A few moments after Straw Hat left for Sky Islands, the Navy Headquarters.
Garp and Sengoku are in the office.
A marine came in and reported: "We are paying close attention to the whereabouts of the Straw Hats. They have already gone to Sky Island and took the rising current."
Tsuru frowned slightly: "They actually succeeded."
After a long time, straw hats were the first ones to go up by the upwelling current since Roger. This made Garp breathe a sigh of relief because he knew that Aokiji had also reached the waters below Sky Island. Sengoku dialed the phone bug and contacted Aokiji. After connecting, Sengoku asked
"Kuzan, where are you?"
"Here at the rising current."
Sengoku sighed: "It seems that we can only continue to wait. After they come down, let's do it."
Kuzan shook his head: "Perhaps, it can be done. just give me some time"
Looking at the rising ocean current that is about to disappear, connecting the sky and the earth like a water column, Kuzan activates the frozen fruit ability, and the cold air pervades.
Ka Ka Ka!!
In an instant, the upwelling current froze and kept going upwards. The upwelling current at a height of 7,000 meters was completely frozen, forming a tower that connected the sky and the earth but soon broke down!
This made Sengoku's eyes brighten and dull in an instant, he guessed what happened though he sighed hoping that Aokiji will complete his mission.
Kuzan said: "Then I will keep attempting till reaching up!"
Tsuru was about to hang up, and said in a concentrated voice: "I leave it to you, Kuzan, take down the straw hats!"
.....
With straw hats,
"But, how do we reach there?" Sanji asked.
"Follow that road and reach the town where you can find the boat. You will then find a road that will take you to the Upper Yard. When you start coming close to the real land, you will find more and more opponents or just use Geppo till reaching the Upper yard."
"From there, Luffy's observation haki should be enough to sense Enel. Go and find him!"
As soon as he said that, Zack and Luffy immediately sensed something as they turned around without any hesitation.
"Humph! Mortals, your disrespect has made me angry."
Suddenly, a lightning bolt arced next to them as a man with a naked chest, drums behind his back, and long ears appeared in front of them with an apple in his hand.
"So, you are Enel. My name is Monkey D Luffy and I will be your opponent."
Luffy spoke as he walked toward Enel.
"You trash, there is no need for you to exist."
[ Enel- High Yonko crew]
Enel raised his hand and his hand turned into a lightning stream as he released a massive stream of lightning.
But, Luffy saw it with his Observation Haki and managed to dodge it on time.
"Huh? You also know Mantra?" Enel realized that Luffy was using Mantra and curiously asked.
"Mantra? Do you mean Observation Haki?" Luffy confusedly asked as he put his Observation Haki to its maximum to see through Enel's attacks.
"Humph! So what if you know Mantra? You can't reach my speed."
Enel snorted feeling angry that Luffy was able to use Mantra. But, he quickly relied on his Lightning powers to turn into lightning and appeared above Luffy.
His speed was so fast that despite Luffy being able to see it, he was a bit too late to react. His heartbeat rose and his body turned red before escaping from a lightning attack.
Bang!
The lightning struck the beach and made a powerful hole in it.
"Damn! I didn't expect I would need to use gear second. Zack told me that I need to use his speed to challenge my observation haki so that I can learn Future Sight."
"So, I can't use Gear Second."
Luffy's Gear Second was unique. It might not be fast in terms of long distance but if it was short distance, he was almost unrivaled.
Because he was combining the factor of his devil fruit with Soru to increase his speed to the utmost limits.
"You bastard, who the hell are you?" Enel saw Luffy dodging his attack quite easily. This made him furious and he shouted at Luffy.
"My name is Monkey D Luffy. And, I am going to be the King of the Pirates."
Luffy replied with a big grin on his face.
"Luffy, don't fight here! This place will not be able to bear his lightning powers. Go there!"
Zack pointed his finger toward the direction where there was the other half of Jaya and shouted.
Luffy also noticed that the attack from Enel could easily pierce through the clouds. This kind of destructiveness will destroy Conis' house so he knows that he has to leave.
He instantly turned on Gear Fourth and started to fly toward the direction Zack pointed while shouting at Enel.
"Hey Self-proclaimed god, if you are not a coward, then fight me there!"
