This is the 46th chapter. I don't own the series of One Piece.
emily carter1410: Or can just fuck off! And I'm not replacing the title name because you say so!
Ordeal of Iron! Zoro vs Ohm
In God Eneru's land, the Upper Yard, a battle rages. On one side, Ohm and his guard dog, Holy, and on the other, Wyper, a Shandorian Warrior, Gan Fall, the Sky Knight, and Zoro. Each warrior loyal to his own cause, yet bound to the others in a struggle to survive Ohm's Ordeal of Iron.
Skypiea, Upper Ruins
After Zoro and Wyper were knocked out by Ohm's blade while the fight continues, which isn't fatal, the Divine Warriors bleats with a sneer and looking down at their enemies.
"We're behind you, Ohm!"
"Quite the gathering. How many players remained in our little game?" Ohm asks. "We have 4 Divine Squad members, and since I doubt the wounds I've dealt those two were fatal, that leaves us with 4 Shandorians and 1 Blue Sea Dweller, counting the Lord of the Sky and Holy...That's 10 people and 2 animals. Soon, we'll pair that number down to 5, just as God Eneru predicted. So, there we stand, let the game commence!"
The Shandorians were furious of Ohm took down their leader, made them ready their weapons.
"You will pay!"
"For harming Wyper!?"
"Is that so? You're willingly forfeit your life for this sad speck?" Ohm asks with a mockery. "Mind who you throw your loyalty to, savage!"
That got the Shandorians offended of that remark, and that crosses the line.
"How dare you!? Wyper is our leader!"
"You have now broken the most sacred of the Shandorian laws!?"
"We're here to reclaim our homeland and our honor!"
"You and servants of the abominable Eneru will settle your debt with flesh and bone!?"
"You are savages! No more worthy than reparations than the weeds crushed beneath my feet!" Ohm retorted which made one of the Shandorians raises his eyebrow as he leans his blade next to his shoulder. "Who wants to die first?"
Without hesitation, one of the Shandorians is about to fire his arrow with a war cry when the Divine Warrior leaps off of the building, descending down and it made the Shandorian lost his aim and fires his arrow that passes Ohm at a far distance, explosions from behind. The Shandorians jumps away and made the Divine Warrior missed while landing on the ground.
"You cannot run!"
"Enough of this." Ohm said, feeling bored and decided to level up the playing field by calling out his dog. "Holy, it's time for your Mad Dash!"
After Holy heard the command, he starts hopping up and down while rapidly sprinting side-to-side to make it a fast pace. The Shandorian was about to fire another arrow and Holy appeared at the top of the building out of nowhere as he leaps in the air, punches the Shandorian and sent him flying as he crashed into the wall. The Shandorian was about to get his weapon when the trigger from the ground was heard, causing the iron cloud barbed wire to merge out and right at him as he screams in pain. Holy lands while more of the iron cloud barbed wire merged out of the ground.
"Don't stop! Finish it!" Ohm ordered.
And Holy did just that as he starts running, triggering the mechanisms from the ground and the iron cloud barbed wire out of the ground, forming into a dome of barbed wires with nowhere to get out and this fight has turned into a deathmatch which got the Shandorians attention after noticing more barbed wires.
"He's building some kinda fence!"
"Damn! He's using more of his tricks! This could be trouble!"
One of the Divine Warrior lands on top of the building with a sinister smirk after noticing the barbed wires forming into a dome it's perfect for using it as a death fight.
"No tricks here! Behold, the Ordeal of Iron! The white barbed deathmatch has begun!"
Zoro regained his consciousness, stood up while noticing the dome-shaped barbed wires.
"So, you can put up a fence, big deal." Zoro grunts with a scoff, unamused. "I wasn't planning to run."
"The purpose of this barrier isn't just to hold you!"
"Yes, there's a reason it's called 'White Barbs'!"
"What's that?" Zoro questions when Wyper regained his consciousness.
Without answer, Wyper decided to prove the point of the barbed wires as he uses his waver skis to leap in the air, delivering a kick to the Divine Warrior in the sternum, sending him flying and crashed against the barbed wires which made him bleat in pain, falling down to the ground. Wyper lands on to the ground with a smirk on his face and got the information about the Ordeal of Iron.
"I guess the thorns are painful, thanks for the warning." Wyper said as Zoro turns his gaze to Ohm.
"So, how do I get outta here once I'm done with all of you?" Zoro demands, causing Ohm to adjust his shades.
"You can worry about that later, assuming you'll survive." Ohm told him, observing the numbers of fighters and animals in the area. "Only 8 people and 2 animals left."
"I've got to Nami, Caius, Ventus, and that old guy who saved kid and Chopper." Zoro muttered, readied his blades and looking at the giant snake as he remembered about Gan Fall and Ventus fighting against Shura. "Somehow...I have to get them out of that stupid snake."
Wyper is also looking at the giant snake, thinking about getting Aisa out of it after remembering about her and the others being ate and swallowed whole.
