Chapter 227

Before the current him.

What Admiral, what Emperor of the Sea — none of them are worth a damn!

Even facing two Emperors of the Sea teaming up, he was completely unafraid!

He looked up at the clear sky; his gaze pierced beyond the heavens, taking in the countless meteors suspended in the void, and that broken, waning moon.

"Aokiji could use the Gravity Fruit's power to pull down meteors — I can do that now too, and even better. I wonder if, when I push these eyes to their full power… I could drag that moon down as well."

Luo En murmured softly, gazing at the sky.

Of course.

He had only said it casually.

The current him had plenty of offensive methods; why bother dragging the moon down for no reason?

"Next… is that Mariejois."

Luo En glanced toward the Red Line continent and smiled: "Whether it's the Five Elder Stars, or that Im — I hope your strength can bring me a little surprise and unexpectedness. Don't disappoint me too much."

With a single thought, the space before him instantly twisted.

He stepped into it.

………………

When he appeared before Hancock, Lei Li, and Kuina and the others.

They gazed at Luo En, whose black hair hung to his waist, and whose blue eyes were open.

They felt that terrifying pressure emanating from him — strong enough to be frightening.

Whether it was Hancock, Lei Li, Luo Bin, or Kuina — all of them were utterly shocked.

"Luo En?"

"You're… Captain?"

Luo Bin, Conis, Bonney, and the others stared at the Luo En before them, finding it hard to believe.

He'd only been gone one day — how could he be like a completely different person?!

"Master, your eyes… are they healed?"

Kung Fu Sea Lion Little Seven asked, eyes wide.

Kuina, too, fixed her gaze on Luo En, whose black hair was draped behind him.

"This pressure…"

Hancock stared intently at the Luo En before her.

Even she had never felt such overwhelming pressure.

Sandersonia and Marigold beside her, drenched in cold sweat, stared at Luo En; crushed by that pressure, they could barely breathe, and even felt an impulse to submit to him.

"Luo En boy, you're still Luo En boy, right? What happened to you?"

Lei Li couldn't help but ask Luo En.

"You could say it's a breakthrough in strength — my aura's a bit hard to rein in right now."

Luo En said, somewhat helplessly.

This increase in strength was truly too tremendous.

Even though he circulated Sun Breathing to adjust as best he could, he still couldn't adapt to it for the moment.

Hearing his words.

Everyone's face showed shock.

"A breakthrough in strength…"

"You've gotten even stronger in such a short time?! Are you some kind of monster?!"

Lei Li blurted at Luo En in astonishment: "And… what happened to your eyes?!"

"Yeah! Master, how did your eyes turn blue? They weren't like this before."

"Captain…"

"Luo En, your hair…"

……

The Florian Triangle.

The Thriller Bark — the ghost ship that, years ago, had been shattered by a third with a single kick from Luo En.

The Straw Hat crew, along with Brook, had been targeted by Gekko Moria, who controlled a zombie army and launched an attack on them.

"Straw Hat crew, hand over your shadows obediently!"

Moria's shrill voice rang out from the castle, like a specter.

'Ghost Princess' Perona and the Transparent Fruit user Absalom led the zombies, charging at the Straw Hat crew.

The two sides erupted into fierce battle.

Enel, meanwhile, lounged lazily on the Straw Hats' ship, drinking cola while watching the fight.

"How boring…"

"Is everyone on this sea like this?"

He picked at his ear.

After Moria stole Luffy's shadow, injected it into the giant Oars, and crushed the Straw Hat crew in one fell swoop.

Enel still wore a lazy look, with no intention of making a move at all.

To him, whether Luffy and the others lived or died didn't matter.

Gekko Moria sat inside Oars, looked down at the defeated Straw Hat crew below, and let out an utterly arrogant, gleeful, shrill laugh:

"Heh heh heh heh, did you see? This is the invincible power of Oars! This is the strength I've been pursuing!"

"As long as I keep growing stronger, let alone you lot — sooner or later I'll take revenge on that bastard Traveler Luo En and Kaido! Just you wait, hehehehe…"

Enel in the distance narrowed his eyes upon hearing that name in his words.

"Oh?"

A flash of lightning.

Enel, gripping his golden staff, abruptly appeared in front of the demon Oars.

"Wh-who are you?!"

Moria was startled by his sudden appearance and stared at him warily: "A companion of the Straw Hat crew?"

"Impossible."

Enel rolled his neck: "I just want to ask you one thing."

"What is it?"

Enel looked coldly at Moria and the giant Oars before him: "Traveler Luo En and this big thing — who's stronger?"

Moria was stunned by the question.

The Straw Hat crew on the ground was also stunned.

"Obviously… I'm stronger! Gum-Gum…"

Oars, stuffed with Luffy's shadow and looking foolish, raised his fist and punched toward Enel: "Machine Gun!"

Enel was struck by that punch, his form shattering into countless bolts of lightning, then coalescing again on the other side in the blink of an eye.

"At this level… how could it possibly compare to that guy?!"

Enel stared coldly at Oars and the Moria inside him.

"A Logia user…"

A bead of cold sweat rolled down Moria's forehead as he looked at Enel, inexplicably feeling a little panicked.

"The price of trifling with a god is destruction."

Enel, his face utterly cold, stretched his hand toward them as lightning gathered.

"Sixty million volts…"

"Lei Long!"

199. Ace is captured — the curtain rises on the Summit War!

All because of Enel.

Gekko Moria was defeated, and all the shadows he had stolen were released.

The Straw Hat crew, along with their new member Brook, left the Florian Triangle and set course for Sabaody Archipelago.

Because of the defeat of one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, Gekko Moria, Straw Hat Luffy's bounty rose once more, reaching 150 million.