Chapter 85

"Rubber??

Luffy's attack landed on empty air, and he took another golden trident strike from Ainuro, his left arm pierced straight through, the blade barely half a fist from his eyeball.

"Don't forget about us!"

Sanji and Zoro this time chose to attack together, but against Ainuro with his "Heart Net," their strikes were utterly useless—they couldn't even brush his sleeve.

"Gear Two!"

Luffy, activating Gear Two, joined the mob attack—this was what finally made Ainuro look slightly disheveled, given how little space he had to dodge.

"Damn it! Die!"

Wapol, after taking a lightning strike, stubbornly rose to his feet and slammed his Pao Pao Shell at Ainuro! —remember, using a Pao Pao Shell shortens your lifespan!

In that instant!

Ainuro read Wapol's thoughts—this Pao Pao Shell contained Seastone?

It was the only impure thing capable of harming the "god."

Luffy and the other two seized the moment and unleashed their ultimate techniques!

'Too many attacks—I can't dodge them all!'

'Only...'

Ainuro decisively dodged Wapol's Pao Pao Shell strike, avoided Sanji's Seastone-embedded shoe sole, and evaded Zoro's Seastone Tang Dao.

Chose to take Luffy's bare-fisted punch head-on...

'This blue monkey's physical damage is useless to me—I'll strike the moment he's stunned...'

"Boom!"

A muffled thud.

Luffy's punch landed squarely on Ainuro's pregnant belly; the pain he'd barely suppressed instantly doubled, tears and snot spraying out as he was blasted like a cannonball toward Wapol.

"Boom!!!"

One misstep, and the whole game is lost.

Ainuro was struck on the back by Wapol's Seastone Pao Pao Shell, then kicked mid-air by Sanji, causing Zoro's slash to miss entirely.

"Damn it! Are you here to mess things up?" Zoro snarled!

"I finished the enemy with my final blow—what are you yapping about?" Sanji answered with results.

"It's your fault he flew! I'd have already sliced him apart!" Zoro exploded!

"Pfft, you're just too slow."

"Damn it! This gear really hampers movement!"

"Using it to accelerate is faster than running yourself—you just never bothered to get used to it."

"My only weapon is my sword!"

The reason these two could bicker so easily was because Ainuro, after being kicked flying, rolled several times and then fell utterly still—not even his chest rose or fell.

The enemy was dead, so of course they had time to argue.

The Sandia warriors, finally charging forward, halted in place, eyes filled with disbelief.

The nightmare that had ruled the Sky Island for years—just like that, eliminated?

Was it too easy?

"Aren't you going?" Kurokasi urged: "If he's truly dead, the Devil Fruit will vanish—it's a decent one."

Sima Di shook his head.

Would Ainuro die so easily?

"Zzzt—"

Electric arcs flickered at Ainuro's heart, drawing everyone's gaze.

"He... he's shocking himself! He's shocking his own heart!" Nami, just rising, cried out: "Quick! Finish him off!"

The nearest Sandia warriors exchanged glances—they hadn't even killed the god's men when they were defenseless.

Ainuro was already lying there...

In hesitation,

they missed the best chance to eliminate Ainuro; after several electric shocks, he opened his eyes again, rose with a dark expression, and stared at Luffy with murderous intent.

"How unexpected... Blue Monkey, you had no Seastone—how did you land that hit?"

Luffy scratched his head, confused.

But did it matter?

As long as he could knock the enemy down—that was enough!

The Sandia warriors now realized it too, raising their weapons to attack Ainuro...

"Boom—!"

Lightning from the Marine Admiral rained down, weaving a deathly net of electricity that engulfed hundreds of meters around!

The Sandia warriors who had hesitated to finish him were all wiped out in one sweep!

Wapol was "back for seconds," lying dead on the ground again.

Only Luffy and the other two escaped unscathed.

"The battle suit's energy has exceeded 500%—if we charge it more, it'll explode," Zoro suddenly said.

"Then use it up!" Sanji said.

The chest energy cannon, the most power-hungry, charged up and fired a beam toward Ainuro—but he anticipated it and dodged in advance.

Luffy and the other two attacked him again, 0.9-style.

Sima Di watched, shaking his head.

"Those Shandian warriors, though their spirit is admirable, are a bit too rigid and old-fashioned." Sima Di remarked with feeling.

Clearly, a direct finishing blow would have ended the battle, and now it's brought about a reversal, hasn't it?

"Everyone holds fast to different beliefs. Not raising a blade against the weak isn't a flaw in character—it's simply ill-timed, that's all." Kurokasu retorted.

Sima Di didn't argue with him either. He raised his hand and scattered a vast expanse of holy light, shrouding all the Shandian warriors like raindrops.

The result was......

"Mmm~"

"Ah~"

"Oh~"

"Moo~"

"Eh~"

"Mm~"

The chorus of moans made the four fighters—Enel and his group—all turn their heads involuntarily.

But Luffy and the other two had long since grown used to such scenes. Though still shaken with lingering fear, they were the first to react, launching a fierce assault at the stunned Enel.

Unexpectedly......

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Sorry, overslept at noon......

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17. The Ruins Are a Famous Scene Too? Enel Finally Dropped Loot!

Taking advantage of the moment Enel was stunned, Luffy and the other two launched a surprise attack!

This did indeed throw Enel into a flurry for a while, but he quickly recovered.

"So, your battle suits have limits too?" Enel suddenly laughed.

This gave Zoro and Sanji a bad premonition, and they hurriedly pulled back!

Enel also seized the chance to fire a bolt of lightning into the sky. After a few seconds, under the brewing of the thundercloud, it transformed into a thick pillar of lightning that descended from the heavens, striking the spot where he stood!

Sanji and Zoro dodged first and weren't caught in it, but Luffy was enveloped within. Though it failed to cause him any real harm, it blasted through the ground of Yundao, sending him plummeting into the depths below.

"Luffy!"

Sanji hurriedly rushed to the edge of the crater, peered down—and suddenly froze!