Skypiea, Upper Yard
Meanwhile, Raki is still heading to the God's Shrine to warn Wyper about Eneru and his Devil Fruit power. However, her mind went somewhere else, remembered about Wyper telling her a story about the Shandorians history and their heritage. She even about him telling her about their ancestors were originally from the Blue Sea centuries ago, in a sacred city called Shandora and protected by the Shandorian before them, Kalgara. Until the island is being torn apart and lifted up to Skypiea by the Knock-Up Stream, leaving the Shandorians stranded, and the Skypieans started the bloodshed between them and the tribal warriors while revealing their true intentions. Without mercy, they cease Shandora, claiming as their sacred ground because their ancestors were driven off the land they have nourished and cared for since the first setting sun. For 400 years, the Shandorians have suffered the humiliation of defeat by the hands of Skypieans and being driven away by them from their birthright.
The Shandorians are training themselves in order to fight against the Skypieans and reclaim their home. But soon as they grew older, Wyper and the Shandorians were fighting at the Upper Yard against the Divine Warriors at first, but things have gone bad because of Eneru's priests and the Divine Warriors Dials that are deadly in close combat. But after the discussion in the middle of the night at their camp, recovering from the fight, Wyper and the Shandorians are still determined to go to the God's Shrine and kill Eneru.
However, after learning about the fight between her tribe and the Divine Warriors along with Eneru eating the Devil Fruit to conduct electricity to wipe out the entire number of fighters, Raki had to warn Wyper after being informed from Kamakiri.
'Wyper...' Raki mentally thought, worried about Wyper doing something reckless while continuing to head for the God's Shrine.
Skypiea, Upper Ruins
While back in the Shandorian Ruin, the battle of the remained Shandorians and the Divine Warriors continued on. Raki glides further towards to Giant Jack which is where the fight has started, ascended up to the cloud to get to Wyper. The giant snake is about to attack, and Wyper aims his bazooka, about to fire when Raki merges out of the cloud. She narrows her eyes, slightly gasps and saw Wyper about to fight the giant snake, leaving the waver board and descends into the cloud as she rushes to her leader.
"Wyper?!" Raki called him, which gotten his attention. "Wyper! Listen!"
"Raki." Wyper muttered, glance over his shoulder at her.
"Quickly...There isn't much time!" Raki shouts.
"What's wrong? Why are you here?!" Wyper questions, starting to get worried.
"I had to come to give you Kamakiri's warning!" Raki told him, remembering of Kamakiri's warning about Eneru's power. "You must run away...Abandon this fight!?"
Wyper is starting to get confused, not understanding what she means, but soon as Raki starts to slow down from her running and Zoro glances over to see her. Raki heavily pants but spoke to her leader with a warning.
"Eneru...he's in the forest..." Raki said which Wyper didn't believe her.
"Enough!" Wyper yelled, turning to her.
"Eneru is lightning itself! He truly has the power of a God!" Raki continued, which made Wyper dropped his bazooka and noticed something was wrong.
"Stop!" Wyper shouts, stops himself for getting closer because of the barbed wires. "Leave at once!"
"He cannot be defeated-"
"Do as I say!" Wyper cuts her off, making Raki stop with her eyes widen in dread as the sound of lightning was heard.
"Wyper?" Raki said as Eneru revealed from behind with a sinister smirk on his face which it got her attention, and her expression became terrified.
"Did I hear my name?" Eneru inquires.
"Eneru..." Raki said with horror, looking at him.
Zoro noticed Eneru and knew the atmosphere is getting intense. Wyper tries to break the barbed wire cage, tried to get to Raki but can't and one of his hands are bleeding.
"Eneru! Leave her be!" Wyper shouts. "Raki's not here to fight! I'm the one you want! She has no part in this! Raki! Run!"
Raki is too terrified to run despite Wyper's plea, and Eneru slowly walks close to her. However, she raises her gun and aims at Eneru, ignore Wyper's warning as she fires right at his chest, revealing bullet hole on his torso which it didn't even flinched him nor the blood spilt. Zoro noticed it as well, but one of the Divine Warriors looks down at Wyper with a sneer in amusement.
"You're a fool! I forget about her and worry more about myself!"
With that, the Divine Warrior leaps into the air and about to go after Wyper, who snarls angrily after hearing the mockery. The crackling sound of lightning is sparking around the bullet holes, and Eneru is unamused of her actions. Raki heavily pants with her heart beating and remembered of Kamakiri's words that echoed on her mind. It now made her realize that Eneru can't be conquered because of lightning, a power that was feared from the beginning. Wyper watched helplessly with anger when the Divine Warrior lands behind him, aiming his hand at the back.
"You've sealed your fate, Wyper!"
The Divine Warrior then fired his Axe Dial, but Wyper didn't flinch and it made him confused as blood trickled out of his mouth.
"You damn fool..." Wyper muttered as Raki slowly turns to him with horror, knowing that Eneru wouldn't be stopped.
"Please survive." Raki said with her last words, as Eneru electrocutes her while Wyper was forced to watch him delivering the Shandorian a shock treatment as she collapses down while the current God laughs.
It got Shandorian leader enraged of Eneru's mockery and electrocuting not only Raki, but the number of his tribe.
