Defeating Enel

"Damn it, why are you here again!" Enel looked at Lu Zhuo, who stood before him with an indifferent expression and Kitetsu in hand, and cursed at the top of his lungs, completely abandoning his image as a god.

Of course, this was a side he only ever revealed in front of Lu Zhuo.

Lu Zhuo said calmly, "This time, I am going to defeat you!"

"Bastard, let me blast you into defeat once and for all so you never come back again!"

Enel was practically jumping with rage, and in an instant, he leaped high into the air, his body soaring into the sky.

Three Hundred Million Volts, Thunder God!

Having fought Lu Zhuo countless times, Enel's strength had naturally increased significantly, and he was now capable of channeling three hundred million volts of electricity.

However, Lu Zhuo stood below without a hint of fear. As the bucket-thick bolts of lightning poured down from the high sky, he drew Kitetsu in a flash.

Heavenly Thunder, Wave Sword!

With a roar, Lu Zhuo's blade met the lightning. A bizarre scene unfolded: instead of the lightning surging into Kitetsu, it was guided by the blade, forced into a loop, and transformed into a surging arc of sword energy that shot back toward Enel in the sky.

"Damn it, this move again!" Enel gritted his teeth in hatred, drawing another surge of lightning into his hand to collide with Lu Zhuo's sword energy.

With a series of crackling explosions, Lu Zhuo's sword moved incessantly.

Draw Sword Strike! Void-Breaking Draw Sword Strike! Evil Light Slash! Army Breaker Rising Dragon Strike!

Various sword techniques emerged one after another, countless sword beams dancing through the air, while Enel swung his arms just as frantically.

Thunder Dragon! Thunder Bird! Thunder Cone! Thunder Flash!

Bolts of electricity lashed out in every direction. The two of them were like two mobile artillery batteries bombarding each other, the constant explosions shaking the entire Skypiea.

Lying on a lounge chair aboard the Holy Sword in the distance, Robin calmly manifested two arms to cover her ears.

Nami, however, transformed into a thundercloud and drifted above the fray, continuously raining down lightning. But the bolts were far too thin, and they had no effect whatsoever regardless of whose head they struck.

Over the past three months, Lu Zhuo's body had been tempered by lightning countless times, making his physique terrifyingly strong—certainly no worse than those in CP9 who specialized in the Six Powers.

Enel shrieked, "Bastard, you are down there and I am up here; I am already in an invincible position. You cannot defeat me!"

A twitch appeared at the corner of Lu Zhuo's otherwise indifferent mouth.

Is that so?

Since I am leaving, I might as well go all out once.

"Enel, watch closely—Geppo!"

With a shout, Lu Zhuo's figure vanished instantly. After a few flickers, he appeared in the air, standing right in front of Enel!

"You... how can you fly?" Enel's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets as he watched Lu Zhuo step through the air to ascend into the sky.

In truth, Lu Zhuo had mastered Geppo long ago, but he had refrained from using it to defeat Enel just to keep fighting him and avoid hurting his fragile ego.

Since he was prepared to leave Skypiea, there was no harm in defeating him now.

Thinking this, lightning flashed in Lu Zhuo's eyes as he took a step.

Void-Severing Flash!

The next moment, Lu Zhuo's figure vanished. Enel felt a surge of alarm; through his Observation Haki, he sensed Lu Zhuo flickering dozens of times across three fixed positions around him!

Although his Observation Haki could perceive it, his consciousness couldn't react in time. Furthermore, after the first strike landed, his entire body was suppressed by a wave of sword intent, making it impossible to move.

In the next instant, Lu Zhuo returned to his original spot and drifted gently to the ground.

His face was somewhat pale, and sweat beaded on his forehead. That move involved using Geppo to shift through the air around the enemy, rapidly unleashing thirty strikes from every possible angle.

Enel opened his mouth as if to say something, but his body instantly exploded into a mass of lightning.

Just as he tried to reform, he exploded into lightning once more.

This repeated thirty times, and only after the final spark remained did he slowly regain his form with the help of Nami, who had turned into a thundercloud above.

However, his upper body was covered in countless blade marks; though shallow, they looked incredibly gruesome and terrifying.

"So... so powerful. You finally defeated me." Enel's expression was dazed; being knocked down from his pedestal was a heavy blow to his spirit.

Seeing this, Lu Zhuo smiled faintly and said, "In truth, this world is unimaginably vast, filled with countless strong individuals. How could a mere Skypiea satisfy us? You want to head to the boundless earth, and I want to become the strongest god in the world. Our paths differ, but our goals are the same: to become the god who stands above all."

After speaking, Lu Zhuo sheathed his sword and shouted to the thundercloud in the sky, "Nami, let's go! We are leaving Skypiea!"

Long after Lu Zhuo had departed, Enel finally regained his senses, a glimmer of realization appearing in his eyes. But that was no longer Lu Zhuo's concern.

"Lu Zhuo, elementalization is truly an unsolvable problem, isn't it? With that move you just used, an ordinary person would have died a thousand times over, yet Enel only suffered minor injuries. Even if you dispersed all his lightning, he could still regenerate from it."

Nami transformed into a floating piece of Island Cloud, wrapping around Lu Zhuo as she flew toward the Holy Sword.

Lu Zhuo chuckled and said, "You think so too? Although we haven't reached the New World yet, there are some powers you need to be aware of."

With that, Lu Zhuo suddenly reached out. An inexplicable aura swirled around his hand, and he gave the cloud beside him a gentle grab.

"Ah!" A startled cry echoed from deep within the cloud.

Lu Zhuo laughed heartily and explained, "This power that can grasp the physical form of Logia users is called Haki. Based on my deductions from Observation Haki, I've managed to barely cultivate the first level: formless and colorless."

"If I can reach the second level, where it becomes formless yet colored, I'll be able to imbue it into my weapon. Killing Enel would be a matter of minutes."

As he said this, Lu Zhuo suddenly realized that the position where his hand was gripping felt a bit off.

So big, so soft...

"Lu Zhuo, you bastard, you're bullying me again!" Nami's angry voice came from deep within the cloud mass. Suddenly, several parts of the cloud transformed into two small fists, relentlessly pounding against Lu Zhuo's chest.

Lu Zhuo laughed out loud; since he had gotten his hands on them so conveniently, how could he let go so easily? Completely ignoring Nami's soft punches, he continued to knead and squeeze with a look of pure enjoyment.

A few seconds later, Nami finally couldn't hold on any longer. With a soft thud, she reverted to her original form, and the two of them tumbled downward together.

Lu Zhuo held Nami and was just about to use Geppo when he suddenly saw a large net made of arms descending to envelop them.

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he abandoned the movement he was about to make, lying back against the net and allowing it to wrap around him and pull them back toward the Holy Sword.

Robin, naturally unaware that Lu Zhuo had already mastered Geppo, chuckled after pulling Lu Zhuo and Nami to safety. "Has my little captain played a bit too hard? If you two had fallen to your deaths, I would have become the captain of this ship."

"You dare! The captain's seat will always be mine!" Lu Zhuo feigned anger, then flashed his body, drifting through the air with Nami in his arms before simultaneously pulling Robin into his embrace.

"Bastard, let go!" both women shouted in unison.