Enel's lips twitched. This was the first time he had been lectured by someone in the tone of a "god," and he had to admit, it was an absolutely terrible feeling.
"I was originally thinking of recruiting you, after all, you seem more useful than my other useless subordinates. However, my only thought now is to let you, this blasphemous bastard, be punished by lightning." Enel pointed his Golden Staff at Roy, his killing intent palpable.
Ethereal electric snakes coiled around Enel, hissing and crackling, while faint flashes of lightning surged, as if an apocalyptic disaster was imminent.
Even the Shandia Warriors, known for their bravery and skill in battle, couldn't help but lose their composure when they witnessed this scene. Humanity's fear of thunder is deeply ingrained in their very blood.
However, Roy ignored all of this and continued to play the role of a charlatan, saying with feigned compassion, "Sin stems from ignorance, pathetic false god, you..."
"Shut up!" Enel roared, transforming into lightning and striking Roy.
Boom!
A wall of sand instantly appeared in front of Roy, blocking all the lightning in the sky. The blue lightning and the yellow sandstorm were locked in a stalemate, and the immense power tore the shrine to pieces.
When the energy at the center of the clash reached a certain level, it exploded with a deafening roar that even caused everyone's eardrums to bleed, and the Island Cloud beneath their feet melted away like ice and snow.
"Logia? I didn't expect you to possess the power of a god as well." Enel felt a bit of a problem. As Logia himself, he knew how troublesome the ability to Elementalization was. Being unable to be attacked meant that Logia users were inherently invincible.
Of course, Elementalization is not passive; it requires the user to actively use it. Otherwise, no matter how much the Gum-Gum Fruit counters the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Enel would never have been defeated by Luffy, who didn't yet Haki.
Even so, defeating Logia Fruit user is still extremely difficult. After all, they can Elementalization with just a thought. Unless the enemy's attack exceeds the user's reaction speed, Logia users are practically invincible without Armament Haki.
"Hmph, someone with this kind of strength dares to call himself a god? He's utterly ignorant." Crocodile may have been scathing in his words, but he was also incredibly wary of Enel.
The Rumble-Rumble Fruit truly lives up to its reputation as one of the Logia fruits, practically invincible. It possesses not only immense power but also unparalleled speed, combining strength and speed. If Enel hadn't lacked combat experience, he would likely have been at a disadvantage from the very beginning.
"Ignorant ants, do not presume to fathom the power of a god with your lowly eyes." Recovering from the shock of encountering Logia Fruit user, Enel regained his arrogant attitude. Even if they were both Logia users, sand could never be a match for lightning, just as the earth forever submits to the sky.
"Idiot, who do you think I am? I am Crocodile!" The yellow sand in the sky transformed into two huge monstrous hands and forcefully gripped Enel.
Enel's body transformed into a thunder dragon, intertwining with the raging sands, unleashing terrifying energy with abandon. The God's Island could no longer satisfy their fighting needs; only the endless void was their final resting place.
At this moment, the Shandia Warriors, who had prepared for a do-or-die battle, sadly discovered that they seemed completely unable to intervene in this level of combat. The clash between sand and lightning, in their eyes, was even more legendary than ancient myths.
"This is a battle between gods!" Witnessing a battle of this caliber, even the Shandia Warriors, who had absolutely no liking for the so-called gods, couldn't help but lower their proud heads in reverence for nature.
"A monster with such terrifying power is merely his subordinate? Could he really be a god?" Wyper, who could still maintain his composure at this moment, looked at Roy with eyes filled with horror.
"Perhaps, the four-hundred-year-old feud Shandia People and Angel Island can truly end in his hands." Laki clasped her hands together in front of her chest in prayer, but Aisa's evaluation of Roy suddenly flashed through her mind, and a strange worry arose.
"Desert Treasure Sword!"
"God's Punishment!"
As light and shadow intertwined, the sand and thunder transformed into human form once more.
However, at this moment, blood was spilling from the corner of Enel's mouth, and his eyes were filled with disbelief. "Impossible, I was clearly already in Elementalization, how could you possibly hurt me?"
"Hmph, don't you claim to be omniscient and omnipotent? Go ahead and guess for yourself!"
Crocodile the Sand is someone who has been to the New World. Although he is not proficient in Haki, he is not incapable of it. Coupled with his years of combat experience, he undoubtedly has the advantage over Enel, who is also a Logia.
"God is actually injured!" The God's Enforcer who were hiding far away were so shocked that their jaws dropped to the ground without them even realizing it. If the fact that the disabled man and the god were fighting on equal terms was already testing their psychological endurance, then the fact that the god was injured first was even more unacceptable to them.
"You think you can defeat a god with that weird power? Don't be delusional, a god is invincible!" Enel's words were not empty talk. Although he did not understand Armament Haki, his mastery of Observation Haki was even better than Crocodile the Sand's. Coupled with his extreme speed, Crocodile the Sand could not attack him at all.
No longer the carefree Enel, he brought the advantages of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit to the extreme, shattering the sandstorm time and time again. Lightning burst out from the gaps in the sand, shimmering and colorful, like a sky full of falling meteors.
"Hmph, nothing special." Crocodile the Sand said with a gloomy expression. Although Enel's attacks could not hurt him, that was only because he had not yet come into contact with Armament Haki. Once he had mastered Armament Haki, he would probably have to hand over his position as the second strongest fighter before he even had a chance to warm up.
For the first time, he truly understood the importance of the Haki that Roy had been emphasizing.
He has now reached the pinnacle of fruit development, and it will be difficult to go any further unless the Devil Fruit Awakening.
However, there is still a lot of room for improvement in his Haki presence. Once he makes up for his weaknesses, his strength will definitely rise to another level.
The current battle is at a stalemate, with neither side able to inflict effective damage. Continuing to fight will be a matter of who has more stamina and who will fall first. Although they can't fight for ten days and ten nights like Aokiji and Akainu, they can definitely fight for one or two days without any problem.
"Old Sand, leave the rest to me."
Crocodile the Sand silently retreated behind Roy. Although he was somewhat unwilling, he knew that there was no point in continuing like this.