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

It appeared abruptly in the middle of the sky, at a speed that was impossible for the naked eye to detect!

Enel looked down at Shanks on the ground with his golden staff pointing arrogantly, his eyes filled with disdain for mortals.

"Mortals want to challenge gods?? Hahaha!! How ridiculous..." The laughter stopped abruptly.

"What a reckless act!!"

Enel's arrogance vanished instantly, replaced by indifference.

"However, since we're going to fight, let's fight well."

He lowered his eyes, looking down upon all living beings, the golden staff in his hand still pointing to the sky, and softly uttered two words.

"Thunder Territory."

"Buzz—Boom!!!"

As he finished speaking, a massive bolt of lightning flashed across the sky, centered on his hovering position!

Immediately afterwards, countless golden lightning bolts as thick as buckets, like divine judgment spears, lashed down from the clouds!

The bombardment was precisely aimed at the island's specific boundary line!

"Boom!!!"

The deafening thunder roared incessantly, and the earth trembled!

Blinding lightning bolts intertwined, forming an enormous, sky-reaching, earth-shattering cage of thunder!

Countless tiny arcs of electricity leaped and darted wildly across the "fence" of the cage, making a crackling sound!

In just a moment, half of Parta Island, centered on Enel, was completely sealed off and enveloped by this terrifying "Thunder Domain"!

The terrifying power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, developed by Enel, is on full display at this moment!

Single-handedly, he forcibly altered the battlefield environment, divided space, and proclaimed...

This is the realm of the gods; those who step out will suffer divine punishment!

Beckman looked up at the lightning cage that covered half the sky, and at the center of the cage stood Enel, who looked like Thor descended to earth.

His usually composed face now showed extreme solemnity. He slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, his voice low and deep.

"That long-eared guy... he's a tough monster to deal with!"

........

On the other side, Gern looked up to admire the grand scene created by Enel, the blinding electric light casting an uncertain glow on his smiling profile.

Then he slowly turned his gaze back to Shanks, who was standing with his sword in hand.

"Enel, that guy, still loves to steal the spotlight!" Gern's tone was somewhat casual, as if he were talking about a mischievous subordinate.

Then, the tone suddenly changed.

"but......."

With that "however," Gern's smile remained, but it had lost all warmth, instead exuding a chilling authority.

His free left hand slowly gripped the hilt of the black sword, Bahuang, at his waist.

However, with just a simple movement, Gern's aura underwent a dramatic change.

That invisible sense of oppression even faintly overshadowed the roar of thunder in the sky.

"There's one thing he said that's very true."

"Challenging God is, in itself..."

Gern's voice was not loud. He paused slightly, and his knuckles gripping the hilt of the Eight Desolations Blade tightened slightly, causing the old bandages wrapped around the blade to begin to break apart.

"Reckless."

"boom!!!"

The moment those two words were uttered, the air between Gern and Shanks froze completely!

god?

The "god" that Gern speaks of is clearly not the self-proclaimed title Enel gave himself.

Rather, it is himself.

This is the true, living legend of the sea, the symbol of absolute power that ended the old era and suppressed the new era, a power that even the Four Emperors must take seriously!

In Shanks' eyes, the challenge was "reckless"!

Chapter 395 Observational Kill

"Whether it's reckless or not, we'll only know by trying!"

And I also want to know, what am I like now...." Shanks' figure had already disappeared from the spot.

It's not elemental movement like Logia-type attacks, but rather a pure and extreme physical burst.

Combined with his top-tier Observation Haki, he cut into Gern's midfield as if by teleportation!

With a "whoosh!" Griffin tore through the air, dark red arcs of Conqueror's Haki crackling around the blade, but he didn't unleash a massive flying slash.

Instead, they concentrated all their power on the blade's edge, aiming straight for Gern's throat!

"At what level am I on when I'm with you?!"

Seeing the approaching blade, Gern's pupils contracted almost imperceptibly, while his expression showed a hint of "I knew it" interest.

Almost simultaneously, his right hand, which held the Eight Directions, moved!

"Clang!!!"

A deafening metallic clang suddenly erupted, drowning out the distant thunderous roar!

The blade of the Eight Desolations, wrapped in disintegrating bandages, struck first, precisely blocking Griffin's thrusting path.

At the point where the blade tip and the blade collided, the two colors of Conqueror's Haki clashed violently.

Countless fine, powerful arcs of electricity shot out in all directions like a swarm of out-of-control snakes.

With his attack blocked, Shanks' wrist didn't falter at all. Using the recoil from the collision, Griffin slashed down, changing his thrust into a slice, aiming at Gern's wrist holding the knife!

Gern snorted coldly, advancing instead of retreating, his left leg, imbued with Armament Haki, suddenly lashed out, kicking Shanks in the shin and forcing him to defend.

Immediately, the Eight Desolations Blade trembled, and the vibrational particles traveled along the blade.

"Buzz!" The air emitted a low, mournful sound.

Griffin's slash struck an invisible barrier that vibrated at a high frequency, significantly reducing the force of the strike.

The blade was even slightly deflected by a strange recoil force, causing Shanks' attack to pause for a moment.

"Looks like someone's hand went numb!"

