Luffy looked at Doflamingo, his mind filled with other thoughts.
Doflamingo, however, was completely unaware of this and continued to speak to himself.
"Straw Hat, to be honest, I'm quite surprised!"
"I didn't expect you to refuse the Shichibukai's invitation!"
"But thinking about it, that makes sense!"
"An evil demon like you, who kills without batting an eye, would surely find it troublesome and boring if you became a Shichibukai and couldn't kill freely!"
"Fufufufufu..."
As soon as Doflamingo finished speaking, he suddenly saw Luffy clench his fist and cover it with Armament Haki, striking towards him.
While dodging, Doflamingo frowned and said, "Wait! Straw Hat! I'm not here to fight you!"
"I'm here to discuss a partnership!"
Luffy paused his attack upon hearing this, and asked, "A partnership?!"
Seeing Luffy stop, Doflamingo grinned again and said, "That's right!"
"I watched all the battles of your Straw Hat."
"I'm very interested in the bombs that long-nosed guy in your crew uses."
"Such super bombs are a sharp weapon in war."
"If mass-produced, they would be snatched up like crazy."
"So..."
"I want to buy the blueprints for those bombs you have; name your price!"
Luffy repeated, "Name my price?"
Doflamingo nodded with a smile.
"That's right!"
"Just name it!"
"As long as the price is reasonable... I won't refuse!"
After Doflamingo finished speaking, Luffy fell into thought.
Seeing this, his smile immediately widened, and he secretly rejoiced.
This Straw Hat was indeed an evil person who could be bought with money and women, just as he had thought.
Just as he was secretly rejoicing, he suddenly heard Luffy ask, "What's your bounty?"
When asked this question, Doffy was a little confused.
But because the other party was about to become his partner, Doflamingo still smiled and replied, "That was a long time ago."
"You should know!"
"After becoming a Shichibukai, the bounty is frozen."
"Before I became a Shichibukai, my bounty was 340 million Berries!"
"Fufufufufu..."
When Doflamingo said this number, there was a look of proud satisfaction in his eyes.
Although Luffy's current bounty was higher than his.
But his bounty was from several years ago.
If he hadn't become a Shichibukai, he would definitely have surpassed Luffy.
Luffy nodded upon hearing this, then suddenly smiled and said, "Then let's use 340 million to buy it!"
At these words, Doflamingo immediately frowned, his tone becoming somewhat angry.
"What do you mean?"
Luffy smiled, clenched his fist, and said, "It means... this!"
With that, Luffy clenched his fist again and attacked Doflamingo.
Doflamingo, while dodging, said in surprise, "Straw Hat, are you crazy?"
"We have no grievances, no grudges; if you attack me, you will definitely regret it."
Luffy, however, completely disregarded Doflamingo's warning and merely smiled, saying, "If you don't fight back, you'll end up like those people on the ground."
Upon hearing this, Doflamingo's anger immediately flared, and he cursed in a deep voice, "You lunatic!"
With that, Doflamingo could no longer hold back and activated his Devil Fruit ability to fight Luffy.
Seeing Doflamingo begin to move, Luffy suddenly retreated.
This left Doflamingo confused once again.
"What's wrong? Not fighting anymore?"
As soon as Doflamingo finished speaking, he saw Luffy suddenly smile and bring his arm to his mouth.
"Gear Fourth!"
A deep voice sounded.
Doflamingo then saw Luffy's body suddenly inflate like a balloon, expanding abstractly.
In the blink of an eye, he transformed into a strange form with an upper body like a Giant Race, his entire body wrapped in Armament Haki, and a face full of sinister aura.
Seeing this, Doflamingo immediately frowned.
"You... are you serious?"
Doflamingo was incredibly angry at Luffy at this moment.
He had inexplicably attacked him, and now it seemed he was getting serious.
This made him, who had always been unruly, extremely displeased.
"Gum-Gum: King Kong Gun!"
Luffy let out a low roar.
His giant fist, covered in Armament Haki, compressed inward like a spring, beginning to gather power.
The next second.
Boom!
A loud bang.
A punch carrying astonishing power slammed out, heading straight for Doflamingo's face.
"Spider's Web!"
Seeing the incredibly powerful punch about to strike, Doflamingo immediately extended his hand forward.
Immediately, hundreds of thousands of threads were shot out by him, instantly weaving into a silk spider web hundreds of meters large.
Like a giant shield, it blocked Luffy's fist.
And when Luffy's fist rushed forward, the spider web was instantly deformed and caved inward.
