Chapter 88

He drummed the taiko drums on both shoulders, and a massive surge of lightning surged forth, forming a colossal thunder dragon that coiled around him, waiting like a shield for the Straw Hat crew to crash into it themselves.

This was where the Straw Hat crew's disadvantage showed—basically none of them had any long-range attacks.

Although the sniper Usopp had seastone beads, that sluggish ballistic trajectory......

"First, drain the Mk-5's energy!" Sanji reminded.

Several of them fired the energy cannons on their chests in unison, and the energy beams didn't go to waste—all of them struck the giant ark "Maxim," punching several clean holes through its deck.

But for the giant Maxim,

missing the vital points meant this damage was only a flesh wound.

Then the group launched their charge!

But they still underestimated this move, "60 Million Volt · Thunder Dragon." The moment Mk-5 got close, its energy meter skyrocketed in a straight line, and before it could even hit Enel, it had already reached the limit of 500%!

Then......

"Boom—"

"Boom—"

"Boom—"

The overburdened Mk-5s were all blown apart at once!

Only Luffy, still looking as if nothing had happened, charged at Enel, unleashing a "Rubber Thunder God" attack.

"Damn it!"

"It destroyed the Mk-5 in a single hit?"

"Ah!!! My Mk-5!"

The Straw Hat crew's encirclement thus collapsed under a single strike from Enel without any further effort.

Without the Mk-5's protection,

everyone except Luffy was a living target, so they didn't hold him back and jumped straight off the ship while Maxim hadn't yet flown too high.

It was thought that what followed would be a one-on-one showdown between Luffy and Enel.

Unexpectedly......

"Zzzt—"

Enel transformed into lightning and teleported right in front of Sima Di, his eyes blazing with the flames of vengeance.

His elemental body suddenly burst apart, then coalesced once more into an elemental form towering over a dozen meters tall, looking down at Sima Di as if the Lei Shen himself had descended upon the world.

"This god is a god! How dare an ant from the Blue Sea defy me? Die!"

"Two Hundred Million Volt: Thunder God!"

Enel raised his palm and blasted out a pillar of lightning, carrying an unstoppable momentum that seemed bent on destroying everything in its path, intending to wipe out Sima Di and the others entirely!

Upon seeing this, Kurokas's gaze hardened, and he secretly gathered his strength, ready to strike!

But Sima Di was a step faster.

Azure energy surged from his eye sockets, coalescing at the speed of light into a Susanoo clad in the Crow Tengu Armor, which drew its long blade and slashed at Enel's devastating lightning pillar!

"Susanoo?????

After a brief stalemate,

the light of the blazing sun illuminated the sky, and everyone who had lost their vision was sent tumbling to the ground by the Yu Bo.

When they opened their eyes again,

They saw that the spot where Sima Di and Enel had clashed was gone, replaced by a massive crater through which the ancient ruins of Shandora could be seen below.

And the instigators, Sima Di and Enel, were nowhere to be seen.

At the edge of the forest,

Sima Di dispersed the Susanoo, set Robin and Vivi down, then looked up at the Maxim in the sky—it was still continuously releasing vast plumes of black smoke, filling the Lei Yun higher up.

Sima Di did not immediately go to stop it, because......

Enel had given him a surprise!

【Ding! Congratulations on signing in at the famous scene "The Thunder God of the Pirate King!" and obtaining the sign-in reward: "Simplified Thunder God Technique".】

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【Simplified Thunder God Technique: A technique that allows the user to control lightning with their will, granting them the power to summon thunderstorms, strike enemies with lightning bolts, and even transform into a being of pure electrical energy.】

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【Reward has been stored in the System Space!】

"Enel, you finally dropped something good!"

And while Sima Di was momentarily dazed,

he was reviewing that lengthy introduction, and immediately noticed a problem......

This thing seemed to say at the end that it only grants the power of the female Lei Shen?

So......

Even though it was the reward he had drawn, could he not use the Lei Shenzhichui?

It seemed that was indeed the case?

"It's Luffy!"

A startled cry snapped Sima Di back to his senses,

and then he saw a black shadow fly out from the Maxim—it was Luffy, struck down by Enel, crashing onto the open ground not far from him.

Being a rubber man, Luffy quickly got back to his feet, his Gaze Heavy with Solemnity as he looked up at the sky.

"He's going to destroy this island! Lord Sima, let's destroy that ship together!" Luffy urged urgently.

As he spoke,

The thunderclouds released by the Mantra had already blanketed the range of Apayado, and the rampaging lightning immediately smashed down onto the ground, every tree struck by it turning to charcoal on the spot.

The people of Shandía and Angel Island had no choice but to take shelter in the ruins below to avoid the danger.

But Sima Di knew

this was only an appetizer.

Enel's true killing move was the gradually forming giant spherical black cloud; the lightning flickering on its surface looked somewhat like ball lightning, but the terrifying airflow and current within it—roughly estimated—would, once it erupted, obliterate everything within its range; shattering a Yundao would be utterly effortless.

Looks like it's time to get a little serious!

To deal with this kind of energy-form bombardment, one must also use energy against the enemy.

Sima Di brought his hands together in a calyx shape at his waist, a wisp of blue light gathering in his palms into a sphere of light; within a few breaths it swelled to half a person's height in size, the destructive might contained within it causing Crocus beside him to silently retreat several steps, staring at Sima Di in astonishment.

The kid actually held back a big killing move!

And Luffy also bit down hard on his right arm, blowing air into the gaps between his bones; just as his right arm swelled like a balloon to nearly thirty meters in diameter, Enel was the first to swing his golden trident and smash the ball lightning toward the ground!

Luffy had no choice but to stop, swinging his giant fist up toward the sky!

"Gomu-Gomu no..."

At the same moment,

Sima Di also fired off the blue light bullet he had been charging up; the massive stream of energy remained connected to his palm, trailing a brilliant fiery tail like a meteor as it flew toward the sky!

"Kamehameha!"

A fist and an energy pillar side by side, rising from below to meet the "Raigo" that would destroy Skypiea!

The clash of ultimate powers was utterly silent.

The sky lost its color at that moment, and the world fell into absolute stillness; everyone gazed up at the two sides exchanging blows, but all they could see was a light so bright it blinded them!

An even more violent shockwave than before followed close behind; everyone could only hide behind cover and pray for a miracle to descend—this world-destroying might was simply not a battle they could take part in.

This burst of light lasted a full dozen or so seconds before dimming into daylight with a deafening boom.

The bold ones carefully poked their heads out to investigate, but could not find the Mantra that had originally been flying in the sky.

This is......

Who won in the end?

The next moment,

Sima Di appeared in their field of vision supporting "little Luffy," and following their gaze they could see Enel lying unconscious on his back amid a pile of wreckage.

They had won!

"We survived!"

"Hooray!"