"Eneru!?" Wyper snarls, but the Divine Warrior was shocked that the Shandorian leader could make a few words.
"You should be writhing in pure agony! Let's try that again!"
But before he could, Wyper grabs hold of the Divine Warrior and slams his head against the barbed wire cage, causing him to bleat in pain and collapse into the ground.
"You didn't actually think I'd spare her? Wyper, the ruthless Shandorian warrior. Surely, you understand the concept of 'no mercy'. She opposed me and now, she's dead. You'll join her soon enough." Eneru mocks with a sinister smirk as he vanished with lightning with a laughter, leaving Wyper very mad for what he did to Raki and Zoro took notice of the current God.
"That's him...That's God?" Zoro murmured with a scowl on his face, but Wyper continued to snarl angrily.
"Wyper, weep not for her. Raki receive the Divine Judgment that all Gods children pray for, she is free." Ohm said calmly, but Zoro turns his head over.
"Since we're all getting personal, there's a score I have to settle as well." Zoro states, but Wyper grabs his bazooka, and then...
"THE SNAKE!?" Zoro and Wyper yelled, sprinting after the giant snake since they have witnessed it swallowing the rest of the Straw Hats, Aisa, Gan Fall, and Pierre whole.
"Time to cough what's in your belly!?" Zoro shouts, but turns to Wyper, who glances back at him.
"Get out of my way!?" Wyper snapped, aims his bazooka when Zoro blocks it and moves it away, causing him to miss his aim and fire randomly.
"Holy! They need a hug!?" Ohm called out as Holy dashes after them, about to hug the two when both Wyper and Zoro jumps away from the dog. "Eisen Whip"
Ohm then makes his move by swinging his sword whip at Zoro, who blocks the attack with two of his blades. Wyper notices the Divine Warrior from behind, about to aim his Axe Dial, making the Shandorian leader blocks it with his arm and deliver a Frankensteiner, sending him down to the ground with an impact. The battle briefly stops after Holy lands on top of the ruin and Wyper lands on the ground. Ohm then observes the area.
"The numbers dwindle. 6 people and 2 animals remaining." Ohm said as the giant snake roared.
Inside of the snakes stomach
Meanwhile inside of the belly, the sound of dripping was heard, but melts a paper like acid. Nami, Caius, and Ventus stirred and groaned as they took notice of Pierre, who's knocked out with swirly eyes, was able to catch Aisa before the rubble ever hit her which got him in the head.
"Good sign." Nami said with relief. "By the looks of it, I'd say she wasn't seriously injured."
"Can't say the same for Pierre." Ventus points out. "He must've saved her from the rubble."
Then, the clanging sound was heard and saw Gan Fall standing up with the lance as his support.
"Where in the world is this place?" Gan Fall inquires, observing the area.
"We're in the belly of a giant snake." Nami answered simply which gotten his attention. "We got swallowed up, remember?"
"Ah yes, of course." Gan Fall said with an understanding. "The beast seems even larger from the inside."
"Pretty sure it's the same from the outside." Ventus states when Nami walks to Aisa, who's struggled as she sweeps the rubble out and Pierre's wing moved away which got the Shandorian free.
"Aisa, are you okay?" Nami asks, throws the rubble from Pierre's head away.
"Wyper, please forgive me!" Aisa whimpered, opened her eyes and noticed Nami and Ventus standing along with Pierre regained his consciousness as she scans the area when she saw the Shandorian ruins. "What happened?"
"It's like Nami said, we've been eaten by a snake." Ventus told her with a reminder.
"A snake?!" Aisa exclaims with shock, dropping her jaws.
"Calm down, we'll survive." Nami said in annoyance, then looks at the digestive system. "If we can escape before it digests us."
"What were you four doing out there?" Gan Fall asks, wanting to know why they're here. "You should be on the ship."
"We were being chased by Eneru's warriors and a giant snake a moment ago." Caius explains. "We have to abandon ship while leaving Conis and Pagaya in their hands on taking care of Sanji and Usopp."
Gan Fall then understands what the Reaper is telling him, knowing that Pagaya and Conis probably left his home in order to find the Straw Hats at the Upper Yard. He then noticed Aisa.
"Isn't that little girl a Shandorian?" Gan Fall asks shockingly which it got her attention.
"Gan Fall! It's you!" Aisa said, charges after him when Ventus grabs hold of her with his tail.
"Aisa, enough! It's not worth it." Ventus told her, crossed his arms as Aisa stops herself while Gan Fall glances at the Shandorians and chuckled, making her groan with a pout. Nami, Caius, and Ventus just shrugs as Gan Fall walks away while looking at the flesh.
"Anyway, why don't we simply carve our way out." Gan Fall suggests, gently pokes it with his lance.
"ARE YOU INSANE OLD MAN?! SUPPOSED THE SNAKE STARTS GOING WILD! YOU'RE GOING TO GET US ALL KILLED!?" Nami yelled with white eyes and shark-like teeth, making Aisa and Pierre flinched of her yelling. "YOU KNOW FOR A KNIGHT, YOU'RE PRETTY DENSE!?"
