Chapter 88

Soon, a month and a half had passed.

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79, Flying Up to the Sky Island, The Unidentified Flying Object Above the Sky Island (1/5, requesting auto-subscription!)

During this period, Luo En's ship encountered three pirate ships.

One launched an attack against him, while the other two did not.

As for that pirate ship which attacked him and all the pirates aboard, Luo En used them to test this newly acquired black blade, Shusui.

Unlike the explosive power and sharpness of Lei Qie, the slashes unleashed by this black blade, Shusui, were heavier, more condensed, and possessed a terrifying aura.

After unleashing several pitch-black slashes to kill the captain of that pirate ship, who had eaten a Zoan-type Devil Fruit, the Kame Kame no Mi, along with the remaining crew,

Luo En then used that pirate ship as a target to test the power of these newly developed weapons.

Homing cannon shells, laser beams, and machine gun barrages.

In less than ten seconds, that pirate ship was completely destroyed.

And this was not even with full firepower.

Luo En had done the calculations.

If fully unleashed, the firepower of the weapons currently on the ship would absolutely rival, or even exceed, the combined firepower of ten Marine warships.

However, the consumption of mechanical steel and gunpowder was immense, so they should be used as sparingly as possible.

……

In the blink of an eye, another two days passed.

On this day, an island appeared ahead in the sea.

The sea chart indicated that the Traveler had arrived at Jiayadao, located in the first half of the Grand Line.

Above Jiayadao lay the Sky Island.

Luo En stopped crafting machinery, walked out of the workshop, and came onto the deck.

"Is that the Sky Island up there...?"

Wearing work clothes, gloves, and protective goggles, with his black hair hanging loose, Luo En stood on the grass-covered deck, gazing at the sky above that island.

"Judging by the time, that fellow Enel should have just begun ruling the Sky Island."

The sea breeze stirred Luo En's hair; the long bangs across his forehead swayed gently, while a hint of contemplation lingered in his clear, calm eyes.

Between his current self and Enel, the current user of the Goro Goro no Mi, who would be stronger?

Luo En suddenly smiled.

This question probably wouldn't be answered without a direct fight...

He turned and walked back inside the ship.

First, he would go take a bath.

……

【Ding, detecting host location—Jiayadao, check-in conditions met. Proceed with check-in?】

"Check in."

With the famous blade Lei Qie hanging at his waist, wearing black trousers and a white short-sleeved hooded sweatshirt, Luo En walked with his hands in his hoodie pockets through the streets of Mock Town on Jiayadao.

It was on the streets of this very town that the future Luffy would encounter Blackbeard.

【Check-in successful. Reward received: Vitality +10】

Luo En felt the surge of heat within his body and the tearing sensation preceding muscle strengthening; he had felt this sensation nearly a hundred times now and was intimately familiar with it.

The human body has limits, but ever since breaking through the 100-point vitality mark until now, he had shattered those limits countless times.

Only by breaking through human limits again and again can one climb higher.

Every top-tier powerhouse on the seas is no exception.

A soft chime rang out.

Luo En pushed open the door and entered a tavern by the street.

After sitting in the tavern for a while and hearing some legends about the sky island as well as the timing of the next Knock Up Stream eruption, he left the establishment.

Walking through the streets of the town on Jiayadao,

Luo En pinched his chin, pondering silently.

"More than a month until the next Knock Up Stream eruption..."

He had no intention of staying here for another month.

"It seems better to go up using the flying vehicle."

However, Luo En was not in a hurry; after drifting on the sea for nearly two months before finally touching land, he wanted to properly feel and savor this sensation of solid ground beneath his feet.

After resting and wandering around Jiayadao for two days to adjust his condition, he returned to the ship, activated the protective barrier, and then piloted the flying vehicle soaring straight into the sky.

"Wh-what is that?!"

The people of Jiayadao, seeing that unidentified flying object rushing toward the sky, were all thrown into panic and confusion.

People from every household ran out into the streets, looking up at the sky.

Among them was Bellamy, who would later mock Luffy's dream.

Under the gaze of the Jiayadao residents, that unidentified flying object soared upward at an angle, plunged into the clouds, and vanished from sight.

……

Sky Island, White Sea.

Luo En piloted the flying vehicle, hovering above the White Sea; higher above lay the White-White Sea, with Angel Island and God's Island situated there.

After waiting for a while and hearing no prompt from the system, Luo En continued piloting the flying vehicle upward.

Passing through the thick sea of clouds.

An island appeared before his eyes.

It was exactly Apayado, a part of Jiayadao, which had been washed up onto the Sky Island by the ascending ocean current four hundred years ago.

Beside that island floated another small islet in the White-White Sea; this must be Angel Island, where the Sky Island residents lived.

Luo En had no intention of concealing his tracks; he piloted the flying craft across the skies above Angel Island, heading straight for Apayado.

The Sky Island residents of Angel Island noticed this strange, unidentified flying craft.

"What is that?"

"A flying mechanical bird?!"

"So amazing, so fast!"

Some Sky Island residents even flapped their wings, attempting to fly up and investigate.

But their speed was utterly incomparable to that black steel strange bird.

On Lovely Street of Angel Island, a young girl of about ten years old, sporting small angel wings and light yellow twin braids, held a harp and stared blankly at the steel flying craft passing overhead, while the pet cloud fox beside her cotton slippers was equally transfixed.

The girl, Conis, gazed blankly at the unidentified black aircraft slicing across the sky and murmured, "What is that?"

"It seems to be heading toward the Holy Land..."

"Sisi."

Beside her feet, the cloud fox named Sisi tilted its head, looking utterly adorable.

80, Ultimate Mind's Eye, Advanced Evolution of Observation Haki! (2/5)

Just as Luo En piloted the flying craft into the skies above Apayado, inside the upper levels of the Shandora Ruins atop the giant beanstalk, Enel, the Logia-type Rumble-Rumble Fruit user who ruled the Sky Island as God, opened his eyes.

"Hmm?"

"An intruder riding an unidentified flying object?"

Enel narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Daring to trespass upon God's Island without permission; hm, it seems a trial is in order."

He immediately used his Mind's Eye to summon the four God's Priests, informed them of the specific location, and ordered them to immediately apprehend the sinner who had dared to trespass upon this divine territory.

The flying craft landed in a forest clearing within Apayado, and Luo En stepped out from it.

With a mere thought.

The ability of Gate of Babylon was activated.

The entire flying craft slowly sank downward, plunging into the void until it vanished without a trace.

【Beep. Detecting host's location—Sky Island. Check-in available. Checking in will yield corresponding rewards. Proceed with check-in?】