"Damn mortal! How dare you call me by such a name?" Enel was furious. He didn't even think about how Luffy was able to use his elastic body to fly nor did he think about the Armament Haki coating his body.
He directly used his lightning powers and traveled to the other piece of Jaya.
"Wow! Luffy can fly?" Usopp's eyes widened when he saw Luffy flying with his devil fruit. He almost forgot that he needed to chase after Luffy.
"He is using the elastic force to kick the air. It's similar to that of Geppo but mixed with his devil fruit, he can produce much more speed." Zack explained.
"Although you said Luffy's devil fruit was extremely awesome, all this while he is still just using the power of rubber, right?" Nami looked in the direction of Luffy and held her chin.
"It's Luffy who made his devil fruit overpowered. Anyway, we don't have time to waste here. I want to master Advance Armament Haki as soon as possible. Let's go!"
Zack spoke.
He started walking toward the land as well as with others. It's just that after they reached there, their team got separated.
The second team started to find their opponents and fight them. Zoro found the opponent who also used the sword.
His opponent was one of the four priests, Ohm.
Sanji's opponent was Satori who could use the surprise balls to attack his enemies.
Usopp quickly chased after Luffy since his goal was to improve his Observation of Haki.
Vivi and Nami faced off against Hotori and Kotori.
Zack asked Chopper to fight against another priest, Shura. And, he also asked Chopper to fight him with all his strength.
Robin's opponent was Commander Yama. As for the last Priest known as Gedatsu, his opponent was Zack.
Of course, Zack also took the opportunity to finish other members of the God Army so that his crew members wouldn't get disturbed in the battle.
He ended his battle rather quickly since he wanted to use his time to train his Armament Haki.
On the other hand, he also helped Robin to solve the opponent faster. Though Robin was already strong enough so his help was almost redundant.
After that, they finally went to the place where they found the Poneglyph and scriptures on golden bell. Zack asked Robin to quickly memorize the entire text. Robin was shocked by mentions of ancient weapon Poseidon and the message carved by Pirate King.
...
"I made it here and I will guide this passage all the way to the farthest ends of the earth. The stormiest seas will not stop me. - Pirate Gol D. Roger."
....
Only after that, he soon transferred the poneglyphs back to secluded place devoid of fighting and started training his Armament Haki to the level of emission on the plane side of poneglyphs which was devoid of texts.
He still remembered Luffy's training in Udon Prison where he would punch massive walls with his Haki, trying to destroy them from inside.
But before that, he needed to learn how to exhibit his Haki outside his body. That means the flow of Haki must move outside his body.
But just before he started his training, he remembered to use his Devil Fruit. It was a risk but the rewards would be great.
He decided to put his Observation Haki, Armament Haki, Skills, and even 15 Years of Life as a wager. His bet was to learn Emission in three days.
Yes, just in three days, he must learn Emission and if he succeeds, his Observation Haki will grow by one more level helping him achieve Future Sight.
It was a big bet but if he could succeed then he would get even stronger. As for why he had to put so many things as wager had something to do with his luck.
If he doesn't have a lot of luck, then this bet wouldn't work with a low Wager. Since this isn't something that has no possibility of happening.
There is a 50/50 chance or even 70% chance that he can learn Emission in just three days. So, without any luck, he had to put all of those into wager so that he could match the results.
So, after placing the bet, a new card appeared above his head which will keep his status checked. It also represented that his bet was on.
He coated his fist with Armament Haki and stared at the Poneglyph before launching a powerful punch at it.
Bang!
There was a burst of Haki but it wasn't a flow. This was similar to that of his Mini Galaxy Impact which wasn't enough.
So, he continued punching.
Robin was simply watching his training from the side. It was hard to imagine that someone would treat Poneglyph as a punching bag to improve their Haki.
More importantly, she also knew that Zack was dead serious about earning Emission in three days since he even made a bet.
While his training continued, Luffy and Enel started battling each other. To be exact, it was a cat and mouse race between Enel and Luffy where Enel was a cat and Luffy was a mouse.
[El Thor] [Vari- 100000 Volts] [Vari- 200000000 Volts]
Enel used several of the single-target attacks against Luffy but Luffy was able to dodge it slightly. And, even if his attack could land on him, he wouldn't suffer any damage at all.
