Chapter 104: Isn't that the priest? (First update)

Li Xiao rode the clouds and mist toward the forbidden area of Upper Yard,

while lost in thought!

The reason he had done that just now

was to verify

whether the so-called god of the Sky Island was real or fake,

and whether it was something made up by someone or truly existed!

And from that scene just now,

Li Xiao could already judge

that the so-called god currently on the Sky Island did indeed exist!

And the lightning gathered above Li Xiao’s head

was almost identical to the divine judgment Enel had released before!

In addition,

since that Sky Island god could sense when someone was being disrespectful to him

and accurately bring down divine judgment,

it meant

he had the ability of Mantra!

Note,

this specifically refers to Mantra,

not Observation Haki!

And it is not Observation Haki!

Although the essence of Mantra is Observation Haki,

there is still a difference between the two!

Only when Enel combined Observation Haki with the power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit

could the resulting Mantra

have such a large sensing range!

And this point

further confirmed the guess that the current Sky Island god

was Enel!

Besides that,

there was another key point!

When Li Xiao looked up at the lightning rapidly gathering above,

that divine judgment that should have fallen dissipated rapidly!

This meant that

the Sky Island god who released the divine judgment

knew Li Xiao,

and was quite afraid of him!

This was even more consistent with Enel’s identity!

After all,

having been defeated head-on by Li Xiao using his most proficient lightning,

and having his heart pierced by a sword,

fear was to be expected!

But that was where the problem lay!

Li Xiao remembered clearly

that his sword had pierced directly through Enel’s heart!

After that sword,

Enel’s aura had completely disappeared;

he was definitely dead as a doornail!

In this situation,

no human could possibly come back to life!

After all,

the fruit he ate was the Rumble-Rumble Fruit,

not the Revive-Revive Fruit!

If he could come back to life,

even the Revive-Revive Fruit would start to doubt its own ability!

Are you the Revive-Revive Fruit or am I?

Confess,

when we were all on the same tree,

did you secretly steal my ability!

…………

In short,

Li Xiao didn't believe the Rumble-Rumble Fruit had such an outrageous ability!

Right now,

all evidence seemed to point to Enel not being dead,

and that the current Sky Island god was Enel!

But Li Xiao was also absolutely certain

that Enel had died under his sword over a month ago!

And so,

this created an unsolvable contradiction!

When Li Xiao realized this,

he decisively gave up thinking,

and chose to head directly to the forbidden area of Upper Yard!

No matter what kind of monster or demon you are,

one look will tell!

If Enel really isn't dead,

then Li Xiao will just reward him with another sword,

and send him to his death!

As the saying goes,

if someone is already dead,

then they shouldn't be alive!

Riding the clouds and mist,

Li Xiao soon arrived at the forbidden area,

also known as the God’s Island—Upper Yard!

Li Xiao hovered above Upper Yard,

spread his spiritual sense,

and instantly scanned the entire Upper Yard,

capturing a special aura!

Currently,

there were many living beings within Upper Yard,

but they were basically all animals;

there was only one human!

And,

on this human,

Li Xiao felt a familiar lightning aura!

Clearly,

this person was the target of Li Xiao’s trip,

the current Sky Island god!

Li Xiao dispersed the clouds and mist,

released his spiritual power,

achieved a brief moment of levitation,

and then quietly headed toward the target locked by his spiritual sense!

A moment later,

Li Xiao arrived not far above the Sky Island god,

and from this angle,

Li Xiao could clearly see the appearance of the Sky Island god!

However,

when Li Xiao saw clearly,

he couldn't help but be stunned!

Wearing a pilot’s cap and goggles,

dressed in clothes that looked like a tattered cotton jacket,

with two long, thin mustaches under his nose,

and holding a spear with an unusually long spearhead!

Isn't this that priest???

The person Li Xiao saw before him

was none other than one of the four priests under Enel,

the priest who controlled the Ordeal of String,

the Sky Knight—Shura!

What was going on here?

The tiger is dead, so the monkey becomes king?

At this moment,

Shura was sitting on that huge throne,

and from him,

Li Xiao clearly felt that familiar lightning aura!

In this instant,

a flash of inspiration hit Li Xiao,

and he suddenly understood!

Before this,

the point Li Xiao had been struggling with was

that all signs pointed to Enel not being dead,

yet Li Xiao was absolutely certain Enel had died under his sword,

creating an unsolvable contradiction!

However,

Li Xiao had overlooked one point!

The reason Enel could control lightning

was simply because he was a user of the Logia Devil Fruit—the Rumble-Rumble Fruit!

This power to control lightning

was essentially brought by the Rumble-Rumble Fruit,

not something Enel himself possessed!

When Enel died,

the Rumble-Rumble Fruit would reappear in some corner of the world!

And when the next person found this Rumble-Rumble Fruit

and ate it,

they could become the next Rumble-Rumble Fruit user

and gain the ability to control lightning!

At this moment,

combined with the previous signs,

plus the lightning aura Li Xiao sensed from Shura,

the truth was immediately apparent!

Case closed!

Enel had indeed died,

but one of his four priests,

the priest who controlled the Ordeal of String,

the Sky Knight—Shura,

had eaten the Rumble-Rumble Fruit,

became the next Rumble-Rumble Fruit user,

and inherited Enel’s name as god on the Sky Island!

At this very moment,

the entire sequence of events quickly arranged itself in Li Xiao’s mind,

forming a clear thread!

First,

under Li Xiao’s sword,

Enel had definitely died on the spot!

And when Enel died,

the Rumble-Rumble Fruit he had eaten

reappeared in some corner of the world!

However,

it just so happened

that this Logia Rumble-Rumble Fruit

appeared right here in the forbidden area of Upper Yard!

And even more coincidentally,

this Rumble-Rumble Fruit was found and eaten by the person in front of Li Xiao,

the former priest who controlled the Ordeal of String,

the Sky Knight—Shura!

At that time,

in the forbidden area of Upper Yard,

there were only six people, including Li Xiao!

Among them,

Enel was defeated head-on by Li Xiao’s lightning-driving ability,

then finished off,

with a sword piercing his heart,

and died on the spot!

As for the four priests under Enel,

among them,

the priest who controlled the Ordeal of Iron was killed by Li Xiao’s sword,

the priest who controlled the Ordeal of Ball was kicked away by Li Xiao like a soccer ball,

and the priest who controlled the Ordeal of Swamp was slapped half-dead by Li Xiao!

So,

after Li Xiao left,

on this island,

there was basically only one person left!

That was one of the four priests,

the priest who controlled the Ordeal of String,

the Sky Knight—Shura!

And the reason he was able to survive completely intact

was mainly thanks to his mount,

that unique Sky Island creature—the Southbird!

At that time,

Li Xiao was in a state of anger after his meal was interrupted,

and there was no such thing as showing mercy in his attacks!