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With Simon's feet moving wildly, beams of incredibly sharp light rained down like arrows, striking the ground directly. These beams gleamed with a dazzling cold light, and wherever they passed, the air seemed to be torn apart, emitting a sharp whistling sound.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Several loud explosions rang out in succession, deafeningly loud. The ground trembled violently under this fierce attack, like countless boulders being thrown into a calm lake, creating ripples that spread outwards.

However, even with the ground shaking so violently, Senio Pik still did not appear.

And so, for a moment, the scene became eerily calm.

On the other side, Dota had finished his battle. He leaped out of the sea, holding a fat figure in his hand. It was none other than Machabais, the Donquixote Family executive who had fought him—the Paramecia-type Devil Fruit user, the Ton-Ton Fruit.

Machbais's attacks are quite simple. The Ton-Ton Fruit allows him to float in the air with his enormous body and restore or increase his weight at any time, thus changing his weight to attack.

Before Dota, who had mastered the Six Styles of the Navy, all of Mahabez's attacks missed their mark, unable to even touch the hem of Dota's clothes. So, despite the uneven terrain of their battle, the two never actually clashed once.

After several cautious attempts, Dotai finally succeeded in luring the massive and incredibly strong Mahabez to an area near the sea. Dotai suddenly raised his arm, employing his most proficient fish-man karate techniques.

As if summoned by some mysterious force, a large amount of seawater quickly gathered together, forming a thick and towering giant water column.

Immediately afterward, Dotai manipulated the water jet without hesitation, slamming it down on Mahabez with tremendous force. With a deafening roar, the water jet collided head-on with Mahabez.

As he collided with the column of seawater, Mahabez thought to himself, "This is bad."

Sure enough, the next moment, Machabis seemed to have encountered its natural enemy, and instantly lost its Devil Fruit power. It was slammed into the sea by the water column. Dotai jumped into the sea and pulled the unconscious Machabis out of the water.

He remembered the captain saying that if they encountered a Devil Fruit user, they should capture them alive and hand them over to him. He also explained the reason to them: he could directly strip the Devil Fruit from the user.

When they first heard it, everyone on the ship was shocked, but when they thought of the captain's mysterious and unpredictable abilities, they understood.

He grabbed Mahabais and brought him to Simon's side, asking, "How is it?"

Simon said dejectedly, "That person could move across the ground like swimming. After I severely injured him, he simply sank into the ground and never came out again."

Dotay pondered for a moment and then said, "It's alright. Using his Devil Fruit power will consume his stamina. He'll come out on his own when he can't hold on any longer."

Simon nodded; that was the only way.

With a deafening roar, Da Pan shattered the stone golem that Pica had conjured once more. He slung his dragon-coiled staff over his shoulder and arrogantly declared, "You Don Quixote family are all you know how to do is hide. You're too weak, no fun at all."

Clearly, Simon had also sensed the battle taking place there using his Observation Haki.

"Screech, you wretched bear, I'm going to crush you!" The voice was sharp but slow, and Serka emerged from a broken rock.

Serka was tall with wavy hair, wearing armor and a helmet with a cross-shaped faceplate, a typical tough guy look, but his voice was sharp and unpleasant, giving off an inexplicable sense of incongruity.

"Damn it, I'm a panda, Kung Fu Panda, you know? Not a bear, you bumpkin. And your voice is awful, you'd better shut up!" Da Pan first angrily refuted Pica's claim that he was a bear, and then started complaining about Pica's unpleasant voice.

Pika hated it most of all when people said his voice was unpleasant. He was furious and clasped his hands together. Instantly, two thick arms appeared on the ground beneath Da Pan's feet and grabbed at Da Pan.

Da Pan remained calm. He swept down with his dragon-coiled staff, and the two stone arms shattered instantly like porcelain. However, the broken pieces quickly reassembled and grabbed at Da Pan again. This time, Da Pan did not attack the stone arms. Instead, he used a "shave" to get in front of Pika and smashed the dragon-coiled staff hard at Pika.

With a loud crash, the rock shattered, but Pika had already dived back into it.

Seeing this, Da Pan sneered, "Do you think you can escape?"

Da Pan slammed the Panlong Staff hard into the ground, and a strange wave swept across the surrounding stones. The stones of different sizes turned into powder and dissipated in the air. The ultimate technique of the Eight Desolate Staff Technique - Vibration.

With a "pfft," Pika spat out a mouthful of blood and fell into a huge rock, clearly seriously injured. The boulder itself turned to dust.

Da Pan smugly twirled his staff, then said disdainfully, "What's the use of dodging? In this world, you need real strength, you little punk."

