Thump--thump--
With a melodious chime, the "Trial of God" began...
Although the atmosphere was much more relaxed, everyone still wanted to perform well—the inner city had now been cleared out, and there were no idlers except for the trial participants.
Almost all the citizens were in the Holy Land, watching the "broadcast" footage.
Before Sig Great Wisdom already taken flight and landed on the tower-shaped gate of the core Holy Land —the tallest building in the entire city of Bilca. If Sieg were to go any further in, he would be within the Holy Land Sig's boundaries and would lose his eligibility.
Appearing in the most conspicuous place in the entire city at this moment, it immediately attracted the attention of almost all the trial participants.
In terms of design, the towers of the Holy Land are also intended to be visible from every corner of the city!
"Huh? That Fish-Man?"
Are you planning to abstain?
"That's quite a high-profile move..."
"However, if he doesn't withdraw, Mutel will likely be a top contender targeted by the opposition."
"Yeah, after all, that Conqueror's Haki is just too overpowered..."
What is he doing? Is he really going to forfeit?
Most people guessed that Sig was going to forfeit, and Angel was even worried that Sig might confess his feelings to her at this moment...
At that moment, Sig opened his arms and tilted his head slightly back under the dark clouds, as if sensing something.
The clouds over the Sky Island appeared exceptionally low—often, the clouds even drifted directly beneath Sky Island.
Seeing Sig acting all high and mighty, many people muttered, "You'd better watch out, you might get struck by lightning!"
However, at that moment, a few streaks of lightning flashed silently through the dark clouds, and then, Sig opened his eyes.
At the same time...
"Huh? This is..."
"Who? Oh no! It's him..."
"Careful!"
"Is it... Seven?"
There were about forty or fifty people who simultaneously felt "locked on," and then, following this feeling, they discovered that the other party was none other than Sig was standing at the very top of the tower!
A sense of surprise and disbelief exploded in their hearts, followed by a hurried attempt to alert their companions...
That's right, what locked onto them was Sig's Observation Haki, also known as "Mantra" by the Sky Island person.
After acquiring the power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Sig easily developed the ability to use "electromagnetic fields" to expand the range of his Observation Haki to an incredible extent!
After all, Sig could directly "learn" from the Thunder-Thunder Demon.
The Devil Fruits are capable of unleashing almost the full power of their fruits, but are limited by the weakness of Sig's "true form," preventing them from exerting their full potential—just like the Prison Demon, who wasn't just "Awakening," but could barely muster some of his Awakening power...
Yes, Sig should go "in" more often and listen to others; sooner or later, Sig will Awakening as well.
The biggest constraint limiting the Devil Fruit Development Sig Fruit is actually Sig's "original form".
Regarding Devil Fruit, Sig's "true form" is an absolute form without any Paths of the Divine. Every time he fights Devil, Sig realizes how weak he still is.
Indeed, one cannot be lazy when it comes to cultivation!
At this moment, Sig used an electromagnetic field to spread out his Observation Haki over a very large area, but this greatly reduced his concealment.
In Bilca, Mantra system is highly developed, it was instantly felt by many people.
But it doesn't matter anymore...
Having just sensed this, everyone was still on guard, shocked by the extent of Sig's Mantra, and also nervous about what he was about to do.
"... Two hundred and forty-six, two hundred and forty-seven, two hundred and forty-eight! They've all been found..." Sig's lips curled into a dragon king's hook.
Lei--Ying--
Suddenly, Sig raised his right hand high, and his entire arm transformed into a beam of electricity, shooting straight into the sky!
Most of the trial participants were merely surprised, but the elders who knew some of the inside story were now wide-eyed and unable to sit still!
After the lightning bolt penetrated deep into the dark clouds, crack-like traces of lightning could be seen, spreading outwards in all directions from the point where the bolt passed through...
It seemed that thunder beasts were also roaming among them, appearing and disappearing in the shadows.
With the dark clouds in the sky as a reference, the spread resembled a lightning snake crawling, which was not very fast. However, with the ground as a reference, it actually covered the entire inner city area in just a few seconds!
Then...
A torrent of lightning rained down from the sky!
Sig used the power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit to manipulate the external thunderclouds and unleash a wide-area attack— Thunder Welcome.
In the original work, Enel also developed a similar ability, but Enel used the thundercloud created by the Ark Maxim, which was more powerful and more concentrated.
Sig is simply taking advantage of an ordinary cloud that happens to drift by – if it weren't for the power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, it would just be a cloudy day in Bilca, and it might not even rain.
Enel used the power of the Ark Maxim to unleash "Thunder Welcome," a massive ball of Inazuma that obliterated Angel Island in a single strike.
Of course, in Sig's view, this is largely because Island Cloud themselves have the property of collapsing when exposed to heat or electricity.
Otherwise, if it were a real island, it wouldn't be able to vaporize directly—if it truly possessed that power, Enel would have been a star long ago.
Sig's Thunder Welcome was merely a random "grab" from a dark cloud, not a giant ball of Inazuma, but rather more than two hundred lightning bolts, which, guided by Sig's Observation Haki, struck down from the sky!
Some of them will even turn corners, break through windows, and attack the hidden trial participants...
Each lightning bolt was only as thick as an average person's thigh, yet it precisely struck all the trial participants except for Mutel!
Screams erupted throughout the inner city—the number of trial participants who had lost consciousness, as diagnosed by the diagnostic system and displayed on the cloud screen, rapidly decreased.
More than thirty people survived the first round through various means!
However, as Sig exerted his strength, the electric beam formed by his right arm grew even thicker, and immediately another Inazuma, even more powerful and as thick as a waist, struck!
After another round of "pursuit", apart from Mutel's members, only a handful of trial participants remained conscious.
At this moment, Sig's eyes were flashing with electricity...
The thunderclouds in the sky seemed to be boiling, with lightning flashing and converging in seven places!
The third round was a massive pillar of lightning, as thick as three to five people could hug, descending vertically from the sky onto the heads of every other conscious trial participant.
Even hiding inside a building is useless—the buildings on the Sky Island are also made of cloud materials, and are just as vulnerable to high temperatures and lightning, so they don't offer much protection.
This time, the power of each lightning bolt left a large hole in the Island Cloud. It was only because of Sig's control that the Island Cloud was not completely pierced through; otherwise, the already unconscious group would have fallen directly into the sea.
Finally...
Only eight names remain visible on the cloud screen!