Golden shockwaves and slashes clashed in midair.
"BOOM!!!"
The resulting shockwaves sent the gathered crowd below tumbling in all directions.
"Sweep through Loguetown!!!"
With a thunderous roar, the towering golden Buddha leaped into the sky, sending out waves of shockwaves to block Golden Lion's movements. Despite its massive size, it moved with extraordinary agility.
The Marines' morale surged.
"Ooooh!!!!"
"Don't let a single pirate escape!"
...
"So this is the size of my shadow gathering spot!"
Moria, convinced that he was no smaller than Sengoku, paid no heed to his own frail Haki.
"Young Master, I can do that now too!"
Enel, unwilling to be outdone, declared while eyeing Moria.
"Oh? Then let me test it out later. If I'm not satisfied, you know what that means."
Casually assigning Enel a new challenge, Doflamingo turned his attention to the alley ahead, raising a hand to signal everyone to stop.
An interesting individual had arrived.
A tall, lean man stepped out of the alley, wearing a purple hat and round sunglasses. His entire presence exuded a bone-chilling cold.
"As one of the three 'Monster' Vice Admirals and a Logia user of the Ice-Ice Fruit, shouldn't you be dealing with the chaos in Loguetown instead of coming after a mere businessman like me?"
Doflamingo's tone was laced with amusement as he flexed his wrist.
"Since when do businessmen need an 800-million bounty legend of the West Blue, Moria, as a bodyguard?"
Kuzan's expression remained stern. The turmoil at sea had spiraled out of control, and Doflamingo was partly to blame. The dangers of his secret medicine had only become clearer over the past two years. This was the perfect opportunity for an arrest.
"Fufufufufu… He's not a bodyguard. He's just a failure. And you..."
Doflamingo's grin turned sinister as his figure vanished.
A chill ran down Kuzan's spine as a dangerous voice whispered behind him.
"You're next!"
"BANG!"
Kuzan's body shattered into countless icy fragments.
Flicking off the frost from his fist, Doflamingo grew impatient. Logia types always loved pulling tricks like this. Locking onto Kuzan's mental fluctuations, he issued a cold warning.
"Either get lost, or die."
"Tch. You're too dangerous—I can't let you leave."
Kuzan had made up his mind. A threat like Doflamingo, with this level of power, was better off behind bars in Impel Down under Vice Admiral Garp's custody.
"Ice Age."
In an instant, frost spread outwards, plunging the world into an ice age. Buildings, ground—even the very air—froze solid. Nearby pirates were encased in ice, their expressions locked in despair and terror.
The ice continued to expand.
Doflamingo had anticipated this. He lifted everyone into the sky using his threads, unwilling to fight on an opponent's turf.
"Ice Block: Pheasant Beak!"
A massive ice bird surged from the ground, an icy explosion in its wake.
"Birdcage Line: Serrated Wire!"
Threads, as sharp as saw blades, emerged beneath Doflamingo's feet, spinning wildly.
The massive ice bird was instantly shredded.
"Enel."
"Yes!" Enel's eyes sparkled as he used his mantra to precisely lock onto Kuzan, who was gathering energy for his next attack within the ice.
"100 Million Volts: Cardiac Shock!"
A near-purple bolt of lightning tore through the sky.
"ZZZZZT!!"
The enormous electrical surge exploded, engulfing the entire area.
Kuzan's eyes widened. Ice was a poor insulator. He covered himself fully in Haki—but even so—
A brief moment of paralysis.
"Damn it!"
That instant was all Doflamingo needed.
Demon Form activated. Muscles tensed. Haki surged to its maximum.
"Soru!"
Doflamingo's right foot struck the air dozens of times in rapid succession. The sonic boom followed a fraction of a second later as his figure disappeared.
The instincts of a true powerhouse.
"At this stage, you're weak as hell, you damn frozen chicken!"
Doflamingo materialized behind Kuzan, his massive fist, wrapped in spiked knuckles and black as ink, hurtling toward his temple.
"At this stage...?"
Kuzan barely had time to register the comment. He threw all his Armament Haki into his head.
"CRACK!!"
"BOOM!"
His skull visibly caved in from the blow. His body was sent flying, crashing into the frozen ground, embedding deep within the ice.
Pain!
Skull fractured. Brain hemorrhaging!
His body started failing him. This wasn't an opponent he could handle.
Damn it! Why wasn't there any intel on this?
"Ice Age!!!"
A devastating cold erupted from Kuzan's body. From above, an ice mountain sprouted in the heart of Loguetown.
All eyes turned toward it.
"So this is the Monster Vice Admiral, Kuzan!!!"
"He freezes everything in an instant!"
"That range is insane!!!"
"A true walking natural disaster!"
...
In the skies above, Garp and Sengoku had no time to worry about the battlefield below.
One Roger wasn't enough? Then they'd take down Golden Lion too!!!
"Kuzan?!"
From two separate corners of Loguetown, Borsalino and Sakazuki realized something was wrong.
At this point in time, their ideologies had yet to diverge too greatly.
They both rushed toward Kuzan's location at top speed.
"Is that all you've got?"
The ground beneath Doflamingo turned into threads.
At the boundary between thread and ice, the battlefield seemed evenly matched.
Different materials constantly shifted between frozen and sliced apart states.
Threads coiled around Doflamingo, enveloping him.
The Thread War Titan once again stood tall on the battlefield.
Marines, despite their overwhelming advantage, hesitated at the sight.
"What is that?!"
"Another Mythical Zoan like Admiral Sengoku?!"
"Where's Vice Admiral Kuzan?!"
...
None of that mattered to Doflamingo, who was now fully focused.
"Endless Barrage! Grand Cannon!!!"
All his Armament Haki gathered in the throat of the Thread War Titan.
A massive energy beam locked onto the ice mountain's center.
"BOOOOOM!!!"
The colossal ice mountain melted and shattered under the onslaught.
"This guy is an absolute monster, cooowaaaiii~"
The perverted Light Man, Borsalino, arrived first at the battlefield.
He quickly scanned the situation and summoned Yata no Kagami.
Using the reflected light, he instantly appeared beside the Thread War Titan's head.
"Speed is power. Ever been kicked at the speed of light?"
Borsalino raised his right foot.
"Well, have you ever been kicked at the speed of lightning?"
Above, Enel grinned excitedly, mimicking the move. His right leg, crackling with white-blue lightning, shot down.
"Zzzzzzt!!!" Thunder roared.
"Lightning?!"
A warning screamed in Borsalino's mind as he struck.
"BOOM!"
The Thread War Titan's head jerked to the side, its attack cut off, the energy beam carving the battlefield in half.
"BOOM!!!"
At the same time, Borsalino was sent flying.
For the first time, he truly understood how his enemies felt.
Annoying as hell.
Doflamingo ignored him, adjusting his aim back toward Kuzan.
The Marines were enemies anyway.
Today, he was roasting this frozen chicken alive.
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