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

Such a person...

How could that be?! How could they willingly submit to someone else?

Or even just serving as a mere naval commodore, obeying the orders of that so-called "Skyquake" Gern?

This is completely illogical! It even goes against the nature of someone who possesses this kind of Conqueror's Haki!

Meanwhile, Enel glanced at the seemingly unaffected Kami, still standing, tilted his head, and kept his golden staff poked into the other's mask, his tone even more displeased.

"Still not down? Looks like you, a mere mortal, are a little bit stronger than those small fry."

Hearing Enel's mockery, the divine rider beneath the sheep skull mask let out a barely perceptible, deep sigh.

He seemed to be a little tired of this pointless fight, or perhaps he had developed a genuine interest in Enel.

And so, in the instant before that sigh had completely dissipated...

His wrist, which was gripping the enormous scythe, twitched almost imperceptibly.

The next instant!

A tiny, yet seemingly light-slicing, jet-black blade flashed by!

The speed was so fast that it exceeded the limits of what the naked eye could perceive, making one wonder if it was an illusion!

Meanwhile, the figure of the Divine Knight himself had already appeared like a ghost dozens of meters behind Enel.

He no longer casually carried the scythe, but held it diagonally to his side, with the blade pointing diagonally at the ground, and Armament Haki flowing across the curved blade.

However, his eyes, visible through the mask, showed no sign of relief at his success. Instead, they narrowed slightly, revealing an unprecedented seriousness and solemnity.

Because... his determined strike, whose trajectory he couldn't even see clearly, missed!

"Such powerful Observation Haki." The Divine Knight spoke slowly, his voice still deep, but with a hint of barely perceptible surprise.

Then he turned around and stared sharply at Enel, who was still standing in the same spot.

Enel remained rooted to the spot, but a clear, diagonally slashed mark appeared across his body.

The mark was flashing with dazzling blue-white lightning, making a "sizzling" sound.

In the fraction of a second before the dark blade was about to strike, Enel, with his unparalleled Observation Haki (psychic net),...

Having anticipated this fatal blow, he preemptively elementalized parts of his body to deflect the attack's trajectory!

Lightning cannot be cut by swords!

At that moment, Enel's two halves of body, which had been "severed," twisted simultaneously, and amidst flashes of electricity, they rapidly healed and returned to their original state.

He turned his head to look at the divine rider dozens of meters away, a mocking and superior smile on his face, like a cat catching a mouse.

"Someone like you, who doesn't like to talk and likes to act profound, actually has a lot on your mind!"

"Aren't you surprised? Aren't you thinking, 'How could he possibly have dodged it?'" He mimicked the other person's possible thoughts, using every possible means of sarcasm.

"Unfortunately, before 'God,' your pathetic killing intent and actions are as obvious as a lighthouse in the dark! Foolish mortal!"

The goat-skull-masked knight listened silently to Enel's taunts, offering no rebuttal.

He simply adjusted his grip on the knife, and his aura became even more dangerous and refined.

He admitted that he had indeed underestimated the "god's" Observation Haki.

This kind of prediction is not just a "prediction," but rather a brief "foresight of the future" that is not quite like foresight.

In that instant, he was completely seen through!

Enel, on the other hand, had a smile on his face. This battle seemed to be getting a little more interesting than he had expected.

But that's all.

........

Maintaining a high level of Observation Haki during battle is extremely taxing on both physical and mental strength.

Enel, on the other hand, doesn't have this weakness because he was born with it; as long as he doesn't tell others that he can hear his own thoughts...

This advantage means that, aside from encountering single-minded individuals like Luffy and Gurn who are too far ahead to be observed, most people cannot defeat him.

After all, as long as he doesn't say it out loud, no one will be wary of hearing his innermost thoughts.

Furthermore, the skill 'Mind Web' is currently unique to Enel on the high seas!

Therefore, as long as it's not revealed, it's practically the same as having your cards on the table.

Chapter 311 I See Through You (Part Two)

The goat-skull-masked divine rider uttered no more words; his subtle seriousness had transformed into pure killing intent.

With a slight sway, he launched another attack!

This time, it was no longer a tentative, single strike.

The enormous scythe in his hand transformed into a series of dazzling, pitch-black afterimages, swinging wildly at a speed that was impossible for the naked eye to perceive!

Each strike tore through the air, emitting a shrill, ghostly cry, containing a sharpness and domineering power capable of severing everything.

It wove a web of death, enveloping Enel!

The speed was so fast that it was as if dozens of scythes were attacking from all directions at the same time!

However, Enel seemed to handle this offensive with ease.

He didn't even move much; his body simply moved as if it had no bones, making tiny, precise turns, leaning to the side, and tilting back within a small range.

The deadly tip of the scythe always grazed his nose, throat, and chest by the slightest margin, but never even touched the hem of his clothes!

Faced with the attack of the Divine Knight, he managed to display the exact same arrogant demeanor as Luffy two years later when he dodged the Pacifistas' attacks in Sabaody Archipelago!

"Too slow!" Enel even had the leisure to scoff, a mocking smile on his face.

"Left...right...top...bottom...Huh? This knife is kind of interesting, it almost cut my hair."

His mental network (Observation Haki) was fully activated; every barely perceptible tremor of his opponent's muscles revealed the subtlest flow of killing intent.

Even the fluctuations in the air's energy transmission were transformed into the most precise intelligence, flooding his brain like a tidal wave.

Even though the Sheep Skull Mask Divine Rider used 'Predict the Future'...

But it's impossible for a person to stop thinking, especially a taciturn one.

Therefore, Enel saw the future he 'predicted'!

