Chapter 152: The Donquixote's Dilemma
A bone-chilling killing intent was released without reservation, and the heavy World-Breaker war hammer, surrounded by Haki lightning and a gray stream of light, came crashing down.
Almost in an instant, it smashed into the spot where Doflamingo had previously been standing. In that moment, a roar like the collapse of a mountain range exploded.
A powerful Haki and shockwave dissipated, directly lifting the ocean woven from countless strings, making it churn and splash back and forth like waves. The massive shockwave even completely blew away this "seawater," causing the exposed rock layer at the bottom, which had not been transformed into strings, to be struck until it collapsed, forming a huge hole.
Not far away, Doflamingo witnessed this scene, and beads of cold sweat trickled down his forehead.
"This person—"
He felt that if he hadn't managed to dodge that blow just now, he might not have had the chance to stand up again.
Then, Doflamingo, troubled by the tearing pain, gritted his teeth and focused his concentration. Treading on the white ocean beneath his feet, he quickly moved away from the monster who had tried to take his life from the very beginning. At the same time, the countless strings transformed by his awakened Devil Fruit ability swept toward the heavily armored body, buying himself time.
After this brief exchange, Doflamingo already knew that the person before him was not in the same league as his previous enemies. The gap between the two of them was too large. Even if he fought to the death, there was no possibility of turning the tide.
To this, from the smoke and dust kicked up by the impact, Yelena, clad in heavy armor and with four horns on her head, stepped out. She raised a clawed hand and swung it violently, kicking up a fierce hurricane that swept away the dust, making the scene in front of her clearly visible.
The scarlet eyes beneath Yelena's gas mask flickered with a chilling red light. Her gaze, wrapped in a detached and merciless killing intent, landed on Doflamingo's back, causing him to sweat profusely.
"!!"
Doflamingo bit down hard. Although he felt an incomparable sense of humiliation in his heart, even greater than when he had returned to Mary Geoise with his father's head and was shamed, at this moment, he still did not stop. He firmly believed that as long as he was alive, there was still a chance. In the future, he would use even greater power to return this humiliation.
Just then, a cold current came from behind, instantly setting off alarm bells in Doflamingo's mind. His Observation Haki, which he had been unable to use due to the intense pain, suddenly gave him a warning, making him subconsciously dive to the side.
The next second, a white beam of light, filled with a bone-chilling cold, came from behind. As the beam of light advanced, an extreme low temperature spread rapidly, almost dyeing the entire world white. The light beam passed by Doflamingo, and after freezing him, it landed in the distance, creating a frozen wasteland paved with countless ice shards in front of him.
CRACK—
Doflamingo broke out of the ice. With no time to worry about his reddened skin, without even looking back, he extended one string after another, pulling himself rapidly away.
Behind him, Yelena crossed the frozen sea of strings, raised a clawed hand, and put her special gas mask on her face. Then, two puffs of white smoke, following the sound of her breathing, were expelled from the mask's filters.
After doing this, she leaped high, leaving a shattered patch of ground behind her, and landed directly on top of a frozen wave of strings. She moved quickly across the ice shards, rapidly pursuing Doflamingo. As she moved, Yelena swung her war hammer, sending out shockwaves similar to slashes, which covered Doflamingo's path.
For a moment, the invisible shockwaves landed on the frozen ground, blasting out deep pits one after another, and causing ice mist to rise continuously.
Seeing this, Doflamingo's face turned blue-black. While dodging the blows from the sky, following the guidance of his Observation Haki, he shot out a series of strings with a backhand motion.
"Bullet String!"
The strings shot out like bullets, directly enveloping Yelena's figure.
To this, Yelena's scarlet eyes swept over them. She raised a hand and forged a shield of ice with the biting cold, holding it in front of her.
"Overheat!"
Doflamingo turned on a piece of ice and, after a brief charge, shot a massive whip woven from countless transparent strings toward the sky. The whip tore through the atmosphere, instantly掠過 (grazed) the shield, cutting a smooth-as-a-mirror gash in it, and then slashed straight at the high-speed pursuing Yelena.
In mid-air, Yelena's eyes narrowed slightly. She raised her World-Breaker war hammer, coated it in Armament Haki, and held it directly in front of her, blocking the blow.
Doflamingo saw this and quickly turned, pushing his stamina to the limit as he flew away.
The strings generated by his Devil Fruit ability collided violently with the cold steel in mid-air, creating a shower of sparks. The next moment, the blow, which was powerful enough to cut through countless buildings, exploded.
