Chapter 253: How Weak a God

"It's a good thing they're ignorant; otherwise, if this guy really had the strength of a Marine Admiral, the one who should be running away would be me."

The Rumble-Rumble Fruit, to a certain extent, is relatively effective at countering the Vampire Fruit.

Logia Devil Fruit users possess the ability to elementalize, making them immune to powers like blood control, and powerful lightning also weakens all of a vampire's abilities. If they were of the same level of strength, Uchiha Feiyu wouldn't dare say he could defeat a Rumble-Rumble Fruit user.

After all, this is a Devil Fruit ability that is also known as invincible among the Logia types; both its lower and upper limits are astonishingly high. It is not only a Logia type but also includes basic physical power, and its actual potential is far stronger than the three Devil Fruits of the Marine Admirals.

"It's a pity... my cheat is the Magic Inheritance System, which doesn't have much natural compatibility with powers like lightning; otherwise, I would definitely have chosen this Devil Fruit."

Although the Book of Demonic Inheritance is all-encompassing and one could certainly find Demonic Arts related to lightning within it, there is no doubt that the ones truly capable of developing the power of lightning to its limit are righteous arts. This is precisely the reason why Uchiha Feiyu did not choose it.

A streak of blood-colored light flashed across the sky above the Sky Island, and soon Uchiha Feiyu saw the fragments of Gaya Island on the Sky Island; that was the Golden City that had been carried up to the Sky Island by the Upward Ocean Current back then.

Inside the palace of the Golden City, Enel had just finished inspecting the construction of the Maxim, and his emotions were still a bit agitated at this moment.

"Once the Maxim is built, I will be able to truly go and search for that infinite land... Should I leave a memento for Angel Island when the time comes? Just like I did in Birka back then..."

Well, the so-called memento is a massive Raigo; Enel's hometown, Birka, was destroyed in just such a way.

Just as Enel was still pondering, the Observation Haki that shrouded the entire island suddenly seemed to sense a faint disturbance, causing him to abruptly raise his head:

"Strange, this feeling... it's somewhat intriguing? Is it some special animal?"

"So fast... it feels like it has no temperature, and the aura is somewhat like a human's. Hmm?! It's already here!"

The blood-colored light descended from the sky, revealing the figure of Uchiha Feiyu. He looked up and glanced at Enel, who was full of curiosity, carrying thunder drums on his back, and dressed like a god of thunder, a smile appearing on the corner of his mouth.

"Hey, hey, hey, kid, are you really a human? How come your aura feels a bit strange?"

"And kid, what is that expression? When facing a god, you should appear more humble!"

Looking at the smiling Uchiha Feiyu, Enel felt a bit dissatisfied, but driven by curiosity, he did not attack immediately, preparing instead to chat with Uchiha Feiyu first.

However, while Enel wanted to chat with Uchiha Feiyu, Uchiha Feiyu had no such intention. Enel, who had never experienced a brutal beating, had always considered himself a god; his personality was arrogant and conceited, doing whatever he pleased, and he had no value for conversation at all.

Therefore, to Enel's words, Uchiha Feiyu's response was the Sandai Kitetsu in his hand!

The blade light left its sheath, as if ghosts were crying and gods were howling. Even with Enel's Mantra ability, he felt a trace of terror and wavering in an instant, and his Mantra failed immediately.

Yet, despite this, Enel was not panicked. How could a mere ordinary attack possibly contend with him, the God of Lightning? No attack could ever leave a scar on the body of a god!

Then he felt a sharp pain in his chest, blood spraying out wildly; he was nearly split in two—had Uchiha Feiyu not coveted the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and held back some of his strength when swinging the blade, he would have been killed instantly.

"Ugh, cough, cough, cough! How is this possible? How... how were you able to hurt me? What exactly... is this ability?"

Clutching the wound on his chest, aggressively using lightning to stimulate his internal organs and controlling bio-electricity to contract his muscles to suppress the blood flow, despite being severely injured, Enel suppressed his injuries in the shortest possible time without losing his combat effectiveness immediately.

