【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

"After I finish dealing with you, I'll go find that crazy kid named Straw Hat Luffy and make him become nourishment for you all."

Sabo's expression suddenly darkened, his calm smile twisting into a chilling aura, and his domineering presence was suddenly unleashed.

Ace was enraged, a fierce Conqueror's Haki that swept across the battlefield with an undeniable pressure and burning fury. The Marines instantly fainted, their eyes rolling back. "You dare to do anything!"

Aramaki felt this powerful aura and will in disbelief. How could this be? How could this guy have such a strong Conqueror's Haki?

"That's quite a powerful aura." Fujitora gripped the hilt of his straight sword tightly.

“No need to waste words with them.” Sabo’s lips curled into a cruel sneer. His fingers hovered beside the metal tube, and Armament Haki gleamed dangerously under his gloved fingertips. His calm demeanor did not mean he was any more normal than his brothers. Patience was not the same as restraint, especially when the world’s monster stood before him and dared to threaten his family.

Ace was engulfed in pure flames, anger and light intertwined, his emotions bursting forth like an inextinguishable signal flare, his eyes fixed on the massive figure of the tree-man.

The next second, trailing a trail of blue and white flames, it shot into the sky and appeared above the tree in the blink of an eye. The blue and white flames climbed up its arm and finally condensed into a dazzling ball of light in its palm.

Ace clenched his fingers, raised his arm, and swung it down sharply. A blue-white fireball roared from his hand, heading straight for the Marine Admiral who had dared to threaten his brother with disrespectful words. "Flame Ring!!"

At the same time, Sabo reached behind him, his fingertips brushing against the cold metal surface of the iron pipe. Under the influence of Armament Haki, the metal pipe instantly emitted a cold, black light.

With a slight twist of his wrist, Sabo sent the black metal tube tracing a perfect arc across his palm. He leaped into the air behind Ace, the heavy metal tube swung down at Fujitora. "Don't think I'll forget you, Admiral Fujitora!"

……

The first level of Wanggong Mountain Peak

"So why did we come to this place that's obviously a trap?" Lucci looked at the dead end ahead and the water below that was half-submerged in the bison, somewhat helplessly.

"Didn't that guy just say this was a shortcut?" Luffy asked, equally puzzled, looking at the dead end ahead. "Why is there water here?"

"It's obvious we've been tricked!" Law stared at Luffy in disbelief. This kid was in such a predicament and still hadn't realized the situation. And if this kid hadn't excitedly rushed in as soon as he heard there was a shortcut, Law wouldn't have failed to realize that this was an obvious trap.

"This is just a collapsed well, not some shortcut."

"Doflamingo!?" Luffy turned towards the direction of the voice, and without hesitation, threw a punch at that annoying face. "Why are you here!?"

"Fufufu! I came to save you guys, and you actually fell into such a low-level trap! What kind of shortcut is this? You have no sense of danger at all." Doflamingo dodged Luffy's outstretched fist, frowned as he looked at the three people sitting on the bison, especially the blond man. Things were a bit unexpected for him. Didn't the Marine Admiral intervene?

"Bullet Thread!" Doflamingo shot out threads from his fingertips, aiming directly at Bison.

Lucci's expression hardened. He twisted his wrist, and a slash instantly shot towards Doflamingo along the silk threads. Looking at the white threads protruding from Doflamingo's severed body, it was clear that this was another clone of Doflamingo. "So why did this guy create a clone? Is he so eager for us to beat him up?"

"Are you alright, Mr. Straw Hat?"

"We were just tricked by that Kelly Vanke guy! Knowing the truth, we were going to stop him, but then Doflamingo appeared and instantly killed that assassin Kelly!" Jet explained in a panic.

“We’re completely behind, they’ve already made it to the second floor!” Abdora added.

"Niu Niu, go up there," Luffy commanded, then, hearing Abramovich's words, he said with some dissatisfaction, "Damn it, I thought I'd found a shortcut to the sunflower! We absolutely can't let those guys overtake us!"

Lucci laughed and said, "After we get out, I'll take the two of you and fly straight up."

"Fly up? Ah, that's right!" Luffy grinned, biting his right thumb. "Gum-Gum Elephant Gun!!"

"What are you trying to do, Straw Hat Master?" Law stared in shock at Luffy, who was swinging his massive fist upwards. "You're being too reckless!"

“Now there really is a shortcut,” Lucci said, looking at the giant crater above that revealed the sky.

"Alright! We can go straight up now!" Luffy grinned. "This time we definitely won't be overtaken by Cabbage and the others."

"Room!" Luo stretched out his hand and made a familiar gesture, transferring the group of troublemakers to the upper "slaughterhouse"!

"Wow! This skill is so convenient!" Luffy exclaimed, looking around and noticing the group of pirates who had been following them were all here. He immediately shouted anxiously, "Luffy, let's charge!"

“This is the second floor, isn’t it?” Lucci said, looking at the Don Quixote members who had been knocked down around him.

“Don Quixote’s officers are all on this floor.” Luo frowned as he looked at the five familiar men. “We can’t let them get us involved; we must get to the palace as soon as possible.”

"Straw Hat Kid, come with me!!"

"Cabbage?" Luffy, seeing Cavendish charging ahead of them on horseback, immediately urged Bull to follow. "You want to overtake me!?"

“I’ll cut through the wall and clear a path for you! You guys go and take down the other enemies, understand? Then we’ll charge up to the third floor in one go!” Cavendish said as he rode his white horse toward the cliff. “You absolutely cannot get entangled with those officers here, or our progress will be greatly slowed down!”

"Toy soldier? What are you doing up here?" Lucci looked at the toy soldier behind him in confusion.

"Ah! Soldier! Great, I was looking for you!" Luffy turned to look at Kyros sitting behind him and said with delight.

"I followed the shortcut you, Luffy Lando, took," Cyrus said solemnly. "There's one man among the Don Quixote Family's executives whom I absolutely must personally eliminate!!"

"Uncle, you're not planning to die together with someone else, are you?" Luffy asked, frowning.

“What nonsense are you talking about? How could I lose with a human body!” Cyrus said firmly.

"What's that up ahead...?" Luffy looked in surprise at the group of guys clearing out the enemies for them.

"Hurry up and move forward!! Straw hat!!"

"What's going on? What's wrong with you guys?!" Luffy asked, puzzled. Just a moment ago they were arguing with him about who would reach the palace first and defeat Doflamingo, but now they're working together to fight the enemy for him.