【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

Before Doflamingo's attack could reach him, Luffy grabbed Kyros and rolled away, causing Doflamingo's attack to miss. He then used the momentum to launch himself forward, shouting "Gum-Gum Jet Gun Barrage!!"

"Armor!" Doflamingo instantly hardened his chest with Armament Haki to block Luffy's punch, while simultaneously controlling his clone behind him to launch a fierce attack, its five-fingered claws slashing towards Luffy's back.

Ignoring the attack from behind, Luffy continued to throw punches, his only thought being to shatter Doflamingo's bones. His fists, wreathed in Armament Haki, shot out like a whirlwind, landing squarely on Doflamingo's ribs. Doflamingo was sent flying, crashing into the massive stone wall behind him.

At the same moment, Lucci appeared behind Luffy in a flash, his blade leaving afterimages in the air. The colorless line in the air snapped instantly, and the slashing of the blade did not stop. The headless clone was instantly cut in two.

Just as Doflamingo was about to be buried alive by the collapsing rocks after being knocked away, a giant stone hand covered his body and shielded him from the falling stones.

"Pika! Get all the troublemakers out of the way!!" Doflamingo stood in the stone golem's palm, staring grimly at Straw Hat Lucci and Dragon Prince Lucci below.

Almost the instant Doflamingo finished speaking, the floor beneath their feet began to tremble violently. Without the slightest hesitation, Lucci stepped onto the still floor and suddenly lunged forward, appearing in front of Doflamingo in an instant. He swung his arm down, delivering a powerful slash straight at Doflamingo's face.

Doflamingo's pupils contracted, and he immediately swung his hands upwards. Countless lines instantly emerged from the stone wall beneath his feet, forming a huge white wall in front of him to block the oncoming slash.

Lucci was stunned for a moment when he saw this scene. The next second, the huge white wall suddenly transformed into a huge white line that rushed towards him. Lucci flipped in mid-air and dodged the attacking giant line. His feet landed heavily on the shaking ground.

Before he could make his next move, a soft yet powerful rubber arm suddenly wrapped around his waist and pulled him off the ground, while at the same time two huge white lines pierced out from where he had been.

The next second, the ground undulated like waves, flinging everyone on it away.

"Rubber-Rubber Balloon!!" Luffy twisted and flipped as he fell, taking a deep breath and inflating his body to absorb most of the impact of the fall, so that everyone landed on his swollen belly, completely unaffected by the impact of falling from a great height.

Luffy loosened his arms from around Lucci's waist, and asked with some concern, recalling the image of Lucci getting injured that had just flashed through his mind, "Lucci, are you alright?"

"I'm fine." Lucci sat up from the ground. He was thinking about the huge white wall of lines that had suddenly appeared in front of Doflamingo. It was indeed created by his Devil Fruit ability. The white wave of lines behind it also appeared abruptly from the ground. It was as if his ability had affected the ground. Paramecia-type Devil Fruit users shouldn't have this kind of ability.

"We've been dumped in the outer tower's courtyard," Luffy said, adjusting his hat and looking up at the white wall above.

“As long as Pikachu is there, no one can get close to Doflamingo,” Violet said worriedly.

"Thinking about the white wave of lines that Doflamingo suddenly summoned just now?" Law took a breath and asked Lucci, who was still deep in thought.

Lucci nodded and looked at Law, saying, "Those huge white lines were summoned from the ground beneath Doflamingo's feet. Paramecia-types shouldn't have this kind of ability."

Hearing Lucci's words, Law pondered for a moment, then said, "If the Devil Fruit power awakens, it might be possible. I've heard that awakened Paramecia-type Devil Fruit powers can affect the surrounding environment."

"Awakening?" Lucci's lips curled slightly, and a look of eager anticipation flashed in his eyes. He had never fought against someone whose abilities had awakened before.

"What is that?" Luffy looked at the sky in confusion.

Lucci followed Luffy's gaze to the sky, where numerous white lines were shooting upwards from the palace, spreading outwards in a semi-circle. It was obvious that this was Doflamingo's doing.

"That's... a birdcage!" Luo stared in horror at the white line spreading out in the air.

"Birdcage? What's that? Traman." Luffy looked at Traman in confusion, and the others looked at Law in the same way.

"Doflamingo plans to kill everyone on the island before the truth about this country is revealed," Law said solemnly.

"Hey, the ground is sinking, what's going on?" Luffy shouted in shock as he felt the tremors beneath his feet.

"It's Pikachu! As long as it's rock, he can even change the terrain!"

"Where did Zoro go?" Lucci asked, remembering that Zoro had been busy dealing with this guy. "Could that kid have gotten lost during the fight?"

"Lucci, what are you saying!? How could I possibly get lost during a battle!" Zoro shouted angrily. He had just run here when he heard Lucci say such a thing, and he was immediately furious.

"Who told you to keep getting lost?" Lucci chuckled.

"I didn't get lost, the road was the one moving!" Zoro retorted angrily, then pointed to the moving palace and the ground beneath it, saying, "The road moves like this!"

"Wow! The royal palace really ran away!?" Luffy shouted in shock as he watched the royal palace disappear. "Stop right there, royal palace!"

"This island has really been messed up by Doflamingo." Lucci frowned as he listened to the desperate cries of the people coming from the town below.

"Citizens and tourists of Dressrosa, I should have used fear to control you from the beginning... After knowing the truth, there are probably quite a few who want to kill me! Therefore, I have prepared a game, a game to kill me!"

Doflamingo's cold and manic voice rang out from the movie den Den Mushi all over the country, every word filled with contempt and sarcasm.

"I'm right here in the palace, I'm neither hiding nor running away. Once someone can take my life, this game will be over!"

"However, there is another way to end the game... that is to kill everyone whose name I call out next, and I will also give huge bounties to all of them. Whether you kill or are killed... everyone in this country is a hunter!!"

"No one will come to save you, and no one can escape from this birdcage! It will be impossible to communicate with the outside world. You will die one by one, and the people outside the island will be completely unaware of it. Those guys around who suddenly riot will keep hurting people, whether they are family members, close friends, or the citizens they are supposed to protect."

"Scream! Hate! Suffer! You are all victims. Think carefully: do you want to take my head, or do you want to join my Don Quixote family in punishing those 14 fools who defied me?"

"If you choose the wrong one, this game can never end. Each star represents a bounty of 100 million Berries! These guys are the ones being tortured in Dressrosa!"