Mousse was frightened out of his wits by the unexpected incident, but Huo Lisha looked aggrieved when she saw him. It turned out Smoothie had been invited to stand up for her younger siblings, only to lose three matches in a row. In her frustration, she tried to unleash her ultimate move, leaving Huo Lisha with no choice but to use hers as well and fight for all she was worth.
But Huo Lisha was faster, and the supernatural ability of the Sea King Divine Skill activated more quickly too. As a result, Smoothie's ultimate move was stopped before she could unleash it, and she was knocked down.
Charlotte Cracker, who arrived afterward, had only seen the moment Smoothie was knocked down. Naturally favoring his own sister as well, he made Huo Lisha the one chiefly responsible for the incident.
Still, when Cracker said that Smoothie had nearly been beaten to death, he was not entirely exaggerating:
Huo Lisha was already stronger than Kalifa had been during the Enies Lobby arc of One Piece. Once she revealed her trump card, her attacks were no less powerful than Werewolf Jabra's had been back then. Even though Smoothie's strength had improved greatly thanks to Mousse's wild ideas, she had been too lazy before and had accumulated too much neglected training. She was also over half a year younger than Huo Lisha, so there was no way she could withstand such a terrifying blow.
In fact, if Huo Lisha had not used punches and kicks, which were less likely to cause fatal injuries, and if her Armament Haki had been stronger instead of relying mainly on brute force, Smoothie's gelatinized body would not have been able to mitigate so much of the damage. Even if that hit had not killed her, she would