Chapter 543: Top-Tier Clash! Confrontation with Doflamingo! [1/10 Subscribe Request]

"Tsk tsk tsk…"

"Terrifying destructive power."

"But it's a pity — if you can't hit your target, it's just as meaningless."

"Are you wasting your strength? Doflamingo."

Lu En flashed to the other end and saw that the spot where he had just been standing was already riddled with holes from Doflamingo's strike; he couldn't help clicking his tongue in wonder.

His gaze shifted,

moving from the riddled ground to lock once more onto Doflamingo.

"Again!"

Lu En broke into an exhilarated grin.

His feet moved through Soru of the Six Powers,

and he vanished in an instant once more.

"Here!"

Doflamingo had long since activated his Observation Haki, so naturally he wouldn't be caught off guard so easily by Lu En's Soru.

The instant he sensed Lu En's figure appear, he used his Devil Fruit ability without hesitation.

"Overheat!"

His right hand suddenly clawed at the empty air.

Swoosh!

Five tough, razor-thin lines shot out from the five fingers of Doflamingo's right hand, slicing ruthlessly downward toward the spot where Lu En had appeared out of thin air.

The tough lines were extremely sharp…

like blades.

Packed with cutting power and lethality.

"Not a bad reaction."

Lu En smiled faintly.

He clenched his right fist,

and the fist, coated in a full armor of Armament Haki, suddenly blasted out.

Rip—

A burst of sonic boom was punched out by Lu En's fist.

A piercing shriek tore through the air, accompanied by an eruption of terrifying force.

Boom!

That punch slammed hard into the Overheat lines Doflamingo had swung down, forcibly blocking the path of the slicing lines and knocking all five of them back.

Rumble rumble!

Lu En's feet sank; the shockwave from Doflamingo's attack caused the ground beneath him to cave in and collapse uncontrollably.

The exchange between Lu En and Doflamingo was extremely fierce.

When top-tier powerhouses clash, even what looks like the most ordinary strike conceals terrifying destructive power, leaving the surrounding environment utterly ravaged.

From the moment Lu En and Doflamingo began fighting, less than a few minutes had passed.

The enormous casino was already riddled with cracks and puncture holes everywhere.

Utterly ravaged,

truly shocking to behold.

Enough to make one's scalp crawl.

Wherever the eye looked,

every place they passed was a scene of wreckage and ruin.

Almost unrecognizable.

The frequency of Lu En and Doflamingo's exchanges grew higher and higher!

The shockwaves bursting from each clash

were enough to crush the fragile objects all around.

Even the floor tiles, battered by the shockwaves, cracked and collapsed rapidly as if in an earthquake.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

In just five short minutes, Lu En and Doflamingo had clashed no less than a hundred times, fighting to a deadlock.

Both of them had also begun to gradually accumulate injuries.

Lu En had his arm sliced open by a line Doflamingo controlled, leaving a wound several centimeters deep that nearly ran the full length of his arm.

Meanwhile, Doflamingo, on the other hand, had taken a punch from Lu En square in his lower ribs — clearly several of his ribs had been shattered, and a stabbing pain kept shooting through him, affecting his combat state going forward.

But no matter how the two sides clashed…

their figures seemed to teleport out of thin air.

They were simply too fast!

With the naked eye alone, it was utterly impossible to capture the movements of Lu En and Doflamingo's exchange.

(cjdf) Both were top-tier powerhouses of the sea…

Their fierce clash naturally could not be clearly seen by ordinary people.

So.

The three officers of the Donquixote Family inside the casino, as well as the five pirates cowering in the corner, could only barely catch

the momentary pauses between Lu En and Doflamingo's exchanges, but were unable to see the actual process of their clash.

"Too, too strong!"

"Is this really a top-tier monster of the Grand Line?"

"It's absurdly strong!"

"It's fine that Doflamingo is this strong—he's a veteran pirate who's roamed the Grand Line for years, a powerhouse with a bounty of 340 million Berries."

"But can someone explain?"

"Why is even that five-year-old brat this strong? Is the Fist Demon Lu En really this terrifying?"

"…"

The five pirates cowered in fear, trembling as they huddled in the corner.

Watching Lu En and Doflamingo clash, their inner terror expanded infinitely.

They realized it.

With their current strength, the gap to the level of Grand Line top powerhouses...

Just how vast is the difference between them!

One is heaven,

One is earth!

It's utterly incomparable!

"Before such a monster, we probably couldn't even survive a single glance."

"No wonder…"

"That one-armed Dorry must've been instantly obliterated by the Fist Demon Lu En."

"Now it's clear—he was killed in a single blow, and that's only natural."

"After all, that's the Fist Demon Lu En, who can match Doflamingo in a battle that's evenly matched!"

"Dorry was so unfortunate—he probably never dreamed that the little brat he provoked was none other than the infamous Fist Demon, whose name had been ringing loud these past days."

Several pirates whispered among themselves, their words filled with dread for Lu En.

On the other side,

Trebol, Pica, and Diamante—the three highest-ranking members of the Donquixote Family—also stared at the fierce battle with shock, horror, and concern.

"Pica, can you see clearly?"

Trebol couldn't help asking.

Anyway,

He couldn't see a thing!

Both of them are too strong.

Strong like monsters!

"I can't see."

Pica shook his head gravely.

"Even you can't see?"

Trebol's eyes widened, his spirit shaken.

Pica is the strongest among all the officers of the Donquixote Family!

The only one who could rival him is Vergo, the one sent undercover into the Marines.

But…

Trebol hadn't expected it.

Even a powerhouse like Pica couldn't even make out the movements of the two fighters ahead.

Is the gap really this enormous?!

"It's fine that the young master is this strong."

"But why…"

"Can that five-year-old monster really be this strong?!"

"Is the Fist Demon Lu En really this terrifying?"

Trebol clenched his fists, feeling a flicker of concern for his young master Doflamingo's situation.

"Strong! Extremely strong!"

"Previously, I severely underestimated that brat's strength."

"His power is even more terrifying than I imagined!"

"If the young master hadn't arrived in time, and if I'd actually clashed with that monster, I had a feeling I wouldn't have lasted three minutes—I'd have been erased on the spot."

Pica said, still shaken.

Thinking back,

how he had once tried to attack the Fist Demon Lu En before Doflamingo arrived, he felt only heart-pounding fear and overwhelming relief.

If Doflamingo hadn't arrived in time…

He might have already clashed with Lu En.

In that case,

What would have become of him?