He then charged straight at Enel. Enel raised both hands, and two ferocious bolts of lightning shot out. Kizaru's figure swayed, and he actually dodged both lightning bolts with ease. Then, he closed in on Enel with even greater speed, golden light gathering in his hand, coalescing into the Ama no Murakumo sword, its blade instantly turning black as it was coated with Armament Haki. With a wave of his hand, he slashed at Enel with extreme speed.
Enel wreathed his hands in Armament Haki and met the slash head-on. In the next moment, an astonishing force, like a tsunami, crashed into him.
Coughing up blood, Enel was sent flying directly, smashing into the ruins. He tore through the rubble, causing a secondary collapse that buried him. Boom! The ruins exploded, and a streak of lightning burst out, crashing heavily to the ground.
"Damn it!" Enel wiped the blood from his mouth, his face extremely grim.
Just then, a loud explosion suddenly occurred in the sky, and a massive firework blossomed open.
"It's the retreat signal! Brother Sam! They're preparing to withdraw!" Enel's face lit up with joy, though he cast an extremely unwilling glance at Kizaru.
"Yellow Monkey, I'll remember today's grudge! The next time we meet, I'll definitely defeat you!"
"You think you still have a chance to leave?" Kizaru sneered sinisterly, his figure flashing as he shot towards Enel.
The blackened Ama no Murakumo tore through the air, slashing down. Enel's right leg transformed into lightning, bolt after bolt coiling around it, the terrifying electrical power shattering the ground beneath.
He suddenly erupted upwards, his thunderous right foot savagely striking the Ama no Murakumo. The lightning on his leg instantly exploded, a dazzling azure light covering everything. A terrifying pillar of thunder shot out from his leg, an unstoppable force that overwhelmed the Ama no Murakumo, engulfed Kizaru, and carried him away like a sky-piercing thunder column, tearing through the air and blasting him into the distance, gouging a deep trench in the earth.
Enel panted heavily; that last attack had used up all his strength.
He glanced at the ruins a kilometer away, where dazzling golden light was gathering, reforming Kizaru's body.
Enel's face grew even darker. Cursing under his breath, he turned and bolted towards the outskirts of the island.
Kizaru rubbed his right hand. Enel's powerful attack had still had some effect, causing him a certain amount of damage.
His sharp gaze spotted the fleeing Enel, and without a second thought, he broke into a run, pushing his speed to the absolute limit.
A streak of lightning flashed through the ruins, with a streak of golden light in hot pursuit. The golden light was clearly faster than the lightning, and the distance between them was closing inch by inch.
Kizaru continuously fired laser beams from his hands. Enel, up ahead, constantly dodged, the ground exploding around him. Although Enel avoided every laser beam, it clearly slowed him down. Gradually, Enel's evasive movements became stiffer, and several times, laser beams exploded right beside him, the shockwaves further impeding his speed.
Kizaru immediately seized the opportunity, instantly firing dozens of laser beams that covered the area around Enel. The lasers detonated almost simultaneously, blasting the region where Enel was to smithereens.
Amidst the swirling dust, a streak of lightning shot out. Within the lightning, Enel slid across the ground for more than ten meters.
Enel's expression changed drastically. He looked up just in time to see a large, blackened foot sweeping towards him. Bang!
Enel let out a muffled grunt as he was sent skidding, carving a trench in the ground.
"I told you, you couldn't escape," Kizaru said coldly, his hands in his pockets, looking down at Enel.
"Son of a bitch!!!" Enel gritted his teeth in pain and cursed loudly, lightning flashing and crackling around his body.
Kizaru took a step, appearing before Enel like a phantom. His right leg lifted again, instantly coated in Armament Haki, and tore through the air with immense, heavy force, aimed at Enel.
"Light Speed Heavy Kick!"
Thunder roared from Enel's hands as he coated them in Armament Haki and once again blocked Kizaru's heavy kick.
The leg, like a meteor, slammed into Enel's arms. Enel instantly spat blood, the ground beneath his feet directly shattering, cracks spreading out in all directions.
