The overwhelming swarm of black fire meteors descended, making Doflamingo jump up in shock.
"Hey, are you kidding me!"
What is this?
And what is this?!
Let's not even talk about the distance, the force intertwined with this Haki is immense, and crucially, each of these dense Haki clusters has the same power!
This guy's Haki strength can be felt, it's even slightly stronger than Doflamingo's, but Doflamingo is not afraid due to his abilities.
The current Haki intensity that Sage has unleashed is all he has, but...
Why are there so many?!
Is this externalized Haki?
These must be Haki Bullets!
"Bird Cage·Wave White Line!"
The white lines, like waves, surged forward and reversed, forming a wall-like barrier in front of Doflamingo.
Boom!!
The meteor-like Haki Bullet slammed into the white wall, and just one Haki Bullet struck, creating a dent in the otherwise unbreakable Bird Cage line.
Countless Haki Bullets bombarded it, pockmarking the white wall.
Doflamingo's face was dire, almost dark enough to drip water.
The Bird Cage, being an unsolvable ability, was expected to withstand Haki Bullets, but the dents meant the power could pierce through his Bird Cage line...
The line created is limited in number, good for attacks, allowing for large-scale assaults without needing to congregate tightly.
But for defense, he must consolidate them together, exposing any gap would allow the Haki to penetrate.
After all, it's Haki, a power of will; gaps are its way in!
This level of consolidation forming the white wall is nearly its limit, or he wouldn't retract the restraint line!
But at this level, solely defending is pointless and consumes much energy.
"How long can you hold out?!"
Sage, wildly attacking from the air, noticed this, sneering as he kicked off an airwave, his body forming shadows mid-air, swinging down an even larger black fire meteor descending upon Doflamingo from all sides.
Gritting his teeth, Doflamingo began to move, with the wall-like Bird Cage line turning into a great wave, twisting as he moved, acting as a shield against the larger area Haki Bullets' descent.
Boom boom boom!!
Countless Haki Bullets descended from the sky; as he dodged them by moving, they struck the buildings, just one blast tearing a large hole from rooftop to ground, and before the building could collapse, another Haki Bullet fell, blasting it into countless flying fragments.
A large number of buildings in Demon Valley Town turned into rubble under the bombing of the black fire meteor rain.
Behind Doflamingo's path, the towering buildings all collapsed as if frantically escaping a heaven-sent disaster.
In just a moment, half of Demon Valley Town was destroyed in his wake by the encompassing black fire meteor chase.
Sage laughed wildly in the sky: "Hohohoho, yes, just like that, run, run with all your might!"
Under his might, one should flee!
But these words made Doflamingo stop his tracks, he formed a barrier in the sky with the Bird Cage line to resist Sage's furious bombardment.
More veins bulged on his forehead, his body trembling with anger.
"Who do you think I am?!"
He's the Celestial Yaksha, Doflamingo, if he had to flee from everyone, he'd have been eaten alive long ago in these seas.
He paused and then chuckled softly:
"Fufufufu, I didn't want to use this originally, but now I have to admit, guys like you are indeed very terrifying..."
Did he misjudge?
No, he didn't misjudge Sage; the feeling similar to Kaido can't be wrong.
But ultimately, he's not Kaido, right?
He also has his pride!
Ignoring the Bird Cage line above receiving more dents and almost unable to hold, Doflamingo laughed: "The development of Fruit Ability can also reach an extreme level, you're special, but you're not the only special person at sea!"
That near infinite Haki strength is indeed special, but he's not necessarily afraid!
As he spoke, a layer of white threads emerged under his feet, spreading towards the ground, covering the destroyed or untouched buildings, along with the floor beneath, turning all into white threads.
"Let me show you the power of Awakening!"
Doflamingo's arm, which had all its bones shattered and tissues destroyed, was now temporarily serving as a blood vessel, connecting tissues under the coiling and linking lines, allowing the hand to move freely.
With both hands stretched outward, the white lines on the ground surged like a great wave, constantly intertwining and entangling within, turning into waves of fury, laying further above to block the assault of the Haki Bullets.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
However, encountering the impact of the Haki Bullets, the strength of these lines was evidently insufficient, and a few holes appeared instantly, continuing downward to strike.
But the obstruction provided by even this short time was already sufficient!
Bang!
A line coiled around with Haki, resembling a black snake, struck the Haki Bullet. After making a sound as if exploding, the line was deflected to one side, and the Haki Bullet lost its original direction, veering off to strike a building in the distance.
"Awakening?" Sage paused for a moment, then sneered, "Well done!"
Woosh!
Quickly, a massive, white wave surged up from beneath him, forcefully enduring the impact of the Haki Bullets, no matter how many times it was penetrated, it would be repaired, pressing towards Sage.
"Wave White Line!"
Doflamingo's voice echoed from within the huge wave-like white lines.
Sage frowned, stopped his assault, and instead coiled Haki around as he struck a punch onto the white wave surging towards him.
Boom!
With just one punch, the wave-like line was scattered open, transforming into scattered lines, like a rain of threads descending.
Compared to the Haki Bullets unleashed using Tenha Kassatsu, Sage's fist held greater power; first due to his raw strength, and secondly, while he couldn't mix Externalized Haki with Internal Destruction, he could utilize pure Internal Destruction.
Yet, this punch also momentarily halted his assault. The descending Haki Bullets were now quickly struck by black lines, and in the clash, the Haki Bullets were forced away, descending around.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The town was further devastated, and during this lull in the assault, a black line shot over like a thunderbolt, Sage reached out with a punch, and the line was deflected.
It didn't break...
It was the Bird Cage line, wasn't it?
Amidst the scattered thread rain, the black lines revealed their true form.
Doflamingo stood on the ground, spreading his arms, extending sixteen densely packed lines from around him that danced wildly like black snakes, resembling a massive spider.
"Fufufufu..."
Doflamingo snarled, "Sixteen Holy Fierce Bullets!"
The lines born from Awakening naturally lacked the strength to withstand Sage's Haki, but his Bird Cage line could!
All the Bird Cage lines were now coiled into sixteen dense lines, expanding outward from around him,
and these lines were uniformly coiled with Armament Haki.
"God's Slaying!"
As he shouted, sixteen lines uniformly rose up, swiftly stabbing towards Sage's body.
That menacing body, no matter how strong, was only somewhat more potent than Sage's current state of Externalized Haki, and couldn't hold indefinitely.
His Haki strength was clear; with just his fists, he couldn't withstand the attack forever!
Doflamingo had many techniques that Sage hadn't encountered yet!
Bang!
But the attacking lines were deflected with a punch, Sage's fists moved in blurred shadows, striking at the sixteen incoming black lines, even using his entire body.
Moments after his fists deflected the black lines, he immediately turned his body, coiling Haki around his legs and feet, kicking away the incoming lines, and amidst continuous strikes, he stubbornly kept these lines from touching his body.
No matter from which direction they attacked, he would counter them all.
"You are worthy!"
While attacking, Sage shouted, "Your ability usage is excellent, next, let's see if your true form can withstand my attacks!"
"Fufufufu, let's see if you can come closer first!" Doflamingo laughed.
Compared in stamina depletion?
He wouldn't lose!
"Still can't see the situation clearly..."
Sage kicked away a Holy Fierce Bullet, his body moved amid the air, pointing towards the sky, "Take a good look!"
Amidst the sky, even the bright moon's brilliance seemed slightly dimmed; among the star-filled night sky, there was a star more brilliant than the moon!
"Your Death Star is already shining!"