Chương 94: Chapter 93: Raw Talent?
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Chapter 93: Raw Talent?
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Doflamingo stared at the destroyed Pacifista absentmindedly. He understood that the World Government would get rid of him as soon as they got the chance. Especially since he was empowering Kaido's crew by giving them the Smiles Devil Fruits.
Suddenly he felt an attack from behind and immediately utilized Awakening. The ground around him swerved into strings and he utilized them to halt the attack while at the same time getting out of the way.
The attacker's ax shredded straight through the strings, even though they were infused with Haki. Getting a good peek at his opponent, it was Max, who stood there in his Emperor Form and glanced at Doflamingo with a calm but deadly look.
In an instant, Doflamingo realized that this was a death battle from now on. "So in the end, you decided to attack me?"
"Sometimes circumstances in battle change, by now I must take care of some people before I run out of fuel." He was speaking of his Emperor Form, he didn't want the same to transpire like after he had defeated Big Mom.
Though Max's words made it seem that as long as Doflamingo lasted a couple of minutes then he would be okay.
But on the other hand, Max could hold this form for hours before he passed out. By now he could keep it even longer, but he didn't want to warn Doflamingo. Let the smart man make his hypotheses, create a scenario where it was most rational.
Doflamingo did just that, pondering how someone like Max could do that. He was just eighteen and was able to compete against a Yonko? His development had been illogical, so it was safe to assume he had a form that allowed him to battle Big Mom for a little while and after that people overstated.
Max was counting on Doflamingo's intelligence to be high enough to figure out the scenario that he had painted.
"Hehehehe," Doflamingo abruptly cackled purposefully. "How long can you hold that form?"
A nasty look appeared on Max's face and within an instant, he attacked again.
Fwish!
Max appeared to Doflamingo's side and punched at the man. A dark spider net of string imbued with Haki appeared in between them. But Max's punch ripped straight through the thread and hit Doflamingo on the side, cracking every rib the man had and heavily injuring his organs.
"Someone like you is no longer capable of fighting against me," Max stated.
Doflamingo couldn't refute that as his body slumped to the ground, his hands holding on his chest. The broken ribs were pushing down on his lungs and made it feel like he was choking.
Max just glanced at the heavily wounded man, and swung his ax to decapitate him. But the Doflamingo used his strings to create string armor around himself, moving his body out of the way of the attack by controlling the string armour.
Doflamingo couldn't move his body any longer. But he was moved by controlling the string armor he was enshrouded in. This way, it seemed like he is still in perfect health, though he was half-dead already.
At the same time, he had sneakily tried to inject a string into Max's spine but the bear-man caught the parasite-like string. It wiggled like a worm in his hand.
"Your usage of the String-String Fruit is nothing short of phenomenal," Max commended him, looking at Doflamingo like a hawk. "Even as we are talking, you are using your Devil Fruit to patch yourself, right?"
Hearing this, a chill went down Doflamingo's spine. It felt like Max was reading his mind. So he tried to hurry his recovery.
The next instant, a dark object flew in the air like a ragged ball spewing red liquid. It plopped on the ground, the 'thing' was a human head… It was Doflamingo's head which still had a worried look on his face.
Max sighed, it appeared like he hadn't moved from his position but blood dripped from his ax. "You were a hazardous man. If you hadn't gotten complacent, then you would have become something quite dangerous."
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At the same time, Negan was fighting against Vista of the Flower Sword. The battle had been going to the former's clear advantage.
Negan's speed was something that even the Flower Swordsman couldn't keep up against. By now the swordsman had quite some burns along his torso and he had even been hit by a couple of lightning strikes.
Typically this fight would have been over with, Negan usually had a suicidal fighting style. Either he or his opponent would have won by now. But since this was a war, he couldn't fight carelessly and allow himself to be absorbed into the fight.
After all, this was not the only battle he had to fight, and injuries would eventually add up. Which would be very dangerous in war, where who knew if he needed to suddenly fight against another strong opponent or cover for Max.
*
Vista frowned, trying to use his Observation Haki to sense where Negan would next attack from. But the latter wasn't a slouch in Haki either and most of the time, the swordsman barely had enough momentum to stop Negan's attacks.
*bzzzzt*
Suddenly Negan's body blitzed and he moved strangely.
Clang!
Spiked bat and swords clashed, but then a second body made out of electricity came out of Negan. "This is gonna sting a little~"
Hearing his opponent's sing-song voice didn't make Vista feel any better at all. He got scorched by electricity and his heart spasmed on him. "Ugh!" He cringed in pain and fell to his knees.
"Cool right?" Asked Negan, like a child who did his first backflip. "I just came up with it right now."
Suddenly a small pink flower petal landed on his shoulder, and Negan looked at it intrigued at first. But then he sensed the malicious feeling coming from it and tried to swipe the flower petal away, but it suddenly moved and pierced straight through his hand like a sword.
Vista was now back on his feet and attacked again, but Negan dodged casually, looking at his hand in amazement. "There are some amazing things in this world. It isn't a Devil Fruit right?"
"No, this is all the work of my swordsmanship," Vista proclaimed proudly.
Negan nodded and eyed his opponent creepily. In the next instant his figure dissipated, Vista sensed an attack from behind him and barely had enough time to position his sword behind his back.
Clang!
The sound of their weapons clashing rang out, but Vista felt strange as Negan's attack was lighter than usual.
Fwish!
Blood spilled on the ground, and Vista looked down, seeing a finger-sized needle piercing his thigh. It had hit a vital place where it would impede his movements. He immediately took out the golden needle, though he knew doing so would result in more bleeding. Leaving that in there would instead result in death.
"I just came up with that too," Negan grinned. Remotely controlling the needle to make the wound deeper. "I saw you controlling your flower petals and had this idea. Why couldn't I do the same with my gold? So thanks for this."
"You talk too much!" Vista yelled out and sliced at Negan with all his might. For all of his effort, he was rewarded with a small scrape on the man's face.
But Negan had seized that split second of anger and controlled another golden needle that had pierced Vista's throat. The man had moved his head to the side instinctively, preserving his life. But he was done for the war.
*bzzzzt*
Negan casually knocked him out and retrieved his golden needle, fusing it with his bat again. This left Vista bleeding on the ground while the bat-wielding man blitzed out of there, not planning to stay long enough to face Whitebeard's wrath.
Whitebeard was still close by, destroying any marine that got close to him. So Negan was extra cautious to keep an eye on him.
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A/N: These kinds of fights cost you if you are careless. Even at the level of Kaido vs Oden, one distraction was enough. Negan also is quite irritating to be around, Max is one of those rare people who doesn't mind the banter and chaos he creates. Instead he uses it.
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