Severing tentacles + carapace

The conflicting shouts of the sheriff and mayor were effaced by an awe-inspiring sight.
The purple bolt aimed at the immobilized D bounced off the oval
carapace bursting through the water’s surface.
All of the spectators felt their eyes bulge from their sockets. Who could
have believed that the gorgeous youth was rising from the water along with
the beast that held him? The one who’d been dragged down was doing the
dragging.

All of them had just witnessed the monstrous power of the Nobility,
what many said was the strength of fifty men, and now, before their
watchful eyes, D’s left hand flashed out. Extending his five fingers and
making a slashing motion, every tentacle his hand touched was severed.
Free from his bonds, D sailed through the air like a mystic bird.

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