiji