Chapter 131 The Broken-Winged Knight of the Azure Sky! Victor's Execution
In the forest of the "Trial of the Ropes," the smell of flames and acrid smoke filled the air.
"Herod! Herod! Herod!!"
The three-foot-tall bird "Fuza" let out a cry in the air, its huge wings flapping as it carried the priest Shura at high speed through the complex forest.
Using the firebird's three-dimensional mobility, Shura, like an annoying fly, continuously spewed deadly high-temperature flames from Viktor's blind spots.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Flames exploded on the tree trunk, leaving behind charred craters.
Viktor moved swiftly through the jungle, narrowly avoiding the licking flames each time.
"See that? People from Qinghai!"
Asura rode on the bird's back, laughing down at the top, his tone full of mockery:
"This is the power bestowed by God! In this realm that belongs to the sky, you monkeys who can only crawl on the ground are destined to be burned to ashes!"
Viktor dodged a pillar of fire to the side, using a tree trunk as leverage to leap into the air.
In fact, if he wanted to, he could slice the fire-breathing bird in half with a single "Water Release: Water Severing Wave".
But Viktor did not form any hand seals.
"Relying too much on ninjutsu is not a good thing."
Viktor's eyes remained calm as he subtly adjusted the angle of the black knife in his hand.
Since arriving in the world of One Piece, although chakra is useful, strong physical skills and Haki are the foundation for survival in this world.
"Perfect, I'll use you, this flying insect, to hone my Observation Haki and reflexes."
As Viktor darted and weaved among the rope clouds, he calmly calculated the firebird's fire-breathing frequency and circling radius.
'Left turn radius 15 meters...dive speed...'
'I see.' The tomoe in Viktor's pupils swirled.
'This bird has a fire shell in its beak; to prevent overheating, there's a 1.5-second cooling interval after each spray.'
Just then, Shura seemed to reveal a weakness and flew towards a seemingly empty area.
Viktor immediately gave chase.
"You've been tricked! You idiot!"
Shura suddenly pulled on the reins, and the firebird abruptly stopped and began to ascend.
In front of Viktor, a "spider web" composed of countless tiny sticky ropes, which had been set up beforehand, suddenly appeared.
"What?"
Viktor had nowhere to avoid it and crashed headfirst into the net.
The sticky cloud rope instantly wrapped around his limbs and the blade, rendering him unable to move.
"This is the true nature of the 'Trial of the Rope'! The more you touch it, the tighter it will bind you!"
Seeing this, Shura was overjoyed. He turned his bird head around, and his heat spear spewed out the most intense flames. Taking advantage of the speed of his dive, he thrust it straight for the heart of the trapped Victor.
"Die! Offer your blood to the altar of God!!"
A wave of heat hit me, and the tip of the spear rapidly magnified in my pupils.
However, at this moment of certain death, Viktor's face showed not fear, but rather a triumphant smirk.
"Clang."
Viktor suddenly released his grip on the knife with his right hand, letting the longsword hang from the strap on his wrist.
In that instant, a high density of Armament Haki covered his hands, turning them into a jet-black, steely color.
*Smack!!!*
A muffled thud.
Just a second before the spear was about to pierce his chest, Victor's dark hands suddenly clasped together.
He completely ignored the intense heat at the tip of the spear, which was enough to melt rocks, and firmly gripped the burning spear!
"Wh...what?!"
Shura's smile froze on his face.
He desperately urged the Firebird to pull out the spear or continue thrusting it in, but the spear seemed to be welded to Victor's hand, remaining completely still.
"Got you?"
Viktor raised his head, his red eyes filled with savage killing intent.
"Get down here...!"
boom!!!
Victor's arm muscles bulged, and a terrifying, monstrous strength erupted instantly.
He actually managed to pull the Shura, along with the bird, down from the sky like a rag doll with his bare arms!
"Waaaaaah!!"
The immense centrifugal force caused Shura to scream in agony.
"Bang!!!!"
A loud bang, and dust flew everywhere.
Shura, along with the bird, was slammed hard against the thick trunk of an ancient tree. The enormous impact caused the three-zhang bird to let out a mournful cry as if its bones were being broken, and it collapsed to the ground.
"Cough!" Shura spat out a mouthful of blood, feeling as if his internal organs had shifted.
Having lost his advantage in distance, he panicked and tried to draw the short knife at his waist to fight back.
But death had already closed in.
"Too slow."
Victor didn't even use a knife.
He took a step forward, his figure as fast as lightning, his right knee carrying a wind pressure that tore through the air, and slammed hard into Shura's face.
"Snap!!"
The crisp sound of bones cracking was enough to make your teeth ache.
Shura's prized flight goggles shattered instantly, and his nose bridge caved in along with them.
"Ugh—!!"
Before Shura could even scream, a cold, large hand had already gripped his neck tightly, lifting him off the ground with one hand.
Viktor looked at the priest as if he were carrying a dead chicken.
"You...cough cough..."
