It didn't take Vic long to arrive at the Mystery Island. After mastering the Law of Lightning, his abilities in all aspects had greatly improved. Using his abilities required almost no physical exertion; he could directly manipulate the Laws to mobilize the power of heaven and earth—the legendary ability for words to become law!
Therefore, Vic's speed was incredibly fast. It took him less than half an hour to travel from Ruluka Island to Mystery Island. Of course, this was also because the two islands were not far apart, both located in the first half of the Grand Line. However, it would still take ten days to half a month by ship. Speed and distance are relative factors.
Vic arrived at the Mystery Island not on a full moon night, so he still had to wait. He could clear away the dark clouds on rainy days and the thick Vic on foggy days, but he really couldn't do anything if it wasn't a full moon night. Although he was strong now, he couldn't reach the level of moving stars and plucking the moon!
So the monthly full moon still depends on the movement of celestial bodies in the universe. However, Vic only arrived three days early. If he had enough time, he would choose to spend time with his family and friends before coming here. More than twenty years apart is not a short time!
"Wow, it's already bearing fruit again! But it will take several hundred years for it to mature; we'll have to wait!"
Three days later, Vic looked at the now incredibly familiar scenery and was filled with excitement. The next time he left this place, he would see a completely different world!
Although he was excited inside, Vic remained calm on the surface. Now, Vic stood alone by the lake in the center of the Mystery Island, and no other ferocious beasts dared to approach. The domineering aura emanating from Vic was too strong!
In the eyes of those ferocious beasts, Vic was their king. Wherever Vic went, those beasts would prostrate themselves on the ground. Vic never suppressed his aura on the Mystery Island.
However, this is just the aura that Vic naturally exudes. If he were to get a little more serious and concentrate his aura as it is released, the huge trees by the lake that would take several people to encircle would not be able to withstand it and would break in half, just like a giant hammer smashing into the trunks of those trees. This is Vic's Conqueror's Haki now!
With his own training and the amplification from tens of thousands of Soul Fruit, Vic's Conqueror's Haki is now far stronger than Shanks'. Under normal circumstances, Shanks ' Conqueror's Haki can only crack the ship's planks.
Moreover, he was trying to intimidate Whitebeard and his crew. Compared to Vic, who could easily break a tree that several people could hug, Vic's actions were nothing.
Shanks had indeed met with Whitebeard in the New World by this time, for the same reason: to persuade Whitebeard to let Ace withdraw and abandon Ace pursuit of Blackbeard.
Shanks is one of the people who knows Blackbeard best, the other being Buggy. However, Buggy returned to the East Blue to retire after joining Roger Pirates. Only Shanks encountered Blackbeard again later and suffered a loss at his hands. The three scars on his left eye were left by Blackbeard.
Therefore, the person who understands Blackbeard the most is Shanks. He knows Blackbeard's strength and has also sensed Blackbeard's ambition, but Blackbeard has been hiding himself all along!
Shanks knew that as long as Blackbeard didn't give himself away, no amount of persuasion from him would work, so he had never said these things to Whitebeard Whitebeard.
But now that Blackbeard has shown his true colors, Shanks feels it's necessary to advise Whitebeard not to sacrifice his talented crew. After all, Captain Roger and Whitebeard had some connection, and there's also Ace's past, which he's already learned from Rayleigh!
However, Shanks ' idea was destined to fail. Whitebeard never thought Blackbeard was strong, nor did he think Ace was weak. So Shanks ' persuasion was in vain, and in the end, the clash of Conqueror's Haki tore the sky apart!
Both the Emperor of the Sea and newly Emperor of the Sea weighed each other's strength and gained a general understanding of each other's power. The brats on Roger's ship had grown up and matured, displaying a regal air. Whitebeard had aged and fallen ill, but his imperial might remained!
No weather could deter Vic's determination to become a god. So when the Soul Tree was completely bathed in the full moonlight, Vic entered the small space within the Soul Tree. He would stay there for a month to fully comprehend the Law of Lightning, which he was already close to mastering, and break through to godhood!
If a month isn't enough, he won't come out. Anyway, Luffy and his Luffy will be fine with Rebecca watching over them. As for the rest, he doesn't need to worry about them. Vic's confident that he can break through to the God Realm in at most six months!
As soon as Vic entered the small space of the Soul Tree, he focused his attention on the empty center. The lush green sapling that Vic had previously pulled out had grown back. This was not surprising to Vic; even the Soul Fruit had grown, so it was normal for this sapling, which was closely related to the Soul Fruit, to grow back.
After glancing at the sapling a few more times, Vic turned his attention to the message. Without this message recorded in Ancient Script, Vic would definitely have arrogantly challenged the Celestial Dragons and the World Government, and then the Celestial Dragons ' God of Law would have given him a surprise of total annihilation!
Therefore, Vic was especially grateful to the Forest Law God who left this message. Looking at the flawless beauty in the sculpture, Vic could only sigh. Such a goddess was most likely no longer in this world. All Vic could do was avenge her!
Putting his thoughts aside, Vic walked to the small tree and sat down cross-legged.
The Soul Tree only appears for a few hours each month, so once it completely sank to the bottom of the lake, Vic was completely cut off from the outside world.
A few hours later, on the other side of the Grand Line, Luffy had sailed to the waters near Jaya, where they encountered a wrecked ship that had fallen from the sky, and also encountered the unprecedented problem of the compass needle pointing to the sky.
These strange phenomena surprised the Straw Hat Pirates. Only Robin guessed that these phenomena were related to Sky Island, but she had only heard of Sky Island and couldn't possibly know much about it, since she had never been Sky Island.
Luffy and Usopp got excited when they heard that the next island might be Sky Island. While Robin was examining the things that had fallen onto the ship, the two of them went to explore the wrecked ship that had fallen from the sky but had not yet sunk.
By the time Robin had investigated the origins of the ship, Luffy had already brought back a map of Sky Island from the wrecked vessel, further confirming Sky Island existence.
However, by this time the wrecked ship had completely sunk beneath the surface of the sea. In order to find more clues, Nami had the three combatants put on diving equipment and enter the sea to continue their exploration.
While the trio was searching underwater, the professional salvage team Masira Pirates, arrived nearby. The two sides began competing for services, which eventually led to some conflict. On that wrecked ship, Luffy found another damaged vessel, the Waver, and the Eternal Pose pointing to Jaya.
Just as the Straw Hat Pirates was about to fight the captain of the Masira Pirates, several enormous humanoid shadows appeared in the clouds, frightening everyone. They quickly rowed away from that area.
After escaping the captain of the Masira Pirates, the Going Merry arrived at Mock Town on Jaya, following the Eternal Pose.
In order to gather more information about Sky Island, Nami took Luffy and Zoro to Mock Town to collect information. There, Luffy encountered Bellamy and his crew, who had no dreams, and Blackbeard, who loved cherry pie.
In a tavern, Luffy and Zoro were brutally beaten by Bellamy and his crew, but neither of them fought back!
Half the reason was Nami's instructions before they left, forbidding them from acting rashly. The other half was that they didn't want to fight pirates who didn't even have dreams; they couldn't find a reason to attack!
However, Nami couldn't stand it anymore and felt it was too frustrating. Luffy and Zoro not to worry about their previous agreement and to beat Bellamy and his gang up on them. But Luffy and Zoro still didn't make a move. Even after the three of them left Mock Town, Bellamy and his gang were still mercilessly mocking them!