At the same time, Enel was making the exact same move.
A flash of blue lightning flared...
Enel vanished from his spot.
High above Skull Island, a blue bolt of electricity flickered rapidly. With each jump, Enel's figure would appear for a fleeting instant.
In the distance, a brilliant waterfall of purple lightning, crackling with heavenly might, thundered straight toward him.
"Found you!"
A light laugh echoed from within the purple thunder. Ryuuto instantly changed direction, rocketing toward Enel.
An even more dazzling bolt of purple light erupted forth!
"This is bad!"
As Ryuuto closed in, Enel felt as if he were being targeted by a prehistoric beast.
The blue lightning in the sky suddenly exploded in every direction.
Enel was trying to flee!
"Too late," Ryuuto said softly, his Observation Haki locking firmly onto Enel's presence. With a flash of purple lightning behind him...
"Get down!"
Ryuuto appeared in midair, his momentum halting instantly. He violently swung his Armament Haki-coated fist downward.
Boom!
The very moment his fist descended, Enel's figure materialized directly beneath it.
"How is that possible?!" Enel's eyes narrowed, forced to take Ryuuto's punch head-on.
"Pfft..." Blood sprayed from Enel's mouth as the blow connected. As his body plummeted downwards, a single thought consumed him. "How could he have predicted my position?!"
By harnessing the endless electrical power stored on God's Island, Enel could perceive everything happening upon it. Whether it was a quiet conversation or the fluctuation of people's emotions, it was all converted into electrical signals that he could monitor from miles away. This power even allowed him to call down divine judgment from over a hundred kilometers away. That was why he was so bewildered. He had clearly sensed Ryuuto's position and movements first, yet he was the one who had been outmaneuvered.
It could only be said that Enel's Observation Haki was still very crude. His powerful Mantra was more a product of his Rumble-Rumble Fruit's abilities than true skill.
Boom!
Riddled with questions, Enel was slammed into the ground below. The powerful impact snapped countless trees and blasted a deep crater into the earth.
"Who am I? Where am I? Why did that punch even hit me? And what's with the lightning constantly erupting from his body? Is that another Logia-type Devil Fruit?"
Countless questions flooded Enel's mind, making him temporarily forget the pain wracking his body.
But soon...
"Cough—Hiss! It hurts!" As Enel let out a harsh cough, an agonizing pain shot through his entire body and into his brain.
A large amount of blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.
"Well, well, you're pretty squishy, aren't you?" Ryuuto appeared beside Enel, his words dripping with mockery.
"You fool... How dare you defy a god!"
Enel couldn't stand the taunt. His face twisted in rage as he lifted a finger and roared at Ryuuto.
But he wasn't finished. Countless blue sparks erupted from his body as he bellowed, "Die, you monkey from the Blue Sea! Accept divine punishment!"
"El Thor!"
Instantly, a colossal pillar of blue lightning descended from the heavens, aimed directly at their position. This was a signature technique of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, created by highly compressing the boundless lightning in the sky for a precision strike. With the power of one hundred million volts, it could destroy anything in its path.
Through Enel's eyes, Ryuuto made no attempt to dodge, simply allowing the column of lightning to fall.
"Die!" Seeing this, Enel's face lit up with excitement.
But in the next moment... as the blue lightning struck Ryuuto's head, he thought he saw the man flash a disdainful smile.
"An illusion. It must be an illusion!"
Enel quickly tried to reassure himself.
Boom!
The pillar of lightning crashed down. Countless trees were vaporized as it passed through both Ryuuto and Enel, slamming into the earth. The ground melted away, sending shattered rocks and soil flying in all directions.
It was a true display of a god's wrath.
Watching from a distance, Pagaya stood frozen, muttering over and over, "The god is punishing the outsider!"
Vivi, however, wore a strange expression. "So their 'god' also uses lightning?"
Jean Bart looked at Pagaya with curiosity, not understanding his words.
"Isn't that the Captain's lightning?"
Crocus just slapped his forehead and started laughing, leaving Conis and Pagaya completely confused.
As Crocus had anticipated, when the power of the blue lightning dissipated, an even larger crater, more than ten meters in diameter, was revealed.
At the bottom of the pit stood two figures.
Ryuuto, standing calmly where he was, and Enel, who had managed to struggle into a sitting position.
"Your lightning feels like a tickle."
Ryuuto chuckled, speaking to a completely dumbfounded Enel.
"How is this possible?!"
Enel's face was a mask of utter shock.
"Now it's your turn to taste my lightning," Ryuuto said, a smirk playing on his lips. A bolt of purple lightning materialized in his right hand.
Crackle...
This destructive divine thunder was only a dozen centimeters long, but it pulsed violently, tearing at the very space around it and emitting a terrifying aura.
"Is that also lightning?" Enel's eye twitched, a terrible feeling washing over him.
Just looking at that small bolt of electricity set off countless alarms in his mind.
Ryuuto glanced at Enel and, with a wave of his right hand, sent the divine thunder flying toward him.
Bang!
A sharp crack echoed through the air.
The moment the purple lightning touched Enel, it instantly engulfed him. The intense purple energy exploded violently!
"Ahhh!!"
A miserable scream tore from Enel's throat from within the purple light.
"Impossible! I'm a user of the invincible Logia-type Rumble-Rumble Fruit! How can there be lightning even I can't withstand?!"
That was the only thought left in Enel's mind.
Boom!
After a few seconds, with the sound of a body hitting the ground, Enel, now charred black, lay motionless, his status unknown.
"He's just too fragile!"
Ryuuto didn't even know what to say.
As expected of the man who was beaten by Luffy. His physical abilities, his...
It was the classic weakness of a Logia user!
They become overly reliant on their fruit's power and forget to develop their own physical strength.
Looking down at the scorched body of Enel, Ryuuto grabbed him...
With another flash of lightning, both of them disappeared.