Chapter 484

The power of lightning is beyond doubt; in the myths and legends of various countries before he transmigrated,

the gods who controlled lightning were all powerful main gods, and even like Zeus in Greek mythology,

it was not uncommon for them to be the King of Gods who stood above all other deities.

Once this strongest Logia Devil Fruit, the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, is swallowed, whether he would become the strongest in the world is not necessarily certain,

after all, a Devil Fruit only guarantees the lower limit, and the ability user themselves is the one who determines the upper limit of the Devil Fruit.

For example, the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, which was unremarkable in the hands of previous users, in the hands of Whitebeard,

Edward Newgate, firmly ascended to the throne of the 'World's Strongest Paramecia Devil Fruit.'

But the lower limit of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit is high enough; as long as the user isn't particularly incompetent,

a Vice Admiral-level combat strength is guaranteed; with a little more effort, reaching Admiral-level is not difficult.

Just to mention one point, in terms of movement speed, the Rumble-Rumble Fruit is not inferior to the Glint-Glint Fruit of Borsalino the Monkey:

Although from a practical theoretical standpoint, the speed of lightning is only 1/1000 to 1/3 the speed of light,

it is clear that no one in the Pirate World can develop the Glint-Glint Fruit to truly reach the speed of light.

Otherwise, not to mention the 'World's Strongest Man' Whitebeard,

even that Im-sama, who has manipulated the world for eight hundred years from behind the scenes in the Flower Room of Pangea Castle in Mary Geoise,

would have already abdicated and yielded the position.

Because truly reaching the speed of light is a terrifying ability capable of destroying planets, galaxies, and even the universe!

Even if one cannot truly reach the speed of light, a sewing needle (about 0.1 grams) hitting the Earth at 99.9999% the speed of light

would release energy of approximately 6.3×10^17 Joules.

This is equivalent to 1.5 billion tons of TNT, about 100,000 times the power of the Hiroshima atomic bomb.

A grain of sand hitting at near the speed of light would have the power equivalent to more than 20,000 Hiroshima atomic bombs.

This is also the reason why the "light particle" strike in "The Three-Body Problem" is regarded as a god-level civilization weapon

—it utilizes relativistic effects to convert tiny mass into devastating energy.

Back to the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.

For such a powerful Devil Fruit, it is impossible to say Zhang Jie wasn't covetous.

Not to mention before the Shared Space arrived, even after it arrived and he had the help of other Zhang Jies,

he still longed to obtain a Devil Fruit as powerful as the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.

Unfortunately, his spawn point was in Totto Land in the New World, too far from the Sky Island floating above the Paradise.

After obtaining the Munch-Munch Fruit, due to various considerations, he had to temporarily give up on the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.

But now, Enel, this god with the afro, has appeared,

and clearly, his dream of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit has been extinguished before it even began.

He originally thought that by coming to Sky Island several years before the plot began,

while the true protagonist of the Pirate World, Wang Lufei, was still a shut-in in Foosha Village in the East Blue,

he could intercept the Rumble-Rumble Fruit in advance, but it turned out that Enel, that chuunibyou youth...

Uh, he should have been a teenager at the time, intercepted it instead; how uncomfortable that made him feel.

This feeling is a bit like having finally saved enough money to get married,

intending to confess to the girl he had been thinking about day and night, his childhood sweetheart (a Devil Fruit wouldn't refuse),

only for her to be snatched away by a blond youth during this time...

Pain, it is truly too painful!

Zhang Jie pressed his hand against his chest, feeling a heartache so intense he couldn't breathe.

Without the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, the significance of his coming to Sky Island vanished by more than half in an instant.

Since that was the case, there was no need to carefully head to the White-White Sea anymore.

'Enel, come out and meet me!'

Intangible Conqueror's Haki, driven by Zhang Jie, who was in a bad mood, instantly swept across the entire Cumulonimbus cloud.

When Conqueror's Haki reaches a profound level, it can even mentally interfere with reality and cause physical destruction;

with Zhang Jie's strength and precision of control, using it to transmit his voice was naturally a piece of cake.

'Lord Black Star is so terrifying right now!'

Cricket and the others felt their vision go dark, and they subconsciously lowered their heads, not daring to look directly at Zhang Jie.

Zhang Jie seemed to have transformed into a prehistoric beast at this moment; a single glance from him could turn them into dust,

leaving them unable to muster even the slightest will to resist.

It was only because Zhang Jie wasn't targeting them; otherwise, they would have either fainted or already been kneeling.

"Who is spying on this god?"

At the highest point of Sky Island, in a majestic temple that was opulent and exquisite to the point of excess,

where every brick and tile was worth a fortune, a man sat high upon a tall divine throne.

He had a tall figure, pale skin, long, fluffy golden hair, wore a white beanie, and had extremely long earlobes.

With four huge taiko drums embedded in his back, the man, who had been closing his eyes to rest and gather his spirit, suddenly opened his eyes.

The guards responsible for protecting the temple and the priests serving the god immediately knelt down in fear and trembling.

A high priest, dressed in the most magnificent clothes and holding the highest status, prostrated himself on the ground:

"God, no one dares to spy on your greatness!"

"You incompetent fools!"

Enel recalled the voice that had just seemed to ring in his ears,

and then looked at these useless people before him who had no reaction at all, and he was instantly furious.

Although he didn't expect these guys' perception to compare to his own as a great god, they shouldn't have had no reaction at all.

"What use do I have for you?"

Feeling that raising these people was not as good as raising a few pets, Enel reached out and grabbed, and a bolt of lightning appeared in his hand.

The next second, it turned into a branching tree, its branches spreading onto the kneeling priests and guards.

Crackle.

As the high-voltage lightning struck them, the guards and priests instantly turned charred black, and the faint scent of roasted meat spread.

But even facing pain unimaginable to ordinary people, none of the priests and guards present dared to move,

dared to wail; they could only endure the severe pain and continue kneeling on the ground.

"I would like to see which madman dares to spy on me!"

Enel, having punished his incompetent subordinates, laughed in extreme anger.

He immediately closed his eyes and activated his Mantra, which combined with the power of the God Fruit and perceived through electrical waves.

Its monitoring range could cover the entire Sky Island, like a "full-map radar,"

allowing him to eavesdrop on the conversations and actions of anyone on the island; it was near-omniscient and one of the pillars of his rule over Sky Island.

Then he 'saw' the Black God ship docked in front of the Gate of Heaven, and Zhang Jie standing with his hands behind his back.

The moment he saw Zhang Jie, Zhang Jie raised his head slightly and revealed a smile.

'Did he see me?'

Looking at the black-robed man who was smiling yet not smiling, slightly raising his head as if looking directly at him,

a sudden palpitation rose in Enel's heart.

This was an experience he had never had since he started monitoring Sky Island with Mantra.

'Impossible, I am the supreme god; no one can look directly at me through Mantra!'

But in an instant, he cast this unrealistic thought to the back of his mind.

Since obtaining that God Fruit, he had been truly invincible;

absolutely no one could spy on him, now that he had become the supreme god!