Chapter 1310
Jack returned to Dressrosa aggressively. After getting the six Apollos, he left in a hurry again. From this, it could be seen that Kaido's territory definitely had a big problem.
Doflamingo, of course, also noticed this. Jack leaving Dressrosa meant that he could only rely on his own forces to resist the Big Mom Pirates.
The Big Mom Pirates attacked Dressrosa twice. The first time, it caused heavy casualties to the Donquixote Family, and the second time, they were blown back by Apollo.
When the Big Mom Pirates attacked for the third time, perhaps it wouldn't be something that could be blown back by Apollo. The next time Katakuri brought people to Dressrosa, he would definitely have full preparations, or at least have a strategy to deal with Apollo.
In the villa's living room, a thin, old pirate stood beside Doflamingo, whispering something with a respectful expression.
"You may withdraw first."
Doflamingo's expression was calm. After the old pirate left, Doflamingo sighed. There were some things he couldn't tell anyone, such as the fact that more than 60% of the Donquixote Family members had already been killed or injured.
Doflamingo took out a Den Den Mushi from his bosom. He, who was always decisive, actually hesitated. He was hesitating whether to summon an old partner back to Dressrosa. The other party had already infiltrated the Navy and held the position of Rear Admiral. If he summoned the other party back, the other party's years of hard work would go down the drain.
After the fierce landing battle, the Donquixote Family not only lost a large number of pirates, but also suffered casualties among the executives. Except for the severely injured, the only ones left who could fight were: Pica, Baby-5, Buffalo, Senor Pink, and Dellinger.
Among these five, Doflamingo trusted Pica, Dellinger, and Senor Pink more; the remaining two were not very reliable in Doflamingo's heart.
Baby-5 had serious personality flaws and couldn't be entrusted with important tasks. Buffalo wouldn't betray him, but his ability was limited, and his intelligence was not very good.
At this moment, Doflamingo suddenly realized that he didn't seem to have anyone usable in his hands, and the only "reliable" partner was also very dangerous.
I don't know if it was an illusion or what, but Doflamingo always had a strange feeling that Su Xiao was deliberately letting the war continue, but he had no concrete evidence.
Just as Doflamingo was thinking, hurried footsteps came.
"Young Master, it's bad. The Big Mom Pirates have arrived in the near-shore area again."
The person who came was Buffalo. He was panting heavily, seemingly having rushed over from the sea.
"Which landing point are they preparing to land on?"
Doflamingo was much calmer. The Big Mom Pirates attacking was an inevitable thing.
"I... I don't know."
Buffalo's voice grew smaller.
"You don't know?"
Doflamingo looked at Buffalo suspiciously, and Buffalo's body shivered.
"Young Master, they came with more than fifty ships in total. After entering the near-shore area of Dressrosa, they scattered, seemingly not preparing to land from the landing points."
"..."
Doflamingo waved his hand, signaling Buffalo to continue investigating the situation. Buffalo hurried out of the villa, the propeller on his neck spinning, and soon flew to a high altitude.
"Troublesome."
After Buffalo left, Doflamingo clenched his fists. He had already guessed the strategy of the Big Mom Pirates.
Dressrosa Island was almost surrounded by giant rocks. Counting the ports, there were only seven places where one could land normally. Landing from any of these places would mean suffering an attack from Apollo.
Right now, the Big Mom Pirates were not approaching the landing points, which meant they were preparing to land from the giant rock area.
The giant rock area was easy to defend and hard to attack. Under normal circumstances, the Big Mom Pirates wouldn't land from here unless they were willing to pay the price of several times the number of casualties.
But under the threat of Apollo, Katakuri chose to attack from the giant rock area. That is to say, the people of the Big Mom Pirates would surround Dressrosa and then disperse into small teams of 3 to 5 people, stretching the front line into a ring.
Helplessly, Doflamingo could only let his pirates climb onto the giant rocks. The Donquixote Family members lay on the giant rocks in groups of three or five, waiting for the Big Mom Pirates to attack. As for why they had to lie down—standing in such a high place would make them targets.
Half an hour later, shouts of killing came from all over the coast. The pirates of the Big Mom Pirates used grappling hooks to climb onto the giant rocks, and some stronger pirates climbed with their bare hands.
Katakuri didn't make a move. He stood at the bow of a ship, preparing to end this war in the safest way, which was also the way that caused the most losses to his own side.
If comparing the number of pirates under their command, Doflamingo was of course not Big Mom's opponent. Being able to fight until now was entirely due to Kaido holding Big Mom back.
In fact, compared to the Dressrosa war zone, Charlotte Linlin and Kaido were more troubled by their own territories. An unknown force appeared in their territories. Although this force was small in number, it was killing people or destroying buildings in their territories.
Jack suddenly leaving Dressrosa was for this reason.
Shouts of killing and explosions were endless. The giant rock area around Dressrosa became a battlefield. Pirates stood on the giant rocks and fought. The good news was that the Big Mom Pirates couldn't break into Dressrosa in a short time.
Katakuri didn't make a move, and Doflamingo, of course, wouldn't take the initiative to appear on the battlefield. Both sides were watching and waiting for an opportunity.
Su Xiao sat on the roof of the villa, looking around at the battlefield on the coast. Ever since Cracker was shot in the head by Su Xiao, those leader-level figures of the Big Mom Pirates were obviously much smarter and no longer dared to show their heads easily.
The original landing battle developed into the current tug-of-war, which was good news for Su Xiao. His pirate reputation increased at a steady pace. Two hours after the tug-of-war began, Su Xiao's pirate reputation ranking reached the top again.
【First Place: Bai Ye (Third Tier), Pirate Reputation 9906 points.】
【Second Place: Kutu (Fifth Tier), Pirate Reputation 9872 points.】
【Third Place: Xianmeng (Fifth Tier), Pirate Reputation 6825 points.】
Su Xiao only checked the top three. The pirate reputation of the third-place Xianmeng and the fourth-place performer differed by nearly double. Even if Su Xiao did nothing and let the fourth-place performer catch up, it was unknown whether the other party could surpass him before the end of the derived world.
As long as no major changes occurred, the Qiyuezhe below Xianmeng's ranking basically posed no threat to Su Xiao anymore. But Xianmeng's pirate reputation was actually advancing by leaps and bounds. Looking at this momentum, it was actually increasing faster than Kutu's.
The reason for this situation was that Xianmeng and Kutu had already acted separately, or rather, Xianmeng began to let herself go. If it were in the past, Kutu wouldn't dare to let Xianmeng let herself go. The normal state of Xianmeng was a gentle lady with a mild temperament, but after switching to another personality, she was a female lunatic that no one wanted to provoke.
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