18: Chapter 9: World-Destroying Divine Thunder, Is This All You’ve Got?
(Part 2) 18: Chapter 9: World-Destroying Divine Thunder, Is This All You’ve Got?
(Part 2) At this moment, the ground of the Marine Headquarters suddenly cracked open with a loud crunch.
Dozens of giant metal taiko drums, over three meters tall, rose from beneath the earth, their surfaces gleaming with a cold metallic luster.
Simultaneously, a spiderweb of metallic lines emerged on the ground, enveloping the entire plaza like a massive conductive grid.
Alex stood motionless in the center of the plaza.
He wanted to see exactly what kind of tricks this Tier 9 Fallen Reincarnator could pull off!
Suspended in mid-air, Enel felt the surging electric currents within his body.
A manic light flickered in his eyes.
Within this thunder-and-lightning field he had laid down, he was an immortal god!
“Hunter, take this!
World-Destroying Divine Thunder!” He pointed a single finger toward the sky.
Before his furious shout even faded, a golden lightning bolt several meters thick struck down from the heavy clouds above.
The lightning, resembling a roaring golden dragon, instantly swallowed Alex’s figure.
The blinding white light forced everyone present to squeeze their eyes shut.
Only the deafening roar of exploding thunder echoed in their ears.
Although the strike had landed, Enel dared not be careless.
He continuously channeled the lightning, launching strike after strike at Alex.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Golden lightning rained down like a torrential storm, turning the entire plaza into a sea of electricity.
The currents spread along the metallic web on the ground and surged into the giant metal drums.
A low-frequency hum resonated as the electrical grid connecting the drums merged into one, unleashing an even more violent surge of electrical energy.
He unleashed nearly a hundred bolts of lightning.
Only when the cumulonimbus clouds in the sky were nearly depleted did Enel finally stop his assault, panting heavily.
Even as a Rumble-Rumble Fruit user, such a high-frequency burst of power took a significant toll on his stamina.
By now, the entirety of Marine Headquarters had been reduced to an ocean of lightning, with liquid-like electricity rippling across the plaza!
The Marine foot soldiers below erupted in cheers.
“Haha, He’s dead for sure!” “Not just dead, his body is probably reduced to ash!” “Commander Enel is invincible!” However, as the brilliant light of the lightning gradually dispersed, the Marines’ cheers came to a screeching halt.
The smiles on their faces froze completely, replaced by utter, absolute shock.
In the dead center of the plaza, Alex stood there, completely bare-chested.
His long black hair whipped wildly in the electrically charged wind, revealing a physique as chiseled and angular as solid rock.
His muscle lines were sleek and packed with explosive power.
His entire torso was covered in scars of varying depths—the medals of honor he had earned by crawling back from the brink of life and death time and time again on his path to becoming a Gold Saint.
Stray arcs of electricity still crackled against his skin, yet they failed to leave even a single white mark.
The entire battlefield fell dead silent.
Marines, pirates, Reincarnators…
everyone stared with eyes so wide they practically bulged out of their sockets.
“Under an attack like that…
only his clothes were ruined?” someone murmured in a trembling voice, heavy with disbelief.
“This generation’s Hunter is terrifyingly strong…
He can’t be human!” “With a physical defense like that…
he’d probably be fine even if the planet exploded!” Alex rolled his neck, his joints letting out a series of crisp cracks.
Having enjoyed Enel’s grand electrotherapy feast, he felt utterly refreshed.
The fact that his clothes had been completely vaporizedp by the high voltage didn’t embarrass him in the slightest.
His perfect physique, rivaling that of the Sun God Apollo, was a testament to his grueling struggles.
What was there to be ashamed of?
Alex looked up at Enel suspended in the air, a cold smirk curling on his lips.
“Do you know why I let you attack as you pleased?” A profound sense of dread washed over Enel.
His voice grew slightly hoarse.
“Why?” Alex remained expressionless.
“So you can die with some peace of mind!” _____ T/N: