One Piece: Fist of the World.

Chapter 168 Neilu's Sense of Crisis
"Yohohoho~~ You are really amazing, Ms. Bakara!"

Brook looked at Bakara who was showing her power.

"My eyeballs are about to fall out, even though I don't have any eyeballs anymore~~ Yo ho ho ho~~"

Kosha only felt a fire burning in his heart and hot blood flowing in his body, making him uncontrollably excited.

Does he have a chance to master such power?

'That's amazing.'

Nelu looked at the pirate who was defeated by Bakara's punch, and then looked at the hole left on the wall of the tavern.

Rhodes never hid his various fighting skills and moves, but taught them to his companions without reservation. Nelu also tried the technique called "Ba Flash".

However, the threshold for using this technique is very high. On the one hand, it requires a very strong force. According to Neilu's estimation, someone who is proficient in the Navy's Six Styles should be able to meet this requirement;
On the other hand, the user must also master Armament Haki and the techniques for the flow and release of Armament Haki.

Only when these two conditions are met at the same time can you cross the threshold to use [Ba Shan].

Even if these two conditions are met, it does not mean that you can use the technique called [Ba Shan]. In order to use this technique, you also need to control the time interval between the punch and the impact of domineering power to within 0.00001 seconds. Only in this way can you truly use [Ba Shan] and increase the power of the attack exponentially.

However, it is extremely difficult to achieve this. Even after half a year of practice, Nelu himself has not been able to completely master this move. It is only through continuous attempts that he occasionally has the chance to inflict critical damage.

I'm afraid that only when one's strength reaches Rhodes' level can one use this move freely.

However, Bakara's physical fitness has probably just reached the threshold for use, and she has only mastered a little bit of the externalization skills in terms of domineering, and is still in a state of failure. Logically speaking, it is impossible for her to use such an advanced skill as [Ba Shan].

However, with the power of the "Lucky Fruit", Bakara turned the impossible into possible. The "Ba Shan" that originally had only a one in ten thousand chance of being used could now be used freely in her hands.

Devil Fruit is indeed the most incredible thing in this ocean.

"After all, they are just a bunch of rubbish who don't know anything about Sky Island."

Boom!
Nia didn't get any useful information from anyone in the tavern. She drank the wine in her glass in one gulp and put the glass heavily on the bar.

Although they were called trash, after seeing the hole in the wall and Lazar who had fallen down and was unknown whether he was dead or alive, no one in the tavern dared to have any opinion.

"that···"

A drinker raised his shaking arms.

"On the East Coast, there's a weird guy named Mont Blanc Coulee who's been studying something mysterious. Maybe you can go ask him."

"Oh?"

Nia's eyes lit up slightly. After seeing the reactions of the people in the tavern, she had already given up hope on Sky Island, but she didn't expect to have such a gain.

"Then let's go over there and take a look!"

Nia stood up suddenly.

"Yohohoho~~ I've become interested in the weirdo they're talking about."

Brook stood up first, followed by Nayru.

"Oh my, are we leaving now?"

Bakara walked back to the bar, picked up her glass, then stretched out her long legs and walked around the pub, her hands brushing past everyone inadvertently.

“I am so lucky to see you here.”

After saying this, Bakara placed the empty wine glass on the table at the door, then winked at the people in the tavern, turned around and followed Nia and the others away.

"What a nice view!"

“I’m obsessed with her!”

The pirate in the tavern looked at Bakara's back with a hint of obsession on his face.

Beautiful appearance, hot body, strong strength!

Such a woman is really charming.

“This is the cup she used!”

A man sitting at the table near the door grabbed the wine glass.

"Give it to me now!"

The other pirate suddenly stood up, put one foot on the table, and glared at the opposite side from top to bottom, trying to grab the wine glass.

click-

A sound suddenly rang out, and the table that was originally under his feet suddenly fell down. The pirate fell forward uncontrollably and bumped into the other pirate.

"Hahahaha, that's too lame!"

Seeing the situation over there, a pirate pointed at them and laughed.

"Cough cough cough cough!!"

With the next sip, the laughing pirate suddenly started coughing violently, choking on the wine in his mouth that he had not yet swallowed.

“Hahaha—ah, my stomach suddenly hurts!”

"My stomach hurts too, Boss, is your food not fresh?"

thump--

"Damn, why are the chairs so poor quality!"

A pirate suddenly fell off his chair.

"You bumped into me!"

click-

"Broken bones, asshole!"

"···"

The pirates in the tavern encountered many accidents, either being choked or suddenly falling down, and some were even unlucky enough to break their bones accidentally. The entire tavern fell into chaos.

···
East Coast of Gaya Island

Rod took Robin and Daz Bonis through a forest in the middle and arrived here.

Compared with the bustling Magic Valley Town on the west coast, this place is a bit too desolate and looks like a completely exiled place.

As soon as Rhodes and his two companions passed through the forest, they saw a small house built on the coast. Apart from that, there was no sign of human habitation anywhere they looked.

"Pirate?"