A glint flashed in Gern's eyes, and the Eight Desolations technique shifted from defense to offense, with visible pale white energy swirling around the blade.

With a will to crush everything, a simple yet incredibly fast horizontal slash.

"Heavenly Tremor - Crack!!"

There were no dazzling special effects, only the sound of space tearing apart as the blade passed through!

Upon seeing the attack, Shanks' hair stood on end. A strong sense of crisis made him instantly recall Griffin and raise it vertically in front of him as a shield.

At the same time, dark red Conqueror's Haki surged wildly towards the blade!

"boom!!!"

The Eight Directions Slash landed heavily on Griffin's blade spine!

This collision is far more significant than any before!

The terrifying shockwave expanded outward in a spherical shape, and the ground in the center of the two people suddenly caved in and cracked, with debris and dust being swept into the sky by the blast wave!

Shanks felt an indescribable force mixed with a strange shockwave pass through Griffin; his hand trembled with pain, and his entire arm felt numb and tingling.

Unable to maintain his footing any longer, he was forcefully pushed backward, sliding for more than ten meters, carving out two deep furrows.

Gern pressed his advantage relentlessly, advancing swiftly. The Eight Directions Blade rose again, its pale white aura becoming even more solid, clearly indicating that the next strike would be even more terrifying.

Shanks forcefully suppressed his surging blood and made an instant judgment: he couldn't take the hit head-on!

In an instant, he made a judgment, a flash of red light appeared deep in his pupils, and his unique "Observation Haki Kill" ability was activated at full power, invisibly interfering with and suppressing Gern's Observation Haki perception.

Just as Gern's slash was about to hit him, his body slid to the side at an incredible angle, narrowly avoiding being grazed by the tip of the Eight Desolations' blade!

"boom!!!"

The blades of the Eight Desolations cleaved heavily in the air, striking the solid ground of Parta Island.

There was no loud explosion, only a muffled sound.

Where the blade struck, a massive crack instantly formed and spread forward at a speed impossible to follow with the naked eye!

Wherever the crack passes, the rocks and soil do not crumble, but are directly shattered into the finest dust by an invisible force of vibration!

This bottomless chasm tore through the earth with unstoppable force, cutting through the jungle, crossing the hills, and stretching straight to the coastline at the edge of sight!

"Splash!!!" The sea was violently cleaved open by this terrifying force that extended outwards!

The seabed, stretching for ten kilometers, was suddenly exposed, and the seawater on both sides surged up to a height of a thousand meters, as if the sea had been cut in half by a god with a giant axe!

The split seawater was unable to close up for a long time, leaving a vacuum zone filled with an aura of destruction in the middle.

The power of this strike is truly astounding!

Shanks stared at the ten-kilometer-long trench, swallowed hard, and felt a dryness in his throat.

If Griffin were to take this blow head-on, he might be able to block the blade, but the terrifying shockwave it generated would be enough to severely injure him instantly!

Shanks was instantly filled with trepidation, becoming even more convinced that his earlier judgment was absolutely correct.

After all, having lost an arm, in a pure head-on confrontation...

There is absolutely no way he can defeat Gern, who is dual-wielding and possesses the Heaven-Shatter Fruit!

It's worth noting that even at his peak, Captain Roger needed to wield his sword with both hands to withstand Whitebeard's slashes!

Therefore, I must rely on speed, skill, and... my advantage of using the "Observation Kill" ability!

At this moment, Gern, who was standing steadily at the source of the rift, frowned almost imperceptibly as he looked at the spot where Shanks had successfully dodged.

Something's not right.

Just now, at the moment the slash was launched, his Observation Haki did indeed detect Shanks' dodge trajectory and even predicted at least ten possible future directions.

But that feeling was like a clear path suddenly being veiled by a thin gauze.

Although I can still see things with difficulty, the details are blurry and the direction is hard to discern.

"Is it some kind of interference... suppressing my Observation Haki?" Thinking this, Gern's eyes narrowed slightly as he quickly analyzed the situation.

He could sense that his Observation Haki, which was definitely not his own, had failed.

Rather, it was the other party's "aura" that became elusive at crucial moments, like a chameleon that blends into the background, deliberately disrupting his perception of the "future".

At this moment, Gern was unaware that this was Shanks' unique "Sight and Sound Kill" effect.

By leveraging its superior Observation Haki, it forcefully suppresses and interferes with the opponent's foresight, preventing them from seeing the complete picture of the future.

It was precisely because Gern's Observation Haki had also reached its peak that he was able to withstand the suppression of "Observation Kill".

We can still glimpse a vague fragment of the future, rather than becoming completely "blind."

But this momentary disruption and lack of information is enough to turn the tide of a battle at their level!

"It seems we can't rely entirely on Observation Haki to predict his movements anymore."

Gern instantly adjusted his tactics, focusing more on the subtle changes in his opponent's muscle movements and airflow, as well as his most instinctive combat intuition.

Shanks, keenly observing Gern's expression at that moment, muttered to himself...

"He noticed it in just a split second...?"

Chapter 396 Take My Rising Dragon Punch

"No, we must seize the initiative by taking advantage of the information gap while he's still getting used to things!"