Looking back at Robin and Nami, Lu Zhuo said in a deep voice, "Robin, Nami, take Conis and get some distance away. You won't be able to help at all in my fight with Enel. It'll be dangerous if you stay here."
"Okay!" Nami and Robin exchanged a glance and nodded. Nami was worried and wanted to tell Lu Zhuo to be careful, but when she saw Conis beside her, she held back. Her gaze still showed her concern.
Lu Zhuo gave her a slight nod, and only then did Nami grit her teeth and leave with Robin.
Robin looked at Lu Zhuo, her beautiful eyes glinting. A little mouth suddenly sprouted beside his ear.
"Captain, do be careful. Don't damage my historical ruins." Though she said that, Lu Zhuo could tell Robin was worried about him too.
Watching the three leave, Lu Zhuo smiled faintly. Then his expression suddenly turned serious. He lifted his head and looked at a figure that had appeared overhead at some point.
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The figure was enveloped in lightning. It was none other than Skypiea's Thunder God, Enel.
Enel looked at his priests, some dead and others wounded. His usual calm expression turned angry.
"You lowly mortal, how dare you call yourself a god? You'll be punished!"
"Hmph! How dare you act so arrogantly in front of me, a god? Die!"
Lu Zhuo couldn't be bothered to waste words with him. After tossing out a line about being a god, he launched straight into battle.
Ghost Shadow Flash!
With a swish, Lu Zhuo vanished from where he stood. In the next instant, he appeared behind Enel. At the same time, two enormous intersecting sword beams sliced through Enel's body.
He felt no resistance from flesh—not even from a body transformed into an element!
Lu Zhuo's expression turned grave as he watched Enel's figure slowly fade behind him. He uttered a single word.
"Afterimage! What incredible speed. And with powerful Observation Haki, he really is strong."
"Do you understand the difference between yourself and a true god now, you lowly mortal?" The moment Lu Zhuo finished speaking, a cold voice came from behind him, accompanied by a flash of immense lightning!
Lu Zhuo's expression flickered with surprise. He didn't turn around; instead, he used the most basic Draw Sword Strike.
A circular sword beam swept out in every direction. In the next instant, Lu Zhuo sheathed his sword and spun around, unleashing an Army Breaker straight at Enel.
The sword beams from Army Breaker and Draw Sword Strike joined to form a cross-shaped slash, striking toward Enel, who had pressed his hands together and was unleashing lightning.
Enel stared at Lu Zhuo coldly and uttered four words.
Judgment of God!
A deafening boom rang out as an enormous bolt of lightning, like a silver-white ribbon, blasted toward Lu Zhuo.
The lightning and the cross-shaped sword beam collided, unleashing a thunderous roar!
Lu Zhuo felt an electric current run through his hand, leaving his whole body tingling. It didn't hurt—in fact, it felt rather pleasant.
With a faint smile, Lu Zhuo silently thought, Thanks, Kitetsu.
Then he let out a mighty shout. The cross-shaped sword beam cleaved through the lightning in an instant, and he charged straight past Enel, his sword slicing through Enel's body!
"How is this possible?!" Enel stared in shock as Lu Zhuo withstood the lightning and slashed at him. He hurriedly transformed into lightning to dodge the blow.
Yet Lu Zhuo's sword still left a faint cut across his body!
Now Enel wasn't merely shocked—he was a little frightened.
This was the first time he'd suffered physical damage since eating the Rumble-Rumble Fruit!
"How can this be? A mortal's sword can hurt me?" Seeing Lu Zhuo charge at him again, Enel hurriedly flashed away, retreating dozens of meters.
Lu Zhuo
scoffed at the sight. "Looks like you're so weak that you don't even deserve to call yourself a god."
Lu Zhuo's words sent Enel into a fury.
"You bastard! How dare you challenge a god! Thirty million volts, Thunder Bird!" With a furious shout, Enel flung out both hands. Countless bolts of lightning surged together before him, forming an enormous thunderbird.
Lu Zhuo didn't flinch as the thunderbird charged toward him with overwhelming force.
I'll show you a sword that can cut through lightning!
He raised both hands high, his arms trembling slightly as if gathering immense power.
A sword beam gradually extended from Kitetsu, but remained compressed within three feet without spreading outward. Even a Great Swordsman would struggle to achieve such control!
Thunder Slash, Evil Light Slash!
As the thunderbird closed to within three meters, Lu Zhuo roared and swung his sword!
A dazzling L-shaped beam, only half a meter long, burst forth and collided with the thunderbird.
Heaven and earth shook once more. The entire island shuddered, and countless towering trees crashed to the ground.
Even War Demon Wyper, who had just set foot on Upper Yard, looked stunned. The people behind him nearly lost their footing.
"Good heavens! That enormous bolt of lightning—that's Enel's power!"
"So powerful... And the other man isn't losing ground at all! How strong must he be?"
Hearing them, Wyper glanced coldly at the people behind him and snorted. "So what if their powers are strong? They're not real gods. They can be defeated!"
"Right! Let the two of them fight for a while, then we'll attack!"
"It may be a little shameless, but we can do anything to reclaim our homeland!"
Meanwhile, Nami and Robin watched with concern.
Robin had grown eyes in a place where she could see Lu Zhuo and Enel fighting. Though Lu Zhuo seemed to have the upper hand, she still looked worried.
Lu Zhuo had told her himself that he wasn't yet Enel's match. But Enel would have a hard time killing him too. Lu Zhuo needed to fight Enel a few times and get used to the lightning before he could defeat him.
At that moment, Robin saw the L-shaped sword beam knock the thunderbird back with almost no effort.
The thunderbird seemed almost solid as it steadily retreated before the Evil Light Slash, fading away bit by bit.
At last, the sword beam drove the thunderbird back more than ten meters and dispersed it completely. Though the beam had dimmed somewhat, it continued toward Enel.
Enel's eyes widened in disbelief as he watched his thunderbird get destroyed. He hurriedly waved his hand a few times, unleashing another bolt of lightning.
The lightning and sword beam pressed against each other for a moment before finally fading away.
Enel's expression grew extremely serious. Staring at Lu Zhuo, he said, "Not bad. You're quite strong, but... a swordsman can't stand against lightning! A sword... conducts electricity!"
Sixty million volts! Thunder Dragon!
In an instant, lightning flashed across the sky. Enel was like a magnet that attracted lightning, drawing the bolts from the sky toward him in a continuous stream.
A huge thunder dragon quickly took shape, and Lu Zhuo's expression grew grave as he watched from below.
Just as Enel had said, swords conducted electricity! Kitetsu had a sword spirit that could block most of the lightning for him. But even a small fraction of the terrifying sixty million volts would probably be more than Lu Zhuo could withstand.
Besides, the Evil Light Slash he had just used was his strongest ranged attack against a single target. Strictly speaking, his Void-Breaking Draw Sword Strike was an area attack, and its power against a single target wasn't particularly strong.
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