The Great Battle Against Enel

Looking at Robin and Nami behind him, Lu Zhuo said in a deep voice, "Robin, Nami, take Conis and get further away. You won't be able to intervene in the battle between Enel and me, and staying here is too dangerous."

"Understood!" Nami and Robin exchanged a glance and nodded. Although Nami felt anxious and wanted to tell Lu Zhuo to be careful, she held back when she saw Conis nearby, though her gaze remained filled with worry.

Lu Zhuo nodded slightly at her, and only then did Nami grit her teeth and leave with Robin.

Robin looked at Lu Zhuo, her beautiful eyes flashing, and a small mouth suddenly sprouted near Lu Zhuo's ear.

"Captain, you must be careful. Don't go breaking my historical ruins." Although she said it like that, Lu Zhuo clearly felt that Robin was genuinely concerned for him.

Watching the three of them leave, Lu Zhuo smiled faintly before his expression suddenly tightened. He looked up at a figure that had arrived above them at some unknown moment.

That figure was shrouded in lightning; it was none other than the Thunder God of Skypiea, Enel.

Seeing his priests dead or wounded, Enel's indifferent expression turned somewhat angry.

"Humble mortal, daring to call yourself a god—you shall be punished!"

"Hmph, you dare to be so arrogant in front of this god? Prepare to die!"

Lu Zhuo couldn't be bothered to waste words with him. After uttering that pompous line, he launched his attack instantly.

Ghost Shadow Flash!

With a swish, Lu Zhuo vanished from his spot, and the next moment, he appeared behind Enel. Simultaneously, two massive intersecting sword beams slashed across Enel's body.

There was no sensation of cutting through flesh, nor did he even cut through an elementalized body!

Lu Zhuo's expression grew grave as he watched the Enel behind him slowly dissipate, and he spat out a single sentence.

"An afterimage! Such speed, combined with powerful Observation Haki—you are indeed strong."

"Do you now realize the gap between you and a true god, you humble mortal?" The moment Lu Zhuo finished speaking, an indifferent voice came from behind him, accompanied by a massive flash of lightning!

Lu Zhuo's expression flickered slightly. Instead of turning around, he instantly executed his most basic Draw Sword Strike.

A circular sword beam swept out in all directions. The next moment, Lu Zhuo sheathed his sword, spun around instantly, and unleashed an Army Breaker directly at Enel.

The sword light of the Army Breaker merged with the light from the Draw Sword Strike into a cross-shaped beam, cutting toward Enel, who had his hands pressed together and was erupting with lightning.

Enel looked at Lu Zhuo coldly and spat out four words.

Judgment of God!

With a deafening roar, a massive bolt of lightning, like a silver-white ribbon, slammed toward Lu Zhuo.

The lightning and the cross-shaped sword beam collided instantly, triggering a thunderous explosion!

Lu Zhuo only felt a surge of current traveling through his hand, leaving his whole body numb—not painful, but rather comfortable.

Smiling slightly, Lu Zhuo whispered in his heart, Thanks, Kitetsu.

Then, with a fierce shout, the cross-shaped sword beam actually sliced the lightning bolt in two. He lunged forward, passing right through the lightning, and his sword instantly swept across Enel's body!

"How is this possible!" Enel looked in shock at Lu Zhuo, who had forcibly withstood the lightning and slashed at him, and hurriedly elementalized to avoid the strike.

However, as Lu Zhuo's sword passed through his body, it still left a faint sword mark on him!

At this, Enel wasn't just shocked; he was terrified.

This was the first time he had suffered physical damage since eating the Goro Goro no Mi!

"How can a mortal's sword cut me?" Seeing Lu Zhuo attacking again, Enel hurriedly flickered away, retreating several dozen meters.

Seeing this, Lu Zhuo snorted coldly and said, "It seems that for all your strength, you are so weak that you aren't even qualified to call yourself a god."

Hearing Lu Zhuo's words, Enel was instantly enraged.

"You bastard, how dare you provoke this god! Thirty Million Volts, Thunder Bird!" With a violent roar, Enel waved his hands, and countless bolts of electricity surged, coalescing into a giant thunderbird before him.

Watching the thunderbird charge toward him with immense power, Lu Zhuo was not afraid in the slightest.

Let me show you a sword that can cut through lightning!

He raised his hands high, his arms trembling slightly as if gathering immense power.

The sword light on Kitetsu gradually extended, yet it remained condensed within three feet, refusing to disperse! Such control was something even a Great Swordsman would find difficult to achieve easily!

Thunder Slash, Evil Light Slash!

Seeing the thunderbird close to within three meters, Lu Zhuo let out a roar and swung his sword violently!

A mere half-meter-long, yet dazzlingly bright L-shaped beam of light erupted and collided with the thunderbird.

The world shook once more; the entire island trembled, and countless towering trees collapsed with a roar.

Wyper, the War Demon who had just stepped onto Upper Yard, showed a trace of horror in his eyes, and the people behind him nearly lost their footing.

"My god! That massive lightning—that is Enel's power!"

"To be this powerful... and the other person is not losing in the slightest. What kind of strength is this!"

Hearing these words, Wyper glanced coldly at the people behind him and snorted, "What does it matter how strong their power is? They are not true gods; they can be defeated!"

"Right! Let the two of them fight for a while longer, and then we shall strike!"

"Although this is somewhat shameless, for the sake of reclaiming our homeland, anything can be done!"

On the other side, Nami and Robin's eyes held a trace of worry.

Although Robin had manifested eyes where she could see the battle between Lu Zhuo and Enel, and saw Lu Zhuo seemingly holding the upper hand, her expression remained concerned.

This was because Lu Zhuo had once said himself that he was not yet Enel's match. However, it would also be difficult for Enel to kill him; he would need to fight Enel several times and adapt to the lightning before he could defeat him.

At this moment, in Robin's field of vision, she saw the L-shaped sword aura repel the Thunder Bird with almost no effort at all.

The Thunder Bird seemed to possess a physical form, retreating before the Evil Light Slash and gradually dissipating.

Finally, the sword aura forced the Thunder Bird back over a dozen meters, causing it to vanish completely. The sword aura itself, though slightly dimmed, continued to surge toward Enel.

Enel's eyes widened in disbelief as he watched his Thunder Bird get shattered. He hurriedly waved his hands, unleashing another bolt of lightning.

The lightning and the sword aura ground against each other for a moment before finally fading away.

At this, Enel's expression turned extremely serious. Staring at Lu Zhuo, he spoke, "Not bad, your strength is indeed formidable, but... a swordsman cannot contend with lightning! Swords... are conductive!"

60 Million Volts! Thunder Dragon!

Lightning flashed across the heavens in an instant. Enel acted like a magnet for electricity, drawing the light from the sky as it surged toward him.

A massive Thunder Dragon formed rapidly, causing Lu Zhuo, standing below, to look extremely grave.

Just as Enel had said, swords are conductive! Although the Kitetsu in his hand possessed a sword spirit that would help him resist the majority of the lightning's power, the terrifying force of 60 million volts—even if only a fraction remained—would likely be more than Lu Zhuo could withstand.

Moreover, the Evil Light Slash he had just used was already his strongest long-range single-target sword technique. His Void-Breaking Draw Sword Strike, strictly speaking, was a crowd-control method and lacked significant single-target attack power.