Cannon fire filled the skies, flames roared across the sea.
The salty wind reeked of blood as violent explosions thundered one after another.
On the silver flying ark above the battlefield, Enel stood battered and bloodied, gasping for breath as he glared at his equally worn-down opponent— the blond man called Guman.
"Hahahaha…! So this is all the so-called strength of a Blue Sea warrior?"
Enel's half-lidded eyes lifted as he let out a prideful laugh.
But in truth, his heart was a storm of shock.
This man hadn't used a single Devil Fruit ability. Nothing—just his fists, pure iron-like body, and raw force. Yet even that was enough to push Enel to the brink of defeat.
If not for the speed granted by the Rumble-Rumble Fruit… he might already have been finished.
Are all Blue Sea fighters like this monster?
If so, that was terrifying.
What Enel didn't realize was that although Guman bore the title of CP Commander-in-Chief, his strength was only on par with a Marine Admiral.
And in this current age, such power was already considered the bottom tier among the truly monstrous figures moving in the shadows.
"Hmph. You foolish brat," Guman sneered coldly. "So you've eaten a Logia fruit… and now you think yourself a god?"
He spat the words with scorn, though inside he was just as shaken. He knew his own strength better than anyone—and the idea that someone nearly at admiral-level could appear out of nowhere, an unknown name, unsettled him deeply.
Hearing Guman's mockery, Enel's pride as a "god" was once again provoked. His drowsy eyes snapped open, flashing with malice. He grabbed scattered machinery parts nearby, channeling his power of Electromagnetic Forging, shaping them instantly into a long, jagged spear.
It wasn't as comfortable as his golden staff, but it would do.
His body flashed into lightning, appearing right before Guman in an instant, spear wreathed in crackling arcs as he thrust.
Everything happened in the blink of an eye. Guman responded without hesitation, Armament Haki flooding his fists as he struck back.
But against the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, even Armament had a flaw—his body still tingled with paralysis from the surging voltage, hindering him.
It was a dangerous handicap for a man who relied solely on raw martial arts.
It wasn't that Guman refused to eat a Devil Fruit. As Commander of CP, he had access to them. But he had never found one truly fitting for his fighting style. Until then, he relied on nothing but his fists.
BOOM!
Spear of thunder met blackened fist, the clash ringing out like clashing steel.
The shockwave blasted Enel away yet again.
A long-range fruit user, forcing himself into melee combat… ridiculous.
Seeing Enel flung back, Guman's eyes gleamed coldly. He wasted no chance, charging in for the kill. His massive, bear-like frame radiated raw power as his voice boomed:
"Shigan… Heaven Shattering!!"
The name was grand, but the move was brutally simple—compressing Shigan into an entire fist. The result was catastrophic.
The punch unleashed a pillar of compressed blue force, like a laser cannon tearing through the air, shrieking with a piercing hum.
Enel's face twisted in horror. Still mid-flight, he desperately shifted into lightning to evade, but his reaction was just a heartbeat too slow.
The energy beam clipped his shoulder.
"AAAHHHH!!"
The blast ripped through his flesh, flinging him downward toward the sea.
"Ghkk—!!"
Enel crashed back onto the ark's deck, coughing blood, wide-eyed in disbelief at the blond man hovering above.
"You dare wound a god… You'll all pay!!"
Rage overtook him. His eyes turned bloodshot, his face twisted with madness.
He slammed both hands onto the deck, drawing upon not only his own fruit's power but also the immense thunder energy stored within the Ark Maxim.
Bzzzt… crackle…
The air screamed with static as arcs of lightning slithered like serpents across the sky.
Guman's eyes narrowed. His instincts screamed danger. He leapt back immediately, retreating with Moonwalk.
Enel's form vanished in the storm of light.
Then—lightning converged. More and more, coalescing until—
A colossal giant of thunder took shape.
Nearly a hundred meters tall, its lower body wreathed in roiling thunderclouds, its form radiating godlike might.
"RAIJIN DESCENDS!!"
With a roar that shook the heavens, the Lightning God's eyes opened, releasing twin beams of searing light like lasers across the battlefield.
Guman retreated frantically, narrowly evading. But the warships below were not so lucky. Wherever the beams swept, ships and men alike were split in half or vaporized entirely—vanishing without even ash remaining.
"Save us—!!"
"What is that monster?!"
Screams echoed through the allied fleet. Panic erupted. Some sailors mutinied on the spot, hijacking their own ships in a desperate bid to flee.
Meanwhile, on the rebel side, morale soared.
The rank-and-file didn't know Enel's true allegiance. To them, he seemed like a godsend reinforcement. They cheered, weapons raised high, charging fearlessly into the storm of cannonfire.
Sanji, watching from the Sunny, gaped at the madness of their allies. Then he glanced back up at the titanic thunder giant looming in the sky.
He lit a cigarette, exhaling smoke with a sigh.
"That bastard… He's gotten way stronger than before."
None of the crew knew the full extent of Enel's growth, but just the sight of this Raijin form was leagues beyond what they had faced on Skypiea.
They remembered that battle vividly. If not for Luffy's rubber body, which naturally countered lightning, their adventure in the sky would have ended in tragedy.
Back then, Enel's power alone had crushed them with suffocating force.
Now… after a journey to the moon, his strength had only evolved into something even more terrifying.
Truly… the man who once set foot on the moon had returned as something else entirely.
Please drop some power stones support me at my
PS: Access the complete/finished chapters/series at Patreon: NanamiTL