Chapter 170: Defeating Enel

As Daniel gently pressed his right hand against a massive boulder about six meters tall and three meters wide, he gave it a slight push forward. There was a loud crash, and the boulder shattered into pieces, scattering around.

"Sure enough, the power of the Reject Dial is truly astonishing," Daniel thought, looking at the fragmented rock.

"Just the side effects are a bit too much." The backlash from the Reject Dial was immense. Even with Daniel's current strength, his arm felt the impact. If an ordinary person had used it, their arm would likely have been destroyed.

As Daniel traveled across various sky islands, he acquired quite a bit of shell technology. Everyday items like Lamp Dials and Water Dials were easy to collect, and he bought a lot of them using gold and silver along the way.

However, combat-related shells were different. Such items were not openly sold on sky islands. But in this age, as long as you have money, there's nothing you can't buy. You can even purchase nuclear bombs from Russia, although they might be of lower yield. Not to mention, Daniel had both wealth and strength, making it impossible for anyone to rob him.

Along the way, he collected Heat Dials, Wind Dials, Impact Dials, and even managed to acquire a Reject Dial from a sky island noble.

"The spatial technology of these shells is interesting. Why choose shells as the medium?"

Curious about shell technology, Daniel stayed on the sky islands longer than usual to learn about their manufacturing methods.

"Birka... Enel, that guy is truly evil. Did he destroy Birka to obtain something, perhaps the Infinite Earth? Maybe I should use the Quinjet to check out the moon."

From what Daniel gathered, most combat-related shells, such as the rare Slash Dial and Reject Dial, were only produced in Birka. But with Birka destroyed, this technology might be lost.

Another possibility was that Enel knew how to make these shells. The power of the Goro Goro no Mi aside, Enel was quite technologically advanced. Otherwise, how could he have built the flying golden ship? More importantly, why did he go to the moon?

"Seems like there's a high-tech city on the moon, along with some peculiar robots and space pirates." Recalling what Enel encountered on the Infinite Earth, Daniel couldn't help but set his sights on the moon.

"I remember the Quinjet can travel to space, but it seems outdated. Maybe I should contact SHIELD or Hydra for a new model."

While SHIELD's Quinjets maintained the same basic model, their materials and technology varied, leading to differences in performance.

"Looks like I need to visit the sky island under Enel's control." With a decision made, Daniel left the sky island and returned to the Blue Sea, heading towards Gaya Island.

One benefit of being one of the Shichibukai was access to the complete map of the first half of the Grand Line and permanent pointers to various locations.

Gaya Island was a pirate haven controlled by the Hyena Bellamy, who in turn was under Doflamingo's control. Bellamy was a loyal subordinate of Doflamingo, although he was later abandoned by him.

"The Spring-Spring Fruit, huh?" Floating above Gaya Island and looking down at the city, Daniel pondered. With his current strength, taking down Bellamy and obtaining the Spring-Spring Fruit would be easy.

However, Daniel wasn't particularly interested in the Spring-Spring Fruit. Although theoretically, there were no weak Devil Fruits, only users who didn't know how to utilize them.

"Come to think of it, Luffy later became friends with Bellamy." Daniel muttered to himself, then flew into the sky.

For now, he didn't need the Spring-Spring Fruit. Moreover, this was within Doflamingo's territory. While Daniel wasn't afraid of being discovered, there was no need to complicate matters.

"Is there a war going on?" Arriving at Apayado, the sky island under Enel's rule, Daniel saw a battle at first glance. The Shandians were fighting against Enel's priests.

"Room." Standing outside the island, Daniel expanded the range of his Ope Ope no Mi ability to the maximum. In some ways, the operating room of the Ope Ope no Mi acted like Kenbunshoku Haki for Daniel. His current Kenbunshoku Haki range was still far from the range of his operating room.

"They're all using shell technology." The combatants were using various shells like Wind Dials, Breath Dials, and Cloud Dials.

Enel had four priests who set up trials on the green island, inviting others to challenge them. This was purely Enel's twisted pleasure. Otherwise, with his power to destroy the sky island, he could have easily wiped out the Shandians.

"Who are you? This is Mantra." As Daniel observed the battle through his Ope Ope no Mi, a flash of lightning suddenly appeared before him, and a figure materialized.

With a bare upper body, drums marked with tomoe on his back, and holding a golden staff in his right hand, it was Enel, the wielder of the Goro Goro no Mi.

"Quick arrival. As expected of someone who can cover the entire sky island with his Mantra. From what he said, he can sense the operating room of the Ope Ope no Mi?" Seeing Enel's appearance, Daniel took a step back and withdrew the power of his Ope Ope no Mi.

At this moment, Enel looked extremely lazy, sitting cross-legged and floating in front of Daniel. His golden staff leaned against him, and he tilted his head, smiling faintly at Daniel.

"He didn't attack me immediately. Looks like I can take him by surprise." The difference in information and Enel's arrogant nature made Daniel consider testing him. If Enel had attacked immediately, Daniel would have used Shunshin to escape.

But since Enel didn't attack out of arrogance, there might be an opportunity.

"So, you're the ruler here, the god." Daniel finally spoke.

"You don't look like someone from the sky islands." Enel maintained his lazy demeanor.

"I'm from the Blue Sea. I ended up here by accident. Didn't expect to find a god here. Quite a surprise."

"Oh, there are no gods in the Blue Sea?" Enel chuckled.

"No."

