"Cough! Cough!"
Doflamingo, forced back by Kai's punch, coughed violently. Blood leaked from the corner of his mouth, making his expression even darker.
He raised his right hand and wiped away the blood.
Then he stared coldly at the figure ahead.
At this moment, Kai's muscular upper body was also covered in wounds and blood.
Fighting someone of Doflamingo's level without taking damage was impossible.
Kai's chest alone had three blade-like cuts. They were only flesh wounds, but the blood flowing from them made him look especially savage.
There were also four or five cuts across his back, blood dripping from the wounds and falling to the floor.
"A pirate with a bounty of 340 million berries really is terrifyingly strong."
Kai narrowed his eyes, ignoring his injuries.
They were only surface wounds.
To him, such injuries were nothing.
"But…"
"I imagine you're not in great shape either, are you?"
Kai smiled calmly at Doflamingo.
After taking several of Kai's Armament Haki-coated punches, Doflamingo could not possibly be unharmed.
All around them, the casino was devastated.
Their battle had reduced the once-intact hall to a cracked ruin.
Broken fragments lay everywhere.
"Bullet String!"
After wiping away the blood at his mouth, Doflamingo attacked again in anger.
He flicked his index finger.
A transparent thread shot out like a bullet, tearing toward Kai at incredible speed.
Whoosh!
The thread pierced through the air with a sharp sound.
In the blink of an eye, Kai's Observation Haki clearly captured it.
A destructive thread was heading straight for the center of his forehead.
"Again?"
"Don't use the same move twice against me."
Kai's smile faded, his face becoming expressionless.
He raised his right fist.
Clenched it.
Then punched.
His black Armament Haki-coated fist erupted with a piercing sonic boom.
The terrifying force exploded like a volcano.
Boom!
That punch shattered Doflamingo's thread head-on.
Then Kai kicked off the ground.
"Shave!"
His body vanished.
Using Shave and Moonwalk together, he flickered through the air, leaving blurry afterimages in multiple places.
It created a dizzying illusion.
"Tempest Kick!"
Kai swung his leg.
Whoosh!
A pale-blue slash burst from his foot and tore toward Doflamingo.
The slash seemed ready to cut through the sky.
A sharp sound split the air.
In an instant, it arrived in front of Doflamingo.
"Spiderweb!"
Doflamingo's eyelid twitched. He slapped his left hand forward, extending dozens of threads that quickly formed a spiderweb-like barrier.
The web blocked the slash head-on.
Boom!
With a loud explosion, the violent power of the slash was stopped by Doflamingo's web.
However, the erupting wind still pushed Doflamingo backward. The floor beneath his feet shattered and sank.
Just as Doflamingo raised his head to track Kai's position—
Kai vanished again.
"Are you looking for me?"
A calm voice came from behind Doflamingo's head.
"When did he—?!"
Doflamingo's pupils shrank. His expression changed.
His Observation Haki…
Had failed to track Kai's movement?
That shocked him.
"Are you wondering why your Observation Haki couldn't catch me?"
"I don't mind telling you."
"It's because…"
"Your Haki still needs work."
"Doflamingo, go home and train for another couple of years."
Kai laughed.
At some point, he had appeared behind Doflamingo as if out of nowhere.
Without hesitation, he clenched his right fist and punched Doflamingo's back.
His fist was wrapped in black Armament Haki.
It descended with terrifying speed.
Too fast to react.
The punch seemed powerful enough to shatter space itself.
"Damn it!"
"Spiderweb!"
Doflamingo spun around and thrust his right hand forward, quickly forming a web from dozens of threads to block Kai's punch at close range.
But—
They were too close.
By the time the spiderweb formed, Kai's fist was already crashing down.
Only a dozen centimeters separated them.
Although the web had formed, the force of Kai's punch still crushed it inward.
Through the spiderweb, the blow struck Doflamingo's chest.
Doflamingo's Spiderweb was never meant to stop attacks through sheer force.
It relied on the elasticity of threads to absorb and return power.
It was soft overcoming hard.
But at such close range, before the web could fully disperse the force, the attack had already reached Doflamingo's body.
Just like now.
Boom!
A thunderous explosion rang out.
Kai's fist struck Doflamingo's chest, shattering several ribs on the spot.
The terrifying force surged into Doflamingo's organs.
Destructive.
Overwhelming.
Like an erupting volcano.
The immense power spread throughout his body, as if trying to crush every trace of life inside him.
Pfft!
Doflamingo spat blood. His eyes filled with bloodshot veins, carrying shock and disbelief.
The brutal force traveled from his chest into his organs.
He could feel his cells being torn and crushed by that power.
A tearing pain swept through his body. Even with Doflamingo's composure, he could not suppress a muffled groan.
His face turned pale, and his aura became chaotic.
Then—
Boom!
Under that mountain-like impact, Doflamingo was blasted hundreds of meters away, his body tumbling wildly through the air.
Blood trailed behind him.
Blood stained the sky.
As he flew backward, he kept coughing blood. His organs seemed seriously damaged, and his condition quickly declined.
Finally—
Doflamingo's body slammed into a wall hundreds of meters away.
Driven by the terrifying impact, his back smashed into the wall.
In an instant—
Boom!
A deafening explosion rang out.
Doflamingo's body pierced through the wall, smashing straight through it.
The shockwave from his body collapsed the entire wall.
Crack!
Crack!
Countless cracks spread across the surface.
Then—
Rumble!
The wall collapsed, turning into countless broken stones.
Fragments flew everywhere under the violent airflow.
The moment his back hit the wall, Doflamingo spat blood again.
As the impact transferred into the wall, his flying body finally slowed and fell amid the rubble.
Dust surged upward.
In moments, his body was swallowed by thick smoke and debris.
From the outside, no one could see him clearly anymore.
Everyone witnessed it.
The three top officers of the Donquixote Family—Trebol, Pica, and Diamante—were instantly filled with anxiety and fear.
"Young Master!"
Trebol rushed toward the place where Doflamingo had been blasted away, but Pica stopped him.
"What are you doing? Didn't you see the Young Master is injured?"
Trebol turned and shouted angrily.
"Don't be reckless!"
"Do you think you're the only one worried about the Young Master? Do you think I don't want to help him?"
"The truth is, I don't go because I can't."
"A battle of this level is no longer something we can interfere in."
"If we rush in carelessly…"
"We might become a burden to the Young Master!"
"Do not let your impulsiveness harm him!"
Pica took a deep breath and warned him heavily.
Trebol froze.
He had been convinced.
At that moment, Trebol had never hated his own weakness as much as he did now.
"Damn it!"
He could only grit his teeth and clench his fists in powerless fury.
"This is a battlefield between two monsters."
"And we ordinary people don't even have the right to step into it."
"Even the shockwaves from their battle are enough to crush us into dust."
"If we interfere recklessly, we'll be the first ones to die."
"Whether it's the Young Master or Fist Demon Kai, both of them are far too powerful."
Pica sighed helplessly.
For the first time, he deeply understood how fragile and insignificant he was.
"In front of true top monsters of the sea…"
"The strength we were once so proud of is as insignificant as an ant."
Beside him, Diamante felt the same way.
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