"Chirp chirp chirp, don't be so smug, I haven't even used my full strength yet!" As the sharp voice fell, the ground around them began to shake violently. The ground began to crack and turn into huge rocks, and these rocks gathered together to form a huge stone giant.

Felina and the others were drawn to the commotion. When they saw the giant, which was hundreds of meters tall, they all showed expressions of disbelief. This was a human instinct in response to enormous objects, and had nothing to do with strength.

Simon, Dote, and the unconscious Mahabais and Filina reunited, but the other man, Seniolk, had disappeared without a trace.

Felina created a giant cloud and flew several companions and three prisoners into the sky, temporarily leaving the battlefield. They weren't too worried about Da Pan, who was only slightly weaker than Lin Yi on the ship, and his strength was beyond doubt.

The people of the Kingdom of Nordis also saw the stone giant and fled in terror. Many even began cursing Lin Yi and his group, wondering why they had provoked the Don Quixote family, which had brought annihilation to the Kingdom of Nordis.

"I'll smash you!" Pica's voice rang out from the stone giant, as its enormous stone foot stomped down on Da Pan.

Da Pan remained fearless, dodging the stone giant's attack with a "Shave" technique. He then used Moonwalk to fly into the air, arriving at the stone giant's chest. Ignoring the stone giant's grabbing arm, Da Pan took a deep breath, one hand forward and the other holding the Coiled Dragon Staff, his arm slightly backward, gathering power. The Coiled Dragon Staff, covered in Armament Haki, struck the stone giant's chest with a powerful shout: "Eight Desolate Staff Techniques - Martial Extreme Break!"

With a loud "bang," the stone giant, hundreds of meters tall, began to shatter from its chest until the shattering spread throughout its entire body. This stone giant, which Pica had created using all his strength, could not even withstand a single blow from Da Pan.

"Pfft!" Pika spat out a mouthful of blood, his whole body covered in blood, his armor was tattered and he looked extremely disheveled.

If he hadn't covered his entire body with Armament Haki at the crucial moment, he would have been shattered into pieces like these stones. He survived by sheer luck, but he would no longer have the strength to fight.

Da Pan landed in front of Pica from mid-air, knocking him unconscious with a single blow. With a flick of his staff, he placed Pica on it like a piece of cargo, then found a relatively undamaged spot to sit down, waiting for Lin Yi to finish his fight. A glance out of the corner of his eye revealed, "Hey, there's still a little mouse here."

Without a word, a shockwave, and another prisoner was captured.

Lin Yi, who was brutally beating Doflamingo like a punching bag, sensed the situation and smiled broadly, saying to Doflamingo teasingly, "Hey Doflamingo, it seems your subordinates aren't doing so well."

Doflamingo's expression finally turned grim. He was being overwhelmed by Lin Yi, and the Donquixote Family's officers had been captured alive by the enemy's crew, which made him feel a sense of crisis.

Doflamingo created another clone using thin threads, while his main body quickly escaped by stepping on the air passage. Yes, Doflamingo was running away; he had lost the arrogance he had when he first arrived.

"Hey, trying to run? You think you can escape?" Lin Yi's lips curled into a playful smile. He shattered the attacking clone with a single slash, then pointed at the fleeing Doflamingo and said, "Spatial Imprisonment."

Instantly, Doflamingo, who had been fleeing, froze on the spot, unable to move. Doflamingo was shocked. What kind of technique was this? As he tried to break free, Lin Yi appeared in front of him and kicked him to the ground.

Then Lin Yi stomped Doflamingo's head hard under his foot.

Humiliated, Doflamingo was filled with shame and indignation, but he threatened, "Fufufufu, brat, since you know I was once a Celestial Dragon, you should understand that if you kill me, the World Government will not let you off the hook."

Lin Yi chuckled and lifted his foot. Doflamingo was overjoyed, thinking that the threat had worked and that Lin Yi was afraid of the World Government and dared not kill him. He planned to deal with Lin Yi later to avenge today's humiliation.

Unexpectedly, Lin Yi stomped down hard again, shoving his head, which he had just raised slightly, back into the ground.

"Aaaaaah, I'm going to kill you brat!" Doflamingo roared furiously.

Lin Yi chuckled, "Old Duo, don't you understand your situation yet? What you need to do now is beg for mercy, not threaten."

"Begging for mercy? Impossible, Lin Yi. If you have the guts, kill me. The World Government will destroy everything related to you," Doflamingo said with a ferocious expression.

"It seems you still don't understand. When we are strong enough, even the World Government can't do anything to us. Besides, it's uncertain whether the World Government will even stand up for you," Lin Yi said contemptuously.

