Rossi wiped the blood seeping from the corner of his mouth and calmly interrupted her.
Under her slightly startled gaze, he murmured the incantation belonging to the Golden Mountain King:
"Take her head."
It all happened incredibly fast. Only a few breaths had passed since they first clashed.
The instant the incantation fell, the golden longsword previously kicked into the air suddenly shuddered.
As though alive, like a fish darting through water or a bird soaring through the sky, it traced a light yet deadly arc through the air, slashing toward the back of Baruf Tani's neck from behind and to the side!
The strike itself carried little power. It relied on the weapon's own "fairy-tale"
properties.
But suppressed by the Seastone pellet, Baruf Tani had not only lost her impenetrable dragon-scale defenses; most of her stamina had also drained away like an ebbing tide.
More importantly, her Observation Haki had been completely blocked.
This fleeting opening was exactly what Rossi had been waiting for.
Shhk-
With a soft sound, the golden blade sliced through pale skin and sank into flesh.
The black-haired pirate's golden eyes abruptly contracted into dangerous slits.
Had he done it?!
No-
Roar!!!
Without warning, a freezing storm more violent and piercing than ever before exploded outward, sweeping in all directions with a terrifying roar that could stop a heart!
Sound waves rolled outward like tangible shock waves. Pirates around the docks fell in swathes, their eyes rolling back as they passed out.
Even on the sea beyond the city, countless dead fish floated belly-up.
Amid the swirling ice and snow surging skyward, a figure shot backward like a cannonball, the flames dancing on his cloak so faint they nearly went out.
Immediately afterward, a gigantic maw lined with ghastly white fangs lunged from the storm.