Chapter 140: Rhapsody of Despair! The Descent of Raigo
On the golden deck of the Ark "Maxim", there was dead silence.
"Cough, cough..."
Enel slowly crawled out from the human-shaped crater he had been smashed into.
His haughty face was covered in dust and blood; the composure he once possessed as a god had long since vanished.
He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, looking at Luffy, who was preparing to attack again not far away, his eyes filled with unprecedented malice and wariness.
"Physical attacks are ineffective... Lightning is also ineffective..."
Enel gritted his teeth, his brain spinning rapidly:
"Since I can't kill you, I'll seal you away! Let gravity be your judge!"
"Zzzzt!!"
The golden trident in Enel's hand liquefied again. This time, he plunged both hands into the gold of the deck.
"Thunder Metallurgy: Golden Peony!!!"
A terrifying high temperature erupted instantly.
Large amounts of surrounding gold melted instantly under the heating of the lightning into boiling molten gold, which, like living tentacles, instantly wrapped around Luffy's extended right arm.
"So hot!!!" Luffy yelled, trying to shake it off.
But it was too late.
The molten gold rapidly cooled and solidified. In a single breath, it turned into a huge solid golden ball several meters in diameter, tightly locked onto Luffy's arm.
"Ugh!"
The immense weight instantly caused Luffy to lose his balance, his whole body tilting to one side.
"This is a gift for you!"
Enel teleported in front of Luffy, cruel light flashing in his eyes, and raised his foot to kick the giant golden ball fiercely.
"Take this gold... and get back to the Blue Sea!!!"
"Bang!!!"
With the huge kinetic energy combined with the weight of the golden ball itself, Luffy was kicked right off the edge of the Ark, ball and all.
"Waaahhh!!!"
With a long scream, Luffy fell like a shooting star, instantly smashing through the clouds below and disappearing into the vast sea of clouds.
...
After eliminating this sole and greatest obstacle.
"Hmph, the annoying bug has finally disappeared."
Enel tidied up his disheveled appearance. With the thunder drums behind him roaring, he transformed into lightning and flew high into the sky.
He opened his arms as if embracing the entire world.
"Ark 'Maxim'... full power output!!!"
Rumble!!!
Inside the massive Ark, the core power furnace was running wildly.
The giant chimney spewed out rolling black smoke. It wasn't ordinary smoke, but thunderclouds containing high-concentration electrical charges.
In just a few minutes, a pitch-black, super-huge spherical thundercloud covering the entire sky above Angel Island slowly took shape.
It was a shadow capable of plunging the world into darkness.
Enel hovered beneath the black sphere, like a demon god of destruction. His voice spread throughout the entire Skypiea via lightning:
"Do you hear it? The wailing of mortals."
"Ye-hahahaha!! What a wonderful rhapsody of despair!"
Enel looked down at the masses below, declaring the final judgment:
"You have successfully angered me... So, welcome the god's ultimate sanction!!!"
"All life on this island, along with the island itself, will turn to dust! Return to nothingness!!!"
"Raigo!!!"
The immense pressure plunged the residents of Angel Island on the ground into total panic.
People looked at the slowly descending black thunder sphere in the sky, feeling its destructive aura.
They dropped what was in their hands, knelt on the ground in despair, praying, waiting for the end of the world to arrive.
...
Camera cuts back to the edge of Gods Island, the going merry.
On the deck.
The severely injured Tatsuya lay on Nami's lap. Although his body could not move.
His keen perception allowed him to clearly feel the terrifyingly extreme electrostatic field in the air.
"Hiss... my head hurts..."
At this moment, the unconscious Sanji and Usopp also woke up.
When they opened their eyes and saw the giant black sphere covering the sky, both of them were instantly dumbfounded, their minds blank.
"Hey, Sanji..."
Usopp stared blankly at the sky, forgetting to wipe the snot running down his nose:
"If that thing... falls down... are we going to die?"
"Huff..."
Sanji shook as he lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and narrowed his eyes slightly:
"Go die yourself, Long Nose. I still want to live..."
Although he said that, the hand holding the cigarette was trembling slightly.
This scale of power had already exceeded the limits of what human power could resist.
"Waaaah..."
Nami hugged Tatsuya tightly, tears breaking the dam again:
"Tatsuya... we're done for... If that thunder sphere falls, even the sea will be evaporated..."
Tatsuya felt Nami's trembling, extended his stiff hand, and gently patted her back to comfort her.
He struggled to lift his head, his red eyes fixed on the "Raigo" in the sky, muttering in a low voice:
"What a terrifying natural disaster... To develop a Logia-type to this extreme, to think it could reach this level..."
"Truly a... powerhouse."
A hint of calculation flashed in Tatsuya's eyes.
If Enel died... then this Rumble-Rumble Fruit would be reborn.
If he could get that... perhaps Nami could also become a true powerhouse.
Thinking of this, Tatsuya's gaze turned toward the direction of the giant beanstalk.
There, against this desperate dark background, was a tiny figure, running wildly against gravity.
"Don't cry, Nami."
Tatsuya's lips curled into a weak but confident smile:
"Look over there... our Captain... hasn't lost yet."
...
Giant Beanstalk.
Luffy did not fall back to the Blue Sea as Enel had expected.
At the moment of falling, he used his rubber arm to grab onto the leaves extending from the giant beanstalk.
Although that hundreds-of-tons golden ball made him miserable, it also became his heaviest weapon at this moment.
"Aaaaaah!!!"
Luffy roared, sprinting on the vertical beanstalk.
The huge golden ball was dragged behind him, plowing a deep trench into the giant leaves, sparks flying.
"I won't go down!!!"
"I'm going to... knock you flying!!!"
"Luffy!!!"
Just then, the roar of an engine came from the sky.
Chopper was driving that lightweight Waver, nimbly circling in mid-air to meet him:
"Come up quickly!!! We're charging in!!!"
"Chopper!!!"
Luffy seized the opportunity, jumped, and landed in the back seat of the Waver.
"Thud!!!"
The hundreds of tons of the golden ball plus Luffy's impact force, even the Waver instantly let out a wail, almost being pressed directly into the sea of clouds.
"So heavy!!!" Chopper screamed, his little hooves gripping the throttle tightly.
"Charge!!! Chopper!!!"
"Oooooh!!!"
Chopper gave it full throttle, the breath dial emitting a screech of overload.
The Waver drew a difficult but determined arc in the air, carrying the boy who bore the gold and hope, charging forward without hesitation toward that thunder sphere that brought despair to the world, toward that god who stood high above...
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