Shura's face was covered in blood, his legs thrashing wildly in the air, and extreme fear finally showed in his eyes:
"You...you demon!!"
"I am a priest of God... God... God will not let you get away with this!!"
Upon hearing that word, Viktor's eyes grew even colder, devoid of any pity.
"god?"
Viktor chuckled, slowly increasing the pressure in his hand:
"If he really is watching... then let him see clearly."
"How does the so-called 'god' bleed?"
"Whoosh!"
A flash of cold light.
Victor caught the black knife in mid-air with his left hand and flicked his wrist.
The first strike precisely severed the cloud shell mechanical device on Shura's back that allowed him to fly.
Immediately afterwards.
The second cut, without any hesitation, swept across that desperate gaze.
Pfft—
Blood splattered, staining the pure white rope cloud red.
The head wearing the flight helmet rolled to the ground, the headless corpse twitched twice, and then stopped moving.
[Ding! Congratulations, host, for defeating the priest Shura.]
[Battle Rating: S.]
[Reward received: 1000 Ninja Points.]
[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have slightly altered the original plot.]
[Reward received: 1000 Ninja Points.]
[Current Ninja Way Value: 6000 points.]
The system notification sounded in my mind, crisp and pleasant.
Viktor flicked the blood off his blade, sheathed his sword, and spoke indifferently:
"This attack is for the mast of the Merry."
He crouched down, ignoring the bloody scene, and skillfully took the spear loaded with powerful heat from Shura's hand.
Then, he walked up to the dying firebird and forcibly took the rare Flame Shell from its beak.
"Although I don't use it much, Nami would probably like this."
Viktor straightened his collar, which was slightly disheveled from the battle, and pocketed the spoils.
...
at the same time.
At the summit of God's Island stands the Shrine of God.
"Click".
Enel, sitting on the golden throne, suddenly paused in his act of eating an apple.
Within that web of consciousness that covered the entire island, a "voice" belonging to a priest suddenly vanished completely.
"oh?"
Enel raised an eyebrow, swallowed the fruit in his mouth, and a look of surprise appeared on his face:
"Shura... actually lost."
"And they lost so quickly, they were completely powerless to fight back."
Enel's Observation Haki traversed the layers of clouds, as if he could see a black figure.
"That man from Qinghai..."
Enel's eyes narrowed slightly, blue arcs of electricity crackling at his fingertips: "There's an unpleasant aura about you."
...
The Trial of the Ropes area.
Victor stood up and clapped his hands.
He looked up and peered through the gaps in the tree canopy at the towering bean vine that reached into the clouds in the center of the island.
Those red Sharingan eyes gleamed with an eerie light in the shadows.
"The first one."
Viktor murmured softly, then stepped over the corpses and walked deeper into the area.Chapter 132 Evolution! The Straw Hat Crew's Strength
The Trial Area of the Swamp.
In the dense jungle, there are swamp clouds everywhere that make you want to sink in.
"What a filthy little boat, just like a worm from Qinghai."
The Swamp Priest Gedas is a strange man with a spider-leg hairstyle, rolling his eyes, and often forgetting to breathe because he is too focused.
He was piloting the Swamp Cloud, gradually approaching the small wooden raft named "Crow Maru".
He looked at the black flag with a skull and crossbones painted on the mast, a look of disdain on his face, and reached out to tear it off:
"These flags that look like rags are disgusting to look at; let's just throw them into the swamp."
Behind the tree, Chopper was trembling with fear, his small body shaking with terror.
However, when he saw that dirty hand about to touch the pirate flag, about to insult the symbol that represented Dr. Kureha and Luffy's beliefs, he was deeply moved.
The fear in Chopper's eyes vanished instantly, replaced by an unprecedented determination!
"Stop...stop!!!"
Chopper roared and shoved a yellow Rumble ball into his mouth.
"Creak!"
"I'm a pirate!!! You're not allowed to insult our flag!!!"
With a roar, Chopper burst out from behind the tree, his body instantly expanding and transforming into his "Power Leg Enhancement" form.
He charged forward like a cannonball, ramming Gaidaz's outstretched hand toward the flag with his antlers.
"What?! Where did this raccoon dog come from?!"
Although Gadaz often makes foolish mistakes, his strength as a priest should not be underestimated.
"Swamp Cloud Burger Steak!!"
He thrust out with both palms, and two thick, swampy clouds shot out like cannonballs.
"So fast!"
Using his shrunken size as an advantage, Chopper nimbly jumped away at the last second, but the trees behind him were instantly swallowed and corroded by the swamp cloud.
Chopper landed and quickly switched forms: "Brain Enhancement - Diagnosis!"
With his two little hooves clasped together, he was searching for the enemy's weakness through that special perspective.
'This guy is incredibly destructive, but his movement relies entirely on the Swamp Cloud Shoes and the Wind-Spitting Shell.'
'Furthermore... his reactions are slow, his intelligence seems low, and he often forgets to breathe...'
