The natural system started off strong, but the navy finally reached its peak!

"People return to people, earth to earth, and gods to gods!!"

You possess the same qualifications as me to be a 'god,' but I do not grant you the right to judge me!

Gern didn't turn around, but responded calmly, his voice piercing the roar of thunder like ice:

"If your 'god' is merely ruling over a sky island, bullying a group of weaklings who don't even understand the concept of dominance..."

He tilted his head slightly, his eyes sharp as a knife. "That's ridiculous."

"The true 'god' should stand at the pinnacle of the world."

Enel's pupils suddenly contracted.

The pinnacle of the world?

Qinghai? The boundless continent? Or... an even more distant place?

Enel's fingers trembled slightly; facing Gern, he subconsciously couldn't muster the courage.

Or perhaps this was the first time since he became a "god" that he had felt something...

fear.

It's also one of his catchphrases that he now uses when talking to those mortals.

Humans do not fear God; fear itself is God.

But now, he seemed like a "mortal" in front of Gern.

Thinking of this, the next second, rage consumed reason.

Enel's expression twisted again, and lightning danced wildly around him, making him look like an enraged god.

"Hmph! Easier said than done!!" Enel grinned maliciously, his golden staff pointing directly at Guern.

"You, who also possess the power of a 'god,' have you already ruled Qinghai?!"

Gern finally stopped, slowly turned his head, and a nearly arrogant smile appeared on his lips.

“I have never called myself ‘God’.”

The voice hasn't fallen

"BOOM!!!" The Conqueror's Haki erupted like a tsunami, the entire sky suddenly twisted, dark clouds surged, and purple Haki lightning tore the sky apart like a raging dragon!

The earth cracked, the air trembled, and even Enel's lightning was suppressed by this force!

Enel's body froze.

His heart felt as if it were being gripped tightly by an invisible hand; his blood froze, his muscles spasmed, and he couldn't move even a finger.

“No…it’s impossible…” Enel squeezed out a hoarse voice, his pupils shrinking to the size of pinpoints.

what is this? !!

Why...is my body...not obeying my commands?!

I am a "god"! The supreme being who controls thunder!

How could they possibly be so overwhelmed by the "prestige" of a person from Qinghai that they were unable to resist?!

At the same time, Gern's voice, amidst the destructive pressure, crashed down like a hammer of judgment:

"because……"

"I am above God!!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Enel's knee slammed heavily onto the ground with a "bang," and the golden staff rolled away with a "clang."

He knelt! Enel knelt down!!

Looking at his bent knees, Enel's ears were ringing and the world around him was spinning.

"Defeat?"

"No, this can't even be called a battle... He didn't even have the chance to make a move; he was completely crushed!"

Gern smiled as he looked at the stunned Enel and continued...

"If you really want to become a 'god,' stop hiding in the corner of the sky...go and see the real world."

“To become a true ‘god’…” Enel repeated in a low voice.

Seeing this, Gern pressed his advantage and continued, "Come with me, Enel."

I will show you the real world, and make you understand…

"What is the power that a 'god' should have?"

“What is the power that a ‘god’ should possess…” Enel was silent for a moment, then suddenly burst into laughter: “Hahaha!”

"Sorry, are you mistaken? Why would I want to become a god..."

Enel, his earlier daze vanishing, abruptly raised his eyes to stare at Gern, and slowly stood up, forcing himself to withstand the pressure.

"I am God!!!"

With this roar, Enel unleashed a pale blue aura.

Although the range of the pull was small, it still managed to counter Guern's Conqueror's Haki.

"Conqueror's Haki?!" Tesoro's pupils contracted sharply upon seeing this. "This guy actually awakened it under these circumstances?!"

"Gern deliberately provoked him." The Serpent Queen leaned against her giant serpent, gazing at the man she loved in the center of the battlefield.

A meaningful smile curved his lips as he whispered, "It's just a pity..."

"Even kings are divided into large and small."

"I knew it!!" Gern's laughter boomed like thunder, his lips curled up wildly, and his eyes burned with an almost fanatical fighting spirit.

"BOOM!!!" Enel's Conqueror's Haki erupted like a raging torrent, and jet-black lightning shot out from his body, tearing a crack in the clouds in the sky!

“A guy as arrogant as you…” Gern’s voice was deep and excited, “How could you possibly lack the aptitude?! Enel!!”

Two overwhelming forces clashed violently in mid-air!

Crimson lightning and blue flashes of light intertwined wildly, the air groaning under the extreme pressure.

The ground beneath their feet cracked inch by inch, with pebbles floating in the air, only to be crushed into dust in the next instant!

Enel's forehead was beaded with cold sweat; after all, he had only recently awakened Conqueror's Haki, and although this unexpected aura was incredibly powerful...

But faced with Gern's oppressive presence, it was like a candle flame in a storm, teetering on the brink of collapse.

At the same time, Gern proved that statement true.

You lack charisma, and you see me as a frog in a well gazing at the moon.

If you cultivate domineering power, you will see me as a mayfly seeing the blue sky!

