I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

Sig kept repeating himself to combat the tension in his heart.

Boom... Boom!

Huge dents appeared one after another on the street, which then collapsed, leaving the street riddled with holes. Further away, many houses were also affected and collapsed.

Doflamingo's white-threaded whip is not only extremely tough, but also equivalent to countless sharp blades, easily cleaving the earth and splitting houses.

Countless crisscrossing marks have appeared on the ground, marks left by Doflamingo's threads.

In an instant, smoke and dust filled the sky, almost covering the entire block.

"Is this what battles between the strong are like?"

"I actually... even tried to steal things from Doflamingo and Higuma..."

"Look, Sieg is coming out again..."

Amidst the billowing dust, the blurry figure reappeared.

Sig's face paled even more.

However, he did not have any new wounds on his body, and there was not even a tear in the hem of his clothes.

Sieg's face was pale, but his expression remained firm.

His gaze was fixed on Doflamingo's face... or more precisely, on Doflamingo's sunglasses.

"Impossible, right? Sigurd completely dodged Doflamingo's attacks?"

"This is truly a spectacular battle between strong individuals!"

"Wait... Sig's mouth is moving, he seems to be saying something?"

Countless eyes turned to Sieg, listening intently.

They heard Sieg whispering to himself.

"Bean eyes, bead eyes, bead eyes, bead eyes..."

Some people with keen hearing suddenly turned strange.

"No... I must have misheard."

"This is clearly a battle between two powerful warriors, Higuma and Doflamingo. I must have misheard because I read too much of some unscrupulous newspaper."

Some people began to doubt themselves.

But when they followed Sieg's gaze, it finally landed on Doflamingo's sunglasses.

Everyone had the same thought.

Doflamingo's true face behind his sunglasses is indeed, just as the newspapers say, beady eyes?

"Puhaha..."

Several people couldn't help but laugh out loud, but then quickly covered their mouths, trying their best to suppress their laughter.

Countless complex gazes fell upon the two combatants, but even more were fixed on Doflamingo's sunglasses.

The tension I felt just now from witnessing the battle between two powerful figures had completely vanished.

The reactions of the onlookers also reached the ears of Higuma and Doflamingo.

"I...."

Sig was taken aback.

"Could it be that he was so focused on dodging that he accidentally blurted out his thoughts?"

Sig broke out in a cold sweat...

He saw Doflamingo's expression and his face darkened immediately.

Click.

A tiny crack appeared in the red sunglasses he was wearing.

On Doflamingo's forehead, veins suddenly bulged.

He bent down and placed his palms on the ground.

A small patch of white, originating from his palm, spread rapidly outwards at an extremely fast speed.

These are silk threads, countless silk threads!

In an instant, the white expanse covered Sig's feet and the entire block...

The devastated ground, collapsed rubble, walls, and houses were all covered by white lines.

Then, they all disintegrated, turning into even more threads that flowed into the ocean of threads beneath Sig's feet.

It's not that the silk threads covered the entire block, but rather that the entire block turned into silk threads!

Looking around, all I saw was a vast expanse of white.

Doflamingo has reached the awakening stage in his development of the String-String Fruit.

Everything else around him—the ground, the buildings—could be transformed into the threads in his hands.

"Umihara Shirami!"

The ground surged like ocean waves, and a sea of ​​white silk threads surged and engulfed Sieg's figure in an instant.

Skyscrapers collapsed rapidly, turning into countless threads that flowed into the ocean of threads below, making the giant waves even more turbulent.

Meanwhile, the bandits and pirates who had been watching had already retreated far away, staring in shock at the street that was being swallowed by the white waves.

Many pirates who couldn't escape in time were swallowed by the giant waves and died instantly.

"Is this the true power of the Heavenly Demon...?"

"Even though he has beady eyes, he's really strong..."

Doflamingo had no time to pay attention to anyone else; his mind was heavy with worry.

"Is he still hiding?"

The surging white silk threads almost completely blocked the view from the outside world, but he, the one manipulating the threads, knew very well what was going on.

From the moment he started, no matter how many threads he used or how fast they moved, he hadn't hit Sieg even once...

"Three minutes have almost passed..."

Doflamingo's expression darkened further.

I was able to dodge his attacks before, which was fine.

Even now, having been forced to unleash his awakened technique, he still hasn't been able to touch Sig.

"At this point, perhaps only a birdcage remains..."

With this thought in mind, Doflamingo suddenly turned his head and glanced in the direction of the port.

Doflamingo snorted coldly, and the surging white waves gradually subsided.

The white, silky waves gradually receded, and the ground returned to calm.

Finally, the earth, riddled with countless cracks and already shattered, was revealed.

Sigurd stood on the shattered earth, facing Doflamingo.

They were only four or five steps apart.

Chapter 187 Sleeping in Front of Each Other

On the devastated battlefield, Sigurd and Doflamingo stood face to face, four or five steps apart.

Both of them remained silent, with only the sound of the Emperor's engine still echoing incessantly.

Doflamingo's expression was rather unpleasant.

As the three minutes were about to pass, he grew increasingly anxious.

It's understandable that it could block his awakened attack, but to completely evade it while heavily injured using only Observation Haki...

Doflamingo also felt a pang of hesitation.

The silent confrontation between the two left the others somewhat puzzled.

Just now, Doflamingo was fighting with great momentum, and countless buildings collapsed with every move he made, but he stopped in the blink of an eye?

"Doflamingo!"

Suddenly, a shout and a flurry of footsteps rang out from the direction of the port.

Looking up, a large group of people, numbering in the hundreds, had already arrived from the direction of the port.

Those standing at the front were all big shots from various factions on Wanwu Island.

At the very front stood Umit, the shipping magnate, and Stussy, the queen of the pleasure district, side by side.

"Doflamingo, are you trying to destroy the Island of Everything?"

The shipping magnate Umit spoke, glancing at the shattered street with a slightly grave expression.

This island of all things is nominally Doflamingo's territory, but it is actually controlled by various forces in their underworld.

This doesn't mean they need Doflamingo's protection; it's purely business.

At this time, Doflamingo, who had just become a Shichibukai, did not yet have the large network of influence he would later have, and needed to make connections with people like the Sea King.

These veteran dark kings, whose roots are in the New World, also need the title of Shichibukai to extend their reach to the commercial hub of the Grand Line's starting point, the Island of All Things.

These various forces in the underworld collude with each other; it's all just business.

However, Doflamingo's appearance here, his theft of the treasure map, and his rampage have already violated the tacit agreement among these parties.

"Isn't this the King of Shipping?"

Doflamingo smiled again, but his eyes glanced at Stussy, the queen of the entertainment district, beside him.

Stussy didn't say anything, but his figure flashed and he appeared beside Sieg.

“Mr. Sig, I’m late.”

Stussy bowed slightly.