Lightning! Lightning!

That day.

After learning Birka's location from Gan Fall, Xia Luo immediately set out, moving swiftly.

In Azure Dragon Form, he sped all the way there and arrived at Enel's hometown, Birka Island, in just a few minutes.

Judging by the timeline, Enel should have been only six years old at this point, exactly ten years younger than Xia Luo.

"I wonder how much potential that brat Enel has. Maybe I can bring him back and train him from a young age."

"Of course, I need to find the Rumble-Rumble Fruit first."

As for what to do after obtaining the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Xia Luo actually leaned toward eating it himself. But he was worried it might make him explode, leaving him somewhat conflicted.

This was the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, hailed as the strongest Logia! Better for him to eat it than give it to someone else.

That way, he could publicly be a "Thunder Man" who had eaten the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, while secretly remaining an "Azure Dragon Man" who had eaten the Azure Dragon Fruit.

It was a wonderful idea, but the risk was substantial. If his guess was wrong, he would explode and die. Olvia and Oran's fate would repeat itself, and all his efforts over the years would turn to nothing.

"Forget it. There's no use thinking about that now. What if the Rumble-Rumble Fruit isn't on Birka anymore? Or what if Enel has already eaten it?"

Xia Luo was suddenly amused by his own thoughts. He had not even found the Rumble-Rumble Fruit yet, but he was already agonizing over it. It was pretty stupid.

Looking down from the sky, Birka Island was only about half the size of Angel Island. According to Gan Fall, Birka's total population was fewer than ten thousand.

Furthermore, although both were Skypieans, the people of Angel Island were born with wings and resembled the angels of legend. The Birkans, on the other hand, had no wings and were generally no different from Blue Sea people.

Normally, finding a Devil Fruit on an island was not quite as impossible as reaching the heavens, but it certainly would not be easy.

Fortunately, before Xia Luo set off, Gan Fall had specifically reminded him of something.

Gan Fall roughly meant that after Xia Luo arrived at Birka, he should first visit Birka Temple. Like all Skypieans, the Birkans worshipped gods, so they had deliberately built a luxurious temple dedicated to them.

Many strange and unusual objects were enshrined within the temple. Perhaps it contained what Xia Luo was looking for.

"A temple?"

Above Birka, Xia Luo immediately spotted the majestic and imposing sacred palace. Located in the center of the island, it was the tallest structure on Birka Island.

After dispelling his transformation, Xia Luo stepped through the air with Geppo and descended straight toward the temple.

He entered from above, perfectly avoiding the temple guards at the entrance and slipping silently inside.

A massive statue stood enshrined within the temple. Judging by its appearance, coupled with the Skypieans' claim that they were descendants of the Moon People, Xia Luo guessed it was the Moon God.

Before the statue stood a long stone table covered with all kinds of offerings, diverse and plentiful.

Xia Luo casually swept his gaze across the table, taking in every item upon it. One object instantly caught his attention.

He strode forward, grabbed it in his hand, and felt incomparable excitement as a brilliant smile bloomed across his face.

In his hand was a golden Devil Fruit shaped like a pear. Its stem bore a green lightning-bolt symbol, while its skin was covered in swirling patterns and lightning-like spikes.

Xia Luo recognized it at a glance. "Found you, Rumble-Rumble Fruit!"

The Rumble-Rumble Fruit, hailed as the strongest Logia, allowed its user to transform into lightning and command thunder, wielding power capable of destroying heaven and earth like a walking natural disaster!

This was a fruit with almost no weaknesses. In Xia Luo's eyes, it ranked no lower than the Azure Dragon Fruit or the Glint-Glint Fruit.

There was no need to think about the Glint-Glint Fruit. It had definitely been eaten by Borsalino by now.

"It's fine. I have the Rumble-Rumble Fruit now. I can do without the Glint-Glint Fruit."

But Xia Luo's expression soon turned grave. He stared at the Rumble-Rumble Fruit in his hand, his eyes flickering uncertainly. His lips pressed together, and he remained silent as he made his final struggle.

At last, he slowly raised his arm. The hesitation in his eyes turned to resolve. Curling his lips in self-mockery, he said, "Xia Luo, Xia Luo, what are you doing being so indecisive? If you're going to eat it, then eat it. What the hell are you afraid of? Either live or die. What kind of man are you, cowering like this?"

"Let's gamble!"

Crack!

With that, Xia Luo stopped hesitating and bit down.

Ugh, that familiar, overwhelming taste again. So disgusting!

Then Xia Luo burst into wild laughter. "Haha... Hahaha..."

"I won the bet!"

"It really works!"

Zzt! Zzt! Zzt!

Xia Luo loosely clenched his hands as countless arcs of electricity danced over his body. A violent aura erupted from within him, while the sound of a thousand birds chirping echoed through the temple.

Then Xia Luo's body slowly rose into the air. His clothes fluttered without wind, and purple lightning radiating destruction coiled around him, making him look like a god of thunder.

Boom!

A pillar of lightning shot into the heavens.

The next instant, Xia Luo's body appeared high in the sky out of nowhere. With a flash of lightning, he appeared elsewhere. Wherever there was lightning, there was his figure—truly swift as lightning, moving like thunder.

"Completely different from the power of the Azure Dragon. This is pure thunderous power!"

Feeling the two utterly different powers within his body, Xia Luo was ecstatic. An Azure Dragon body capable of elemental transformation—just ask if that wasn't terrifying!

Next, Xia Luo summoned the system panel, which had not appeared in a long time.

[Host: Xia Luo]

[Age: 16]

[Height: 316 cm]

[Skills and Talents: Six Treasury Immortal Thief LV3 (40%), Zoan Mythical Zoan · Fish-Fish Fruit · Azure Dragon Form LV2 (75%), Martial Arts LV3 (4%), Staffsmanship LV2 (88%), Six Powers LV2 (91%), Logia · Rumble-Rumble Fruit LV1 (2%)]

[Unknown spiritual entity discovered, dismantling: Curse of the Sea (1%)]

[Main Quest...]

Looking at the information on the panel, Xia Luo's eyes lit up. "It really is being dismantled again!"

"Once the dismantling is complete, can I eat another Devil Fruit?!"

"Six Treasury Immortal Thief, you're awesome!"

Less than a minute later.

Lightning suddenly flashed and thunder rumbled above Angel Island. Dark clouds covered the sky as Bullet and Gan Fall both looked up.

Bullet laughed. "Haha, it should be Boss Xia Luo. He came back so fast. It feels like it hasn't even been ten minutes."

"What terrifying power. It makes one unable to even think of resisting."

Gan Fall's body trembled slightly. He remembered the scene when Xia Luo had left—the imposing and tyrannical shadow of the Azure Dragon had been deeply etched into his mind, impossible to dispel.

At the same time, he felt immensely fortunate. Luckily, he had not refused, nor had he chosen to resist. Otherwise, with Xia Luo's power, he could have easily destroyed the entirety of Angel Island!

This was a true god!

Without question!