Yelena charged out from the scattered strings and headed straight for Doflamingo.
Perhaps it was Doflamingo's escape that had annoyed her. This time, the bone-chilling cold emanating from her body became even more terrifying. The sky gradually grew dim, and one by one, snowflakes fell from the sky as a fierce wind began to rage. In just a moment, a terrifying blizzard spread in all directions. The bone-chilling cold made Doflamingo feel as if even his own joints were beginning to stiffen.
Doflamingo subconsciously turned his head, his eyes filled with disbelief. "This person... is she really not a Logia type?"
Before he knew it, their chase had brought them from the wilderness to the high wall that separated the town from it. One by one, buildings gradually appeared before their eyes, as did panicked citizens.
Seeing this, Doflamingo raised his hand and extended invisible strings, wrapping them around one citizen after another and flinging them behind him. He was testing to see if this person cared about the lives of ordinary people. If she didn't care, he wouldn't lose anything. But if she did, then his room for maneuver would gradually increase. It might not be a matter of turning defeat into victory, but it could definitely restrain and check her!
Behind him, Yelena looked at the citizens flying toward her with piercing cries, and her eyes narrowed slightly. She roughly guessed his thoughts and knew exactly what she should do.
The blizzard surrounding Yelena expanded outward, directly freezing the citizens into ice sculptures that crashed heavily to the ground. Then, Yelena didn't spare the ice sculptures at her feet a second glance. She stepped straight past the citizens who seemed to have been frozen to death but were in fact temporarily trapped, and continued her pursuit.
Ahead, an unsurprised expression appeared on Doflamingo's face. He then ignored the citizens and ran quickly toward the town. However, the next moment, his footsteps froze, and the expression on his face became extremely stiff. His pupils trembled violently, and a storm raged in his heart.
"Archangel - Louis!"
"He's here too—"
At this moment, Doflamingo felt that his luck was a bit off. He had never expected that during his strategic retreat, he would run head-on into the captain of the person who was chasing him.
In front of him, a figure nearly four meters tall with a pair of snow-white wings on his back stood with his back to him, walking with a slow pace toward the town.
Doflamingo recognized this person at a glance. "Archangel - Louis" was the captain of the lunatic behind him.
Under Doflamingo's gaze, the Archangel's steps slowly came to a halt. He slowly turned, showing him a profile and a thoughtful expression.
"..."
Doflamingo silently turned around and faced the heavily armored figure who was striding through the blizzard. Facing this person, Doflamingo felt he still had a sliver of a chance. But if he continued forward, he would absolutely die! Although he had only been in the New World for a few years, he already had a considerable understanding of the top-tier monsters. They were on another level of existence!
The next moment, Doflamingo took a deep breath and once again used his just-completed awakened ability, turning everything under his feet into surging strings. Then, he opened his hands, manipulating several thousand strings to rise from the white strings under his feet. After coating them in Armament Haki, they shot out in the formation of a flamingo's wings, directly surrounding the gradually approaching enemy.
In front, a head with two-toned hair and special headphones poked out from in front of Louis, looking with great interest at the scene unfolding behind him. Then, Uta raised a hand and tapped her chin, a mischievous smile on her face.
"This Warlord is so unlucky! To actually run into us! Otherwise, this chase could have gone on for a little while longer!"
In the eyes of others, this might have been a premeditated encirclement by Louis. But to Uta, who had just come down from the sunflower fields with him, this was purely a tragic, chance encounter, because it was she who had invited Louis to come here with her. It was purely by chance.
To this, Louis once again began to walk toward the town and said concisely, "The result is the same." Although Yelena's long-distance mobility was slightly weak in the eyes of a strong person of the same level, dealing with one Doflamingo was no problem at all.
She didn't know how much time had passed, but countless strings, like a volcanic eruption, shot into the sky. In mid-air, they separated, and like exploding fireworks, they rained down from the sky, landing in various parts of the island. One after another, the strings, spaced at extremely short intervals, were densely packed, directly enveloping the entire island.
Looking up, it was like a huge birdcage, imprisoning everything in Dressrosa.
This scene made the fighting members of the Donquixote Family extremely anxious. They knew that once the Young Master used this move, it meant that he was on the verge of defeat, with no hope of turning the tables. And this situation also made the executives of the Donquixote Family who knew about this fall into despair.
The next moment, the birdcage, under the watchful eyes of countless people, began to rapidly contract. Everything in its path could not stop the sharpness of these keen strings and was cut into pieces.
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