At this moment, Gaidaz, his face flushed red from holding his breath during the attack, was frantically trying to catch his breath.
"Phew...ha...I almost suffocated..."
Now!
Chopper had a sudden inspiration and quickly took off one of his shoes, throwing it forcefully towards Geedaz's left side.
"Take this!"
"Huh? A hidden weapon?" Gaidaz was indeed fooled, his gaze following the broken shoe blankly.
"Wrist strength enhancement!!!"
Chopper seized the fleeting opening, and his muscles instantly swelled.
Those once adorable little hooves have transformed into massive, steel-like muscles and wrists.
He leaped high into the air, channeling all his strength and the dignity of being a pirate into this single strike.
"Carved Hoof Cherry Blossom!!!"
"Bang!!!!"
The blow landed squarely on Gaidaz's surprised face, the huge hoofprint blooming like cherry blossoms.
The terrifying force slammed the priest, along with his cloud shoes, deep into the sea of clouds and swamp below, like a pile driver.
"Gurgle..."
The swamp churned, and Gaidaz's figure vanished completely, never to rise again.
"Huff... huff..."
Chopper landed on the crow's paw, panting heavily.
He spread his arms wide, tightly protecting the flag behind him; though covered in mud, his eyes shone with immense pride.
"Nobody is allowed to touch our skull!!"
...
The outer perimeter of the Shandora ruins.
Ancient vines entwine the broken walls and ruins, where history from eight hundred years ago lies dormant.
Robin stood before a broken wall covered with ancient characters, his fingers gently tracing the weathered lines, his eyes filled with tenderness and awe.
Sudden.
"boom!!!"
A loud bang shattered the silence.
The divine soldier, Yamo, a huge, mountain-like fat man, smashed the precious 800-year-old wall with a single punch without hesitation in order to attack Robin.
Stone fragments flew everywhere, and ancient characters were reduced to dust.
The elegant smile that Robin always wore vanished completely in that instant.
She looked at the rubble on the ground, slowly raised her head, and her eyes were as cold as an ice cellar that had never melted in millennia:
"What you just did... destroyed priceless history."
"So what? It's just a piece of junk!"
Relying on its enormous size and the ten "slashing shells" it carried, Yemo attacked like a runaway bulldozer:
"You'll become like that stone! Turn into rubble!!"
Boom boom boom!
The surrounding ruins continued to crumble under Yamo's attacks.
In the early stages, Robin had to dodge in a disheveled manner to avoid accidentally damaging other artifacts around him.
Her arms were also cut by flying pebbles and shards of shell, and blood stained her sleeves.
"Unforgivable..."
Robin gritted his teeth and fought while retreating.
Using the power of the Flower-Flower Fruit, they constantly distracted Yama, gradually luring him to an open area on a cliff where there were no ruins.
"Hahaha! You have nowhere to run now, woman!"
Looking at the bottomless abyss behind him, Yemo grinned maliciously, "I will crush you!!"
Robin stopped and turned around.
The wind ruffled her bangs, revealing a chilling, cold smile:
"Yeah, nothing here... will be ruined by you, you stupid pig."
Before Yemo could react, the ground beneath his feet suddenly "bloomed".
"Six-flowered...no, a riot of flowers, the Great Larkspur!!!"
Countless pale arms sprouted wildly from the ground like vines, instantly covering Yemo's enormous body.
The arms gripped his neck, joints, spine, and limbs tightly.
The enormous divine weapon was actually lifted up by these countless hands and suspended in mid-air outside the cliff.
"Let...let me go!!" Yemo struggled in terror.
Robin crossed his arms and looked indifferently at the sinner who had destroyed history:
"This is what happens to barbarians who don't know respect."
"Hook Claw!!"
"Snap!!!"
With a crisp, terrifying sound of bones cracking, Yemo's massive body was twisted into an eerie angle.
Then, Robin waved his hands.
"Aaaaaaahh...
Yemo was thrown off the cliff thousands of meters in the air like a rag, plunging into the vast Qinghai Lake.
Robin dusted off his hands, as if he had just dealt with a bag of trash.
She turned and walked back to the ruins, picked up a piece of rubble from the ground, a hint of regret flashing in her eyes, and then continued to walk deeper into the ruins to interpret the history.
...
The corridor of the ancient ruins.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Blinding flashes of light kept exploding amidst the ruins.
Zoro is facing an unprecedentedly tough battle.
His opponent was Braham, a guerrilla fighter from Shandia.
This agile warrior uses the "flash guns" in his hands to blind Zoro repeatedly, and uses the Wind Shell skateboard under his feet to move at high speed through the complex ruins and corridors.
"Damn it... I can't open my eyes..."
Zoro's eyes were watering from the bright light, making it hard to see, and his opponent was constantly flying a kite from a medium to long distance.
Whenever Zoro tried to get close, his opponent would use his skateboard to instantly create distance.
No matter how strong Zoro's swordsmanship is, it's all in vain if he can't hit anyone.