'No, this is not like what Zack said. I need to focus. Observation Haki allows me to see through his attacks but because of his own Observation Haki and Speed of Lightning, his attack will still land on me.'
'The only way I can change this is by seeing his Future. Only then I can dodge his attacks. Zack said that I need to learn Future Sight in three days but if I learn it faster, I can go on an adventure with Usopp and Chopper.'
'Yes, I must learn Future Sight as soon as possible.'
Luffy's determination soared in the name of adventure. He was fully focused on improving his Observation Haki.
Seeing that his single-target attacks were dodged so easily, Enel was angry. He gathered massive lightning bolts in the sky and shot them toward Luffy.
Each bolt of lightning was thicker than most trees around them and several of them were landing around Luffy at the same time.
[Sango/Lightning Flash]
Luffy knew that he wouldn't get hurt by these attacks but he couldn't let these attacks touch him. He must dodge them with his Observation Haki.
Luffy's Observation Haki kept flashing as he kept on dodging. But, suddenly Enel turned into lightning and appeared behind Luffy.
He hit the drum behind him with his hand and a massive thunderbird burst out of his drum.
[Third Million Volt Thunder Bird]
Click!
At this moment, Luffy's eyes flashed red only for a mere second as his body turned to the side, completely dodging that attack.
But, this attack was following him. Even though Luffy managed to see it coming with his Observation Haki, he was quite late to dodge it a second time.
[Gear Second]
Luffy instantly increased his heartbeat and used his speed to dodge the Lightning attack.
As soon as he finished dodging it, his eyes flashed red once again as he sensed another attack coming. Without even exiting the gear second, he made another jump.
[Thunder Beast]
A massive lightning beast dashed toward Luffy but couldn't hit him. It struck the ground and dissipated.
"Damn you, bastard! Let's see how you dodge this."
Enel prepared another attack by conjuring a massive thunder dragon.
[Sixty Million Volts Thunder Dragon]
Releasing this Thunder Dragon toward Luffy, he let out a cold laugh.
"Haha! Bastard, this move won't disappear until it hits you. So, no matter how fast you might be, you can't dodge it."
Luffy also found that his Gear Second speed wasn't enough to dodge this attack, especially in the long run. So, he decided to use his Armament Haki to block it.
Bang!
The thunder dragon struck him but most of the power of the lightning didn't even touch his body for a mere few seconds until the power surrounding his body finally disappeared and the thunder dragon struck him.
"Luffy!"
Usopp shouted in shock when he saw Luffy getting attacked by that power.
Suddenly, his Observation Haki sensed an attack coming toward him which caused him to use Soru and move away.
Bang!
"Tch! Another guy who can use Mantra. I didn't expect these Blue Sea people to be so troublesome."
Enel snorted as he pulled his hand. His Observation Haki could still sense the life of Luffy.
So, he shifted his attention toward Luffy but when he saw that Luffy was completely unharmed, he was shocked.
"How can you be completely unharmed? Bastard, what did you do?"
"Damn it! I thought it was easy since I just had to release my Armament Haki outside but I didn't expect it to be so hard. No wonder Zack said that it will take him at least three days to master."
Luffy muttered in a low voice but his words were completely heard by Usopp and Enel.
"Haki? You said Haki again. What is it?" Enel was growing curious about Haki since they called Mantra Observation Haki, so he wanted to know more about Haki.
"Ehh! Luffy is also learning Advance Armament Haki. But didn't Zack say that it is extremely difficult to learn Advance Haki? Why is Luffy trying to learn two at the same time?" Usopp was stunned when heard Luffy's words.
At this moment, he even had the thought to remind Luffy not to be reckless.
But he quickly realized that those lightning-based attacks won't exactly hurt him so he felt relieved.
"No, I can't give up that easily. I will master both of them in this battle. Only then I can go on an adventure without any worries of losing my friends."
Luffy's eyes blazed with determination.
He fully poured his heart and soul into this battle. He knew doing this would deplete his Haki but he didn't care. He wanted to master both Haki at the same time.
"Bastard, answer my question!"