"I, uh, was kidding." Gan Fall said nervously with a sweat drop, not even thought about that course of action.
"Do you think this is a joke? Take a look around you, we're in a stomach! A snakes stomach!" Nami points out with a sigh, but the young Dragoon was able to hear footsteps coming at a distance. "I don't know much about anatomy, but it won't be long before we're bathing in its metabolic acid!"
Just then, a tapping sound was echoed throughout the snakes belly, making everyone froze and listened, trying to determine where it was coming from. It got Pierre panicked as Nami pulled Aisa closer for protection while Gan Fall, Ventus, and Caius drew their weapons. A shadowy figure emerged from the darkness as they got on guard and ready to fight against the unknown threat.
"Who goes there?!" Gan Fall demands.
However, the figure turned out to be Luffy, but his clothes were in the process of being dissolved and looked more like rags than actual clothes.
"Nami! Ventus! Caius! A weird knight guy!" Luffy whines.
"It's you." Gan Fall said surprisingly.
"Luffy." Nami adds.
"I was starting to think I was the only one here. Isn't this the strangest cave!?" Luffy said, happy to see familiar faces which made Pierre gawked.
"That's an understatement." Caius points out. "How did you end up here?"
"I don't know, I just got stuck." Luffy complains with teary eyes.
"Incredible. What are the chances that each of us would get swallowed." Nami stated. "This snake's turning out to be a serious problem."
"Huh? What do you mean swallowed?" Luffy questions in confusion, but shocked. "A snake?!"
"Who else do you think this stomach belongs to?" Ventus asks sarcastically, crossed his arms.
"But, how could you be talking to me if you're swallowed by a snake?" Luffy asks in a serious look, much to their irritation.
"Like. I. Said...Big Blue Reptile With Mile Long Fangs! IT ATE US AND NOW WE'RE STUCK IN ITS BELLY!?" Nami shouts in annoyance while pulling Luffy's nose and swings him wildly, then lets him go and leaving him in a long nose that resembles Usopp.
"Ow! Come on, Nami...That hurts..." Luffy groans, but imitating Usopp. "Hi, I'm Usopp."
It got them sweat dropped of his antics while Luffy chuckled at his joke.
"Is he, uh, jester?" Aisa asks in confusion.
"That job would suit him best since he plays the fool, but he's our Captain." Ventus told her with a sigh, much to Aisa, Gan Fall, and Pierre's dismay.
"He's your Captain!?" Gan Fall exclaims shockingly. "My word, what's this world coming to!?"
"Yeah, that's pretty much the reaction everyone has." Nami agrees.
"You sure are calm for someone whose been eaten by a monster." Aisa told him which made Luffy dropped his jaws with a shout and budging eyes.
"Wait a minute! I thought Nami and Ventus were only joking!" Luffy exclaims. "You mean we're being eaten by a snake?!"
"That's what we've been trying to tell you, you idiot! And not to mention the stomach acid has melting your clothes!" Ventus shouted in annoyance, making Luffy noticing his clothes that are actually melted.
"Whoa, you're right!" Luffy agrees, then turning to them. "What are we waiting for, we need to find its butthole right away!"
"Ridiculous/Out of the question." Gan Fall and Caius refused of his stupidity, causing Nami to smack Luffy in the face.
"You're despicable!" Nami adds with a tick mark, white eyes, and shark-like teeth.
"Why? Maybe we can get out next time the snake goes to the bathroom." Luffy told them.
"NO! I'D RATHER GET DIGESTED!" Nami retorted as she then bonks him in the head with her knife edge hand, making Gan Fall and Aisa face paled.
"Nami's scary." Aisa said.
"I know what you mean, child. She's meaner than a snake." Gan Fall agrees.
"No, it's just Nami. Best we let her get out of her system." Ventus told them with a shrug as she sighed. "Just try not to get on her bad side."
"Hardly, when the snake gets in a bad mood, it starts eating people. And speaking of which, we better think fast, its temper was wild enough on the outside and-"
"Wait, the snake was in a bad mood?" Luffy cuts her off with a question.
"Yeah, right. All hisses and fangs. In fact, before it attacked us, it was writhing in pain." Nami explains.
"Hmm...That's weird, I wonder what was bothering him." Luffy said, confused, but it got them realized it was him who causes the giant snake writhing in pain and going on rampage.
"Luffy, what have you been doing in here?" Nami asks, afraid to know the answer.
"Oh, I was trying to bust through a wall, didn't work though." Luffy answered, placing his hand on his head with a chuckle.
"Ah, so this was all your doing!" Gan Fall said, flabbergasted, but both Nami and Ventus are now starting to get very irritated.
"Throwing all those punches burned up a lot of energy. Say, um, did any of you have anything to bring some food?" Luffy said, but Nami and Ventus slowly clenching their fists with angry look on their faces. "What's wrong?"
Nami and Ventus growled, slowly raising their fists with veins popped out of their heads along with shark-like teeth.
"HOW ABOUT YOU EAT MY FIST!?" Nami and Ventus screamed, beating Luffy silly.
However, it made the giant snake roared in pain even more and it got them noticed that it's moving, causing them to fall off as they scream.
