Pirates: Improving your strength depends entirely on watching the fun!

However, Beckman ignored him and even told him that later, if the red-haired man had not brought his daughter with him, Delamier would have ignored him.

Xia Zheteng also laughed. No matter who you are, everyone likes to look at beautiful women.

With the pointer, the rest of the things became easy, and everyone packed up and prepared to leave.

Their goal was the red soil continent further behind and from there directly into the Tianchi Lake.

Then go up to the so-called last sky island.

Soon, Noah left the island.

At the same time, the Five Elder Stars and the twelve members of the Knights of God who came from the other side of the Red Earth Continent also headed towards the Tianchi Lake.

This time they did not sail on the sea, but came directly from the Red Earth Continent.

"We can't let them enter the last sky island."

"Damn it! We should have sent out the Heavenly King to destroy the last Sky Island first."

There were only two of the Five Elder Stars left, and they were discussing this matter at the moment.

"The last sky island cannot be destroyed, because if it does, the red earth continent will probably collapse."

"Damn it, Roger back then, Red Hair later, and now it's Xia, these guys are really annoying."

Jialin Sheng also frowned as he listened to their discussion.

He still had some impression of Roger. Back then on the Island of Gods, he teamed up with Garp to defeat Rocks.

The guy's strength is something that Jialin Sheng cannot forget until now.

To be honest, he has worked so hard until now, and he is somewhat trying to compete with Roger in the past.

However, he knew that even though he had grown to be very strong now, he was still no match for Roger.

Jialin Sheng wants to prove himself.

And defeating the most powerful Xia now is a good way.

You know, there are some rumors on the sea that Xia’s strength has surpassed Rocks back then.

Jialin Sheng didn’t think that Xia was really stronger than Rocks, but since there was a rumor on the sea, as long as he killed Xia, he would be qualified to compete with Roger.

So this battle must be won.

The Tianlong people’s team this time was quite large and they were heading towards the Tianchi Lake quickly.

At this time, looking at the towering red earth continent, Xia Zheteng and others began to frown.

This place is not as good as the Red Soil Continent behind the Naval Headquarters, which has a bubble cable car that allows people to go up and down. There is nothing here, and if you want to go up, you have to climb.

"Shirahoshi will stay on the ship, so, Jack, Tiger, and Amielle, you will stay as well. You have to protect Shirahoshi."

Tiger just nodded. As a merman, protecting his mermaid princess was something he had to do.

Normally, there won't be pirates coming here, but what if? Nothing is absolute.

"Vegapunk, do you want to come up with us? If you stay, Seraph will stay too. This will be a guarantee for you."

Vegapunk took a look at the towering red earth continent and finally shook his head. If he used his brain, he could still do it.

The height of this Red Soil Continent is such that it would be difficult to climb even if he had the ability of the fruit, so forget it.

"Seraphim, stay here too. The rest of you, come climb with me. This place is too high."

Several people looked upwards and finally laughed out loud.

Chapter 483 Xia Zheteng's Retreat

Crawling towards the red soil continent is actually not difficult.

Those who have fruit abilities can easily go up by using their own abilities.

However, looking at the red-haired people who were working hard, Xia Zheteng felt helpless.

It was very simple for him to climb upwards. When he was halfway up, Xia Zheteng still asked the questions he wanted to ask.

"I've never understood why your group doesn't want devil fruit users. They obviously have very strong devil fruit abilities. And with your group's qualifications, it shouldn't be a problem for them to get high-end devil fruits, right?"

"The fruit's ability is indeed very strong, but it also has strong weaknesses, right? We don't want to leave any weaknesses."

"This is a lie." Xia Zheteng could still tell that this fan was not telling the truth, but then again, the fruit ability does have some limitations.

If a real fight breaks out, the opponent can take advantage of these weaknesses.

However, the strong is the strong. Among the people in Xia now, except Tiger who wants to maintain the combat capability in water, the others in Xia are all devil fruits, and nothing has happened so far.

"When you get to Raftel, you'll know what's going on. This is what our captain told me."

What did Roger say to Red? There is also a fruit ability user on Roger's ship, Buggy is one of them.

But that was due to an accident, it’s hard to say what happened in this case.

Anyway, in Xia Zheteng's view, they are all the same. The ability of the fruit has power beyond common sense. It would be unreasonable not to use it.

"Each has its pros and cons. Once the world is all ocean, the combat effectiveness of fruit ability users will be greatly reduced."

"That's what you say, but when things get good, isn't it said that fish talents are more advantageous?"

"Maybe." Shanks didn't know what he was thinking, but he sped up and headed towards the top of the red earth continent.

By the time everyone reached the Red Earth Continent, a day had passed. Crawling for a whole day was not a big deal for these people.

They were no longer in a hurry and reached the top of the red soil continent. They found that there was a jungle there, which looked quite lush.

But fortunately, I don’t feel any crisis inside.

But if you want to enter, you still have to be careful.

After resting for half a day, everyone walked towards the forest.

The woods were dense, and from time to time one could hear strange bird calls.

There are actually birds in this place, living in such a remote place. I wonder what these birds eat?

"Speaking of which, it's strange that the Celestial Dragons didn't come to occupy such a good place. After all, it should be easy for them to come here, right?"

"That's what you said, but have you ever thought that if this place produces poisonous gas at night, then no one would want to occupy it for themselves, right?"

"Poison gas, that's unlikely. If there is poison gas, how are these trees and birds going to survive?"

"It's not like no one can survive the poison gas." Shanks laughed.

