Amidst the flashing lightning and rolling thunder, Ryan stood as immovable as a boulder.
"H-how...?" The group on the docks stared in stunned silence. Conis covered her mouth with trembling hands, her wings quivering slightly from shock. "Mr. Ryan... he actually took God's lightning head-on?"
Enel's lightning was supposed to be divine punishment. Yet here stood Ryan at the center of the storm, straight as a pine tree, not even bothering to dodge.
"The captain's insane!" Mikita exclaimed, tugging at Zala's arm with wide eyes. "He's tanking all that lightning like it's nothing! How's that even possible?"
Zala frowned slightly, but her eyes shone with intensity as she fixed her gaze on the lightning-wrapped figure in the sky. "What exactly is the captain's body made of...?" she murmured.
Daz Bonez stood nearby with his arms crossed, his typically expressionless face showing rare traces of emotion. His eyes flickered to the faintly visible scales on Ryan's body, his Adam's apple bobbing almost imperceptibly.
Above them, Ryan slowly raised his head, allowing the dense lightning to explode around him. The peach-colored scales scattered the electric sparks like tiny fireworks, falling harmlessly. He even had the leisure to brush off nonexistent dust from his shoulders before locking eyes with Enel—his mocking gaze growing sharper.
High defense, zero damage taken.
The Lightning-Lightning Fruit was indeed a top-tier Logia-type Devil Fruit. In terms of pure destructive power, it ranked among the best in the world. But Enel hadn't even begun to master it. During the Sky Island trials, his lightning couldn't even kill ordinary humans, let alone breach the defenses of a dragon's body.
Though Ryan hadn't mastered lightning manipulation yet, he had inherited the innate resilience of his draconic lineage—natural resistance to electricity. A few million volts? Even several times that amount would barely leave superficial scorch marks.
If Enel had any redeeming qualities, it was his clever fusion of Mantra and his Devil Fruit ability, using electric currents to surveil the entire God Island. But even his so-called ultimate move, El Thor, relied on clunky machinery to execute. He hadn't even fully grasped his own power, content to play king in this tiny corner of the sky.
Not that Enel lacked talent. He was simply shackled by this isolated realm, his vision limited like a frog at the bottom of a well. He'd never faced true storms, never been tempered by the vast seas. His ceiling had been set in stone from the beginning. Throw him into the ocean for a few years, and he might have developed something worthwhile.
Enel hovered in the air, his chest heaving violently. His ragged breaths mixed with the crackling of electricity, making him appear utterly disheveled. His mind reeled.
How is this possible?
Three million volts—Ryan didn't flinch. Six million volts—the peach-colored scales barely showed a scorch mark. Even when he unleashed a hundred million volts in an all-encompassing assault, the man had merely lifted an eyebrow.
"Impossible..." Enel's voice wavered, the currents at his fingertips trembling. "God's lightning... how can it be useless?"
For years, he had grown accustomed to this invincibility. Lightning was his absolute truth. Whether it was rebellious Shandians or disobedient angels, none could resist his divine judgment. He had truly believed this was the rightful power of a god.
Yet now, this unmovable wall of a man had shattered all his pride and convictions.
Ryan smirked coldly at Enel's crumbling worldview.
This fool's lightning is nothing but brute-force destruction. In truth, electricity is far more than just "high-voltage bombardment."
With proper understanding and combat logic, its applications could be layered from basic to advanced. For example—energy compression. Condensing lightning to its limits could create an ultra-thin current beam, akin to a laser—high penetration, extreme focus.
But Enel? He either sprayed lightning like a storm or recklessly charged ahead, relying solely on his Logia intangibility. Years of unchallenged dominance on Sky Island had made him complacent.
"Ignorant fool," Ryan scoffed, his voice low but dripping with disdain. "Your so-called 'divine authority' is nothing more than child's play to true powerhouses."
Before the words fully left his mouth, Ryan shot forward on a burst of Flame Cloud, his blade carving a cold arc through the lightning.
Enel's pupils contracted. Instinctively, he transformed into blue-white electricity, teleporting backward. The sword edge grazed his afterimage, cleaving a long fissure through the clouds behind him.
"You dare?!" Enel roared, swinging his arm. Several Thunder Beasts materialized in bursts of electricity, lunging at Ryan.
Ryan blocked with his left forearm. The moment the peach-colored scales met the Thunder Beasts, the electric beasts shattered into sparks. Using the recoil, he pivoted, his blade chasing Enel's teleportation path—only to slice through charged air.
