After retiring from the Navy, I became a doting husband.

"not good!"

Martin knew something bad was about to happen when he saw the person suddenly emerge and heard their voice. Pica was a user of the Stone-Stone Fruit, which allowed him to control stones at will. When he merged with rocks, it was no less powerful than a Logia-type Devil Fruit. It could be a special Paramecia-type Devil Fruit with Logia-type abilities.

"Oh!"

Martin pushed off and rushed forward, trying to rush into the passage to catch up, but Pica blocked the entrance in an instant, almost causing Martin to crash into the rocks. Fortunately, he changed direction at the last moment.

"Who are you to dare to hunt down the young master? This is unforgivable!"

Pica shouted as she activated her Devil Fruit ability once more.

"Crucus stone!"

Pica merged into the underground, and then many tentacles flew out from the ground, dancing wildly in the air and blocking Martin, who originally wanted to rush towards the palace.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

Martin peered around, carefully observing the dancing tentacles. Under Pica's control, the hard rocks moved as nimbly as octopus tentacles, shooting towards Martin from all directions.

"Boom bang bang..."

Martin quickly swung his arms and legs, knocking away all the tentacles that were shooting at him. Although the tentacles were powerful, they could not hurt Martin at all. However, with these tentacles blocking his way, it had become impossible to continue chasing Doflamingo.

"go to hell!"

When Pica saw that his tentacle had been knocked off, his Devil Fruit power activated again, and new tentacles appeared once more.

"This is so troublesome!"

Martin looked at the newly generated tentacles and felt a surge of irritation. As long as Pica remained underground, these tentacles could continue indefinitely.

"boom!"

A roar came, black smoke billowed from the ground, and a loud shout came from above Martin's head.

"Who dares to pollute God's ears with such a sound!"

Martin heard the shout coming from above and knew without looking up that it was Enel.

"Xiao Ai, leave this guy to me! I'll teach him a lesson about the consequences of offending a great god!"

Enel slowly descended from above, and his body was actually a cloud.

"This isn't Charlotte Linlin's Zeus the Thundercloud! What's going on with Enel?!"

Seeing the cloud beneath Enel, Martin asked in surprise, "No wonder the cloud that was with Charlotte Linlin didn't appear."

"Dad, I don't know either. Just now it suddenly started following me. I don't understand what's going on! Maybe it's because I'm a god, and it was subdued by my divine power!"

Enel struck a pose that he thought was majestic and imposing.

Martin broke out in a sweat, pushed off the ground with both feet, and jumped toward the palace.

"If you want to pursue the young master, you'll have to get past me first!"

Another scream rang out, and a stone giant suddenly stood up from the ground, swinging a huge fist toward Martin.

Pica, who had just recovered from being electrocuted, saw Martin about to chase after Doflamingo again and quickly activated his ability once more.

"One million volts!"

Pica's fist was in mid-air when Enel's attack arrived. A huge bolt of lightning descended from the sky and struck the stone golem directly.

"Clap clap clap!"

The giant stone figure fell apart, with pieces of rock constantly falling from its body.

Enel's lightning struck Pica directly, numbing him once again.

Although Pica was hiding inside the rocks, Enel's terrifying Observation Haki locked onto his location. Unfortunately, the lightning was split by the earth, so while it could hit Pica, killing him was not easy.

Doflamingo was running quickly through the tunnel created by Pica when suddenly his body trembled and he collapsed to his knees. He had been electrocuted by a current.

"Young Master, hurry! They've brought a Logia-type Rumble-Rumble Fruit user! My Stone-Stone Fruit is countered!"

A sharp scream reached Doflamingo's ears, and then he saw a passage appear above his head.

Without a second thought, Doflamingo leaped out of the passage. As soon as he emerged, he saw the palace walls and his mind cleared. He was already at the palace and would be able to deal with Martin soon.

Doflamingo glanced back at the thought and saw a figure rapidly approaching. "Damn it, they're chasing me again!"

Doflamingo quickly activated his Devil Fruit ability, and several threads appeared in his hands. He shot them towards the upper floors of the palace and climbed up like Spider-Man.

"Where do you think you're going!"

Martin, who was flying in the air, suddenly saw Doflamingo climbing the wall, shouted and sped up.

"Oh!"

As soon as Doflamingo climbed the wall, a sharp pain shot through his back, making him feel like his old back was about to break.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Doflamingo crashed into the palace, moving back and forth along the palace walls until he finally stopped on one of them, with mouthfuls of blood flowing from his mouth.

Doflamingo struggled to sit up, leaning against the wall. Now he knew why Charlotte Linlin had been defeated so silently.

Martin's attack power had become so strong that he injured himself like this with just one blow. His internal organs were damaged by the shock and he was bleeding profusely.

This reminded Doflamingo of their last battle. Back then, his Devil Fruit power had just awakened, and although he was at a disadvantage, he wasn't completely powerless to fight back. But this time, he could only run away. Although he had run away out of cowardice, he was glad he ran fast. If he had foolishly rushed forward, he might have died long ago, even though the final result was the same.

Is this the power of the Five Emperors?

"treat!"

Doflamingo placed his hand on his chest, his fingers twitching incessantly. Several thin lines on his fingers penetrated his body, constantly moving within it. Before long, his damaged internal organs were repaired.

"Clap!"

Doflamingo had just finished repairing his internal organs when he heard a thud, and Martin jumped down from the sky.

