Chapter 466: Enel's Hairstyle 3/50
What the hell is going on? Ian was a bit confused. This was the first time he had encountered such a situation.
Right now, the electric current Enel was releasing was acting on Ian like a charging process. Ian could sense that the electrical energy Enel was emitting wasn't dissipating as it passed through his body; instead, it was being unconsciously absorbed by his body.
And the increase in his Psychic Power value happened precisely at that moment.
This made Ian think of the Thunder Stone, because he could also absorb the electrical energy contained within a Thunder Stone.
However, that kind of absorption was only used to replace the electrical energy consumption of the Railgun; it couldn't be converted back into Psychic Power to replenish Ian. Otherwise, Ian would have been carrying around large amounts of Thunder Stones long ago to use as blue potions.
But the electrical energy Enel was releasing now was somewhat different from the Thunder Stone. The difference was that it caused Ian's Psychic Power value to recover.
This was what Ian found strange.
"System, what's going on?" Ian couldn't help but ask the system in his mind.
"Powerful energy of the same origin, if absorbed, will be compressed and converted!" the system replied succinctly.
Ian immediately understood and couldn't help but glance at Enel, who was still in his grip. Without a doubt, the electrical energy Enel was releasing was far greater than that contained in a Thunder Stone, which was why it could achieve what the Thunder Stone couldn't.
In particular, Ian suddenly thought, if that was the case, then if there was similarly powerful flame energy, could he also absorb and convert it?
If so, couldn't he also use Ace as his power bank?
That way, in future battles, if his Psychic Power was heavily depleted, he could just say to Ace, "Hey, Ace, give me a fire!" or something like that...
Just as Ian was thinking this, the system seemed to sense his thoughts and said, "Host, please note that the energy must be of the same origin."
Ian was startled, then quickly realized what the system meant. Ace's flames and Ian's flames were not of the same origin!
Come to think of it, the two types of flames Ian could currently control were Iori Yagami's Crimson Flame and Hiei's Demon Realm Flame. Neither of these existed in this world as special flames. Although Ace was a Flame-Flame Fruit user, his flames were still ordinary flames. Even though he had trained them to become white flames, they were fundamentally different from Ian's flames!
So Ace couldn't be his power bank...
Enel, on the other hand, was a good fit. The lightning power Ian could control was also ordinary lightning, not some special lightning power. The same went for Enel; no matter how exaggerated his lightning was, it was still ordinary lightning. In this regard, their powers were the same, which was why Ian could control Enel's lightning power and even his elementalized body.
While Ian was communicating with the system, Enel finally realized that he couldn't do anything to Ian. He had been discharging electricity for so long, and Ian was still completely fine. In despair, he had no choice but to stop discharging.
At this moment, Enel's mood was one of dejection. Ever since he had eaten the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and become a Devil Fruit User, no one had been able to stand against him, no one had been able to defeat him. This had gradually led him to believe he was invincible.
However, after going so long without meeting an opponent, the first one he encountered completely had him at a disadvantage!
Only Enel himself could understand this incredibly frustrating feeling. All his abilities were useless against Ian. If earlier he could have used his speed advantage to spar with Ian, now even that speed advantage was gone! Ian's strange power made it impossible for Enel to escape his control.
And the most damnable thing was that now even his strength had lost to Ian! With Ian gripping his neck like this, Enel had tried to pry Ian's hand away, but no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't pull free from Ian's iron-like grip.
Although Ian's strength wasn't top-tier, it was still much greater than Enel's. Enel's physical combat was decent, but it was built on the speed of his Rumble-Rumble Fruit. In other words, he was like Ian in the past—an agility type. When it came to pure strength, he hadn't trained much.
And that was normal. Many Devil Fruit Users usually train their fruit abilities and develop themselves based on the fruit's characteristics. Enel was the same. With his fruit ability, he could be invincible, so why would he think to deliberately train his strength attribute?
In every aspect, Ian had Enel completely crushed, so facing Ian was like asking for a beating.
Now, Enel couldn't help but think of the prophecy about the enemy of the gods, and this thought finally became the last straw that broke the camel's back. Enel gave up struggling, bleeding from the nose and panting as he said to Ian, "Alright, you win..."
Ian stared at him and asked, "What? Not going to try again?"
"No more trying, I surrender!" Enel said, looking dejected.
"Alright!" Ian released his right hand from Enel's neck.
But the moment he let go, Enel instantly transformed into lightning and flashed a great distance away, laughing wildly, "Haha! Foolish guy, you—"
However, before he could finish, the wild grin on his face froze, because he suddenly saw that on Ian's released right hand, there was a bright electric arc, and this arc was connected to his body...
"I knew it. How could you possibly surrender so easily?" Ian said with a sly grin, looking at the electric arc on his hand, then suddenly charged toward Enel.
Enel was about to teleport again, but because the electric arc was connected to his body, once he elementalized, it meant he was reconnected to Ian. Ian pulled with his right hand and directly yanked him back!
Enel hurriedly tried to control his body to de-elementalize, but when he did, his solid state lost the extreme speed of teleportation. Ian caught up to him in an instant and delivered a flying kick to his head, nearly popping Enel's eyes out as he face-planted onto the ground.
Then came a brutal beating from Ian!
His fists, reinforced with Armament Haki, rained down on Enel's head and body like a storm. The hardened fists hurt especially badly. Enel cried out in pain, trying to transform into lightning to escape, but every time he tried, Ian grabbed him back and continued the beating!
Enel's mood at this moment was utterly miserable! He couldn't escape in elemental form, and he couldn't escape in solid form either!
This was way too bullying...
Enel felt an unprecedented sorrow. This was the first time he had encountered such an unsolvable problem. With every punch Ian landed, his fear and dread of Ian grew. He finally realized that he wasn't invincible, that he wasn't a god, that he was just a person—someone who could be beaten, who could bleed, who could feel pain.
"Stop hitting me, stop hitting me!" Enel finally couldn't help but beg, "I know I was wrong! I won't run anymore!"
Hearing this, Ian stopped again, stood up, and looked down at him, asking, "Really not running?"
"N-no more running!" Enel said weakly.
At this moment, he looked truly miserable. His eyes were swollen, his nose bridge was broken, the corner of his mouth was crooked, and his whole body was covered in bruises, large patches of purple and blue. His headband had also fallen off, revealing a head of... a head of curly afro hair!
Pfft! When Ian saw this guy's hair, he burst out laughing!
He really hadn't expected that under Enel's headband was such a hairstyle...
"Wahaha!" Ian couldn't help but laugh, clutching his stomach, "Today I've learned something new. I never thought the so-called 'god' would be a curly-haired guy!"
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