Caught off guard, Lance barely managed to raise his hand in defense, but Doflamingo's brutal strike had already landed!
"Fufufufufu… Die! Die!"
Doflamingo didn't give Lance a single chance to recover. He tore into him wildly—the steel-like threads shredded Lance's body, leaving it soaked in blood. Deep, terrifying wounds were carved into him, so deep his internal organs were nearly visible.
Down below, Cavendish's expression changed dramatically. He ripped off his white hood and leapt up on one leg with his sword, charging toward Doflamingo.
"Who the hell are you? Don't get in our young master's way!"
Senor Pink rushed to intercept Cavendish and collided with him. The two began to brawl on the ground.
Violet froze when she saw Cavendish.
Of course she recognized him. She'd thought he was long dead—killed by Doflamingo. Yet here he was, alive and now aiming to strike down Doflamingo!
"Damn it! Stop it right now!!"
Cavendish's eyes remained locked on Lance. Seeing him covered in blood, defenseless and at the edge of death, rage boiled in his chest.
"If you're a real man, then fight me head-on!"
"I won't let you interfere. Right now it's just you and me—take this seriously!"
Senor Pink bit down on his pacifier, his tone deadly serious.
"You bastards… I won't let any of you get away with this!"
Cavendish charged with his sword, clashing with Senor.
"Die! Die! Just DIE!"
"Your entire existence—is it pain? Torture? Regret? You should've stayed hidden like the man-eating monster you are… Showing yourself … Since you want to die, I'll grant your wish! I'll slice you apart piece by piece, drain your blood dry, and make sure you suffer until your last breath!"
Doflamingo slashed Lance like a lunatic. His Goshikito (Five Color Strings) tore gory wounds across Lance's body, like he meant to hack him into minced meat.
"So this is the man-eating monster?"
"He's pathetic! Can't even fight back!"
Nearby, Sugar casually munched on candy and scoffed.
"How could someone like him possibly challenge our young master's strength?"
Pica didn't interfere. He stood watching with Sugar, completely dismissing Lance as nothing more than a fish on a chopping block.
"Is that so? Because from where I'm standing… it's you two who are about to die."
Suddenly, an unfamiliar voice echoed from behind them.
In an instant, two massive hands pierced through Pica and Sugar's bodies—ripping their hearts out!
Sugar, a high-ranking officer… and Pica, one of the top executives… were killed before they could even react.
Eyes wide, they tried to look behind them, to see who had killed them. But before they could turn, their bodies collapsed stiffly to the ground—lifeless.
Violet stood nearby, horrified as she saw two humanoid, bandaged figures holding their hearts—still warm, still beating.
"What the hell just happened?!"
Doflamingo and Senor Pink immediately turned their heads. They too saw the two humanoid bandaged monsters.
Then—something happened that no one could have predicted.
The bandages on one of those monsters began to unravel—and slowly, a figure emerged that made everyone's pupils shrink.
"At first I was going to let that little girl go… but after hearing what she said about me, I changed my mind."
"Kuro #2, Kuro #3—eat them."
The figure stepping out of the bandages… was none other than Lance!
"When the hell did you get over there?!"
Doflamingo roared in fury. He looked back at the 'Lance' he'd been tearing apart—now wrapped in bandages and transforming into a humanoid bandaged monster, slowly rising from the ground.
"No way… what the hell just happened?!"
This time, Senor Pink's pacifier truly dropped to the floor in shock.
He had just watched Lance being destroyed—helplessly shredded by the young master. He was certain Lance had been on the verge of death… yet now, not only was he standing again, but his body was completely unharmed!
The eerie scene sent chills down everyone's spines.
"Well, you haven't seen anything yet. Because what's coming next… will leave your face ten times worse than now… Doflamingo."
Lance spoke with calm indifference.
This was a new ability, unlocked after his biological energy reached a certain threshold—one that broke through a limit and emerged from the Demi-Human system!
Demi-Humans could now fully swap with any of their IBMs. After a swap, the Demi-Human would reconstitute from within the bandages of the IBM, while the original body would become wrapped and sealed in bandages.
In doing so, they achieved the perfect ability to "transfer damage."
In other words, the Lance that Doflamingo had gone mad attacking… wasn't Lance at all. It was a body that had already been swapped out—a decoy IBM.
All the injuries inflicted were absorbed and sealed within the bandages, where they rapidly healed. As long as the head wasn't destroyed, the IBM could fully regenerate.
And as long as the Demi-Human was alive, the IBM could regenerate no matter how many times it was destroyed!
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