Bartolomeo stared in disbelief at the punctured barrier.
Since eating the Barrier-Barrier Fruit, Bartolomeo had never seen his barrier breached.
"How can a monster like that exist?"
Only now did Bartolomeo truly understand why everyone around him feared Werther so much.
After piercing the barrier, Werther thrust forward, aiming straight for Koala. She was the closest.
Koala had been on guard. She took a few steps back until she was pressed against the barrier behind her.
Werther missed Koala, but he did not seem to mind. He slowly pulled Intent Blood out of the barrier.
Werther circled the cylindrical barrier twice, occasionally studying the people inside.
Koala and the others looked less like they were being protected by the barrier than imprisoned inside it, waiting to be slaughtered.
"Bzzzt."
Lightning spread across Intent Blood's surface, and Werther slashed at the barrier.
Crack!
A gash appeared in the barrier. The cylindrical wall had been cut more than halfway through, but not completely.
The people inside were caught in the slash as well.
The Fish-Man Hack screamed as half his forearm fell to the ground and blood gushed from the wound.
Even so, Bartolomeo did not dare drop the barrier. They would die even faster if he did.
Just as Werther was about to strike the barrier again, a violent gust swept in.
The wind was blue-green, nothing like a natural wind.
"Dragon Claw: Limb Severing!"
As the furious shout rang out, a dragon claw coated in Armament Haki lunged at Werther.
It was a real dragon claw: sharp talons, a fleshy paw covered in black scales, and powerful Armament Haki enveloping it.
It was Monkey D. Dragon. Dragon had finally made his move.
One of Dragon's arms had transformed completely, resembling the foreleg of a great dragon.
Werther smiled. Dragon had