Simultaneous traversal: All Abyss difficulty.

Chapter 331 Nami: Please take me to sea, Captain! (Fifth update, please subscribe)

Fang Yu and Nami arrived at Dragon Paradise side by side. The park was filled with a nauseating stench. The fish-men were lazily eating and drinking, and when they saw Nami and Fang Yu, they all cast wary glances at them.

Hearing the commotion, Ah Long stood up from his throne by the pool and strode menacingly toward them.

He walked up to Nami and Fang Yu, looking down at them. His gaze swept over Fang Yu before settling on Nami. He asked menacingly, "Nami, what are you doing bringing a stranger here?"

Nami bit her lip and remained silent, her eyes showing both fear of Arlong and a hint of stubbornness.

She instinctively hid behind Fang Yu, her hands gripping the hem of her clothes tightly, her knuckles turning white from the force.

Fang Yu met A Long's gaze, a confident smile playing on his lips, and said unhurriedly, "Nami is now one of my crew members. I heard you bullied her?"

Ah Long paused for a moment, then threw his head back and burst into loud laughter, the sound so loud it seemed to make the surrounding air buzz: "Hahaha! We've brought in our savior, Nami?" His laughter abruptly stopped, his face instantly contorted into a ferocious expression, his eyes widening like copper bells, his muscles tensing, as he roared viciously: "I'll crush this kid's bones!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Ah Long swung his thick arm violently, bringing a whooshing sound as he smashed it down toward Fang Yu's head.

Fang Yu remained calm, a cold glint flashing in his eyes. Just as A Long's fist was about to touch his cheek, he dodged, his speed almost imperceptible! Immediately afterward, Fang Yu raised his leg and kicked towards A Long's chest at a speed barely visible to the naked eye!
Ah Long didn't even have time to react. He felt a sweet taste on his lips, and then blood rushed to his throat! He flew backward like a cannonball!

The scene around Ah Long changed rapidly, with the whistling wind in his ears. With a loud "boom," Ah Long's body slammed heavily into the Evil Dragon Building, the powerful impact creating a human-shaped hole in the building!
The remaining fish-men of the Arlong Pirates, who had been watching the show with amusement, were now completely dumbfounded, their eyes wide as they stared at Fang Yu, who was still kicking his legs.
They never imagined that this seemingly ordinary human could knock their powerful captain away in an instant, and so easily at that!

For a moment, the park was deathly silent, save for a gentle breeze that stirred up the banknotes that Na Mei had painstakingly collected.
Without turning his head, Fang Yu said to Nami, "Go, take all the money you've painstakingly collected. Don't let this bastard get it for free."

Nami nodded vigorously and walked towards the bundle she had brought earlier, while the other members of the Arlong Pirates didn't dare to stop her.
Smoke and dust filled the air.

Ah Long, clutching his broken nose, staggered to his feet from the rubble, blood streaming down his contorted face.

He stared intently at the figure ahead, a hoarse, cold laugh escaping his throat: "Human... do you think this is enough to subdue a noble merman?"

Fang Yu stood beside Nami, his Sage Mode eyeshadow shimmering with a faint golden light amidst the smoke and dust.

He glanced sideways at Nami, who was trembling all over, and chuckled, "Your inner demon... is this kind of trash?"

"You bastard!" Arlong roared in fury, his brute force shattering the stone slabs beneath his feet. "Mere humans—"

"Ah Long!" Croobi suddenly screamed, his shark arms flailing wildly, his voice distorted with fear, "He...he's that 'New Five Emperors' with a bounty of 4.5 billion!"

The air suddenly froze.
Ah Long's pupils contracted sharply as his gaze swept across Fang Yu's face, finally overlapping with the wanted poster in his memory.

His muscles tensed instinctively, but the next second, arrogance regained its advantage: "Heh... bounty?" He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his serrated blade pointing directly at Fang Yu, "Murlocs have no fear! Fight!"

"Stubborn." Fang Yu shook his head, clasping his hands together. "Nami, I have a hundred ways to kill Arlong, but I chose the most difficult one. Do you know why?"

Before he could finish speaking, the earth trembled, and countless giant trees burst forth from the ground, instantly shredding the remains of Dragon Paradise into dust!
A giant Buddha statue, over a kilometer tall, appeared on the island, leaving everyone stunned!

Before Ah Long could react, the sky above his head was already blocked out—the giant palm of Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands pressed down like a mountain!

"No...impossible!" Ah Long roared as he leaped up, unleashing a full-force attack of Fishman Karate to meet the giant palm, only to have his bones shatter the instant they made contact!
A mantis trying to stop a chariot?

No, this should be called an ant trying to shake an elephant! "Bang—!!!"

Smoke and dust billowed into the sky, and the entire Dragon Paradise was slammed into the ground with a single blow!
The shockwave swept across the coast, and the villagers of Cocoa Village looked in terror at the rising smoke in the distance!

Nami stood frozen in place, but as far as she could see, there was no fishman standing anywhere.
When the smoke and dust cleared, Ah Long, whose body was already in pieces, was beyond dead in the palm-shaped crater a hundred meters deep.

Fang Yu squatted by the pit, smiling as he said, "You know what? There are two kinds of people I hate the most." He held up one finger, "One is people who don't keep their word." He flicked out a second finger, "The other is idiots who talk the talk but walk the walk."

"Click."

With a snap of his fingers, the soil at the edge of the giant pit collapsed, completely burying Arlong, the entire Arlong Pirates, and all the evidence of their crimes.
Fang Yu turned and walked towards Nami, casually tossing her a gold coin he had picked up from the ruins: "Here, this is yours."

The sea breeze swept ash between the two of them. Nami remained silent for a long time before finally speaking in a hoarse voice: "I stole your things, plotted betrayal, and even tried to harm Carrot... Why are you still helping me?"

Fang Yu suddenly laughed. He reached out and ruffled Nami's orange hair, so hard that she grimaced. "Because I need a navigator."

"You also need a captain."

"A captain who won't use 'ransom' to trick you into drawing four years' worth of nautical charts."

"A captain who lets you say 'This is my village' with a clear conscience."

“Most importantly—” Fang Yu pointed to the distant coastline, “a captain who can take you to all the places you’ve ever dreamed of!”

Nami's pupils trembled slightly.

“Of course, the choice is yours.” Fang Yu stood up, lazily stretching, “Do you want to continue being the ‘cat thief,’ or…”

"I want to board the ship!" Nami suddenly shouted.

She hastily wiped her face, and as she stood up, her eyes held no more hesitation or calculation, only a burning determination: "I will be the navigator of this ship! I will draw charts of the entire world! I will—"

"Let my name resound throughout the Grand Line!"

Fang Yu grinned, turned, and headed towards the shore: "Follow me, rookie navigator, first stop—"

"Sky Island!"

As the sun set, Nami took one last look in the direction of the orange grove. The sound of the windmills turning carried on the wind, like Bellemere's comforting whisper.

She took a deep breath, strode off, and ran towards the Ghost Carrot and her new companions.

This time, she was no longer alone.

(End of this chapter)