Gojo walked up to Doflamingo, who was now lying defeated amidst the ruins and rubble. Looking directly into his eyes, he noticed that even now, the tyrant's sunglasses had not shattered. Standing over him with his sword in hand, Gojo asked coldly, "If you have any last words, speak them now. Otherwise, you won't be able to speak at all once I sever your head."
Doflamingo coughed violently a few times before a bloody smile spread across his face.
"You can't kill me," he wheezed. "Someone won't let me die."
Suddenly, a vast, crushing weight descended from above. To be precise, it didn't hit Gojo directly, but rather slammed into the invisible layer of the Limitless surrounding his body. The localized gravity was so immense that the air itself refracted, warping the light around Gojo into a distorted, shimmering dome. As the gravity crashed against the limitless barrier, the surrounding earth shattered and caved in. Cracks spread rapidly through the ground, and chunks of stone were instantly pulverized under the immense pressure.
Yet, the crushing force couldn't bridge the infinite distance between the pressure wave and Gojo's skin. It rolled harmlessly off the invisible barrier, bleeding out into the surrounding soil instead.
Turning his gaze toward the approaching figure, Gojo's suspicions were confirmed. It was none other than Admiral Fujitora.
The Admiral's intentions were obvious. He had come to protect Doflamingo at all costs. After all, Doflamingo was a Warlord recognized by the World Government. As a Marine Admiral, it was Fujitora's duty to ensure his safety, leaving him no choice but to intervene.
The gravity continued to press down, forcing the wasteland to sink further into a deep crater. However, the space within the reach of Gojo's Limitless remained completely immaculate. While the earth around him was being crushed into dust, the ground beneath his boots was left entirely untouched.
Simultaneously, Fujitora channeled his gravity to pull Doflamingo away from Gojo's immediate reach. Witnessing how effortlessly Gojo resisted the pressure, the Admiral knew that the God Slayer could still execute Doflamingo regardless of the interference. If he didn't move the Warlord into a safer position within his defensive zone, Doflamingo's death was guaranteed.
Gojo watched the entire rescue unfold. Facing Fujitora directly, he looked toward the blind Admiral and asked, "Are you going to stop me from killing Doflamingo? You really don't have to get involved in this."
Issho replied calmly, his hand gripping his cane sword, "Doflamingo is a Warlord conferred by the World Government. He cannot be allowed to die here."
Gojo's expression turned ice-cold.
"If you're going to protect him," Gojo said, his voice carrying a dangerous, razor-sharp edge, "if the Marines are going to shield a monster like Doflamingo... then the Marines will have to pay a heavy price."
As they spoke, the razor-sharp Birdcage that had partitioned the entirety of Dressrosa from the outside world began to recede. The countless constricting strings slowly moved outward before vanishing entirely into thin air. It was a natural consequence; Doflamingo had been battered to the brink of unconsciousness by Gojo, and he no longer possessed the willpower to maintain the technique.
Hearing Gojo's ultimatum, Issho wasted no more words. Deciding to skip pleasantries, he immediately brought out one of the heaviest weapons in his arsenal, summoning a massive meteor from the upper atmosphere. Cloaked in raging flames from friction, the cosmic rock tore through the clouds, descending directly toward Gojo.
Sensing the incoming threat, Gojo raised his left hand toward the sky. A small, dense sphere of crimson energy began to coalesce at his fingertips, humming with repulsive power. Let's see how space likes this.
The crimson sphere shot upward at blinding speed, virtually teleporting into the sky. In the next fraction of a second, it collided head-on with the core of the meteor.
Boom!
The divergence of Gojo's infinity violently rejected the mass of the cosmic rock. The meteor was obliterated in a single strike. A massive fissure split through its center before the entire structure violently ruptured. Countless burning fragments scattered across the sky, raining down like a localized apocalypse, striking the ruined buildings of Dressrosa with dull thuds. But the immediate threat to Gojo had been completely neutralized. He hadn't shifted an inch.
Finally, both fighters blurred, vanishing from their positions simultaneously.
Boom!
They reappeared in the center, steel grinding against steel. Fujitora held his shikomizue (cane sword) with right hand, channeling the literal weight of a mountain into the press, while Gojo met the blow with effortless, single-handed precision, his blade reinforced with a thick shroud of Armament Haki. The moment their blades clashed, a massive crater exploded beneath them. The surrounding rubble shattered instantly, blasting debris outward in every direction. Violent shockwaves rippled across the battlefield, tearing the earth apart beneath their feet.
Following the initial clash, both men recoiled several steps.
Fujitora dropped into a low, sweeping stance and immediately unleashed his gravity.
"Raging Tiger!"
Concentrating an immense gravitational field onto his blade, he swung it forward. A localized distortion wave, glowing with a faint, violet hue, combined with a devastating flying sword slash and surged aggressively toward Gojo.
Gojo wasn't about to back down. His sword instantly ignited with a brilliant, blood-red aura as he funneled the raw energy of his limitless technique into the steel. Without hesitation, he executed a powerful counter-swing.
"Red Slash!"
A crescent arc of pure repulsive force tore through the air at tremendous speed. The two apex attacks met dead center.
Boom!
It was a conceptual disaster: Fujitora's downward, crushing gravitational push force slammed directly into Gojo's outward, violent spatial repulsion. A blinding explosion erupted from the epicenter of the collision. The sheer forces crashing into one another caused the air to twist violently, making space itself appear to warp and distort. Everything caught in the immediate radius was instantly pulverized into dust.
Because both attacks possessed devastating, near-equal output, neither could overpower the other. In the end, the opposing forces completely canceled each other out, leaving nothing but a howling wind between the two combatants.
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