The sky above Upper Yard roiled with howling winds and churning thunderclouds.
"I am the invincible God! You Blue Sea vermin are nothing. Be reduced to ashes!"
Enel had been driven completely mad with rage. He hammered the Golden Staff against the Thunder Drums on his back, unleashing a deafening succession of booms. Three enormous bolts of lightning shot out from the drums and transformed midair into roaring thunder beasts.
"60 Million Volts: Thunder Dragon!"
The gigantic blue dragon opened its jaws wide, then plunged toward Ace with enough heat to melt steel.
Ace raised his head and looked at the dazzling Thunder Dragon, its blinding light reflected in his dark eyes.
He didn't give ground. His right fist drew back sharply. Vast power surged through his body as Armament Haki instantly coated his entire arm in deep black. Then Crimson-Gold Divine Fire blazed to life around his fist.
"Divine Fire: Army Breaker!"
Ace threw a punch.
A solid pillar of crimson-gold flame slammed head-on into the diving Thunder Dragon. There was no deadlock, no even clash. The force of his punch, infused with advanced Ryuo, was an unstoppable blade. It pierced straight through the dragon's gaping maw and brutally tore the raging lightning apart from within, scattering it into countless blue sparks.
The remnants of the shattered lightning rained down over the ruins around Ace, but they couldn't slow his steady advance.
"How is that possible? He dispersed the Thunder Dragon with one punch?!"
Enel hovered in midair, the corners of his eyes twitching violently. His proud Logia attacks seemed like toys made of paper in the face of this Blue Sea man, who hadn't even used any flashy abilities.
"Is that all you've got?"
Ace stopped and looked up at Enel, his voice edged with undisguised disappointment. "If