Pirates: Invincible from the Start

It was as though time had stopped.

Kuta swiftly drew his blade and slashed Bada across the chest, cutting open his gunshot wound.

"Father!"

At the sight of Kuta drawing his blade, Lia instinctively stepped forward, only to freeze in place after that single step.

"He can even do that?"

Indigo's pupils contracted sharply. He looked at Lia, then turned to stare at Kuta, his eyes filled with shock.

Kuina and the other three were much calmer.

They had seen this before.

Kuta had paused briefly when Lia rushed in, but she had not disrupted him.

Lia was too weak.

Had she been someone powerful, things would have been troublesome.

His domain could stop anything from moving, but that also depended on the strength of whatever was inside it.

The stronger a person was, the greater their vitality, and the harder it was to keep them still.

That was why he would not use this move unless he absolutely had to.

Nebulae swirled in Kuta's eyes as he stared at Bada's wound. A large bullet, five centimeters long with a rust-covered tip, slowly rose out of it.

Then it came to rest in Kuta's hand.

Kuta stared at the bullet in his palm, taken aback.

No wonder this man looked half dead. Judging by the state of the bullet, it probably would not be long before his blood corroded it enough to make it explode!

And this man's wound...

"Impressive!"

Kuta glanced down at the wound in Bada's heart and clenched his fist.

Pfft!

The bullet exploded in his hand, yet not a sound escaped.

Then he squeezed even harder.

Not even a speck remained.

He glanced at Indigo and slowly shrank his domain.

"Indigo, come here."

"Oh!"

Indigo hurried forward. As he approached, the space around Lia began flowing