Looking at Robin and Nami behind him, Lucas said in a deep voice, “Robin, Nami, take Conis and stay as far away as possible.
You two won’t be able to interfere in my battle with Enel.
It’ll be dangerous if you stay here.”
“Mm!”
Nami and Robin exchanged a glance and nodded.
Nami was worried and wanted to tell Lucas to be careful, but with Conis standing nearby, she held back.
Her eyes, however, still betrayed her concern.
Lucas gave her a slight nod.
Only then did Nami grit her teeth and leave with Robin.
Robin looked at Lucas, her beautiful eyes flashing.
Suddenly, a small mouth sprouted beside Lucas’s ear.
“Captain, be careful.
Don’t damage my historical ruins.”
Although she said it jokingly, Lucas could clearly sense the concern hidden beneath Robin’s words.
He smiled faintly as the three women walked away.
Then his expression suddenly became solemn.
He raised his head and looked at a figure that had appeared above him at some point.
The figure was shrouded in a brilliant mass of lightning.
It was none other than Enel, the God of Thunder of Sky Island.
Looking at his priests, some dead and others wounded, even Enel’s usually indifferent expression became tinged with anger.
“Lowly mortal!
How dare you call yourself a god?
You shall be punished!”
“Hmph!
How dare you act so arrogantly before this god?
Prepare to die!”
Lucas couldn’t be bothered to waste words with him.
After uttering a suitably godlike declaration, he immediately attacked.
Ghost Shadow Flash!
With a shing, Lucas vanished from where he stood.
The next instant, he appeared behind Enel.
At the same time, two enormous crossed sword arcs sliced through Enel’s body.
There was no sensation of cutting through flesh.
He hadn’t even struck Enel’s elementalized body.
Lucas’s expression turned serious as he watched Enel’s fading afterimage.
“An afterimage!
What incredible speed.
And with such powerful Observation Haki… You’re indeed quite strong.”
“Have you realized the difference between yourself and a true god, you lowly mortal?”
The moment Lucas finished speaking, an indifferent voice came from behind him.
A massive flash of lightning accompanied it.
Lucas’s expression shifted slightly.
Without even turning around, he instantly unleashed the most basic Iai Slash.
A circular sword arc swept outward in all directions.
The next moment, Lucas returned his sword to its sheath, spun around, and unleashed a powerful Pojun slash directly at Enel.
The sword arc from Pojun merged with the previous Iai Slash, forming a massive cross-shaped slash that tore toward Enel, who had brought his hands together and unleashed a torrent of lightning.
Enel looked at Lucas coldly and uttered four words.
El Thor!
A thunderous explosion followed.
A gigantic bolt of lightning, resembling a silver-white ribbon, came crashing toward Lucas.
The lightning and the cross-shaped sword arc collided head-on.
A deafening roar shook the heavens and earth!
Lucas felt an electric current surge through the sword in his hand, leaving his entire body tingling.
Instead of pain, however, it actually felt rather comfortable.
Lucas smiled faintly.
Thanks, Kitetsu.
Then he let out a furious roar.
The cross-shaped sword arc actually tore through the lightning in an instant.
Lucas charged straight through and his sword swept across Enel’s body.
“How is this possible?!”
Enel stared in shock at Lucas, who had forcibly endured his lightning and still managed to slash at him.
He hurriedly elementalized his body, attempting to evade the attack.
But Lucas’s blade still passed through him and left a faint sword mark across his body.
This time, Enel wasn’t merely shocked.
He was genuinely frightened.
This was the first time since eating the Goro Goro no Mi that he had suffered physical damage!
“How is this possible?
A mortal’s sword can actually hurt me?”
Seeing Lucas attack again, Enel hurriedly flashed away, retreating dozens of meters.
Lucas snorted coldly.
“So your strength is this pathetic?
You really don’t deserve to call yourself a god.”
Those words instantly enraged Enel.
“You bastard!
How dare you provoke this god!”
“30,000,000 Volts—Hino!”
With a furious shout, Enel swept both hands outward.
Countless arcs of electricity surged and gathered before him, forming a gigantic thunderbird.
The thunderbird charged toward Lucas with tremendous force.
Yet Lucas didn’t show the slightest fear.
Let me show you a sword that can cut through lightning!
He raised both hands high above his head, his arms trembling slightly as he accumulated tremendous strength.
A sword arc gradually extended from Kitetsu.
Yet instead of spreading outward, it remained tightly compressed within three feet of the blade.
Such control was something even a Great Swordsman would find difficult to accomplish with ease!
Cutting Lightning—Evil Light Slash!
Seeing the thunderbird approach to within three meters, Lucas let out a furious roar and swung his sword with all his strength!
A dazzling L-shaped beam, barely half a meter long, suddenly erupted from the blade and collided head-on with the thunderbird.
The heavens and earth shook once again.
The entire island trembled, and countless towering trees came crashing down.
Even Wyper, who had just set foot on Upper Yard, showed a trace of shock in his eyes.
The Shandia warriors behind him could barely keep their footing.
“My God!
That enormous lightning attack… That’s Enel’s power!”
“How powerful!
And the other man isn’t losing ground at all!
Just how strong is he?!”
Hearing these comments, Wyper turned coldly toward the warriors behind him and snorted.
“So what if their power is overwhelming?
They’re not true gods.
They can be defeated!”
“That’s right!
Let the two of them fight for a while.
Then we’ll make our move!”
“It may be shameless, but we’ll do anything to reclaim our homeland!”
…
Meanwhile, Nami and Robin watched the battle with worried expressions.
Robin had sprouted eyes at a location where she could observe Lucas and Enel’s battle.
Although she could see that Lucas appeared to have the upper hand, concern still filled her eyes.
Lucas had personally told them that he was still not Enel’s match.
However, Enel would have great difficulty killing him as well.
Only after fighting Enel several times and becoming accustomed to his lightning would Lucas be able to defeat him.
At this moment, from Robin’s vantage point, she could see the L-shaped sword beam effortlessly pushing the thunderbird backward.
The thunderbird seemed almost tangible as it was forced backward by the Evil Light Slash, continuously dissipating beneath the sword’s overwhelming force.
Finally, the sword beam forcibly drove the thunderbird back more than ten meters before completely dispersing it.
Although the sword beam had dimmed considerably, it continued toward Enel.
Enel’s eyes widened in disbelief as he watched his thunderbird being destroyed.
He hurriedly waved his hands and unleashed another bolt of lightning.
The lightning and sword beam clashed for several moments before finally dissipating.
At this point, Enel’s expression became extremely serious.
He stared at Lucas and said, “Not bad.
Your strength really is formidable.
But… a swordsman can never contend with lightning!”
“A sword… conducts electricity!”
60,000,000 Volts—Jamboree!
In an instant, lightning flashed across the heavens.
Enel was like a magnet capable of attracting electricity, drawing countless bolts of lightning down from the sky.
A gigantic thunder dragon rapidly took shape.
Standing beneath it, Lucas’s expression became extremely solemn.
As Enel had said, a sword conducted electricity.
Although the sword spirit within Kitetsu could help him withstand most of the electrical force, the terrifying power of sixty million volts meant that even a fraction of the remaining current would likely be more than Lucas could endure.
Furthermore, Evil Light Slash was already his strongest long-range sword technique for single-target attacks.
Strictly speaking, his Iai Slash: Breaking the Void was more suited to attacks against groups, and its single-target destructive power was comparatively weaker.