'God's Execution', 16 black giant wave threads, turned pitch-black due to being infused with Armament Haki, rushed toward Kuina.
Kuina also felt the power of Doflamingo's strike. Purple spirit power and red-black Haoshoku were attached to the Final Sword, causing cracks to appear in the space.
'Shimotsuki Style · Final Scene · Evernight Ichimonji.' All of Kuina's spirit power and Haki merged into this certain-victory strike. Wherever the slash passed, not even sound could escape.
It was as if even sound itself would be severed by Kuina's blade. Doflamingo's 'God's Execution' could only slightly obstruct Kuina's blade.
Just as Doflamingo was about to be hit by this sword strike, a tall, powerfully built man standing about 8 meters tall blocked the way in front of Doflamingo.
His hair was golden, tied in a ponytail and two braids. He wore a metal jaw over his mouth, and the two ivory-like decorations on his head and shoulders respectively revealed his identity.
The one who arrived here was Kaido's subordinate, the All-Star of the Beasts Pirates, 'Jack the Drought', who had a bounty of 1 billion Berries.
A little earlier, Jack, who had come here to retrieve weapons, discovered the chaos in Dressrosa. Originally, he only wanted to quietly wait for Doflamingo to suppress the disturbance.
Unexpectedly, a group of people from the Argo arrived. Feeling that Doflamingo would lose his life under this blade, Jack could no longer sit still. Ignoring the Crew member's discouragement, he blocked Kuina's strike.
Accompanying Jack was Ulti, one of the Tobi Roppo of the Beasts Pirates, who had come here wanting to relax.
After discovering that Admiral Hera was also here, Ulti, this somewhat stubborn young woman, also wanted to see the Marine who had legendarily defeated Whitebeard.
Under her urging, Jack, this reckless man, completely ignored the discouragement of other Crew members. After angrily throwing a harsh line to the others: "Who do you think I am? Pull the ship alongside!",
He came directly from the port to the battlefield, arriving in front of Doflamingo at the critical moment.
Armament Haki gathered on his two weapons—straight-bottomed and sickle-topped—which he kept in the tusks on his shoulders. Both arms slashed down toward Kuina's sword strike.
The moment he came into contact with Kuina's Final Sword, Jack understood that he might have met a formidable enemy. The sharp edge coming from the blade made even him feel a threat.
The enraged Jack first kicked Doflamingo behind him to Ulti's side. After a roar, he transformed into a giant mammoth, his right tusk blocking Kuina's sword.
But Jack did not escape without paying a price. The right tusk that blocked the 'Shimotsuki Style · Final Scene · Evernight Ichimonji' directly showed a fracture.
Under his incredulous gaze, the right tusk fell to the ground.
Kuina also exhausted her own strength, unable to maintain the manifestation of the weapon. The spirit dress attached to the wado ichimonji dissipated, revealing its original form.
Kuina propped the 'wado ichimonji' against the ground to stabilize her figure.
Just as Jack, who had lost a tusk and was going somewhat mad, wanted to continue attacking Kuina, another Haoshoku pressure locked onto him.
Hera drew her 'saikū' and showed a kind smile: "How ugly it is to have a tusk on only one side. Let me help you make it a bit more symmetrical."
'Reign · Void-Time Absolute Slash'. Haoshoku and the power of space gathered on Hera's sword. The speed of this strike seemed to skip the distance between them.
Jack's Observation Haki had just sensed danger when Hera's 'saikū' had already arrived.
Before he could even mobilize Armament Haki for defense, a smooth cut appeared at the base of the other tusk, and it fell down.
At this moment, Jack felt as if an aura of death was encircling his neck. If Hera had aimed not at the tusk but at his neck just now...
Jack swallowed hard, feeling a trace of fear toward his own thought.
Ulti also felt the pressure coming from Hera. Such terrifying Haoshoku was something she had only felt from her boss, Kaido.
Even more so, Hera's Haoshoku had already surpassed the current Kaido, reaching a new realm.
Hera supported Kuina and whispered in her ear: "You won. If Jack hadn't come to interfere, Doflamingo would have died under this strike."
This was also the reason why Hera did not stop Jack from blocking the strike. Since she had promised Sengoku to bring back a living Flamingo, she couldn't break her word.
The tusk Kuina cut off was retrieved by Hera into the City of Devouring Time, while the one she cut herself was held in her hand and patted twice.
"As expected of the tusk of a pirate with a 1 billion bounty, it's really not bad. It's qualified to be hung on my ship."
For Jack, a user of the Zou Zou no Mi, Model: Mammoth, this pair of tusks was the hardest part of his entire body, yet they were easily severed by Hera.
Although there was the reason that he hadn't reacted in time to the Haoshoku infusion, Kuina's strike had also frontally shattered the tusk he took pride in, making him feel a trace of doubt about his own strength.
Ulti dismissed her idea of wanting to exchange blows with Hera. She didn't want to gamble on whether her head or Jack's tusk was harder.
Seeing that his own strength was insufficient, Jack's brain regained control, and he shouted at Hera: "Do you Marines intend to make an enemy of the Beasts Pirates, Hera?"
Hera shrugged and expressed with an innocent face: "It wasn't me who started it. It was clearly you who came first and interfered with the duel between Kuina and Doflamingo."
"Forget it, these two tusks will serve as an apology. You guys go back. Oh, and don't take the goods on the ship with you. Just the people can go back."
Jack thought of the Sea Stone he had transported and felt some heartache. He threatened Hera: "That is Kaido's property. Don't push your luck."
Hera waved her hand impatiently: "Alright, alright. Sparing your lives is already the limit. Hurry up and get lost with your people."
"If you're still tactless, I'd like to see if a Fishman who has eaten a Devil Fruit can swim from here back to your lair in Wano Country."
Jack looked at the cold light in Hera's eyes, and a chill welled up in his heart. The legends about Hera were also recalled by him.
This Marine Admiral in front of him was not an easy-going person like Aokiji or Kizaru. If they didn't leave now, they really might only be able to swim back.
Jack could only take Ulti and prepare to leave first.
Hera's voice came from behind Jack: "When you get back, tell your boss Kaido to properly supervise the mining of Sea Stone and wait for me to go and get it."
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