Grand Line

"Haha, Kuina. Congratulations on defeating the newbie village's gatekeeper boss," Lin Feng said with a smile.

"Thank you." Although Kuina did not understand, she grasped the general meaning.

"Do you still want to play? If not, shall we head out to sea?" Richard asked.

"Let's go. There's nothing fun left in Loguetown. I've already gotten tired of walking around," Xia Mi said.

"Then let's go. Do you need to say goodbye to that unrelated sister of yours?" Lin Feng asked Kuina.

"No need. Don't disturb her. She has her own life.

But I want to stock up on food and water. Are you coming with me?" Kuina said.

"Then let's go together," Lin Feng said. His Space Ring was still so empty, so it would be good to stock it with supplies.

The group then replenished some daily necessities and stored them in the Space Ring.

"Hehe, let's go." Fenrir rubbed his hands together. He could finally speed around again.

The group arrived at the shore. Fenrir quickly took out a jet ski, and the others followed suit, each taking out their own jet ski.

"Stop! We've had our eyes on you for a long time. Hand over those strange-looking boats!"

After the shout, dozens—perhaps even over a hundred—people surrounded them.

Fine, they were probably the people who had spotted them when they came ashore.

"Who wants to deal with them?" Richard asked.

"Me! I want to fight too," Fenrir said, raising his hand. His little sister usually kept him under strict control, forbidding this and that. Now that he had finally been let loose, he naturally wanted to have as much fun as possible.

"Fine, I'll allow it this time." Xia Mi tossed out a massive Zanbato. It was over two meters long, clearly a battlefield weapon.

Fenrir caught it effortlessly. As the Dragon King who wielded the authority of strength, he handled such a heavy weapon as easily as an extension of his arm.

"Then I'll warm up too?" Lin Feng said.

"Kuina will fight too." Kuina drew her sword.

The remaining three did not move. The three of them alone were enough to beat this group until they cried for their fathers and mothers.

In fact, the battle ended in less than two minutes. If they had not moved fast enough, they would not even have been able to steal any kills.

Fenrir had no idea what yielding was. Wielding the massive Zanbato, he charged in and out, cutting people down left and right. He rampaged through the crowd, possessing not only immense strength but also great speed and agility.

Although his physical defense was so strong that these pirates could not break through it even if he stood still and let them hack at him, he did not let a single attack hit him.

Kuina and Lin Feng only managed to snatch a few scattered kills. Fenrir cut down everyone else.

The East Blue truly deserved its reputation as the weakest sea. Among this group of pirates, there was not a single expert who stood out, not even anyone who could be called elite. They were merely a rabble gathered together.

"Brother, don't be so violent. Look how filthy you are," Xia Mi said unhappily, waving her hand to clean the blood from Fenrir's body.

Fenrir merely stood there with a silly grin and let his little sister clean him, offering no defense. He raised his hand and stored the Zanbato in his own Space Ring. He liked this weapon very much and needed to save it for next time.

Xia Mi pretended not to notice his little move.

Richard took out a yacht and stepped aboard. "Those who haven't had enough can keep riding the jet skis. Those who are tired of it can come rest on the yacht."

"Then I'll take the yacht," Xia Mi said.

"I'll take the yacht too." Lin Feng hurried after her. He had ridden a jet ski for half the day, and his butt hurt.

The remaining three all said that riding jet skis was quite good.

Thus, three jet skis led the way across the sea, with a yacht following behind.

The yacht was also a custom model modified by Richard. Its top speed was only slightly slower than the jet skis.

It just required Richard to operate it manually.

In Loguetown, Smoker waved a hand, and the Marine soldiers under his command escorted away the surviving pirates.

Watching the yacht gradually vanish into the distance, he felt that a great storm was about to rise on the Grand Line.

With such a group of unruly, lawless people entering it, he could only hope they would not come into conflict with the Marines.

Another three or four hours later, Fenrir and the others had played enough and obediently put away their jet skis before entering the yacht.

By then, Reverse Mountain was already in sight.

Twin Capes lay at the base of Reverse Mountain. It was the only passage from the Four Blues into the Grand Line, where five ocean currents converged.

A small yacht entering it could not even raise a splash. Ahead of the yacht, a huge slope suddenly appeared. One careless move, and the ship would be destroyed and everyone aboard would die.

From time to time, pirate ships from other seas also entered.

Legitimate merchant ships would never take this route. They simply crossed the Red Line directly, then changed ships and continued sailing.

Only pirates, without proper legal identities, could come here and risk everything.

Kuina swung a flying slash, splitting the pirate ship ahead of them apart and clearing an obstacle from their path.

Near the end, they passed a lighthouse. That should have been the lighthouse where Crocus, the ship's doctor of One Piece, lived in seclusion.

Unfortunately, they were unlucky today and did not encounter the Island Whale that rammed the Red Line. Otherwise, they could have seen just how enormous the legendary Island Whale was.

The yacht landed safely and entered the Grand Line. Then it was—

Unfortunately, they were immediately taught a lesson by the Grand Line's wildly changing weather. One moment, the skies were clear for thousands of miles; the next, dark clouds could gather as fierce winds and rain erupted.

Richard would not let such weather spoil the fun. He nudged Xia Mi with his foot. "Go. Get to work."

"Can't you be a little more polite?" Xia Mi complained.

"I'm busy already. Aren't you embarrassed to be lazing around?" Richard patted the helm.

"Fine, I'm going." Xia Mi walked out in annoyance. Before long, the wind and rain stopped, the dark clouds dispersed, and the sun reappeared.

Richard nodded in satisfaction. That was more like it.

"Impressive. As expected of a Dragon King with her authority maxed out. I hereby declare you the Kami of the New World," Lin Feng flattered her.

In the first half of the Grand Line, there were seven routes. The magnetic fields here were chaotic, and a compass alone could not find the way. Only a Log Pose could locate the precise positions of the islands along a route.

The seven routes all led to a shared destination—the Sabaody Archipelago. This was the end of the first half of the Grand Line.

To reach the second half of the Grand Line from there, one could either cross the Red Line or dive ten thousand meters into the deep sea, pass through Fish-Man Island, and continue underwater to the latter half. For pirates, the latter was the only choice.

Richard and the others did not have a Log Pose for any of the seven routes, so they relied entirely on Richard to point the way.

Naturally, Richard chose Alabasta. Since they had come to the world of One Piece, they had to visit this desert kingdom.

This was one of the foremost great powers in the entire world of One Piece, with a population exceeding ten million. That would be insignificant in other worlds, but in a world like One Piece, where oceans occupied most of the land and solid ground was scarce, it could already be considered a rare continent.

After asking for everyone's opinions, they quickly reached an agreement. The others also wanted to visit Alabasta and see what the legendary money-burning paradise of casinos was like.