One Piece: The Salted Fish Fruit

For the rest of the time, everyone was excited about the adventure in the sky, after all, traveling in the sky was completely different from traveling on the sea!

"Crack!"

As Mabe swung her sword and cut the ropes binding the trees on the shore, the Merry shot off like an arrow and sailed into the distance.

"Hahaha! Let's go!"

"Idiot! There are rocks ahead!"

"Rubber balloon!"

"Hard to port!"

"We're going to collide on the port side!"

"Cloud Burst Fist!"

"Right side! Right side!"

"Air shakes!"

"There's a huge boulder blocking our path!"

"Three-Sword Style! One Hundred and Eight Troublesome Phoenixes!"

"Grilled steak!"

"Awoo!"

"If a fish bites me, I'll kill it!"

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Amidst shouts and cries of attack, the Merry swerved left and right, swimming in a serpentine pattern towards the distant mountains before being swept into the sky by the raging river!

"Hahaha! Charge!"

As the clouds drew ever closer, the sparse reefs and rocks caused the river to slow down, finally allowing it to rest and await its final breakthrough through the clouds!

"Hahaha!" The moment we soared into the clouds, we were filled with anticipation for the arrival of a new world!

Wow! So white! I can't see it!

"Grab onto something nearby! Close your eyes and wait a few seconds!" Mabi shouted! The light reflected from the white sea of ​​clouds was enough to blind someone instantly!

"How beautiful!" The crowd, who had been momentarily blinded by the white sea of ​​clouds, slowly regained their senses and exclaimed as they observed their surroundings.

Under the soft sunlight, the white sea of ​​clouds stretched into the distance! Every now and then, fierce cloud-sea fish leaped up to hunt their prey, and in the distance, the white cloud mountains were dotted with verdant trees, bringing an unusual touch of color to this white world!

Just as everyone was enjoying the beautiful scenery with their restored eyes, a furious outburst interrupted their thoughts.

"Go away!"

"Crack!" The shrimp-shaped monster, tens of meters long, was covered in a lobster-like shell! Two ten-meter-tall, pure white teeth protruded from its hairy mouth and were struggling to hook onto the longsword that Mabi had drawn. The two were locked in a stalemate, making a piercing friction sound. The monster's two blood-red eyes were staring straight at Mabi, trying to capture her in one fell swoop.

With a soft thud, the opponent's massive tail bent and bounced, and the enormous twisting force was quickly transmitted to the longsword that Mabi had hooked, carrying Mabi away into the distance.

"Damn it! I'm going to save him! Gum-Gum! Slingshot!" Seeing Maggie disappear, Luffy immediately straightened up and launched himself before anyone could react! He didn't fly very far before falling into the sea of ​​white clouds.

"I'm going to save those two idiots!" Sanji saw the two Devil Fruit users run out to sea! He followed them, stepping on the air to run out too!

But they didn't go very far before Luffy, like a dumpling being thrown into a pot of white clouds, fell into the sea of ​​clouds!

"I'm going!" Zoro sheathed his sword and then jumped into the sea of ​​white clouds!

"Wait! Chopper, get up here!" Seeing Chopper jump in, he reached out and grabbed one of Chopper's legs, pulling him up!

"Jack, go help them!" But there was no response. Looking down, I saw Jack shrunken and lying on the deck, panting heavily! I quickly went over, picked him up, and put him next to Chopper!

"Chopper, check on Jack!"

"He's having trouble breathing due to altitude sickness! It'll be fine in a bit!" Chopper gasped after checking him over. The others around him were also feeling unwell.

"Divine Barrier!" Angelia, also panting, cast a barrier, but soon her forehead was covered in sweat!

"Deadly move! Gunpowder Star!"

"Again! Is this how you play?" Nami, panting, stared at her discomfort, then at the two enormous, snow-white teeth and the monstrous shrimp head that had appeared behind her! She took out her stick, intending to unleash lightning!

"Nami, you haven't rested enough, let us do it! Starfall!" Mia stopped Nami's movements, drew her double-edged sword, and thrust it forward! The sword accurately pierced the enemy's neck, then swept away his head with a swift motion!

