I, the great swordsman, am definitely not a bootlicker

The rushing water burst out faster and faster. The Merry slid from the top of the water to the rising water column, climbing vertically along the rushing water column.

At this time, the people on the Merry gradually changed from fear to shock and excitement.

"Wow! How does this work?"

"Merry is now rising vertically along the towering water column!!"

"Alright! Let's just soar into the sky!"

"Go ahead! Merry!!"

And it was at this moment that Sanji discovered something was wrong. The hull of the Merry was gradually leaving the water. If this continued, the Merry would definitely fall from the water.

At this point, the navigator got excited: "Set sail immediately! This isn't just an ordinary current, it's a sky-high current! Also, the wind blowing up from below is the updraft caused by geothermal heat and steam explosions!!"

"If it's the wind and the sea, I have a way!" Nami smiled confidently. "Who do you think the navigator on this ship is?!"

Why does this sound a bit like Alrita?

Sanji barked, "It's Nami!!"

"The wind's blowing on the starboard side, turn left! Let the ship move with the current!"

"yes! sre!"

"It's going to fall, Nami, find a way!"

"No! We can do it!!"

At this moment, the moment the boat left the water, everyone suddenly exclaimed: "Hey!?"

“It’s flying!!”

Yes, the Merry followed the current closely, flew towards the sky, and suddenly plunged into the clouds.

Everyone in the clouds had a suffocating feeling of drowning. Zoro held his breath and held on to the exhausted Luffy and Chopper. It was unknown how long it had been, just when everyone was about to lose consciousness.

A dazzling light appeared in the originally dark surroundings, so bright that it made it impossible for people to open their eyes.

"Is everyone still there?" Zoro, worried about the butterfly effect, was the first to speak: "Nami? Robin?"

"cough!!"

Only when he heard the two women coughing did Zoro feel relieved. Well, everyone was here.

"Hey!! Everyone, look outside the boat!" Luffy, who had reacted, shouted excitedly.

Everyone turned around and saw a vast expanse of white all around, with auspicious clouds and countless water mists happily wandering in the air. Meili was actually flying on the clouds, as if she was in a fairyland.

"Where is this place?"

"We're on the clouds..." Luffy laughed.

"Why can we be on the clouds?" Nami was shocked.

"Why not? Clouds are meant to be ridden." Luffy said nonsense seriously.

"Well, you can sit. In the future we will meet someone who can ride on clouds. Listen to me, Luffy! In the future, when you meet someone who can climb clouds, don't hesitate to punch him away." Zoro also responded seriously.

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"So this is the sky? But why is the needle still pointing upwards?" Nami was confused.

"Well, it seems that this is just... the middle layer of the Jidi Cloud." Robin calmed down.

Next, Usopp, the union leader, decided to demonstrate swimming to liven up the atmosphere. He dived into the water and disappeared.

After seeing him jump down, Zoro reminded Luffy maliciously: "Hey, hurry up and catch him up. We are on the clouds. If we jump down, we will never be able to get up again."

In the end, with the cooperation of Luffy and Robin, Usopp was rescued.

At the same time, huge creatures from the sky island were also hoisted up, similar to octopuses, squids, and flat sky fish. When Zoro chopped them with a knife, it was like bursting a balloon, so there were more fresh ingredients on the boat.

When Zoro was chopping food just now, he had discovered that his physical strength seemed to have declined compared to on land, but the overall impact was not too great. He quickly adjusted his breathing to adapt to the thin air. After all, he was much stronger than Zoro in the original plot at this time, so he adapted faster.

"Hey! Everyone, pay attention! Ships and... people?" Chopper, who was holding a telescope, suddenly screamed.

"Chopper, did you see the boat?"

"No, well, I saw the boat, but it was gone, and there was a cow coming towards us on a quadrilateral cloud!!" Chopper was very panicked.

"Huh? What are you talking about?" Sanji was confused.

Zoro slowly drew his sword and prepared for battle.

As he was speaking, an Indian wearing a bull-head mask and roller skates jumped onto the bow of the boat. He was tall and strong, with a pair of small white wings on his back. He held a shield in one hand and a rocket launcher in the other.

"Hey! Stop, what do you want to do!?" Sanji reacted quickly.

"Destroy you..."

As for the Shandia guerrillas, it would be better not to make enemies with them for the time being, just fight them off. Thinking of this, Zoro grinned and said, "Let's try!"

"shave!"

state!

Zoro is getting more and more adept at using this move of hitting the head with the sword.

After they tied him up, they took off his mask, revealing that underneath the mask, his hair was dark red, and he had tattoos around his left eye and left shoulder, making him look unkind.

This man seemed to be called... Wapa, and he seemed to be the leader of the Shandian people. To be honest, Zoro only remembered that this man was like a resentful person, and he would confront anyone he saw. As for why he attacked passing ships, he didn't remember.

Before everyone could wake up Wapa, an old man riding a bird appeared in the sky. The old man had a white beard, was wearing armor, and held a long hair pole in his hand.

"What? Who is it this time?" Luffy was very depressed because he didn't have the chance to take action just now.

"I am the Knight of the Sky!" The old man also jumped to the bow of the ship, and the big bird under him also called out in response: "Pierre..."

This should be Gan Furl. In the original story, the Straw Hat Trio was not used to the air and their combat power was suppressed, so they were weakened by Walpa, and only then did this guy come to the rescue. So why is he here now?

"Old man, what can I do for you?" Zoro asked with a hint of curiosity.

"Are you from Qinghai?"

"From Qinghai?" Chopper was curious.

"Qinghai people are people who live under the clouds... Anyway, you are from Qinghai, right?"

"Yeah," Luffy said honestly.

"I'm a freelance mercenary. This ocean is very dangerous. I'm here to discuss business with you. Those unfamiliar with aerial combat will easily be defeated by these guerrillas and end up dead." The old man said seriously, "Sound the whistle, pay 500 million Aegis coins, and I will come to rescue you."

Uh...no, didn’t you see that I already knocked one down?

"Of course, we have another purpose for coming here. I saw you guys knock him down just now." The old man pointed at Wapa and said, "I advise you to let him go. He is the leader of the guerrillas. If he gets hurt by you, you will be unable to move an inch in this sea area."

"Whistle? Gus Coin?" Luffy was confused.

The old man was shocked. "Didn't you all...come all the way here from the summit of the Western Heaven? If so, you would have passed by at least one or two islands, right?"

Nami burst into tears: "I knew that was not an ordinary route..."