Martin crossed his arms and coldly stared at Doflamingo, the man who wielded immense power in the world of One Piece, who sat on the ground.

This Doflamingo is an extremely ambitious guy.

"Why, why do you insist on killing me?"

Doflamingo roared at Martin with a terrified look in his eyes.

Think about how he achieved his goal of becoming a Shichibukai in the past few years, escaped the Navy's pursuit, and then became an agent of the dark forces.

Just when he was at the height of his power, he was suddenly captured by Martin. He barely managed to escape, then the dragonmen on his own territory were killed, followed by his subordinates being killed one by one, and finally it was his turn. He was unwilling to accept this outcome.

Why did I kill you? Because I didn't like you.

"Aren't you and that old lady plotting something against me?"

"In the end, I killed him in return, and he acted like I was the victim, even asking me why I killed him. It's ridiculous."

Upon hearing Martin's answer, Doflamingo was stunned. It seemed that things were indeed as they appeared. He had tried to save face by killing Martin time and time again, only to end up losing both his reputation and his army. Who would have thought that this newly appointed one of the Five Emperors, who had only been in power for a few years, could be so strong?

This guy clearly hasn't established his own faction, so how come he's this powerful?

Doflamingo secretly regretted it. Why did he have to provoke this madman? This man's arrogant personality was comparable to his own.

Wait, it seems we don't have much of a grudge, and things don't seem that bad. If I apologize to him, the matter will be over. I'll take my revenge on him when I'm stronger.

Doflamingo smiled slightly as he thought about it. "Now that I think about it, Martin is right. I was so angry about that mess that I lost my mind. You didn't suffer any losses, but I lost several of my officers. How about we just let it go? I promise I won't bother you again. We can even cooperate. I have channels to deal with all kinds of troubles, whether it's the World Government or the dark forces."

Martin sneered inwardly when he saw Doflamingo's change in attitude. How could such a simple scheme possibly succeed? The Donquixote Family were ambitious and madmen, and they were already locked in a life-or-death struggle. How could things end peacefully? If he let him go this time, who knew when they would stab him in the back again.

Martin ignored Doflamingo, raising one leg high and preparing to kick him in the head.

"Martin, you've gone too far! I've already surrendered, yet you still want to kill me? I'll fight you to the death!"

Doflamingo yelled and stood up from the ground, flicking his hand toward Martin.

"Surpassing the whip!"

A thick line was swung directly from Doflamingo's hand towards Martin in front of him.

Martin dodged the fall of the line with a quick movement and kicked...

He then kicked it down.

"Shield White Line!"

Doflamingo clasped his hands together in the middle, and the two buildings next to him turned into two thick white lines, their fingers interlaced and blocking his way.

"break!"

Doflamingo's string shield seemed to have no effect, as it was kicked through by Martin. This surprised Martin himself, as he thought it would be like before, with the strings softening first and then breaking through the defense. He didn't expect it to be kicked through directly. With the addition of golden Haki, the penetrating power of his attacks was really too strong.

"Oh!"

Doflamingo hastily retreated after unleashing his white shield. He knew his shield couldn't stop Martin, but he didn't expect Martin to break through his defenses so quickly, as if his shield didn't exist at all. He was kicked in the chest and sent flying backward again, finally crashing into a boulder.

"Tap tap tap tap!"

Martin walked steadily and unhurriedly toward Doflamingo, his hands in his pockets and a slight smile on his lips, as if he were mocking something.

"puff!"

Doflamingo coughed up blood again, his freshly stitched internal organs ruptured once more, and mouthfuls of blood gushed from his mouth. As Martin's footsteps drew closer, his heart began to pound violently, as if trying to break free from the restraints of his body.

Doflamingo had to prop himself up and use his Devil Fruit powers to repair his internal organs again, this time the damage was much more severe than before.

Doflamingo's actions did not escape Martin's perception with his Observation Haki. "No need for all that trouble. What's the point of repairing your internal organs?"

As Martin spoke, he had already arrived in front of Doflamingo, standing on one foot and raising the other high, about to land.

Doflamingo sensed his impending death and raised his head, shouting, "You can't kill me! You can't kill me! If you dare to kill me, the World Government and Kaido will not let you off!"

After Doflamingo finished shouting, seeing that Martin showed no sign of stopping, he quickly continued shouting, "As long as you don't kill me, I can tell you a big secret, a big secret about the Celestial Dragons."

Doflamingo spoke these words in a very fast manner, and then he kept panting. The words he had spoken so quickly had caused his internal organs to ache slightly.

Doflamingo lowered his head and covered his chest with his hand. At that moment, he saw someone appear behind Martin.

"It's Sugar! Sugar has finally arrived. It wasn't for nothing that I created this opportunity and stalled for time." Doflamingo was overjoyed to see Sugar appear.

"Don't you want to know the secret of the Dragon People? This is the Dragon People's highest secret, related to their life and death. Once you master this secret, you can control the Dragon People, control the World Government, and then rule this world, becoming the supreme king..."

Seeing Sugar slowly approaching Martin, Doflamingo began to mutter loudly to himself, hoping to distract Martin with his secret and give Sugar an opportunity to strike.

"call!"

Just as Sugar's hand slowly approached Martin's body and was about to touch him, a terrifying pressure suddenly emanated from Martin, and Sugar's vision went white as she fainted.