But due to its strong toughness, it did not shatter.
However, Luffy's punch was incredibly powerful, deforming the spider web to a great extent.
Even though Doflamingo released this wall from a great distance, he was still hit by the buffered punch and sent flying backward.
Boom!
A roar.
Doflamingo was sent flying over a hundred meters, with a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth.
At this moment.
Doflamingo was completely enraged.
He looked at Luffy, his eyes filled with killing intent and intense anger, and roared in a deep voice, "Straw Hat! You don't know your place!"
"Just because you defeated a crocodile, do you think you're invincible?"
"You... you've angered me!"
"I'll show you!"
"The ultimate power of the Devil Fruit!"
With that, Doflamingo suddenly roared.
In the blink of an eye, Luffy saw the ground and houses around Doflamingo all transform into dense white threads, like waves, converging towards him.
At the same time, Luffy was secretly delighted.
[Your comprehension is heaven-defying, through personal contemplation and realization, you have comprehended the Devil Fruit Awakening ability!]
Seeing the prompt in his mind, Luffy was very excited.
As he expected, under his physical conditions, seeing someone else's awakening once was enough to trigger his own awakened state.
At this point, Luffy had achieved his goal.
He no longer intended to continue fighting Doflamingo.
Because he still had something he needed Doflamingo to help him with.
Luffy said, "Alright! I don't want to fight you now!"
"Let's talk about cooperation!"
Doflamingo was already enraged by Luffy, so how could he just swallow his anger because of one sentence from him now?
He looked at Luffy, his eyes filled with anger and killing intent, and said in a deep voice, "It's too late!"
"You've completely enraged me!"
With that, Doflamingo covered the dozens of threads, like white waves, with Armament Haki, and attacked Luffy in an encirclement.
Luffy saw that Doflamingo couldn't calm down at this moment, but he wasn't worried at all.
Instead, he smiled faintly and said, "Since you want to vent your anger, I'll play with you!"
As Luffy finished speaking, he engaged Doflamingo in his Gear Fourth form.
Doflamingo possessed Conqueror's Haki, and fighting such an opponent allowed Luffy to improve his own Haoshoku.
Although his current Haoshoku already surpassed Doflamingo's, so the improvement gained from fighting would be much less, a mosquito, no matter how small, is still meat; every little bit of improvement counts!
In mid-air, dozens of threads covered in Armament Haki, like giant black-headed, white-bodied snakes, continuously attacked Luffy with extremely frantic offensives and speed.
Luffy, meanwhile, flickered his body in the air, like phantoms, constantly countering these giant snakes.
Soon, all the citizens who were frantically fleeing on the streets were attracted by the battle between the two.
Where had these people ever seen such a grand spectacle?
So, at this moment, everyone kept their distance and watched.
Watching the two figures constantly flashing and colliding in the air, everyone's jaws dropped.
"So... so strong!"
"Is that Straw Hat's true strength? He looks almost on par with Doflamingo!"
"sugei! This is the battle of a 500 million bounty man! It's simply too shocking."
Amidst the crowd, exclamations about Luffy and Doflamingo's battle continuously rang out.
Meanwhile, on Luffy and Doflamingo's side.
Doflamingo was already infuriated by Luffy.
Because he always had a feeling that Luffy wasn't using his full strength, but was just playing with him.
At this moment, Doflamingo was completely enraged.
He suddenly roared.
Immediately, an unparalleled aura erupted from his body.
Then, a larger area of surrounding land and houses all turned into white threads, rising into the sky like towering waves.
"16 Holy Bullets!"
This was Doflamingo's strongest move.
Sixteen towering waves, completely covered in Armament Haki, resembled purple-black giant pythons.
With unparalleled speed and momentum, they surged towards Gear Fourth Luffy in the sky.
Luffy, however, remained calm at this time, extending his arm to his mouth once more.
Instantly, his giant-like arm expanded again, and soon, it became as huge as a San Juan Wolf.
"Gum-Gum: Great Ape King Gun!"
Luffy roared!
His fist, like a San Juan Wolf, let out a deafening roar in the air.
Then, like a huge cannonball leaving the barrel, it collided with the sixteen converging purple-black giant pythons.
Boom!
Another earth-shattering roar echoed through the sky.
An incredibly surging energy burst forth from the collision.
Like an invisible shockwave, it radiated outwards from the point of impact, engulfing the entire island.
The entire island shook violently, and the nearby seawater churned wildly as if insane.
Wave after wave of giant waves crashed ashore, smashing and collapsing the houses along the coast...
