One Piece: I am the Empress, and the more sycophants I have, the stronger I become.

Hancock used her superb advanced Observation Haki to predict Enel's entire attack trajectory.

The fierce kicks, imbued with Conqueror's Haki and Armament Haki, always forced him into a sorry state before he could even transform into his elemental form.

Enel's lightning, powerful enough to destroy an island, appeared utterly pale and powerless in the face of Hancock's all-seeing gaze and the absolute difference in power.

"Why?! Why can't I hit you?! My mind's web is clearly..."

Enel was panting heavily, his golden eyes filled with anger, confusion, and a barely perceptible fear.

His speed and senses, which he was so proud of, were completely ineffective in front of the woman in front of him!

"I have already said that your crude perception is not worth mentioning."

Hancock floated in mid-air, her long dress billowing, like a true empress in the clouds, her tone indifferent.

"Your lightning is powerful enough, but what's the use if it can't hit anyone?"

Enel completely lost his composure.

He realized that he had no chance of winning if he went to fight this woman in the red dress head-on!

An extreme sense of frustration and anger welled up inside me.

"asshole!!"

He abruptly changed direction, no longer trying to attack Hancock, but instead targeting the Straw Hat crew below who had just gotten up and seemed the easiest to deal with.

Especially the one wearing the straw hat, it seems like he was the one who provoked me first!

"Since I can't do anything to you, then I'll first turn all these ants you're trying to protect into ashes! Divine Retribution - Little Thunderclap!"

He gathered raging lightning, forming a giant ball of lightning, and slammed it towards Luffy and his crew with a speed far exceeding any previous attack.

This attack was as fast as lightning; even Hancock's Observation Haki clearly "saw" his intention and trajectory.

However, given the body's absolute speed over such a short distance, it was somewhat impossible to completely intercept it!

"not good!"

Hancock's pupils contracted, and she moved swiftly, but the destructive lightning ball was about to engulf the Straw Hat crew.

Nami, Usopp, Chopper and the others instantly lost their color. Zoro and Sanji also tried their best to protect their companions, but Thunder was too fast!

At this critical moment—

"Um?"

Luffy looked at the giant lightning ball coming towards him, tilted his head, and instead of fear, a hint of doubt appeared on his face.

Then, to everyone's astonishment, he did not flinch.

Instead, he took a deep breath, his chest puffed out, and he opened his arms wide towards the ball of lightning, shouting loudly:

"Rubber, rubbery—balloon!"

"boom--!!!"

The giant ball of lightning slammed solidly into Luffy, the blinding lightning instantly engulfing him, and the violent currents surged and leaped wildly across his rubber body like countless silver snakes!

"Luffy!!!"

Nami and the others let out heart-wrenching screams.

However, the next second, something happened that made everyone, especially Enel, almost pop their eyes out.

The scene that was expected—Luffy being electrocuted into a charred corpse—did not occur.

The terrifying lightning, powerful enough to melt gold and sever iron, struck Luffy's incredibly elastic rubber body.

Aside from sparking a burst of electricity and making his hair stand on end slightly, it had absolutely no effect?!

Luffy even shuddered comfortably from the electric shock and grinned widely.

"Haha! It itches! Oh, it's electricity! I'm made of rubber, I'm not afraid of electricity!"

quiet--

Deathly silence!

Enel's chin nearly hit his toes as he pointed at Luffy, his fingers trembling, and he stammered incoherently.

"No...impossible! How could there be a creature immune to lightning?! You...what kind of monster are you?!"

Not to mention Enel, even Hancock, who was mentally prepared, was not immune.

Seeing Luffy completely unharmed, and even feeling "itchy," I couldn't help but twitch my lips slightly.

I almost forgot about that...

She inwardly sighed, thinking, "Rubber insulators, the laws of physics overcome all fancy tricks..."

But then, something even more speechless happened.

Luffy simply patted off non-existent dust from his body and clenched his fist.

His gaze became incredibly serious and determined as he loudly declared to Enel:

"Your electricity is useless against me, but your attacks will hurt my companions terribly! And you even tried to steal the Golden Bell and extinguish Shandora's lights! I absolutely will not allow it!"

"I'm going to be the Pirate King! How can I fall here!"

"Rubber-rubber—rocket launcher!"

He suddenly stretched his arm back and then blasted it like a cannonball at Enel, who was still questioning his existence!

Hancock looked at Luffy's pure, burning fighting spirit.

Thinking about his even more outrageous "Nika" form in the future, I couldn't help but complain again:

So you're not even going to act anymore since you're cheating?

Rubber's resistance to lightning is a physical property, a testament to its indestructible nature and tenacity that only grows stronger with each challenge...

And then there's the Sun God Nika Fruit, destined to awaken...

Indeed, the chosen one is terrifying!

However, despite the complaints, Hancock's actions were anything but slow.

She took advantage of the moment when Enel was distracted by Luffy's "natural counter" attribute and had his attention drawn to Luffy's fearless attacks.

His figure appeared like a ghost behind Enel.

"Your surprise comes too soon."

The cold voice was like the whisper of death.

"The Arrow of the Captive!"

Countless pink arrows, entwined with high-level Armament Haki, rained down like a storm.

It instantly enveloped Enel, who didn't even have time to fully unleash his elemental transformation!

"Ughhhhhh—!"

Enel let out a piercing scream as his body was pierced by a dense barrage of arrows, and the lightning dissipated.

He fell from the sky like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily to the ground and kicking up a cloud of dust.

This time, he suffered a truly devastating blow!

The Straw Hat crew was once again dumbfounded, staring at the Empress who appeared as if she had descended from the heavens.

Looking at Luffy, who was badly beaten but still stubbornly got up and shouted "I haven't lost yet," I felt that my worldview had been repeatedly refreshed today.

Nami's eyes were filled with lingering fear and even deeper admiration.

"Luffy... he's not afraid of electricity? Empress Hancock... she's so reliable!"

Zoro took a deep breath.

"These two monsters..."

Sanji was in tears.

"Mr. Luffy! Her Majesty Hancock! You are both my gods!"

Usopp and Chopper hugged each other and cried.

"We're saved! We're really saved!"

[Ding! Mission: Skypiea Triumph Completed! The target number of Straw Hat crew members (excluding Luffy) have been defeated! Rewards being distributed...]

Shiki the Golden Lion watched with great interest, took a puff of his cigar, blew a smoke ring in the direction of the defeated Enel, and sneered.

"Hahaha! Rumble-Rumble Fruit? That's it? You can't even handle a rubber kid. You've completely disgraced the Logia-type users!"

Hancock landed slowly, watching Enel struggle to get up.

Over there, Luffy, though disheveled but full of fighting spirit, thought to himself:

It seems that while reaping the rewards of "high-quality sycophants" and striking at the enemy, one must also be constantly careful not to let this "destined overpowered" person steal the spotlight...

This floating island is getting more and more interesting.