"Empty!"

With the endless noise, the Sakura broke through the clouds and soared forward.

"The oxygen level is gradually decreasing, and everyone pays attention to regulating their heart rate and breathing."

Every time Yamato maneuvers the Sakura to ascend a thousand meters, he would warn the members of the ship to avoid altitude sickness.

"It seems that by the time we get to the Sky Island, our combat effectiveness will decline more or less."

However, in terms of the physical fitness of the crew of the Sakura, the thinness of oxygen did not affect them, and even Lei Jiu, who was the weakest of them all, could adapt to any bad weather because she was a genetically modified adjuster.

"It doesn't hurt."

Katakuri replied to Lei Jiu very calmly, just a little oxygen is thin, and it is not a big problem for those of them who have been through a hundred battles.

As the minutes passed, the group finally came to the end of the column of cupola water, which was a cloud connected to the ocean.

"Oh! I see the clouds in the sky, everyone pay attention, we are going to rush up. ”

Yamato frowned slightly as he looked at the indiscernible thickness of the clouds.

"Hmmm......"

Under the nervous gaze of everyone, the Sakura finally rushed into the clouds.

"Water?"

At the moment of rushing into the clouds, several capable people discovered that something was wrong in the clouds, and there was actually a murderous motive hidden in this seemingly ordinary cloud......

"Boom~"

Finally, with a roar, the Sakura broke out of the clouds containing seawater and floated above the sea of clouds.

"Uh...... I don't have any strength. ”

Ace, as a natural power-burner of fruits, lay on the deck weakly after coming into contact with seawater.

"It's really embarrassing~ Ace."

Musashi gently shook off the water droplets on his body, looked at Ace who was spread on the ground, and sneered.

"Damn...... That's my problem, right? As long as the ability is lifted, it will be powerless after removing the seawater...... Anyway, why are you all right? ”

Ace, who had gradually regained his strength, stood up and asked the unscathed Yamato, Kuzan, and Katakuri in confusion.

"Because I knew in advance that I would encounter seawater, I made a layer of senior ...... outside my body that can absorb water."

Katakuri explained to Ace in a serious manner.

"Okay...... You forget it, so what's going on with Kuzan-san and Yamato? Aren't you two capable people? ”

Ace's right eye jumped slightly after listening to Katakuri's words, so even if the other party foresaw the future, he didn't tell him any of his plans! It's infuriating!

"Ahlala...... The moment the sea water touches me, it will freeze into ice~"

Kuzan explained to Ace as he took a picture of the sky above the clouds with his camera.

"Alright! I also put up with Kuzansan's answer, so what about Yamato you? Why don't you have anything either? ”

Ace couldn't stand the fact that he was the only one who was a clown, and he asked loudly to Yamato.

"Go~"

Yamato did not answer Ace's question directly, but manipulated a ball of water that floated freely in the air and flew towards Ace.

"Huh?! What is it? ”

Ace looked at the droplets flying towards him for some reason.

Immediately after the water sprayed his face, he felt his body hollowed out, as if he couldn't stand up.

"This is seawater?!"

Ace also knew why Yamato could not be disturbed by the sea water in the clouds, and it turned out that the other party activated his ability the moment the sea water touched his body, and all the sea water floated.

Those with fruit abilities will not lose their abilities after touching the seawater, they will only feel weak and unable to actively use their abilities, but this situation is only for the weakest ones, and even if the strong ones are touched by the seawater, they will only have a slight impact.

And for those with powerful abilities like Kuzan and Yamato, even if they put part of their bodies into the seawater, they can still activate the fruit ability, and the effect of the seawater on them is actually very small.

"We're above the clouds now, right? It's amazing, you can really float on the clouds and sail. ”

Ace wiped the water from his face, not looking for himself, he came to the fence of the Sakura, and looked at the endless clouds under the ship, his eyes shining.

"Hee-hee-hee...... I said that the sky island is real, and since I have found a cloud that can carry the ship to sail, I believe that soon I will find a cloud that can hold the island up and float in the sky. ”

After listening to Ace's words, Yamato smiled lightly, the sea of clouds in front of him is the best proof of the fact that the sky island really exists.

