After an unknown amount of time, Eneru, who was lying on the cloud ground of Sky Island, suddenly opened his eyes.
He stared blankly at the darkening sky above, while the crackling sound of a bonfire came from his ears, as well as…
“The smell of grilled fish?” Eneru instantly became alert, doing a backflip to create distance, lightning crackling around his body as he stared intently ahead.
Gern and the other three were sitting around the bonfire, leisurely grilling sky fish, not even sparing him a glance.
“You…” Eneru gritted his teeth, looking at the scene.
“Hm?” Gern took a bite of grilled fish, glancing at him indifferently, “You’re awake? Looks like you’re well-rested!”
“You bastard…” Eneru’s forehead pulsed with veins as he looked at Gern: “Are you looking down on me by not killing me?!”
“Yes.” Gern nodded honestly, tearing off another piece of fish and putting it in his mouth.
“Yes my ass! Don’t I have any dignity?!” Eneru roared.
Libo flinched at the sudden thunder, almost dropping the grilled fish into the fire: “Wah! So noisy!”
Snake Princess propped her chin with one hand, looking at Eneru with interest: “This young man has a lot of fire.”
“That’s how delusional teenagers are before they experience the harshness of the sea.” Tesoro quietly moved to the side, afraid of being affected.
“But…” Gern swallowed the fish, finally looking Eneru in the eye: “You are really weak.”
“Weak?!” Eneru’s pupils contracted sharply, lightning wildly leaping around his body, “I am a god!!”
“How about this.” Gern stood up and stretched.
“I’ll fight you while eating.” He pointed at the remaining grilled fish on the bonfire.
“For the first 10 minutes, I won’t retaliate. If you can touch me once, you win.”
The air instantly solidified.
Eneru’s expression changed from anger to shock, then to a twisted ferocity.
“Are you… underestimating a god a little too much!!! Bastard!!!”
“Boom!!” Violent lightning shot into the sky, Eneru’s figure instantly disappeared from its original spot, transforming into a dazzling bolt of lightning that lunged directly at Gern!
“30 Million Volts: Raigo!!”
The lightning condensed into the shape of a giant bird, screeching as it tore through the air, diving down towards Gern!
Gern still stood in place, holding the grilled fish in his right hand, his left hand in his pocket, his expression not even changing.
“Too slow.”
“Whoosh!” The lightning bird pierced through Gern’s body, but only hit an afterimage.
Eneru’s pupils contracted. His Observation Haki couldn’t hear Gern’s thoughts, and he temporarily lost his target, but before he could react,
Gern had already transformed into scattered vibrational particles, condensing behind him, and said calmly,
“Your Observation Haki can only ‘listen’, but you don’t know how to ‘use’ it.”
“What?!” Eneru turned sharply, his golden staff sweeping with lightning, but it missed again.
Gern’s figure flickered like a ghost, each movement precisely avoiding Eneru’s attacks, even having time to take a bite of grilled fish.
“100 Million Volts: Discharge!” Eneru generated electric currents throughout his body, turning the surroundings into a pool of lightning.
“Haha, let’s see how you dodge this time!” Just as Eneru laughed, a fish bone fell from the sky and hit him on the head.
Looking at the fish bone that had turned to ash by the lightning, Eneru silently looked up.
He saw Gern leisurely standing in the sky, cracks appearing beneath his feet.
“He can fly?” Eneru’s pupils contracted, then he instantly raised his arm, releasing a large-scale, irregularly spreading torrent of violent lightning upwards.
“Your lightning is fast, but your body and reactions… are too sluggish.
Without the Goro Goro no Mi, a Headquarters Colonel-level officers who is proficient in Armament Haki could crush you with just physical combat.
However, I have noticed that you haven’t developed any physical combat skills at all!” Gern flicked another fish bone at Eneru and smiled.
“You...you.....Ahhhhh!” Eneru’s roar echoed over Birka.
Immediately after, he raised his arm, and thunderclouds rapidly gathered above his head, lightning flashing within the dark clouds, as if the end of the world had arrived.
