Sambel looked at Christa's blood-red lips and deathly pale face, then felt the pain coursing through his own body. A strange feeling stirred within him.
He had actually been driven into such a miserable state by a child this young.
Had his era truly passed?
Christa rose, the pain in her back nearly knocking the breath out of her.
But she knew she could not give him a chance to catch his breath.
Finish him while he's down!
Christa clapped her hands together, sending lightning shooting out.
Then she infused the Thunderbolt with the flowing and condensing properties of Armament Haki.
Six black laser beams shot toward Sambel faster than the naked eye could follow.
Almost the instant Sambel saw Christa move, six black holes appeared in his body.
Sambel grunted, opened his mouth, and coughed out a puff of black smoke.
The blood inside those six holes had been scorched, and the muscles were charred black as well.
Shaken by the close call, Sambel hurriedly concentrated all his Armament Haki around his vital points.
That attack had been faster than anything he had ever seen.
He had not even seen how it hit him!
Even if he had, his reflexes would never have been fast enough to dodge.
That attack was terrifying.
If she had aimed at his heart earlier, this battle would already have been over.
Christa clapped her hands together again.
Sambel immediately tensed his entire body and moved from his spot.
He knew his only chance to dodge that attack was while she was aiming.
Once she launched it, there would be no dodging it.
But the black lightning that appeared this time had changed again.
It drifted outward like a powerless cloud.
Sambel froze at the sight.
The lightning threads wound through the air, circling