Chapter 164

In fact,

the reason it had such an enormous size,

to a large extent,

was that Enel had made the interior space far too vast!

How could this be a cockpit?

This was clearly a golden palace!

That dazzling golden hue,

seemed to be telling of the simple, unadorned life of the rich.

If one had to name the only flaw of this ship,

it would probably be that it could only be powered by lightning!

Precisely because of this,

normally speaking,

aside from Enel,

no one could pilot this ship!

However,

Li Xiao was an exception!

For Li Xiao, who possessed the divine ability to drive thunder and wield lightning,

piloting this ship was no difficult matter!

Li Xiao fumbled around inside the ship for a while,

and quickly mastered the method of piloting it.

As Li Xiao channeled lightning into it,

the Ark Maxim was reignited,

and under Li Xiao's piloting,

headed toward the mountain cave where it had previously been hidden!

Li Xiao couldn't stay aboard the ship forever,

and once Li Xiao left,

with the ship losing power,

it could very well plummet from the sky!

Therefore,

Li Xiao planned to dock it back inside the mountain cave first.

However,

when Li Xiao piloted the ship to lower its altitude,

wanting to return to the mountain cave,

he discovered an awkward situation!

The mouth of this mountain cave wasn't very large,

getting out was easy,

but getting back in was hard!

If Enel were here,

perhaps he could have piloted this ship back into the mountain cave!

However,

Li Xiao was only a novice driver,

he hadn't even warmed the seat in the ship's cockpit yet!

Therefore,

um…

in terms of piloting skills,

he was off by, well, just a tiny smidge!

Li Xiao tried again and again for half a day,

but no matter what, he was stuck tight,

always falling just a little bit short of getting in!

After a moment,

Li Xiao finally exhausted all his patience,

walked straight out of the ship,

sword in hand, arrived at the cave mouth,

raised his hand and delivered a single slash,

directly enlarging that cave mouth by a third!

Afterward,

Li Xiao returned to the cockpit once more,

and piloted the ship easily into the mountain cave!

Sigh,

this move, ah,

This move is called "not enough seamanship, so Sword Art makes up the difference!"

After parking the Ark Maxim back inside the cave,

Li Xiao walked out from its interior,

He looked up at this enormous ship,

Falling into deep thought without meaning to!

In fact,

Way back when he was still at Windmill Village,

Li Xiao Then Already had his eye on this Ark Maxim!

The reason was simple,

In this Pirate World,

Every trip required taking a ship,

And Li Xiao happened to be unable to sail one!

Since Li Xiao transmigrated to the Pirate World,

Every time he went out to sea,

It was either stealing a ship or hitching a ride on one,

And he even had to grab a navigator along the way!

On that lonely island at the very beginning,

Li Xiao waited for an entire month,

Finally stealing a pirate ship from some unknown pirate crew,

And under Nami's piloting, headed for Cocosia Village!

And when at Cocosia Village,

Li Xiao stole another ship from the Arlong Pirates and headed for the Navy G-16 Branch Base!

At the Navy G-16 Branch Base,

Li Xiao hitched a ride on Garp's warship and headed for Windmill Village!

When leaving Windmill Village,

He even stole a ship, but because no one could sail it,

Li Xiao flew on his sword over the sea in a fit of fury for several hours,

Only finally arriving at the sea restaurant Baratie!

After that he hitched a ride on Hawkeye's coffin dinghy to Loguetown,

Tricked... borrowed a small Navy sailboat to head for Alabasta,