Skypiea, Upper Ruins
While back in the Shandorian Ruins, the giant snake roared in writhing pain after Nami and Ventus beaten Luffy because of his antics. The giant snake pants heavily with tears flowing down its eyes along with snot from the nose, which Wyper scoffs without realizing what was happening in the snakes belly.
"What's the matter, got a belly ache? It serves you right." Wyper taunts, making the snake enraged as it lunges after him. "It won't be long, Aisa! Hold on!"
Wyper then uses the Milky Dial to glide away from the snake and over, then fires his bazooka right in the head. It didn't even flinch, but Wyper isn't finished as he fires his bazooka again, which the giant snake moves away to dodge that attack but not without having its forked tongue burned. Wyper growled while the giant snake also growled but shuts its mouth with anger. Zoro is hiding behind the ruin, watching Wyper dodging the giant snake while tried to find a way to get his crew out of its belly.
"I've got to get to Nami, Caius, and Ventus before it's too late." Zoro said but realized. "Well, unless it's too late."
Suddenly, Ohm swings his Eisen Whip at him, but Zoro quickly dodged by jumping in midair as the priest retracts his blade. Both of the swordsman is now staring each other in the opposite direction.
"You're not gonna stand in my way." Zoro said with a scowl.
"It's time for Final Judgment." Ohm said, adjusting his shades.
The sound of explosion was heard as the giant snake tries to bite Wyper, who's able to dodge those fangs and fires his Burn Bazooka. The giant snake is still not affected at that as the smoke appears, causing Zoro to run and avoiding the rubble. He slightly glances over at the giant snake, still thinking of a way to get his crew and Gan Fall out of its belly.
'The first thing I'm gonna have to do is take care of that snake.' Zoro mentally thought.
'Did it work?' Wyper mentally questions, stands on top of the ruin and smoke disappears, but the giant snake lunges with its fangs as he used his waver skis to dodge by jumping in the air. "Not enough, I guess I'll just keep trying!"
With that, Wyper fires his bazooka again while the giant snake continued lunging after him. Zoro hides behind the ruin, starting to get tired of being the target by Ohm and the giant snake.
"This is getting really old, that extendable sword he's using is a pain and that snake, I already know defeating him first isn't exactly a walk in the park, but I have to get Nami, Ventus, Caius, and the old knight out of that things gut right now." Zoro said to himself. "There's still time since they were swallowed whole, but I bet they're not dead yet."
Zoro then glances at the giant snake, who's roaring while still fighting against Wyper.
"But it won't be that way for long." Zoro finished his sentence when Ohm makes his move.
"Eisen Whip" Ohm then swings his sword which Zoro was able to notice.
"Not again!" Zoro said quickly as he dodges that attack, roll out of the way and run, jumping onto the ruin, and up the stairs as he then hides behind the ruin. "That bastard, where is he?"
"Eisen Whip" Ohm swings his sword again, but Zoro dodge the attack and then ran as the blade retracts back in its place. "It's impossible to escape from my attacks. Just as there's no one who can escape the reality of death, it would futile to try. Those who don't accept that are foolish...You're pathetic, it's useless try to defeat me. You don't even have enough sense to realize you're about to die. You're so focused on a gold you seek, but you cannot see anything else, not even the inevitable fate that lies before you. How sad."
Zoro then stops running, searches for Ohm since the priest somehow able to find him and use his Eishen Sword of his to form a whip at a long distance. He was able to sense the attack coming from a mile away, thanks to his sharp senses and his swordsmanship training. However, it's not enough to take down Ohm because of the 'Mantra' that allowed him to observe the area and utilize his combat prowess with his sword, which the blade is made of Iron Cloud, allowing him to form his weapon into a whip or worse.
'Alright, he's gotta be around here somewhere. Where's he attacking from next?' Zoro mentally questions.
"Eisen Whip" Ohm then swings his sword again, forming a whip and breaking the wall which Zoro was able to dodge quickly, front flips and jumps over the stairs, lands on the ground with a grunt.
"What's going on here? How come he always knows exactly where I am? It's as if he can see me from behind that wall." Zoro said with questions. "Who is this madman? And what's up with those glasses?"
But just as Zoro was about to make a run for it, the Divine Warrior somehow found him.
"Now prepare to die!"
"This has nothing to do with you." Zoro told him, not in the mood as he finished him quickly, knocking him down by punching him in the face.
While the fight continues, Ohm was able to notice one last Divine Warrior is down thanks to Zoro.
"Another voice has disappeared, there only a few survivors in the Upper Ruins now. Just 5 people and 2 animals remain." Ohm said to himself, but hearing the Shandorian coming from behind in a far distance. "No...I'm wrong...Eisen Whip"
Once he quickdraws his blade, Ohm swings his blade to form a whip and slashed the Shandorain in the chest, causing him to grunt in pain and fell into the ground.
"Make that 4 people." Ohm said, adjusting his shades as Zoro then charges after him.
"Nitoryu: Hawk Wave" Zoro readied his blades and about to create a powerful gust of wind to knock him out.