“Amaterasu!” Eneru roared, slamming his arm down.
A giant lightning pillar, several meters in diameter, descended from the sky, striking directly at Gern’s location.
The lightning was dazzling, the air ionized with a pungent burnt smell, and the ground instantly cracked under the impact, sending shattered rocks and smoke flying.
However, when the lightning dissipated, Gern still stood in place, not even a corner of his clothes touched.
He looked up at the dispersing thunderclouds, took a bite of grilled fish, and mumbled, “It’s quite impressive, but unfortunately, the aim is a bit off.”
“I don’t believe it!!” Eneru gritted his teeth, veins bulging on his forehead.
He stopped talking nonsense and directly raised his palm, aiming at Gern: “Amaterasu!”
A lightning beam shot out from his palm, as fast as lightning, heading straight for Gern’s chest.
Gern slightly turned his body, and the lightning beam grazed his shoulder, exploding into a dazzling light on the clouds behind him.
“Lightning!” Eneru took the opportunity to release strong lightning, the light and heat instantly expanding, attempting to seal Gern’s movement space.
However, Gern’s figure moved through the gaps in the lightning like a phantom, each step precisely avoiding the attacks.
“Raikou!” Eneru struck the taiko drum on his left shoulder, and a wolf-shaped high-voltage current roared as it pounced towards Gern.
Gern did not dodge, allowing the Raikou to pass through his body, but it caused no damage.
“Ineffectiveness of the God’s Body (Elementalization)?” Eneru’s pupils contracted, shocked.
He had never thought that anyone could deal with his attacks so easily.
“Rairyu!” Eneru unwillingly struck the taiko drums on both shoulders, and a dragon-shaped current charged towards Gern with bared fangs and claws.
But this time, Gern smiled slightly, actually moving to meet the Rairyu, and at the moment the lightning was about to strike,
His body transformed into scattered vibrational particles. The Rairyu passed through his chest, but it was as if it hit air, having no effect whatsoever.
“Your lightning can’t even make me stop eating fish.” Gern shook his head, a hint of helplessness in his tone.
“By the way, let me introduce myself. My name is Gern.”
“What a Gern!” Eneru’s breathing became rapid, his inner pride completely shattered.
His roar was like the trumpet of divine punishment, and the sky of the entire Sky Island was instantly engulfed by thunderclouds.
“In that case, let me show you the full form of a god!!” As he spoke, Eneru’s body began to twist and swell, his skin cracking inch by inch, revealing dazzling lightning.
“200 Million Volts: Raigoh!!!”
“Rumble rumble rumble!!” Violent currents intertwined like tens of thousands of lightning dragons.
Eneru’s body swelled wildly in the thunder, his muscles, bones, and even every drop of blood completely transformed into energy!
His figure grew to tens of meters tall, and his golden staff split and reassembled.
It transformed into two giant tridents wrapped in destructive electric arcs, and wherever the spear tips passed, the air was ionized into acrid ozone!
At this moment, Eneru was no longer “human,” but rather…
Take-Mikazuchi: Descent!
His eyes spewed pale lightning plasma, and his voice was like the resonance of ten thousand thunders.
“Now… kneel and beg for mercy, and I might let you die a quick death!”
On the other side, Snake Princess frowned slightly and raised her hand to shield Libo: “This guy has the potential of an Admiral!”
“Vice Admiral Gern, if you don’t finish it soon,” Tesoro stared at the center of the battlefield and shouted, “the rest of the fish will be burnt!”
Hearing Tesoro’s voice, Gern looked up at the lightning giant, half a grilled fish still in his mouth.
He unhurriedly tore off the last piece of fish, chewed, swallowed, and casually flicked the bamboo skewer away.
“Clang!” The slender bamboo skewer, like a sharp blade, deeply embedded itself into the clouds, its end trembling slightly.
“Oh~” Gern clapped his hands, dusting off non-existent dust.
“Is this what you call… ‘serious’?”