"It's rare for even an eagle to fly so high, right?"

Mihawk wrapped his arms around his chest, and with his eyes sharper than an eagle, he carefully looked at the beautiful sea of clouds in front of him.

"It's white, there is no end in sight, and when I retire in the future, it may be very good to come here to retire!"

Kuzan kept pressing the shutter button in his hand, Rao used his experience as a naval admiral, after seeing this endless sea of clouds, he had a sense of shock from the heart, this is by no means a power that can be achieved by man, this is the most primitive power of nature.

"Boom~"

Just as everyone was talking, a huge tentacle rushed out of the sea of clouds and attacked the Sakura.

"There's a creature in the clouds?!"

Musashi, who was standing at the top of the Sakura, looked at the huge tentacles that rushed out of the clouds, was slightly stunned, and then pulled out the katana at his waist.

"Huh~"

With a burst of silver-white knife light, the huge tentacle that wanted to attack the Sakura was instantly cut off.

"Empty~"

It was also at the moment when the tentacle was cut off that a huge octopus with a round head and a round head was revealed in the tumbling clouds.

"Sea kings? No! This size is just the most common sea beast. ”

Ace looked at the ten-meter-large octopus in front of him, his eyes trembled slightly, he thought that some kind of ferocious sea king broke out of the clouds, and after he took a closer look, he shook his head slightly, compared to the sea king, this octopus is still too small, that is, the level of a large sea beast.

"We've got dinner done today! Fire Fist! ”

Ace smiled lightly at the giant octopus, and then the huge flames roared towards the sea kings.

"Bear~"

Accompanied by a fierce flame, the huge octopus was instantly cooked whole.

"Boom~"

Ace flew into the air and threw the cooked octopus onto the deck, then looked at the crowd around him.

"Come, let's try the difference between the octopus swimming in the sea this day and the octopus we usually see swimming in the sea?"

Ace took out a knife and plate from the kitchen and greeted everyone.

"Crunch ~ Crunch ~"

Mihawk used the black knife behind him to dismember the entire octopus in an instant, then took the fork from Ace's hand and took a big sip.

"It's very chewy, and it feels like it would be better if I had a little spice."

Mihawk nodded lightly after tasting it, he couldn't tell the difference between the octopus in front of him and the ordinary ones in the sea, anyway, it was delicious.

"The barbecue sauce is coming~"

At this time, Yamato ran out of the kitchen with a jar of sauce, and she picked up a large brush to spread the sauce all over the octopus.

Then he picked up his fork and lowered it against the largest piece of octopus meat.

"Woo~ It's delicious!"

Yamato said with a happy face after stuffing the whole piece of octopus meat into his mouth in one bite.

"Is it really that delicious? I'll try it......"

Musashi glanced at Yamato and Mihawk suspiciously, and also took the cutlery from Ace.

"This taste~ is really delicious."

"Ahh That's when you need beer! Beer~"

Musashi shouted loudly after eating a large piece of octopus meat.

"Beer goes well with octopus."

Musashi preached to the crowd around him.

"Okay, I remember that there are indeed ...... with the wine"

Katakuri nodded lightly at Musashi, and entered the kitchen to open the drunkard, which was filled with a variety of drinks, most of which were beer.

"Your beer ......"

Katakuri grabbed a dozen cans of beer from the wine cabinet, walked over to the group, and then gently made it to the deck and handed a bottle to Musashi.

"Sun and Moon"

"Click~"

"Tons and tons of ......"

"Whew~ The beer is really the best."

Musashi gulped down the beer Katakuri handed over, and then, regardless of table manners, sat down on the floor and feasted around the huge octopus in front of him.

"Jinping your octopus meat~"

Yamato picked up the tray, found a large piece of octopus meat, and walked into the cab.

"Thank you~"

Jinping smiled at Yamato and motioned for Yamato to put the octopus meat down on the table next to him.

"Would you like some beer?"

After putting the octopus meat away, Yamato took out two bottles of beer from behind him and smiled at Jinpei.