Xia Zheteng thought of Magellan in prison. That guy would probably like this place very much.

But it’s not certain during the day. Besides, he is very afraid of glaring light, so it might be difficult for him to live on land.

I think a place like a big prison is really suitable for him.

"The Tianchi Lake can indeed produce bubbles that rise upwards, but at night, some toxic substances will decompose from the Tianchi Lake and float around. These substances will become harmless during the day and fall into the woods. The creatures in the woods all depend on these substances to survive."

Xia Zheteng nodded. So that's how it is. That's right. At such a high altitude, if birds want to survive, they need enough food. But obviously, it is difficult to produce so much food in this forest.

The so-called Tianchi in the middle is playing a role.

"Given the nature of the Tianlong people, they probably won't care about this. Filling up a Tianchi is a simple matter for them."

"They don't dare." Shanks laughed. "The Tianchi is equivalent to a well dug in the Red Soil Continent. The function of this well is not only to drain water, but also to prevent the groundwater below from flowing too much, thus ensuring the integrity of the Red Soil Continent. However, once the Tianchi is blocked, the groundwater will continue to flow through the Red Soil Continent, and then..."

Xia Zheteng thought of a situation. The entire red soil continent was equivalent to a dam-like existence, which, together with the doldrums, divided the sea into four parts.

And the Celestial Dragons have been maintaining this dam and preventing it from collapsing.

It is very likely that once this dam falls, the real era of the ocean will arrive.

Wait, couldn't those ancient weapons also be used to destroy this huge dam?

Of course, this thought only flashed through Xia Zheteng's mind for a moment.

"The Red Continent is indeed formed by the concentration of all the land in the world. If Vegapunk goes with you to Raftel and can really realize his idea, then the next problem will be to destroy this place." Shanks suddenly said.

Obviously Shanks' plan is not that simple, and the Red Earth Continent is also part of it.

Xia Zheteng nodded. He didn't understand this very well. By the time he left here, he would have left. What this place would become would have nothing to do with him.

I just hope Tianyueshi and the others can be safe by then.

The few people moved quickly and passed the forest in less than two hours.

But when they were about to leave the forest, Shanks and Xia Zheteng stopped together.

The people behind him also stopped and looked forward together.

You can see the situation of Tianchi from here.

Here, Tianchi is just a huge lake, with huge bubbles floating on the surface of the lake from time to time.

These bubbles went up to the sky and disappeared without a trace in a short while.

And at the edge of Tianchi Lake, some people can already be seen.

The Twelve Knights of the Gods, and two of the Five Elders.

Naturally, they also saw Xia Zheteng and his men, but they did not attack them directly.

Seeing this, the red-haired man raised his eyebrows and said, "That's perfect. Fourteen people against fourteen people. Did they plan this? How do you say it?"

How did he say this in the end? This was said to Xia Zheteng, who raised his eyebrows, thinking that there was some trouble.

"withdraw."

"Retreat?" Even Red Hair didn't expect that Xia Zheteng would give such an order. People are already in front of them, retreating at this time, isn't this a joke?

"Retreat, the time is wrong, come back tomorrow. No matter if the enemy is chasing us or not, just withdraw from this forest, quickly."

At this moment, everyone understood what Xia Zheteng meant. It was getting dark and the poisonous gas was about to appear.

Chapter 484 One Night

Xia Zheteng's team was still very fast. They quickly entered the jungle and quickly exited it.

"Do you want to chase him?" asked Jialin Sheng.

Peter Saint shook his head: "No need to chase them. They have chosen a very good tactic. Once we chase them to the edge of the Red Earth Continent, we will be the ones in a passive position."

Obviously, the poison gas here can be neutralized with antidotes, but in the event of a battle, the antidote will be consumed quickly.

At that time, our side will have its backs to the poisonous gas and will face Xia Zheteng's attack head-on, and we will definitely not be able to defeat the opponent.

Therefore, the best solution is for both sides to fight again tomorrow.

Mazisheng also pondered for a moment and then said: "Xia Zheteng is worthy of being our biggest enemy. It's very troublesome."

On the other side, Xia Zheteng led the team to retreat to the edge of the red earth continent. It was almost dark at this time.

From a distance, you can see a thin layer of mist appearing in front of you, which is a sign that poison gas is about to rise.

"It's very strange, can they definitely defend against these poisonous gases?" Rami asked on the side. In fact, if the poisonous gases really need to be suppressed, his Flame of Resurrection can also do it.

But by then, it would be difficult for him to fight, and he would definitely have to do his best to suppress the poisonous gas.

"Of course they have a way. They were waiting for us there before because they wanted to kill us and use poison gas to eliminate us in the forest."

Xia Zheteng also let out a long sigh. If he had not discovered the ambush in advance, he might have fallen into the enemy's trap.

I have to say that the other party chose a very good position, but it's a pity that both myself and Red Hair used their observation Haki's domineering power to the extreme.

So you can perceive what will happen a few seconds in the future.

But just a few seconds are enough to change a lot of things.

The fog was getting heavier, but fortunately, Xia Zheteng and his companions were still some distance away from the jungle.

Therefore, the fog did not drift over, but stopped at the edge of the jungle, surrounding the entire jungle.

"It would be great if Vegapunk was here. He would be very happy because this place is likely to be the place for his next experiment."

Shanks also laughed and said, "Maybe."

"By the way, seeing that you are helping me so hard, what is your goal?"

Shanks' goal has always been a mystery.

You say he is on the side of the Celestial Dragons, but that doesn't seem to be the case. He hopes that the final secret treasure can be obtained by Luffy.