The moment they saw Kai and Doflamingo collide again, the three top officers of the Donquixote Family felt their scalps go numb.
"So this is still not enough…?"
Trebol's voice trembled.
"Young Master already used his Devil Fruit Awakening…"
"And he still can't suppress that monster?!"
Pica's expression was ugly beyond belief.
The scene before them had shattered their understanding of strength.
In their minds, once Doflamingo entered his awakened state, the battle should have ended immediately.
But reality was cruel.
Even after awakening the Ito Ito no Mi, Doflamingo still couldn't overpower the five-year-old monster standing before him.
The two of them were still fighting evenly.
No—
If anything, Kai was getting more dangerous as the battle dragged on.
"Sea String: White Wave!"
Doflamingo roared.
The ruined street beneath them suddenly transformed.
The ground melted into endless white threads.
Buildings.
Stone.
Debris.
Everything became strings.
Millions of white threads surged like a violent ocean, swallowing the battlefield whole.
The earth itself became a sea of thread.
The countless strings twisted wildly under Doflamingo's control, trying to bind Kai in place.
But Kai instantly kicked off the air with Moonwalk.
BOOM!
His figure shot skyward.
Hovering above the battlefield, Kai looked down calmly.
Within several thousand meters, everything had already been assimilated by Doflamingo's awakening.
An entire district had become his weapon.
"So you ran upward?"
Doflamingo sneered.
He raised his hand.
Thousands of white strings instantly rose from the ground.
This time, dark Armament Haki wrapped around every thread.
The black-purple coating made the already deadly strings look even more dangerous.
"Thousand Arrows Piercing Heart: Feather Attack!"
The strings spread outward like the wings of a giant flamingo.
Then—
They exploded toward Kai.
The attack covered nearly the entire sky.
Every thread carried terrifying cutting power.
Every thread was coated in Haki.
There was nowhere to dodge.
Kai saw it clearly.
Yet instead of retreating—
He smiled.
"Then I'll smash through it."
The corners of his mouth slowly lifted.
A violent light flashed through his eyes.
The next second—
His fists moved.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
One punch after another exploded into the air.
Sonic booms erupted continuously.
His arms moved so fast they became afterimages.
No—
Not afterimages.
It looked like Kai had suddenly grown hundreds of arms.
Thousands.
Countless fist shadows covered the sky.
Every fist was wrapped in black Armament Haki.
The collision between fists and strings exploded like artillery fire.
RUMBLE!!!
Shockwaves spread wildly in all directions.
Nearby ruins were instantly pulverized.
Even the air itself trembled violently.
Kai's attack speed kept rising.
Faster.
Sharper.
More brutal.
From a distance, the shirtless boy looked less human and more like some ancient war god.
The terrifying Ghost Back on his back bulged violently.
His muscles twisted like steel cables.
Countless black fist shadows surrounded him.
Like a thousand-armed demon descending upon the battlefield.
Even so—
Doflamingo's assault continued growing fiercer.
The number of strings was simply too overwhelming.
Gradually, cuts began appearing across Kai's body.
Blood splashed into the air.
Thin wounds spread across his shoulders, chest, and arms.
They weren't deep.
But the damage was accumulating.
Kai narrowed his eyes slightly.
"So that's how it is…"
"Guess I'll need to use that."
He slowly exhaled.
Then closed his eyes.
"Life Return."
The moment the words fell—
His black hair suddenly began moving on its own.
The strands extended wildly.
Countless hairs twisted together like living creatures.
The next moment—
Six enormous arms formed behind Kai.
The black hair condensed into solid limbs.
Then Armament Haki covered them completely.
Pitch-black.
Heavy.
Violent.
Together with Kai's original two arms—
He now possessed eight arms.
Like an Eight-Armed Asura.
The pressure exploding from his body skyrocketed instantly.
Even Doflamingo's expression changed.
"What the hell is this…?!"
Kai opened his eyes.
A savage aura burst outward.
"Come again."
BOOM!!!
All eight arms punched forward simultaneously.
The sky erupted.
His fists moved at terrifying speed.
The six hair-arms attacked with the same frequency as his real arms.
Countless fist shadows flooded the battlefield.
Every incoming string was smashed apart head-on.
RUMBLE!!!
The collision between Haki-coated fists and awakened strings shook the entire district.
The surrounding ruins collapsed one after another.
The earth cracked continuously beneath the pressure.
For the first time since entering Awakening—
Doflamingo's offensive was forcibly suppressed.
Trebol's eyes widened.
"He… he's pushing Young Master back?!"
Pica felt cold sweat running down his spine.
"That monster…"
"He's getting stronger during the fight…"
Kai didn't stop.
He knew long-range combat favored Doflamingo.
If this continued, he would eventually be worn down.
He needed close combat.
Only close-range blows could truly injure Doflamingo.
BOOM!
Using Moonwalk, Kai shot straight toward him.
The eight black arms behind him spread open like demonic wings.
At that moment—
Even Doflamingo felt genuine pressure.
The approaching Kai looked less like a child and more like a terrifying Asura descending from hell itself.
"Eight-Armed Asura?!"
Doflamingo's pupils contracted violently.
The pressure crashing toward him felt overwhelming.
The veins across Kai's body bulged violently.
Combined with the six Haki-coated arms behind him, the visual impact alone was terrifying.
But Doflamingo clenched his teeth.
He couldn't retreat.
Not now.
"Whatever kind of monster you are…"
"I'll kill you all the same!"
Veins bulged across his forehead.
He completely unleashed his power.
"Sixteen Holy Bullets: God Thread!"
The ground exploded.
Sixteen gigantic white thread pillars rose into the sky.
Every single one was coated in dense Armament Haki.
They twisted like divine spears descending from heaven.
Then—
All sixteen shot toward Kai simultaneously.
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