Just that surge of Supreme King Haki alone made him tremble all over, as if he was not facing a young man, but an ancient fierce beast crawling out from the abyss!
Staying here any longer would mean death for me!
Whatever makes his Deputy Captain happy, let him go... Only a fool would believe that crap!
That guy... he has another title, "Seven Warlords Killer"!
Crocodile getting himself killed is one thing, but Hanafuda, without even provoking the other side, was easily dealt with like a chicken just because he happened to be in the way.
And me?
Not only did I go out of my way to get myself killed, but I also committed the taboo of recruiting underlings right in front of the Captain...
This maniac has no intention of sparing me, that's for sure!
"Stop!"
A furious shout came from behind, it was Kuina launching the Step Forward Slash, her form like lightning chasing after him!
Her speed was incredibly fast, reaching the edge of the birdcage in the blink of an eye, delivering several slashes that made it tremble violently but failed to cut through it.
"Fufufufu..."
Doflamingo had anticipated this, releasing a hearty laugh.
The birdcage is one of his strongest techniques; since he managed to unleash it, how could it be neutralized so easily!
Not to mention this female swordsman of similar strength to him, even that monster Shano...
No!
If given more preparation time, the ultimate birdcage launched through the Shadow Rider Line·Puppet Manipulation mode would trap even a Grand Admiral in a short time without recourse!
"Fufufufu... You can struggle inside it at your leisure!"
Doflamingo flew higher and higher, soaring over countless dead forests, seemingly about to completely escape the island's airspace.
However—
"Trying to run?"
A faint voice echoed in the air.
At the top of the birdcage, it was unclear when Shano had appeared there.
His right hand lifted, and in his palm, the black and red Haki gathered wildly, spinning rapidly and compressing into a disk about half a meter in diameter.
Unlike before.
This time, the edge of the disk was entwined with thick black and red lightning, even without being unleashed, the terrifying aura had already dimmed the entire sky, with dark clouds gathering and thunder rolling!
Divine Split!
Swoosh—!
With a flick of Shano's wrist, the disk was released, slicing through the sky at a speed almost imperceptible to the naked eye, cutting open the birdcage in an instant, and without losing momentum, it continued to pursue Doflamingo!
"Hmm?"
Doflamingo, obviously thousands of meters away, suddenly had his Observation warning him frantically. He instinctively turned his head, his pupils contracting sharply to needlepoints—
The black and red disk, full of destructive energy, was already close at hand.
"No, no——!!!"
He desperately tried to dodge, but the disk was so fast, slicing through his waist almost instantly!
Schlick!
Blood spurted!
Doflamingo's body was abruptly frozen; he slowly lowered his head, looking at his gradually displaced lower half, his eyes full of disbelief.
"How... how is this possible..."
Boom!
His lower body fell heavily from the sky, crashing into the fountain in the castle plaza, dyeing the entire fountain red with blood.
Meanwhile, in the sky.
Doflamingo's eyes were dazed, nearly losing consciousness, but his strong will to survive forced him to endure the intense pain.
While frantically fleeing into the distance, he desperately activated the capability of the String-String Fruit, trying to forcibly stitch the wound with numerous threads, barely stopping the massive bleeding.
But...
Though the eerie disk had vanished, it left behind a tyrannical black-red energy covering the entire cut surface.
He couldn't drive it away and could only watch as the threads were repelled, with a gushing stream of blood still dripping from the wound...
————
On the ground.
Everyone glanced at the remains on the ground and then at the disappearing half silhouette at the edge of the sky.
"Is that guy... dead or not?"
Nami couldn't help but ask, "Surely he couldn't have survived?"
As she spoke, she subconsciously scratched her arm; the eerie scene gave her goosebumps.
Such a scene of being cut in half and still moving was something she only saw when she was little, cutting worms in two to use them as bait for fishing.
"He's definitely dead, don't worry about him."
Shano's figure gracefully descended from the sky, "With my Supreme King's aura remaining, the wound can't be closed; even the world's best doctor would be helpless."
Nami finally felt relieved.
If the elder brother says so, it must be true.
"That strike just now was so exaggerated, it even changed the weather."
She looked up at the remnants of the black-red trail in the sky and clicked her tongue, "Wow, it's still there. I say, brother, how much stronger have you become since this closed-door training? Even the Seve..."
She initially wanted to say that even the Seven Warlords could now be instantly defeated, but on second thought, back when they encountered the sand-playing Warlord, if the brother had gone all out from the start, he could have taken him down just as easily.
So... it seems there was no difference?
So she swallowed the words back down.
"There are also differences among the Seven Warlords."
Robin noticed her thoughts and smiled:
"That Flamingo has been a Warlord for many years and has long been active in the New World, mastering the Three-Colored Haki. Even among the Great Pirates of the New World, he is a formidable presence, yet he couldn't withstand a single move from the Captain. That says a lot."