"It's you?!" Katarina's eyes nearly split with rage as she finally saw Momousagi's face. Only then did she remember that there really was such a formidable figure. It was only at this moment that Katarina understood: Jazz was the ship's highest-ranking commander, but this woman was the strongest fighter.
Momousagi looked coldly at this heinous Impel Down fugitive. Without answering, she struck out with a palm through the air, then used Six Powers—Shave to pursue her.
Katarina was both shocked and furious. Caught off guard, one of her hands had been severed. She had not been Momousagi's match before, and now that she had lost an arm, she was even less of a match for her.
Katarina hurriedly scrambled backward across the deck for dozens of meters. But when she accidentally tripped, she fell face-first onto the ground like a dog eating dirt.
Momousagi caught up from behind and immediately threw a punch down at her.
Yet, sensing the killing intent coming from behind, Katarina suddenly rolled over with a cold smile, revealing an evil grin. With a flick of her hand, the dagger in her right hand shot forth, imbued with the full force of her power, aimed directly at Momousagi's heart.
It had all been Katarina's act. She had pretended to fall in order to lower Momousagi's guard. At the same time, she waited for Momousagi to approach before launching a desperate counterattack, trying to gamble for a sliver of survival from certain death.
Katarina smiled. Momousagi had indeed rushed in barehanded, and the dagger pierced toward her chest like a shooting star.
Katarina believed that at such close range, Momousagi's Armament Haki Hardening would never be able to block that strike.
"Clang!"
A flash of sword light suddenly appeared. Momousagi flicked out a sword from her other