"You... bastard..." Enel's voice began to tremble, and the lightning on his body flickered as if it might go out at any moment.

Gern's eyes sharpened, and his domineering aura intensified once again!

"You must join me..."

"Because you belong to my 'natural disasters'... 'Thunder'!!!"

"Pop!" A crisp cracking sound rang out, as if some kind of balance had been broken.

Both their imposing auras dissipated at the same moment, but Enel's body swayed back and forth as if all his strength had been drained away. His pupils dilated, his legs went weak, and finally...

"Bang!" He fell straight down and completely lost consciousness.

Chapter 229 Is this what you call 'being serious'?

After an unknown amount of time, Enel, lying on the cloud-covered island, suddenly opened his eyes.

Staring blankly at the darkening sky above, I heard the crackling of the campfire and...

"The smell of grilled fish?" Enel, realizing what was happening, instantly became alert. He performed a backflip to create distance, lightning crackling around him as he stared intently ahead.

The four men, including Gern, were sitting around the campfire, leisurely grilling empty fish, and no one even glanced at him.

“You guys…” Enel gritted his teeth as he watched this scene.

"Hmm?" Gern took a bite of grilled fish and glanced at him casually. "You're awake? Looks like you've had a good rest!"

"You bastard..." Enel's forehead veins bulged as he looked at Gern: "Did you not kill me because you looked down on me?!"

"Mm." Gern nodded honestly, then tore off another piece of fish and stuffed it into his mouth.

"What the hell are you talking about! Don't I have any dignity?!" Enel roared.

Libo was startled by the sudden clap of thunder, nearly dropping the grilled fish she was holding into the fire: "Wow! It's so noisy!"

Boa Hancock rested her chin on her hand, watching Enel with interest: "This young man has quite the temper."

"This is what a delusional teenager who hasn't experienced the harsh realities of the ocean is like." Tesoro quietly moved to the side, afraid of being caught in the crossfire.

“But…” Gern swallowed the fish and finally looked Enel in the eye: “You are really weak.”

"Weak?!" Enel's pupils contracted sharply, lightning crackling wildly around him. "I am a god!!"

"How about this?" Gern stood up and stretched.

"I'll eat while I fight you." He pointed to the remaining grilled fish on the campfire.

"I won't fight back for the first 10 minutes. If you can even touch me, you win."

The air froze instantly.

Enel's expression shifted from anger to astonishment, and then to a twisted, ferocious grin.

"Aren't you... underestimating God a little?! You bastard!!!"

"Boom!!" A violent bolt of lightning shot into the sky, and Enel's figure instantly disappeared from the spot, turning into a blinding bolt of lightning that rushed straight towards Gern!

"3000 Million Volts Thunderbird!!"

Lightning coalesced into the shape of a giant bird, shrieking as it tore through the air and swooped down toward Gern!

Gern remained standing in the same spot, holding the grilled fish in his right hand and his left hand in his pocket, his expression unchanged.

"too slow."

"Whoosh!" The Thunderbird pierced through Gern's body, but only struck an afterimage.

Enel's pupils contracted; his Observation Haki couldn't hear Gern's thoughts, and he momentarily lost his target. Before he could react...

Gern had already transformed into scattered vibrating particles, which coalesced behind him, and said in a calm tone...

"Your Observation Haki is only good for 'hearing,' but not for 'using.'"

"What?!" Enel whirled around, his golden staff sweeping across with lightning, but missed again.

Gern's figure flickered like a ghost, each movement precisely dodging Enel's attacks, and he even had time to take a bite of grilled fish.

"One hundred million volts - Discharge!" Enel generated electricity throughout his body, turning the surrounding area into a swamp.

"Haha, let's see how you dodge this time!" Just as Enel was laughing, a fish bone fell from the sky and hit him on the head.

Enel silently looked up as the fish bones were reduced to ashes by lightning.

Then they saw Gern leisurely standing in the sky, with cracks appearing beneath his feet.

"It can still fly?" Enel's pupils contracted, and then he instantly raised his arm, releasing a massive, irregularly spreading bolt of violent lightning upwards.

"Your lightning is fast, but your body and reactions... are too slow."

Without the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, a colonel-level officer who is proficient in Armament Haki could easily overwhelm you with his physical skills.

"However, I can see that you really don't develop any physical skills at all!" Guern flicked another fish bone at Enel and smiled.

"You...you...Aaaaaah!" Enel's roar echoed through the sky above Birka.

He then raised his arms high, and thunderclouds rapidly gathered above his head, with lightning flashing in the dark clouds, as if the end of the world had arrived.

"Divine Judgment!" Enel roared, swinging his arm down violently.

A giant bolt of lightning, several meters in diameter, descended from the sky and struck directly at the location where Gern was standing.

The lightning was blinding, the air was ionized and emitted a pungent burning smell, and the ground cracked instantly under the bombardment, with debris and dust flying everywhere.

However, when the lightning dissipated, Gern remained standing in the same spot, not even the hem of his clothes was touched.