Kong Tai was not Luffy. His actual age dictated that he would be more rational than Luffy in any situation.
Therefore, he would rationally let some people go.
Take these Shandians for example. Since Gan Fall had pleaded with him, he would spare them. They were, after all, insignificant.
Of course, the condition for him to spare someone was that they must not be evil.
Evil beings would be killed regardless of whether Gan Fall or even the King of Heaven himself intervened.
Since the other party had not actually fired yet,
He would issue a warning.
If they still insisted on seeking death, then he would have to send them to hell.
In fact, if these troublemakers among the Shandians were gone, as long as Gan Fall wished, the Shandians would likely be willing to live in Apis, wouldn't they?
After all, it was these ordinary humans who killed these individuals, not the Skypieans, right?
Moreover, years ago, when Gan Fall was still God, he had visited the Shandian cloud village multiple times to negotiate with them. If it weren't for Wyper and his group causing trouble, perhaps the Shandians would have already moved to Apis.
If Enel hadn't arrived later, Gan Fall would have succeeded.
When the majority agreed to live peacefully with the Skypieans, a small faction of stubborn individuals like Wyper couldn't have made much of a difference. As long as they truly felt the goodwill of the Skypieans, they would eventually let go of their hatred and move towards peace.
This was the desired outcome for the leaders of the two tribes and the majority of people.
This was the general trend, and it wouldn't be halted by a few stubborn individuals.
He was overthinking.
Kong Tai shook his head. Seeing that these Shandians showed no reaction, he turned and nodded towards the cockpit behind him.
Under Ao Tao's control, the Freedom moved.
It advanced forward without any wind.
After the Freedom rounded the corner ahead and disappeared,
These Shandians finally came to their senses. They quickly stabilized themselves, hands on their knees, mouths agape, panting heavily.
Like a school of fish drowning.
Even Kami Kiri, Braham, Jora, and Laki, the four strongest leaders among the Shandians, were no exception.
They looked at each other, their pupils filled with terror.
In that moment, they felt as if they had already died.
The sensation of standing at the edge of an abyss, infinitely close to death, was something they had never experienced in their lives.
"What the hell was that!"
Everyone roared in their hearts simultaneously.
The extremely handsome little brat in the white shirt and silver hair on the other party's ship hadn't even looked at them directly. With just his aura alone, he had suppressed them all into silence, even quelling the anger in their hearts over Wyper's death and calming the turbulent sea of clouds around them.
They had never seen, let alone heard of, such a powerful being.
Gulp—!
Kamachi swallowed, turned to Laki, and asked, "They... they're going to Apis, aren't they?"
As he spoke, his eyes suddenly brightened, "They wouldn't be helpers Gan Fall invited, would they?"
"To defeat Enel!"
At this point, he had lost all the arrogance and swagger he had when he first arrived.
He was human, and humans feared death.
Even though his heart was full of anger over Wyper's death, he wasn't an idiot. Since Kong Tai's group was clearly not someone they could handle, would he really go up and seek death?
Besides, he had witnessed the situation clearly. If Gan Fall hadn't stepped in to plead at the last moment, they might have opened fire on these ordinary humans.
Thinking of the consequences of opening fire, he couldn't help but shiver.
"Probably!"
Laki looked at the spot where the Freedom had disappeared, exhaled, and tried to speak in a calm tone, "Given Gan Fall's personality, he definitely wouldn't kill Wyper. We know this very well. It's likely that Wyper encountered these ordinary humans first. You and I both know Wyper's personality. If nothing unexpected happened, he would have attacked these ordinary humans first..."
She didn't explicitly state the rest, because they, who had grown up with Wyper, understood his personality best.
Although she was also sad about Wyper's death, she didn't want the entire Shandian race to be endangered because of him.
Therefore, she could only suppress her sorrow and appear calm.
With their strength, let alone taking revenge, they could barely protect themselves.
What they should be thinking about now was what they should do.
This group of ordinary humans was clearly going to cause trouble for Enel.
And judging by the strength displayed by the silver-haired individual earlier, he might actually be able to defeat Enel.
Although they didn't know how strong Enel was, they knew for sure that Enel could never emit such a terrifying aura.
So, after a brief discussion, the four leaders decided not to return to Cloud Village. Instead, they reported to their chief and led the Shandian warriors to follow the Freedom towards Apis.
They wanted to witness Enel's defeat with their own eyes.
Their ideology was not as extreme as Wyper's. Therefore, as long as Enel was defeated, they would be quite willing to coexist peacefully with the Skypieans.
Of course, the prerequisite was that they could truly coexist peacefully.
Shrine.
Enel lay reclined in a chair, his left hand supporting his head, his right pinky digging into his ear. In front of him, a black-bearded priest was bowing, reporting his work.
"God, another former god soldier escaped from the construction plant just now. Should we send a priest to find him?"
"No need. Let's deal with these ordinary humans first, then we can slowly catch that little mouse."
Enel lowered his right hand and flicked the earwax on his pinky finger away.
The laborers in his shipbuilding base were all former god soldiers of the previous God, Gan Fall, as well as some strong and healthy ordinary people from Skypiea.
These ordinary people couldn't escape, nor did they dare to.
It was usually the god soldiers who escaped.
For over four years, these fellows hadn't given up and would escape whenever they had the chance.
Even though these fellows were always caught and severely punished, they seemed to have no memory and would still escape.
Soon, in a little over a year, his dream ship, the "Ark Maxim," would be completed. By then, these fellows would be completely useless.
No, this Divine Kingdom itself would be useless.
"Then I'll send them all to hell."
Thinking of this, a cruel smile appeared on Enel's lazy face.
"Huh!"
Just then, he suddenly sensed something and sat up abruptly, a rare look of seriousness on his face.
"What is it? God?"
The black-bearded priest outside the loft, seeing Enel's reaction, thought something had happened and quickly asked loudly.
"It's nothing."
Enel's tense body relaxed again, and a playful smile appeared on his face.
"Interesting, interesting, very interesting."
"Yahaha ha ha ha!!"
Just now, he had felt the anger of the Shandians. When he thought they would inevitably clash with those ordinary humans,
These fellows, for some reason, suddenly lost their anger and were filled with fear instead. Then they directly let those ordinary humans leave.
What surprised him was what method the ordinary humans had used, which he had no knowledge of, to cause such a drastic change in the Shandians' attitude. However, it was merely surprise.
Up to this point, he still believed that he was God.
Anyone who came before him would have to grovel.
Anyone.