Seeing Enel agree, Lin Yuan smiled and tossed him the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
"This is the sacred object you spoke of. In the Blue Sea, things like this are called Devil Fruits, and the one in your hand is the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, a Logia Devil Fruit said to be the strongest."
"Eat it, and you'll gain the power to control lightning. It's yours now. Oh, and eat all of it."
Enel's eyes burned as he looked at the Rumble-Rumble Fruit in his hand. After another glance at Lin Yuan, he solemnly took a bite.
A rotten taste instantly filled Enel's head. He felt like he was suffocating. It tasted ten thousand times worse than the rotten apples he had scavenged.
"Bleurgh!"
Tears and snot streamed down Enel's face as sour bile surged uncontrollably up his throat.
"If you want to gain great power, you have to eat all of it."
Lin Yuan smiled, but his voice brooked no argument.
Enel gritted his teeth, steeled himself, and swallowed the entire Rumble-Rumble Fruit. Then he collapsed to the ground.
"Crackle, crackle..."
Suddenly, bolts of lightning appeared across Enel's body. He had fully gained the power of lightning.
"Hahaha, this feeling is incredible! This is the power of the sacred object! I control lightning! I am the thunder god! Hahaha!"
"Smack..."
Seeing Enel's wild grin, Lin Yuan felt his hand itch. He didn't hold back and slapped Enel hard across the head.
"Boom..."
"Who? Who dared to strike the great thunder god?"
Enel glared fiercely around him. His mind was almost overwhelmed by his immense power, and he couldn't wait to vent the anger he had held inside for years.
But when he saw Lin Yuan's utterly calm gaze, he suddenly shuddered for some reason.
"Uh, boss, why did you hit me?"
After obtaining the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, Enel did not attack Lin Yuan. He couldn't shake the feeling that the man before him was rather frightening, and that if he made a move, he would probably die a horrible death.
Even so, Enel was somewhat unwilling to accept it. Now that he was so powerful, did he still need to be someone else's underling?
For a moment, Enel was conflicted, and his expression shifted.
"Tell me, are you thinking of going back on your word? Do you think gaining a Devil Fruit's power has made you invincible?"
Enel clenched his fist, lightning flickering in his hand. He felt that he could turn into lightning at any moment with just a thought.
He had only just met the man before him, but the man had an imposing air about him. Even now that Enel had gained his power, he still felt like submitting.
Enel was deeply unwilling to accept that, so he gritted his teeth and spoke.
"Although I'm grateful you helped me obtain the sacred object, the Devil Fruit you mentioned, if you want me to follow you, let me see your strength."
Hearing this, Lin Yuan felt a dark line appear on his forehead. That's Enel for you. Looks like if I don't teach you some pain, this really might go to your head.
"Hmph, if that's how it is, I'll grant your wish. Let's see how much of the strongest Logia Devil Fruit's power you can bring out."
Lin Yuan's dismissive words also roused Enel's anger. He was now a god who controlled lightning. No matter how strong Lin Yuan was, could he strike lightning?
"All right. If I lose, I'll follow you. If you lose, for the sake of you bringing me the sacred object, I won't take your life."
"Take my life? Enel, looks like this really has gone to your head!"
With that, Lin Yuan vanished in an instant. When he reappeared, he was already in front of Enel, swinging a large hand straight at his face.
Enel had gone on guard the moment Lin Yuan moved. Lightning flashed across his body, and he instantly left his spot.
Lin Yuan's palm swept through empty air, but he wasn't surprised. Instead, he was pleasantly surprised. After all, Enel had only just eaten the Devil Fruit, yet he could already react like that. The Rumble-Rumble Fruit hadn't been wasted on him.
"Crackle..."
Suddenly, a flash of lightning appeared behind Lin Yuan. It was Enel, his eyes blazing as he punched at Lin Yuan's back.
"Hahaha, what incredible power!"
"Smack..."
"Bang..."
But the moment he finished speaking, a large black hand came slapping at him again. This time, Enel failed to react and was sent flying.
He only came to a stop after crashing through several Sea Cloud trees. Enel felt his face swelling.
"Hey, you bastard, don't you know not to hit someone in the face? How dare you hurt the great thunder god?"
With that, Enel turned into lightning again and attacked Lin Yuan.
"You can already turn into your element after such a short time? Looks like you're well suited to the Rumble-Rumble Fruit!"
Lin Yuan laughed, but his hand didn't pause. Guided by his Observation Haki, his large hand slapped Enel across the face again the instant he appeared.
"Off you go!"
"Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom..."
Enel was in an even worse state this time. One side of his face was completely swollen, and two streams of blood ran from his nose, past his mouth.
He paid it no mind, however. Instead, he stared at Lin Yuan in disbelief and shouted with a somewhat crazed expression.
"Impossible! I turned into lightning! How can you still hit me?"
Lin Yuan sneered and looked at Enel with pity.
"You've only just eaten the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and barely developed it at all, yet you dare dream of challenging me? This isn't just going to your head. You're courting death."
Looking at Enel lying on the ground, Lin Yuan didn't attack again. After all, with his strength, he was genuinely afraid he might slap Enel to death. By then, it would be too late for regrets.
Enel could feel the immense power flowing through him, but he couldn't understand how, despite being so strong, he was no different from a child before this man.
The burning pain in his face, in particular, told him that it was all real.
"Well? Do you still want to fight?"
Seeing the smile on Lin Yuan's face, Enel still refused to give up.
"I want to try again. I don't believe I'm this weak!"
Lin Yuan's expression turned a little strange at those words. Forget you as you are now-even in the original story, you weren't all that strong.
Although Luffy had only won thanks to his protagonist halo, if Enel had developed the Rumble-Rumble Fruit to its limit, let alone Luffy, even an Admiral would have found it difficult to defeat him.
"All right. Since that's what you want, I'll grant it. But be prepared. My patience is limited. I could give you the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and I can take it away too."
Enel fell silent for a while, then stared at Lin Yuan again.
"All right, then we'll decide it in one move. Taste my strongest attack!"
Enel's body turned into its element again. When he reappeared, he was above Lin Yuan, looking down at him.
"Looks like you really are asking for a beating, kid!"
"Hmph, take this! Thirty million volts: Thunderbird!"