Enel spat out a mouthful of blood and grinned fiercely, the blood making his expression even more savage. His right hand shot out and grabbed Kizaru's right leg. Endless lightning erupted from his hand, instantly surging from Kizaru's leg towards his body. Just as Kizaru was about to transform into light, Enel abruptly hurled him away.
"I don't have time to play with you!" Enel spun around, transformed into lightning, and fled at full speed.
Kizaru quickly reformed his body, a cold smirk appearing on his lips as he watched the fleeing Enel.
"It's true that only a Rumble-Rumble Fruit user can compete with a Glint-Glint Fruit user in speed. That statement is correct. But at your current level, you definitely can't outrun me."
He transformed into golden light and once again shot towards Enel.
"Damn it! Faster, faster!" Enel could feel Kizaru steadily closing in. The lightning around his body grew even more violent, his speed flaring up again and again.
Suddenly, a figure appeared ahead. Enel's speed immediately dropped.
"Brother Sam! Why are you here?" Enel called out urgently.
"Of course, I'm here to save you! I knew you couldn't beat a Marine Admiral yet," Sam said, a broad laugh appearing on his usually serious face.
A warmth spread through Enel's heart, but it was immediately followed by anxiety. "Brother Sam, Yellow Monkey is really strong! We need to get out of here, quickly!"
Sam gazed at the approaching golden light, his expression instantly turning grave. Pale yellow dust began to fly from his body. He raised his hands high, and this dust converged between them, rapidly condensing into a ten-meter-high yellow sphere that emitted a strong, pungent odor.
"Sulfur?" Kizaru, smelling the pungent odor, immediately halted his advance, instantly identifying the composition of the giant sphere.
The pale yellow dust emerging from Sam's body was sulfur powder. He had fused with Bisacchi Born's Sulfur-Sulfur Fruit, becoming a Sulfur Man capable of producing sulfur powder.
"Enel, let him taste my Super Giant Sulfur Cannonball!" Sam roared with laughter, pushing the sulfur ball directly towards Kizaru.
Enel immediately fired a thick bolt of lightning, which tore through the sky and struck the sulfur ball. The entire sulfur sphere instantly erupted in flames, and in that moment, an earth-shattering, heaven-rending explosion occurred, the deafening blast shaking the entire Sabaody Archipelago.
The devastating shockwave it produced instantly swept across a kilometer of land. The ground fractured as if in an earthquake, flattening everything. Even Kizaru couldn't break through such a destructive impact and was blasted over a kilometer away in an instant.
Similarly, Enel and Sam were also pushed away by the shockwave, instantly creating a large distance between them and Kizaru.
Two figures crashed into the earth. Enel and Sam were in terrible condition. The lightning armor Enel had condensed around himself was instantly shattered; the horror of the shockwave's explosion was evident.
"Brother Sam! Couldn't you have made a smaller sulfur ball?!" Enel coughed up several mouthfuls of blood, his face deathly pale as he spoke weakly.
Sam's face was equally grim.
"If it wasn't big, how could it have repelled Kizaru? Stop complaining and let's go, quickly!" Sam pulled Enel up and, supporting him, ran frantically towards the outskirts of the island.
Kizaru climbed out of the ruins, his face flushed, and he couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of blood.
He had been closest to the explosion and thus had borne the brunt of its most powerful impact. Despite having elementized in time, he had still suffered a strong shock, and his internal organs ached fiercely.
His face was extremely grim. He stepped forward again, relentlessly accelerating and chasing them to the island's edge, only to see a ship cutting through the waves, flying into the air, and rapidly distancing itself from Sabaody Archipelago.
He had just taken to the air to pursue, preparing to blast the ship down with light bullets, when a pale yellow sulfur storm, with streaks of lightning raging within it, drifted towards him from the sky.
Suddenly, the entire area exploded in flames, forcing Kizaru back down once more.
"Yellow Monkey! Next time, I'll definitely defeat you!" Enel stood on the stern of the ship, roaring, venting the indignation and unwillingness in his heart.
"If there is a next time, I'll definitely slaughter you!" Kizaru's sinister eyes glinted with intense killing intent.