Previously, Luffy and Doflamingo were about the same speed, Luffy had the advantage in physical skills. Now, Luffy's speed has obviously improved to another level. Faced with Luffy's attacks, Doflamingo simply couldn't react and was completely overwhelmed!
Doflamingo also considered trying to fight Armament Haki head-on. He only used Armament Haki to exchange a punch, but the Straw Hat Boy almost broke his finger bones, and his finger was twitching in pain!
After that, Doflamingo dared not fight head-on, but his speed was inferior. He could stay in the air and dodge attacks before by using the String-String Fruit's ability, but now that his opponent could fly, he had nowhere to hide. His Parasite String, Five Color Strings, and Bullet String were all useless, and he could only take the beating in frustration!
"Speed and Haki are dominant, it's a one-sided affair! I didn't expect Straw Hat Boy to be so strong in this form. He has Armament Haki for defense, the elasticity of rubber, and he's even developed the rare ability to fly. What a great combination!"
"In terms of talent in combat and Devil Fruit ability development, you're really no match for him. Don't underestimate Luffy just because he's not even twenty yet; his Devil Fruit ability is almost Awakening. He just doesn't know about Awakening yet. Once Doflamingo gets beaten to a pulp and shows off his Devil Fruit Awakening, he'll find out. Just you wait and see!"
"But my ability is Logia ability, the hardest to Awakening among the three types. There's no comparison between the two, is there?"
"That's not necessarily true. Maybe he's Special Zoan!"
What are you muttering about?
"It's nothing, you're right."
Aokiji's words do make some sense. Among the three types of Devil Fruit, Paramecia is the easiest to Awakening, followed by Zoan, and Logia is the most difficult. This is common knowledge.
The distribution is also reflected in the number of Awakening ability users. Zoan need to question their own hearts, Logia need to question the heavens and earth, and Paramecia are too diverse, with varying degrees of difficulty in Awakening, making it difficult to generalize.
However, in the eyes of people in this world, the Awakening of Paramecia is the simplest thing, since the most people have Awakening it and there is little risk involved; this is the general view.
Vic had thought the same way a long time ago, but he stopped thinking that way after his Law of Speed was blocked. He had already broken through to the God Realm in his Law of Lightning, but his Law of Speed was still a step behind!
"The moment you exhaust your Haki will be the moment I end you!"
Doflamingo was almost driven mad by the Straw Hat Boy ' Gear Fourth. He was being batted from here to there, from there to here, from the sky to the ground, and from the ground to the sky. He had become a living volleyball!
Doflamingo knew that if he didn't use his Devil Fruit Awakening to wear down Straw Hat Boy's Armament Haki, he would be the one to fall, and his Donquixote Family would be finished! At this moment, the Birdcage had shrunk by more than half, and it wouldn't be long before he could kill everyone. All of this required him to use his Devil Fruit Awakening to buy time.
After Doflamingo was knocked away, he seized an opportunity to explain the Devil Fruit Awakening while touching the surrounding buildings. A large number of intact houses and destroyed buildings were Assimilation into threads by Doflamingo's Devil Fruit Awakening.
This is the power of the String-String Fruit after its Devil Fruit Awakening: it can change the basic constituent particles of matter at the atomic level. Doflamingo turned everything he touched into threads, and all matter that came into contact with the threads continued to be transformed. The range of the threads visibly increased until it stopped at a certain extent.
It's not that Doflamingo didn't want to continue, but that's all he could do. After all, he's not the God of Law, and he can't create lightning from the void at a distance like Vic. With a single thought from Vic, everything he can sense can be turned into lightning, even air. He used air to create lightning to kill Jesus Burgess before!
Doflamingo may not be the strongest, but he's got a good head. He successfully wore down Luffy's Haki. Luffy was dragged through the air by countless threads. Every time he tried to get close to Doflamingo to deliver a fatal blow, he was thwarted by the omnipresent threads until Luffy's Armament Haki was exhausted and he reverted to his normal form, unable to even move!
"See? Luffy's empathy and ability to unite people are extremely rare on this sea. He demonstrated this during the Paramount War. This is the kind of ability a true 'King' needs; Conqueror's Haki is just the beginning!"
"Yes, that's the most terrifying ability, and the one the World Government fears most. I see the shadow of a leader in him! Even though he did it unconsciously!"
Although Luffy was lying on the ground exhausted from his Haki, people from all sides did everything they could to protect him from being finished off by Doflamingo. They risked their lives one after another. This kind of unity that turned strangers, or even enemies, into allies is what Vic and Aokiji admired the most.
Although Luffy was in critical condition, the two of them did not intend to help.
To buy Luffy time to regain his Haki, everyone bravely stood in front of Doflamingo, while the other half fought against the rapidly shrinking Birdcage, led by Marine Admiral Fujitora and Pirate Hunter Zoro.
While using the silk threads to heal his internal injuries, Doflamingo also dealt with the fools who tried to stop him! Yes, in Doflamingo's mind, these people were idiots; they had only known each other for a day, why were they risking their lives!
Luffy was also very anxious, but his Haki and stamina were greatly depleted, and he could barely move for a while. If someone were to harm him at this moment, he would be completely helpless and at the mercy of others.
However, Luffy's fierce beating of Doflamingo just now gave everyone hope. Doflamingo wants to take everyone down, they can only place all their hopes on the Straw Hat Boy Luffy!
In the original work, there's a scene where Jesus Burgess tries to ambush and kill Luffy, but Sabo, who ate the Flame-Flame Fruit, stops him. Here, Vic kills Jesus Burgess beforehand.
All the Donquixote Family's officers are now down, and the Marines are helping to push the Birdcage. The only real enemy left is the heavily injured Doflamingo. Although he has saved himself several times, the injuries inflicted by Luffy and Law's repeated attacks won't heal easily, and he's currently in a critical condition. Otherwise, how many people here could stop him?
Seeing so many people being beaten to death by Doflamingo while trying to buy him time, Luffy felt extremely guilty and remorseful. So, even though his Haki had only recovered slightly, he forced himself to prepare for the final battle!
Sensing that he only had enough Haki left to unleash in one more attack, Luffy knew that the battle would be decided in a single blow. If he lost, everyone here would die, including himself and his crew. Therefore, he absolutely could not afford to lose!
With unwavering belief in victory and an invincible will, Luffy transformed into Gear Fourth and soared into the air, shattering Doflamingo's Sixteen Holy Bullets--God Thread— in a single strike. Then, he delivered a powerful punch to Doflamingo's face. In that instant, everyone witnessed the world change color, and white light filled their entire vision, etching only the invincible figure of the Wisdom King defeating his enemy!
The shattering of Doflamingo's sunglasses signified his defeat, and the Birdcage that was about to close in and wipe out everyone vanished. At that moment, deafening cheers, shouts, and tearful expressions of gratitude erupted from Dressrosa!
" Doflamingo has been defeated, and the Underworld is probably going to be in chaos. I really don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing!"
"Of course it's a good thing. A short, sharp pain is worse than a long, drawn-out one. Cutting out the tumor is always better than being slowly but completely infected. This world has its own rules, and the turmoil can be ended without anyone interfering. Don't worry!"
Vic comforted Aokiji. Although Aokiji had left the Navy, his sense of justice had not been extinguished. The chaos and wars caused by the Underworld would inevitably affect a large number of ordinary people. Aokiji had always been at a high level, so he naturally understood this. But Vic knew even better the principle that what is divided will eventually unite, and what is united will eventually divide. This was the rule of society!