"It's over, swordsmen of Qinghai!"
Braham stopped on a distant stone pillar, raised his twin pistols, and aimed them at Zoro:
"At this distance, you're a sitting duck!"
"Flashgun! Flashbang!!!"
An even more blinding light erupted, accompanied by deadly bullets.
This time, however, Zoro neither dodged nor attempted to charge.
He stood there, slowly closing his still tearful eyes.
The world was plunged into darkness.
But in that darkness, all distracting thoughts vanished.
He recalled the gentle words of his master, Koushirou, when he was a child at the dojo.
I recalled the air current that cut through everything when the man named Hawkeye swung his knife at the sea restaurant.
'A sword...is not just for cutting tangible things...'
When vision is turned off, hearing and touch are amplified infinitely.
In the midst of the chaos of the battlefield, he "heard" it.
He "heard" the spring vibrating when Braham pulled the trigger, he "heard" the trajectory of the wind, and even "heard" the other's triumphant breathing.
Zoro slowly placed his hand on the hilt of his sword, lowering his center of gravity.
'What I want to sever... is not just the enemy.'
'It's not just that—it's this distance.'
"One-Sword Style: Thirty-Six Troublesome Phoenixes!!"
Zoro suddenly opened his eyes, and a chilling ghostly aura burst forth from his body.
He didn't move his feet, but instead swung his knife forcefully at Braham in the distance!
"Sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and thought...the six senses of a person..."
"Alright! Now I'll show you... a flying slash!!!"
Buzz—!!!
A blue, spiraling, high-pressure sword aura roared out!
It tore through the air with a sharp bang, ignoring the distance in space, and pierced directly through the flash and bullets fired by Braham!
"What?!"
Before Braham could react, he was struck head-on by the terrifying sword energy.
"Pfft!!"
Braham screamed and flew backward, his two pistols shattering, leaving a deep, bone-revealing wound on his chest.
He collapsed to the ground, staring incredulously at the swordsman in the distance: "Sword energy... it can actually travel this far..."
Zoro slowly sheathed his sword.
"Click".
The sound of the blades striking each other was crisp and pleasant.
Zoro retied his bandana, glanced at his fallen opponent, and said calmly:
"Sorry, I'm in a hurry."Chapter 133 The Captain in the Snake's Belly and the Arrival of Thor
"call..."
Deep in the dense forest of God's Island, Victor casually flicked the blood off his black sword and hoisted the "Heat Spear" of the priest Shura, which he had just captured, onto his shoulder.
"Although the design is a bit ugly, the hot pot inside is a real gem."
Victor straightened his slightly disheveled collar and prepared to continue towards the giant bean vine.
"Rumble..."
The ground suddenly began to shake violently, as if a magnitude 7 earthquake had occurred.
The ancient trees around them made a sickening cracking sound, and countless birds flew into the sky in terror.
"Um?"
Viktor stopped and looked up.
The jungle ahead seemed to have been bulldozed, and a huge snake head, as big as a small hill, emerged.
Those vertical pupils emitted the cold light of an ancient ferocious beast, staring intently at the tiny human in front of them.
"Lord of the Sky" - Nolan.
"Is this the giant serpent that lived for four hundred years...?"
Viktor looked up at the enormous creature; the sense of oppression it exuded was truly astonishing.
"What a huge snake."
Viktor's eyes narrowed slightly, and he slowly gripped the hilt of his knife with his right hand.
Despite the huge size difference, killing this snake wouldn't be difficult for him in his current state.
Just as Victor's thumb flicked away the hilt, preparing to draw his sword and slay the snake...
"Hello—!! Is anyone there?!"
A deep yet powerful shout suddenly came from inside the giant python's belly.
"This place is full of gold coins!! But it's so dark!! I need to get out!!!"
"..."
Viktor's hand, which had been drawing his sword, froze in mid-air.
His previously cold expression instantly crumbled, replaced by a look of utter dismay.
That voice... that bizarre thought process...
Viktor sighed helplessly.
He suppressed his murderous intent, walked to the giant python's hard, iron-like scales, and gently knocked on it as if knocking on a door.
"Knock knock".
"Captain? How are you doing up there?"
Upon hearing the familiar voice, Luffy inside the snake's belly instantly erupted, shouting and yelling even more excitedly, causing the giant python to wriggle uncomfortably.
"Oh!!! It's Viktor's voice!! That's great!!"
"Victor! Quickly cut this snake and get me out of here! We need to go and fight that god! There's gold in here, but it's too crowded!!"
Victor did not act immediately.
He took a step back and looked up at the increasingly thick and oppressive cumulonimbus clouds in the sky, which seemed about to collapse.
Then he looked at the giant python in front of him, which was not only not dead, but was also jumping around because of a stomachache.
Victor's mind raced.
'That madman Enel will probably launch an indiscriminate bombing campaign soon.'
'Luffy is a rubber man, lightning has no effect on him. But if we release him now, he'll definitely run wild in this forest, and might even end up in the sea of clouds.'
