"Uh-huh-huh," Doflamingo stuttered, as he was lifted into the air. He gave his last smile. Who would have thought he would be killed by himself?
He had one last question. "If you were me, why would you submit to others?" This was what he couldn't understand. Even someone stronger than Kaido would only partner with others. The female version of him was stronger, so there was no reason for her to submit. Was it a gender thing?
"Want to know?" Dove hooked her red lips. The real Doflamingo's pupils dilated. Of course he wanted to know!
"Because…" Dove leaned in close. The male Doflamingo took a deep breath, forcing himself to hold on to the last shred of clarity. But he took his last breath before she could answer, and he died with regret.
"Xi xi xi." Dove threw him away and shook her hand in disgust. "There's no need to tell you."
With the death of Doflamingo, Rodin withdrew his hand on the ark. Sugar's power was also remotely solved, and below them, a change began.
"Are you… Father?!"
"What exactly is going on?"
"It was all Doflamingo! He did it!"
The toy dolls of Dressrosa transformed back into their human forms, their memories of their loved ones returning at once. They had been surprisingly led astray by an evil pirate who had become the king of this country. Upon learning the truth, people began to cry bitterly.
Meanwhile, the Riku Army's progress was becoming smoother until the Beast Pirates' constant looting and invasion made it impossible for them to stop for a moment.
Rodin stood up. After killing Doflamingo, the summoning time was successfully shortened to less than three days. Now, he only needed to defeat Kaido.
On Akainu's right hand, three ferocious beast heads slowly emerged from the magma. They twisted as if they were trying to devour the world.
"Rock Prison: Three-Headed Dog!" she said, pushing her palm forward. A ten-meter-tall three-headed dog made of half-black, half-magma rock erupted from her palm. The grinding sounds it made were so sharp that it made people's hearts tremble.
Kaido's face was grim. Unfazed by the power, he held his mace tightly and began to run toward it. With Conqueror's Haki winding around his mace, he roared.
"Thunder Bagua!!!"
"PUFF!" The three heads burst, turning into pure magma that swayed onto Kaido's body. The sound of sizzling was endless. The back half of the dog's body, which was still intact, clawed at Kaido's chest.
"TEAR!"
Three bloody gashes appeared on Kaido's chest. He gritted his teeth, feeling the pain. How many years had it been since someone made him hurt?
"That's it!" Kaido flew toward Akainu, enduring the burning magma, and swung his mace again.
"WHOOSH!" Akainu's cloak billowed as she met his strike with a magma fist.
"BOOM!" Wind pressure exploded everywhere. Akainu was thrown backward, but she performed a backflip and landed smoothly. In the confrontation of strength and Haki, she seemed to be slightly inferior.
"DIE!" Kaido didn't pause. He took one step, holding his mace, and attacked again.
"Big Wave White Line!" Dozens of thick, semi-purple strings erupted from the ground and wrapped around Kaido.
"Get away, old woman!" Kaido roared, and the white strings were smashed. Dove, who had just landed, changed her expression. She was about to leave, but Kaido had already appeared above her head, about to strike her with his mace. She would have been seriously injured, but at the critical moment, a long lightning dragon jumped onto Kaido's body, stopping his movements.
Rodin appeared beside Dove, adding a transparent and silent state to her. "Go help Crocodile. She can't deal with Queen alone." He then turned into the god of thunder. With a fist wrapped in ultimate thunder and Haki, he punched Kaido in the abdomen.
"200 Million Volt Thor's Roar!!!"
Lightning filled the field. Dove left and galloped toward the shore. Kaido's huge body flew backward and smashed into a mountain. He was in a disheveled state, with a scorched black mark on his abdomen, but his spirits were high.
Kaido stood up and launched himself forward like a cannonball. He laughed loudly. "Oh,ho ho, I didn't expect the Warlord of the Sea hunter to have such little power! It's truly disappointing! Cough, cough, cough…" He smiled, but then he started coughing.
"Your performance is not as good as they say about you," Rodin said, his eyes flickering. He knew he had to resolve this quickly. They were now facing the Beast Pirates' top fighters, a group that had truly competed with a Four Emperor crew. Rodin, in his Thor state, was consuming a huge amount of physical strength. Every strike took a toll. It had to be a quick fight.
Akainu came up beside Rodin, the heat on her body intensifying with every step. When she reached his side, the heat had condensed to its apex. The two of them moved to meet Kaido. In the process of landing, Kaido's body transformed again. He was in his dragon form, but this time with horns, blue scales, sharp claws, and more muscles. His strength and defense had reached their peak. The wounds from earlier had already closed.
In the air, Kaido, like a prehistoric behemoth, spun his mace, coiling a purple-black Conqueror's Haki around it. From a distance, it looked as if the air had been torn open by a long, black-and-purple line.
"Gundari Ryuseigun!!"