Chapter 492: Highly Skilled Shandorans

"Keep quiet!"

Zhang Jie, who was thinking, frowned, and his invisible Conqueror's Haki instantly swept across the entire Shandora ruins.

Bang.

The giant snake that was aggressive just a second ago, and seemed to want to catch Zhang Jie and his group in one net, smashed heavily onto the ground the next second.

If someone could flip open its drooping eyelids, they might still see the mosquito-coil eyes it was spinning.

At the same time, the Shandora ruins, which were originally not particularly lively,

but also had many biological activities, also quieted down under Zhang Jie's dissatisfaction.

Living in the ruins of Shandora, and having such a huge size,

Zhang Jie recognized the identity of this giant python in an instant—the giant snake, Sky Lord.

Sky Lord is the grandson of the snake god "Kashigami" from 400 years ago.

It originally lived on Jiayadao, and 400 years ago, it was washed up to an altitude of 10,000 meters along with the Knock-Up Stream, becoming a part of Sky Island.

Its real name is Nola, and it was named by a Shandian named Seto to commemorate the explorer Mont Blanc Norland who came here 400 years ago.

Its size is enough to make it like a moving small mountain,

able to easily accommodate several humans and large animals in its body,

and it is a well-deserved overlord-level creature in the Sky Island ecosystem.

Because it is huge in size and also active in the sky of Sky Island, it is awe-inspiringly called "Sky Lord" by the local residents.

Of course, its size can only shake in Sky Island,

if compared in the entire sea, then it cannot be ranked at all.

On the sea, there live Island Whale Laboon (body length 400 meters),

and even Zunesha (height about 35,000 meters), a super-giant creature that can carry a country and march.

"Hey, big snake, get up."

Zhang Jie, who is more interested in Sky Lord, came to its side,

and lifted his foot to kick the giant snake head that was taller than several of him combined.

But no matter how he kicked, Sky Lord had no movement at all, seeming to be completely scared into a faint.

"Hey, if you don't get up again, then you won't have to get up again."

Facing Sky Lord, who was playing dead, Zhang Jie was almost laughed at, and threatened.

This guy has not low intelligence, the proof is that after the Sky Island chapter ended, it stayed on Sky Island;

in the two years that followed, it became a popular character in the "Rubber Band Playground",

as a bungee jumping or swing facility, biting a long rubber band and taking children to play.

Without sufficient intelligence, it is obviously impossible to do these things.

"Hiss hiss~"

Sky Lord, who felt that its death star was flashing, felt it open that pair of ink-green snake pupils,

and flatteringly spat its pink forked tongue at Zhang Jie.

"Alright, alright, you are a snake, not a puppy."

Zhang Jie was crying and laughing as he stopped Sky Lord, who was constantly spitting its tongue, as if a puppy was flattering its master.

This snake not only has intelligence, but its intelligence is also not low.

"Hiss hiss~"

Sky Lord, who received the order, very obediently retracted its snake tongue into its mouth.

"Take us to the center of this ruin."

With such a good mount as Sky Lord, Zhang Jie did not want to walk to the center of Shandora.

He himself didn't care, but the strength of Kuliket and the three was obviously not at the level of ignoring the terrain,

and the ruins of various sizes and depths in front caused quite a bit of trouble for their journey.

"Hiss hiss~"

Sky Lord, who understood Zhang Jie's order, obediently lowered its head.

Zhang Jie then took Kuliket and the three and stood on the huge head of Sky Lord, which was like a small platform.

"Hiss hiss~"

Sky Lord maintained the balance of its head, twisted its body, and marched toward the center of the ruins.

The ruins along the way were all like flat ground under its huge and soft snake body.

"Is this the 'Light of Shandora'?"

Approaching the center of the ruins, Kuliket and the three stared blankly at the magnificent bell hanging in the bell tower composed of two heavy and ancient pillars in the center of the ruins.

In legend, the magnificent and beautiful bell sound of the Tian Tian Jinzhong can guide the direction for ships in storms,

giving hope like a light in the dark night, hence the name "Light of Shandora".

Arriving at the center of the ruins, Zhang Jie dismissed Sky Lord and strolled under the Tian Tian Jinzhong,

carefully examining this extraordinary treasure.

Its appearance is a giant bell wrapped in vines, covered in dust, but still unable to hide its hugeness and gorgeousness.

It stands quietly in the forest of God's Island, not only a symbol of wealth, but also a monument of history.

With his eyesight, he could naturally see the material of the Tian Tian Jinzhong at a glance:

"It is actually made entirely of pure gold, looking at it this way,

the Shandora regime back then not only found a giant gold vein, but the metal smelting technology was also very superb."

The nature of gold is stable and not easy to decay, but pure gold is very soft,

with a hardness of only about 2.5, roughly equivalent to the hardness of a human fingernail;

if you bite it with your teeth or scratch it with a needle, traces will be left on the pure gold.

Because it is soft, it is easy to forge and shape, but it is also easy to deform.

In order to increase hardness, various gold products often add metals such as copper and silver to make gold alloys.

If it were generally cast directly with pure gold, let alone ringing it to guide the route for ocean-going ships,

I am afraid that if it were hung here, it would deform in no time.

The only explanation is that the Shandorans who cast the Tian Tian Jinzhong back then possessed superb metal smelting technology,

using some kind of black technology to increase its sturdiness without affecting other properties of gold,

allowing it not to deform under hundreds of years of wind, frost, snow, and rain and knocking.

Of course, Zhang Jie feels that this may also be because Oda-sensei

forgot the nature of gold itself when he created the Sky Island chapter;

but who let him be the Creator God who created the entire One Piece world and has infinite power?

The world naturally evolved in the direction he thought during the evolution process,

and put various patches on the unreasonable places in it,

so that the world would not collapse directly because of various bugs.

Although the material is gold, the Tian Tian Jinzhong is not in a brand-new state of shining gold.

Because it has experienced 400 years of wind and sun and the baptism of war, it presents a bronze-like texture.

The surface looks low-key, but if you look closely, there will be fine flashes, giving people a "high-level feeling" that is heavy and full of historical accumulation.

The outer wall of the bell body and the surface of the bell hammer are engraved with complex ancient patterns,

showing the superb craftsmanship of Shandora's craftsmen in the past.

Because it has been abandoned in the depths of this forest for a long time, its bell body,

bell tower pillars, and base surface are covered with a large number of vine plants.

Even among the two pillars supporting the bell tower, one has already broken, showing the vicissitudes it has experienced.

However, although it is broken, the positions of the bell hammer and bell body have not changed much, and it can be rung.

"Diamond-faced uncle, go ahead."

Zhang Jie turned his gaze to Kuliket.

He went to Jiayadao specifically, isn't it because he hoped that this dream chaser who had chased his dream for decades

would personally ring this great bell that has extraordinary significance to him?

"Captain, come on!"

Ape and Orangutan also cast eyes full of concern at Kuliket.

"Thank you all."

Kuliket bowed and thanked with tears in his eyes, then walked with serious steps,

came to the bell hammer position of the Tian Tian Jinzhong, and placed his arms on it. ===== CHAPTER 493 =====

Cricket bowed in gratitude with tears in his eyes, then walked with solemn steps

to the position of the Tian Tian Jinzhong's striker and placed his arms upon it.