So fast that even Mantra caught only an afterimage.
Enel instinctively swung his left arm up to block, his body reflexively trying to disperse into elemental form.
"Too late."
Oto was already unsheathed in Lin Xuan's hand.
This time, no cold light flashed along its edge, only a darkness so profound it seemed capable of swallowing even one's gaze.
Squelch.
A faint slicing sound rang out, like cloth being torn.
The instant Enel's enormous lightning arm touched the black blade, it failed to reform elementally as it had before. That black power coiled around the cut, forcibly severing his connection to the element.
The enormous lightning arm collapsed into countless tiny arcs and vanished into the air.
Enel's true body, meanwhile, was clutching the bare stump of his left shoulder, staring blankly at Lin Xuan.
He did not understand.
Why couldn't it regenerate?
Why was the agony of being severed so real?
"Surprised?"
Lin Xuan flicked a wisp of sparks off his blade's tip and hovered in midair, looking down at this god who had already begun to question his life.
"This is magic. A kind of magic specifically meant to devour self-importance."
The red light in Lin Xuan's eyes grew stronger. Black magical power surged behind him, forming an enormous shadow that gradually suppressed the lightning radiating from Enel.
"Don't think about escaping in elemental form, Enel."
"Within reach of this blade, whether you're light or lightning, you'll behave yourself and remain flesh and blood."
"This is a forbidden zone for gods."
Chapter 69: The First Strike Slays a God! Garp: My Grandson Is Missing?!
"A forbidden zone for gods?"
Those words completely broke Enel.
Enel's Thunder God form grew insubstantial from overexertion, but his eyes were frighteningly red as he stared fixedly at Lin Xuan.
"Within reach of