It was just that his own injuries were far less of a blow to Enel than the fact that he had been injured at all. Enel considered himself a god, and his greatest reliance, besides the terrifying attack power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, was the Logia characteristic of being completely immune to ordinary attacks.

On the Sky Island, there was no Armament Haki passed down, Sea Prism Stone was so rare it was almost non-existent, and even the White-White Sea's restraint on Devil Fruit users was far less than that of real seawater. Under these circumstances, the Logia-type Enel was nearly invincible, which was what had fostered his arrogant personality.

But now that his invincible body had been broken in an instant, the impact on Enel was naturally enormous. If he were a user of Conqueror's Haki, his Haki would likely have regressed by a level or two.

"A frog in a well, knowing only that the sky is as big as a bucket, not even understanding Haki; it's truly a waste of that incomparably powerful Rumble-Rumble Fruit of yours!"

Amidst Uchiha Feiyu's words, which carried a hint of a sigh, his figure flashed and vanished, appearing before Enel. A look of terror and anger intertwined on Enel's face as he roared loudly:

"Do not underestimate the power of a god! Mortal! God's Judgment!!"

A terrifying pillar of lightning blasted toward Uchiha Feiyu. Uchiha Feiyu did not dodge or evade, being hit squarely by the pillar of lightning. A smile immediately appeared on Enel's face:

"Turn to ash for me! Ridiculous mortal! This is the price for provoking a god... Nani!!! How is this possible?!"

The lightning gradually faded, revealing Uchiha Feiyu, who was unscathed and shimmering with a black metallic luster all over his body. Subsequently, a black-gold hand directly grabbed Enel's ankle.

"Wait... what are you doing..."

Enel, still in shock, suddenly had an ominous premonition, and was then directly yanked up by Uchiha Feiyu—the Heaven-Earth Return, a random-ass slam!

In order to counter Enel's elementalization ability, Uchiha Feiyu directly projected Armament Haki from his feet, covering the nearby ground with a layer of Armament Haki as well. With a series of *bang, bang, bang* sounds, the poor Enel was slammed like a broken doll, his tendons snapped and bones broken, spraying blood wildly, his eyes rolling back as he lost consciousness.

"Tsk, what a weak god!"

After paying tribute to a classic scene from the Avengers, Uchiha Feiyu felt a bit bored. There was no helping it; Enel was truly a bit too fragile and had fainted directly, which reduced the fun of his trash-talking by more than half.

Ignoring the others on the Sky Island, Uchiha Feiyu first drained most of Enel's life force, leaving him in a dying state, and then brought Enel back to the ship and put Seastone Handcuffs on him.

"Alright, the biggest obstacle on this island has been removed; everyone can go and explore the Sky Island!"

"By the way, the Golden City that hides the gold, as well as the historical ruins and the Poneglyph, are all on those fragments of Gaya Island that were carried up. There should still be a few so-called priests left there; Nami and Robin, you two should be able to handle them."

Those priests only looked like their moves were flashy; if they really fought, it wouldn't be a problem for Nami and Robin to take on four at once. Moreover, although the two women didn't look like the combat type, in reality, having struggled and crawled on the sea for so long, they were not lacking in combat experience, and Uchiha Feiyu wasn't worried about them.

Upon hearing this, Nami gave an excited cheer and directly dragged Mikita off the ship, and then Robin followed as well, leaving only Uchiha Feiyu behind.

Uchiha Feiyu didn't really care; a Sky Island without Enel was just that—even if the Sky Islanders had any bad ideas, Robin and Nami could completely clear the level.

By the next morning, Uchiha Feiyu, who was sitting on the deck, opened his eyes and happened to see the massive golden ship drifting over from the sky.

"They even dragged this thing over? Without Enel's Rumble-Rumble Fruit, relying solely on Mikita to transport this thing isn't very convenient."

The greatest power source for the Maxim built by Enel came from the power of his own Rumble-Rumble Fruit. Without the electric drive of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, I'm afraid that apart from Golden Lion, no one could sail such a massive golden ship.

Even in the sea below, given the self-weight of gold, it was more likely to sink to the bottom of the ocean. Even if it could barely sail—how much attention could a golden ship attract?