"Eisen Back" Ohm has other ideas, using his blade to form a wall, knocking Zoro in the head as he grunts in pain and blood flows down to his forehead.
'An iron wall!?' Zoro mentally exclaims.
"This sword is an Iron Cloud." Ohm told him, but Zoro lands on his feet while the sword is back in shape. "You didn't think clouds had a sad shape, did you?"
Zoro had enough, about to charge after him when Ohm decided to go for offense.
"Eisen Fan" Ohm swings his blade, forming a blade into a fan to strike Zoro which he was able to dodge.
"Eisen Fork" He then swings again, this time forming into a giant fork and Zoro dodged again.
"Eisen Rapier" He then thrust his blade and turning it into a long spear, which Zoro barely dodges that. Zoro then tries to move, but Ohm won't let him after swinging his sword again and causing the swordsman to gain distance with a heavy pant after from that running.
'He's predicting my movements, why can't I avoid it?' Zoro mentally questions.
"What's the matter, keeping your distance doesn't do you any good when you depend on your sword." Ohm mocks with a smirk.
"You're wrong about that!" Zoro refutes as he holds one of his blade horizontally above the shoulder. "Ittoryu: 36 Caliber Phoenix"
"Eisen Whip" After Zoro perform a circular slash that launches the air compressed projectile, Ohm blocks the attack by swinging his blade that forms into a whip.
'How could he block it?!' Zoro mentally exclaims in shock, didn't get to think as he quickly dodge the attack.
Zoro then holds his blades above his shoulders, about to try again when Ohm didn't give him a moment to retaliate as he swings his whip. Zoro dodges again, ran and jumps down to the ground as he ran while cursed himself. Ohm watches Zoro, which he's impressed of that technique.
"That's quite an interesting technique you develop, Blue Sea Dweller." Ohm said, decided to follow him while Zoro continued to run further. "I wonder if you'll try that again. Unfortunately, even if you lose sight of me, I'll always know where you are...by using 'Mantra'."
While Ohm is following him like a predator hunting his prey, Zoro kept running to gain some distance but knows that the priest would find him. Had enough of running, he stops himself as he took off his goggles, tossed it aside and place his bandana on his head, readied his swords since it'll be a matter of time before Ohm could ever find him.
But back in the fight, Holy swings his arms with straight jabs which the Shandorian isn't intimidated after the dog destroys the wall with a jab.
"Is that supposed to intimidate me?! I'm a Shandorian warrior!"
But soon as a Shandorian used his waver skis to jump in the air and about to swing his weapon, Holy knocks him out with a punch to the jaw. Holy then pose with victory.
"Looks like we lost another one, now there are 2 animals and 3 people left." Ohm said to himself, which stops when he noticed Zoro is behind the wall. "But soon there will be 2 animals and only...2 people."
The loud rumbling tremor was heard as the giant snake slithered, pursuing after Wyper since the Shandorian is still busy with the giant-sized predator.
"So, you're the leader of the Blue Sea people up here. You and your comrades all have put up a good fight." Ohm said, points his sword at the wall. "However, my sword is now pointing at your heart. Say your prayers, swordsman."
"Don't be an idiot!" Zoro remarked, pulling out his third sword. "I never pray for anything!"
"That's too bad, what sets people apart from one another is their ability to survive." Ohm stated as he readied his blade. "You should use your resources."
"I'm through listening to your arrogant lectures. I don't have to see you, I can follow that extendable sword of yours and know exactly where you are." Zoro retorted, readied his fighting position which causes Ohm to scoff.
"Well, the moment you find me, you die!" Ohm snarls, swinging his blade.
"One live holds 36 worldly desires...Two holds 72...Three lives hold 108 worldly desires...Santoryu: 108 Caliber Phoenix" After Ohm breaks the wall, Zoro perform a same technique, but this time, launching a three-air compressed projectiles toward Ohm, breaking his Eisen blade and knocking him out.
'He breaks through the Iron Clouds!?' Ohm mentally thought in disbelief, coughing blood out of his mouth and crashed against the ground.
Inside of snakes stomach
Meanwhile, Luffy and the others continued to fall while screaming which the crate knocked him out by hitting the back of his head. Ventus was able to grab hold of Nami while flying and destroying the rubble with his lance, but Pierre is unable to fly because he's stuck in the barrel. Gan Fall noticed Aisa screaming as he grabs him while taking the hit from the back against the rubble. They then noticed the ruins at the end, which made Nami scream.
"UWAAAHHH! IT'S A DEAD END! WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!" Nami yelled with panic.
"Gum-Gum: Balloon" Luffy then inflates himself as he lands on the ruin, grunts after Gan Fall, Pierre, and Caius lands on his belly while Ventus lands on the stomach and placed Nami down.
"You guys alright?" Ventus asks as Nami nods while Caius stood up and given him a nod, but Luffy groans and looks at the stomach.
"Okay, this mystery cave is getting really annoying." Luffy complains as he sat up.
"We told you; this isn't a cave! We're in this snakes stomach!" Nami corrects him in annoyance.
