Flying Dragon Strike

"Two-thousandfold speed! Death Tree Hole!" Deadwood launched a desperate attack, hammering out streaks of black lightning that tore through space. He even had a hidden killing move—"Death Tongue—!"

A snake-like shadow lashed from his beak at an invisible speed, drawing a bizarre arc behind Kuina and stabbing toward her heart from the blind spot beneath her ribs! It was his tongue. Its tip was not only a sword, but barbed, and it could extend to an unimaginable length!

With a flick of Miming's hand, a tiny leaf wrapped in Armament Haki flashed like a throwing knife and severed Deadwood's tongue!

At the same time, Kuina's blade light carried her out of the Death Tree Hole's domain. Every streak of sword light resembled a falling red leaf, and Kuina danced through the air atop those leaves, cutting the space binding her into pieces before bringing her sword down in a headlong strike!

"Tornado Elegy, Flying Dragon Strike—!"

"Waaah—!" Deadwood let out a miserable scream. His severed tongue retracted into his mouth as he desperately beat his tattered wings to evade backward. But Kuina's sword energy carried a tremendous pulling force, slowing his movements. In the end, he still managed to leap away with the strength of his wings, though his chest was viciously slashed.

Kuina planted both feet firmly on the ground. "It's not over yet. Finishing move, Earth-Shaking Thunder, Reindeer Slash—!"

Miming's eyes widened. It sounded like a new move Kuina had just improvised?

"Huh?!" Chopper was grabbed by the hoof and swung horizontally by Kuina. A mountain-crushing blast of sword energy howled from Chopper's antlers and brutally struck Deadwood's skull from the side.

Deadwood's face was smashed to pieces at once. His eyeballs bulged out, his head caved in, and amid a mighty deer cry, he spun through the