'Moreover, this snake's skin is thick enough to be a natural air-raid shelter.'
Since that's the case...
Viktor's lips curled into a cunning smile:
"Why not let him stay here and be 'protected' for a while?"
Having made up his mind, Victor shouted loudly into the snake's belly:
"Sorry, Captain! This snake's skin is too thick, harder than steel! My knife got dull when I was cutting the priest, I can't cut it!"
"Why don't you stay inside for a while? You can rest and recharge! I'll go check on Nami and the others!"
Luffy, inside the snake's belly, was struck dumb and let out an incredulous scream:
"Huh???"
"Victor, you bastard!!! You're lying!! How could your knife be dull!! Don't go!! I need to get out!!"
Goodbye, Captain.
Victor completely ignored Luffy's protests.
His intuition told him that an extremely ominous and terrifying aura was approaching from the Merry.
"Whoosh!"
Viktor unleashed a burst of chakra from the soles of his feet, using the Body Flicker Technique to transform into a black afterimage and vanish instantly into the dense forest.
...
Meanwhile, on the other side of God's Island.
The "Trial of Iron" area.
There are no plants here, only white clouds and thorns covering the ground.
Priest Ohm, wearing sunglasses and wielding the "Iron Cloud Sword" that could extend and deform at will, expressionlessly reaped the Shandian warriors who rushed in.
"Humans are truly pathetic; knowing that a dead end lies ahead, they still rush forward one after another."
"Since you are in so much pain, let me help you find relief."
Countless screams rang out, and blood stained the white clouds red.
On the edge of the battlefield, "War Demon" Vaipa was covered in blood, but the flames of war in his eyes burned ever brighter. With astonishing perseverance and the slingshot in his hand, he forcefully blasted a bloody path, defeating wave after wave of divine soldiers.
"Nobody can stand in my way!!!"
Vaipa roared, dragging his battered body as he charged toward the top of the giant bean vine.
...
The Shrine of the Gods, the Golden Hall.
Enel remained languidly seated on the golden throne that symbolized supreme power.
With his eyes closed, the "heart network" covering the entire island constructed a clear battlefield map in his mind.
As time goes by, the "voices" that represent human life are disappearing one by one.
"Oh..."
Enel let out a long yawn, a bored expression on his face:
"The remaining insects are crawling too slowly. Three hours... It seems I overestimated these mortals."
He slowly opened his eyes, lightning flashing in his indifferent gaze.
"Since none of you are coming to find me..."
Enel's gaze pierced through the obstacles and landed on the pirate ship at the edge of the island:
"Then I'll go check out that ship from Qinghai. I heard there are... some rather interesting little mice there."
"Sizzle sizzle..."
A terrifying crackling sound of electricity instantly filled the hall.
A thick, dazzling blue bolt of lightning shot into the sky, piercing through the roof of the main hall and transforming into a thunderous bolt that tore through the sky and headed straight for the Going Merry!
God descended.Chapter 134 Despair Descends! God on the Going Merry
On the edge of God's Island, the Going Merry lay quietly moored in the shadow of enormous vines.
On the deck, the remaining staff were busy with their respective tasks.
"The air pressure is a bit off..." Nami frowned as she looked at the recording pointer and weather stick on her wrist. The humidity in the air was dropping rapidly.
"Don't worry, I've already got the cannon ready!"
Usopp was wiping the cannons on the ship's side with a rag, trying to ease the tense atmosphere.
In the kitchen, Sanji hummed a little tune as he mixed a special fruit juice: "The special drinks for Nami and Robin are almost finished~"
Sudden.
The previously humid and stuffy air suddenly became extremely dry.
The air was filled with the crackling sound of static electricity, and everyone's hair stood on end.
"Sizzle—"
A blinding blue-white light flashed across the deck railing.
When the light faded, a man with a bare upper body, carrying a thunder drum on his back, and earlobes that reached his chest, appeared out of thin air.
God Enel.
He sat lazily on the railing, toying with a half-eaten apple in his hand.
He didn't even release any domineering aura; all that could be seen was the constantly pulsating, crackling electricity around his body.
The oppressive feeling from the most violent power of nature made Usopp's legs go weak, and he collapsed to the ground.
"That…that is…what kind of monster…" Usopp's teeth chattered.
Enel took a bite of the apple, his gaze sweeping indifferently over the surroundings as if they were mere ants:
"Is this what the people of Qinghai call their boat? It's such a rudimentary toy."
He raised his hand, lightning flashing at his fingertips, ready to casually destroy the eyesore of wood.
"Ultimate Move - Fiery Star!!!"
Despite trembling with fear, Usopp roared and pulled the trigger when he saw that the other side was about to destroy the Going Merry.
"call!"
The burning Firebird bullet struck Enel precisely in the chest.
However, the flames passed right through Enel's body, as if hitting thin air.
Enel's body was transformed into elements, then reformed completely unharmed.
