Faced with this enormous sum, Cricket readily agreed, though he still doubted the legend of Sky Island.
After all, only a fool would turn down money. Besides, the black-haired young man before him gave him an extremely dangerous feeling, far beyond anyone he could afford to provoke.
With the Saruyama Alliance's full assistance, Ye Chuan and Robin's modified pirate ship was soon fitted with all sorts of unusual flight devices and reinforced structures, making it look more like a rocket ship ready to take to the skies.
Several days later, everything was ready.
Under Cricket's guidance, Ye Chuan and Robin sailed their heavily modified pirate ship into an area near Jaya Island where the currents were unusually turbulent.
"This is the place!"
Cricket pointed at an enormous, endlessly spinning whirlpool of unfathomable depth on the sea ahead and shouted:
"The Knock Up Stream is right in the center of that huge whirlpool! Good luck!"
"I hope you make it back alive and tell me whether Sky Island really exists!"
Ye Chuan and Robin exchanged a glance and nodded.
"Hold on tight!"
Ye Chuan handled the helm while his Shadow Clones pulled the sails taut with all their strength, and the pirate ship plunged headfirst into the enormous whirlpool!
The world spun! Towering waves surged!
The entire ship spun endlessly in the whirlpool, as though it might be torn to pieces at any moment!
Yet just as the ship was about to be dragged into the whirlpool's center and sink completely-
Boom-!!
An incomparably powerful Knock Up Stream erupted from the seabed like an awakening dragon!
Lifted by this irresistible, tremendous force, the pirate ship shot straight into the sky at a speed almost unimaginable to the naked eye! It pierced layer upon layer of clouds before finally plunging into a