Luffy's battle against Doflamingo is seen all over Dressrosa as the Torikago is still shrinking towards the center of the city. Franky sees Zoro who informs him that he will try to slow down the strings. Doflamingo, after recovering from Luffy's assault, creates a large amount of strings from the environment claiming that his "awakening" allows his Devil Fruit powers to evolve past their limitations. Everywhere, the people of Dressrosa are lost in despair until they hear an announcement from King Riku begging them to live on until the nightmare is over, renewing their hope. Luffy, running out of time to be in Gear 4, pushes his way out of Doflamingo's massive string attack and delivers one final attack on the Warlord, sending him crashing into the mountainside.