Whoosh—
RUMBLE!!!
Doflamingo was sent flying backward through the air at an incredible speed, even creating several circular vapor clouds. He flew for over a thousand meters in an instant, becoming a black blur that crashed into a snow trench at the foot of the mountain.
A thunderous crash, like a heavy artillery shell, caused a pillar of snow to shoot up. Doflamingo's body created a five-meter-wide crater in the trench, and a powerful airwave mixed with snowflakes spread out, shaking the ground within a hundred-meter radius.
"Doffy!"
"Young Master!"
"..."
Looking at Cross, who looked like a demon in the sky, Trebol, Gladius, Señor Pink, and the others were all shocked, angry, and even a little scared.
Señor Pink calmed down and turned to shout to the person behind him, "Giolla, you take Buffalo and Baby 5 and bring Diamante and Lao G back for treatment!"
From a broken window of a dilapidated house a dozen meters away, a woman wearing triangular-framed glasses, with sharp features and golden-red curly hair with lipstick on, poked her head out. She shouted, "No problem! Leave it to me!"
"Buffalo! Baby 5! Get out here and get to work!" Her call brought out two figures, one big and one small. The former wore a thick, yellow coat, had a peculiar, propeller-like hairstyle, and a slightly youthful face. Although he was tall, he was a few years younger than Cross.
This was Buffalo, who possessed the Paramecia-type Spin-Spin Fruit ability.
The latter was a little girl in a dark blue, thick coat. She looked sweet and cute and had the Paramecia-type Arms-Arms Fruit ability.
Buffalo's ability allowed him to fly, so he and Baby 5 were a perfect team to search for Law. Even if the Donquixote Family encountered enemies, they could fight from the air and provide support.
However, Cross's second apostle, Thunderstorm: Marduk, had been monitoring the entire island from high above the 'Birdcage.'
Buffalo and Baby 5, still children, would have been struck down by a single lightning bolt if they weren't careful. So, they had to stay with the rest of the Donquixote Family for protection.
But after the Donquixote Family annihilated the Diez Barrels group, Cross was unexpectedly knocked down into the ghost town by Doflamingo, leading to a full-scale conflict with the Donquixote Family.
Facing Cross, who was like a powerful, demonic monster, all the Donquixote Family members, including Doflamingo, had to go all out.
However, the combat power of Giolla, Buffalo, and Baby 5 was so weak that they couldn't participate in such an intense battle. If they recklessly interfered, they would not only die but also likely cause trouble for the other family members.
So, Giolla had hidden with Buffalo and Baby 5, and now she could follow Señor Pink's orders to rescue the injured family members.
At the same time, Cross stood a hundred meters above the mountaintop, looking down at the ghost town on Minion Island.
"Marduk, destroy this place!" Cross's aura surged. He spread his arms wide and roared, "Imhullu!!!"
"No problem, Master!"
Finally, the silent cloud-like face in the sky showed a ferocious expression. Its eyes, filled with malevolence and shining with lightning, looked down at the ground and answered with excitement.
Kraaak—BOOM!!!
In an instant, lightning flashed, illuminating the dark night sky as if it were day. Countless lightning bolts tore through the clouds from all directions, unleashing their power on the ground below.
"Damn it, you bastard! Cough..." At the foot of the mountain in the snow trench, Doflamingo stood up from the cracked, snow-filled crater. His expression was fierce and grim. He wiped his nose and mouth with his hand, looked at the blood on his palm, and cursed before spitting a mixture of blood and saliva onto the ground.
The slash hadn't physically cut him, but the immense force had injured his internal organs, causing his nose and mouth to bleed.
But in the next second, the dazzling lightning that turned the sky into daylight caught Doflamingo's attention. He looked up at the sky.
Boom boom boom boom... boom boom boom boom...
Countless lightning bolts descended like a natural thunderstorm, engulfing the town on the mountaintop. A large number of buildings were smashed by the lightning. Each lightning bolt was as thick as a bucket and was accompanied by a deafening thunderous roar. The entire island shook violently as if a powerful earthquake were occurring.
In an instant, a large amount of rubble flew through the air and fell from the mountaintop. A massive amount of thick snow, under the powerful vibration, formed a sweeping avalanche, like a white flood or tsunami, heading toward every part of the island.
"CROSS!!!" At this moment, Doflamingo's eyes were bloodshot, his expression twisted and maniacal, as he let out a hysterical roar.
Hum—
A terrifying aura erupted from Doflamingo's body, filled with a brutal, tragic resolve. He shot into the sky, completely ignoring the wild lightning, and flew straight for the Marine demon who stood in the void like a god or a demon.
"Perfect timing. I'll take care of you, too!" Cross's Observation Haki picked up the familiar voice. He looked down and saw the furious Doflamingo approaching.
He couldn't make out any expression on Cross's crimson eyes and pitch-black face, but the corners of his mouth turned up in a smile. He looked like a demon, with a terrifying aura surging from his body. He was at his peak, controlling a cataclysmic thunderstorm of divine power, a demon-god capable of destroying the entire island.
"Come, Marduk!"
At this moment, Cross looked up at the sky and raised the fiery Shusui in his hand. It attracted one lightning bolt after another, like a lightning rod.
Under the continuous roar of thunder, Shusui accumulated a large amount of lightning energy. Under the control of Cross's Live-Live Fruit ability, the lightning was given life and fused with Surtur's flames.
In an instant, a terrifyingly powerful lightning-fire blade appeared in Cross's hand. He swung it downward.
"Taste my ultimate new technique!"
"Secret Technique: Divine Thunderfire!!!"
RUMBLE—BOOM!!!
A terrifying, heart-stopping lightning-fire energy erupted from Shusui, forming an incomparably dazzling, massive energy column. The power it radiated was enough to distort the surrounding air, as if a god were swinging a divine sword down.
With this single slash, the massive energy column, as easily as a hot knife cutting through butter, sliced the highest peak of Minion Island in half, creating a chasm-like deep fissure that completely changed the island's landscape.
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