Rumble! Rumble! [Please Keep Reading!]

That day.

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

In Azure Dragon Form, he sped along like the wind 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 kid Enel has. Maybe I can bring him back and train him from an early 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 was actually more inclined to eat it himself. But he was worried it might make him explode, leaving him somewhat conflicted.

This was the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, known as the strongest Logia. It would be better for him to eat it than to give it to someone else.

That way, he would 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 beautiful idea, but the risk was considerable. If he guessed wrong, he would explode to death. Olvia and Oran's fate would be repeated, and all his efforts over the years would turn to nothing.

Forget it. There's no point thinking about this now. What if the Rumble-Rumble Fruit isn't on Birka? 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, and he was already agonizing over it. That was pretty stupid.

From high above, Birka Island looked to be about half the size of Angel Island. According to Gan Fall, the total population of Birka Island was less 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 no different from Blue Sea people overall.

Normally, finding a single Devil Fruit on an island would not be quite as hard as climbing to heaven, but it certainly would not be easy.

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

Gan Fall's meaning was roughly that, after arriving at Birka, Xia Luo should first visit Birka Temple. Like other Skypieans, the Birkans also worshipped gods, so they had specially built a luxurious temple to enshrine them.

The temple housed many strange and unusual offerings. Perhaps it contained what Xia Luo was looking for.

"A temple?"

Above Birka, Xia Luo spotted the majestic, towering sacred palace at a glance. It stood at the center of the island and was the tallest structure on Birka Island.

After canceling 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 main entrance and slipping inside without a sound.

A massive statue stood enshrined within the temple. Judging by its appearance, along 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, varied and abundant.

Xia Luo swept his gaze over the table, taking in every item at a glance. One object immediately caught his attention.

He quickly stepped forward and clasped it in his hand. His heart surged with excitement, and a brilliant smile bloomed across his face.

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

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

The Rumble-Rumble Fruit was known as the strongest Logia. It allowed its user to become lightning and command thunder, wielding power capable of destroying heaven and earth—like a walking natural disaster!

This fruit had almost no weaknesses. In Xia Luo's eyes, it was no less valuable than the Azure Dragon Fruit and the Glint-Glint Fruit.

There was no need to think about the Glint-Glint Fruit. Borsalino must have already eaten it by now.

"It's fine. I have the Rumble-Rumble Fruit now, so it doesn't matter if I don't eat the Glint-Glint Fruit."

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

At last, he slowly raised his arm. The hesitation in his eyes turned to resolve. He curled his lips into a self-mocking grin and said, "Xia Luo, Xia Luo, what are you acting so hesitant for? If you want to eat it, then eat it. What the hell are you afraid of? Either live or die. What kind of person cowers like this?"

"I'm betting on it!"

Crack!

With that, Xia Luo hesitated no longer and took a bite.

Ugh, that familiar, overpowering flavor again. It tasted awful!

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

"I won the bet!"

"It really works!"

Crackle! Crackle! Crackle!

Xia Luo held his hands half-clenched as countless arcs of electricity danced across his body. A violent aura erupted from within him, and at the same time, the cries of a thousand birds echoed through the temple.

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

Boom!

A pillar of lightning shot into the sky.

The next instant, Xia Luo's body appeared out of thin air high above. With a flash of electricity, his figure emerged elsewhere. Wherever lightning existed, so did he. He was truly as fast as lightning and as fierce as thunder.

"This is completely different from the power of the Azure Dragon. It's pure thunderous power!"

Feeling the two utterly different powers within his body, Xia Luo was overjoyed. An Azure Dragon body capable of elementalization—just ask if that was terrifying!

Then 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%), 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 spirit entity discovered, decomposing: Curse of the Sea (1%)]

[Main Quest...]

Looking at the information on the panel, Xia Luo's eyes lit up. "Sure enough, it's decomposing again!"

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

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

Less than a minute later.

Lightning suddenly flashed and thunder rumbled over Angel Island. Dark clouds blotted out the sun as Bullet and Gan Fall both looked up at the sky.

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 a terrifying power. It leaves one without even the thought of resisting."

Gan Fall's body trembled slightly. He recalled the scene when Xia Luo left. That majestic and domineering Azure Dragon silhouette had been deeply etched into his mind, impossible to dispel.

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

This was a true god!

Without question!