I'm in One Piece, and I'm Luffy's childhood friend.

Zoro was confused. "I don't understand. Calm down!"

Sanji, with a cigarette dangling from his mouth, also couldn't understand. "What are they talking about?" he asked, turning his head as he spoke, and then he understood.

Suddenly, a figure rushed over; the "cow" Chopper mentioned was the shield in this strange person's hand.

"It's a person!!"

"And he's even running on the clouds!!"

It's said to be a cloud, but it can also be understood as water, so now this... "minotaur" is "walking on water with light-footed skills".

"Hey! Stop right there! What do you want!?"

Sanji shouted.

But the man had already jumped, seemingly about to land on the Going Merry.

"Destroy them!"

This was the first and last thing the minotaur said after he jumped up.

Sanji raised his leg, "They're up to no good!"

Zoro gripped his sword, "Come at me if you dare!"

Luffy clenched his fist. "What? What are you doing?"

Bai Yun raised his hand, shouting, "Go for it!!!"

But before Bai Yun could finish speaking, the minotaur knocked down Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji with a single kick and a punch.

"Huh?! What's wrong with you three?!"

Nami said incredulously.

She was instantly knocked down; these were three people she didn't recognize.

Chopper was also startled by this scene.

Usopp, having finally recovered, lay back down, muttering, "Skypiea is so scary! Skypiea is so scary!!"

After the minotaur knocked down Luffy and his crew in three moves, he used the momentum to bounce into the air, grabbed the cannon barrel in his hand, and was about to fire.

Bai Yun broke off a wooden stick from the ship's railing and threw it forcefully at the minotaur.

Meanwhile, another figure attacked from the left side of the minotaur.

Let's stop here!

A figure sat on a bird, quickly approaching the minotaur. As they drew near, the figure leaped and thrust the knight's lance at the minotaur.

"What is it this time?!"

Nami cried out, "I'm so devastated, so devastated!!"

A pincer attack from both sides.

The minotaur immediately used his head... no, his shield to block the knight's lance from the figure. Facing the wooden stick that Bai Yun threw, he also kicked it back with a whip kick. But judging from the distance of the recoil, this kick was not going to hurt him.

The stick bounced back and shot towards the Going Merry, its shadow growing larger in Usopp's eyes.

"Ah!! Ahh!!"

Usopp was so frightened that he immediately stood up and moved back.

Snap!!

A wooden stick was stuck between his legs... on the deck in front.

But Usopp couldn't take it anymore, his eyes rolled back, and he fell backward.

........

The minotaur was knocked back.

A figure landed on the fence of the Merry, along with his mount, a bird.

"Um... I am the [Sky Knight]!!"

Upon closer inspection, the figure turned out to be an old man with a white beard dressed in knight's armor. Well, let's be respectful, he's called the old man with the white beard.

"Did he go...?"

Watching the minotaur's departing figure, the old man murmured.

The old man jumped onto the deck.

Only Chopper and Bai Yun paid him any attention.

Chopper bowed slightly to him in thanks.

"Thank you for saving us."

"Yes, thank you... old knight."

The old man went back to Chopper first.

"Don't mention it, this is a last resort, consider this a free service!"

Then he looked at Bai Yun.

"Though I am old, I still have the strength to fight."

"As for you, young man, you need to practice more to improve your physique."

Bai Yun smiled back, "You're right, sir. I understand, sir. I'll remember that, sir. I'll practice more, sir."

Bai Yun's response was absolutely heartfelt.

Nami, still completely bewildered, was also staring in the direction the minotaur had gone.

"What exactly is going on?"

"Who is that guy?"

After saying that, Nami turned her head and changed her expression, "Also, you three are really terrible!! Three people can't beat one person!!"

"Hmm? Bai Yun, why are you sitting down too?"

Seeing Bai Yun also sitting on the deck, leaning against the side of the ship, Nami asked, "That minotaur didn't attack you, did he?"

"You should know, Miss Nami."

"Throwing that stick almost drained all the strength from my body."

Bai Yun looked up and smiled as he explained.

"Is it so exaggerated?"

"That's true, you all seem much weaker than usual."

"It must be because the air is too thin."

Robin's words were a wake-up call for Nami.

"Is that so?"

"Sister Robin is right. The air is too thin. It's good if you can breathe normally. But once you start moving, it's really tiring. It's like you can run ten laps down here, but you'd probably be tired after running half a lap here."

Bai Yun replied, panting, "This is my original physique. Unlike the original body, a clone can't replicate Luffy and the others' physique at any time."

Although she improved somewhat after learning some Armament Haki, she is still weak in the world of One Piece.

Chapter 246 What does that mean?! I need to see a lawyer!!

We landed on the Sky Island—or rather, now we should say, on the Sky Sea atop the Cloud of Ephemeral Deity.

The Straw Hat Pirates searched for any trace of Skypiea, but instead of Skypiea, they found a "cow".

A person holding a painted shield that looks like a "cow".

The minotaur launched a direct attack on them, unexpectedly "instantly killing" Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji with a single move.

Then an old knight appeared and drove away the minotaur.

This old knight is none other than Gan Fall, the original god of Skypiea.

Overall, there is still no news about Sky Island.

But isn't this just a native of a floating island?

If you don't understand, just ask. Everyone has a mouth.

........

"Are you from Qinghai?"

Before Bai Yun and the others could ask any questions, Gan Fall asked first.

"What's that? By the way, who are you?"

Nami's response to the question.

"I am the [Sky Knight]!"

"Qinghai people are a general term for people who live under the clouds. In short, you are from Qinghai?"

Gan Fall replied.

"um, yes."

Luffy was still lying on the deck, getting used to the air quality.

"That's strange. This is the 'White Sea' at an altitude of 7000 meters above Qinghai Lake, and the 'White-White Sea' at an altitude of 10000 meters is even higher."

"Generally speaking, people from Qinghai become unable to move once they arrive here..."

Gan Fowle found it strange. Everyone looked quite well, except for the long-nosed guy lying on the ground. That was the normal reaction of a normal Qinghai person coming here.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, Luffy and Zoro stood up.

"Great, I'm finally getting used to it."

"Indeed, it's much better than before."

Gan Fall waved his hands repeatedly, "Impossible, absolutely impossible, no, no, no, impossible, absolutely impossible."

Bai Yun smiled.