Let alone pirates, even the World Government, the Celestial Dragons, and even the Marine, seeing such a golden ship, would likely be unable to suppress the greed in their hearts. Was he expected to fight them one by one?

The golden ship slowly descended from the sky. Seeing the things piled up on the ship, Uchiha Feiyu revealed an even more helpless smile. He saw that the entire ship was piled with all kinds of gold, including even some golden buildings.

At the very top of the ship, there was also a large golden bell, as well as an Ancient History Text stone slab—they had basically emptied out the entire Golden City!

"Feiyu, Feiyu!! You wouldn't believe it! The gold of Shandora was actually crafted into this kind of massive ship!"

"The wealth possessed by the Golden City truly shocked me. A rough estimate is several million tons of gold; it's simply unimaginable. I feel like I could easily buy the entire Alabasta!"

"If this amount of gold flowed into the sea, I reckon the price of gold would drop by half directly!"

Nami jumped off the golden ship, chattering beside Uchiha Feiyu, her little face flushed red, the whole person incomparably excited.

Uchiha Feiyu understood Nami's excitement very well. One had to know that in the real world, the global gold reserves combined didn't even total 400,000 tons, not even half of the gold stock of the Golden City, so one could understand just how massive a fortune this was.

Even if the One Piece World had quite a bit more gold than the original Earth world, the value of this gold was definitely an astronomical figure. Just as Nami said, even buying a major country like Alabasta would be a breeze.

"Alright Nami, stop daydreaming there... For the time being, we don't have a way to transport all the gold down."

"Ah!?"

Hearing this, Nami was stunned for a moment and looked at Uchiha Feiyu:

"Why is there no way to transport all the gold down..."

"You should be able to imagine what would happen if such a large amount of gold were transported by sea. As for transporting it through the sky the whole time... do you want to work Mikita to death?"

Hearing this, the joy on Nami's face finally subsided, and she turned her head to look at Mikita.

Mikita had also been immersed in the golden glow of the gold just now; although her level of greed didn't compare to Nami's, she was clearly a lover of wealth as well, and only woke up after hearing Uchiha Feiyu's words.

Meeting Nami's gaze, Mikita shook her head without hesitation:

"I definitely can't move all this gold away. The other gold is fine; I could eventually transport it all by splitting it into several trips, but as for the Maxim—unless the entire ship is dismantled, I definitely can't take it with me."

Hearing that the Maxim would need to be dismantled, Uchiha Feiyu shook his head immediately:

"The Maxim isn't just a good-looking trinket; this is a Spaceship designed by Enel. Although I don't know where he got the blueprints, when paired with a Rumble-Rumble Fruit user, this Maxim can indeed fly in the sky, or even in space."

"To dismantle the entire ark just for the gold would be like buying the box and returning the pearl—a complete waste of a precious item."

"Hmm... alright then, we'll just leave the Maxim here for now..."

"But these Sky Island people, they won't steal our ark, will they!"

Uchiha Feiyu rubbed his chin. What Nami said made some sense; should he give these Sky Island people a warning to make them look after the ark for him properly?

No... actually, there is another way, which is to find a host for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit first and stuff it into the Maxim to serve as its core.

Since it would only be serving as a core, there would be no need to be picky about the host; or rather, finding an obedient animal or even some object should work just fine.

Moreover, after obtaining the Vampire Fruit, Uchiha Feiyu's ability to extract Souls has advanced a step further; he has now begun to attempt extracting Devil Fruit Abilities from others' Souls without causing injury.

Once successful, his subordinates won't need to worry about regretting eating a Devil Fruit after seeing a more powerful one; they could swap as many Devil Fruits as they want whenever they like.

Although he felt he should be able to do such a thing, he would certainly need to find a few Devil Fruit users to practice on first. Isn't the current Rumble-Rumble Fruit user the best practice tool?

"Leave it to me to try! Let's first see if I can integrate the Rumble-Rumble Fruit into another object, then use it as a core for the Maxim, and we can fly the Maxim directly back to Alabasta."

Uchiha Feiyu made the final decision, and the others naturally had no objections. As for that poor test subject, the God of Lightning Enel on Sky Island, it wouldn't matter even if he did have objections.

(End of chapter)