"The flames of mortals?"
Enel glanced at them coldly and tapped his finger lightly.
"boom!"
A massive bolt of lightning pierced through Usopp's body in an instant.
"Waaaaah!!" Usopp screamed, his body charred black and emitting blue smoke as he collapsed to the ground, twitching twice before becoming still.
"Usopp!!"
"Damn it!! Don't attack our ship!!"
A roar came from the kitchen.
Sanji kicked open the door and rushed out. Seeing Usopp lying on the ground and Nami in a terrified state, his feet instantly ignited with rage.
"Crushed!!!"
Sanji leaped high into the air, using all his strength to deliver a spinning kick powerful enough to shatter rocks, slamming it down on Enel's head.
"puff."
It didn't feel like a real hit.
Sanji's foot felt like it had kicked into a clump of sticky paste, sinking directly into Enel's head, which had transformed into lightning.
"Good speed."
Enel didn't even turn around, but grabbed Sanji's leg, his tone contemptuous:
"But...it's too weak."
"Divine retribution!"
Boom!
A terrifying blue-white lightning bolt descended from the sky, instantly piercing through the ship's hull and engulfing Sanji.
"Ughhhhh!!"
Faced with this absolute power, even one of the Straw Hat Pirates' three main fighters instantly lost consciousness.
Sanji, covered in smoke, crashed heavily at Nami's feet like a piece of charcoal.
"Sanji-kun! Usopp!!"
In just a few seconds.
Nami was the only one left on the deck.
She gripped the weather stick in her hand, trembling, and looked down at her companions, whose fate was unknown. Tears of despair welled up in her eyes.
Is this... the power of God?
They're from completely different dimensions...
"oh?"
Enel noticed Nami at this moment, seemingly because of the Clima-Tact in her hand and the record of her weather analysis.
"Woman, you seem to be the navigator of this ship?"
Enel jumped down from the railing and walked step by step toward Nami, lightning flowing beneath his feet:
"It's clear that you have a keen sense of weather."
"My ark, 'Proverb,' is about to set sail for that dreamlike 'Infinite Land.'"
He extended his hand, extending an invitation:
"I need a navigator. Come with me, woman. Once you become my subordinate, I will grant you the right to live in this country."
"Come with me, or die here with these bugs? Choose."
Nami gripped the Clima-Tact tightly, her knuckles turning white from the force.
fear.
An overwhelming fear enveloped her.
Just nod, and you can live...
but.
Suddenly, Luffy's silly grin flashed through Nami's mind, along with images of everyone adventuring together.
Finally... the image settled on the black-haired boy who always smiled and stood in front of her, shielding her from the wind and rain.
'It's precisely because you're an ordinary person that you prove you're braver than anyone else.'
Those words echoed in my ears.
"call..."
Nami bit her lip until it bled.
She abruptly raised her weather staff, pointing it at the arrogant god before her, and roared in a trembling but resolute voice:
"Although...although I'm terrified of dying..."
"I also want those countless treasures..."
"but!!"
Nami's tears welled up in her eyes:
"If we're going to abandon Viktor...abandon everyone and follow a monster like you..."
"I'd rather die here right now!!!"
The air froze.
Enel's gaze instantly turned cold, the mockery vanishing and replaced by the wrath of a god.
"madness."
He slowly raised the golden staff in his hand, and terrifying high-voltage lightning rapidly condensed at the top, emitting a piercing cry of a thousand birds:
"Since you don't know what's good for you... then just disappear."
"die!"
The golden staff, crackling with destructive lightning, mercilessly slammed down on Nami's head.
Nami closed her eyes.
Just as the lightning was about to engulf her.
"Buzz—!!"
A sharp sonic boom suddenly tore through the air; it was the sound of air being pierced by extreme speed.
"Impact and Repel!!!"
A black afterimage crashed into the battle from the side like a cannonball.
Victor did not draw his sword.
He was wearing those specially made black gloves, and it seemed as if he was holding some kind of shellfish in his palm. At that critical moment, he struck the side of Enel's golden cudgel as it was swinging down.
"boom!!!"
A terrifying shockwave erupted.
Viktor used this enormous recoil force to deflect Enel's deadly attack by three inches!
"Sizzle!!!"
A violent bolt of lightning grazed Nami's hair and crashed into the white sea beside her.
Boom!!!
The sea instantly boiled, stirring up giant waves hundreds of meters high, as if the sea itself feared this power.
"despair."
Viktor landed and stood firmly in front of Nami.
His black hair fluttered wildly in the blast of air, and wisps of smoke rose from the glove on his right hand.
Nami collapsed to the ground, staring at the suddenly appearing broad back. Her taut nerves finally snapped, and she burst into tears.
"Victor... Waaah..."
Victor did not turn around.
He simply reached his left hand behind him and precisely touched Nami's head, gently rubbing her orange hair.
"Feel sorry."
Viktor's voice was gentle, yet it carried a chilling aura that seemed to instantly lower the surrounding temperature.
