"Divine Bloodline!!!"
On the newly formed island, Enel was in peak condition. When he suddenly heard Rocks's question, he paid it no mind and simply said proudly,
"Hey, enough with the nonsense. I can keep this state up for a long time!!!"
Enel wasn't joking. It seemed just as Garp had said—he was in incredible condition. He was getting closer and closer to that threshold, only one step away from breaking through.
He had never felt this way when fighting Ye Mu and the others before.
Although everyone had gone all out back then, they had known they were allies and wouldn't truly fight to the death. Things were different now. The combined pressure on his body and mind had pushed him to truly break through the limits of his strength.
"Oh? You think I'm stalling for time? Hahahaha, kid, you think far too highly of yourself..."
"Is that so? Then what are you doing right now? Talking nonsense in the middle of a fight?"
"Nonsense? I don't consider it nonsense!"
Rocks's tone grew deeper, and admiration appeared in his eyes as he gazed at Enel.
"Kid, let me ask you something. Do you think you obtained this power entirely through your own efforts?"
Enel's brow furrowed, lightning flickering across his body.
"What are you trying to say?"
"Hahahaha, then let me put it another way. Do you think the people standing here and participating in this war obtained their current strength entirely through their own efforts?"
Rocks's words left everyone present somewhat displeased.
"What exactly are you trying to say?"
"It's simple. Garp says I'm an evil man, and that if I remain alive, I'll bring darkness to this world. But he never considered that this world already contains something more terrifying than darkness. This world has been unfair