"Multi-shot!" Having suffered damage from her arms touching enemies, Robin used her storage space to carry weapons and generate eight arms from her body, wielding several rifles to kill the shrimp-like monsters that attacked her. After finishing, she used the remaining arms to load ammunition and continue firing!

Chapter 77 The Crazy White Sea

"Kill them! Sanji, cook them for me!" Luffy, who had been rescued and regained consciousness, shouted and cursed angrily at the wrecked Going Merry!

"Merry, you've suffered!" Usopp, wielding a hammer and nails, muttered as he repaired the huge holes pierced through Merry's body, surrounded by countless severed monster limbs.

"That was close! I didn't expect to be attacked by so many monsters as soon as I came in." Nami squatted on the ground and let Chopper clean her wounds.

"Rumor has it that the White Sea is unable to communicate with the surface for many years. Its unique geographical environment has given birth to rare and unusual items that are rarely found on the surface, leading many pirates who are unaware of the truth to come here in search of treasure, but many of them find it difficult to return to the surface." Robin closed the book and smiled. The waterway that led to the landing could be navigated by any skilled navigator. Perhaps the most dangerous journey is yet to come.

Maggie, who was rescued by Zoro, woke up under Angelia's pressure.

"Cough cough!"

"Zoro! Angelia! Thank you!" Maggie straightened up and expressed her gratitude.

I was careless! I completely forgot about altitude sickness at high altitudes! My momentary weakness allowed the enemy to seize the opportunity and leave me far behind! If Zoro hadn't come to my rescue, I'd probably already be falling!

"Dinner's ready! Ladies, please enjoy our delicious sky specialties!" Sanji called out as he emerged from the kitchen carrying two enormous trays, which contained the spoils of this battle.

"Wow! So delicious!" Luffy stretched out his arm without moving and snatched a piece of shell containing shrimp meat, praising it as he ate it.

"You bastard, come back again! Severing Void!" Not long after, Mabi sensed an abnormal flow in the air! She swung her sword in a slash!

As Maby slashed and flew away, the sea of ​​clouds below churned, and countless giant fish and beasts appeared, staring intently at Maby below!

"How dare you bully Merry while I was away! Gum-Gum Machine Gun!" Seeing the enemy attack again, Luffy desperately swallowed the food in his mouth and ran out first to avenge Merry!

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"I'm so tired! I haven't even seen a single island yet!" Luffy, wearing sunglasses, slumped over the railing, staring helplessly at the vast expanse of white, completely oblivious to the battle raging around him! Anyone would be utterly exhausted after fighting for a whole day and night!

"Don't worry! How could such a vast ocean be uninhabited? Break the Void!" Mabi, her eyes wrapped in bandages, replied, flicking her wrist to slash at the incoming bare-handed opponent before quickly retracting it to keep it as food. To protect their eyes, the entire group wore crystal-polished sunglasses to prevent light damage; however, Mabi deliberately wore bandages to blind herself and train her perception skills in order to practice her Observation Haki!

"Nami, I've found an abandoned island with some broken buildings! We can go up and rest for a bit!" Angelia, who was in charge of reconnaissance, flew back from afar and shouted. She knew that sky islands were different from ordinary islands; they were difficult to detect with magnetic needles and could only be found by randomly logging in or going to the island that had been captured by the magnetic needle.

"Alright! An adventure! An adventure! Sanji, my pirate bento!" Upon hearing about the new adventure, Luffy immediately perked up, stood up, and quickly changed his gear!

"What a dilapidated history!" After landing, everyone discovered that the place was filled with white ruins and had not been inhabited for a long time.

"Usopp! Jack! Chopper! Let's go exploring! There must be some historical treasure here!" Luffy shouted as he landed on the island, leading his crew on an expedition into the distance.

"Oh! An adventure!"

"Phew! We're exhausted from resting here all day! It's so comfortable lying on these clouds! Zoro, cut me a bed! Sanji, make me some snacks!" Nami mumbled as she slumped onto the thick cloud.

"Beautiful Nami, I'll get it ready right away!" Sanji exclaimed excitedly and immediately jumped onto the ship to get to work.

