Chapter 356

A moment later,

a melodious chime rang out from the top of the enormous vines,

swiftly spreading across the entirety of the sky island,

even piercing through ten thousand meters of distance,

faintly reaching Jiayadao below!

At the same time,

Luffy came laughing as he dropped from the sky!

In the instant he was about to reach the ground,

he suddenly sucked in a deep breath,

puffing his body into a ball,

and landed safely!

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As the bell rang,

the Straw Hat Pirates' final objective of this sky island trip was complete!

Next,

it was time to leave the sky island,

and head for the next destination!

The crew sailed the Going Merry,

first returning to Angel Island,

then with Conis's help,

they boarded an octopus hot-air balloon,

heading toward the end of Bai Bai!

The octopus hot-air balloon's tentacles tightly coiled around the Going Merry,

carrying the Going Merry farther and farther away!

On the ship,

Nami gazed into the distance toward Apayado's direction,

unable to resist heaving a deep sigh,

and said softly with a look of regret:

"What a shame — there was clearly so much gold up there, yet I could only take a little…"

"If I could have taken it all, it'd be worth at least a few billion Berries!"

"There are so many miraculous shells on the sky island, so why isn't there one that could let me take all that gold with me!"

Hearing this,

Li Xiao gave a faint smile,

looking perfectly steady as a veteran,

yet inwardly panicking like mad!

He quickly, without a flicker of expression, tucked the Sumeru Ring on his finger behind his back!

Li Xiao Has Already made up his mind,

that until he obtained the next storage ring,

he absolutely must not let Nami know that the Sumeru Ring could store things!

Otherwise,

Li Xiao could almost be certain,

that even if it were just to haul away all the gold on Apayado,

this greedy little thief-cat would absolutely think of every possible way,

to snatch his Sumeru Ring away!

After the octopus hot-air balloon carrying the Going Merry drifted to the end of Bai Bai,

it slowly began to descend,

heading toward the Blue Sea ten thousand meters below!

Compared to the journey here,

the return trip was undoubtedly countless times slower!

Back then, in the waters near Jiayadao,

the crew had ridden the Upstream Current,

and in just a moment,

arrived at the White Sea seven thousand meters above!

Then, carried by the Express Shrimp,

they swiftly crossed the final three thousand meters via the Milky Road,

reaching the sky island above Bai Bai!

If the time spent waiting for the Upstream Current wasn't counted,

the whole process took only about an hour!