That was what Diamante thought.
He dodged another explosion!
But when Arthur realized that the Atomic Light Sword was too slow,
he immediately adapted.
It was as though something clicked in his mind.
The Atomic Light Sword that was about to take shape again did not settle into the form of a sword. Instead, its blade continued to lengthen.
From an Atomic Light Sword,
it became a slender javelin.
"I'll call this move Atomic Lance."
Arthur nodded, giving this new move its name.
Then Arthur immediately hurled the Atomic Lance.
In just an instant!
He noticed the difference between the Atomic Lance and the Atomic Light Sword.
It was incredibly fast!
Reshaped into a javelin, the Atomic Lance did not even leave behind the sound of air being torn apart. It left only a streak of light in Arthur's vision.
And shot toward Diamante!
Without a sound!
At that instant!
Although Diamante, upon seeing the change in the move in Arthur's hand,
had already raised his vigilance to a hundred and twenty percent,
the Atomic Lance's new speed still far exceeded his expectations!
In the blink of an eye, it struck the ground and triggered a terrifying explosion!
Rumble!!!
An explosion with a fifty-meter radius abruptly erupted.
A black mushroom cloud appeared over the island like a symbol of death.
The aura of death instantly enveloped the entire island!
This time,
Diamante did not evade it completely!
A staggering figure shot out of the explosion's black smoke.
Taking advantage of the explosion's effects,
Diamante chose to flee outright!
He had no intention of continuing to fight Arthur!
Because his body was already riddled with internal damage. The powerful shock wave from the explosion had severely injured him.
Although he had used Armament Haki to defend his entire body,
even Armament Haki could not fully defend against the Atomic Lance's power.
"Cough, cough!"
Diamante covered his mouth with his hand.
He coughed up red blood mixed with fragments of his internal organs.
Seeing this, Diamante lost all desire to fight Arthur.
All he wanted now was to escape with his life!
At that moment,
Arthur, who remained standing where he was, had not noticed.
By then, Diamante
had already fled in another direction.
Arthur's mastery of Observation Haki was not particularly advanced, and its range could not yet cover a very large area, so he had not detected Diamante's escape.
After waiting a while without seeing Diamante reappear,
Arthur thought Diamante had already been killed.
Or perhaps he had escaped.
He did not know.
But just then,
the system in his mind sounded a notification:
"Ding!" "Congratulations to the user for destroying the Donquixote Family's North Blue base!" "Mission rewards: Spatial Ring (one thousand cubic meters), Six Powers!"
Then,
an exquisite ring appeared out of thin air in Arthur's hand.
Arthur put on the ring,
and with a thought,
he saw a vast space.
"So this is what a Spatial Ring feels like," he murmured, unable to help feeling pleasantly surprised. Something like this would prove very useful.
At the same time, Arthur also sensed the Six Powers that had appeared in his mind.
The Six Powers he had received as a reward
could fill the gaps in his combat skills perfectly.
Otherwise, he would end up in the same situation as when he had fought Diamante earlier,
only able to mindlessly throw Atomic Lances.
Although,
that method really was quite effective!
The vast amount of knowledge about the Six Powers left Arthur overwhelmed for a moment.
After looking through it, he understood.
Although he now had experience and knowledge of the Six Powers in his mind,
he still needed to practice them step by step himself before he could master them.
With that in mind, Arthur decided to finish the business before him quickly, then start practicing the Six Powers...
Meanwhile,
Alfred, elsewhere,
while the explosions rang out one after another,
had also slain most of the Donquixote Family's underlings.
To these pirates, Alfred was like a god of slaughter. He showed no mercy whatsoever, killing with maximum efficiency.
The pirates at the Donquixote Family's North Blue base
could not stop Alfred at all.
Afterward,
Arthur, who had dealt with Diamante, also found Alfred.
Together, the two hunted down the pirates remaining on the island.
Together, they killed every last pirate on the island.
They left only the civilians, such as the servants who had previously worked in Diamante's castle.
"Finally finished..."
In the castle hall,
Alfred, seated in a chair, could not help letting out a long breath.
Although he was uninjured,
killing most of the pirates at this North Blue base single-handedly
had left him feeling somewhat exhausted.
Arthur, seated on the castle's throne, did not mind.
Alfred had done most of the work.
He deserved a rest.
But just as the fighting had died down completely,
suddenly,
the sound of a Den Den Mushi rang out in the hall.
"Purupurupuru!"
"Hm? Where's that Den Den Mushi?" Alfred immediately rose from his chair and asked in puzzlement, looking around the spacious castle hall.
Soon, Alfred found the ringing Den Den Mushi.
And this Den Den Mushi's appearance
actually resembled Doflamingo himself.
Clearly, this particular Den Den Mushi was used specifically to contact Doflamingo himself.
"Your Highness Arthur..." Alfred's expression could not help turning somewhat grave. Naturally, he too knew the weight that the name Doflamingo carried.
He was unsure whether they should answer this Den Den Mushi.
At that moment,
Arthur stared at the Den Den Mushi and pondered briefly.
Then, without much hesitation, he picked up its receiver.
"Hello..."
A low voice came from the other end of the Den Den Mushi.
Arthur did not reply immediately.
Yet the person on the other end seemed to have already understood the entire situation.
"Brat... do you know what you've just done?" Doflamingo said in a low voice from the other end, his tone seemingly suppressing the emotions within him.
Hearing this, Arthur finally spoke:
"Nothing much. I just got rid of a few parasites."
He had no fear whatsoever of Doflamingo on the other end.
After those words,
Doflamingo fell silent for a while.
Clearly, he had not expected
this brat who had destroyed his North Blue base
to have such an arrogant, conceited attitude...
"Very good, very good..." Doflamingo could no longer suppress his fury. "I'll have the entire North Blue hunt you down until you're dead..."
Doflamingo's voice had become utterly sinister.
Doflamingo's expression on the Den Den Mushi was filled with murderous intent!
It seemed that Arthur's destruction of his North Blue base had stirred boundless fury within him, to the point that he even disdained concealing it.
At that moment, Arthur did not know.
The North Blue base Doflamingo had established
was the most important part of his entire North Blue underworld enterprise!
No, it should have been called the centerpiece of his operations across all four seas!
Almost all his arms and weapons were shipped from this North Blue base to the various countries that needed them, helping them wage wars for profit.
At the same time, large numbers of slaves were also sent out from this base.
The source of all kinds of underground businesses
spread outward from this North Blue base.
And recently, business in the underworld had been at its peak.
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