Super Card System - Chapter 467

Chapter 467: Well-Preserved

To be honest, curly hair and such are not that big of a deal.

But the problem is that Enel shouldn’t have wrapped his hair with a headscarf. Due to the preconceived notion, Ian had already gotten used to his wrapped-up hairstyle. However, now that he’s been beaten up and suddenly revealed his curly hair, it’s an eyesore for anyone…

What made matters worse was Enel’s outrageously elongated earlobes. When he had his head wrapped up, it didn’t seem like much, but now with his head full of curls, he looks like a middle-aged woman…

Ian couldn’t help but burst into laughter, while Enel himself turned red and faded into an unsettling pallor.

Clearly, Enel himself also thinks his hairstyle isn’t good-looking. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have wrapped his hair so tightly. Even gods have their pride… If someone else had made fun of him like this, Enel would have immediately retaliated with a divine punishment.

However, now the one mocking him was Ian, to the extent that Enel was now consumed by the urge to smash his head against a wall!

What else could he do? He couldn’t win in a fight, nor could he escape. Ian currently held his life in his hands. Was he really going to fight to the death over a hairstyle?

Fortunately, Ian wasn’t the kind of person who intentionally ridiculed others’ flaws. He just couldn’t help but burst out laughing when he suddenly saw that peculiar hairstyle. After he had enough laughter, Ian threw Enel’s headscarf back at him and said, “Put it back on!”

Enel, feeling dejected, put the headscarf back on his head and then lay on the ground, weakly asking Ian, “What is it that you truly seek?”

This was the most peculiar thing for him. Logically speaking, since Ian’s blade was capable of inflicting harm upon him, it meant that he could also kill him. However, in their previous battles, Ian hadn’t truly unleashed his will to finish his enemy.

It was evident that Ian had shown him mercy.

“I want all the gold in your possession!” Ian crouched down and looked at him.

“Just… just that!?” Enel’s eyes almost popped out. “Are you defying the very essence of divinity for the sake of mere gold!?”

Before Enel could process the words, a resounding slap echoed through the air. Ian’s expression turned grim as he snapped, “Even now, do you still believe yourself to be a god?”

The force of the slap left Enel feeling dazed. His face was already swollen from the previous beating, and now, Ian’s palm had added five additional fingerprints to the mix.

Enel felt so aggrieved. It was just a slip of the tongue, an offhand remark. Did Ian really need to strike him like that?

Just as Ian had anticipated, this relentless pummeling had shattered Enel’s self-assurance. Like an inflated balloon, once pierced, it deflated rapidly. Enel’s invincible arrogance had evaporated, replaced by a thick, lingering psychological shadow cast by Ian.

Though he was still filled with resentment, Enel knew he was no match for Ian. He couldn’t even seek revenge.

As he witnessed Enel’s teary-eyed expression, Ian sneered at him. “Don’t forget, it was you who willingly sought me out. Originally, if you hadn’t shown up, I only intended to take the gold and leave. But why did you have to think so highly of yourself?”

Those words struck Enel even harder. Indeed, he had voluntarily provoked Ian initially, and now, he was being chastised like a disobedient child…

A typical case of trying to act cool but ending up being screwed over…

“I can give you the gold!” Enel said sullenly. “I’ll give you all the gold I’ve collected! Just take it and leave this Sky Island!”

“Of course, I will take the gold!” Ian replied. Then he looked up at the dark thunderclouds looming in the sky. Thanks to Ian’s timely intervention, the scope of the thunderclouds hadn’t expanded to cover the entire island, but he still felt somewhat dissatisfied. Lowering his head, he asked Enel, “If I remember correctly, you wanted to destroy the entire Sky Island, causing me and my companions to lose our footing and fall, isn’t that right?”

“…,” Enel dared not answer that question. He was afraid that answering would only result in another beating from Ian.

“I’ve heard from the people of Angel Island that you even destroyed your own homeland! And now you want to destroy this Sky Island?” Enel continued to press him for an answer.