This unparalleled intelligence advantage allows him to always be one step ahead and predict the trajectory of all attacks!

This fighting style coincides with the principles that Admiral Kizaru taught him: "speed is power" and "absolute preemption relying on Observation Haki." He further developed this style to an even more terrifying level by combining it with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit's abilities.

Therefore, when the Divine Knights' offensive suddenly accelerates, or expands to a range that is difficult to dodge with just small movements...

"Zzz!" Enel's figure instantly transformed into a real bolt of lightning!

This is not a metaphor, but a physical movement of elements!

With almost zero latency, it moves in an irregular "Z" shape within the field at a speed equivalent to the speed of light!

Sometimes it appeared in the air to the left of the divine rider, sometimes on the ruins behind him, and sometimes it reappeared in the same spot as if it had never moved.

Each time, that deadly scythe could only slice through the air or shred the afterimage of lightning it left behind.

"Hahaha! It's useless! How could a mortal's speed possibly catch up with a 'god'!"

Enel's figure flickered in the lightning, his voice coming from all directions, filled with absolute confidence.

The Enel of today is no longer the arrogant, overconfident "God of the Well" on Skypiea who relied solely on his Devil Fruit powers and lacked practical combat experience.

Over the years, at G-10 base, he has experienced too much: the "personal instruction" of Admiral Kizaru Borsalino (although it was mostly one-sided beatings and escapes).

This elevated his understanding of speed and his use of Observation Haki to a whole new level.

His brutal, hand-to-hand combat sparring sessions with "Devil's Heir" Douglas Barrett honed his fighting spirit, domineering presence, and instinctive reactions to danger.

The overwhelming, despair-inducing power of Gern, akin to a natural disaster, constantly reminded him that there are always stronger beings out there.

It tempered his impetuousness considerably, teaching him to remain calm and thoughtful in battle. (Although his foul mouth remained unchanged.)

In addition, the Rumble-Rumble Fruit itself possesses limitless growth potential and development potential...

All these factors combined are causing Enel to grow at an astonishing rate, constantly approaching the level of the world's truly top-tier powerhouses!

He may still be lacking compared to top-tier experts in terms of absolute strength and physical skills.

However, thanks to his unparalleled speed, top-tier Observation Haki, and the extremely destructive Rumble-Rumble Fruit...

He has already acquired the ability to contend with any powerful individual, and even make them feel extremely troubled!

The divine knights' attacks remained incredibly fierce, each strike capable of cleaving through mountains, yet they were never able to truly touch Enel's body.

The battle unexpectedly reached a strange stalemate.

The gaze beneath the sheep skull mask grew increasingly solemn.

"Why is this guy always one step ahead of me? His Observation Haki can't possibly be that strong."

How could his mental strength remain at such a high level throughout the battle?

........

"Hahaha! Mortal, is all you can do is swing that broken scythe and dodge?" Enel's figure suddenly appeared high in the sky, far away from the divine riders, after a flash of lightning.

He spread his arms wide, his body radiating intense lightning, like a god wielding thunder, looking down at his opponent below.

Tactics changed instantly!

He no longer relied on precise micro-management to dodge attacks, but began to utilize the true advantages of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.

Absolute long-range suppression and devastating area-of-effect damage!

"Lightning Strike!"

His figure was no longer confined to the ground; he began to move at the speed of light in the sky in an unpredictable manner.

Each teleportation was incredibly cunning, completely escaping the attack range of the God Knight's scythe.

At the same time, streaks of blazing lightning bolts shot out from his hands, not for a direct attack.

Instead, it seemed to possess a life of its own, entangling and sealing off all the dodging space around the God Knight, greatly compressing its range of movement.

"Mind Web - Omniscience!" Enel closed his eyes, immersing his entire being in the combination of Mind Web and Observation Haki.

Every contraction of the opponent's muscle fibers, every subtle shift of their center of gravity, even all the possible movement trajectories generated by their Observation Haki's instinctive anticipation of danger...

All this information was like a vast stream of data, being processed and analyzed wildly in his mind!

The next moment, Enel suddenly opened his eyes, his golden staff pointing downwards at the divine rider who was still moving at high speed despite the Razer's blockade, trying to find an opportunity to break through. His voice was like a divine decree.

"Divine Judgment!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!!!"

Not just one, but several enormous lightning pillars, far exceeding the previous ones in diameter, tore through the clouds without warning, striking down with unparalleled precision and with the power to destroy everything!

The lightning bolts struck locations other than where the Divine Knight was currently located.

Rather, it is based on the complete prediction of all possible movement trajectories in the next few seconds by the mind network—an absolute hit!

This is not a prediction, this is a verdict!

The figure of the God Knight flickered rapidly within the limited space like a ghost, attempting to evade.

His speed was indeed astonishing, and he narrowly avoided the direct impact of the lightning bolts each time.

However, it didn't work!

The first bolt of lightning struck the spot where he was about to step in half a second, forcing him to forcefully change direction!

The second lightning bolt blocked his most reasonable evasive route after he changed direction!

The third, the fourth... came one after another! Each one struck precisely at the point where his "future" would land!

For a moment, it was as if an invisible pair of eyes had already seen through all his patterns of action!

No matter how he changed his rhythm or how he feinted, the devastating lightning bolt always arrived one step ahead of him, waiting on his inevitable path!

In an instant, the Knight of God was completely trapped in a "cage" made up of several terrifying lightning pillars that connected heaven and earth!

The violent lightning energy spread everywhere, forcing him into a sorry state, and he could only keep dodging at the limit, unable to even get close to Enel!