The words were not Luffy’s usual cheerful yell. They were a proclamation of natural law.
Then, the rubble stirred.
The air on Dressrosa had become a suffocating blanket of pressure. Not from the heat of the sun, but from the sheer, oppressive will of a monster. Doflamingo, suspended in the sky by his spiderweb of strings, laughed a hollow, rattling laugh. luffy gear 4 episode
The Warlord crashed into the underground port, his body a broken marionette, his glasses shattered. He coughed blood, staring up at the tiny, distant circle of sky far, far above.
Doflamingo didn't get knocked back. He was driven . Driven down like a nail into the bedrock of Dressrosa. The entire island flexed . The royal plateau split in two. A crater a kilometer wide opened up beneath them. The words were not Luffy’s usual cheerful yell
He didn't launch himself at Doflamingo. He simply vanished . A sonic boom cracked the air a second after he reappeared—directly above the Warlord, his shadow eclipsing the sun.
It wasn't a desperate heave. It was a slow, deliberate shift . A low, guttural growl echoed, not from Luffy’s throat, but from the earth itself. Luffy knelt on one knee, his head bowed. His body was steam, his skin a deep, angry crimson. He wasn't panting. He was breathing . Each inhale was a cyclone; each exhale, a furnace blast. The air on Dressrosa had become a suffocating
He bit his thumb.