Chapter 119: Ability Counter!
Screech! An extremely ear-piercing sound of metal scraping instantly entered the ears of everyone present. The strong were fine, but the ordinary crowd's ears bled directly from this sound.
And the rapidly contracting Birdcage not only failed to continue forward but was momentarily stopped in its tracks before being pushed back by a dozen centimeters.
Don't underestimate these dozen or so centimeters. One must know that in the anime, Doflamingo used the Birdcage twice, and only in Dressrosa was it stopped for a few seconds by the united efforts of the trapped people. As for being pushed back, that was something simply unimaginable.
"Monster!"
With just this one move, the newly freed Shiliew left an indelible impression on everyone present with his absolute power.
"Fufufufufu, this is truly surprising. The change in those hands should be from a Zoan-type Devil Fruit, right? It's truly hard to imagine that there would be such a powerful fruit in the Zoan type. It leaves me truly amazed." Doflamingo's laugh contained admiration amidst the surprise, but it was more of an accident, a complete accident.
"There are many more things that will amaze you. Before we really start fighting, let's talk. You must have known long ago that I would come for you, am I right?" Buggy asked Doflamingo.
"Is it because of that incident at the foot of the Red Line back then? To be honest, if I had known it would turn out like this, I should have gone all out to kill you two back then," Doflamingo's smile vanished. His eyes, hidden behind sunglasses, were full of killing intent.
"No one can know things in advance. But I think there's something you probably don't know. I think I should tell you. Your ambush by Shanks and Mihawk in Dressrosa back then was my doing. You can also blame your bad luck. Of all the places to go, why did you have to go to Dressrosa, where Shanks's arm was being healed?"
Hearing this, Doflamingo's face became even uglier.
"So that's how it is. It really should be like this. It's perfectly normal for you to know about a Devil Fruit ability that can restore a severed arm. Although I found out late, it's better than not knowing at all. Thank you for the reminder. Now, go to hell!"
As soon as Doflamingo's voice fell, from under Buggy, a ground spike radiating a dark light suddenly shot out from underground, piercing straight towards Buggy's body with the speed of a thunderclap.
However, before the ground spike could touch Buggy's lower body, it was blocked by his hand.
With a loud "BOOM," the speed of the ground spike suddenly increased dramatically, directly pushing Buggy up towards the apex where the threads of the sky were most dense.
Beside Buggy, everyone just faintly stepped back a few paces, their eyes all focused on the ground. As for Captain Buggy, who was in the sky and looked like he was about to be finished off by the combined abilities of Doflamingo and Pica, not a single person paid him any attention, let alone made a move to help.
A few seconds later, Buggy, who had been cut into dozens of pieces by the threads, was finally pushed outside the Birdcage by the ground spike.
But seeing this scene, Doflamingo did not feel happy at all. Just like when his substitute was cut down by Shiliew earlier without bleeding, the Red Nose pirate right now also hadn't shed a single drop of blood.
It seems he's really not that easy to get rid of. Just as Doflamingo was thinking this and preparing to make a move himself, Buggy's shattered body suddenly merged back together. Then, Buggy pressed his hand on the spot where the threads were most concentrated.
Shatter!
In the blink of an eye, the threads that even Shiliew couldn't cut began to break from top to bottom. After two breaths, they had vanished into the air.
Trouble!
It was only after seeing this scene that Doflamingo became unprecedentedly grave. Because the ability Buggy displayed had an extremely obvious counter to his own, making Doflamingo feel immense pressure.
"Attack!"
Following Doflamingo's low roar, the ground began to tremble slightly. At the same time, the crowd surrounding the Red Nose Pirates all charged towards Hancock and the others with their weapons.
For a moment, thousands of bullets formed a dense net of firepower, directly enveloping all the members of the Red Nose Pirates.
Although the situation looked like a desperate one, that was only for ordinary people. In fact, the moment the gunshots rang out, the members of the Red Nose Pirates were each preparing to use their own methods.
But Fujitora acted before everyone else. He drew his cane sword and said, "Leave this wave of attacks and the suppression of the surrounding crowd to me! Suppression!"
As he spoke, an unusual fluctuation suddenly appeared around the Red Nose Pirates. Then, an invisible force suddenly descended, not only forcefully suppressing the fired bullets but also pressing the crowd who fired the guns to the ground, unable to move.
Feeling the sudden increase in gravity, Doflamingo's face became even more grim. He directly made a hand signal and retreated a great distance.
Seeing Doflamingo retreat, Buggy descended from mid-air and said to Fujitora, "I'll have to trouble you with this crowd. We will quickly find that Pet-Pet Fruit user and finish him off."
"Leave it to me. I really don't want to see innocent people get involved in this battle either. I'll send you on your way!" Nodding, Fujitora took two steps forward, fully drew his cane sword, and then, facing the direction of the Donquixote Family, he slashed down from above.
Fierce Tiger!
With a wave of energy that distorted space, the people on the Donquixote Family's side immediately scattered. Seeing the power of this attack, no one wanted to take it head-on.
After the energy shattered several buildings in the line of attack, a safe passage was cleared out by Fujitora.
"Each of you find an opponent and attack! Doflamingo is mine," after speaking, Buggy charged directly towards Doflamingo.
"I'll go find the Pet-Pet Fruit user," Paula immediately followed up and then walked in another direction.
"Leave the rock monster underground to me. I want to see just how worthy that guy is of being cut," Shiliew immediately targeted Pica, who had not yet emerged.
"Leave the one with the sword to me," Mihawk said, pointing his black blade at Diamante.
"I want to deal with the snot man," Betty said, her eyes full of excitement as she stared at Trebol.
"Don't fight me for the old man with no weapon," the Baboon wrote out its request at top speed.
"I'll take the exploding-head guy," Gladius was chosen by Hawkins.
"Brother Bonez probably isn't good at dealing with an ability user who swims in the ground. Leave him to me," Law proactively took on Señor Pink.
"I'll take the remaining three," looking at Dellinger, Buffalo, and Machvise, Bonez said with some helplessness.
After dividing up the present officers, the only officer of the Donquixote Family who hadn't appeared was currently heading towards the "Thor" by ship. Of course, for the Art-Art Fruit user, Giolla, to get on the "Thor," she would first have to get past cow 3's interception.
(End of Chapter)
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