A colossal white wave composed of countless strands surged forward, crashing toward the warship.
Everyone’s nerves instantly tightened to the breaking point.
Yet as their eyes fell upon the scene, what first entered their vision were two enormous figures, each as imposing as a mountain.
The gigantic weapons in their hands emitted sharp, ear-piercing shrieks.
Pitch-black Armament Haki, dense as ink, erupted outward like a breached river.
In the next instant, it rapidly transformed into the advanced Armament Haki state known as Ryuo. Crackling arcs of electricity rang out across the heavens and earth.
One could say that if an ordinary person’s Haki was merely a small river, then the sheer quantity of Haki contained within a giant was more akin to the Yellow River bursting through its banks.
Across the seas, giants had a harder time mastering and refining both types of Haki than ordinary humans.
The greatest reason was simply that their reserves had to be sufficient to support their enormous bodies.
Consider this: an ordinary human using Haki to coat a weapon versus a giant using Haki to coat a gigantic weapon ten or even eight meters long.
Could the two really be considered the same?
This was precisely the threshold that made mastering both types of Haki so difficult for giants.
At least across the entire sea, there were probably only a handful of giants capable of rivaling Dorry the Blue Ogre and Brogy the Red Ogre.
Looking at the Ryuo flowing around their weapons, frantically gathering and compressing into a single mass, even the surrounding air seemed to become stagnant.
It was as though even space itself had begun to distort.
As the oppressive presence continued to rise explosively, everyone felt an inexplicable sensation of suffocation.
Confronted with such terrifying killing intent, even a single giant launching an attack would have been enough to shake the world.
And now, two giants were joining forces.
No one knew just how powerful the result would be.
But to ordinary people, it was undoubtedly a nightmare.
"Young Master, get out of the way!"
Trebol was the first to lose his composure, roaring out a warning.
Doflamingo’s expression also changed.
Unfortunately, before he could react, the two giants finally made their move.
After a hundred years, having mastered Ryuo, they unleashed their strongest attack.
"Ryuo: Hakoku!"
BOOM!
The sword and axe wrapped in Haki crashed forward with unstoppable momentum.
At that instant, it seemed as though the heavens and earth themselves had been pierced through.
The thunderous explosion was like divine lightning tearing across the sky, leaving everyone’s ears ringing.
The black torrent formed from Ryuo and Hakoku surged forward like an unstoppable blade, tearing straight through the air.
The two giants had immersed themselves in the Giant Warrior Pirates’ ultimate technique for more than a century. After integrating Ryuo into it, their power had undergone a qualitative transformation.
Perhaps they still could not reach the level of Hakai, the combined attack unleashed by Big Mom and Kaido.
But they had come infinitely close.
Of course, this was only when comparing their use of the giants’ ultimate technique. In every other aspect of strength, there was still a considerable gap between them and the two Yonko.
But at this very moment, facing Doflamingo’s ultimate attack head-on, this was already enough.
BOOM!
The black slash-like torrent surged forward like an enraged tidal wave, instantly colliding with the gigantic white sea of strings.
A massive explosion erupted like a hurricane rolling backward.
The resulting gale swept across the entire harbor with the force of a Category Twelve storm.
The white wave of strings lasted only two or three breaths before the black Ryuo-infused Hakoku tore straight through it.
In the original story, the combined Hakai unleashed by Big Mom and Kaido had been described by Killer as an attack that could not be dodged.
Even Zoro’s attempt to block it had left him gravely wounded in an instant.
Its power was enough to devastate everything across several kilometers.
Perhaps Dorry and Brogy could not reach that level.
But the explosive force of this attack was already not far behind.
Watching the vast ocean of strings being pierced through in an instant, followed by the terrifying shockwave rushing toward him, Doflamingo’s expression became deathly pale.
He had considered using his ultimate move right from the beginning to decide the battle quickly.
What he had never expected was that trying to exchange ultimate moves with giants would be such a reckless decision.
He had miscalculated.
With the attack already practically upon him, Doflamingo could only roar at the top of his lungs.
"Shield White Line!"
BOOM!
The black shockwave descended upon him with overwhelming force.
Shield White Line had only just managed to wrap itself around Doflamingo’s body, barely forming a defensive barrier.
The next moment, the shockwave smashed straight through it.
It crashed violently into the Birdcage behind him.
BANG!
The entire Birdcage shook violently.
The tremendous Ryuo-infused impact poured into it, causing the entire structure to tremble.
Then, without warning, it shattered apart.
The black shockwave continued onward without losing its momentum, slamming into the rocky ground tens of thousands of meters behind him.
BOOM!
A violent explosion erupted like a hurricane and swept across the landscape.
The earth across more than a dozen kilometers shook violently.
The rumbling was incessant, as though a giant were turning over in its sleep.
In an instant, clouds of dust rolled through the air while countless pieces of rubble rained down like a torrential downpour.
The rolling explosive shockwave continued for several dozen seconds before gradually dissipating.
The harbor, once the most prosperous part of Dressrosa, had been reduced to a flat wasteland.
Looking around, kilometers of scorched earth now stretched before them.
Rebecca and Kyros struggled to crawl out from beneath the ruins.
As they stared at the scene before them, their eyes nearly bulged from their sockets.
They had imagined that these two giants were extraordinarily powerful.
But they had never imagined that the might of a single attack could probably annihilate an entire kingdom’s army.
If they had to fight these two giants themselves...
They probably wouldn’t even be able to leave behind enough dust to prove they had been there.
Yet just as these thoughts flashed through their minds, they hurriedly looked deeper into the ruins, desperately searching for Doflamingo’s figure.
They knew very well that only with Doflamingo dead might they have any chance of liberating the entire Kingdom of Dressrosa.
"Cough, cough... What an incredible combined technique from the giants. I never expected there would still be giants capable of mastering Haki to this degree. Even in Elbaf, there are probably only two or three people capable of accomplishing this."
Within the ruins, Doflamingo spat out a mouthful of blood.
The glasses on his face had shattered once again.
A horrifying wound now ran across his chest.
If he had not relied on his Devil Fruit ability to rapidly stitch his wounds closed with strings, he would probably have already been bleeding profusely.
Even so, his clothes were now torn and tattered, while bright red blood mixed with dust covered his body, leaving him in an extremely battered state.
Clearly, Doflamingo had also suffered serious injuries from that reckless exchange of ultimate attacks.
Fortunately, his Devil Fruit ability allowed him to rapidly treat his wounds, and the bleeding had already been brought under control.
He suddenly raised his head.
"New Admiral of the Marines. I never expected you could actually accomplish the recruitment of such extraordinary combat power. Why don’t we talk again?"
"Talk?"
A figure appeared before Doflamingo without the slightest warning.
Lucas raised his gourd and took a shallow sip of wine before speaking.
"You immediately dismissed the Birdcage to prevent secondary damage from the impact. That was a very quick decision."
"However, I’m in a hurry to get off work."
"So there’s no need to talk."
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