Chapter 555

Feeling the threads contract and tighten around him…

Lu En's expression did not change.

In a single thought, an Armament Haki armor covered his entire body.

The black armor encased him, making him look like a giant in armor.

Under the terrifying barrier of Armament Haki, he blocked the strangling threads that had wrapped around his whole body.

"Break!"

With both hands he forcibly tore at the threads coiling his body, prying them apart with sheer brute force.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

One strand after another was forced open and snapped by Lu En.

And he smoothly escaped the predicament of being strangled by tens of thousands of threads.

Clenching both fists tight,

his gaze turned toward Doflamingo.

"Soru!"

His body flickered,

and the next instant,

he had already appeared right before Doflamingo, his right fist wrapped in Armament Haki armor slamming down in a violent punch.

As the fist shot out,

it forcibly produced a piercing sonic boom.

The terrifying force was so great that even space itself seemed pierced and shattered!

Hum!

Hum!

Ripples spread through the air like waves, as if space itself were on the verge of collapse.

The blast of air from this punch swept over Doflamingo's body in an overwhelming tide.

"Shield White Line!"

Doflamingo manipulated countless threads, which surged madly up from the ground, forming two immensely massive pillars of thread—woven from tens of thousands of strands—creating a colossal shield in front of him.

Boom—

Lu En's punch slammed down hard, but was blocked by the shield formed from the two white thread pillars.

The violent force sank the thread pillars, but only managed to cave them inward; it could never break through, let alone reach Doflamingo's body through them.

"The me now is a completely different person!"

"You don't really think…"

"you can still beat me down, do you?!"

"Just a mere brat—don't underestimate me!"

Doflamingo roared.

"Giant White Line!"

He struck again.

Only to see,

the surrounding streets sinking down, every single building converted by Doflamingo into thread pillars—hundreds of thousands of strands forming over a dozen massive pillars.

He sent them hurtling toward Lu En under his control.

The mountain-toppling thread pillars came wave after wave, like ocean swells.

Overwhelming and irresistible,

earth-shattering and heaven-destroying.

They bore down with infinite, immense force.

The dozen-plus thread pillars, like enormous vines falling from the heavens, were precisely guided by Doflamingo to lock onto Lu En's position and launch their killing strike.

Lu En relied on Soru of the Six Powers, continuously dodging the assaults of these thread pillars.

In the end…

he was still struck in the body by one of the thread pillars.

Boom!

A tremendous crash.

The terrifying force traveled along the thread pillar into Lu En's body, carrying a shockwave that sent him tumbling backward for hundreds of meters.

Rumble rumble rumble!

As he flew backward, Lu En's body smashed through countless buildings.

Fortunately…

the Armament Haki armor covering his whole body neutralized ninety-nine percent of the destructive force.

Boom!

In the end,

Lu En shattered a building, his body sinking into and buried beneath the rubble.

Every bit of this played out vividly before the eyes of the onlookers on all sides.

Among them,

were the three highest officers of the Donquixote Family.

Their faces flushed with excitement, they could not help cheering loudly.

"Good! Very good!"

"The Young Master's divine might is unrivaled across the world…"

"Dealing with a mere five-year-old brat—isn't that child's play?"

"Quan Mo Lu En? Nothing more than this!"

Trebol, Pica, and Diamante saw the hope of victory.

Their moods were wildly elated.

On the other side,

the five pirates cowering in a corner, trembling, were likewise watching the scene of Lu En being sent flying.

They instinctively raised a hand to wipe the sweat from their foreheads.

"This… is what a battle between the top monsters of the sea looks like?"

"It's terrifyingly strong!"

"Too horrifying."

"Even just the Yu Bo alone could probably crush our bodies with ease."

"…"

At this moment,

Doflamingo's eyes filled with sharpness as he watched the direction Lu En had flown, the corner of his mouth curving upward slightly: "Brat, is this all you've got?"

"If this is all you're capable of…"

"Today, you won't escape death!"

A moment later.

Right under everyone's gaze.

Boom boom boom!

A tremendous roar erupted from the silent ruins.

Countless shattered stones were blasted and sent flying.

Immediately after,

Lu En walked out from a broken building.

He dusted off his body, dispersed the Armament Haki armor covering his entire body, and kept Armament Haki only on his arms.

Only when Armament Haki is condensed to a single point is it at its strongest!

Once the power is dispersed…

Although it can be used for defense,

the power is undoubtedly weakened and scattered considerably.