'So fast… and strong!'
Even with his current Superhuman-level physical state, keeping up with the continuous barrage was already pushing him.
The elongated limbs bent and twisted unpredictably, striking from angles that forced him to constantly adjust his stance.
He parried one sweeping blow—
But the residual force still tore into the deck.
Crack—!!
The wooden planks split open where the whip-like limb slammed down after being deflected.
Another strike followed immediately, and when Jake barely knocked it aside, the leftover power ripped a deep gouge across the floorboards.
The surrounding deck was rapidly being torn apart.
Wherever the creature's attacks landed after Jake's parries, the ship's surface cracked, splintered, and caved under the destructive force.
In just a few exchanges, the once-solid deck around them had already turned into a mess of broken wood and deep scars.
