I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

Gladius is a user of the Boom-Boom Fruit, and the detonation devices he set up were also created using Devil Fruit abilities.

Therefore, as long as Gladius is killed or stunned before he can react, the bombs in the two blocks will disappear.

but...

While fighting Higuma, Doflamingo also secretly laid a trap around him.

The spiderwebs that covered several blocks around the area did more than just restrict Sieg's movement.

As a user of the String-String Fruit, the threads are like extensions of Doflamingo's arms.

Just as a spider can sense its prey by the slightest movement of its web, Doflamingo can also sense his surroundings by using the intricate webs that cover every street block, combined with his Observation Haki.

There were no suspicious people around.

"The only troublesome thing is the Celestial Dragons and their dogs."

"Heh... They're still far away, and CP0 can't just suddenly come and attack me. No one can defeat Gladius."

Unlike others, Doflamingo doesn't seem to care much about Celestial Dragons.

But the Celestial Dragons were always a problem, and he didn't want to deal with them.

"The same goes for the bat-man."

During the fierce battle just now, he had gained a certain understanding of the strength of the bat-man in front of him.

The two sides are actually evenly matched, and it will be difficult to determine which side is stronger in a short period of time.

Based on the strength the opponent displayed, and with Doflamingo blocking his way, there was absolutely no way he could defeat Gladius under Doflamingo's nose.

"eight....."

Doflamingo laughed and stretched out his ten fingers, already starting the countdown; he was confident of victory.

Sigurd flapped his wings in the air, looking down at Doflamingo and Gladius below.

He reached out and pressed his hand against his chest, feeling his heart pounding powerfully.

Before setting off, he even had Monka cast a silence barrier buff on him, so that apart from his head, his entire body would not make any sound.

During the intense battle, the heart would beat faster due to the strenuous exercise. Combined with the Bat King card, which was a 50/50 matchup, this allowed Sig to consistently outperform Doflamingo.

As the ten-second countdown began, Sig opened his inventory.

Time stopped flowing.

"There are only ten seconds left in the countdown; there's no time to wait for the negative sparkling wine bottle to have its miraculous effect."

Negative bubbles are formed by first filling the bubbles with intense negative emotions, and then transforming them into extreme fear when stimulated by external danger.

The danger is not currently faced by Siegfried himself; there is a time lag involved, and negative sparkling wine is unlikely to be effective.

But Sieg has other options... which are related to Ivankov, whom he had just met.

Then, a syringe appeared in Sieg's hand.

It wasn't the terrifyingly large syringe left behind by Dracula; it was just a normal medical-sized one.

The syringe contained the "excitement hormone" left behind by Ivankov, also known as adrenaline.

Before the battle began, Sig asked Ivankov for some stimulant hormones, just in case.

These hormones are difficult to preserve and easily become ineffective, but they can be safely preserved in an inventory where the flow of time has stopped.

Sieg put the stimulating hormone into a syringe and quickly injected it into his shoulder.

call...

The moment you close your inventory, time begins to flow again.

Sig instinctively widened his eyes, his pupils dilated slightly, and he took a deep breath.

The emperor's engine throbbed silently and violently within his chest, and blood surged and roared through his limbs and bones like a tidal wave, even causing the skin beneath his black clothes to turn slightly red.

The function of adrenaline is to stimulate an increased heart rate, enhance strength and reaction speed.

While the product of the hormone-producing fruit is also called adrenaline, it is much more potent than regular medical adrenaline.

Of course, the side effect is that it puts a greater burden on the heart; it's a hormone that can only be used in emergencies.

Unfortunately, Sieg has a very strong heart.

“JOKER, you are too arrogant. You think you can be superior and manipulate people.”

"but."

"Only the weak need to weigh the pros and cons..."

Under the cover of night, Sieg's eyes were wide open, and his breath was sharp as arrows.

"And I... want them all!" The deep voice echoed in the night.

With a swift flap of his bat wings, Sieg's figure vanished in the air, leaving only fleeting afterimages in the night.

He appeared almost instantly in front of Doflamingo, his fist shimmering with a dark, glossy Armament Haki that shone in the night before he unleashed a powerful shot like a cannonball!

Doflamingo's expression changed.

"The Spider's Nest!"

With a wave of his hands, countless threads spread out around him converged wildly, blocking his path.

"Gradius!" Doflamingo roared.

"You... are too slow."

Under the dual stimulation of heightened hormones and the Emperor Engine, Sieg, already possessed by the Bat King, reacted at a speed far exceeding his usual pace.

Just as Gladius was about to detonate the bomb!

An invisible, powerful aura erupted from Sieg, crashing down on Gladius like an invisible torrent.

"Conqueror's Haki?"

Doflamingo was startled, but he didn't back down. An invisible pressure rose from his body, and he slammed forward!

The degree of control over Conqueror's Haki varies, but its strength depends solely on the individual's power level.

Having fought Bat King to a standstill for so long, Doflamingo doesn't think he's weaker than his opponent.

Click...click!

The two Conqueror's Haki clashed, and purple-black lightning seemed to spring up in the air. The terrifying pressure caused the ground beneath their feet to crack and fissure.

"Wait... a crack?"

Doflamingo's eyes widened slightly.

Only those who have mastered Conqueror's Haki to a high level can exert real pressure.

And after a brief stalemate.

Sigurd's Conqueror's Haki surged like a raging flood, overwhelming the banks with its boundless and terrifying pressure, causing them to collapse!

The invisible pressure, now unstoppable, swept across the entire field in an instant!

Click, click!

The ground was cracking, and tiny cracks appeared in the buildings, causing a slight tremor.

It was as if the whole world trembled before this man!

thump! thump!

Gladius's eyes rolled back, he lost consciousness, and fell backward to the ground.

The street surface that had swollen into a ball in the distance behind them quickly returned to its original state.

In the surrounding blocks, Doflamingo's other subordinates also collapsed and lost consciousness.

Then, this attack, imbued with Armament Haki, slammed into the spider web in front of him, pulling the web and slamming it into Doflamingo's waist and abdomen!

boom!

His body flew backward and crashed hard into a wall, landing in a wide arc. The impact sent dust and debris flying.

call....

Sig took another deep breath, and one broken collar after another appeared on his hands, which he then threw out continuously like a shower of flowers.

Boom boom boom boom!

The streets were filled with a series of explosions, shattering the brief tranquility that had followed.

"Gradius..." Doflamingo, his body blackened by the explosion, emerged from the smoke.

His fluffy pink feather robe was now blackened by smoke. He adjusted his cracked sunglasses, glanced at the fallen Gladius, and his expression turned grim.

"You're asking for it—"

Before he could finish speaking, a scream came from afar.

"Saint Charmaco has fallen again!"

"Damn it! Who's using Conqueror's Haki like that?"

"Heart arrest? Where's the doctor?!"

"Quickly, provide first aid!"

Doflamingo's expression changed drastically.

Although he was no less than a Celestial Dragon, anything involving him was never a good thing.

He might have been involved in the clash of Conqueror's Haki between the two just now.

Thinking of this, he snorted coldly, pulled up the fallen Gladius with one hand, flicked a white line from his fingertip, and quickly disappeared into the night.

"Saint Charmaco?"

Sig’s eye twitched slightly.

This name seems somewhat familiar...

...........

In the alley.