Above Sky Island, the two figures danced across the sea of clouds.
Enel's teleportation was absurdly fast. His blue-white electric trails flickered like ghostly threads. Every time Ryan's blade advanced half an inch, Enel would reappear dozens of meters away, only to unleash another torrent of lightning.
Ryan tanked the strikes with his draconic resilience, his Flame Cloud blazing beneath him as he pushed his speed to the limit. Yet he always remained half a step behind, his blade cutting empty air again and again.
"Damn that speed..." Ryan cursed inwardly.
No matter how crudely Enel used the Lightning-Lightning Fruit, his "Electric Speed Teleportation" was undeniably broken. No wonder people said Enel could at least match the Seven Warlords if he descended to the seas. If not for Ryan's lightning-resistant body, anyone else would have been worn down to death by now.
"What's wrong, God of Dodge?" Ryan laughed loudly as Enel weaved through the storm. "Is this all Sky Island's lightning can do? Can't even scratch a single scale of mine, yet you dare call it 'divine punishment'?"
"Insect! You've angered God!" Enel, already frustrated by his inability to land a decisive blow, snapped at the provocation. The currents around him surged violently, the blue-white lightning threatening to tear the clouds apart. "Witness true annihilation—200 Million Volts: Raijin!"
With a furious roar, the lightning around Enel imploded before exploding outward. Two hundred million volts compressed into a dense, sky-blue sphere, encasing his entire body.
As the electricity erupted, his form ballooned like an inflating balloon, transforming into a six-meter-tall giant of blue-white lightning. Every inch of his body coursed with currents intense enough to scorch through the sea of clouds.
"Die!" Enel—now in his Raijin form—raised a massive hand, the pure lightning appendage expanding mid-swing. With a shriek of splitting air, it descended toward Ryan like a collapsing mountain.
Ryan only grinned wider. Peach-colored scales erupted across his skin as his bones let out sharp cracks. His frame rapidly expanded until he matched the Raijin's height.
Six jagged dragon horns split from his forehead. His upper body armored in peach-colored dragon scales, his arms and calves bulging with corded muscle. A massive, scaled tail whipped out from his lower back, cracking through the air with a heavy thud.
This was Ryan's Hybrid Form.
"Perfect timing!" Ryan roared. His tail lashed out to stabilize his stance as he charged straight at the descending lightning palm, not bothering to evade. The six dragon horns tore through the currents, the peach scales gleaming coldly amidst the storm. The stray sparks that landed on his armor left only fleeting scorch marks.
The giant hand crashed onto Ryan's shoulder. The explosive discharge blackened a patch of dragon scales instantly, tendrils of smoke curling upward. Ryan grunted as several scales on his left arm shattered, blood seeping through. Yet he didn't slow—instead, he barreled through the residual electricity straight toward the lightning giant.
Seeing this, Enel swung his massive Raijin arm horizontally with crushing force, aiming for Ryan's face.
Ryan still didn't dodge. His left arm met the Raijin's limb head-on. The collision between dragon scales and lightning produced a sharp crack. Pain lanced through his forearm, but he used the impact to lunge forward half a step. His right hand, now shimmering with a dark purple glow, ignored the currents racing up his arm and plunged through the flowing electricity—clamping onto the lightning giant's neck.
"Got you." Ryan's voice carried the rasp of a dragon's roar. Electricity exploded against his palm, sizzling through flesh, but he paid it no mind. His fingers tightened ruthlessly.
"Shit!" Enel's expression twisted. The Raijin's massive eyes constricted as he instantly pushed the form to its limits. Two hundred million volts erupted along Ryan's arm like a volcanic explosion, the blue-white radiance nearly swallowing him whole.
The lightning detonated against Ryan's body in a blinding sphere. Large patches of his Hybrid Form's scales blackened under the assault, some even flaking away to reveal bloodied flesh beneath. Yet Ryan only gritted his teeth, his grip on Enel's neck tightening further. His tail coiled around the Raijin's torso, locking the god in place.
"This much... isn't enough." Ryan glared into Enel's horrified eyes, his own pupils burning with undisguised killing intent. "Your divine throne—it's time to crumble."
Without another word, Ryan's right hand clenched violently. The monstrous strength of his Hybrid Form twisted mercilessly. A crisp snap pierced through the electric cacophony—like a dry branch being snapped in half.
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