Back on Thunder God Island, Chaos couldn't help laughing at Betty's miserable state!
Betty's short purple hair was now sticking up like an afro, and wisps of black smoke curled from her golden bikini. Her face was deathly pale, and she looked utterly dejected, like an eggplant hit by frost.
She'd only moved twenty or thirty meters farther in than before.
The closer she got to the island's interior, the more lightning bolts struck, and the stronger they became!
On top of that, Betty was wearing Seastone. Without it, she would've made it much farther into Thunder God Island by now.
The feeling of weakness throughout her body was truly awful.
Betty was currently at the third stage. Archino was at the second, and he was faring slightly better than Betty.
As for Crocodile, he'd already made it deep enough. The lightning striking him now was a full half-meter thick, and he was close to his limit. If he went any farther, he might end up foaming at the mouth and convulsing on the ground.
"I don't think this is doing any good!"
Betty scowled, glaring at Chaos as he landed.
In her eyes, Chaos was looking at her with nothing but undisguised mockery.
"Time will tell."
Chaos strode right past Betty. Compared to her golden bikini, he wore a lot more gold. He was practically a walking lightning rod.
Bolt after bolt of lightning crackled down on him.
At first, Chaos really hadn't been used to it, but little by little, he began to adapt.
The cells throughout his body went numb, but then they sprang to life!
For Chaos, who had mastered Life Return, using lightning to stimulate his cells as a form of training was like adding wings to a tiger. It made his efforts twice as