"No, no, no...... I'm driving now, and if I drink alcohol at this time, it's drunk driving, and Zuan law strictly prohibits drunk driving. ”

After listening to Yamato's words, Jinping quickly shook his head, joking that he was a helmsman, how could he drink?

"That's a pity~ Then I'm going to have an octopus party with them!"

Yamato nodded lightly after listening to Jinping's words, what the other party said does make sense, and it is indeed very dangerous to drink at this time.

"There you go! Leave me alone. ”

Jinping bowed his head lightly at Yamato, although he also wanted to go to a drinking party with everyone, but he couldn't leave the rudder! So there was no way around it, so he had to eat takoyaki here while steering the rudder.

“ok~”

Yamato smiled at Jinpei, then left the wheelhouse with the wine bottle and went to the deck to drink beer and eat octopus with everyone.

"Tons and tons of ......"

"Whew~ This is life!"

Kuzan was half-lying on the deck, sipping beer and eating barbecued octopus, looking uncomfortable.

"So Mr. Kuzan just joined our pirates."

Lei Jiu sat in a chair and took a small bite of the octopus on her plate as she said to Kuzan.

"Hahaha...... That's not going to work! It's going to break the leg of the Sengoku Marshal and Mr. Karp. ”

Kuzan smiled helplessly, no matter what he had to say about the World Government or the current Navy, his current identity was the Navy! What does it sound like to leave the army and become a pirate for no reason?

"That's really regrettable~"

After Lei Jiu knew that her persuasion was ineffective, she shook her head slightly.

"Hey! Look! Are those walls in front of you made of clouds? ”

Ace, who was a little drunk, pointed to the huge white marshmallow-like thing that appeared in everyone's field of vision, floating in the sea of clouds, and asked softly.

"I don't know? But are these things blocking our way? ”

Musashi felt her head feel a little heavier, and as she spoke, she pulled out her katana at her waist, ready to split the unknown substance in front of her.

"Wait! Let me destroy these things. ”

Ace waved his hand at Musashi, then staggered and jumped onto the fence of the Sakura, and then his body elementalized and flew into the air.

"Fire Fist!"

Ace's right hand burst into flames, and then exploded from his fist, blasting towards the clouds in front of him, and exploded in an instant.

"Oooh! It's blown away~"

"Not bad~ Ace!"

"One more! One more! ”

Musashi and the others happily looked at Ace, who blasted through the clouds, and coaxed loudly.

"Aha...... Don't worry, hiccup~ I'm going to blast through all these damn clouds! ”

Ace chuckled back at Musashi and the others, and then waved his fist continuously.

"Fire Fist!!"

"Boom!! Rumble! Rumble! ”

As Ace kept activating the fruit ability, the countless clouds in front of the Sakura were all blasted through, which opened up a channel for the Sakura to live in the sea of clouds.

"Ahahahaha...... This is Uncle Ben's strength. ”

"Uh...... How could the head be so dizzy. ”

After Ace blasted through all the obstacles in front of him, a sense of powerlessness filled Ace's body, causing him to withdraw from elementalization and slump on the deck of the Sakura.

"Probably because the foreign gas itself is very thin here, and the flames will consume oxygen, so in short, Ace is short of oxygen."

Lei Jiu, who is the ship's doctor, explained to Ace.

"Aha...... Is that so? I'm actually hypoxic. ”

Ace's face was flushed, and he looked drunk.

"This idiot~"

Musashi looked at Ace, who had drunk too much, and shook his head helplessly, if you can't drink, don't drink it!

"Hey! Do you see there's a huge door up ahead? ”

Katakuri, who had just taken a few sips, said to the people around him.

"Heaven's Gate? We're at the entrance to heaven, aren't we? You can't see angels as soon as you enter the door, do you? ”

Musashi rubbed his eyes and frowned slightly at the handwriting on the huge door that appeared in front of them.

"It doesn't matter where he leads, whether it's to Heaven or Hell, nothing can stop us from making our way to the Sky Island."

Yamato looked at the door that seemed to lead to heaven in front of her, her eyes flashing with fine light, and she had a premonition that they were about to reach the legendary Sky Island.