"I'm a little... late."
After comforting Nami, Victor slowly turned his head.
At that moment, the three tomoe in his eyes spun wildly, emanating a murderous aura that resembled a tangible blood mist, locking onto the Thor in front of him.
"Hey, long earlobes."
Viktor grinned, revealing fangs as fierce as a wild beast:
"Now that you've heard her answer, aren't you going to get lost?"
"Or perhaps..."
Victor drew his black sword half an inch from its sheath, emitting a clear, resonant dragon's roar:
"You want 'God'... to fall here today?"
Enel glanced at the golden cudgel that had been deflected, then at the murderous-looking boy before him, tilted his head, and showed interest on his face:
"oh?"Chapter 135 Seals from Another World! Ninjutsu VS Rumble-Rumble Fruit
On the deck of the Merry, the air was distorted by high voltage.
Enel hovered in mid-air, the thunder drums behind him striking automatically, emitting a dull rumble.
He looked down at Viktor, who was standing in front of Nami, his eyes filled with indifference.
"Mortal, you have successfully provoked me."
Enel raised his hand, lightning crackling at his fingertips:
"But that's meaningless. Before absolute power, skill is a joke. Lightning... cannot be stopped."
"Thirty Million Volts Thunderbird!!"
Several giant birds made of lightning shrieked as they burst out from the thunder drum behind him, swooping down on Viktor in a fan shape with an aura of annihilation.
Faced with this devastating attack, Victor did not draw his sword. Instead, he sheathed the black blade in his hand with a "click".
He took a deep breath, his chest heaving, and his eyes became incredibly focused in an instant.
His hands moved like afterimages, completing a complex hand seal in that instant.
Zi-Chou-Xu-Wu-Shen-Hai-Yin!
"Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!!!"
Viktor suddenly tilted his head back and then opened his mouth to spray air into the sky.
boom------!!!!
It was no ordinary fireball, but a massive wall of flames surging like a tsunami!
The flames were so widespread that they instantly covered the entire field of vision above the Going Merry.
The rolling orange-red sea of fire engulfed the thunderbirds in an instant and dyed the entire sky a terrifying crimson!
The heatwave was intense, and even the sea of clouds seemed to be boiling.
"oh?!"
Enel's pupils contracted slightly as he was forced back several meters by the sudden sea of fire.
"What kind of ability is this? Fire? The same ability as mine?"
Enel frowned as he looked at the boy who hadn't yet transformed into an elemental form: "Something's not right! This feels different!"
"Hmph, a mere trick!"
Enel swung his golden cudgel, using the extreme heat generated by lightning to instantly dispel the flames before him: "Playing with fire in front of God, how laughable!"
However, the moment the flames subsided, Viktor's figure had already vanished from the spot.
He stood on the railing on the side of the Merry, his feet on the white sea, and his hands formed a new hand seal once again.
This is the White Sea, surrounded by water.
That is to say... his home field.
"Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!!!"
roar----!!!
With a dragon's roar, a huge white water dragon, formed from the condensed waters of the White Sea, roared and shot into the sky from the sea of clouds on the side of the Merry.
It coiled its enormous body, opened its huge mouth, and fiercely bit at Enel in the air.
"madness!"
Enel, upon seeing the water dragon, instead revealed a mocking sneer:
"Don't they know water conducts electricity? How could they use such a technique to attack Thor?"
"Discharge!!"
Enel neither dodged nor avoided the water dragon, allowing it to engulf him while simultaneously releasing a terrifying high-voltage current that was transmitted directly to the caster through the dragon's body.
Sizzle sizzle sizzle!
The entire water dragon instantly transformed into a dazzling blue electric dragon.
"Die!"
However, the scene of Viktor being electrocuted, as expected, did not occur.
Victor had anticipated this.
The instant the water dragon took shape and bit Enel, he decisively severed the chakra connection.
Furthermore, his arms were instantly covered with a high density of Armament Haki as an insulating defense.
"Splash!!"
Although the electrified water dragon failed to directly cripple Enel in his elemental form, the immense physical impact and massive flow of water did indeed slam into him.
"puff..."
The lightning dissipated.
Enel was soaked to the bone, his hair plastered to his face, his once elegant divine demeanor completely gone, making him look like a drowned rat.
"you..."
Enel wiped the water from his face, his complexion instantly turning a deep liver color, veins bulging on his forehead:
"Aaaaaah!! Damn bugs!! How dare they get God's body wet!!"
"I'm going to blast you to ashes!!!"
Enel was enraged, his entire body crackling with lightning, and the terrifying electric field caused the surrounding space to tremble, clearly preparing to unleash a powerful attack.
"Right now."
Viktor's eyes narrowed, and taking advantage of Enel's opening due to anger, he suddenly spat out an extremely thin stream of high-pressure water.
"Water Release: Water Severing Wave!!!"
call out--!!
This line of water, compressed by Viktor's remaining chakra, was as thin as a hair, yet incomparably sharp.
