Chapter 177

Doflamingo spoke, his expression dark, his tone irate: "It's been a day since the Marines fought that guy, hasn't it."

"Baby-5 and Buffalo went to scout. News should be coming back soon."

Trebol said, snot dripping from his nose.

"Two Marine Admirals, plus the Marines' new weapon. That traveler Luo En and his companions shouldn't possibly have been able to escape."

Lao G's voice was thin and shrill, completely at odds with his massive, burly frame, giving people an enormous sense of contrast.

"Impossible... is it."

Doflamingo's fingers lightly drummed the armrest.

"Indeed, with two Marine Admirals sent out to capture him, and the Four Emperors watching, that kid has no foothold left in the New World."

"But... what's this unease in my heart?"

"Doffy, don't worry. All we need to do now is wait for the news to come back. That guy you're worried about absolutely can't stir up any big waves in this New World."

Diamante, one of the Donquixote Family's officers, a Bounty of 90 million Beri user of the Ito Ito no Mi, said, looking at Doflamingo.

"After all, a place like the New World simply can't be compared to those weak places like the four seas and the first half of the Grand Line. The Calamity of the Sky Traveler is just one person who's a bit stronger on his own. Compared to the great powers of the New World, what does that amount to? Doffy, aren't you reading too much into that guy?"

Lao G bumped his fists together, his voice thin and shrill: "That's right. If he shows up, I'll crush him!"

Trebol spread his arms wide, gazing up at Doflamingo above him, speaking with utter reverence: "That's right, that's right. We're the mighty Donquixote Family. Doffy, you're the evil king who will reign over this world. That so-called traveler Luo En doesn't even have the right to stand in your way!"

…………

At this moment.

The Luo En they spoke of was walking slowly with Zephyr and Ain, the three of them approaching the base of the enormous high platform in the center of Dressrosa's city—the King's Plateau.

As they drew near.

A group of guards, armed and armored, stepped forward, blocking the three approaching, and barked coldly:

"Outsiders aren't allowed in here. Leave at once."

155. The panicked Donquixote Family, the horrified Heavenly Yaksha!

The blue-curled beauty among the three drew the longsword at her waist, her gaze sharp, her expression cold as ice, her figure flashing and vanishing on the spot.

Several seconds later.

The hundred-plus guards here had all collapsed to the ground. Ain sheathed her sword.

She had only used the flat of the blade to knock them out. Her swordsmanship had already reached the realm of swordsman.

Zephyr looked up at the enormous high platform before him.

"Going up? Or should we…"

"Or let that guy Doflamingo come down himself…"

"I think choosing the latter is better."

Luo En, standing beside him, smiled. His hand had already rested on the hilt of the black blade Shusui.

"Old man Zephyr, you or me?"

"Let this old man do it. That fury in my heart has been brewing for several years now. I have to let it out."

Zephyr laughed loudly, raised the giant Smasher in his right hand, his entire aura erupting completely, and threw a punch.

A gale howled, accompanied by bursts of sonic booms.

The giant Smasher, wrapped in Zephyr's astonishing Armament Haki, its rear thruster firing, combined with tremendous force, smashed violently toward the enormous high platform before him, crashing heavily into the base of the enormous high platform!

Boom!!

The entire earth shook violently. Centered on this spot, the Dressrosa cityscape for dozens of kilometers around could feel that intense tremor—the ground quaked and the mountains swayed!

Huge cracks spread outward from the hole Zephyr's strike had smashed, creeping along the high platform's walls in every direction.

The top of the high platform shook even more violently. Countless buildings began to collapse,

"Wh-what's happening?!"

"An earthquake?!"

Everyone on the high platform was panic-stricken and terrified.

Inside the violently shaking palace, Doflamingo and the rest of the Donquixote Family also changed expression.

"This is?"

"Doesn't seem like an earthquake." The Sube Sube no Mi user Lao G spoke up. "It feels more like this high platform is being destroyed from the bottom!"

"Impossible! In this Dressrosa, who would have such audacity?!"

Trebol's expression was one of shock.

Bang!

Another strike.

This time the high platform shook even more violently, and began to tilt to one side. The palace gradually showed signs of crumbling, with debris raining down.

"Truly... such enormous audacity."

Doflamingo rose from the throne with a dark face.

He walked out of the palace.

The Donquixote Family officers also hurried to follow.

When they stepped out of the palace, another heaven-shaking rumble came from below, accompanied by violent tremors. This enormous high platform could hold out no longer. Countless huge cracks spread across its surface, and the high platform tilted and toppled toward one side. Countless people lay on the slanted ground, grabbing anything they could hold onto, screaming, crying, utterly terrified.

The citizens of the Dressrosa streets below stared at that enormous high platform tilting to one side, on the verge of crashing down, also horrified and panic-stricken beyond measure.

"The King's Plateau... is going to collapse?!"

"Run! It's falling this way!"

"No good!!"

Doflamingo, his expression cold and his face black as pitch, led the Donquixote Family officers as they leapt down from the high platform's edge toward the source of the rumbling,

He wanted to see just who it was that dared to do such a thing!

They landed on the ground, their gazes turning toward that direction.

They saw that the base of the enormous high platform was shrouded in thick smoke and dust, completely obscuring their line of sight.

Violet, the Glare-Glare Fruit user, brought the tips of her index finger and thumb together and held them in front of her eyes, peering into the smoke. When she saw the three figures within, her eyes suddenly widened, and her expression turned utterly horrified.

"How—how could this be!!"

"What's wrong? Violet, what did you see?"

Diamante asked with a frown.

Violet was so shocked she couldn't speak at all.

At that moment, a voice came from within the thick smoke.

"I'm really getting old. Three punches and I still didn't smash this thing. Back in my younger days, those three punches would've been enough to level a mountain."

A deep, heavy elderly voice rang out, tinged with a hint of regret.

"It was almost about to burst—want to throw one more punch?"

A young man's voice rang out, carrying a smile.

"Since the person has already been called out, there's no need to insist on smashing this high platform. Let's leave it at that for now."

Along with that elderly voice, which felt somewhat familiar to Doflamingo, three figures walked out from the smoke.

Appearing before the cadres of the Donquixote Family, a burly old man with neat purple short hair and sunglasses raised a cold, fierce smile at the stunned Doflamingo: "We meet again, Heavenly Yaksha, Doflamingo!"

A black-haired youth in black clothes, eyes closed, with a black sword hanging at his waist, also showed Doflamingo a harmless, innocent smile: "Doflamingo, do you still remember me? You really took good care of me back in the day."

The instant they saw this old man and youth before them!

Doflamingo's pupils beneath his sunglasses contracted sharply, and his heart nearly stopped beating on the spot.

"Black Arm Zephyr, and…the Traveler Luo En!"

Why had these two come to Dressrosa together?!!!!!

"Eh?!!!!"

The Donquixote Family cadres were also utterly disbelieving and horrified.

"Former Admiral Black Arm Zephyr—why would he appear in Dressrosa together with that Traveler Luo En?!!"

"Isn't Traveler Luo En being pursued by Huang Yuan and Aokiji? How could he appear here?!!"

"What exactly happened?"

They stared at the two before them in stunned, terrified shock, cold sweat pouring down their foreheads and faces.

Just moments ago they had been talking about that Traveler Luo En, thinking he had no place left to hide in the New World—yet in the blink of an eye he had escaped the pursuit of two Admirals and, together with Black Arm Zephyr, who bore a grudge against their young master, silently arrived at this Dressrosa!!