Chapter 119

However,

despite Li Xiao's painstaking modification over half a month,

The current Ark Maxim

had undergone earth-shaking changes!

However,

to Li Xiao,

this was still just a semi-finished product!

The current Ark Maxim

still needed improvement in combat functions and other special features!

The reason Li Xiao had not perfected it

was mainly because these functions

involved complex arrays,

which Li Xiao could not resolve in a short time!

Some even required specific special materials to complete,

which was completely beyond Li Xiao’s capabilities!

Its current state

was already the limit of what Li Xiao could achieve!

Even if it was just a semi-finished product,

it was still a semi-finished Immortal Sect warship,

and in every aspect, it already far surpassed almost all ships in this world!

Once Li Xiao perfected it,

its combat capability would be no less than Pluto, one of the three Ancient Weapons,

and might even be superior!

Li Xiao had originally intended to rename this modified Ark Maxim,

but considering it was still a semi-finished product,

he temporarily dismissed the idea,

planning to wait until it was completely perfected

before considering a name!

For now,

since Li Xiao had finished all the parts he could modify,

he did not intend to linger here any longer!

Li Xiao’s next destination was the New World!

And as he had mentioned before,

Fish-Man Island was a special check-in point

that Li Xiao absolutely could not miss!

Therefore,

Li Xiao planned to head to the New World via Fish-Man Island under the sea!

In that case,

there was no need to travel in this semi-finished Ark Maxim,

after all, it could not dive!

After some consideration,

Li Xiao decided to leave the Ark Maxim in this cave!

When the time was right next time,

he would come back

to perfect it completely!

By then,

a true Immortal Sect warship would be born!

However,

since Li Xiao was taking the Little Azure Dragon with him,

to ensure that after he left,

the Ark Maxim would not be damaged,

Li Xiao specifically set up a large number of arrays at the cave entrance, inside the cave,

and even all around the cave!

These were primarily illusion and trapping arrays,

meant mainly to deter intruders;

they were not very lethal,

but they were already sufficient!

In short,

since the Immortal Sect warship modification project was temporarily coming to an end,

Li Xiao planned to set off with the Straw Hat Pirates,

leaving the Sky Island to return to the Blue Sea!

Li Xiao walked out of the cave

and saw the Straw Hat crew already prepared to depart,

each of them full of energy and excitement,

except for Luffy, who was lying on the ground listlessly,

muttering to Zoro beside him:

"Hey, are we leaving already... but we haven't found the Golden Bell yet, and we promised Cricket-san..."

At this moment,

Li Xiao slowly walked up,

looked down at Luffy,

and said:

"You want to find the Golden Bell? I know where it is!"

Hearing this,

Luffy immediately sprang up with a kip-up,

and asked Li Xiao excitedly:

"Really? Where is the Golden Bell? Tell me quickly, I want to go ring it!"

Li Xiao curled the corner of his mouth,

chuckled, and said:

"It’s not far from here. I’ll send you there. Are you ready?"

Luffy nodded vigorously

and replied:

"I'm ready..."

Before he could finish his sentence,

Li Xiao kicked him in the butt!

The next second,

Luffy shot into the sky,

flying straight toward the top of the giant vine!

Seeing this,

Zoro’s mouth twitched,

and he muttered to himself:

"So, that’s the kind of 'sending' he meant..."

"So, that's how it's delivered..."

A moment later,

a melodious bell sound rang out from the top of the giant vine,

quickly spreading across the entire Sky Island,

and even crossing the distance of ten thousand meters,

faintly reaching Jaya below!

At the same time,

Luffy came falling from the sky, laughing loudly!

The moment he was about to reach the ground,

he took a deep breath into his mouth,

inflating his body into a ball,

and landed safely!

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With the ringing of the bell,

the last goal of the Straw Hat Pirates' trip to the Sky Island was also completed!

Next,

it was time to leave the Sky Island,

and head to the next destination!

The group sailed the Going Merry,

first returning to Angel Island,

and then with Conis's help,

they boarded an octopus balloon,

heading towards the end of the White-White Sea!

The octopus balloon's tentacles tightly wrapped around the Going Merry,

carrying it further and further away!

On the ship,

Nami looked far off in the direction of Jaya,

couldn't help but sigh deeply,

and whispered with regret:

"What a pity, there was clearly so much gold up there, yet I could only take away such a little bit..."

"If I could have taken it all, it would be worth at least several billion Berries!"

"There are so many magical shells on the Sky Island, why isn't there something similar that could let me take all that gold away!"

Hearing this,

Li Xiao smiled slightly,

appearing as steady as an old dog,

but actually panicking inside!

He quickly and nonchalantly hid the Sumeru Ring on his finger behind his back!

Li Xiao had already made up his mind,

that before obtaining the next storage ring,

he must never tell Nami that the Sumeru Ring can store items!

Otherwise,

Li Xiao could almost be certain,

that even if just to empty the gold on Jaya,

this greedy little thief cat would absolutely try every possible way,

to snatch his Sumeru Ring!

When the octopus balloon wrapped around the Going Merry and drifted to the end of the White-White Sea,

it began to descend slowly,

heading towards the Blue Sea ten thousand meters below!

Compared to when they came,

the speed of the return was undoubtedly countless times slower!

Back in the waters near Jaya,

the group rode the Knock-Up Stream,

and in just a moment,

they arrived at the White Sea seven thousand meters in the sky!

Then, carried by the Express Shrimp,

they quickly crossed the final three thousand meters via the Cloud Road,

arriving at the Sky Island above the White-White Sea!

If one doesn't count the time spent waiting for the Knock-Up Stream,

the whole process took only about an hour.