"Where are you?" Luffy asks, but screams with budging eyes and shark-like teeth, sticking his tongue out when he notices a skeleton. "NAMI! Nami, are you okay?! Talk to me! Nami!"
Both Nami and Ventus are getting annoyed of Luffy's antics, causing them to bonk his head with tick marks on their fists.
"I'm right here, you idiot." Nami said.
Aisa opened her eyes and noticed that she's on top of Gan Fall, tried to get up but he's holding her too hard.
"Let me go, please! You're going to squeeze me to death!" Aisa pleads, banging his armor which made Gan Fall looked at her while loosening his grip.
"I'm glad to see you unharmed." Gan Fall said with relief.
It didn't make her any better, Aisa frees herself as she grabs hold of the lance and aims at Gan Fall. It got Nami, Ventus, and Caius' attention when they saw her about to kill him.
"What are you doing, Aisa? Stop it!" Nami protests, wanted to stop her.
"He is our enemy, he's responsible for ruthlessly taking away the Shandorians homeland." Aisa said without looking at her. "So, I'm gonna take his head."
The atmosphere is getting intense and Gan Fall can tell that Aisa is ready to kill, not blaming her for what has happened in Skypiea.
"I don't get it! How is taking the head of the Sky Knight gonna fix this?" Nami questions, confused.
"He's not just a knight, he was the leader of Skypieans before Eneru showed up!" Aisa told her. "The Skypieans were the ones who drove all of us Shandorians out of our homes!"
"The Shandorians were driven out 400 years ago, you don't know Gan Fall had involved in this." Caius points out.
"If taking my head would satisfy your people, I would gladly sacrifice it." Gan Fall said which Aisa a little surprised while Nami was shocked, and Luffy, Ventus, and Caius just watch with their serious glare. He then sat up. "Unfortunately, just my head wouldn't be enough. The level of hostility between the Shandorians and the Skypieans hasn't changed, and with good reason. Our ancestors took your homelands away, but a horrifying thing to go through. I don't think I'll ever be able to find a way to apologize for that...and I alone will not heal this wound. Therefore, I regret the helplessness in this situation. If it all possible, I would like to apologize to the Shandorians, who have spent the last 400 years searching for their homes, I would like to apologize to them all, one-by-one. I am truly sorry."
Aisa isn't accepting his apology after all her ancestors have been through.
"Listen to him, he's been trying to make sure that everyone's get along. He wants the citizens to live peacefully in the sky, so you really shouldn't dwell-"
"We will never be able to get along and live peacefully, not with the bad guys!" Aisa cuts her off with a shout.
"That's just it, they're not bad." Nami points out. "What's bad is when people can't co-exist, because they belong to different races...right?"
She hits right on the mark, it made Aisa flinch and knew that the navigator was right. But it wasn't enough to convince her as Aisa about to thrust the lance, causing Ventus to grab it and stop her for killing Gan Fall. Aisa widens her eyes in disbelief, shocked of the young Dragoons actions.
"Why did you stop me?!" Aisa demands.
"Because killing him won't bring your ancestors back, nor it'll solve it." Ventus told her, looks at Aisa with a hardened scowl. "If you kill Gan Fall right here and now...then you're no better than anyone else..."
It made Aisa shocked of his words, but Nami knows what the young Dragoon is telling her, as if he's speaking from experience. He drops the lance and Aisa starts to have her eyes filled in tears.
Skypiea, Shandorian Ruins
Meanwhile at the Shandorian Ruins, Robin, Leon, and Sareena are continuing to investigate the ruins even further. They then noticed a Giant Jack.
"Shandora, the City of Gold. And if the golden bell said to be in the middle of the city isn't here, where is it?" Robin asks, looks around.
"That will be the question of the day, Robin." Leon said with a ponder. "But, what's that had to do with the bell?"
"Well, the belfry was probably engraved with Poneglyphs." Robin guessed as they began to move, searching around the ruin. "If that's the case, then the city probably fell in order to protect them."
Leon and Sareena can tell she's still trying to figure out where the golden bell is hidden, but even if they could find it, then Robin might try to read the Ponegylph to look for answers.
"Even after all this time, the belfry and the Poneglyph should still be here...They're hidden somewhere." Robin continued, closing her book and noticed something from the ground. "Hey, what's that?"
"It looks like a railroad." Leon stated. "It used to run through this city, but this was made very recently and something must've moved out of here."
"I wonder what it was?" Robin inquires.
"Why don't we ask him, because he's here." Sareena points out, which got their attention after hearing Eneru laughing.
"Isn't it amazing, even after being shot up into the sky, the city of Shandora still majestically exists in this way." Eneru said with a chuckle. "Even if it's a city everyone knows about, how could it show off its figure if it's covered by clouds? I'm the only one who can see it, I've discovered it. The former Gods never even noticed."
"And I take it you're Eneru?" Sareena asks.
"I'm God." Eneru answered with a sinister smirk which neither of them was convinced as he ates an apple. "You're quite intelligent. One might guess that one of you are archeologist and the others are fighters from the Blue Sea World by how fast you found this city ruin. It took us several months to find the same thing. I suppose it's easy if you can read the letters on the ruins, right? Unfortunately, the gold you're for isn't here anymore, I'm afraid you're few years too late for that."