Even more terrifying is that the front end of the waterline is wrapped in black Armament Haki!
It was like an indestructible laser blade, instantly slicing through the air in front of Enni Road and cutting through the protective lightning defense network.
brush!
The water line swept across.
"Ugh!!"
Enel let out a cry of pain and his body leaned back.
Blood splattered.
Enel clutched his right shoulder, where a deep, bone-revealing cut had appeared, and bright red blood flowed through his fingers, dripping onto the white clouds.
He stared wide-eyed at his own blood in disbelief:
"Blood...? I'm bleeding?"
"You actually... cut through my lightning with water?!"
Seeing his own blood, Enel's reason completely snapped, and he went berserk.
"Unforgivable...Unforgivable!!!"
The thunder drums behind him pounded wildly, transforming him into the form of the Thunder God:
"Sixty Million Volts Thunder Dragon!!!"
roar!!!
A terrifying lightning dragon, several times larger than the water dragon from before and entirely composed of lightning, carrying an aura of world destruction, lunged at Victor with bared fangs and claws.
The Going Merry trembled under this oppressive force.
"Huff... huff..."
Viktor was panting heavily, his forehead covered in cold sweat.
The series of high-intensity ninjutsu he had just used had completely depleted his chakra and stamina.
He knew this was the final blow.
It's all or nothing.
Yin-si-Yin-si-Yin-si!
Viktor forcefully squeezed out the last bit of energy from his cells.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!!"
"Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation Arrow!!"
boom!!
A massive fireball and a flaming arrow were unleashed simultaneously.
Although these two flames seemed so small in the face of the terrifying 60 million Volts of the Thunder Dragon, they were instantly annihilated.
but--
Boom!!!
The violent collision between the flames and lightning caused a massive thermal explosion.
Thick smoke and blinding light instantly obscured all vision.
"Trying to run?!" Enel roared.
No, it's an attack.
Swish.
Using this brief moment of visual obstruction, Victor unleashed his final Body Flicker Technique.
He passed through the scorching smoke and dust of the explosion, enduring the intense heat, and instantly appeared in front of Enel, only one meter away!
"Here!!"
Viktor clenched his right fist, that was his last ripple... no, his last display of dominance.
His entire right fist turned pitch black, even gleaming with a metallic sheen.
He aimed a powerful blow at Enel's astonished face and slammed it into his abdomen.
"Get out of here!!!"
"Bang!!!!!!"
This punch landed squarely on the target.
Time seemed to stand still.
Enel's eyes bulged out, and he spat out a mouthful of blood, instantly curling his body into a shrimp-like shape.
"vomit--!!"
With a burst of immense kinetic energy, Enel was sent flying backward in agony as if hit by a cannonball, crashing heavily into the ruins of the forest.
"Zzzzz!!!"
But at the same time, in retaliation, Enel's out-of-control 60 million volts of protective lightning, along with the fist that made contact, instantly pierced through Viktor's body.
"Ugh!!"
Viktor trembled violently, black smoke billowed from his body, and his vision went completely black for a moment, leaving only a slit.
"thump."
He fell straight backward and crashed heavily onto the deck.
...
A moment later.
"Cough cough..."
Amidst the ruins, Enel staggered to his feet.
He clutched his throbbing abdomen, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and looked at Victor lying motionless on the deck in the distance.
At that moment, for the first time, genuine fear appeared in the eyes of this god.
"A sorcerer from Qinghai..."
Enel gritted his teeth; the excruciating pain in his abdomen prevented him from straightening up.
"What kind of power was that just now? It actually managed to hit me, who is lightning..."
He watched the fallen figure warily, afraid that the other person might jump up again and form a hand seal.
"If the Ark 'Proverb' hadn't been about to take off... I would have torn you to pieces!!"
Out of vigilance against this unknown power and driven by his obsession with "returning to the infinite earth," the heavily injured Enel chose to leave.
"snort!"
He transformed into a disheveled bolt of lightning, soaring into the sky and fleeing towards the Shrine of Gods.
[bite!]
[Congratulations, host, for defeating the important character Enel.]
[Battle Rating: A]
[Gained Ninja Points: 1500. Lightning Release: Kirin.]
...
As the rumbling thunder faded into the distance, the deck of the Merry returned to deathly silence.
"Victor!!"
Nami ran out from the corner, trembling, and knelt down beside Viktor with a thud.
At this moment, Viktor's entire body was charred black, and his clothes were tattered. Only the faint rise and fall of his chest proved that he was still alive.
In this near-death state, Viktor's charred fingers twitched slightly.
His lips moved slightly, uttering an unconscious murmur:
"Nami...cough...as expected...was it still too much of a stretch..."
"Idiot...you big idiot!!"
Nami hugged him tightly, large tears falling onto his burning face, washing away the black grime.
"Hang in there... I'm going to get the first-aid kit!"
In the silence of this island of gods, only the girl's weeping and the gradually calming sea breeze could be heard.