Although the laws of physics were "slightly" different, after several attempts, Shalmeow still managed to recreate the move from the story Xie Wen had told her.
Propelled by electromagnetic force, the pellet in the little forest cat's paw became an orange beam of light, shooting toward the still-conflicted Doflamingo before he could react.
"Damn it!"
Having been slightly distracted just now, Heavenly Yaksha was already a little too late to dodge by the time his Observation Haki reacted.
In that critical moment, he could no longer afford to hide his trump card and activated his Devil Fruit Awakening.
The ground beneath Heavenly Yaksha suddenly churned like ocean waves, rapidly transforming into countless fine white strings.
"Shield White String!"
A multitude of shields made of white strings formed layer upon layer in front of Doflamingo.
Boom!
The orange Railgun slammed into Heavenly Yaksha's Shield White String with a deafening roar. Dazzling lightning and countless strings scattered by the electromagnetic projectile obscured Doflamingo's figure, but to Xie Wen's Observation Haki, he seemed largely unharmed...
Devil Fruits really were powerful once awakened.
Shalmeow, who had sensed the same thing, took out a Cloud Dial, then flung it upward in her grasp. Her elementalized paw carried the Cloud Dial high into the air and soon released a vast bank of black clouds across the sky.
Sengoku, who had soon followed Xie Wen and the others outside to watch the battle, paled dramatically and shouted at the Marines below who had been drawn over by the commotion, "Quick! Everyone, get farther away from the battlefield!"
Fleet Admiral Sengoku commanded considerable respect. At his order, the Marines near the battlefield swiftly retreated into the distance.
Immediately afterward, they saw an enormous lightning beast, resembling neither quite a horse nor quite a deer, poke its head out