Chapter 315

Among the four Divine Priests under Enel,

aside from the Shura before us,

the other three Divine Priests,

one went missing outright,

one was half-dead,

one died on the spot,

each one more miserable than the last!

Normally,

Shura's fate would not differ greatly from that of his three colleagues!

Most likely, he would either die on the spot,

or be half-dead!

In reality,

there is hardly any difference between the two!

After all,

within the forbidden land of Apaya,

no one else would come to save him,

a grave injury equals death!

However,

just as he was about to strike at Li Xiao,

his mount, the Three-Zhang Bird,

sensed the terrifying aura on Li Xiao,

that of the Late Stage of Deity Transformation realm (the realm at that time),

and immediately turned around and fled with Shura on its back!

When Shura abandoned the Three-Zhang Bird,

preparing to launch another attack on Li Xiao alone,

the Three-Zhang Bird suddenly returned,

clutching Shura's trousers in its beak,

and forcibly dragged him deep into the forest!

thereby avoiding a battle with Li Xiao,

making him the sole survivor!

(For details, see Chapter 67)

The plot development thereafter proceeded naturally!

Li Xiao slew Enel,

and after returning the Ark of the Covenant to the cave,

he left the Sky Island!

And Shura, as the sole survivor,

upon this forbidden land of Apaya,

found the Rumble Ball reborn,

and consumed it,

becoming the next user of the Rumble Ball!

Furthermore,

since his former superior Enel was the previous user of the Rumble Ball,

this led Shura, after consuming the Rumble Ball,

to follow a predetermined path in developing the fruit's abilities!

He did not develop abilities unique to himself,

but continued along the path Enel had taken in developing the Rumble Ball,

copying it by the book!

This included Enel's God's Punishment,

as well as the Heart Net formed by combining the fruit's abilities with Observation Haki!

The benefits of this (daci) method are naturally obvious!

At this moment,

it had been only a little over a month since Shura consumed the Rumble Ball,

yet his development of the fruit's abilities had already surpassed that of most Devil Fruit users!

Coupled with the inherent power of the Rumble Ball,

his strength is now not to be underestimated!

However,

the time Shura had consumed the Rumble Ball was ultimately too short,

merely a little over a month,

even though he had replicated Enel's template one-to-one,

it still fell slightly short.

His true strength is far inferior to that of Enel back then!

And the basis for Li Xiao's judgment,

besides the aura he sensed from Shura,

also includes some external manifestations!

For instance,

Li Xiao is currently hovering not far above and in front of him,

without using any sophisticated means,

merely wrapping his entire body in spiritual power,

disguising his tracks and concealing his aura,

yet he still cannot detect Li Xiao's presence at all!

If it were Enel,

at such close range,

his Mantra would absolutely be able to sense Li Xiao's presence!

Having said that,

Li Xiao had not failed to consider the possibility that the Devil Fruit would reappear after a Devil Fruit User's death!

It's just that,

under normal circumstances without external interference,

the situation where a Devil Fruit appears randomly near the location where a Devil Fruit User died,

is still quite rare!

Moreover, Li Xiao had not kept in mind Shura, who had originally been snatched by a Three-Zhang Bird and fled deep into the forest,

therefore,

he never even thought in that direction,

causing him to fall into a blind spot for a moment!

Hmm!

That's right!

That's exactly it!

It is absolutely not because my, Li Mouren's, brain isn't smart enough!

Mainly because,

"Skypiea," "God's Punishment," "Goro Goro no Mi," and "Mantra,"

this series of proper nouns combined together,