Crack!
A crisp, ear-piercing sound of bones shattering suddenly erupted. The thundercloud instantly condensed into a human form, and Nami spat out a mouthful of blood as she was sent flying backward like a kite with its string cut.
"Hahaha! Right now, I'm the fastest in the world!"
Feeling the surging power within him, nearly overflowing, House let out a hearty laugh.
After landing his blow, he pressed his advantage without mercy. Flapping his wings wildly, he instantly caught up to the flying Nami. His Armament Haki-covered hoof lashed backward and struck her squarely in the back.
The tremendous impact and shock sent Nami flying once more. She traced a miserable arc of blood through the air before crashing heavily into the crowd of Blackening Soldiers below.
Even though she had undergone modification surgery long ago to improve her chances of survival, greatly enhancing her physical abilities, and had unleashed Haki Armor at the critical moment to offset most of the impact, Nami still felt a heart-rending agony surge wildly from her waist and abdomen.
A large patch of shocking red immediately bloomed across the skin of her waist and abdomen. Several of her ribs seemed to have been brutally broken, and the pain made her gasp continuously as her vision darkened in waves.
Dazed by the consecutive kicks, Nami gritted her teeth and staggered to her feet, only to hear dense footsteps ringing out around her again.
Countless Blackening Soldiers closed in from all directions. The pentagram magic circles beneath their feet lit up simultaneously, intending to convert her completely.
At that moment, crimson radiance fell like a fine rain, carving seemingly tiny bloody wounds across the Blackening Soldiers surrounding her.
As their skin split open, an utterly abnormal amount of blood gushed wildly from those narrow wounds. Blood