Dante forced himself to gather his willpower as he watched this scene with anger burning in his eyes. However, there was a hint of cunning in the corner of his eyes that wasn't easily noticeable.
"Oh, Sorry, Sorry! It just happened accidentally…"
Doflamingo insincerely grinned and then retracted his smile, revealing his true face. "It wouldn't be good if all the Marines fell asleep, right? This is an opportunity for Drake to escape, isn't it?! So… let me lend you a hand!"
With that, Doflamingo lightly flicked his finger.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Instantly, thick white threads gushed out from his palm, and like an erupting volcano, they showed a continuous and endless flow.
Dense white threads sprayed into the air, and Drake's pupils contracted as he exclaimed, "This is bad! Stop him!!"
"Nani?" Dante didn't understand Doflamingo, as well as Drake, did and was startled for a moment by his words but Dante soon regained his clarity and then tried to rush forward and stop Doflamingo.
But even this slight delay was enough for the other person to unleash his power.
"Fufufu! Don't be so hasty! Once my cage is complete, I guarantee you that no one would be able to escape from here…"
Naturally, this included the Marine Soldiers as well…
Facing Dante's sudden attack, Doflamingo remained unfazed. He continued to spew out the white threads while raising his empty hand and pushing it forward.
Kumo no Sugaki (Spider Net Wall)!
Whiz! Whiz!!
Instantly, dense threads crisscrossed in the air, swiftly weaving into a spider web-like net, blocking the path between Doflamingo and Dante.
Ding!!!
The threads created by Doflamingo's String-String Fruit were not only as thin as hair and transparent but also possessed the hardness of steel!
Dante swung his sword, but instead of breaking through the spider web, it sent numbness and sparks shooting up his own arm!
At the same time, he felt a force rebounding from the web, heavily banging against his chest.
"Pluh!!" Dante spat out a mouthful of blood and was thrown back to the ground from the sky.
"His Kumo no Sugaki (Spider Net Wall) has incredible resilience! Slashing and blunt attacks won't work on it!" Drake reminded Dante from the side before he looked up at the sky with a hint of despair in his eyes.
"It's already too late…"
The threads produced by the String-String Fruit didn't possess such strength from the beginning. However, as the saying goes, even the weakest individuals can possess formidable Devil Fruit powers.
After obtaining the String-String Fruit, which was initially considered average, Doflamingo developed it to a level of sharpness and durability that could make people despair!
And now, these terrifying threads filled the sky!
When the threads reached a certain point in mid-air, they suddenly scattered and fell like a meteor shower. The dense lines cut through the sky, forming an inverted large bowl that enveloped the entire G-10 Marine branch!
This was Doflamingo's strongest technique, the Torikago (Birdcage), which had nearly destroyed Dressrosa in the original story!
"Oh no! The base is surrounded!"
"Sir! The gaps are too small for us to escape!"
"Can we cut through them?"
"No, it's impossible!"
In the distance, the soldiers who had luckily escaped the Haoshoku Haki attack were now filled with fear and unease. Even though they were well-trained, their attempts to use swords and cannons to cut or blast the white threads proved futile!
Blades broke upon impact, cannonballs were sliced open, and if anyone accidentally touched the threads, their bodies would be effortlessly cut and torn apart, as if butter meeting a hot knife!
In the original story, Marine Admiral Fujitora, though not a complete swordsman, possessed impressive Swordsmanship and kept his sword always by his side. Yet, even he couldn't cut through Doflamingo's Torikago (Birdcage), highlighting its formidable durability!
"Fufufufufufu! It's complete!" In the high sky, Doflamingo laughed madly as he raised his hand and said. "Now, Drake won't be able to escape… isn't that right?!"
"You maniac!" Drake reverted from his Beastify Form and sat on the ground with a resigned expression on his face.
He had experienced the power of this move and was only able to survive it before being adopted into the Marines by Tsuru.
When he was younger, he could use his smaller size advantage to pass through the gaps in the Torikago (Birdcage), but he still got cut. Now that he had grown up, the gaps in the Torikago (Birdcage) meant nothing to him!
"It's over… all over!"
"No, it's not over yet!"
At this moment, Dante climbed up from the ground, glanced at Drake, then lifted his head and questioned Doflamingo, "Doflamingo, can I assume that you have initiated an attack against the Marines?"
"Yes… so what?!" Seeing the Torikago (Birdcage) complete and realizing Rowen wasn't in the base, Doflamingo bared his fangs as he spoke.
"I am assisting the Marines in capturing the traitor Drake!… Even if some Marines die in the process, sacrificing for justice is what you should do, right? Fufufufufufu!!!"
Doflamingo laughed wildly and it was as if he could already envision the G10 branch reduced to ruins and Rowen raging with anger.
Being a Celestial Dragon, if Rowen dared to attack the Donquixote Family afterward, he would be labeled a traitor and receive a Bounty!
If Rowen swallowed his pride, Doflamingo would be even happier!
At the moment the Torikago (Birdcage) was completed, Doflamingo had already achieved victory!
However, to Doflamingo's surprise, Dante didn't feel angry about it. Instead, he nodded calmly and said, "That's good! After all, being attacked and launching an attack are two completely different concepts."
"You…"
Suddenly, Doflamingo sensed that something was amiss here!
But at that moment, an unprecedented sense of death appeared in his mind, and his entire body was instantly drenched in a cold sweat, causing him to abruptly turn around.
"What is… that?!!!"
At the top of the fortress, in a spacious room that had been heavily modified, the air was filled with intense electrical energy. Massive currents were restrained within a silver-white artillery-shaped transparent sphere, emitting a hair-raising electromagnetic field.
In the center of the room, Rowen, with a bent posture, aimed through the scope and smirked.
"Can't you fucking die already?"
"The Torikago (Birdcage) saved your life, you weird leg bastard…"
Rowen spoke and turned the handle on the cannon in his hand, gradually aligning the barrel of the Super Electromagnetic Cannon towards Doflamingo, shaking it slowly until it pointed directly at the core of the Torikago (Birdcage) in the sky. He had his eyes set on that target.
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