Chapter 461: Don't Leave After School!
"Impossible... impossible!!"
The injured Enel, after coming to his senses, gritted his teeth against the pain, sweat pouring down his face, but he shouted loudly at Ian.
Ian didn't know why so many people would say something like that, but it was clear that this slash of his had dealt a heavy blow to Enel.
This blow was not only physical but also mental. If the first time Ian's fist made Enel's nose bleed had just left him stunned, then this second slash that wounded him made Enel fully realize that his elemental body was completely useless against Ian!
For Enel, who didn't understand the power of Armament Haki in this world, this was truly devastating.
The reason Enel dared to claim he was invincible was rooted in his confidence in his elemental body. But now, facing Ian, that confidence was completely shattered!
The power of lightning couldn't harm Ian, and his elemental body couldn't make him immune to being hit. It could be said that in front of Ian, he was completely suppressed. At this point, to Ian, he was nothing more than an ordinary person who could move a bit faster...
Moreover, even his teleportation ability could be restricted if Ian created the right opportunity.
After slashing Enel, Ian noticed that the Black Dragon Wave he had released to attack Enel was about to disappear. Not wanting to waste it, he controlled the Black Dragon Wave to fly back and land on him, devouring it. The black flames transformed into a pair of giant wings behind him, and Ian himself slowly floated in the air, looking down at Enel from above.
"You... you can fly!?" Seeing Ian like this, Enel couldn't help but freeze for a moment. Although he could use lightning, to be honest, he really couldn't fly like Ian. This was the first time he had seen someone use their ability to fly, so he looked at Ian with a very surprised expression.
Ian was also taken aback by this, but then he quickly understood.
Based on the murals Ian had found at the Barron Gray Terminal back then, the Skypieans were actually descendants of the Moon People. They should have three tribes. The Skypieans on this Angel Island were one of them. They had something like an antenna on their heads and a pair of wings on their backs, but these wings looked very small, only about shoulder-width, as if they had degenerated. So, the Skypieans here couldn't fly either.
Among the descendants of the Moon People, there was another tribe whose wings on their backs seemed much larger. Perhaps due to frequent exercise, this tribe might be able to fly.
Hmm!? No! Thinking about it, Ian suddenly realized that the three priests he had killed earlier seemed to have much larger wings on their backs!
Recalling carefully, it seemed to be true. Although he had only briefly seen the three priests and hadn't looked at them closely, their wings were indeed larger than those of Konis and the others he had seen on Angel Beach earlier!
But at the time, those three priests also seemed unable to fly... Could it be that he was wrong, and these descendants of the Moon People only used their wings as decorations to show their identity?
However, these were minor issues. What Ian was curious about now was that Enel also seemed to be a Skypiean, but why didn't he have wings on his back?
Ian wasn't the only one thinking about this; Enel was also pondering it at the moment!
At first, when he saw Ian flying, he was indeed surprised. But then, Ian's huge black flame wings gradually triggered a vague memory in Enel.
It was about two years ago. At that time, Enel had already defeated the original ruler of this sky island, Gan Fall, and had been the god of Skypiea for four years. By chance, a Blue Sea person who had accidentally wandered into Skypiea ended up there. According to the laws Enel had enacted, this Blue Sea person was also an illegal entrant who hadn't paid, so he was captured.
This Blue Sea person chose to resist, and as a result, he was sent to the forbidden land for a trial, essentially just for the priests to play games with.
However, this Blue Sea person seemed to have some strange ability. He appeared to be able to predict the future. When he was captured and sent for the trial, he said to all the residents of Angel Island: "One day in the future, your god will be struck down from the heavens by the god's natural enemy with black wings..."
This statement was heard by Enel, who had Mantra. Such blasphemous words naturally required punishment!
So, a bolt of divine punishment strong enough to pierce the clouds fell directly from the sky, turning that Blue Sea person into charcoal, skipping the trial entirely...
For Enel, it was just like crushing a tiny ant, so he forgot about it afterward.
But for the residents of Angel Island, the words left by that Blue Sea person were remembered by many. Although they dared not spread them under Enel's oppressive rule, as their fear of Enel grew, these words quietly circulated in Skypiea over time...
It was unclear whether that Blue Sea person could truly predict the future, but the spread of these words had its roots. It could be said that not every Skypiean accepted Enel's rule from the bottom of their hearts. They were simply powerless to resist and had to endure.
For anything, there is demand before there is a market. If Ian had never appeared, these words might have only been a spiritual comfort for the Skypieans, a kind of psychological victory, expressing their hope that someone would come to end their fearful rule.
But unfortunately, Ian appeared. His flame wings were seen not only by Gan Fall but now also by Enel.
Over the past two years, Enel had completely forgotten what that Blue Sea person had said. But when Ian appeared before him in this form and dealt him repeated mental blows, Enel dug that memory out from the depths of his mind.
"The god's enemy?" The word kept echoing in Enel's mind, and he couldn't hold back anymore. He suddenly pointed at Ian in the sky and shouted, "Absurd! Absurd!"
Ian had no idea what Enel was thinking about, so he was a bit confused by this outburst. He thought to himself, Is this guy having another chuunibyou episode?
Not understanding, Ian decided to ignore it. He gripped Thousand Cherry Blossoms and dove from the sky, charging at Enel's position at incredible speed.
Although he had already slashed Enel once, it seemed the injury wasn't too severe for Enel, so Ian planned to press the attack and take him down completely in one go.
However, to Ian's surprise, as he charged down, Enel's figure suddenly flickered and instantly disappeared from his spot, reappearing several hundred meters away!
This distance effectively took him out of the battlefield.
Ian didn't understand what Enel was trying to do. He thought Enel might be planning guerrilla tactics, so he swung his blade, sending a massive sword slash toward Enel's direction.
But Enel, seeing the sword slash coming, pointed at Ian and shouted, "No one can defeat me! No one!"
After saying this, Enel turned around, ran a few steps, and then his body flickered, completely disappearing...
The sword slash Ian had launched only chased after him for a short distance before missing him entirely.
Seeing this, Ian almost spat out blood. This guy actually ran away!?
Damn it, if you're going to run, just run! Why say something so misleading? I thought you were about to unleash a big move!
And for some reason, the way Enel left gave Ian a strong sense of déjà vu, like a schoolyard threat: "Don't leave after school! Wait for me in the bathroom!"