Oak had not taken the route to Sky Island via Jaya Island's Knock Up Stream. Instead, he had chosen another path never mentioned in the original story. Compared to Jaya Island's method of purely gambling with one's life, this route was relatively safe, and there were more Sky Islands along the way.
This route began in the New World, and its first stop upon reaching the Sky Islands was Featherwing Island.
"Here..."
On Featherwing Island, Tsuru frowned as she surveyed the surroundings. The island's atmosphere felt strangely familiar to her, like one of those lawless zones below on the Blue Sea where pirates gathered.
Chaotic crowds filled every corner of the island. Most were Skypieans with white wings on their backs, along with a small number of Blue Sea people. These were people who had arrived in the Sky Islands at various times and settled here for one reason or another, or descendants of Blue Sea people who had settled here.
But whether Skypiean or Blue Sea native, everyone on this island exuded a fierce aura, and every one of them carried a weapon.
Unlike the weapons of the Blue Sea below, these were made from various Sky Island specialty shells. They could produce all sorts of effects, such as spewing flames or generating impacts, and were quite powerful.
"New faces?"
While Tsuru was observing the people around her, they noticed her and Oak as well. Everyone gathered here was a familiar face; only she and Oak were strangers.
"Hey, you two! Hand over everything you've got. And leave the woman behind—you pretty boy, get lost!"
The law of survival here was the strong devouring the weak. Seeing that Tsuru and Oak were alone and both looked rather slender, not like powerful fighters, someone immediately stepped out and demanded their