Chapter 491

This lion's body was at least three or four stories tall!

Before Luffy and Zoro could react, this giant lion swallowed the yak whole into its belly.

"You bastard, how dare you eat our dinner! Zoro, cut it down!" Luffy roared angrily.

Zoro smiled slightly and placed his hand on the Xuanyuan Sword: "I was just thinking the same thing!"

Clang!

A crisp, ringing sound echoed all around!

Zoro drew the Xuanyuan Sword and charged forward, slicing off one of the giant lion's claws with a single strike.

"Awoo!" The giant lion howled in pain.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Luffy sprinted in front of the giant lion and smashed his fist hard into its nasal bone.

"Luffy! Let's just eat this lion for dinner tonight!" Usopp said excitedly.

"Huh? Looks like you've captured a fine piece of prey!" Sanji walked out at that moment, holding a wild rabbit he had just caught, and looked over.

"Hahaha! Of course! Let's have roasted beast meat tonight, how about it, Sanji?" Usopp said, looking happy.

"Alright, seeing such a large beast, my culinary skills must have improved a bit more."

Sanji said with a confident look.

Just as everyone was feeling pleasantly surprised, a giant tornado suddenly whipped up on the road ahead!

The gale howled, continuously sweeping up the surrounding trees and stones.

"What a massive storm! What the hell is this!"

Robin watched the tornado before them calmly and explained: "It's the White Dragon! Any war-chariot caught by this White Dragon will appear in some inexplicable place a few days later! Of course, that only applies to the war-chariots!"

"Doesn't that mean everyone on the war-chariot will die? Robin! How can you be so calm in this situation!"

Usopp shouted in a panic.

"Hey, hey, hey! Franky, hurry up and stop the Sunny! We need to change direction and escape this tornado!"

Nami, who was resting in the carriage, sensed something was wrong and rushed out to instruct Franky.

"Don't worry! Miss Nami, the Sunny can't be stopped anymore!" Franky shook his head while raising his mechanical arm.

"Don't worry my ass! We're really going to meet our end here this time!"

Nami cursed in resentment and dissatisfaction, but there was nothing she could do!

Just at that moment, the tornado wrapped directly around the Sunny!

With a violent spin, Luffy and the others all used their abilities to anchor themselves to the Sunny!

"Great, now we're going to be sent to the underworld before we even reach the New World!" Usopp complained.

"We will make it out alive!"

Luffy said resolutely.

Everyone inside the Sunny became tense, clinging tightly to the ship for fear of being swept away by the tornado.

The speed of the tornado grew faster and faster.

Many war-chariots in the vicinity were blown apart on the spot because they couldn't withstand the power of the hurricane.

After the time it takes to burn a stick of incense, the tornado finally subsided, and the Sunny landed steadily on a cliff.

The people on the Sunny all breathed a sigh of relief and collapsed onto the ground.

"That was terrifying, I almost lost my life just now!"

Usopp slumped on the ground, his whole body trembling.

"Is this the environment of the second half of the Grand Line? It's a good thing our Sunny is sturdy enough; if it were an ordinary war-chariot, it would have been blown to pieces long ago..."

Luffy sat down to rest, panting heavily.

The Straw Hat Pirates rested on the spot for a while before continuing their journey.

"Huh? Why does it feel like it's gotten darker all around?"

Luffy noticed the situation around them.

Everyone looked up and saw a scene that shocked them.

The sky was filled with twinkling stars in the dark night, and everything around seemed hazy and blurred compared to the daytime.

Crack! A bolt of lightning flashed, illuminating the sky as if it were broad daylight.

Immediately following it was a torrential downpour!

The people on the Sunny were all stunned.

"What on earth is going on?!" Zoro said: "It was clearly daytime just a moment ago, how did it get dark all of a sudden?!"

"Could it be because of the White Dragon's rampage?"

Nami muttered to herself.

"Look, there's a town over there!"

Luffy reached out and pointed toward the town in the distance.

That town was constantly burning with flames and emitting scorching smoke; from afar, it looked like a sea of fire.

Luffy and the others walked to the front of the war-chariot to observe this eerie town.

Many houses inside the town had collapsed, creating a scene of ruins.

There were also many pits on the ground erupting with magma, clearly indicating that a large-scale war had broken out there before.

"Is this... hell?"

Usopp swallowed hard and couldn't help but shiver.

"Hehe! This town is really interesting, let's go take a look!" Luffy licked his lips and said with great interest.

"Luffy, are you crazy? You want to go for a stroll in hell?" Usopp said with wide eyes.

"This isn't hell, oh! Usopp, don't you want to go and see?"

Luffy chuckled twice.

"Hey! I advise you not to step into this city easily!"

Nami stopped Luffy and said seriously: "None of the three needles on my compass are pointing toward this town; it's obvious that this is a dead city!"

"There must be something strange here!" Luffy insisted: "Since it's strange, I must go and take a look."

Nami was silent for a moment, then tried to persuade him again: "Even if you want to go take a look, you have to consider our Sunny war-chariot! If this kind of fire-filled war-chariot gets close, it will definitely be incinerated!"

"Hey! Nami! Don't underestimate the Sunny I built!"

Franky poked his head out of the cockpit and said: "Although the Sunny hasn't been through many major battles, the Sunny will definitely not be destroyed easily!"

Franky's words left Nami completely speechless.

How are these people all so thick-skinned...

Just at that moment, someone in the town ahead used long-distance sound transmission.

"Please, save me!"

"Huh? Who's talking?" Luffy was stunned for a moment.

"I can feel your Qi, please come and save us! Wuwuwu!"

That voice suddenly began to cry: "We are a group of lonely, helpless people! I'm the only one left! Wuwuwuwu! Please, I beg you!"

"Eh?"

Luffy and the others were stunned and looked at each other.

"Is this asking us for help?" Franky scratched his head.

"I always feel like something isn't quite right; perhaps it's a trap set by the enemy!"

Robin narrowed her eyes; this kind of minor underworld trick was all too familiar to a wandering knight like her who had been roaming the world since she was a child!

"Damn it, how did these guys end up in such a state? To the point of having to beg us for help?"

The others nodded in deep agreement.

After hearing their words, Luffy disagreed: "Hey, hey, hey! This is a real plea for help! And they don't look like they're faking it; they must be very weak!"

"What happened over there?" Luffy asked.

"Are you really willing to save us? Thank you!"

The person's excited voice came through.

"Tell me what happened first!" Luffy asked, trying to be patient.

"My companions were all cut down by a samurai, and I wanted to kill that samurai to take revenge, but my strength was completely exhausted... I had no choice but to run away."

Hearing this, the expressions of Luffy and the others changed.

A samurai?