Daniel lied. The Celestial Dragons claimed to be the descendants of the creators and often called themselves gods.

"That's a shame. Looks like I need to spread the glory of god there." Enel said arrogantly.

"You go there, you'll probably be beaten to doubt your existence." One Luffy was enough to humble him, let alone the numerous powerful individuals in the Blue Sea.

"You must be quite strong, being a god." As Daniel spoke, he punched Enel. Enel seemed to have anticipated this and smiled at Daniel, sitting still.

As expected, Daniel's attack passed through Enel's body, just like in the original story where Bruno's attacks couldn't touch Kizaru. Without using Busoshoku Haki, Daniel's attack naturally had no effect.

"Impossible." Seeing his attack had no effect, Daniel's expression changed, and he kicked Enel, again with no result.

"You've disrespected a god. Now, you shall face divine punishment." Enel said, raising his golden staff, ready to strike.

At that moment, Daniel swiftly moved and cuffed Enel's arm with a seastone handcuff, then punched him in the head, sending him flying.

Watching Enel fly away, Daniel used Soru to pursue him. In Enel's shocked and disbelieving eyes, he activated the power of the Ope Ope no Mi.

"Room, Slaughterhouse." He instantly severed Enel's other three limbs, leaving only the arm with the seastone handcuff.

"So-called god, this is all you are." Looking at the fallen Enel, Daniel sneered.

The previous battle had made him somewhat nervous. As expected, Enel's arrogance had led to his downfall, allowing Daniel to take advantage.

"You." Enel tried to use his remaining arm to activate his powers, but his face changed as he found his abilities gone.

Without the power of the Goro Goro no Mi, Enel was just a weakling. Despite having Logia's intangibility, he had been hit multiple times by Luffy and even ambushed by a Shandian warrior using a seastone and Reject Dial. If it weren't for his ability to use electricity to heal himself, Enel might have been killed.

Daniel dared to confront him precisely because of this.

"A Logia Devil Fruit's power made you think you were a god. How laughable. There are countless abilities like yours in the Blue Sea." Daniel exaggerated, though Logia fruits were indeed rare.

"You." Enel was furious, his eyes bulging.

"Just a man playing god in a remote place with the power of the Goro Goro no Mi. Do you even realize how vast the world is? Dealing with Devil Fruit abilities is simple. One way is seastone, like what you're wearing now. Another is Haki." Daniel said, turning his right fist black with Busoshoku Haki.

"I was just toying with you before." Daniel said, expanding his Mirror Dimension and pulling Enel inside.

"Now be honest. Tell me everything you know. Why did you destroy Birka? What is the Infinite Earth?" In the Mirror Dimension, Daniel began interrogating Enel.

"How do you know about the Infinite Earth?" Enel was shocked.

"I know more than you think. Now, spill it."

"Do you think I'll tell you?"

Enel was surprisingly resilient, un

afraid of death.

"I'll make you talk." Daniel began to hypnotize Enel.

"Damn, strong Kenbunshoku Haki. Hard to hypnotize." Daniel found it difficult but didn't give up, adding the power of the Ope Ope no Mi.

"So, this is Birka's secret. No wonder he destroyed Birka to keep it to himself. His vision is indeed grander than Roger's."

Roger was merely the Pirate King of this planet, while Enel had set his sights on the universe.

"Maybe someday the world of One Piece will become the story of a space pirate king." Knowing Birka's secret, Daniel made Enel reveal all his knowledge before killing him and retrieving the Goro Goro no Mi.

"This fruit could be given to Ada. Maybe I should go back and bring Ada here." Holding the Goro Goro no Mi, Daniel thought.

With Ada's intelligence, she could fully exploit the potential of this fruit.

"Remember there's a Poneglyph here. I could bring it to Robin." The sky island had a Poneglyph with inscriptions left by Roger.

Ignoring the ongoing battle, Daniel flew to the top of the island where Enel's treasures were stored: a large amount of gold from the City of Gold Shandora and the golden ship, Ark Maxim, that Enel had built.

The golden ship was forged by Enel using his Goro Goro no Mi powers to smelt gold bit by bit.

As for the Poneglyph, Enel hadn't cared about it, seeing it as just a stone with unreadable inscriptions.

"Seems there's a guy down below trying to salvage gold to prove his ancestor's words weren't lies."

Recalling the story of the North Blue's liar king and his own memories, Daniel shrunk the golden ship with Pym Particles and collected the remaining gold before swinging a large golden pillar to strike the giant golden bell.

This bell was something Enel had intended to place on his ship.

The sudden ringing echoed throughout the sky island, halting the battle as both sides turned to the sound. The Shandians were thrilled and rushed forward.

The golden bell was a sacred relic to the Shandians, and its ringing had profound significance for them.

The priests were anxious, knowing the bell shouldn't be ringing because their god Enel was supposed to be there.

These priests had witnessed Enel's power, including the lightning that destroyed Birka, which they saw as divine miracles.

With the bell's ringing, a figure dressed as a knight on a pegasus flew toward the green island.

"This... Impossible. Get the boss out of the sea." Pirates on the shores of Gaya Island were also excited, shouting for their leader, saying they had found it.

"This will allow the Revolutionary Army to acquire some sky island equipment. But this might also draw their attention to the sky island, disturbing its peace."

"Well, we'll deal with that later."

Thinking this, Daniel opened a golden portal and returned to the underground base in Rainbase.

"So, it's you, Admiral Aokiji."

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