"Look out!"
A chill ran down Blamenco's back. He twisted aside as a woman formed from thunderclouds appeared, her graceful figure draped in golden waves of hair and bathed in azure lightning. Sparks flickered in her eyes.
Her full breasts and slender waist were concealed beneath a flowing robe woven from wisps of cloud. White ribbons streamed behind her, with sparks of lightning flashing across them from time to time.
She was a perfect, divine woman.
Now she held a black cloud-sword crackling with lightning in one hand. Armament Haki flowed across its surface as she thrust it toward Rakuyo with vicious speed.
The attack came too fast.
It was almost without warning.
Even with Blamenco's warning, Rakuyo had no time to block. He grunted as blood sprayed from his wound.
BOOM!!!
Blamenco's face darkened as he swung his massive wooden mallet in a devastating blow. But Stussy elementalized at once, merging with the surrounding thunderclouds. The empty space left by Blamenco's strike quickly filled with clouds again.
"Rakuyo, are you okay?"
Blamenco didn't dare turn to look at Rakuyo. He had to keep his eyes on Queen of Joy every second.
"If this keeps up, she'll wear us down."
"We have to find a way out of these thunderclouds."
Rakuyo's face was deathly pale, blood trickling from his chest. At least it hadn't hit anything vital.
"Damn it!"
Blamenco cursed.
He knew they had to get away from the thunderclouds, but they had already tried. Whether they went up into the sky or down into the earth, the clouds covering the land kept them trapped. There was no way out.
It was like being caught in a domain, where that woman was a god.
All she had to do was pop out and attack now and then. She could