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Doflamingo landed on a charred reef, his chest heaving.
The strain of forcibly controlling lightning with the String-String Fruit far exceeded his expectations, and Haki was rapidly draining from every part of his body.
Yet the sizzling plasma sphere began to shrink and dissipate.
What it revealed was a mass of pitch-black spikes.
"Iron Sulfide Shell... Corona Discharge..."
Coated in Armament Haki, Ochoku rose between the slowly unfolding spikes, arcs of electricity still dancing along the hem of his clothes. "I underestimated you brothers, Doflamingo."
The Evolution-Evolution Devil Fruit had constructed a biological structure to counter electricity in an instant, but the power of that last strike had even surpassed Horz, the thundercloud Charlotte Linlin controlled.
Ochoku wiped the bloody foam from his lips and grinned. "Unfortunately, nothing in this world can completely ** my attacks."
"Fufufu... is that so?"
Doflamingo almost laughed aloud-if he had not cared about appearances, he would have roared at the sky.
What an absurd Devil Fruit, allowing him to withstand even an assault like that.
But the Donquixote Family had never come here to wipe out the Ochoku Pirates.
They only needed to take that person away. Escaping unscathed from the pincer attack of two legendary pirates would count as victory.
Elsewhere, a furious roar sent ripples across the sea.
"Scurrying around like a flea... is that all you can do?!"
Known as "Big Mom,"
Charlotte Linlin nearly crushed the thundercloud in her hand.
After they switched opponents, that Calm-Calm Fruit user had put a soundproof barrier around her, then turned into an uncatchable blur.
Though her body, known as the iron balloon, remained unharmed, her splendid dress had been slashed into ragged strips that fluttered in the sea breeze like a beggar's banner.
"Heh."
His voice came from every direction, moving too