Sensing the approach of Rhodes and his two companions, a sturdy man suddenly turned his head and asked a question.

"I'm Rod, this is Robin and Bonis, sorry to bother you."

Rhodes looked at the other party's iconic chestnut head.

"I heard that you have been studying the Sky Current. I want to ride the Sky Current to the Sky Island. Can I ask for your help?"

"Sky Island!?"

Mont Blanc Coulee looked at the three people in front of him, and a strange light flashed in his eyes.

"Do you believe in the existence of Sky Island?"

"Of course, because Sky Island is right there."

Rhodes pointed to the sky.

"The Sky Island is right over there..."

Kulikai was slightly stunned. From Rhodes' tone, he could feel the unwavering certainty that he truly believed in the existence of Sky Island.

etc···
Kulikai looked at Rhodes and his group again, and his body shook suddenly.

Red hair, sharp eyes, the man in front of him is one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, [Ba Quan] Rod!
After recognizing Rhodes' identity, Kulikai suddenly felt an emotion that he couldn't explain.

"【Ba Quan】Rod, I didn't expect you to be such a big shot!"

Kulikai took Rhodes and the other two into his house, found some teacups and poured them a cup of hot tea, then continued speaking with a complicated expression on his face.

"I've read the news about you. You're also from Beihai."

"In that case, you should have read the story of Rolando the Great Liar."

"Yes."

Rhodes nodded.

“Although this is a fairy tale that has been circulating in the North Sea for hundreds of years, the prototype of this story is real, Mont Blanc Rolando, he is my ancestor from hundreds of years ago!
Because of Rolando's deception of the king, he himself was sentenced to death, and the entire Montblanc family was expelled from the country and lost all face. They are still being criticized to this day.

The blood relationship between us is already very weak, but because I carry the surname Montblanc, when I was a child, I would be scolded by strangers for trivial matters! "

The fairy tales that have been passed down for hundreds of years are actually true history, and Robin is very interested in such stories.

What the chestnut-haired uncle was saying about being unreasonably blamed for trivial matters simply because of a surname made Robin feel the same way.

Carrying the name "Devil's Child", she spent most of her childhood under curses.

"Before he died, Rolando said that the Golden Island might have sunk into the sea due to the movement of the earth's crust, and the gold also sank to the bottom of the sea. Since I was stranded on this island seven years ago, I have been looking for the gold that Rolando mentioned!

All I did was not to clear Rolando's grievances. I just wanted to have a life-and-death duel with the man who disrupted my life!
At least, I can get to the bottom of this matter before I die of exhaustion!"

Kulikai looked at Rhodes and took out a logbook from the cabinet beside him.

"This is the navigation log left by Rolando, which also records things about Sky Island."

Robin reached out and took the logbook that Kulikai handed over. Although it was an antique from four hundred years ago, the logbook itself was preserved very well.

"I also noticed the strong ocean currents here, and even speculated that the Gaya Island, which was once full of gold, might have been destroyed by the strong ocean currents. However, no remains of the destroyed city were found on the seabed."

"You came to me because you know that I know the currents here very well, and you want to use them to reach Sky Island, right? However, all the pirate ships that were sent up into the sky by the currents, without exception, ended up with the ship destroyed and the people on board died. So far, no one has successfully reached Sky Island in this way."

Kulikai told all he knew without reservation. The other party was one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, one of the strongest men standing at the top of the sea.

If such a great man firmly believes in the existence of Sky Island, then Sky Island must be real.

And since the sky island mentioned in Rolando’s logbook is real, then the so-called Golden City should also be real!
A hint of excitement rose in Kulikai's heart.

The truth and results he had been searching for seemed to be coming out.

"Is there such a possibility?"

Robin was still immersed in Rolando's logbook, and Rhodes looked at Kulikai opposite him.

“The Golden Country did not sink to the bottom of the sea due to crustal movement, nor was it destroyed by the ocean currents and sunk to the bottom of the sea. Instead, it was transported to the sky island above by the ocean currents.

Perhaps, the golden city that Rolando saw back then still exists quietly somewhere on the Sky Island, waiting to be discovered by future generations. "

Kulikai suddenly raised his head and looked at Rhodes, his eyes full of shock.

"The ocean current swept the island into the air..."

Although Kulikai had seen countless strong currents in the past seven years, some of which were extremely powerful, it would be too exaggerated to say that the currents were strong enough to lift the entire island into the air!

“It is indeed possible!”

Robin quickly flipped through the records about Sky Island and Gaya Island in Rolando's logbook, then looked up at Kulikai.

"In the legendary Golden Country, there is a golden bell. If it is true as Captain Rhodes said, the part of the island where the Golden Country is located was carried to the Sky Island by the ocean current, then the golden bell may still exist somewhere on the Sky Island."

"Golden Bell..."

Thinking of Rolando's record of the golden bell that could emit sounds that cleansed the soul, Kulikai was a little stupid for a moment.

"I will tell you everything I know without reservation!"

Kulikai calmed down and looked at Rhodes seriously.

"That's exactly why I came to you."

