"Oh!!!"
When Luo Chen said those words, the servants and maids attending Enel were all shocked. Even Enel was taken aback.
"...Do you know what you're saying?"
After a moment's hesitation, Enel finally spoke.
"I do. I never planned to follow you for the rest of my life. Becoming your subordinate was just a temporary measure. Still, thank you for looking after me these past few years."
Luo Chen answered without the slightest fear of what kind of attack Enel might launch at him for saying it.
"Hahaha! You've got guts, Priest Luo Chen. Then you know what to do next."
Enel burst out laughing, then stood up and looked straight at him.
"That's right. I've expected this day since the moment I joined you. I always intended to find the best opportunity to return to the Blue Sea, and today is the perfect time."
As he spoke, blood-red energy gathered in his hand, forming a dark red, plain and unadorned Han sword. He pointed it at him.
"Hahaha, good. In that case, I, God, will grant your wish, Priest... no, Blue Sea man... Luo Chen. I'll make only ten moves. If you withstand them, I'll let you leave. If you can't, you'll die here."
Enel picked up his long Golden Staff and pointed it at Luo Chen in turn. Lightning began gathering at its tip, bursting with dazzling light and crackling as he spoke.
"Then come on. Let me see the strength of someone who calls himself a god. Let's see if you can make me stay."
With that, Luo Chen flashed out of sight, drawing his sword and slashing at Enel.
"Gladly. Let me see what gives you the nerve to declare you'll leave this place and escape my grasp."
Enel shouted. With that, he turned into a bolt of lightning and shot forward at almost the same instant as Luo Chen.
"Bang!!!"
Luo Chen's crimson sword collided with Enel's Golden Staff, producing a tremendous boom.
A white shockwave erupted from the collision and swept out in all directions, blasting the onlookers back and leaving a vacuum between the two men.
"Whoosh!!!"
The force of the clash drove them apart. Each staggered back several steps, watching the other warily.
"This is the second move, Luo Chen. Get ready to take it. 30 Million Volt: Hino!"
Seeing that Luo Chen had retreated the same number of steps as he had, Enel grew serious. He struck the drums on his back with the end of his staff, and several white wolves formed from lightning roared as they charged at his opponent.
"**Swish!
Swish!
Swish!**"
"Don't underestimate me, Enel. Disperse!"
Luo Chen stepped forward and swung the sharp blade in his hand. Several slashes flew out, cutting down the thunder beasts one after another.
"What else have you got? Let's see it!"
Having finished his swing, Luo Chen still seemed eager for more. He pointed his sword at him again as he spoke.
"Can you handle it, Luo Chen? Then how about this? 60 Million Volt: Thunderbird!"
Another eagle-like bird formed from lightning in his hand and flew toward Luo Chen.
The energy contained in its powerful wings was enough to make anyone shrink back.
"Good! Try this move of mine. Shura: Hand of the Evil God!"
A continuous stream of blood-colored energy poured from his body, gathering into a gigantic right hand above him. Luo Chen controlled it, clenching its five fingers into a fist and smashing it at the Thunderbird.
"Boom!!!"
The blood-colored fist struck the blue-white Thunderbird. The two collided violently, then both burst apart into wisps of energy.
A blood-colored mist fell from the sky like rain, interspersed with streaks of lightning.
"Hahahaha, good! You're really something, Luo Chen. Looks like I can't underestimate you anymore. 80 Million Volt: Inazuma!"
Enel's right hand turned into its elemental form, and a massive beam of lightning shot from it toward Luo Chen.
"Shura: Shield of Blood!"
Faced with Enel's powerful move, Luo Chen did not let his guard down. Blood-colored energy once again formed a shield in front of him.
"Boom!!!"
The lightning beam slammed into his shield without piercing it. Powerful currents scattered in every direction, blasting pits into the ground.
"Hmph!"
"Whoosh!!!"
Enel snorted and vanished from where he stood. He suddenly flashed into view above Luo Chen and pressed both hands, charged with a powerful current, down toward his head.
"100 Million Volt: Discharge!!"
"Block it!"
Seeing Enel suddenly appear above him and press down with both hands, Luo Chen instantly knew what move he was about to use. The blood shield dissipated and formed a longsword again, which he gripped in both hands and raised to block the attack.
"Crackle!!!"
Although the attack was blocked, some of the lightning still traveled along his blood sword and through his entire body, dealing Luo Chen considerable damage.
"Rankyaku: Half-Moon Slash!"
Luo Chen coated his right foot in Armament Haki and kicked upward, using one of the Six Powers.
"Hmm..."
Enel reacted quickly, blocking the attack with his Golden Staff, but the wind blade it produced still sent him flying. He crashed into the temple railing with a bang, and small stone fragments buried him as dust filled the air.
"Whoosh!"
"100 Million Volt: Thunder Metallurgy!"
With a whoosh, Enel appeared before him again. He conducted lightning from his right hand into the Golden Staff, melting it into a trident. Carrying a powerful current and intense heat, it stabbed toward him, aiming to run Luo Chen through from the front.
"Hmm!!!" Seeing Enel suddenly appear before him again, Luo Chen immediately brought his sword back to defend himself.
"Clang!!!" Thrust forward at lightning speed, Enel's trident seemed to pierce space itself, producing a sonic boom and leaving a trace in the air as it sent Luo Chen and his sword flying.
"Crackle!!!"
As Luo Chen tried to block the trident, his feet carved two deep grooves in the ground.
"Boom!!!"
The trident forced Luo Chen's body back without stopping until he slammed into the temple's surrounding wall. The wall collapsed with a crash, and rubble buried him completely before he finally came to a stop.
"Pfft... wah!!!" Luo Chen stood up, pulled the golden battle trident from his body, and spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Heh, again!"
Luo Chen wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth as he spoke, seemingly paying no mind to his injuries.
"Whoosh!"
"3 million, 10 million, 30 million, 60 million, 100 million, 200 million, max-Discharge!"
Enel appeared above his head once again. The current in his hands continued to build until it reached its limit, then he released it all, sending a powerful current straight through Luo Chen's body.
"Roar!!!"
Luo Chen roared as his body abruptly changed. He grew taller, his skin turned dark red, and soon he had become a three- to four-meter-tall Shura with crimson hair and blood-red eyes, expelling the current from his body.
"Boom!!!"
Luo Chen swung his Armament Haki-coated fist upward, but struck nothing but air, producing a violent sonic boom.
"Crack!!!"
The moment he threw the punch, Enel turned into a bolt of lightning again and appeared in the distance. Seeing the monster before him, Enel also launched a furious attack, turning his right hand into lightning and blasting it upward.
"Hmph! Enel wants to use El Thor. It's no use. I won't let you hit me."
The moment Enel made his move, Luo Chen already knew what he intended. He planted his foot, ready to leave the spot, when he suddenly realized something was wrong.
"Crackle!" The lightning he had expelled from his body had turned into ropes that bound his ankles, leaving him unable to move.
"Thunder Vine: Rope Binding." Enel parted his lips and spoke.
Then a massive pillar of lightning completely engulfed his body.
"Boom!!!"
A violent boom rang out, lightning flashed in every direction, and waves rippled through the air. Smoke filled the entire area, making it impossible to tell what was really happening inside.