"Jotaro, why are you only coming now, Vivi is about to be beheaded!"
Nami thought of Vivi's situation, grabbed her hair, her mind in complete chaos.
Jotaro put down Shinobu Kocho, his expression darkened, glancing at Doflamingo not far away.
"These things can wait until later."
"Most of the guards around the execution ground have already been dealt with by me. You all go save Vivi, then quickly leave Alabasta. Don't worry about me, I'll deal with him here."
Jotaro stood up, pointed at Doflamingo, and a sharp light flashed in his eyes.
Doflamingo was slightly stunned, then burst out laughing.
"Jotaro! I've been looking for you this whole time. Never thought you, this fool, would actually come walking here to die!"
"I've never seen someone as stupid as you."
The next second, Jotaro appeared in front of Doflamingo, Star Platinum's fist wrapped in Conqueror's Haki smashed onto his face.
Crunch!
His cheekbone shattered.
The stylish sunglasses on the bridge of Doflamingo's nose instantly broke apart.
His whole body flew back, crashing into the solid wall.
"Hurry and go! Don't waste time!" Jotaro saw Nami and the others still standing frozen, and shouted in a deep voice.
"Let's go! Nami! Save Vivi first, whatever it is, we'll talk after saving Vivi."
Shinobu Kocho felt a fury from Jotaro that she had never sensed before, not knowing why he was like this.
Taking advantage of the moment Jotaro held back Doflamingo, the group rushed through the gate straight toward the center of the execution ground.
"Yare yare, the strength of my fists has indeed gone down."
Seeing Doflamingo still able to get up, Jotaro looked at him coldly and launched the attack first.
The next instant, Jotaro appeared before him again.
"So fast!" Doflamingo's expression drastically changed, his arrogance long gone. "No! Is this his time-stop ability?!"
"Ora!"
Star Platinum's fist once again slammed into Doflamingo's face, and in the instant he flew out, Jotaro grabbed his pink feathered coat.
"Ora ora ora ora!"
The flurry of punches made Doflamingo's head spin, dizzy and dazed.
According to the intelligence he had gathered, he estimated Jotaro's strength to be between Vice Admiral and Admiral candidate, the gap with him far too big.
Although time-stop was terrifying, with Haki and the String-String Fruit he should be able to handle it.
The strings were already sharp, and with strong Haki added, anyone attacking him would only cut themselves.
That was the source of his confidence.
What he hadn't expected was that Jotaro's mastery of Haki had already far surpassed him.
No wonder the World Government feared him so much.
So the danger wasn't just his ideas.
Doflamingo always thought the government sending so many forces against Jotaro was making a mountain out of a molehill.
Until now, he realized just how wrong he was.
With Jotaro's current strength, even in the New World full of strong people, he could hold a place of his own.
"Such strong power! Impossible! How can the first half of the Grand Line have a monster like this?!"
His Haki in front of Jotaro was as fragile as paper.
Star Platinum's Conqueror's-coated fists easily broke through the layers of defenses he had set.
"Conqueror's Haki coating!!"
Doflamingo's whole body trembled, his mind completely blank.
Don't be fooled by his arrogant, "I alone am supreme" act; deep inside, he actually feared top-tier powerhouses.
For example, Emperor Kaido.
Now that Jotaro used the same Haki technique as Kaido, the despair in Doflamingo's heart was indescribable.
"I can't fall here!!"
Doflamingo roared, the power of his Devil Fruit and Haki surging again.
If he was defeated by Jotaro, he would not only gain nothing from this trip, but lose everything instead.
The only option was to completely awaken his Devil Fruit's ability.
Doflamingo gritted his teeth in secret. Without using his full strength, under Jotaro's fierce offensive, he wouldn't even have the chance to fight back.
Suddenly, the ground beneath Jotaro's feet rippled irregularly, and then countless white threads surged up.
The threads crisscrossed like two waterfalls in front of Doflamingo, making Jotaro halt and forcing him to give Doflamingo distance.
Don't be fooled by Jotaro defeating Akainu. In truth, at that time, a large part of his power came from his Stand.
His anger had caused his Stand's energy to skyrocket.
Akainu provoked him the moment they met, saying he had killed Mr. 9 and Nezuko, trying to make Jotaro lose his calm in fury.
What he hadn't counted on was that people like Jotaro only grew stronger the angrier they got.
If he hadn't angered him at the start, the outcome now might be very different.
After defeating Akainu, Jotaro's fury eased slightly. The anger he felt now was more toward himself.
This kind of self-blame anger didn't boost his strength, and might even backfire.
So the power Jotaro was using now wasn't as overwhelming as before, but still above Doflamingo.
It was just that the advantage wasn't large enough, making it hard to decide victory quickly.
The moment Doflamingo's aura surged, Jotaro noticed right away, not wanting to give him a chance to use his trump card.
But Doflamingo was tougher than he thought. Even after taking so many punches, he still had the will to fight.
As soon as he found a chance, he immediately counterattacked.
Thousands of threads, each coated in Armament Haki, spread out like flamingo wings and surrounded Jotaro.
If he couldn't win in one exchange, then he would take advantage of the next.
Jotaro's face remained calm.
Even if Doflamingo's Devil Fruit was awakened, it was no threat to him.
Transparent strings? White strings? To the one who had Star Platinum, there was no difference.
All could be destroyed with ease.
"Jotaro, die! Feel the pain of a thousand blades piercing your heart, fufufufu…"
At some point, Jotaro was already at his side, his pale green eyes staring coldly at him.
"Didn't think your face could get that twisted and you'd still be laughing, yare yare…"
"What!" Doflamingo's eyes widened.
Hadn't he just used time-stop not long ago? How could he use it again so soon?
It had only been a few breaths.
In the knowledge of Devil Fruit users, the stronger the ability, the higher the cost, the longer the cooldown.
Sometimes it even brought massive strain on the body.
A terrifying ability like time-stop should logically consume huge energy and need a long cooldown.
It had only been a dozen seconds since Jotaro last used it. Doflamingo couldn't believe it.
But how could he know? To Star Platinum, time-stop was like drinking water for Jotaro.
Effortless.
Other than not being able to use it continuously, there were almost none of the drawbacks Devil Fruit users had.
But in truth, it was still because Doflamingo was too weak.
Against powerful opponents, deciding victory or defeat was a matter of moments. A few breaths were enough. He simply never had the chance to use a second time-stop.
"Ora!"
Star Platinum's fist slammed into Doflamingo's chest.
Doflamingo's body froze, his expression drastically changed, and he collapsed stiffly to the ground.
Cracks already covered his heart.
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