With the activation of his Nen ability, Zane and Doflamingo both vanished from the street simultaneously.
A second later.
Inside the Equality Space.
Way of the Soldier: Killing Fist—Swift as the Wind!
Without giving his opponent a chance to react, Zane launched his offensive the mont he entered the Equality Space.
His figure swept out like a gale, moving as a blur.
Zane quickly closed the distance to Doflamingo, raising a fist to unleash Aggressive as Fire directly at the man's face.
"Web Wall!"
Suddenly appearing in an unfamiliar environnt certainly left Doflamingo surprised and wary.
But his reflexes were just as sharp.
As Zane lunged toward him, his Observation Haki imdiately caught the movent.
Retreating quickly, his arms swung as he rapidly wove a spider's web into existence.
Flas blazed as the fist, shrouded in both Nen aura and Armant Haki, slamd hard into the web.
The powerful impact caused the web to cave in, and the accompanying flas began to burn through the silk, lting the strands rapidly.
Yet the web displayed remarkable flexibility and elasticity, significantly slowing the speed of Zane's punch.
This brief delay imdiately created an opening for Doflamingo to counterattack.
"Athlete!"
Five sharp strings, resembling the tines of a leaf rake, descended from above, seeking to pierce through Zane's body from his head down.
His body flickered slightly before vanishing like a bubble.
The sharp strings had pierced nothing but an afterimage.
His figure moved like a jagged bolt of lightning.
Moving at high speed as a blur, Zane circled around the spider's web and reappeared at Doflamingo's side.
Boom!
Fist and knee collided violently.
Zane's punch smashed against Doflamingo's knee.
The two locked in a struggle, their strength appearing perfectly matched.
Zane felt a chill in his heart.
He had gone on a plunder spree specifically to prepare for this fight.
He hadn't expected that even with all that, he wouldn't hold the upper hand in a direct contest of power.
Then there was the Armant Haki.
His fist wasn't just coated in Armant Haki; it was also wrapped in Nen aura.
Even with the dual power working in tandem, he still couldn't suppress the other man's singular Armant Haki.
This was proof enough that in terms of pure Armant Haki alone, he was still lagging behind significantly.
He remained calm.
The deficiency revealed in their clash of strength did not shake Zane's resolve.
His eyes were sharp.
Six pointed chains instantly extended from his back, splitting into two groups of three to thrust at the opponent from both sides.
Using the montum of the clash.
Doflamingo, who had been locked in a struggle with Zane, reacted swiftly by retreating, while simultaneously shooting sharp strings from his hands to entwine the incoming pointed chains.
Creeeeeak!
Strings and chains danced wildly against each other.
The two engaged in yet another round of wrestling.
"Leg Cutting String!"
With a flurry of kicks, sharp strings shot out in bundles, cutting toward Zane.
"Tempest Kick!"
The tip of his foot whipped up a vacuum slash, ferociously severing the incoming strings.
This latest struggle didn't last long either before Doflamingo and Zane shifted to other forms of combat.
The pointed chains transford, thinning back into thread-like forms before returning to Zane's back.
Without pausing, Zane made a pulling motion with his hands, and a dense cluster of Nen bullets condensed in front of him.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
As soon as the Nen bullets ford, they streaked toward Doflamingo.
"Hm?"
Doflamingo's eyes narrowed. What was the point of such a weak attack?
It was true.
The Nen bullets Zane had condensed were shells with little substance; at most, their power was comparable to firecrackers.
Perceiving the extre weakness of the bullets through his Observation Haki, Doflamingo waved his hand, releasing streaks of string.
Crackling!
As the Nen bullets collided with the strings, they were easily sliced apart and extinguished.
However, due to their sheer numbers, quite a few bullets still flew toward Doflamingo's surroundings.
His brow furrowed slightly.
Doflamingo shifted his footing, easily dodging the projectiles.
"Open Door."
Suddenly.
Just as Doflamingo was evading the Nen bullets, Zane threw a punch at the empty air beside him.
A circular, miniature air door instantly appeared in the void, just large enough for Zane's arm to pass through.
Simultaneously.
One of the Nen bullets that Doflamingo had just dodged suddenly transford into an identical miniature air door.
An arm shot out.
Zane's arm, having traveled through the spatial portal, struck directly at Doflamingo.
"What?!"
Doflamingo's Observation Haki caught the attack coming from his side. His expression changed as he hurriedly turned to block.
But in his haste, he was still sent stumbling back by the punch.
A barrage of punches followed.
The Nen bullets that had successfully closed in on Doflamingo hovered in mid-air, one after another transforming into air doors.
Zane stood in place, his fists becoming blurs as he struck out continuously.
Every punch traveled through the air doors.
In an instant.
Doflamingo seed to be surrounded by an infinite number of fists.
Bam! Bam! Bam!
Crossing his arms in front of his face, he coated his entire body in Armant Haki.
Furious and shocked, Doflamingo used his Observation Haki to track the movents.
He was forced to either dodge or take the hits with raw defense.
In just a short mont, he had already withstood dozens, even hundreds of punches.
Although Doflamingo's Armant Haki was no weaker than Zane's dual-layered defense.
But under such a continuous barrage, it was clearly impossible to maintain a perfect defense.
Especially against Nen aura.
It naturally possessed properties of internal destruction. Even though Doflamingo defended with Armant Haki, the repeated strikes began to seep into his body.
'Damn it!'
Blood leaked from the corner of his mouth.
Realizing his internal organs were damaged, Doflamingo was consud with rage.
Unable to break free from the onslaught, he stomped his foot down hard.
Boom!
Centering on Doflamingo, the ground beneath his feet underwent a sudden and drastic transformation, turning into a surging wave of white.
Pillars of string shot into the sky, drowning the surrounding air doors and forcing Zane to furrow his brow and halt his attack.
"Fuffuffuffu... Truly remarkable. To think you could force to use this power. But this is where it ends!"
Tossing aside his tattered flamingo coat, Doflamingo stood atop the white waves of string, looking down at Zane with an arrogant, condescending gaze.
Devil Fruit Awakening.
As a Paracia-type Devil Fruit.
Once awakened, its power begins to affect things other than the user's own body.
Just like now, under the influence of Doflamingo's awakened String-String Fruit power, the ground beneath them had been assimilated into thread.
"Billow White!"
As if to vent the humiliation of being suppressed just monts ago.
The mont the words left his mouth, Doflamingo launched his counterattack.
Tens of thousands of sharp strings ford into massive, rolling waves, frantically sweeping toward Zane in an attempt to swallow and shred him.
A backstep.
Facing the overwhelming white waves of string, Zane did not panic. He calmly activated the power of the Door-Door Fruit.
While retreating, an air door appeared, allowing Zane to step directly inside before it imdiately snapped shut.
With this maneuver, the white waves of string crashed into empty space.
In the next instant.
An air door appeared right behind Doflamingo.
"Useless!"
His Observation Haki caught it.
Having already witnessed the Door-Door Fruit's abilities, Doflamingo was clearly on high alert.
The mont the door appeared behind him, he spun around.
At the sa ti, the white waves at his feet shot out a sharp pillar of string.
The pillar slamd into the air door.
But what appeared inside the air door was nothing but an afterimage of Zane.
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