Enel got furious when Luffy didn't answer him. He transformed into lightning and appeared in front of Luffy.
[Vari- Two Hundred Million Volts]
A massive amount of lightning burst out of his hand and struck Luffy.
After three seconds,
"No, this is not enough. Something is missing. My flow is not right."
Luffy shouted from the lightning.
As soon as Enel heard that, his eyes widened and his jaw almost dropped to the ground.
"Hey Earlobes, keep attacking me!"
Luffy shouted as he quickly backed away.
Enel hearing his nickname got furious. He released a massive Thunder Bird but this time, Luffy managed to see it with his Observation Haki and dodge it.
'If I simply use my Haki to block it, I won't be able to practice Advance Observation Haki. So, I have to find a way to practice both.'
For a moment, Luffy couldn't come up with a proper plan to train both at the same time. But, it didn't mean he was going to give up so easily.
Luffy wants to experience an interesting battle. There is this pleasure that he can let himself fight to his heart's content, and thinking this his blood boils more, so he hopes Enel can surprise him.
Luffy said"The so-called God, don't let me down again."
"No!" Enel said in a low voice, beating quickly, and the drums sounded.
The four big drums behind him burst out with thunder and lightning at the same time, and in an instant, four groups of electricity burst out. At the same time, Enel activated the thunderous fruit ability, and his whole body was blue. Accompanied by the sound of wolves, dragons roaring, tigers roaring, and crowing, four thunder beasts emerged. Thunderbird, Thunder Wolf, Thunder Tiger, and Thunder Dragon, come to life, more realistic than before, and look more ferocious.
Enel shouted: "1000 million volts, four thunder beasts!"
Immediately, the four thunder beasts roared out with terrifying power. Ganfall who came seeing the commotion arrived in the distance couldn't help trembling, not to mention four, even if one attacked him, he would be killed, and he could feel the power of thunder and lightning from this distance. Enel make a quick decision, looking at Luffy, thinks he can always be defeated, right? After all, this is one of the strongest moves other than the combination of his powers made by Ark and his strongest move Thor.
Luffy blows his hands, inflates them, swings them backward, and stretches them behind him. Luffy's black arms and huge fists are like a bear's paws. After stretching backward, he suddenly slammed forward, and Luffy roared,
[Gomo Gomo... Grizzly Bear Gun!]
boom!
Huge black fists blasted out, gathered together, and blasted toward the attacking four thunder beasts. The roar broke out, and there was a stalemate, and the four thunder beasts kept roaring.
Accompanied by Luffy's low growl, he thrust his arms forward fiercely, and with a puff, the four thunder beasts collapsed. This made Enel's face change drastically, and he quickly turned into an element, but it was too late for him to dodge. The golden stick blocked, but the next moment, huge black fists hit, and with a click, the golden stick shattered!
"puff!"
Enel was directly blown away, and in contact with the huge black fists, it can be clearly seen that Enel's face and whole body were flattened, vomiting blood, and screaming in pain.
"What!"
Whoosh!
Enel was blasted out, as fast as a cannonball, smashing through many buildings along the way.
Whoosh...
Continuously flying backward, more than a dozen thick walls were smashed through, and Enel still showed no signs of stopping and was still growing stronger in the inverted flight.
Enel's whole body was in severe pain, and his mind was buzzing, as if he had been hit by a sledgehammer, the pain was excruciating.
Boom boom boom...
The roar continued, and Enel kept flying backward until he disappeared and smashed out of the upper ruins.
Ganfall was stunned: "It's amazing..."
After using his Armament Haki and Rubber Body to block Enel's attack who attacked again or simply using Observation Haki to dodge his attacks, he eventually learned a perfect method to train both.
[Sixty Million Volts Thunder Dragon]
Enel released a massive thunder dragon toward Luffy. But, Luffy had already seen it coming with his Observation Haki.
It's just that it was a normal Observation Haki so he could only see the direction of the attack. Even though he tried to dodge it, he couldn't dodge it completely.
But instead of relying on his rubber body to block it, he used Haki on the part of the body that was going to be touched by Enel's attack.
Bang!
"Yes, just like this. Although it didn't block this earlobe attack, it worked exactly the way I wanted it to work. Next, I just have to continue this."