Rhodes smiled.

"But I don't know whether Sky Island really exists. If you ride the Sky Current and fly up into the sky, but fail to reach Sky Island, the pirate ship will fall directly from a height of thousands of meters."

The pirate ship fell from a height of thousands of meters and would probably be shattered into pieces in an instant.

"Do not worry."

Rhodes waved his hand.

Even if there really was an accident, with their current personnel configuration, they would not let the pirate ship fall directly from the sky.

"In that case, let me help you!"

Kulikai stood up.

"In return, I will ring the golden bell for you!"

Rhodes gave Kulikai a bright smile.

"Before that, where is your pirate ship?"

Kulikai looked at Rhodes.

"In order to ride the Sky-High Current, the pirate ship needs some minor modifications."

"Bonis!"

Rhodes turned his head.

"Let everyone else come over here, we're having a party tonight!"

Bonis stood up, nodded silently, turned and walked west.

···
As the sun sets, the east coast of Gaya Island becomes lively.

All members of the Lod Pirates, as well as Kulikai and the Saruyama Allied Forces, gathered around the campfire and enjoyed the banquet food.

"It turned out to be the Seven Warlords of the Sea! I was so scared!"

The leader of the Gorilla Pirates is a man who looks like a gorilla. He and the leader of the Ape Pirates, Man-Ape, are both fans of Rolando. After meeting Kulikai, they quickly became his younger brothers and have been engaged in salvage work in this sea area with him over the years.

After arriving at their boss's house and seeing the Seven Warlords of the Sea, they were indeed shocked, but later learned from Kulikai that the Seven Warlords of the Sea wanted their help.

“Leave the exploration and salvage to us! Squeak—!”

The monkey-looking person took on a lot of responsibilities.

When he first saw the Rod Pirates, he was almost scared to death. It was impossible for small pirates like them to have anything to do with figures like the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

But after two glasses of wine, they threw all their restraints and fears behind them.

Pirates are a group of casual guys.

"In the skull's right eye, I saw gold."

Robin was sitting by the campfire, reading Rolando's logbook, when he suddenly saw this sentence.

"gold!!"

Nia rushed to Robin's side with a skewer of grilled fish in her hand.

"Not only that."

Robin glanced at the grilled fish in Nia's hand and turned the logbook two pages forward.

"There's also Sora-yu."

"Sorayu!"

Nia's eyes brightened a little, and she tilted her head to look at the records in the logbook.

"Wei Ba? What is that?"

"I heard it's a means of transportation unique to Sky Island."

"Ok?"

Gray, who was discussing the temporary transformation plan of the Polaris with the Saruyama United Army, caught the element and raised his head.

"Special tools?"

He has been thinking about the renovation plan for the Polaris recently. After obtaining the [Swallow Swallow Fruit], he synthesized a lot of new materials, some of which can be used in the renovation of the Polaris, while some places still need to be readjusted.

Now, suddenly hearing about the unique means of transportation on Sky Island, all kinds of thoughts flashed through Gray's mind.

I don’t know if that kind of tool will be helpful in the transformation of the Polaris.

"You seem to be suffering from a disease."

Luo looked at Kulikai.

After half a year of settling down on Magnetic Drum Island, Luo had made great progress not only in combat but also in medical skills. After just one encounter, he discovered the hidden disease in Kulikai.

"This is our ship's doctor."

Rod introduced Luo's identity to Kulikai.

"Maybe it's because of frequent diving. He has some health problems. Can it be treated?"

Rhodes looked at Luo and asked.

"It's very simple."

Luo nodded slightly.

"It's just a minor operation that will only take an hour to complete."

"Hahahaha, thank you for your help then!"

Kulikai smiled heartily and did not refuse.

"Based on my experience, there should be a surge of ocean currents in two days, so there's still plenty of time."

"Then let's enjoy the banquet tonight!"

Rhodes raised his glass and clinked it with Kulikai's, and the banquet became more cheerful.

"Two days."

Bakara shook her head.

"It seems I have to gather my luck all over again."

Nelu looked at the flickering bonfire in front of him, feeling a sense of crisis.

After half a year of training on Magnetic Drum Island, although his strength had improved, whether it was physical skills or armed color domineering, all had greatly improved, but he could clearly feel that the gap between him and Rhodes was still too big.

He was not able to fully master the techniques of 'Ba Quan' and 'Ba Shan' taught by Rhodes.

On the contrary, Bakara, with the help of the power of the devil fruit, can actually use the "Super Flash" technique.

Although he knew that his strength had increased a lot, whenever he thought about the gap between him and Rhodes, Naylu's heart was filled with uneasiness.

Once they encountered multiple powerful enemies and Rhodes was held back and unable to attack, wouldn't he become a burden to Rhodes?

Devil Fruit!

If I could eat a devil fruit, my strength would increase rapidly in a short period of time.

Although it will increase your fear of sea water, this weakness is not important compared to the rapidly improving strength.

As long as he doesn't become a burden to Rhodes at the critical moment, it will be fine!
(End of this chapter)