NOVEL NEXT Chapter 166: 166 Empire War, God Of Thunder
No matter if he was in Gyūki form, human form, or half-animal form, Saint Saturn was furious that he couldn't defeat this cat!
It was embarrassing for the mighty Five Elders, the rulers of the world, to be unable to beat a kitten.
Saint Saturn had to rely on his immortality to survive under Tom's relentless attacks.
However, Tom was also feeling the pressure. He could only maintain this form for thirty minutes. Once that time was up, he would return to his original strength.
"Kizaru, come here and deal with your opponent!"
Saint Saturn lost his composure and roared at Kizaru. His embarrassment from failing to defeat the cat was clear.
"Saint Saturn, I want to finish this quickly too, but this guy is no easy opponent,"
Kizaru replied, raising his hand and firing a laser at the Shadow Mage. However, the Shadow Mage was unharmed.
The more Moria fought, the more he felt something was off. It seemed as if Kizaru was actually an undercover agent working against him.
Sometimes, the situation became so difficult that Moria couldn't handle it anymore.
Fortunately, Saint Saturn wasn't focused on Kizaru now that Tom had cut him off.
"Trash! All of you are trash!" Saint Saturn roared in anger, but then he suddenly felt a cold sensation on his head before being chopped into the sea by Tom.
"Bang!"
Suddenly, several laser shots fired from the middle of the sea, knocking both Kizaru and Saint Saturn back.
A mechanical giant, over seventy meters tall with turbines spinning beneath its feet, landed on the island from the sea.
"Huh~ Finally here."
Inside the cockpit, Yakushi Kabuto, who was operating the mecha for the first time, wasn't very skilled. It took him half an hour to get from startup to the battlefield.
The mechanical giant slowly raised its brass arms, and dozens of missiles were launched into the air.
"Boohoo!"
The missiles exploded mid-air after being hit by dozens of lasers.
"Lord Saint Saturn, leave this giant to me." Kizaru said, stepping forward to take over from Yakushi Kabuto.
Acting with Moria is very tiring, but facing two enemies at once makes no sense for him.
The arrival of Yakushi Kabuto is exactly what he needed.
The mecha controlled by Yakushi Kabuto, like Franky's future mechas, is based on Pluton's production blueprints. Both are from the same design school and have similar power.
The mecha likely has strength ranging from Vice Admiral to Elite Vice Admiral level, but its modern weaponry gives it a clear advantage in group battles.
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The battlefield between Aokiji, Enel, and Tezoro seems to be the most intense on the island.
It's a clash between two Logia users and the awakening of a Paramecia.
The ground beneath them forms a dividing line where their powers meet.
On one side, there's an icy zone, and on the other, endless sea-like gold flows, while thunder constantly strikes from above.
"Enel!" Tezoro shouted.
After a brief moment of cooperation, Tezoro and Enel developed a strong understanding. When Tezoro shouted, Enel immediately knew what to do.
The golden waves beneath Tezoro's feet surged to over fifty meters high and hundreds of meters long, crashing toward Aokiji with devastating force.
The density of gold is far greater than that of seawater, so being struck would be lethal.
"Two million volts, Thunder Beast!" Enel shouted, swinging his golden staff.
A pack of Thunder Beast wolves formed and charged into the waves, filling them with thunder and lightning.
"Frozen time capsule!" Aokiji unleashed a burst of cold energy, but this time, he failed to freeze the gold as he had before.
As the cold air touched the golden liquid, the lightning inside quickly melted it.
Aokiji quickly tapped his toes and moved back.
"Trying to escape? Not that easy. Thunder Dragon!" Enel declared.
He used his lightning to control the gold, forming several golden dragons crackling with electricity from the golden waves.
The dragon suddenly accelerated and caught up with Aokiji.
It seemed to anticipate that Aokiji would elementalize, circling around him without attacking.
Enel raised his index finger and tapped his head, saying, "Stupid mortal, I've already seen through your thoughts."
With his innate observation Haki, Enel's observation haki surpassed Aokiji's, allowing him to hear Aokiji's inner voice.
Combined with the "Mantra" formed by his Thunder Fruit, Enel could also sense the thoughts of his opponents.
In terms of Observation Haki, Enel's talent was no less than that of the Red Count.
Seeing that his usual strategy wasn't working, Aokiji had no choice but to stop elementalizing, risking being bitten by the dragon.
"Ice Age!" Aokiji shouted, unleashing his attack.
"Crack!"
The Ice Age successfully froze the gold, but he couldn't avoid the golden dragon's thunder and lightning completely. It bit down on his arm, leaving him wounded.
The bones in Aokiji's arm shattered instantly, and blood dripped from his palm onto the ground.
Although he sacrifice an arm, he managed to free himself from the gold, much like the sea would.
The two Devil Fruits on the opposing side complemented each other perfectly, their teamwork incredibly effective, which disgusted Aokiji.
The strength of the Thunder Fruit user was nearly on par with his own.
"Ah la la~ You can read people's thoughts? Well, brother, then I'll just stop thinking altogether."
Aokiji sealed his bleeding arm with ice and formed an ice sword in his hand. His expression grew dull as he stopped thinking.
After years of battle, fighting had become second nature, and overthinking was often useless.
Especially now, when his senses were dulled, focus and instinct would take over when needed.
A certain rubber monkey had once faced Enel this way, leaving him with doubts about his own abilities.
Enel was stunned. He could no longer read Aokiji's thoughts.
Can he still fight like this?
Enel and Tezzolo exchanged glances.
"This isn't going well," Enel said. "I can't predict his moves, and we might not be able to beat him. We should change tactics."
Tezzolo nodded. "Okay, melt some gold for me."
Enel hesitated. "The gold's pretty solid this time. I can melt a radius of about ten meters."
Tezzolo replied, "A little less, but it should be enough."
Enel raised his hand and summoned a thunderbird, a massive bird of lightning that dove toward the ground.
The gold around it was more solid than Enel expected, but the thunderbird's energy slowly melted the eight meters of gold around it.
"It might not be enough. Forget it.Golden Giant!"
Tezzolo said, using the remaining gold to form a massive, ten-meter-tall golden giant around himself.
"Two Billion Volts, Thor!" Enel shouted, summoning lightning to envelop himself.
The energy transformed him into a thirty-meter-tall thunder god, his face green and fanged, with a thunder drum on his back.
In front of Aokiji, the golden statue of the Thunder God merged with Enel, forming a massive, fifteen-meter-tall golden statue.
The figure wielded twin thunder blades, wore thunder armor, and had six thunder drums floating in the air behind it.
As the thunder and lightning crackled, Enel lighting deliberately avoided Tezzolo in the center.
"God of Thunder!" Enel and Tezzolo shouted together.
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TO BE CONTINUED
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