Tina might not have realized it herself, but she looked down on this world.
Of course, she would never admit it.
But right now, the crisis had arisen precisely because Tina had taken it for granted that the Deep Sea King did not possess Observation Haki.
She had assumed he could not tell which was an Illusion and which was the real body.
But sensing auras had never been exclusive to Observation Haki across the myriad worlds.
It merely possessed additional abilities on top of aura sensing.
And it was not just the Deep Sea King.
Many powerful figures in this Hero World possessed similar abilities.
Tatsumaki had made it very clear: whether one was an esper or not, all living beings had various energies flowing within them.
Some simply called it "qi," "spirit," or something else.
Even Genos's detector searched through biological energy.
"Can't dodge!"
Tina watched helplessly as the Deep Sea King's savage face drew closer and closer.
Her legs had just used "Illusion," making it difficult for her to immediately perform another Physical Art.
Such as using Soru to evade.
So all she could do was cover her entire body in Armament Haki.
The whole process was simply too fast—calling it the blink of an eye would have been slow.
[Bang!!!]
A deafening collision of flesh and a surging blast of air erupted across the battlefield.
But it was not Tina. Sentomaru had arrived in time and blocked the Deep Sea King head-on.
"Don't look down on me, Fish King! Sooner or later, my defense will be number one among the Sea Star People!"
With nearly half his legs sunk into the earth, Sentomaru ignored the pain wracking his body.
His blackened arms tightly gripped the Deep Sea King's outstretched right arm.
He gritted his teeth and