“Why can’t I?” Upon hearing this, Enel retorted, his head snapping up in response. He threw the question back at Ian, his eyes burning with defiance, “All things must adhere to the laws of nature. This Sky Island defies its own essence by materializing in the heavens. Its people, mere mortals yet dwelling in the celestial realm. These anomalies, they mock the natural order. Earth is for the earthbound, humans for humanity, and gods for divinity. Each has its rightful place. I am merely rectifying these transgressions. What could possibly be amiss?”

This theory was the principle Enel had always followed, and it was the reason behind his extreme and radical behavior.

However, upon hearing this theory, Ian immediately left him dumbfounded with a single question, “If that’s the case, according to your logic, you can’t even defeat me, so you can’t be a god either. Then where is your place of belonging?”

Stunned! Enel stared at Ian in astonishment, unsure how to respond.

Before encountering Ian, his inflated mindset made him believe he was an invincible deity. And in the realm of deities, one’s rightful place was an infinite expanse of land. That’s why Enel constructed the Ark Maxim, intending to reach the limitless land of his dreams.

However, now Ian’s appearance had brought him crashing down from his godly status, making him realize that he was, in fact, just a human. So what should he do next?

Without being a deity, he had no qualification to reach that infinite land…

“Can’t come up with an answer, huh?” Ian looked at his state and couldn’t help but sneer, “In contrast to you, I believe that what exists is reasonable. Whether it’s a Sky Island or the people living on it, if they can survive in the sky, it means it’s reasonable. But you can’t even see this basic fact and selfishly decide their fate based on your own ideas!?”

At this point, Ian shook his head and said, “You’re sick and need treatment!”

Raising his head, Ian looked at the thunderclouds in the sky. He felt that if he let these thunderclouds be, it could still be dangerous. Within those thunderclouds, immense electrical energy was accumulating, and if left unattended, they might eventually unleash thunderstorms.

Now, before Enel caused even greater destruction, Ian decided to subdue him. In his view, it was a good thing. It wasn’t about saving this Sky Island by breaking it down and rebuilding it. Instead of waiting for Enel to bring despair to everyone before stepping in as a savior, stopping Enel in advance would allow the island to be preserved to the greatest extent.

Thinking of this, Ian flew up into the sky again, and moved toward the thundercloud.

He planned to absorb the electrical energy within these thunderclouds and eliminate any potential hazards.

Simultaneously, leaving the scene was also a test to see if Enel had any intentions of escaping.

…………………….

As Ian delved into the depths of the thunderclouds, panic consumed the residents of Angel Island down below. The news brought back by those who had managed to escape from Enel’s Ark construction shook the entire population of Angel Island.

They had believed that their loved ones had gone to serve the gods, but little did they know that they were taken as slaves! Furthermore, the gods planned to destroy their very own homeland.

After the initial disbelief subsided, doubts began to arise among the people, especially when they noticed the appearance of black thunderclouds hovering above the forbidden territory of Angel Island. A long-suppressed fear engulfed their hearts.

The people of the Sky Island knew fear and trepidation when it came to Enel. They were aware of his immense power and the dark history he carried.

As panic spread, more and more people started to flee, setting sail towards the Gate of Heaven.

Strangely, the black thunderclouds in the sky, after expanding for a while, suddenly ceased their expansion.

“What is happening?” People looked at the distant sky above the forbidden territory with bewilderment.

Not only that, they gradually observed the dissipating lightning within the black thunderclouds. It was as if they were vanishing into thin air.

Within a short period, the black thunderclouds in the sky completely disappeared, leaving behind familiar white clouds that the people of the Sky Island were accustomed to.

“Are… Are we saved?” People stared in disbelief at this inexplicable scene, murmuring their words.

It was at that moment that the escaped slaves suddenly remembered the man with black fiery wings they encountered during their descent on the leaves.

Unable to contain their astonishment, they exclaimed, “The enemy of the gods! It must be the enemy of the gods! He’s the one who stopped Enel!”