Gato and Enel were not far apart. At that distance, Enel's attacks might as well have had no distance at all.
Crocodile and Daz Bones, watching from the side, failed to see what had happened before Gato was struck by the Thunder Dragon. They could only vaguely hear a dragon's roar.
Electricity flickered across Gato's body as violent lightning raced wildly around him.
"Hahahaha, foolish mortal! Feel this pain!"
Seeing Gato being baptized by his lightning and unable to move, Enel believed victory was assured and burst into manic laughter.
That level of lightning had indeed nearly reached the limit of what Gato could withstand, but it was not enough to injure him. The reason he had stopped moving was that he was working hard to "digest" the Thunder Dragon.
Ever since Gato had advanced to chunin, he had never stopped training the Lightning Living Body Technique. Now that he had used Lightning Forging to receive Enel's attack, he felt that the Roaring Thunder Armor he had cultivated for so long was about to truly take shape.
The electric glow gradually faded as Gato completely absorbed the Thunder Dragon. He felt better than ever before.
"Burp—hahaha, is this your pain, Enel? Why does it feel so damn good?"
"Damn it!"
Enel had realized that Gato seemed to possess some ability that countered him. At last, he set aside the pride of a god and decided to go all out, turning this arrogant bastard into charcoal.
"My divine power is not limited to lightning alone! Lightning Metallurgy!"
Enel smelted the golden staff in his hand into the shape of a trident, its sharp tips displaying the weapon's deadly nature.
"Good!"
All along, Gato had been misleading Enel, making him believe that his lightning had no effect on him.
In truth, although