"The Gold? Well, you're right about that, we couldn't find any. You must've been the one who removed it." Robin clarifies which she's right about it.
"Gold is a wonderful thing to have and the glittering metal suits me well, don't you think?" Eneru asks, then eats an apple again which both Leon and Sareena knew he's the one who took the gold.
"Then you must also have taken the Golden Bell that was once here." Robin states.
"Hm, there's a Golden Bell?" Eneru asks, making them surprised that he doesn't know as he finished eating the apple. "Well, I'm very intrigued. What did you learn by reading those letters on the bell?"
"Actually, it's too bad. I never got to read them. If you say it wasn't here when you arrived, it must not exist." Robin lied with a shrug, but unfortunately, Eneru isn't convinced. "I guess the huge Golden Bell and belfry that were the pride of Shandora must've been an only another legend, it's a shame that I'll never able to lay my eyes on them."
"No, wait, it's...it's actually right here. It's here in the sky. When this island was blown into the sky 400 years ago and the Upper Yard was born, or when God Land was born, it was said the loud chimes of a bell could be heard ringing throughout the entire nation." Eneru declares, remembering about the island being blown into the sky and everyone in Skypiea heard the ringing of the bell. "The other inhabitants land called the island singing voice, but that wasn't it, it was the bell...the bell made of gold. Amazing! Soon, the entire game will be over, only 8 minutes left. Thats' not long at all, in fact it gives me plenty of time to look for the Golden Bell."
It got them stunned of Eneru's deduction of the bells current location and how it was born 400 years ago, meaning that the Golden Bell and the Ponegylph are up in the sky. Eneru then stops laughing, using his 'Mantra' and noticed one of the civilian survived.
"Hm, interesting, it sounds like there's a maggot on the island." Eneru muttered.
Skypiea, Upper Yard
Meanwhile on the island, the sound of a horn is still heard and Conis is still trying to tend Sanji and Usopp since they're still unconscious thanks to Eneru's lightning powers.
"There you go, you two are gonna be just fine. I promise." Conis assures them, placing a wet rag on Usopps head when Pagaya entered inside of the cabin.
"Hmm, they're still unconscious?" Pagaya asks, earned her attention as she nods in respond.
"They are, but I think they'll walk up soon. Their condition is improving." Conis told her father.
"Yes, dear, I'm sure." Pagaya agrees. "You've taken such excellent care of them and good things happen to good people; they'll be better in no time. Conis, when the sky finally becomes peaceful, I'd like to be able to show everyone the hospitality they once knew to my heart's content, including you."
"Thank you, father." Conis said sadly, but the sound of Suu was heard as she and Pagaya walks out of the cabin.
"What's the matter with you, Suu? Did we forget to feed you?" Pagaya questioned.
"Oh Suu, are you in pain or did something happen?" Conis asks, much to the snow fox annoyance when a Skypiean somehow found the ship's location before collapsing down to the ground which gotten their attention as they tend his wound.
"Are...Are you..."
"Yes, I'm one of the men who used to serve Gan Fall when he was God."
"So, you're one of the Divine Warriors?" Pagaya guesses when the Skypiean nods.
"We were in a closed-off area...and then..."
The Skypiean grunts in pain, which made them worried of his condition.
"Goodness, what on earth happened to you?" Pagaya asks but then turned to his daughter. "Conis, he needs your help right away!"
"Yes, of course father!" Conis replied, about to head for the ship when the Skypiean stops her.
"No, wait! My family's on Angel Island! Please...please help!"
"I will, I know everyone's worried about all of you." Pagaya said, but the Skypiean felt grimaced.
"Let everyone know...that Eneru is planning to return everything..."
"What?" Pagaya said in confusion.
"Skypiea will be dropped back into the Blue Sea World and this entire nation will no longer exist!"
"But...that...can't be true." Pagaya said in horror, making Conis widen her eyes in a mixture of dread and shock.
"There's no time to lose, you must tell everyone! Do it now! Our lives will soon be over! Eneru's planning to eliminate every living person from the sky!"
"Eliminate everyone from the sky!" Pagaya exclaims, now realizing Eneru's true goal. "But wait...If he succeeds, then that then...he won't have a place to live!? It doesn't make any sense, why would he want to do that?!"
"HE BUILT A SHIP, THE ARK MAXIM!?"
"Ark Maxin?!" Pagaya repeats when Eneru decided to end the Skypiea by activating his power.
"Hey, what are you-"
Before Robin could finish her sentence, Eneru brings out his power which Conis noticed it by looking up in the sky and saw lighting coming down.
"WE WERE FORCED TO SPEND THE LAST 6 YEARS OF OUR LIVES BUILDING THAT SHIP-"
Until it became too late, but Pagaya pushes Conis off the edge of the island. The Skypiean became horrified, but Pagaya looks at her daughter one last time and Conis falls down to the ship with her shouting her father as lightning strikes them down and the cloud sea starts to wave from the shockwave.
"FATHER!?"
That's it for the 46th chapter.