"Ryan!"
"Are you all right?"
Bakel shouted.
Ryan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and stood up again.
"I won't die!"
"Keep fighting!"
"Don't disgrace our commander!"
"Static Electricity · Electric Shock!"
Carrot cried out, springing swiftly from the edge of the deck like an agile white rabbit.
Blue arcs of electricity danced over her hands as she slammed them into a Giant Sea Snake trying to climb onto the deck.
Crackle!
The violent current instantly coursed through the sea snake's body, charring it black before it fell helplessly back into the sea.
"That was amazing, Carrot!"
Kuina praised her from nearby, swinging her sword to sever a tentacle reaching toward her from another sea beast.
After landing, Carrot twitched her ears and shouted.
"Kuina, watch out behind you!"
Without even turning her head, Kuina twisted strangely in midair, narrowly avoiding a jet of black venom.
The venom splashed into the seawater with a corrosive hiss, raising a cloud of white smoke.
"The monsters in the New World really are all venomous."
Kuina's gaze sharpened, and faint traces of black Haki flowed over Wado Ichimonji.
She was still trying to coat her blade more steadily with Armament Haki, but amid such violent pitching, the drain on her stamina made her Haki flicker.
My breathing... I need to adjust my breathing.
Kuina repeated the words silently.
Her teacher Koshiro had once said that a swordsman's breathing was the key to resonating with all things.
Yet in the New World's raging storms, the movement of the wind, the pounding rain, and the rise and fall of the waves were all chaotic.
Kuina tried to find her own rhythm amid these chaotic forces of nature.
"One-Sword Style: Iai · Death Lion's Song!"
Kuina lowered her stance slightly, and the instant