"Woman, you're so lazy!" Zoro said disdainfully, but still drew his sword and cleaved a marble slab into a flat surface for people to lie down on!

"This is rock? How is that possible!" Mabi exclaimed as she jumped down and saw the package revealed by Zoro cutting through the clouds.

"Aren't stones very common?" Nami asked curiously as she sipped her drink.

After hearing his words, Mabi shook her head and explained, "No! These products don't exist on Sky Island at all! To make these, they would need to be transported up from tens of thousands of meters below. Since Sky Island itself has alternative building materials, using these rocks would be a waste of resources."

"Sever the Void!" The sword swept across countless ruins, cleaving them horizontally to reveal rocky structures shrouded in thick clouds.

“These look like historical texts from eight hundred years ago! This environment has existed for at least eight hundred years,” Robin replied, picking up a stone and examining the familiar characters on it.

As Robin spoke, everyone became interested, for the loss of history would eventually leave behind unusual messages or props.

"Judging from the ruins, this is just the outer residential area! Then the huge white mountain inside must contain even more peculiar information." Robin pieced together the approximate route based on the arrangement of the cut-out buildings!

"Hahaha! Everyone, there's a ship here with lots of treasure on it!" Luffy shouted from afar.

"Treasure! Let's go!" Nami, who had just been weak and listless, jumped up and ran after the sound.

"I'll go see what's inside?" Robin saw everyone preparing to move and naturally decided on her destination. She was more interested in the historical artifacts than the treasure.

"Miss Robin, let me help you!" Upon hearing Robin's goal, Sanji immediately stepped forward and fawned over her.

"So many wrecked ships!" Mabi and the others rounded a group of buildings and discovered countless enormous ships stored in this crescent-shaped harbor! Judging from the dilapidated state of them, the innermost ships were at least several hundred years old! They looked as if they would crumble at the slightest touch! The outermost ships, on the other hand, were in brand-new condition!

"Where are they? They've vanished in such a short time! Not even the treasure has been taken!" Maby boarded a ship and found countless exquisite gold artifacts scattered on the deck, but there was no sign of anyone living there!

"Nami! Zoro! Mia! Can you see Luffy and the others?" Maggie shouted to her companions on the surrounding ships.

"No! Mami has so much gold!" Nami exclaimed excitedly as she stepped out, wearing a gold and jeweled crown, holding a golden scepter, and adorned with a jeweled necklace.

"Stop wearing gold and silver! First, figure out where everyone went!" Mabi said helplessly, rubbing her forehead. Her IQ completely vanished at the sight of gold!

"The knife is still sharp and hasn't corroded! The wine hasn't spoiled either!" Zoro drew the knife he had just found, its blade gleaming coldly in the sunlight! He then stored it away.

This is yet another unreliable one!

"I only found one gunpowder star! This is Uso..." Before Mia could finish speaking, she vanished without a trace!

"Instantaneous teleportation!" Mabi instantly appeared where Mia had disappeared, only to find a spinning gunpowder star remaining on the deck! But Mia herself was nowhere to be seen!

"Mabi! Mia, go..."

"Pervert! This is...!"

Mabi teleported back and forth, but each time she was a step too late and was abducted and disappeared by an unknown force!

"What on earth happened?!" Mabi cried out angrily as she watched her companion disappear without being able to help!

"Whoosh!" A red firework shot into the sky, bringing Sanji and Robin together!

Chapter 78 Institute of History

"Where are they?! Where did they all go?!" Mabi stayed in the same spot for a while but didn't see Sanji and Robin appear. They must have disappeared in an instant like Luffy and the others. Why did they leave her behind?

"Intruder detected! Intruder detected!" Just as Mabi stepped into the center of the island to look for clues, a series of formulaic voices rose and fell.

Then, beneath the pristine white clouds, it seemed as if countless living beings were trying to burst forth, bulging and cracking open! Thick, black arms emerged from the cracks, supporting the clouds and propelling the bodies below them out. Their heads, with their crimson eyes flashing, stared at Mabi, while cone-shaped devices appeared on their shoulders with a crackling sound, pointing directly at Mabi.