"Refreshing!"
"Again!"
Blood splattered over Kai's body—not his own, but that of the Sea King before him.
In an instant, the surrounding waters turned crimson.
Moments later, a sea breeze swept through, and another wave rushed in, dispersing the blood and washing it away.
A faint metallic tang lingered in the air.
Then—Kai launched into a brutal close-quarters battle!
With nothing but his own body…
No weapons. No external aids.
Just his bare hands against this berserk Sea King.
Roar!
The furious Sea King slammed a massive, razor-sharp claw toward him, intent on crushing Kai to paste.
But at that critical moment—Kai vanished.
Gone without a trace.
"Shave!"
Using one of the Rokushiki techniques, Shave, Kai moved even underwater at blinding speed, creating the illusion of teleportation.
When he reappeared, he was already on the Sea King's back.
Clenching his fists, muscles swelling with power, he drove his knuckles down with explosive force.
One punch.
Then another.
Each one carried the focused might of his Tekkai unleashed to the limit.
Boom!
Boom!
The thunderous impacts rang out again and again, echoing through the water along with the Sea King's pained wails.
Standing upon the creature's back, Kai rained down blow after blow.
Scales shattered.
The Sea King's back became a mangled mess of torn flesh and exposed bone, blood turning the nearby waters a deep scarlet.
The Sea King roared in agony, its massive body thrashing as it tried to throw him off.
Its claws churned the sea, forming a vortex that dragged violently at everything nearby.
Splash!
The sea erupted in waves.
Kai leapt away, forcing his body through the violent current, then dove toward the Sea King's head, fists swinging like hammers.
No technique.
No finesse.
Just pure, savage might.
He struck again and again—
Then a claw caught him.
The Sea King's talon tore open his chest, leaving a deep, bloody gash across his torso.
Blood seeped out slowly, carried away by the current.
Thankfully, it was only a shallow wound—no bones broken. To him, it was barely a scratch.
"Damn, that hurts!"
The saltwater stung the wound like fire, making him hiss through his teeth.
But instead of retreating—Kai's eyes burned even hotter with ferocity.
Pain didn't make him afraid.
It only made him madder.
"This is the kind of fight I live for!"
He lunged again, the sea beneath his feet denting inward from the force.
Boom!
Like a cannonball, he blasted through the water, ignoring the pressure entirely, and drove his fist into the Sea King once more.
Grabbing its claw, he roared, "I'll tear you apart with my bare hands!"
Power surged through his arms.
His muscles bulged and trembled, every fiber screaming with strength.
Then—
Rip!
A sickening sound tore through the sea.
Blood sprayed high, tinting the ocean crimson.
He had ripped the Sea King's claw clean in two.
The creature howled in mindless agony, thrashing wildly and churning up towering waves.
Spray scattered through the air, glittering like red rain.
Kai stood drenched in blood—but soon, the sea washed him clean again.
Only the heavy, suffocating stench of iron filled his nose.
Even as the Sea King lashed out blindly, Kai stayed calm and relentless.
Every strike left another wound.
Some, he bit open with his teeth.
He was no longer a man—he was a beast.
A tyrant.
A monster of pure, unrestrained violence.
Fists, feet, head, teeth—
Anything could be his weapon.
His human body alone became a killing machine.
This—
This was a true man's battle.
Barehanded.
No weapons.
No tricks.
Just flesh against flesh.
Kai's blows came like thunder.
Another punch—
The Sea King's bloodshot eye exploded under his fist.
Splat!
Blood burst like a geyser, splashing across his face.
Now drenched head to toe in crimson, Kai looked like a walking blood god.
The Sea King, half-blind and maddened, screamed in despair, its blood dyeing the sea an endless red.
Even the waves couldn't wash it clean anymore.
"There's still one more eye," Kai muttered with a grin.
His gaze locked onto his next target.
"Shave!"
"Geppo techniques!"
Combining two of the Marine's Rokushiki techniques, his body vanished once more.
In the blink of an eye, he was before the creature's remaining eye.
Without hesitation—he kicked.
Boom!
The impact resounded like thunder.
Splat!
The second eye burst.
Blinded completely, the Sea King went berserk, striking out in every direction in a desperate frenzy.
Kai simply stood atop its back, watching it thrash with a faint, mocking smile.
"Now then…"
"It's time to send you off."
He lowered his gaze.
His hands became blades.
With a sharp motion, he drove them deep into the Sea King's back.
Then—he pulled.
Rip!
The sound was horrific.
Blood exploded from the wound like a ruptured pipe, painting the sea in scarlet mist.
Kai grabbed hold of the exposed bone beneath the flesh and tore.
The Sea King's spine cracked under his brute strength.
Roar!!
The creature's death cries echoed across the waves.
But Kai didn't stop.
He ripped, punched, and crushed until the Sea King's back was nothing but a gaping, bloody canyon.
Finally—
The creature's vitality plummeted.
Its massive body shuddered one last time… and went still.
No movement.
No life.
It was dead.
Killed in agony, without ever managing to strike him down.
The colossal corpse floated limply on the surface, drifting with the current like a slain leviathan.
Kai exhaled softly.
"So much for the mighty Sea King…"
"Not that impressive after all."
He lowered his fists, gazing calmly at the fallen beast.
He had done it.
With nothing but his own flesh and blood—
Unaided by any weapon or tool—
Kai had torn a Sea King apart barehanded.
A creature feared across the seas…
Today, it had fallen to his fists.
And not far away—on a warship hundreds of meters distant—
hundreds of Marine s stood frozen in shock, staring at the scene before them.
The entire ship…
It fell completely silent.
Utter silence.
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