Chapter 147: The Will of the Supreme - Focus Punch!
He must speak or give up on them, this endless pain told him, screaming in his ears.
He must give them strength, words, and hope, or let them die, his prospects of reaching Pentos dying along with them.
And he must do this now.
Now! Kai thought, the pit of his stomach becoming an abyss. I must command them now!
Frozen wind surrounded him, the hateful sea drenched his long white hair, and his grip on his head and the helm tightened. Wood splintered under his feet, its musty pieces rolling away.
Kai opened his mouth, and just when the hiss was about to escape his mouth, he bit the tip of his tongue. Pain coursed through his body from head to toe, and he used this pain as an initiator. Initiator of a chain reaction of even more pain. The muscles of his throat pulled, grating over each other, and then they ripped, an audible tearing sound coming out of his mouth. All over his body, veins popped up, some kind of ethereal power concentrating on his throat.
Twin-Saber Style — Forbidden Technique...
Never had Kai planned to use this technique in such a way, for he didn't know what the result would be.
But this time, Kai was amassing all the strength in his body into his vocal cords, lungs, and stomach. All flesh, without the backing of bones. The monstrosity of the risk he was taking shook his soul.
There was no avoiding it, though.
The wrath erupted, and a boom rang out. Its origin? Kai's mouth.