Let alone a human body of flesh and blood—even an iron plate could be pierced through with ease once Shigan was trained to a sufficient level.
After Blueno used Shigan to kill Gedatsu in a single strike, Gedatsu's subordinates looked as though they had just witnessed the most terrifying thing in the world.
Panic seized them, and one after another, they instinctively retreated more than ten meters.
Once they finally came back to their senses, they exchanged glances, and an uncontrollable fear rose in each of their hearts.
They knew how powerful Blueno was.
Staying here would only mean death.
So, without the slightest hesitation, they turned and fled, sprinting away without even looking back.
These people were not fools.
They clearly understood that Blueno's strength was far beyond anything they could resist, and running was their only chance of survival.
What made it even more unbelievable was that even a powerful priest like Gedatsu had been completely helpless against these Blue Sea dwellers.
If even he could not stand against them, how could people like them possibly do anything?
After all, while Gedatsu was certainly strange, his strength was beyond question.
It could even be said that if he acted alone, he could easily wipe out all of them without much effort.
Lancelot, however, paid no attention to those small fries.
He was no kindhearted saint, so naturally, he would not hesitate when killing was necessary.
At the same time, he was not some bloodthirsty maniac either. He would not slaughter people indiscriminately at the slightest excuse.
After dealing with Gedatsu, they soon arrived at the second Trial Ground.
The one stationed there was another of Enel's four priests—Satori.
This Satori looked exactly like a ball, and on top of that, he was badly nearsighted.
Lancelot could not be bothered to waste time with someone like him.
He turned his head toward Blueno and said, "You handle him."
Then he looked at Urouge.
"You guide him. Take care of the other priests along the way while you're at it. I'll go meet that so-called God you mentioned by myself."
Urouge and Blueno exchanged a glance, then nodded at the same time.
Lancelot, meanwhile, drove strength into both legs and shot straight into the sky.
"You think you can leave? Did you ask me first?"
Seeing this, Satori flew into a rage at once and took up a stance to attack Lancelot, clearly intending to stop him.
But how could Urouge and Blueno possibly let him get his way?
Although neither of them believed he had any real chance of succeeding.
After all, what level of powerhouse was Lancelot?
In this world, how many people were capable of stopping him?
But that was not the point.
The point was that both of them were standing right here.
If they allowed the enemy to successfully make a move, then it would be a slap in both their faces.
The two attacked almost at the same time.
…
Inside the shrine, Enel had already risen to his feet, his expression cold as frost.
Through his Mantra, he had sensed Gedatsu's presence vanish.
In other words, these outsiders from the Blue Sea had already passed the first Trial Ground.
And they had killed Gedatsu, one of his four priests.
How could that not enrage him?
More importantly, one of them was now rushing straight toward his location at terrifying speed.
In Enel's eyes, this was open provocation.
As the God of Sky Island, how could he tolerate that?
He would never allow his divine authority to be challenged in any form.
"Yahahaha!"
At last, Enel let out his signature laugh.
Yet despite the laughter, the sound only made one's blood run cold.
Then he walked out of the shrine and came to stand before it, quietly gazing into the distance.
He would wait here for that man's arrival.
He wanted to see what kind of person had come up from the Blue Sea this time.
To dare challenge his godhood.
He would use the power of a god to turn him into charcoal.
"Hm?"
Almost immediately, Enel sensed something unusual.
That Blue Sea dweller's speed was astonishingly fast. In all of Sky Island, aside from himself, there was likely no one faster.
In fact, this was the fastest person he had ever encountered in his life.
But if the man were coming from the ground, he should not have been this fast. After all, the land below was covered in dense forest.
Enel carefully probed with his Mantra.
Then a look of surprise appeared on his face.
"In the air? Flying?"
This Blue Sea dweller who had come up this time could actually fly through the sky just like him.
Because Enel's understanding of the outside world was extremely limited, he had always regarded the power of the Goro Goro no Mi he had eaten as the power of a god.
And flight was one of the abilities granted by that power.
So now, quite naturally, he regarded Lancelot as someone of the same kind.
His heart filled with indescribable shock.
Only after a long silence did he mutter in astonishment, "A god? A god like me? Or perhaps… a god from the Blue Sea?"
Then excitement surged through him.
He had never seen another god before.
Before long, Lancelot entered Enel's line of sight.
The corner of Enel's mouth lifted slightly, forming a smile that carried both excitement and cold cruelty.
"El Thor!"
Enel transformed his wrist into lightning, then released it according to his will.
A massive pillar of thunder descended from the sky, destroying the target beneath it.
This attack could also be thrown horizontally, not necessarily from above. If combined with Mantra, it could be aimed at a target in even greater detail.
And because Enel's Mantra covered the entire island, his attacks, within this island, could strike wherever he wished with terrifying precision.
Rumble, rumble…
At the same time, Lancelot, who was flying through the air, sensed something unusual above him through Observation Haki.
He lifted his head and looked.
Good grief.
A pillar of lightning was forming at frightening speed and descending straight toward him.
If he were facing some other Logia, he might have dared to be a little more careless.
But right now, he was facing the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, one of the most destructive Logia abilities in existence.
He truly did not dare to be careless in the slightest.
"Dragonification!"
In an instant, Lancelot transformed into his hybrid form.
And that was not all.
Armament Haki surged out of his body at once, taking shape as a shield above his head.
Boom!
In the next instant, the pillar of lightning smashed violently against the Armament Haki shield.
For a moment, electricity flashed wildly.
Although it did not injure him, the scattered currents were still terrifying. Because Lancelot was in midair, the forest lay directly beneath his feet.
The lightning that dispersed outward struck the trees below immediately.
The tremendous force of the current split the trees apart and ignited the forest at the same time.
"Shit!"
Lancelot was not an idiot.
How could he fail to understand that the attack just now had definitely come from Enel?
It had to be said—the power was truly fierce.
His Armament Haki had nearly failed to hold.
As expected of the user of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, the Logia with the strongest destructive power!
Then Lancelot casually waved his hand.
A powerful burst of sword intent erupted, directly extinguishing the flames burning on the trees below.
Everything on Sky Island was extremely special.
The trees here, for example, had a hard yet incredibly lightweight quality, making them excellent material for building merchant ships.
He had no intention of letting this entire forest burn down because of a stray fire.
That loss would be far too great.