Just then, a sudden commotion broke the standoff.
From the dense jungle behind the ruins, a group of warriors dressed in simple clothes suddenly emerged.
Their clothes were tattered, their faces fierce, and their eyes burned with rage.
"Skypeian Tribesmen!" Ohm's eyes flashed with disdain as he sneered, "Don't tell me you think you can defeat us just because we lost a Priest? How arrogant!"
Before he finished speaking, he waved his hand, signaling the warriors beside him to act immediately.
Gedatsu and Shura also followed without hesitation, the three Priests charging towards the Skypeian Tribesmen warriors with an overwhelming Aura.
"Truly courting death!" Shura grinned, raised his spear, and thrust it forward fiercely.
A surging Qi burst forth, instantly sending a Skypeian Tribesmen warrior flying.
The Skypeian Tribesmen roared, as if they had a deep-seated hatred for these Priests.
In an instant, a fierce battle erupted between the two sides.
The clashing of swords and the ringing of metal echoed continuously in the air.
The original standoff instantly became chaotic, and Lin Ning and his group were ruthlessly left to the side.
"Tch!" Zoro discontentedly sheathed his sword.
The blade slid gently into the scabbard, a hint of disdain in his voice: "Aren't they going to fight us? Seriously, they cower before the strong, but strike hard against the weak!"
No sooner had he finished speaking than Usopp patted his shoulder, wearing a knowing expression: "Well, what can we do? We're just that strong."
Sanji looked at the Skypeian Tribesmen charging like beasts, his brows slightly furrowed, his face full of doubt: "Skypeian Tribesmen? These people who look like savages, are they the Skypeian Tribesmen?"
Nami flipped through the book in her hand, pondered for a moment, then replied: "According to the records in the book, the Skypeian Tribesmen should be the indigenous people of Jaya Island.
Half of Jaya Island was carried to Sky Island by the Knock-Up Stream.
Along with the indigenous people on the island, they were also carried to Sky Island, becoming the current Sky Island residents."
Lin Ning nodded, thoughtfully saying, "So that's how it is."
Luffy seemed to have digested this information, a hint of excitement flashing in his eyes: "Doesn't that mean these Sky Island people stole the Skypeian Tribesmen's territory, and now they want to take it back?"
After hearing this, Nami immediately looked at Luffy with new respect.
She hadn't expected this guy, whose head was often not very bright, to actually be able to sort out a line of thought from all this confusing information.
With a hint of approval in her eyes, she said, "Theoretically, that should be the case."
She paused, then suddenly said in a teasing tone, "Hey, Luffy, I didn't realize your head was quite bright, after all."
Luffy blinked, showing a proud and silly smile: "Of course! I'm not stupid!"
Zoro next to him couldn't help but roll his eyes, a helpless smile on his lips: "You're not stupid?"
At this moment, the sound of battle grew more intense.
The clash between the Skypeian Tribesmen and the three Priests seemed to enter a white-hot stage.
Lin Ning narrowed his eyes, watching the melee, he knew in his heart.
This battle was merely the prelude; the so-called Heavenly God had not yet appeared.
Just as the three Priests led their warriors in a fierce battle against the Skypeian Tribesmen.
Suddenly, a violent tremor came from beneath the ruins.
Immediately after, the ground cracked open, and a strange, large ship rose from the long-dormant underground ruins.
The ship's huge outline slowly emerged in the air, and what was most astonishing was that this ship could actually fly!
"This... this can't be real!" Usopp's eyes widened.
He muttered, his voice laced with disbelief, "A ship, flying in the sky!"
This sudden sight stunned everyone.
Whether it was the Skypeian Tribesmen fiercely fighting or the Priests.
They all stopped their actions, looked up at the sky, their eyes filled with shock and surprise.
Just then, the three Priests suddenly burst into laughter, their voices filled with arrogance and pride:
"Hahaha! This is the Ark Maxim! It's Eneru-sama!"
Ohm's voice held an undisguised excitement as he stared intently at the flying ship:
"Has the Ark been successfully completed? Let me tell you, this is the power of a Heavenly God!
You ants, wait and see what a true Heavenly God is!"
Everyone's gaze was fixed on the flying ship in the sky, that mythical vessel, where lightning flashed.
Just then, a colossal voice boomed from above the flying ship, shaking the heavens and earth, echoing in every corner of Sky Island.
"I am the Heavenly God!"
The voice, like rolling thunder, reverberated across the sky, followed by a blinding flash of light.
That voice carried an irresistible pressure, an absolute authority:
"I will destroy Sky Island and fly to the Endless Vearth! Everyone on Sky Island shall turn to ashes under the thunder!"
As Eneru's voice fell, the sky abruptly darkened, dark clouds rapidly gathered, and thunder roared incessantly.
The voltage in the air rapidly soared, and intense lightning snaked across the sky above Sky Island.
A fierce storm erupted, as if the entire world was about to be torn apart.
"Boom!"
With a loud bang, lightning tore through the sky above Sky Island.
Electric arcs, like the furious eyes of a Heavenly God, scattered in all directions.
The entire sky of Sky Island seemed to be ripped open by an invisible giant hand, and lightning, like ten thousand writhing snakes, swept across.
All combatants, whether Skypeian Tribesmen or the Priests' subordinates, ceased fighting.
Their eyes filled with fear and unease, they looked up at the overwhelming thunder.
They could almost feel the oppressive and destructive Aura descending from the sky.
Those warriors who had been fighting to the death for land now fell into deep despair.
They realized that the land they were fighting over, and even their lives, would turn to dust under this thunderous catastrophe.
Even the residents of Sky Island were stunned by this celestial anomaly.
Everyone in the streets and alleys looked up at the oppressive sky, their eyes filled with terror and helplessness.
Lightning constantly intertwined in the sky, and the entire world seemed to enter a silent, deadly standstill.
They knew this was no ordinary thunderstorm.
This was a punishment from the Heavenly God, an irresistible doomsday cataclysm.
The lightning in the air grew denser, and currents coursed through every corner of Sky Island.
The entire Sky Island seemed to have entered the shadow of the apocalypse.
Everyone waited for that final moment to arrive—when the thunder would sweep away everything.
Destroying their homes, devouring their lives.
The sky of Sky Island seemed to be separated from the ground by an insurmountable chasm.
No one could resist the power of that thunder.
At this moment, all living beings, all destinies.
It was as if, at this very moment, they were quietly awaiting the arrival of death.