As a streak of blood flew through the air, Luffy's body was sent flying amid a swirl of air currents!
Fortunately, thanks to Luffy's Devil Fruit Awakening, the surrounding terrain had turned to rubber.
So when Luffy was sent flying and hit the ground, he avoided taking further damage from the impact. After bouncing repeatedly, he finally came to a stop.
Although he had avoided the secondary impact of hitting the ground, Luffy looked at the nearly inch-deep wound in his chest and asked with a puzzled grin, "Was that Ryuo Armament Haki too?"
As a warrior of liberation who brought people laughter and freedom, Luffy in Gear Fifth fought with an unpredictable freedom of movement, and wore a smile the entire time—even when he was injured.
Luffy was baffled by the power Momousagi had just used. He knew it was Haki, but he had never seen Haki like that before.
When he fought Kaido in Wano Country, Kaido had also used Armament Haki at the level of Ryuo. Even so, although Kaido's club infused with Ryuo could hurt him, it shouldn't have been able to wound him while he was in Gear Fifth.
But Momousagi had just used a kind of "Ryuo" he'd never seen before to wound him like this. If he hadn't spun his body to resist some of the impact, the consequences would have been unthinkable.
"Ryuo? Oh, they do call it that in Wano Country. But at the end of the day, it's just one way to use Armament Haki.
"Armament Haki has several applications, from the simple to the difficult: coating, hardening, emission, and internal destruction.
"What you call 'Ryuo' is the technique of internal destruction. Because it has the property of flowing, it's called 'Ryuo' in Wano Country.
"The Armament Haki technique I