The two stared at each other for a while, Lily slowly raised her slender sword and said, "One of the 'Fifty Skillful Grade Blades', also a Demon Sword... White Thunder."
Issho held his staff sword horizontally in front of him and said in a deep voice, "One of the 'Twelve Supreme Grade Blades', Yakuza Kasen."
One could feel they were very powerful swordsmen. The battle between swordsmen requires a bit of respect.
Shing!
Lily was the first to move, her sword light flashed like lightning, darting rapidly.
Boom!
Just as she acted, Issho raised his staff sword vertically, and a rectangular area in front of him suddenly sunk down, even slowing the thunder light some.
Clang!
The leaping thunder light was swung forward by the staff sword infused with Haki, blocking Lily's forward thrust.
"Gravity, huh..." Lily frowned slightly.
"Indeed, my young lady, I am a Gravity Person who ate the Gravity fruit, capable of freely controlling gravity."
Issho retreated half a step, rotated the staff sword from bottom to top, and when he grasped the hilt in reverse, the blade pressed down on Lily's blade, "Gravity Blade..."
A more intense gravity spread from Lily's body, forcing her briefly airborne body to suddenly sink downward. The ground she stood on crazily caved in, almost forming a crater.
Lily withdrew her sword, forced it out of the gravity, and flew backward.
"Wild Tiger!"
At that moment, Issho horizontally slashed the downward-pressing sword. The previously downward gravity suddenly changed direction and turned into horizontal gravity, causing numerous buildings in front to blow sideways. But before they toppled, Issho abruptly stopped the blade.
Shing!
Amidst the blowing gravity, a straight line of flashing thunder light suddenly cut through, causing the heavy horizontal gravity to split.
"Oh..."
Issho, with his white, pupil-less eyes, expressed surprise, "You can slice through abilities? Truly fearsome swordsmanship."
In front of him, Lily maintained a half-kneeling upward posture, her blade coiling with dense Haki, cleaving a large gap in the horizontally pressing gravity.
Sizzle!
Without saying much, she swung her sword, and immediately thunder light jumped from the blade filled with Haki, transforming into eight Thunderbirds, charging at Issho from all directions.
Whoosh!
The gravity pressed down, forcing the Thunderbirds to scatter.
Issho swiftly held the staff sword in reverse in front of him, hearing a crisp sound, as Lily had already advanced.
He empowered the sword with gravity, slicing forward, but the gravity was cleaved by Lily, who quickly continued her attack.
"Looks like this is a fierce battle."
Issho said deeply, lifting his sword to continue the fight with Lily.
Issho is a Sword Master, a rare sight indeed, but Lily is one, too.
One possesses overwhelming strength, the other is quick and sharp; their fight is evenly matched. The use of swordsmanship, abilities, and Haki made the Navy behind them sweat nervously, yet they dared not advance.
The gravity is indiscriminate, and the quick shadow like a thunder light, emitting thunderbolt and power that splits the ground during battle, also keeps people away.
Too strong!
Meanwhile, the battlefield environment starts changing; the Royal Palace buildings further collapse, and the birdcage lines in Dressrosa tighten further, causing many to rush and block these knife-sharp, yet hard-to-destroy lines.
The hardness of the birdcage lines was something even Sage couldn't tear apart, relying only on powerful Haki to manage, but maintaining such a birdcage is a significant physical drain for Doflamingo.
Especially after Lily went to support the smuggling warehouse, Doflamingo aimed to make Law exert the Op-Op fruit's power but didn't kill him instantly, suffering an internal organs blow, and fighting the Straw Hat who opened the Fourth Gear.
The consumption increased.
The power formed by the Fourth Gear, his physique couldn't withstand.
After being punched again and slammed into the ground, Doflamingo finally couldn't hold on. The continuous injuries prevented him from keeping his hands, and if he didn't act seriously, he would meet his end here.
Awakening power allowed him to assimilate nearby buildings, turning them entirely into threads, which charged towards the balloon person with Haki covering the front.
Then...
Boom!!!
With one strike of Great Ape King Fist, the God's Slaying Line covered by Haki was shattered, heavily pounding his whole body, causing him to lose consciousness entirely.
"Mingo! I've beaten you!!"
The Straw Hat's shout echoed throughout the birdcage area that had dispersed.
Clang!
Lily clashed swords with Issho again, quickly withdrawing, and slicing through the gravity he emitted, also heard this shout, her pupils slightly diminished, but seemed to have strengthened some belief, attacking again.
Both swords and blades clashed quickly.
Issho's speed was not as formidable as Lily's, but his powerful Observation, although blind, gave him enough reaction capability.
Lily's strength and impact aren't as high as Issho's, especially the gravity that occasionally erupted required her to divert attention to slice through, and that guy's Haki was too strong; it's easy to slice through abilities, but not that easy to slice through Armament, which manifests will.
Moreover, slicing it takes a toll on her.
In less than half an hour of fighting, they almost reached a stalemate.
"Why?"
Issho blocked Lily's fast-thrusting sword, loudly questioning, "I can sense you aren't indifferent to the crimes here! Before taking office, I also mingled with civilians and know not all Pirates are irredeemably evil!"