Doflamingo raised his right hand. Countless threads rose into the air, then scattered in all directions.
Dozens of threads spread out in the sky, then fell towards Sakura's body like a meteor shower.
"Parasite String!"
Sakura's Observation Haki caught the shimmering, spreading light. She raised her arm to block the thin threads heading straight for her pupils.
"Fufufu... So you're only this much?"
Doflamingo retracted his index and ring fingers, raising his middle finger, attempting to manipulate Sakura's body through the threads.
Creek, creek, creek!
The thin threads created by the Ito Ito no Mi pulled taut, emitting brittle sounds under pressure. Doflamingo's expression changed. The fingers on his right hand began to twist uncontrollably. (T/N: String-String Fruit.)
"Are you serious about competing with me in strength?"
Sakura took a deep breath. Her Chakra boiled and transformed into unparalleled explosive power.
[Boil Release: Unrivaled Strength]
With a forceful swing of her arm, Doflamingo was pulled by his own threads, rapidly flying towards Sakura.
Immediately after, he saw a pink fist trailing glistening mist approaching his sunglasses. Frost even began to form on the tips of his hair.
"Hmph!"
At the critical moment, Doflamingo forcefully twisted his body, infusing Armament Haki into his abdomen to block this strike.
Boom-!
Amidst the roar, Doflamingo smashed through the ground, using his body to plow a trench through the streets of Flevance, only stopping after embedding himself into the foundation of a building.
"Tch, tch, what kind of strength is this?"
Amidst the sharp screech of intertwining threads, the entire building shattered into pieces. Doflamingo, with blood dripping from the corner of his mouth, walked out of the dust.
He was only twenty-eight now, so his strength hadn't yet reached its peak.
His use of Armament Haki was still very immature, and his fruit development hadn't touched that legendary stage.
Just blocking Sakura's punch had already made him faintly feel something wrong with his body.
"Damn monster." Doflamingo wiped the blood from his mouth and shouted behind him: "Everyone, attack together!"
Amidst the sound of shockwaves from afar, the top executives of the Donquixote Family, Trebol, Diamante, and Pica, arrived on the battlefield together.
"Sword: Long Sword!"
Diamante used his ability to fix his sword into a long sword for a long-range slash. The flashing blade drew out a dark green sword aura.
"Dancing Stone!"
Shouting in a shrill voice, Pica's true body) submerged into the rocky ground, then eight rock spears burst forth from behind Sakura, piercing towards her.
"Sticky Sticky Chain!"
Trebol, who had leaped high into the air, swung clumps of mucus, descending from the sky with impact.
"This won't do. How can others participate in a battle between Kings?"
Sakura took a step forward. Her eyebrows and hair rapidly turned snow-white under the effect of her ability.
[Extreme Cold Mode: Snow White Body!]
In an instant, a fierce and savage cold wave rose from the scorched earth, roaring, sweeping, covering everything.
It chased the treasonous subjects who had offended the conqueror, mercilessly freezing them over.
Freezing the earth, creating a snow country.
Making the endlessly churning world grow still, submitting to the majesty of the Frost King.
"You guys, wait..."
Doflamingo didn't even have time to warn them. The several executives were instantly dyed pure white, transformed into ice sculptures.
Only he himself, relying on Armament Haki's resistance, barely managed to escape.
"Now then, the nuisances are gone. Doflamingo, release your Haki, exhaust your ability, and seize victory from my hands! Hahahaha!"
Cloaked in snow-white robes, icy ribbons scattered pure white particles. A cold wind blew up the young woman's snow-white hair. Her entire person seemed particularly divine under the sunlight.
Her gaze swept across. Carrying the Storm Sword, she charged out from the snowfield, freezing everything she saw along the way.
"The Spear of Elbaf: Ikoku Sovereignty!"
The cold air accumulated within the Storm Sword found its outlet, transforming into a spiral shockwave that roared forth.
Wherever the shockwave passed, it carved out a white path. Even Doflamingo's threads were frozen along with it, unable to maneuver or counterattack flexibly.
"Spider's Web!"
With no room to retreat, Doflamingo could only spread his hands open, generating more new threads from his palms.
They entangled and spread out, forming four massive shield walls, layered together to block Sakura's attack.
Boom!
A huge hole was blasted through the giant thread wall. The impact, carrying freezing air, covered Doflamingo, sealing him in ice.
Crack!
Doflamingo broke free from the ice using Armament Haki. The corners of his mouth that were often raised abruptly turned downward.
Because before his eyes, Sakura, amidst the dancing cold light, her unrestrained, flamboyant smile was already right in front of him.
'Damn it!'
Doflamingo's pupils constricted. The greatsword was already swinging horizontally towards his face.
Instantly, tremendous force slammed down, pushing him back into the earth once more, exploding a large amount of soil, rock, and dust.
"Cough!"
Bounced up by the recoil, Doflamingo coughed up a mouthful of blood, gasping for breath heavily.
'Dammit, why aren't they here yet? If this continues, I'm going to be beaten to death by this woman!'
Gritting his teeth, Doflamingo flung out [Shadow Knight String]. Thin threads coiled round and round in mid-air, tightly combining to create a clone puppet made of strings.
Although this move was extremely taxing on stamina, the current situation was simply not the time when he could conserve energy!
"Let's settle this, Witch..."
Burning his will, Doflamingo, who had mustered Conqueror's Haki once again, froze.
He saw the young woman before him straining to see into the distance, staring intently towards the northwest direction of the island.
Following her gaze, he saw that on the calm sea in the distance, a massive dog-headed warship had actually appeared.
The lead ship's sails bore the characters for [Marine]. Standing at the prow was an old man wearing a leather cap.
"The Hero, Monkey D. Garp." Sakura clicked her tongue, "Doflamingo, are you a child? Calling the cops just because you can't win?!"
Standing amidst the ruins, Doflamingo was also stunned. Even he hadn't expected that robbing the Celestial Tribute would attract this level of force to hunt him down.
He had originally just wanted to divert the trouble to Sakura and scheme against her. But now, he found himself being blocked at the bridge by a Marine legend.
'Could it be... that Mary Geoise no longer cared about my status and the secrets I knew, and planned to permanently silence me?'
"Damn it."
Doflamingo was filled with regret, the veins on his forehead twisting and extending.
After a long internal struggle, he turned to Sakura and said, "Witch, let's cooperate. Otherwise, we'll be spending a long time in Impel Down from now on!"
"Troublesome!"
Sakura didn't hesitate for a second. She raised her hand and released the three top executives of the Donquixote Family from the solid ice.
After regaining consciousness, the three instinctively charged at Sakura, but were immediately stopped by Doflamingo's shout: "Stop! We're allies now!"
After calming down, Trebol, Diamante, and Pica broke out in a cold sweat. They had also noticed the immense combat power far off the coast.
His beard and hair stood on end like a demon's. An absolutely powerful will burned in his eyes. The legendary Marine had crossed the sea to reach them.
"Doflamingo, what the hell did you do to make the Marines chase you like this?"
Sakura's Observation Haki detected that Garp's main focus was the flamingo beside her, so she casually asked.
"I stole the Celestial Tribute!"
"sky."
"Celest..." Sakura slapped her forehead, completely unaware that the Donquixote Family had already started acting to secure a Warlord position in 1508.
'But this flamingo before me didn't become a Warlord until 1512 in the calendar. What changes happened in between?'
And why would Garp...
A clear voice, mixed with the Haki, transmitted into the town, interrupting Sakura's thoughts.
"Genkotsu Meteor!"