The Blinding Streak of Bloodred / Monsters

Everything around them suddenly fell silent.

Time itself seemed to stop. All they could hear was their own heartbeat.

"Going all out?"

Kuta lowered his left hand and smiled at Kuina. Her knees were slightly bent, her right hand gripped the Wado Ichimonji, and lightning coursed around her entire body.

Lightning could do more than accelerate objects. It could give someone incredible speed without turning their body into an element!

This was the combat state Kuta had devised just for Kuina after she gained the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.

As far as he was concerned, both Crocodile's Desert God and Enel's Thunder God were stupid abilities. They might work against ordinary people, but against a strong opponent, making yourself that big just turned you into a target.

Turning into an element could indeed give Kuina incredible speed, but it left her with little power to attack.

Against strong opponents, pure lightning was easy to block, even if she infused it with Haki.

For a Logia user to truly defeat an enemy, they had to give up their elemental form and become solid again.

Otherwise, they could only deal elemental damage.

That was devastating to ordinary people, but against the strong—especially those proficient in Haki—it barely hurt.

That was why Kizaru's Light-Speed Kick and Akainu's Hell Hound both involved wrapping an element around their bodies.

Kizaru used the speed of light to increase the force of his kick.

Akainu used magma's destructive heat to add power to his fist.

Light or magma alone did little harm to a strong opponent.

The same held true for Kuina.

Her lightning could stimulate her cells from within, making them more active and increasing her strength. Wrapped around her body, it could also accelerate her to extreme speeds, much like a Railgun.

As for this state...

Kuta