Jotaro silently looked at Doflamingo, not saying a word, and Doflamingo also lowered his head, respectfully kneeling there.
A long time passed.
"Fine."
Jotaro's eyes showed no joy or sorrow, his voice was utterly flat, yet hidden within was a chilling murderous aura that made Doflamingo's hair stand on end.
"If you dare to act recklessly or speak nonsense, even if I have to chase you to the ends of the earth, I'll butcher you!"
Doflamingo was trembling all over with excitement.
'This feeling!'
'This is what a king is!!'
"Carrying the name of justice, the Marines? The Revolutionary Army, backed by the people's hearts? And the Clan of D, hidden deep within history!"
"No, that's wrong!"
"They are all just a bunch of failures!"
"There is only one person who can rule the world!"
With laughter, Doflamingo suddenly burst forth, countless strings shooting from his body, slicing apart every Marine that approached.
In an instant, blood rained down.
Doflamingo's whole body was drenched in blood.
He licked the bloodstains smeared on his face, his expression growing more and more frenzied.
"No one can obstruct Lord Jotaro's steps!"
Any Marine who dared approach was without exception shredded into chunks of meat by his strings.
The scene was abnormally bloody, but Jotaro showed no reaction at all.
After all, this was war.
"Doflamingo actually bowed his head to someone else!" Crocodile truly lived long enough to see the unbelievable.
This was the ever-arrogant Doflamingo, who never showed the slightest respect even toward the World Government.
But it was also easy to understand.
Doflamingo was, like him, one of the defeated.
Those who recognized their own limits could only place their hopes upon another.
"Reinforce the troops! The Fleet Admiral has ordered, Jotaro must absolutely not be allowed through!"
Several Marine Vice Admirals roared hoarsely.
"Sandstorm!"
Crocodile whipped up a gigantic sandstorm, blocking the Marines' path.
The Marines who were touched by the sand had the water in their bodies swiftly drained, and in the blink of an eye they became dried corpses.
"Crocodile! You too, have you betrayed us?" a Vice Admiral of Marine Headquarters who rushed over loudly demanded.
"Betrayal? Don't fool yourselves! From the start I was never one of you!" Crocodile coldly replied. "I came here just to kill that old man! And to kill that old man, I must get through here!"
Doflamingo's lips curved into a grin.
"Crocodile, truly unexpected. You also want to stand in the center of this era!"
"Hmph!" Crocodile coldly snorted, turning his face away as he said to Jotaro, "Let me see how you're any different from these people."
In the rear battlefield, there was no one left who could threaten Jotaro.
He strode forward, completely ignoring the Marine encirclement.
"Fire! Don't let Jotaro through!"
From atop the encirclement wall, Marines poured down gunfire and cannonfire in torrents.
The firepower was several times denser than what had been used against Little Oars, the ancient giant.
In their eyes, Jotaro was already more of a monster than the ancient giant.
"Damn it! It's like there's an invisible barrier around him. The bullets can't penetrate at all!"
"He's coming!"
"Don't panic! We still have the encirclement wall!"
"ORA!"
Where Star Platinum's fists landed, the massive thick encirclement wall instantly shattered with a thunderous boom, revealing a gigantic hole.
"The wall has been blasted open! What kind of power is this!"
The Marines were thrown into chaos.
But what shocked them even more was what came next.
From the edges of the huge hole Star Platinum had punched through, cracks spread like serpents, and in an instant the entire wall collapsed like shattered ice.
Amid the rolling dust, a wave of destructive force erupted, sweeping in all directions, as if to tear the heavens and earth apart.
"Magnificent! This is way too strong! Truly worthy of being the man who will overturn the world!"
Doflamingo tilted his head back in wild excitement, laughing twistedly with frenzied ecstasy.
"Do not retreat! Evil cannot defeat justice! Attack!" several Headquarters Vice Admirals shouted harshly.
"Evil cannot defeat justice? Isn't that just nonsense?" Doflamingo sneered, his voice full of arrogance and disdain.
He suddenly flung his arms wide, as if embracing the entire battlefield, standing tall in the center. Beneath his golden shades, his eyes glinted coldly.
"Because, only victory is justice!"
"And victory will definitely belong to him! I will escort him to the throne!!"
"Fuffuffuffu…"
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"The era of Whitebeard has ended!!"
From the shadows, Blackbeard finally revealed himself.
Whitebeard and Sengoku were both utterly exhausted. Now was his chance.
"Teach! You bastard!" Whitebeard never expected Blackbeard to appear at this moment.
"And these people?" Sengoku's face was also full of shock. "Blackbeard, these prisoners from Impel Down, are you the one who released them?!"
"Why else do you think I joined the Shichibukai?" Blackbeard sneered.
He looked toward Whitebeard.
"Old man, you're done. It's time for you to leave the stage. Right now, you can't even save your own subordinates!"
"Teach! You are the one and only I could never regard as my son!"
Exhausted, Whitebeard propped up his body and slowly stood.
Teach moved fast, pressing his darkness-wreathed hands over Whitebeard's fists.
"In front of me, all abilities are useless!"
"You can't even cause earthquakes anymore!"
Whitebeard's gaze sharpened suddenly, and he raised his naginata, Murakumogiri, high overhead.
A thunderous slash split the air, carrying earth-rending power, and sent Blackbeard flying violently to the ground.
"Arrogance! Rashness! That is your, weakness!!"
"Ahhh, !!" Teach screamed skyward, his body twisting in agony, eyes wide with terror and disbelief. "This monster… with wounds this severe, he can still unleash such power?!"
"Do it! Hurry!! Kill this monster!!" he howled hysterically.
The next instant, every member of the Blackbeard Pirates drew their guns, aiming straight at Whitebeard, unleashing a storm of bullets like torrential rain.
"Hahaha!! Die!!" Teach roared, laughing savagely, "The era of Whitebeard has ended! Next, the one who will rule this era is, "
"Oh?"
At that moment, a cold, deep voice quietly rang out, like a blade slicing through silence.
The sound wasn't loud, yet it seemed to echo from the depths of the soul, making every member of the Blackbeard Pirates freeze in dread, their actions halting at once.
Through the smoke of gunpowder, Jotaro's figure slowly emerged, carrying a bitter chill. His steps were steady as iron, his face stern as a blade.
Murderous intent surged like the tide, pressing down so heavily that none could speak.
"Where do you think you're putting me, Kujo Jotaro? The one who rules this era, don't tell me you think it's you!"
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