The Dawn Pirates had never had a true vice-captain. If one had to name one, then because their captain was incorrigibly lustful, any of the women by his side could exercise a vice-captain's authority. Of course, that was vastly different from a proper vice-captain.
Enel believed that, aside from the women around the captain, his status should be the highest. So naturally, he set his sights on the enemy's second-in-command, Benn Beckman.
His body abruptly burst apart, transforming into arcs of lightning that filled the sky. Enel flashed before Beckman as though teleporting, his right foot blazing with electric light so bright it was impossible to keep one's eyes open.
Dazzling lightning and surging Armament Haki gathered around his right leg. It swept through the air like an afterimage, blasting through the atmosphere and producing a series of deep, muffled explosions.
A red glow representing Observation Haki burst from Beckman's pupils. He raised his left arm as dense, steel-like Armament Haki surged from his body and wrapped around it. An invisible suit of armor spread open, blocking all the oncoming lightning.
Bang!
The thunderous leg collided with the arm covered in Haki Armor, erupting with an incomparably dull impact. The force of Armament Haki Emission sent Enel flying back several meters.
"You blocked that move. But what about this one?"
Enel stared at Beckman in the distance, a mocking curve rising at the corner of his mouth as he slowly raised an arm.
"[Inazuma]!"
Azure lightning gathered in his palm, becoming a straight bolt of thunder that surged toward Beckman, wrapped in fluid-like Haki.
Most people believed that beyond-visual-range strikes were the best way to maximize the Rumble-Rumble Fruit's power, but that was not the case.
Under normal circumstances, Armament Haki was difficult to apply from a distance. Those extreme