Lightning's "discharge" happened in two stages.
In an atmospheric environment-
The "leader" that established the path traveled at 1/2000 the speed of light.
The "return stroke" that followed traveled at 1/3 to 1/2 the speed of light, depending on the medium.
Normally speaking, no fighter, however powerful, could react to it.
Shanks had only managed to shout because his Observation Haki was advanced enough to foresee several seconds into the future.
His first mate, Benn Beckman, and his sniper, Yasopp, had also reached that level to varying degrees.
The three powerful fighters' Observation Haki had already shown them the devastating scene to come.
In the Future Sight of Shanks and the other two-
From everyone else's ordinary perspective, enormous, ghastly white pillars of lightning would suddenly appear in a clear sky without warning.
There were six bolts, their dazzling glare enough to blind someone instantly.
One would plunge into the nearby sea, producing a violent discharge and a moderately sized explosion.
One would pass over the Red Force and miss.
Four would strike the ship: one on the mainmast, two on the hull, and one on the keel.
The strike on the keel would break the ship apart immediately. One hull strike would punch through to the waterline; the other would trigger a secondary explosion.
There was no way... intercepting them all simply wasn't feasible at those speeds.
"Everyone! Hold on!"
Shanks roared. At the same time, his unspoken understanding with Beckman and Yasopp let each of them choose a target to intercept without exchanging a word.
Six bolts of lightning tore through the clear sky like hurled spears of divine punishment, carrying a savage force that threatened to destroy everything.
Everything unfolded just as Shanks and the others had foreseen.
Dazzling white light struck the mainmast. It was pierced