Goku could feel the immense strain pulling at his body. But this was exactly the kind of high-intensity battle his blood craved.
Instead of retreating, he launched himself directly into the tsunami of strings.
His fists pumped like pistons, generating roaring gales of red wind that forcefully carved a path right through the heart of the wave.
Seeing Goku attempting a frontal breakthrough, Doflamingo violently clapped his hands together.
"Ever-White!"
The surrounding ocean of strings instantly collapsed inward on Goku, attempting to crush and grind him into paste from all sides.
Trapped inside the shifting labyrinth, Goku's movements only became more fluid. Every single punch landed with absolute precision, effortlessly snapping the Haki-reinforced threads that dared get close.
Cold sweat began to bead on Doflamingo's forehead. He realized that his proud Armament Haki was somehow becoming increasingly fragile against the spiky-haired fighter.
What the hell is going on?!
Gritting his teeth, Doflamingo frantically pumped more and more Haki into his constructs. The strings thickened, turning a glossy, lethal black.
Mid-battle, Goku sensed his opponent's power rising. Rather than intimidating him, the realization made him grin even harder.
His Saiyan instincts were completely unchained now. His body was rapidly adapting to the brutal resistance. The crushing physical burden of the Kaio-ken was actually beginning to ease.
Goku let out a booming shout.
"Kaio-ken Times Four!"
The explosive red aura violently blew apart the encroaching cocoon of strings. Goku erupted from the trap like a crimson shooting star, instantly closing the gap and appearing right in front of Doflamingo's face.
Doflamingo's Observation Haki screamed a frantic warning. He instantly wove over a dozen layers of Spider's Web in front of him.
BANG!
Goku's fist slammed into the barricade. The first layer of the Spider's Web instantly shattered. Then the second. Then the third.
Doflamingo watched in horror as his absolute defense was systematically punched through.
This kid's strength doesn't have a ceiling!
"16 Holy Bullets: God Thread!" Doflamingo roared.
He gathered every available string, forming sixteen massive, black spears of compacted thread, and launched them directly at Goku's chest.
Goku didn't even try to dodge. He reached out and grabbed two of the black spears with his bare hands.
With a sharp twist, he snapped them.
Crack!
The ultra-dense, Haki-infused threads were physically broken in half by sheer, brute force.
Doflamingo's eyes bulged so hard they nearly popped out of his skull. Impossible!
Goku tossed the broken threads aside. "Your strings are super tough! But I think I'm just a little bit stronger."
Before Doflamingo could process the words, Goku drove a solid kick straight into his chest.
Doflamingo heard his own ribs snap. He was launched backward, crashing heavily into a distant cliff face.
The entire rock wall collapsed, burying the Warlord beneath tons of heavy debris.
Laying in the dark, Doflamingo felt like every bone in his body had been pulverized.
What kind of monster is this kid? Why does he keep getting stronger the more we fight?!
Desperate, Doflamingo pushed his String-String Fruit powers inward, frantically stitching his broken ribs and ruptured organs back together in an emergency internal surgery.
He pushed the boulders off his chest and dragged himself to his feet.
He was gasping heavily. His red sunglasses were spider-webbed with cracks. His prized pink feather coat was in tatters, shedding feathers all over the ground.
Goku watched him from a distance. "Can you still fight? Your healing powers are really amazing!"
Doflamingo let out a raspy, hysterical laugh. "Fuffuffuffuffu... you think you've won? I am a noble Celestial Dragon!"
He slammed both hands onto the ground, pushing his Awakening into absolute overdrive.
The geography of the entire ringed canyon warped entirely. Every single piece of matter within range was assimilated into string.
He was going to use his final trump card.
"If I can't kill you... then I'll just lock you in here until you die!"
"Birdcage!"
Countless, ultra-durable strings shot from Doflamingo's hands straight into the sky. They fanned out high above, raining down in a massive, hemispherical dome that trapped the entire canyon inside.
The edges of the strings were impossibly sharp, slicing the very wind that passed through them.
The Birdcage slowly began to contract.
Standing in the dead center of the cage, Doflamingo glared at Goku.
"Inside this cage, not even a fly can escape. As it shrinks, everything inside will be sliced into ribbons. Including you."
Goku looked around at the towering dome. He walked over to the edge and curiously poked one of the strings with his finger.
A thin line of blood immediately welled up on his fingertip.
"Wow, that's sharp. This looks pretty dangerous."
Doflamingo's psychotic laughter grew louder. "Finally starting to feel fear? It's too late for that."
Goku brought his finger to his mouth, sucking away the drop of blood. He turned back to Doflamingo.
"Fear? I just think it's a bit of a hassle. But since I can't get out... I'll just have to break it."
Goku planted his feet and drew his hands back to his waist. A brilliant blue light began to gather between his cupped palms.
"Ka... me... ha... me..."
With every chanted syllable, the blue sphere expanded, glowing with a blinding intensity that illuminated the entire interior of the cage.
Doflamingo could literally feel the apocalyptic destructive power radiating from that concentrated ball of light. The smug grin froze permanently on his face.
This bastard can still fire off an attack like that?!
He frantically recalled every available string, piling them in front of himself to form a desperate, last-ditch shield.
"Haa!"
A massive, roaring beam of blue light, dozens of meters wide, erupted from Goku's hands.
The beam slammed into Doflamingo's defensive wall. There was zero resistance. The Haki-coated strings instantly vaporized into nothingness upon contact with the Kamehameha.
The beam didn't even slow down. It rocketed upward, slamming directly into the boundary of the Birdcage.
The allegedly indestructible, inescapable Birdcage was instantly blown wide open, a massive, gaping hole blasted cleanly through the dome. The blue pillar of light pierced straight through the sky, shooting out into Namek's upper atmosphere.
Doflamingo stared blankly at the massive hole in the sky.
His absolute, perfect defense. A technique that gave even Marine Admirals a massive headache.
It had just been completely obliterated in a single shot by a spiky-haired guy in orange pajamas.
Doflamingo's mental state completely shattered. He genuinely wondered if he was stuck in a waking nightmare.
Every single monster on this planet was more absurd than the last. His proud String-String Fruit was nothing but a cruel joke in the face of this kind of completely illogical, raw energy.
He stared up at the sky. His cage was gone.
Goku lowered his hands and rolled his wrists to loosen them up. He looked over at the catatonic Doflamingo.
"That cage of yours was pretty sturdy," Goku admitted. "I had to use a lot of juice to break it!"
The corner of Doflamingo's mouth twitched violently.
What the hell is that? Is he mocking me?! This wild monkey was actually looking down on him!
"Fuffuffuffuffu..." Doflamingo forced out a dry, raspy chuckle. He adjusted his cracked red sunglasses. "You do have some skills. But did you really think this was all I had?"
Doflamingo stood up straight, brushing the dust off what was left of his pink feather coat.
He was finished relying on the powers of his home world.
Back in the tavern at Foosha Village, he had paid an astronomical price for a completely different kind of power. He had entered a dungeon called Jujutsu Kaisen and acquired a power system known as Cursed Energy.
It was an energy born entirely from the negative emotions of humanity.
And right now, Doflamingo had absolutely no shortage of negative emotions.
His rage. His humiliation. His murderous intent.
In an instant, all of those dark feelings were converted into pitch-black Cursed Energy. A shadowy, flame-like aura erupted from his body, causing the ambient temperature to plummet instantly.
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