Doflamingo is ultimately just an exiled Celestial Dragon, not one of the Celestial Dragons of Mary Geoise. Whether the World Government would offend him because of Doflamingo is another matter. Even if the World Government were to come and exterminate them because of Doflamingo, he wouldn't be afraid. With his current strength, no one in this world can stop him. Perhaps only a Time-Time Fruit of equal rank could, but no one has ever been known to have obtained a Time-Time Fruit.

He gathered power beneath his feet and stomped Doflamingo unconscious. At that moment, Felina and the others, along with Da Pan, each came to Lin Yi's side.

Seeing that everyone was safe and sound, Lin Yi smiled and said, "How are you? No one's hurt, right?"

The group shook their heads. Simon looked at the two people Da Pan was holding with surprise. He immediately recognized the man in the suit as the one he was fighting.

“Big Pan, where did you find him?” Simon asked, pointing to Senio Pik.

"Haha, you mean him? While I was resting, this guy tried to secretly rescue the person I was holding, but I discovered him and just grabbed him on a whim," Da Pan laughed smugly.

"Amazing, this guy can move freely on objects, it disgusts me to no end," Simon exclaimed.

Da Pan proudly raised his head. Seeing this, Lin Yi chuckled and said, "Alright, you all did a great job, especially Felina. She surprised me; not only did she take down the enemy on her own, but she also teamed up with Fiona to defeat a powerful foe. She's improved a lot. Now, everyone, let's return to the Traveler and hold a victory celebration banquet!"

As Lin Yi finished announcing the end of the banquet, the group cheered.

Lin Yi opened a spatial portal beside him, and the group, along with the prisoners, filed in and returned to the Traveler. They first soaked the prisoners in the seawater pool, and then began preparing for the banquet.

As for the Don Quixote Family pirates on the Flamingo and the treasure on board, Lin Yi believed that King Kimi of the Kingdom of Nordis would handle it well.

Now, after the great battle, all they want is to enjoy a delicious meal.

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Chapter 29 Dream Exploration Travel Adventure Group Becomes Famous

The banquet lasted until late at night. Da Pan and the fishman brothers were all completely drunk. Even the three girls, Philina, Fiona, and Chiyo, had a few sips. But this time, Lin Yi didn't get drunk. After all, there were still several prisoners with considerable strength on the ship, and as the captain, Lin Yi had that sense of responsibility.

Ignoring the drunken group, Lin Yi greeted a few girls and then went to the place where Doflamingo and the others were being held.

They all received the same treatment: their hands and feet were shackled, and they were thrown into wooden barrels filled with seawater, leaving their heads exposed in a disheveled state, which looked somewhat comical.

Doflamingo and the others had all woken up from their coma, but because they had been soaking in the seawater, they were now slumped over like mud, their heads hanging limply and their bodies weak.

Upon seeing Lin Yi enter, Doflamingo's subordinates glared angrily, wishing they could tear the culprit who had imprisoned their young master in such a humiliating manner to pieces.

Lin Yi produced an apple, happily ate it, ignoring their angry glares, circled around them a few times, and even made mocking "tsk tsk tsk" sounds.

Lin Yi took a bite of apple and slowly said, "Doflamingo, the way you Celestial Dragons behave is truly disgusting." Doflamingo raised his eyes and snorted coldly.

Lin Yi continued, "The Kingdom of Nordis was once peaceful, but because of your schemes, countless innocent people have died tragically, and families have been torn apart. I've heard that you're also involved in the slave trade, treating those poor souls like commodities. Have you ever imagined that one day you too would become a prisoner?"

Lin Yi had dared to openly insult his revered young master in front of everyone, an act that instantly enraged Diamanti! His eyes widened, and he roared at Lin Yi, "You ignorant brat, don't spout nonsense! How can those lowly commoners, as insignificant as ants, be compared to our noble and honorable Don Quixote family? In this vast world, the law of the jungle is the eternal law of survival! For these lowly people to have the honor of attracting the attention of my young master is already a blessing they've accumulated over many lifetimes!"

Lin Yi laughed loudly: "Heh, is that so? Don't you think you're just like ants I can crush at my feet? And who gave you the courage to shout the theory of the survival of the fittest in front of me, even though you're a prisoner?"

As he spoke, a spatial slash severed one of his ears. Diamanti remained defiant, not uttering a sound, and continued to stare intently at Lin Yi with his eyes.

Doflamingo finally spoke: "Kid, don't think you can do anything by capturing us. My forces and the World Government will not let you get away with this."

Lin Yi shrugged: "Doflamingo, you overestimate your importance and underestimate my strength. I don't even put the World Government in my eyes. Today, you all must atone for the sins you have committed. After you die, those you have harmed will devour your souls along with you."

