I, the great swordsman, am definitely not a bootlicker

"Hey, there's something wrong with the ship!" After collecting his equipment, Usopp walked to the balcony, looked at the Merry, and suddenly exclaimed.

Has it started? Zoro wondered to himself.

"Look, it seems very noisy on the ship!" Usopp continued to shout.

"Are they having a party?" Luffy's train of thought seemed to be off.

Looking at the Merry going away, Luffy did not realize the seriousness of the situation: "What are they doing? Where are they going? Hey, they are driving it backwards, amazing."

"Take a good look at the bottom of the ship." Zoro was helpless.

"Where are they going?" Luffy was confused.

"Express Shrimp is a messenger from God, and everything he carries is a tribute to God," the uncle explained to the three men, sweat dripping from his face. "So, his destination... must be the altar of living sacrifices northeast of God's Island!"

Then, the uncle talked about the living altar. In the Judgment of Heaven, the punishment for sinners includes living sacrifices and tests. The so-called living sacrifices are actually hostages.

In order to rescue the hostages, one must accept the test, and that test is the real punishment, so the ones who actually have to accept the sanctions are the three people who did not board the ship.

Then the uncle took out an ancient map and pointed out the location of the living altar, which was at the end of the Cloud River.

The three of them followed the uncle's instructions and prepared to set off to reach the Dachengbei boat and head along the Cloud River to the living altar.

At this time, Conis also suggested taking everyone to the port for the boat ride.

From here, to get to the port, you have to cross the lovely street of Angel Island, which is the most prosperous street in Angel Island. It is bustling with traffic and people, and cloud bridges are hung all over the city like rainbows.

Some shops were even built on the cloud bridge, which was full of dreams. Luffy was like a curious baby, jumping up and down, asking this and looking at that, having a lot of fun, and had no intention of saving anyone at all.

But the passersby here would avoid the three of them as much as possible. It was not until they finally reached the port and Conis led the three of them to the ship called the Raven and explained the route in detail that Luffy finally changed his playful smile and asked seriously:

"Hey, Conis...why have you been shaking non-stop since you left the house? If you're so scared, just tell us how to get here and we can come here on our own!"

"No!" Conis was very confused: "I... I'm not like that..."

People around started whispering.

The kindhearted Conis still couldn't convince her conscience: "Don't you find it strange... I took the trouble to explain the path of the test to you... and even volunteered to bring you here, as if I was deliberately misleading you..."

"Shut up and stop talking nonsense." The police captain hiding in the crowd suddenly popped up and shouted anxiously.

"Please, will you please run away?" Conis suddenly fell to her knees. "I'm sorry!! I was the one who called the Shrimp Express! If we discover a crime and don't lead them to the place of punishment, we'll all be killed!"

Tears welled in her eyes. "This is an offense to God, and it's also a citizen's duty! Isn't it ridiculous? All of this..."

"You idiot... There's no other way to do this, right? Then why did you tell us!" Zoro, who was trying to steal the line, stood in front of Luffy.

"Huh?" Conis was a little confused.

"You will be killed!" Zoro said as he quickly approached her.

At this moment, the sky suddenly lit up, and Zoro, who had been preparing for a long time, picked up Conis without hesitation.

"shave!"

Suddenly, a thick bolt of lightning struck the place where they were just now.

Ding! Even if you're in danger yourself, you can still put yourself in their shoes and save them from a life-or-death situation. You'll be rewarded with +1000 Love Points.

Well, this wave is not a loss.

Conis, who was held by Sauron, was still in shock, and at this time a figure appeared in the sky. It was the air knight, the old god Gan Ful.

"Leave this girl to me. I will never sit idly by and watch her be punished by Enel."

Conis finally came back to her senses, blushing, "Mr. Swordsman, can you put me down?"

"Oh, okay..." The straight man looked embarrassed.

"What are your plans for the future?" asked Gan Foer.

"The country and the like have nothing to do with us, but we have our friends on the Island of Gods!" Luffy said seriously.

"Oh, really... Then I wish you good luck." After saying that, Gan Ful took Conis on Pegasus and flew away under Sauron's reluctant gaze.

"Hey! Zoro, let's go!"

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Island of Gods, River of Clouds.

"What is this! Press the accelerator to the bottom and row faster!" Usopp shouted.

"What's the matter?" Luffy was a little confused. Suddenly, he heard the sound of wind in his ears. He screamed and stepped on the accelerator.

I saw a huge gate knife passing by the stern of the ship.

"No... there's more than one!" Usopp screamed as he looked at the rows of swinging blades in front of him.

Luffy stepped on the accelerator, Zoro and Usopp rowed hard, and seeing that they could no longer avoid a guillotine, Luffy fired a rubber rocket launcher backward, and the Crow leaped up, jumping over numerous mechanisms, completing the early concept of the Wind Cannon.

What now appeared in the eyes of the three people were four trial gates, namely ball, rope, iron, and swamp.

In response, Usopp suggested that the word "ball" did not seem to have much lethality, Zoro suggested that the word "iron" should be related to swords, and Luffy thought that the word "ball" should be more interesting.

So they walked the test of the ball. It was very narrow at first, but then it became passable. After floating for several hundred meters, it suddenly became clear.

Then there was a cliff, and the Raven was washed off the cliff by the water. Fortunately, the cliff was not high, and the Raven landed steadily on the flowing clouds, splashing countless white flowers.

The three of them calmed down a little and looked up. In the jungle that Yun Zhichuan passed through, there were huge balls made of white clouds floating all over the sky.

Luffy and Usopp were in a playful mood, and before Zoro could stop them, they started to grab a ball and hit it back and forth. Fortunately, they were lucky, and only a poisonous snake emerged from the ball.

Although Luffy was startled, he reacted quickly and punched it away.

At the same time, another ball slowly floated towards the Raven. To be on the safe side, Zoro drew his sword and slashed it from a distance. Sure enough, the ball exploded as soon as it touched the ball.

"What the hell is going on? These balls!!" Usopp was furious.

"Heh...heh...heh...what will come out of the cloud? I'm really looking forward to it." Strange voices echoed from all around: "That cloud is called the Startling Cloud."

"Who?"

The three of them looked towards the place where the sound came from. On a ball floating not far away, sat a round figure like a ball. He was wearing a pair of glasses, a top hat, and had long wavy hair.

"Haha, haha! Hasso! Thank you for choosing my Trial of the Ball."