But Enel saw that Hu Ci was still resisting. Demon-Subduing Strike had not brought him down!
By now, Hu Ci had fully assumed Nue Form.
Black-purple flames wreathed his body as he faced Demon-Subduing Strike head-on with his ape face.
The people below Blackwater Valley could see it clearly.
They watched Hu Ci in Nue Form pit all his strength against Demon-Subduing Strike.
He looked like an ant trying to hold back a towering tree falling on top of him!
Yet, to everyone's astonishment, Hu Ci managed it.
For all its force, Demon-Subduing Strike could not knock him down.
Hu Ci gave a cold snort and roared until his voice cracked. "You think defeating me will be that easy?"
"I am a true Divine Beast!!!"
His roar rang across the sky!
As he roared, the black-purple flames around him surged and raced up the Thunder Pillar.
In moments, they had wrapped themselves around the pillar of Demon-Subduing Strike.
Then the massive Thunder Pillar began to shrink before everyone's eyes!
Enel's eyes widened. "How is that possible?"
"Those black-purple flames are devouring my lightning?"
"Hu Ci really is a difficult opponent."
"That Mythical Zoan Nue Form is no joke!"
Enel had not expected Hu Ci's black-purple flames to have the power to devour.
They were steadily wearing away his Thunder Power!
Only now did Enel fully realize how troublesome Hu Ci was.
He raised an eyebrow, then smiled with disdain. "If you can devour lightning, I'll give you all you can eat!"
"Let's see whether your flames are stronger, or my lightning lasts longer!"
Golden Staff in hand, Enel called out, "Descent of the Gods!"
At his command, a string of thunderclaps erupted across the sky.
In an instant, thunder boomed and lightning flashed over Blackwater Valley.
The enormous Thunder God