Pain saw Eneru retreat and temporarily held back his attack, his internal doubts deepening.
Pain's mind replayed the previous battle with Eneru.
"According to the previous trajectory…"
"Eneru should have intended to rely on his astonishing speed advantage for close-quarters combat, so why did he suddenly pull back and stop attacking?"
Pain meticulously searched for details of the recent battle in his mind, finally pinpointing the crucial element.
"After Eneru was absorbed into Sealing Technique Absorption Seal, he didn't use his Rumble-Rumble Fruit ability to retreat or counterattack against Human Path's attack; instead, he used his khakkhara to send Human Path flying."
"Could it be that 'Sealing Technique Absorption Seal' can also Seal the abilities of Devil Fruit Ability Users in this world?"
The more Pain considered this possibility, the more convinced he became that his conjecture was correct; otherwise, Eneru wouldn't have retreated and then not dared to get close.
"Yeahahaha…"
"Isn't this truly interesting?…"
"Tell this god…"
"What are your names?…"
"My subordinates are currently lacking, and your strength is impressive, so you could serve as my priests." Eneru said these words with a condescending gaze.
The reason Eneru temporarily stopped his attacks was that he was currently unsure if he could defeat the three opponents; if he could recruit them as subordinates, that would also be a good option.
Eneru's loud laughter interrupted Pain's contemplation, and upon hearing Eneru's idiotic words, Pain finally spoke, a rare moment of mockery directed at Eneru.
"In my eyes, you are a dead man…"
"Your arrogance, however, is not weak."
Eneru immediately exploded when he heard Pain's words.
"What did you say?…"
"You damned Blue Sea person…"
"It is your fortune that this god has taken a liking to you; how dare you treat this god as a dead man!"
"Since you don't know what's good for you, then all of you shall die!"
Eneru roared with a ferocious expression. As his roar subsided, Eneru struck a small drum behind him with his golden staff and lightly uttered.
"30 Million Volts. Thunder Bird!"
Then, he struck another drum with his right-hand khakkhara.
"30 Million Volts. Thunder Beast!"
Eneru's hand movements didn't stop, and he struck another drum.
"60 Million Volts. Thunder Dragon!"
As Eneru's words fell, three beast-shaped lightning energy Incarnations made of electricity shot directly towards Pain and the others. Releasing three killing moves at once showed just how furious Eneru was at that moment.
Pain saw the attack brought by Eneru's furious outburst and knew that these attacks contained very strong energy.
Pain quickly recalled Preta Path to unleash "Sealing Technique Absorption Seal" to absorb the damage, then controlled Human Path to open a light gate and hide inside, waiting for an opportune moment to ambush Eneru.
The energy of the three gigantic beast Incarnations made of lightning violently crashed into the light barrier as Pain controlled Preta Path to extend its defense. There was no booming sound as expected; the energy beasts were directly absorbed by the light barrier.
Eneru saw that even such a powerful attack could not harm the opponents, and his anger intensified, so he roared again.
"200 Million Volts. Thunder God!"
Eneru again struck one of the drums on his back with the khakkhara in his hand. As the drumbeat fell, a colossal humanoid lightning Incarnation, formed from concentrated electricity, held a Mjolnir and continuously struck it, releasing thick bolts of lightning.
Each time the humanoid lightning struck, a thick bolt of lightning would descend, striking Pain and landing on Preta Path's "Sealing Technique Absorption Seal" light barrier.
As the humanoid lightning's striking speed increased, the frequency of lightning strikes also accelerated.
Pain simply hid within the light barrier, enduring the lightning strikes and gauging the intensity of the electrical attacks.
Pain predicted that the current attack's intensity and density were extremely violent, comparable to Oden's "Mimicry of an Oni" before he used Haki.
If it were the old "Sealing Technique Absorption Seal," it would definitely exceed Preta Path's endurance limit, just like before, but now it was not enough to break through Preta Path's "Sealing Technique Absorption Seal."
Pain wanted to see how long Eneru could sustain this technique, so he didn't make any attacking moves.
Eneru's Thunder God lightning continuously roared for seven or eight seconds before finally dissipating into the air.
At this moment, Eneru no longer had his previous anger and careless disregard for his enemies; heavy gasps of breath escaped his mouth.
Thunder God could be said to be Eneru's strongest attack currently, without external aid, and releasing Thunder God consumed a considerable amount of his physical strength.
Such attack intensity and density, if it were on a rocky ground, the ground would have long been utterly destroyed and scarred.
Yet, it was ignored by the enemy, which was a significant blow to Eneru, both physically and mentally. Eneru didn't know what to do for a moment.
Pain saw Eneru's attack disappear and also retracted "Sealing Technique Absorption Seal." Although Sealing Technique Absorption Seal could absorb energy damage, it consumed Pain's Chakra; the higher the damage absorbed, the greater the Chakra consumption.
Pain controlled Preta Path to attack Eneru again, while Human Path was now hidden in the open door, ready to ambush at any moment.
A section of a black rod appeared in Pain's left hand, and he quickly leaped forward to attack Eneru, cooperating with Preta Path's assault.
This black rod of Pain's was no longer a mere chakra rod, but a black rod Pain had condensed using Chakra, containing the effective component "PYROBROIN" (gabbro) of Sea Stone, based on his research into Sea Stone's composition.
Eneru had intended to retreat, but seeing the enemy attack again, he was also furious. Eneru quickly retreated to the Ark Maxim, creating distance from Pain, and simultaneously released his strongest attack, "Raigo."
Eneru used the Ark Maxim to create a wide-ranging thundercloud, while he himself created countless bolts of lightning, using them to stimulate the thundercloud and turn it into a gigantic spherical black cloud.
A huge black thundercloud suddenly appeared in the sky, enveloping the area where Pain and Eneru were fighting. The black cloud's appearance resembled spherical lightning, and its interior was filled with astonishing air currents and electric currents.
Pain watched as Eneru prevented him from getting close, then appeared on the ship, brewing such a powerful thundercloud. He was also startled and quickly stopped his attacking movements, shouting loudly.
"Chibaku Tensei!"
Eneru had been continuously striking drums, releasing lightning to fill the thundercloud for a destructive strike, but he was suddenly pulled into mid-air by a huge gravitational force, getting tangled with the thundercloud, and the Ark Maxim was also sucked into the thundercloud.
Pain's "Chibaku Tensei," though powerful, presented an awkward scene.
The place where Pain and Eneru were fighting had no rocky ground; there were only strange and hard clouds.
These clouds were also sucked into "Chibaku Tensei," enveloping Eneru and the Ark, finally forming a giant spherical cloud mass that sealed Eneru.
However, the thundercloud did not stop because Eneru was sealed; the black spherical thundercloud crashed down, indiscriminately striking the areas covered by the thundercloud, and lightning as thick as water buckets directly pursued Pain.
Pain saw that even this couldn't stop Eneru's lightning from falling and knew that Eneru was definitely not dead.
He willed Preta Path to come to his side and unleash "Sealing Technique Absorption Seal," while Human Path opened a door next to Eneru inside the cloud sphere, striking directly at Eneru…