Doflamingo's pupils shrank. He sensed Lin Yi's murderous intent towards him and his companions in Lin Yi's words. Although he scoffed at Lin Yi's boast of strength, thinking that Lin Yi was simply ignorant of his own limitations, Lin Yi's intention to kill him was still very clear.

He tried to soften his tone as he said, "Actually, there's no deep-seated hatred between us. Your people weren't harmed; on the contrary, you killed one of my important subordinates. I can overlook all of that. If you release us, I can cooperate with you. From now on, everything in the Donquixote Family will be at your disposal. I also know a secret of the Celestial Dragons, a secret powerful enough to destroy the world. If we cooperate, overthrowing the World Government is possible."

When those tempting words reached Lin Yi's ears, he was slightly taken aback at first, then couldn't help but laugh. The laughter was initially low, but it quickly grew louder and louder, as if the entire space was filled with it. Accompanying the laughter was a clear look of mockery on Lin Yi's face.

He smiled, looking at Doflamingo with a nonchalant yet slightly contemptuous gaze, and then slowly began to speak: "Doflamingo, Doflamingo, I must admit, in some ways, you are indeed a qualified ambitious man. It's just a pity..." Lin Yi paused deliberately, seemingly to whet the other's appetite, before continuing, "It's just a pity that your strength doesn't match your enormous ambition! Even so, I must tell you the truth—I'm not exactly a saint myself. But even someone like me, deep down, still hopes that this world could have fewer ambitious yet unworthy individuals like you!"

"Why? You won't gain anything by killing me. On the contrary, you might get into a lot of trouble. If you cooperate with me, you will gain the wealth and power of the Donquixote Family. Do you really want to kill me for those ants?" Doflamingo couldn't understand Lin Yi's behavior.

Faced with Doflamingo and his group's anger and confusion, Lin Yi no longer wanted to waste his breath arguing with them.

He took out all sorts of fruits from his spatial storage and placed them around the group, thus sealing off the space around them. His routine was incredibly practiced.

Ignoring their horrified looks, you decided to take down Diamanti, the foul-mouthed bastard, first of all, since he was quite courageous.

He yanked Diamanti, who was still spouting nonsense, out of the barrel and swiftly snapped his neck. Soon, a yellow Devil Fruit with patterns appeared in the pile of fruit.

Lin Yi grinned and put the Devil Fruit into his storage space.

Having witnessed the entire process, Doflamingo exclaimed in disbelief, "Impossible! How could you possess the ability to steal someone else's Devil Fruit? Who are you?"

Faced with Doflamingo's question, Lin Yi smiled but did not answer. He never had much patience for the dead. He snapped the necks of Gladius, Pica, and Machvise in turn, and three more powerful Devil Fruits appeared in Lin Yi's storage space.

Gladius was captured by Filina. He was very unlucky; his Devil Fruit ability was completely countered by Filina. He possessed the Paramecia-type Boom-Boom Fruit, which allowed him to turn any object he touched into an explosive and throw it at his enemies to cause damage. However, under Filina's thundercloud attack, all these explosives were rendered useless. Therefore, he was easily struck by Filina's thundercloud and rendered unable to resist.

Lin Yi approached the man in the suit, Señor Pic, and without hesitation, snapped his neck. In the anime, Oda portrays Señor Pic as a loyal, compassionate, and ruthless tough guy who doesn't resort to trickery. His willingness to dress as a baby and act silly in front of his wife, who is in a vegetative state, to make her happy is a feature that many One Piece fans adore.

But Lin Yi believed that as a member of the Donquixote Family, how could Señor Piccolo not have innocent lives on his hands? Moreover, his wife's coma was largely due to him, and their marriage was the result of his deception. Therefore, Lin Yi showed no mercy, and soon, another Devil Fruit was in his hands.

Lin Yi stopped in front of Doflamingo. Knowing he was doomed, Doflamingo regained his arrogant demeanor. "Fufufufufu, brat, even if you kill me, the evil of this world will not disappear. You cannot change the fate of the weak. At the summit of that Red Line, there exists the most evil power in this world. I look forward to you breaking it, you arrogant brat."

"I will go and see it when I have the chance, but you will never see it. Now, atone for the sins you have committed," Lin Yi said calmly.

Lin Yi, expressionless, reached out and tightly gripped Doflamingo's thick neck. His fingers tightened like iron clamps, giving his opponent no chance to breathe. Finally, with a crisp "crack," Doflamingo's cervical vertebrae were completely crushed, and his body slumped limply to the ground, lifeless.