"Did it work?"
Hovering in midair like a bird, Catarina Devon stared intently at the dust below.
A faint red glow showed in her pupils as she prepared to use Observation Haki to sense Rosen's condition within the dust cloud, but a profound black gleam suddenly burst forth from it.
A streak of black light tore through the air, ripping apart the dust like a dragon soaring into the heavens, carrying a sharp edge that seemed capable of piercing the sky as it shot straight toward Catarina Devon in midair.
"Not good!"
Catarina Devon's pupils constricted. Watching the black light rapidly grow in her vision, she instinctively shifted her body to the left.
Then—
A domineering sharp edge struck her chest, sending her trembling and reeling backward. Immediately afterward, she heard successive sounds by her ears, like cloth tearing and bones breaking.
Catarina Devon focused her eyes and discovered that the black laser shooting toward her from the dust was the very Shinsō that had sent Avalo Pizarro flying at the start.
And it was a Shinsō transformed into a Black Blade through Armament Haki.
Her gaze continued downward, following Shinsō to the source of her pain, and she found that the Black Blade Shinsō had already pierced through the center of her chest.
Skin, flesh, and bone had all been pierced through together.
The Black Blade Shinsō had skewered her body from front to back like roasted meat on a skewer, piercing her in one strike and pinning her to the ceiling.
At this moment—
The dust stirred up when Catarina Devon had hurled Rosen from midair to the ground with Sea Bottom Drop began to disperse.
Enduring the pain, she lowered her gaze toward the ground, trying to see Rosen's injured state after being hit by her Sea