The moment Doflamingo's Devil Fruit awakened, everything around him began to change visibly.
The most obvious change was that the broken buildings nearby transformed into tens of thousands of threads, forming a terrifying scene like demons dancing in chaos.
It was enough to make one's scalp go numb.
It brought an intense pressure to the mind.
"So this is the legendary Devil Fruit Awakening?"
Kai narrowed his eyes and calmly observed the changes around Doflamingo.
His gaze shifted toward the countless threads that had once been buildings.
Under the influence of Devil Fruit Awakening, a Paramecia user could transform surrounding objects into the substance of their own ability and freely manipulate them for offense.
That was the terrifying power of Devil Fruit Awakening.
Once a fruit awakened, the user's battle power would rise sharply.
Now, Doflamingo had truly entered his strongest state.
Huff.
Doflamingo exhaled lightly and opened his eyes. His eyes were bloodshot, and his sharp, icy gaze fixed on Kai. Feeling the endless power surging through his body, he revealed a vicious smile.
"Next…"
"I'll send you to hell!"
He sneered.
"Ever White!"
Doflamingo shouted angrily.
His ten fingers moved, controlling the threads.
In an instant, under the influence of his awakened Devil Fruit, the countless pieces of earth and debris transformed into threads and gathered into a massive pillar of white strings.
Like a huge wave, it crashed toward Kai.
Tens of thousands of threads almost sealed off every direction Kai could dodge.
The massive pillar of threads surged forward, trying to wrap around Kai's body completely.
"Shave!"
Facing Doflamingo's attack, Kai used Shave.
His figure flashed and vanished.
In the next instant, he appeared more than ten meters away, his eyes carrying a trace of seriousness as he looked at Doflamingo.
Doflamingo, in his awakened state, was undoubtedly much stronger than before.
The current Doflamingo was worth Kai going all out against.
"Looks like…"
"I should stop holding back too."
Kai closed his eyes briefly. A powerful force surged through his body, filling his limbs and organs.
Then, the black Armament Haki coating his arms grew even darker, and the aura it gave off became sharper and more terrifying.
"Die!"
Doflamingo controlled the wave-like pillar of threads and smashed it down at Kai.
At the critical moment, Kai dodged.
Just as his body vanished—
Boom!
A thunderous explosion erupted where he had stood.
The ground was smashed full of holes.
Countless cracks spread everywhere.
"Dodge? Can you dodge forever?"
Doflamingo's forehead bulged with veins, and his cold eyes locked onto Kai.
His ten fingers moved constantly like he was playing a piano, manipulating tens of thousands of threads.
Another massive pillar of strings rose from the ground.
Two enormous string pillars surged like waves, swiftly wrapping around Kai's body.
"I finally caught you."
"Die!"
Killing intent burned in Doflamingo's eyes.
"Strangle him!"
Under his control, tens of thousands of threads tightened, trying to completely crush and tear apart Kai's body.
Feeling the threads contract around him, Kai remained calm.
In a single thought, Armament Haki covered his entire body.
The black armor coated him like a suit of living iron.
Under the protection of his terrifying Armament Haki, he resisted the strangling force of the threads.
"Break!"
Kai tore at the threads wrapped around his body, using pure brute strength to force them apart.
Snap! Snap! Snap!
One thread after another was forcibly ripped apart by Kai.
And just like that, he escaped the deadly trap of thousands of tightening threads.
He clenched his fists and looked at Doflamingo.
"Shave!"
His figure flashed.
In the next instant, he appeared before Doflamingo. His right fist, wrapped in Armament Haki, smashed down.
The punch tore through the air, producing a sharp sonic boom.
Its terrifying force seemed powerful enough to shatter space itself.
Buzz!
Buzz!
The air rippled like disturbed water, creating the illusion that the space around his fist was on the verge of collapse.
The shockwave from the punch swept over Doflamingo.
"Shield White!"
Doflamingo controlled countless threads, making them surge from the ground and form two enormous string pillars. Tens of thousands of threads interwove into a massive shield in front of him.
Boom!
Kai's punch struck the shield head-on.
The violent force smashed the thread pillars down, denting them deeply, but it failed to break through and hit Doflamingo.
"I'm completely different now!"
"Did you really think…"
"You could still suppress me like before?!"
"Don't underestimate me, brat!"
Doflamingo roared.
"Great Wave White!"
He attacked again.
From the street and the surrounding buildings, everything turned into threads. Hundreds of thousands of lines formed more than a dozen enormous pillars.
Under his control, the pillars slammed toward Kai like waves crashing down one after another.
The string pillars descended with overwhelming force.
One after another, they attacked Kai with deadly precision.
Kai relied on Shave to keep dodging the string pillars.
But in the end—
One of the pillars struck him.
Boom!
The terrifying force traveled through the string pillar and slammed into Kai's body, sending him flying hundreds of meters away.
Rumble!
Kai crashed through building after building.
Fortunately, his full-body Armament Haki neutralized nearly all the damage.
Boom!
Finally, Kai smashed through an entire building and was buried beneath the ruins.
This scene was clearly seen by everyone watching.
The three top officers of the Donquixote Family were instantly filled with excitement.
"Good! Good!"
"The Young Master is invincible!"
"Dealing with a mere five-year-old brat is easy for him!"
"Fist Demon Kai? Nothing special!"
Trebol, Pica, and Diamante saw hope for victory.
On the other side, the five pirates hiding in the corner wiped cold sweat from their foreheads.
"So this is a battle between top monsters of the sea?"
"Terrifying…"
"Even the aftershocks could crush us to death."
At this moment, Doflamingo stared toward the place where Kai had been sent flying. The corner of his mouth rose.
"Brat, is that all you have?"
"If this is your limit…"
"Then today, you won't leave alive."
A moment later—
Rumble!
The silent ruins suddenly exploded.
Countless broken stones were blasted away.
Then Kai walked out of the shattered building.
He patted the dust from his body and dispersed the full-body Armament Haki, leaving it only on his arms.
Armament Haki was strongest when concentrated in one place.
Once spread across the whole body, it could provide defense, but its power was inevitably weakened.
Kai raised his head and looked calmly at Doflamingo.
"Devil Fruit Awakening?"
"Not bad."
He stepped forward.
Shave activated.
In an instant, he vanished.
In the blink of an eye, he appeared before Doflamingo.
He clenched his right fist and punched at Doflamingo's stunned face.
Boom!
The punch landed squarely on Doflamingo's chest and sent him flying hundreds of meters away. His body smashed through countless buildings, scattering rubble everywhere.
Fortunately, while flying backward, Doflamingo used his awakened power to transform buildings into threads and reduce the impact.
"Good! Very good!"
He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and felt the sharp pain in his organs. Furious, he controlled countless buildings and launched another attack at Kai.
And so—
A head-on battle officially entered its most intense stage.
They struck each other directly.
The entire street was torn apart.
Within a radius of three thousand meters, everything turned into ruins.
Broken.
Devastated.
Utterly unrecognizable.
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