"Once I succeed in one of the Advance Haki, I focus on training the other next."
After that, the battle between Luffy and Enel raged on.
On the other hand, Usopp was silently observing the entire battle with his Observation Haki. Because both of them were extremely fast while attacking and doing so, he had to use Observation Haki all the time.
And, even with his Observation Haki, there were many times when he missed Enel's attacks.
But, it did help him train his Observation Haki quite well. So, he continued to watch the entire battle.
Seeing this kind of battle with his own eyes was quite a fortune.
Originally, Enel wasn't able to damage Luffy with his lightning attacks. But after a few hours, he eventually found that so he started using broken sharp objects to attack Luffy.
Since Luffy was using both Armament Haki and Observation Haki at the same time, his Haki would get depleted quite soon.
So, after his Haki was depleted, he would use his instinct and other Gear Second to dodge Enel's attacks.
Of course, it wasn't just Luffy who was losing his Haki now and then.
Enel was also getting heavily pushed to his limits, making him exhausted time and time again.
Because of this, they almost set a mindset to let the other one rest when they are exhausted.
On the first day,
The battle between Luffy and Enel was very similar. Enel would use his broken sharp golden trident to attack Luffy while Luffy will use his Observation Haki and Armament Haki to dodge and block.
On the second day,
Luffy finally made a massive breakthrough in his Armament Haki, allowing him to fully exert the Armament Haki outside his body, creating armor around him.
From then on, none of Enel's sharp attacks landed on Luffy. No matter how much he tried, it simply wouldn't land on Luffy.
On the third day,
Enel used all of his powers. Condensing massive Deathpiea and using massive attacks like Raigo, he had the full intention of destroying the entire island.
On the third day, Usopp had already retreated from their battlefield because he couldn't do anything by staying near Luffy.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
While a massive Raigo was hovering above the Sky Island, Zack's focus was completely on the Poneglyph.
Just like Luffy, he was also able to manifest his Haki outside, letting it flow around his body like armor. Thanks to that, he also managed to complete his bet.
He managed to awaken Future Sight. Although he had already learned Emission in just two days, it wasn't enough.
His goal was to learn Internal Destruction. He must learn it on the third day.
Just when he was punching the Poneglyph, a massive bolt of lightning flashed above him.
[One Sword Style]
[320 Pound Pheonix]
A massive blue slash flew from Zoro's sword and cut the lightning in half before even it could touch Zack.
"Zack, don't worry about Lightning. Just focus on your task!" Zoro shouted as he held his sword tightly, waiting for another attack.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Zack didn't even hear him. He was so focused on breaking his Poneglyph that he didn't even notice the lightning.
But, his Observation Haki had already warned him. The only reason why he didn't care was because of his crew.
He knew they will protect him.
Right now, he only had one task and that was to use Internal Destruction.
"Tch! He didn't even hear that." Sanji smirked and spun. His leg started blazing as he quickly disappeared from his place and kicked lightning that appeared above Nami and Robin.
"Damn it! This is not the time for training." Nami growled but she didn't disturb him. She took out her weapon and prepared herself to face those lightning bolts.
"Hey, look, it's Luffy!"
Usopp raised his finger and pointed at the sky.
Luffy in his Gear Fourth Form was flying toward the Raigo. As he reached in front of it, Enel growled from the side.
"Bastard, disappear with Thunder!"
He charged a massive amount of lightning toward Luffy but it didn't even faze him. Luffy simply stared at the massive purple ball and closed his eyes. He raised his fist and several cherry blossoms appeared around his arm, creating a thick layer of Haki around it. The next moment, he thrusts his fist toward the purple ball but his hand didn't even touch it. Enel flew away from the upper ruins dogging Luffy's attack at the last moment, he stood up in embarrassment, spitting blood.
"Hateful…"
Enel's face became more and more ugly, and God himself lost. However, he hasn't completely lost yet, it's just that his face has been damaged. If he lost the game, he didn't have the full strength, so he didn't lose to the straw hat. However, Enel did not go there again but planned to drive the ark.
"It's a shame to lose to you, so I will kill you immediately!"
Enel's face was gloomy, and he went to the ark.
"I am Almighty God, I can't lose to you insects, I must solve them!"