"Aaaaaah! I'm going to be swallowed up!" Nami screamed in alarm as she looked at what was in front of her.
"Is it too late to go back now?" Usopp's legs trembled.
Robin, a bead of sweat trickling down his forehead, said, "This is the first time I've ever seen such a huge whirlpool!"
"Indeed, this is the first time I've ever seen one this big!" Xia Chen nodded in agreement.
"Hey, hey, hey, can you guys please stop talking so calmly?!" Usopp ran over to complain.
Especially now that the Masira and Masira said they would be delivered here, Usopp's already anxious heart became even more anxious.
"Hey, hey, hey, don't go!!"
"Stop crying, Usopp. We're about to be sucked in. You can cry when we're really going to die!" Xia Chen said calmly.
Upon hearing this, Usopp's face turned pale, and he collapsed to the ground with a kick. Xia Chen seemed to see a spirit floating out of his body.
But Xia Chen quickly focused his attention on the whirlpool beneath the ship, the Knock Up Stream him with anticipation!
Before long, the entire ship had fallen into the whirlpool. However, to everyone's surprise, the huge whirlpool that had been there just moments before had disappeared, and the sea was now completely calm.
"Huh, what's going on? Where's that huge whirlpool?" Luffy scratched his head in confusion.
After thinking for a moment, Nami immediately said to everyone, "The whirlpool disappeared because the ocean current is about to surge! Everyone! Quickly grab onto whatever's on the ship!"
As soon as the words were spoken, everyone immediately grabbed onto something, and even Usopp, who had been lying dead, sprang up and clung tightly to the mast.
Xia Chen didn't make any move; with his strength, the turbulence wouldn't affect him at all.
Before long, everyone felt the ship beneath their feet shake, then slowly be lifted up, followed by a burst of Knock Up Stream, instantly causing the entire ship to flip over.
"Hooray! The ship's climbing up!" Luffy shouted happily.
Xia Chen looked around, marveling at the incredible scene.
"Hey everyone! This is bad! The ship is starting to float! If this continues, we'll fall!" Sanji suddenly said, his face grim.
"What!!"
Hearing this, everyone was startled. Xia Chen looked at Nami and said, " Nami, we're sailing on ocean currents now. If our targets are the sea and the wind, you should be able to manage, right?"
"The sea and the wind?" Nami murmured at first, then, as if she had thought of something, confidently said, "No problem!"
Then, under Nami's command, everyone raised the sails and turned the rudder.
Then something astonishing happened: their boat actually lifted off the surface of the water column and flew up.
"Wow! This feels completely different from riding Xia Chen's cloud last time!" Luffy exclaimed in surprise.
Everyone watched this scene with excitement, their gazes all drawn to the top of the water column.
"Is that where the Sky Island is located?"
As Xia Chen and his companions charged forward toward the horizon, Cricket on Jaya Island watched the Knock Up Stream, chain-smoking one cigarette after another.
"A bunch of fools chasing their dreams, they absolutely have to succeed!!"
On the Going Merry ~
As Xia Chen watched the clouds draw ever closer, a thought flashed through his mind, and he cast a Water Avoidance Art on himself, then cast one on Nami and Robin as well.
He knew exactly what he was going to face!
"Whoosh!"
As the ship plunged into the clouds, Luffy and the others instantly felt like they couldn't breathe; a suffocating sensation washed over them like a tidal wave.
The three people, who had been cast a Water Avoidance Art beforehand, were completely unaffected and felt nothing at all!
Another ten seconds or so passed, and just when Luffy and the others were about to give up, Merry finally broke through the clouds.
"Cough... cough cough!"
The instant they breathed in the air, everyone felt as if they had suddenly entered heaven from hell; the feeling was indescribable.
After a while, Luffy and the others felt a little better. However, when they stood up, they witnessed a scene that made them so jealous that their bodies were torn apart.
Xia Chen, Nami, Robin were each enjoying a bottle of juice, their faces showing no signs of discomfort.
Upon seeing this, Luffy let out a strange cry.
Why are you all alright?
" Xia Chen used his ability to help us create a membrane on our skin, so we were able to breathe normally just now, unlike you!" Nami replied.
"What??"
Luffy and his crew were stunned for a moment, then instantly stood in front of Xia Chen, their faces filled with anger.
"Why do you only help Nami and the others, and not us?"
"Sorry, I don't have enough strength. I can only make enough for three people!" Xia Chen replied calmly after taking a sip of juice.
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However, after hearing this explanation, the anger on their faces did not subside; on the contrary, it intensified.
Even a dog wouldn't believe Xia Chen's reasoning. What does it mean that he's not strong enough? He clearly just doesn't want to help them.
In that instant, the five male creatures on the ship, apart from Xia Chen, exchanged glances and then instantly understood what everyone was thinking.
The next moment, as if they had planned it beforehand, the five of them shot out and pounced on Xia Chen at the same time, their faces full of fierce expressions.
" Xia Chen, I've been wanting to get back at you for a long time, take this punch!"
"I'll kill you today, you bastard!"
" Strength Enhancement!"
Looking at the five people in front of him, Xia Chen shook his head helplessly, then said calmly, "If you don't discipline them for a day, they'll be climbing on the roof and tearing off the tiles!"
None of the five saw how Xia Chen made his move; they only felt a blur before their eyes, and then they were instantly sent flying backward, their faces swelling up simultaneously.
To be fair, Xia Chen had a firm grasp on the technique; the slap marks on all five faces were in the same spot.
After landing, the five people didn't marvel at Xia Chen's strength, but instead weakly asked, "What happened? Why do I feel so weak all over?"
Xia Chen looked at them and said calmly, "It's normal. We're high in the sky here, the air is much thinner than at sea. It's normal that you're not used to it yet!"
After a while, they felt their strength slowly returning and their weakness disappearing.
Then, without any further mention of what had just happened, they tacitly agreed not to bring it up again. They weren't masochists, after all!
They only dared to cause trouble for Xia Chen because of a momentary lapse of judgment. Now that they're in their right minds, they certainly wouldn't do something so self-destructive!
Sanji reached the railing and looked at Merry floating on the clouds, exclaiming in surprise, "I never thought a ship could actually float on clouds!"
"Hey, aren't ships supposed to float on clouds?" Luffy asked, puzzled.
"Idiot! How is that possible? Do you have any common sense?" Sanji retorted without any politeness.
"But... Xia Chen's clouds can carry boats too!"
Sanji:...