Pirates: Your emperor has returned!

Its power is so great that even when you are there, you can still feel the vibration under your feet.

"Then I'll have to find another way!"

Enel spoke casually, yet it made Gan Fall break out in a cold sweat.

There is no record of Devil Fruits on Skypiea, so Gan Fall had no idea how Enel could unleash such a terrifying lightning strike.

He was certain of only one thing: if the lightning struck the city on the Sky Island, it would surely cause countless deaths and injuries among the people of the Sky Island!

"Okay, I promise..."

Gan Fall frowned, pondering a solution, while emphasizing, "But you'll keep your promise, right?"

Upon hearing this, Enel opened his arms and said, "Of course, what God says will always come true!"

"so……"

Enel said slowly, "I know I will win."

Then, Enel's gaze shifted to Rowan standing to the side.

"Hey, you from Qinghai, did you hear our conversation?"

Rowan waved his hand to disperse the sand table and laughed, "Of course."

"You said before...you were a third-party force?"

Enel glanced at the two people behind Rowan and burst into laughter, "I've agreed to let you participate in this Trial of the Gods, but are you planning to rely on just the three of you?"

“Coincidentally, I also have some manpower,” Rowan said with a smile.

Enel nodded, quite satisfied. "Then let's call our people to this island of the gods first!"

After saying this, Enel and Gan Fall each began contacting their respective powerful subordinates.

Only Rowan, under Crocodile's astonished gaze, conjured a black sand spear with a single hand.

A faint thread of sand was still attached to the end of the black spear.

Crocodile was taken aback. "What are you going to do?"

Luo Wen replied matter-of-factly, "Pull people up."

Do you know where they are?

"know."

Rowan gestured toward Habu and explained, "Habu just used the sand table and meteorological analysis to calculate the exact location."

Upon hearing this, Crocodile took another look at the sickly-looking Sky Islander.

Rowan couldn't possibly exaggerate, so this incident is enough to prove that the guy named Habu is a top-tier expert in meteorology on the Grand Line!

but……

Crocodile re-examined the black gun in Rowan's hand, puzzled, and asked, "What exactly are you going to do with that?"

Rowan seemed puzzled and replied again, "To recruit people."

Then, he threw the black gun with all his might!

call out!

……

call out!

About 100 nautical miles away.

Ships flying the flag of the Four Seas Alliance are moving forward at full speed.

Just then, a long black spear suddenly fell down, with a string attached to it.

[Chapter 61. Recruiting People]

"Sea conditions in the White Sea are unclear, be careful of your flanks!"

On the ships of the Four Seas Alliance, everyone was busy in an orderly manner.

Helmsman Hoka used the unique advantages of the fish-men race to grasp the direction of the White Sea's currents in a very short time, guiding the ship forward.

According to their previous communication via Den Den Mushi, they needed to travel to the upper levels of Zephyr Cloud as soon as possible to meet up with Rowan and Crocodile.

Just then—

call out!

pat!

A long black spear suddenly fell from the sky and landed on the deck.

"Enemy attack...wait, what's that?"

Bell tensed up for a moment, then realized there was no one else around and became puzzled.

Dalton remained vigilant and picked up the long gun that had fallen on the deck.

"Harpoon? No, that's not right..."

Dalton examined the black gun and noticed the thin line of gravel attached to it.

In Dalton's memory, there was only one person who could use such technology.

"It was Mr. Rowan's sniper shot!"

"Lord Ancestor?"

Bell approached, intending to see if it was some kind of message Rowan had given them, but he only saw the Armament Haki on the black sand gun gradually fading.

The entire black gun then melted into a puddle of sand and slipped from Dalton's hand.

"This is……"

Just as everyone was wondering, suddenly more black guns with sand threads at their ends fell from the sky, dozens of them in total.

The angle and force of those spears were well controlled, and they not only landed steadily on the ship's deck, but also did not pierce the sails or deck. Only a few fragile items were broken by the hard Armament Haki.

As soon as the black spears landed, the Armament Haki on them quickly dissipated, and the entire spear melted into countless grains of sand.

And after the last piece of black sand melted away, the sand finally began to change.

They began to spread into the ship's hold from all directions, merging with the large amount of sand inside, and then spread out again, covering all parts of the ship.

After a few breaths, the entire exterior of the ship was covered with a sturdy "gravel net".

Hokka, watching this scene, lowered his hand from the helm and asked, puzzled:

Where is Mr. Rowan? How did he find us? What does he want?

Three questions were posed, but no one present could answer them.

But then, the sand answered Hoka's question.

The sand slowly coalesced into a sign, and a line of words appeared on it—

"Ready? I'll bring you over."

Everyone: ?

They didn't quite understand what was said above.

At that moment, the sign suddenly made a few head-shaking movements, and the text on it changed.

"Hold on tight to the railing!"

This time, everyone understood.

They quickly told everyone to secure themselves, and then a great deal of vigilance rose in their hearts.

boom!

Karaaraara...

As they prepared, a tremendous roar suddenly came from all parts of the ship.

A feeling of extreme weightlessness spread throughout everyone on the ship.

It felt like being on a rapidly ascending platform.

"what happened?"

A sailor looked out of the ship and exclaimed:

"It's a boat! The boat is flying!"

"It didn't fly up, it was pulled up!"

"Hold on tight, don't fall!"

Amidst gasps of astonishment, the wooden ship, weighing hundreds of tons, was lifted into the air by dozens of gravel threads resembling cables.

At the same time, the gravel began to spread across the hull, covering the bottom of the ship, which was previously below sea level and inaccessible to the gravel, forming a complete gravel net.

With the combined effect of "cables" and "nets", the ship moved forward directly through the air, being forcibly pulled forward!

This speed is slower than flying, but dozens of times faster than normal navigation.

only……

vomit!

One of the king's soldiers could no longer hold back.

He could endure drifting at sea, but he had never experienced the swaying of a ship being suspended in mid-air.

Not only him, but also Dalton, Hokkaido and others felt a little dizzy.

Only Bell, who was already used to the feeling of flying, was unaffected.

He volunteered to go to the bow of the ship and took on the role of temporary lookout, and the amazing eyesight given to him by the Bird-Bird Fruit meant that he didn't need a telescope at all.

Where exactly are our ancestors taking us?

A few minutes later, a "land" appeared in Bell's sight.

"There's actually land on the floating island?!"

……