BOOM!!!
In a re instant, Doflamingo's figure had vanished within the dark-red storm.
It was like a bursting flood.
When the dark-red storm dissipated, a massive, jarring crater was left behind in the earth.
Had this not been within the Equality Space, a level of destruction like this would have been enough to wipe Mock Town off the map.
Particles of light began to converge.
Although Doflamingo's corpse had vanished under the destructive force of the dark-red storm, the attributes it contained still condensed normally under the rules of the Equality Space.
Four colored orbs of light floated in mid-air.
Only upon seeing this did Zane truly relax.
Deactivating [MOVING LIKE THUNDER].
His body imdiately felt like a pressure cooker venting steam; massive amounts of sweat and heat poured from his pores.
"It's undeniably powerful, but the backlash is just as brutal..."
Confirming Doflamingo's death by the appearance of the attribute orbs, Zane sat down cross-legged on the ground, gasping for air with his hands propped on his knees.
His current condition was even more agonizing than when he had first tasted the forbidden fruit with Baby 5 in this life and spent the following two days and nights in a wild frenzy.
But there was no other way.
After all, besides the rapid depletion of physical stamina, the overloaded burst of [MOVING LIKE THUNDER] also caused physical damage to the body.
His muscles were torn to varying degrees all over his body, to the point where even the slightest movent sent a jolt of pain through him.
But the discomfort wasn't for nothing.
Looking at the attribute orbs not far away, Zane felt a surge of gratification.
After resting for a mont, Zane stood up and walked toward them.
"I'll go with the Spirit attribute."
Scanning the four attribute orbs, Zane reached out for the Spirit one.
In terms of pure value, the String-String Fruit was actually the most precious.
After all, Doflamingo had already developed its Awakening.
In other words, if Zane plundered it, he would directly inherit the awakened powers of the String-String Fruit.
The problem, however, was that he had no vacant Imprint Entries left.
As for replacent...
The four abilities Zane currently possessed were the Door-Door Fruit, the Spin-Spin Fruit, Body of Steel, and Ripper Cyclotron.
These four abilities were all highly compatible with him. Unless he truly had no other choice, he really didn't want to replace any of them.
While an awakened String-String Fruit was enticing, it hadn't reached the level of a 'must-have' for Zane yet.
As for the other three attributes...
It was the sa logic as before.
Physical attributes could be entirely supplented by hunting Sea Kings.
Then there was the Skill attribute.
Putting martial arts aside...
Doflamingo's Haki skill was only at the level of basic hardening and coating, which didn't interest Zane at all.
So, taking everything into account, the Spirit attribute was the best choice.
After all, Doflamingo was soone who had awakened Conqueror's Haki.
He snatched it and refined it in an instant!
As he absorbed Doflamingo's Spirit attribute, a familiar cool sensation rushed into his mind, instantly revitalizing Zane's entire being.
"Incredible!!"
Though Spirit was intangible, it directly affected many things.
When the absorption concluded, Zane let out a hearty laugh.
He could clearly feel a significant improvent in his Haki, his five senses, and various other aspects.
Suddenly, Zane's gaze sharpened.
BOOM!!!
A surging wave of Conqueror's Haki erupted from him, sweeping through the entire Equality Space.
CRACK!!
The ground beneath his feet seed to be ravaged by a gale, with spiderweb-like cracks spreading rapidly across the surface.
"My Conqueror's Haki really did improve!"
Sensing the current intensity of his Conqueror's Haki, Zane chuckled.
Conqueror's Haki was the most unique among the three types of Haki; it couldn't be improved through training and only grew as one's personal spirit and willpower strengthened.
That was normally the case, but given Zane's own uniqueness and the power he'd gained from another world, he had found a second path to enhance it.
That path was to plunder the Spirit attributes of other Conqueror's Haki users.
"Huh?!"
Zane, who was reveling in the boost to his Conqueror's Haki, suddenly froze.
"How did the fifth Imprint Entry condense?"
A look of surprise appeared on his face.
While he was sensing his Conqueror's Haki, the remaining attribute orbs had been absorbed by the Equality Space as usual.
But this ti, the absorption results were exceptionally remarkable.
Even though he had only just condensed the fourth Imprint Entry a short while ago, a fifth one had already ford.
Was Doflamingo just that exceptional as a sacrifice?
No.
Doflamingo was indeed powerful, but not to the extent of manifesting a fifth entry so easily.
"Wait, could it be the Devil Fruit?"
Thinking rapidly, Zane imdiately pinpointed Doflamingo's most unique trait.
The most special thing about Doflamingo was undoubtedly his Devil Fruit.
Devil Fruits were supernatural products.
Their existence was, in a sense, even more inconceivable than Nen abilities.
'If I'd known, I wouldn't have used Prohibition Mode against Rob Lucci,' Zane thought, covering his face with his hand.
If it really was the Devil Fruit that caused the rapid condensation of the Imprint Entry, then he had truly missed out on a fortune.
He hadn't been without a chance of victory in that fight against Rob Lucci.
But to test the nullifying effect on Devil Fruit abilities, he had used Prohibition Mode, and as a result, the attribute orbs for the Devil Fruit hadn't ford.
In other words, they hadn't been absorbed by the Equality Space.
The importance of Imprint Entries was unquestionable.
If he'd had enough of them, he definitely would have chosen the awakened String-String Fruit just now.
After all, choosing that would have surely pushed his strength far beyond its current level.
"Whatever, there are plenty of Devil Fruit users. I'll just hunt them later," Zane consoled himself.
One instance wasn't enough to be sure.
Next, he would definitely need to find other Devil Fruit users to verify if they truly helped condense Imprint Entries.
If that were the case...
Then it would be for the best, solving a major problem.
If not...
Then... he would just have to let nature take its course.
It would just take more ti to condense them, anyway.
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The battle within the Equality Space remained unknown to the outside world.
But Doflamingo was, after all, no minor figure.
One of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.
A forr Celestial Dragon.
King of the Dressrosa Kingdom.
The broker of the underworld.
With all these identities, every move Doflamingo made was bound to be watched by various factions.
Suddenly traveling from the New World to Paradise and then vanishing...
A day or two was fine, but with no word for nearly half a month, even the densest person would realize sothing was wrong.
Not to ntion that quite a few people possessed Doflamingo's Vivre Card.
Such as the World Governnt.
"It has been confird that the last place Doflamingo appeared before his death was Jaya Island—the legendary City of Gold ntioned by Noland the Liar."
Inside a eting room at Marineford, the gathered Marine officers listened as a Rear Admiral in charge of the briefing explained the intelligence, distributing docunts to everyone present.
After scanning the file in his hand, Vice Admiral Yamakaji took a puff of his cigar and sighed, "To think the Heavenly Yaksha would die so unceremoniously. If it weren't for the Vivre Card's confirmation, I really wouldn't believe it."
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