Rumble— Rumble— Rumble!!!
The half-mountain, composed of dozens or even hundreds of tons of rocks and snow, was like a solid, overturned bowl that was over a dozen meters high. After flying dozens of meters into the air, it crashed down heavily on the side of the mountain, creating an enormous roar.
The entire mountain shook, and the snow on its slopes slid down like an avalanche, kicking up a sky-high white snow mist. The violent air current could be felt clearly by Doflamingo and Cross, even hundreds of meters away.
"You... Could it be that you've already reached the level of a Great Swordsman?!" Doflamingo's face changed from bright to dark. He was clearly a little more wary.
Doflamingo was a great pirate who had made his name in the New World. He was knowledgeable and incredibly powerful himself. Otherwise, the Donquixote Pirates wouldn't have been called a "pirate crew famous throughout the four seas" by Admiral Sengoku, nor would they be a stain on the record of high-ranking Marines like Tsuru.
Now, Doflamingo realized his initial estimation was wrong. He never expected Cross's strength to increase so rapidly. A single missed slash from his sword released a sword wind that cut a protruding hill hundreds of meters away in half. This was something a normal swordsman couldn't do.
"Are you surprised by just that?" Cross glanced at the massive destruction he had caused and swung his sword at Doflamingo again. The latter immediately flew backward through the air, extending his right index finger forward.
"Bullet String!!!"
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
Several tiny white blurs flashed by at an extremely high speed that was difficult to see with the naked eye, accompanied by a sharp whistling sound.
Cross's expression didn't change as he continued to swing his sword, blocking all the bullet-like strings with a series of clang-clang-clangs.
However, this momentary obstruction was enough for Doflamingo to put dozens of meters of distance between them.
"Mushussu!!!" Cross suddenly roared.
Rumble!!
The sky was filled with lightning, and four bolts of lightning struck down, taking the form of angry snakes. They quickly ran through the air, chasing Doflamingo from all four directions.
"They're alive?!" Doflamingo looked around and saw that the four angry snake-shaped lightning bolts were like living creatures. They snarled and hissed like snakes, and no matter how he dodged in the air, they always chased him. In a moment, the four lightning snakes caught up to Doflamingo and opened their mouths to bite him.
Sss—
The air immediately reflected a crystalline light as dozens of invisible, fine strings, like a large net, instantly sliced the bodies of the four lightning snakes to shreds, which sizzled and turned into arcs of electricity.
However, at that moment, Cross stomped on the air as if he were climbing an invisible staircase. He took the opportunity to rush toward Doflamingo and swung the Shusui in his hand, aiming to cut off his head.
In response, Doflamingo dodged with a flexible backward flip in the air, using the momentum to kick Cross right on the chin. With a dull thump, Cross's head was jerked back, and he was sent flying, crashing into an abandoned house at the foot of the mountain like a meteor.
Rumble—
With a loud crash, the entire house collapsed. A powerful vibration accompanied by a strong gust of air swept outward like a ferocious wind.
"Die!" Doflamingo roared and dove down. He swung his arms outward, and several invisible, fine strings intertwined, slicing downward.
Sss—
With a soft sound, the white ground was immediately cut with several deep, thin cracks that crisscrossed each other.
Suddenly, Doflamingo's expression changed slightly. His Observation Haki sensed something strange behind him, so he turned around without hesitation, crossing his arms over his chest. He saw that Scáthach, with bat wings on its back, its black body tinged with a purple glow, was right behind him like a demon. It hit his arms with a heavy punch.
Bang!
A muffled sound exploded in the air, creating a visible airwave. Doflamingo felt a powerful force push his body, sending him flying backward. He instantly flew over twenty meters, crashing into a snowdrift with a loud thump and sending a large amount of rubble and snow flying.
"Doffy!" Vergo cried out when he saw this and ran toward where Doflamingo had fallen. Surtur followed closely, gripping the air to form another giant flame sword, which it held in its hand.
Clang, clang, clang...
However, when Vergo arrived, he found that neither Doflamingo nor Cross were injured, and they were already fighting again.
"Goshikito!!!"
"One Sword Style: Flying Edge!!!"
"Enliven: Inorganic Reincarnation!!!"
"Spider Web!!!"
"..."
Cross and Doflamingo clashed several times.
Scáthach also landed from the sky, its giant bat wings retracting as it and Cross launched a pincer attack on Doflamingo.
The sharp, thin strings were like invisible blades of wind, easily leaving deep, thin cracks in the ground. Powerful flying slashes also left deep cracks in the ground. Then, dozens of large tentacles made of mud and snow, like a giant octopus waving its tentacles, whipped around freely but were blocked by a giant spider's web.
In a moment, Doflamingo landed on the ground, his expression dark, and he roared, "Black Knight!!!"
He created a thin string that wrapped around itself over and over again in the air, eventually forming a duplicate doll of Doflamingo.
"Now it's a fair fight, two against two!" Doflamingo grinned menacingly and, along with his identical duplicate doll, charged at Cross and Scáthach.
"Splitting your focus, huh... The String-String Fruit really suits you!" Cross watched as Doflamingo attacked him while also smoothly controlling his duplicate doll to attack Scáthach, and he couldn't help but sigh in admiration.
"Fuffuffuffu~" Doflamingo let out a low chuckle. "I'm honored that I've earned your praise!"
"Goshikito!!!"
Rumble—
The two Doflamingos used "Goshikito" simultaneously, cutting ten deep, thin cracks into the ground.
"Hmph~ I said you seemed to have forgotten that I have more than one Apostle!" Cross said with annoyance after he and Scáthach dodged the two Doflamingos' attacks.
"However, let me show you my true power! Secret Technique: Shadow Revolution: Mahakala!!!"
"I'm here, Master!"
Cross let out a low roar, and his body suddenly expanded. His height, which was nearly three meters, shot up to almost four meters, and he became a muscular behemoth. Scáthach suddenly abandoned its opponent and lunged at Cross.
"Huh?!" Doflamingo was stunned by this sight and subconsciously asked, "What's going on?"
The next moment, Doflamingo saw Scáthach's body turn into a black fluid that wrapped around Cross's body, as if a bucket of black paint had been poured on him, turning him into a black-clad figure similar to the one in Detective Conan.
The black fluid shadow wriggled on Cross's body, growing large, backward-curving horns on his head, huge bat wings on his back, transforming his hands into clawed monster hands, and his legs and feet into backwards-bending goat legs and hooves.
In the blink of an eye, a black demon with crimson eyes, goat horns, and bat wings appeared before Doflamingo. It held a long sword and was surrounded by a faint purple glow.
This monster had no shadow.
————————————————
TN: Mahakala is a wrathful manifestation of Shiva in Hinduism, revered as the Great Black Deity. However, it seems his traditional appearance differs from the form that Cross transformed into.
Want to read ahead of schedule? Head over to my Patreon ——— patreon(.)com/JuanPiece [remove the parenthesis ( )]
There are 100+ advance chapters available for you to read!