61: Chapter 61 Divine Judgment: Easily Resolving the Two Priests"Roar!Welcome to the Trial of the Sphere!I am Priest Shadley, the one in charge here.Wanted criminals, if you want to see our god, you must first defeat me!"
Although Shadley didn't know how Luffy had discovered him, he was very confident in his own strength.Like the Shura who had been reduced to ashes, Shadley confidently believed that these lowly humans from the land were no match for him.Luffy glanced at the ball-shaped fat man; he didn't even have the desire to fight such trash.Nami seemed to sense Luffy's thoughts and volunteered to come to the small boat."Is your man no good?Let a little girl like you be my opponent."
Seeing that Luffy didn't make a move, Shadley became even more contemptuous.Nami, hearing someone say her boyfriend was no good, immediately conjured a bolt of lightning from her hand and struck at Shadley, but her attack was easily dodged by Shadley."Muda muda, your attacks are like snails in front of me with my Mind's Eye."
Nami was a little confused about what Shadori meant by "Mind Network," at which point Luffy explained, "The 'Mind Network' he mentioned is what we call Observation Haki, but this guy's Observation Haki is much weaker than yours."
Hearing Luffy's explanation, Nami was immediately filled with confidence.So this so-called "Mind's Eye" was just Observation Haki!If it came to Observation Haki, Nami was no less than him.Thinking this, Nami unfurled her lightning wings, taking her into the air to confront Shadley.Seeing the lightning wings on Nami's back, Shadley's pupils contracted."Why do you, a human from the land, possess the power of our gods?" Shadley shouted at Nami.Nami was too lazy to pay him any attention.What godly power?She couldn't understand what this man was talking about.Nami gathered lightning in her hands and shouted, "100,000 Volts!"
A thick bolt of lightning, carrying immense force, struck towards Shadley.Shadley barely dodged it, but as he prepared to retaliate, the lightning, as if guided by a telescope, veered and struck again.Forced into a corner, Shadley flung his sphere of light towards the lightning bolt.With a deafening boom, the sphere exploded, the powerful shockwave throwing Shadley off balance.Nami regained her footing and continued her relentless attack on Shadley, who had finally managed to flip her over.Bolt after bolt of lightning struck towards Shadley.Whether Nami did it on purpose or by accident, the lightning bolts, clearly meant to hit Shadley, kept circling him, making the ball dodge and weave like a waltz, but it looked more like a ball bouncing around randomly."Am I seeing things?Why am I seeing a ball dancing?" Luffy rubbed his eyes, seizing the opportunity to deliver the finishing blow.Realizing he'd been tricked, Shadley roared and started launching prank balls at Nami, trying to use the smoke from the explosions to ambush her.However, how could Nami not see through this trick?Sure enough, in the prank ball cloud.After the human-shaped cloud exploded, a large amount of smoke and dust scattered around Nami.Seizing the opportunity, Shadley lunged towards Nami within the smoke.However, the instant he entered the smoke, a bolt of lightning struck him directly in the face.Realizing the danger, Shadley tried to dodge, but there was nowhere to land.With a crack, Shadley was charred black, puffing out black smoke, and fell from the smoke into the bottomless sea of clouds.Nami, unharmed, landed from the sky, playfully sticking out her tongue at Luffy, who affectionately patted her.Uta was quite jealous of Luffy's head, secretly vowing to impress him in the next battle.Continuing onward, seeing there was little left to explore, Luffy turned back to the altar.Upon boarding, he saw an old man in ancient armor and a winged horse.Zoro stepped forward and explained their origins to Luffy: "So, you are the original god of this Sky Island—Gan Fall, whose godhood was usurped by Enel, and now you want to ask us to defeat Enel?"
Gan Fall nodded heavily, his eyes burning with hatred for Enel.At the same time, Conis stepped forward, her face pale and tinged with fear, revealing the terrible secret that Enel planned to destroy Skypiea.Gan Fall's face showed resentment, and Conis pleaded with everyone to help her defeat Enel and save her homeland."This is divine punishment!I have revealed the secrets of the gods!"
Connie stared at the sky in terror, where lightning gathered in the dark clouds, as if a massive storm was about to break.Undeterred, she was willing to sacrifice herself to save her homeland.However, the divine judgment grew ever stronger, soon engulfing the entire altar, seemingly intent on destroying the "Shield of the Frozen Earth" along with the Going Merry.
In the moment of crisis, Luffy intervened, erecting a massive earthen shield directly above the Going Merry.The instant the shield formed, Divine Judgment descended, striking the frozen earth shield with tremendous force.Despite its seemingly immense power, Divine Judgment caused almost no damage to the shield, except perhaps for the fragments that fell from it."Looks like, whether it's protecting Skypiea or obtaining the treasure, I need to have a serious talk with Enel."
Luffy flashed a benevolent smile that sent chills down Chopper's spine; he'd never seen Luffy like this before.His buddy Usopp crouched down and patted him on the shoulder, telling him to get used to it.To speed things up, Luffy wove two small boats from vines, one led by the former god and the other by Conis, to guide Zoro and Sanji to defeat the priests of the Iron Trial and the Sorrow Trial, respectively.The rest of them took the Going Merry off the altar and headed towards the other path indicated by the former god.Under the former god's guidance, Zoro soon encountered his opponent: the priest of the Iron Trial.At this moment, Zoro was looking at Ohm with an excited expression, his three swords already drawn.Although Ohm didn't understand why Zoro was so excited, he had absolute confidence.The survival rate of the Iron Trial was zero percent, which meant that Ohm was the strongest of the four priests in terms of "Three-Sword Style: Thunderous Demon Slash".
Zoro unleashed a powerful Thunder Demon Slash, accompanied by a series of crackling sounds.Zoro's figure rapidly approached Ohm, who was startled by Zoro's speed.Ohm quickly transformed his Iron Cloud sword into a shield, but Zoro's sword was covered in Armament Haki; an ordinary Iron Cloud sword couldn't withstand Zoro's attack.As Zoro sheathed his sword, Ohm collapsed to the ground, his eyes rolling back in his head.Zoro, bored, sheathed his sword and walked in the opposite direction from the vine-ferry."Is Mr.Zoro really that strong?Wait, Zoro-san, you're going the wrong way."
Connie was first shocked by Zoro's strength, then realized that Zoro seemed to be going in the wrong direction.She quickly chased after him and pulled him back before he got lost.At the same time, she thought to herself, "No wonder Mr.Zoro's companions didn't dare let him act alone.He almost got lost."
Meanwhile, Sanji, looking quite annoyed, followed his predecessor to the Swamp Trial.He had been excited to be traveling with Conis, but Luffy hadn't expected him to be paired with an old man.His predecessor was also somewhat bewildered."Welcome to the Swamp Trial.I am."
Before the Swamp Trial priest could finish speaking, the disgruntled Sanji swiftly dispatched him in one move.Looking at the priest lying on the ground with a head full of bumps, the former god exclaimed, "What kind of monster is this?How could he defeat the Swamp Trial priest, Gedas, so easily