The crowd instantly became incredibly panicked again.
"Run! This island is going to be destroyed!"
"It's terrifying! Straw Hat's battle is too terrifying!"
"This island is simply hell now!"
"Run!"
The crowd was filled with cries of panic.
And at the same time.
On Jaya Island's east coast.
The Straw Hat Crew and Cricket's group naturally felt the intense tremor.
This terrifying power swept across the entire island.
Everyone looked towards the west, where the sky and earth seemed to have darkened.
Seeing such a scene, Cricket's group was stunned.
"What is that?"
"Such terrifying energy fluctuations!"
"That direction is Mock Town! Who on earth did that?"
While Cricket's group was shocked, the Straw Hat Crew was filled with doubt.
"How did Luffy cause such a big commotion again?"
"Seriously, doesn't that guy know how to be a little more low-key? It's always like this!"
"That energy looks like it's from a fight! Did he encounter a particularly tricky opponent?"
"But that guy doesn't seem to have used his full strength yet, so we shouldn't have to worry! Besides, if there's any unexpected situation, Vivi's speed means she'll be back to inform us quickly!"
"Well! You're right, let's continue modifying the merry go!"
After some discussion, everyone continued with the modification of the merry go to reach Sky Island.
Meanwhile, Cricket's group was stunned in place, listening.
He hasn't even used his full strength yet?
Looking at it, this island is almost destroyed, and you say he hasn't used his full strength yet?
The three of them were completely stunned!
...
On Luffy's side.
Doflamingo manipulated his strings, engaging in a fierce clash with Luffy.
Suddenly, his pupils constricted, revealing fear.
Boom!
A roar was heard!
Luffy's fist completely shattered Doflamingo's strings.
Like a meteor falling to the ground, it slammed towards the stunned Doflamingo with unparalleled momentum.
Puff!
Doflamingo spat out a large mouthful of blood, directly hammered into the ground by Luffy's punch.
Creating a giant crater in the ground.
This scene once again stunned everyone present!
"Straw... Straw Hat won?!"
"Did Straw Hat take down another Shichibukai?"
"This is bad! This is bad! Straw Hat has gone berserk! Get off this island quickly!"
Someone shrieked and jumped directly into the sea.
Soon, countless people followed suit.
And at the same time, Luffy also released his Gear Fourth form.
He still had plenty of stamina and Haki left, and with his heaven-defying comprehension of Devil Fruit development, the side effect of being unable to move after Gear Fourth, as in the original work, had been eliminated by him.
At this moment, Luffy stood at the edge of the giant crater, looking at the extremely disheveled Doflamingo below.
He didn't deliver a fatal blow.
Because he still had something he wanted Doflamingo to help him with.
So at this moment, although Doflamingo was on his last breath, he could barely move.
Moreover, Doflamingo could also perform surgery on himself with his own ability, so he was recovering quickly at this time.
Looking at Luffy standing above the giant crater, Doflamingo's eyes were filled with fear and worry.
He was afraid that Luffy, this cold-blooded villain, would also kill him here.
Just then, he suddenly saw Luffy grin and say faintly.
"Now... can we talk about cooperation?"
Doflamingo was startled by the words.
This guy didn't seem to have any intention of killing him.
At a time like this, how could he refuse Luffy?
He quickly said.
"Of course!"
But even so, Doflamingo still had doubts and asked.
"Since you want to cooperate, why did you attack me at first?"
This was what annoyed Doflamingo the most, otherwise he wouldn't have been so angry.
Luffy smiled faintly at the words and replied.
"To cooperate with me, I at least need to know if the other party is qualified enough in terms of strength, right?!"
This reason was, of course, made up by Luffy.
However, to Doflamingo, it sounded extremely reasonable.
It was normal for Luffy, a newcomer, not to know his strength.
So at this moment, his anger had almost disappeared due to Luffy's explanation and the fact that he couldn't defeat him.
There was no other way; even if he wanted to continue being angry, it would just be impotent rage.
So what was the point of being angry?
And now, Doflamingo looked at Luffy and said.
"So, have you thought about what price you want to set?"
Luffy smiled and said.
"I don't want money!"
Upon hearing this, Doflamingo was stunned.
"Don't want money?"
"What do you mean?"
Then, he heard Luffy explain.
"I know you have a very powerful network of connections."
"So I want you to use your network to help me find out some information!"
"Use this information as your bargaining chip!"
Doflamingo was startled at the words and asked in confusion.
"What information?"
Luffy slowly said, word by word.
"I've been looking for a Devil Fruit."