Heavy crossbow bolts powerful enough to pierce steel warships snapped inch by inch the instant they struck the Haki barrier, turning into countless pieces of scrap iron that clattered to the ground.
"How is that possible?! What the hell is that wall of air?!"
The deputy commander standing atop the giant beast felt his pupils contract to pinpoints, his heart seeming to take a vicious blow from a sledgehammer.
"Those are high-pressure armor-piercing crossbows loaded with Seastone powder! Why can't they tear even a single crack in their defenses?!"
Cold sweat streamed down the deputy commander's forehead, and the spiked club in his hand trembled uncontrollably.
"Not only did they fail to penetrate, they didn't even disrupt the flow of Haki?! Where did these monsters come from?!"
The Wano Country samurai stood unharmed behind the wall of air. Seeing the entire rain of arrows destroyed, they erupted in deafening cheers once more.
"Lady Kuina is mighty! Lord Denjiro is invincible!"
"Mere hidden-arrow mechanisms dare dream of stopping the Fearless Empire's iron tread!"
The samurai's morale soared, their spears and swords scraping together in dazzling flashes of cold light.
"Ryan, break up the beasts' formation!"
Lorne stood at the very center of the ranks with his hands behind his back, calmly issuing his command.
"As you command, Captain!"
Ryan instantly drew the specially made twin pistols at his waist and sprang into the air like a hunting leopard.
"Special explosive armor-piercing rounds: barrage!"
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Flames spewed wildly from the muzzles. Dozens of lead bullets wrapped in spiraling force tore through the air, striking the eye sockets and throats of the beasts charging at the very front with unerring precision.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The violent, high-temperature explosives suddenly detonated inside the beasts, and blinding flames and billowing smoke instantly