Uchiha Puppet Master, Starting from One Piece.

As the ship slowly approached, the outline of the land became clearer and clearer—it was a real piece of land! Many plants common in Qinghai grew there, some towering several meters tall, others low and bushy, with thick leaves covered in a layer of fine down. There were also winding streams flowing from deep within the land, their waters gurgling and flowing into the sea of ​​clouds beside them, blending perfectly with the clouds without creating a single ripple.

The Dawn slowly came to a stop at the edge of this landmass. The bottom of the ship landed on the ground with a dull thud, which was completely different from the buzzing sound it made when traveling above the clouds.

Everyone stepped off the deck, their feet touching the solid ground beneath their feet, which felt slightly warm, a stark contrast to the softness of the sea of ​​clouds and the coolness of the mountains.

Kanna carefully lifted her short legs, stepped on the ground, and then bent down to pick up a small pebble: "Wow, is this land? It's actually in the clouds!"

Rangiku crouched down, her fingertips tracing the patterns on the ground, her eyes filled with amazement: "It's unbelievable... There really is such a solid piece of land above the sea of ​​clouds. I've never seen land so directly above the clouds before."

Robin strolled slowly, his gaze sweeping over the surrounding plants and stream. His fingertips gently touched the white flower that resembled a cloud; its petals were soft and delicate, emitting a faint fragrance.

"Four hundred years have passed. In Noland's legend, the other half of Jaya Island, the Apayado that the Shandian people speak of, is the other half where Mr. Kulicai's house is located..."

Retsu Unohana stood at the edge of the land, gazing at the golden horizon in the distance, where the sea of ​​clouds met the land. Sunlight shone on the ground, reflecting a golden glow, and distant silver mountains stood amidst the sea of ​​clouds, creating a breathtaking picture.

She sighed softly, her tone carrying a hint of understanding: "So this is the secret of an altitude of 10,000 meters. There really is land above the clouds, there is life, there is such a world that has never been disturbed by the world."

Even though Soul Society has many amazing things, the Skypiea in the One Piece world is just as astonishing.

Bai Yu stood behind the group, gazing at the land, mountains, and milky-white sea of ​​clouds before him, a smile on his face.

And Kulikai's obsession, those stories of Liar Noland that have been passed down for hundreds of years.

Kanna, tugging at Baiyu's sleeve, skipped and hopped towards the depths of the land, her clear laughter echoing between heaven and earth: "Baiyu, Baiyu, let's go inside and have a look! There's the Golden Land, and lots of fun things to do!"

The ground stretched out beneath their feet, and as they ventured deeper into the land, the surrounding scenery changed rapidly.

The scattered plants gradually became lush, and the tall plants twisted their branches upwards. Kanna loosened her sleeves and ran after the sunlight, her short legs stepping on the soft but firm ground, kicking up pebbles that tumbled over.

"Slow down, don't get lost."

Bai Yu raised his voice and gave instructions.

This land is much larger than it appears on the surface. As you venture deeper, the once flat terrain begins to undulate gently, and the streams widen. The water reflects the silver mountains and the drifting clouds in the sky. Occasionally, a few transparent fish swim by, their scales shimmering in the sunlight.

Before they had gone far, a sharp shout suddenly came from the woods, and the sound of branches being roughly parted grew louder as several figures abruptly blocked their path by the stream.

They were several Sky Island people dressed in light blue short jackets with red ropes tied around their waists. Their figures were no different from those of the Qinghai people, except that they had a pair of palm-sized white wings on the back of their necks.

The leader of the Sky Islanders had a light red mark etched on his forehead and held a wooden staff inlaid with seashells in his hand. His gaze swept over Bai Yu and his group like that of a hawk, and his tone was condescending and cold: "Qinghai people, how dare you trespass on the Island of Gods! You are blaspheming the gods!"

Chapter 119 Standoff

The patrol members behind him raised their hands, their wrists and palms covered with all sorts of strangely shaped seashells. Some of the shells had a bluish sheen, while others had sharp edges. These were the unique impact shells and slashing shells of Sky Island.

One of the team members suddenly raised his hand, his palm facing Bai Yu. With a muffled thud, a powerful shockwave suddenly exploded. Bai Yu only slightly turned his head, and the boulder next to him was blasted into a crater the size of a bowl, with debris flying everywhere.

The newcomer shouted sternly, "Surrender immediately, or you will be buried in the sea of ​​clouds."

Upon hearing the sound, Kanna immediately ran behind Bai Yu, clutching the hem of his clothes with her small hands, while curiously peeking out to stare at the seashells in the hands of the Sky Islanders.

She was quite curious about the toys the Sky Islanders had; they didn't seem very powerful, but they were quite fun.

"Ha, we've just landed on the island and already run into these guys shouting for a fight. At least it saves us the trouble of finding our way."

Robin gently closed the book, his fingertips touching his lips. His gaze fell on the seashells, a hint of inquiry flashing in his eyes, but he didn't move, clearly having no intention of making the first move.

"It seems the owner here doesn't welcome visitors."

Bai Yu raised his hand and ruffled Kanna's hair. When he looked up, the smile in his eyes had faded, and his gaze fell on the leader of the Sky Island people: "It's just a simple exploration of the island, why resort to knives and guns?"

"How dare you Qinghai ants act so presumptuously on the Island of God!" The leader was enraged by these words and swung his staff violently.

"Attack! Kill without mercy!"

Before the words were even finished, several patrol members launched an attack simultaneously. The shock shells in their palms exploded one after another, and several powerful shockwaves, accompanied by strong winds, rushed towards the group. Others activated their slashing shells, and silver-white slashes shot out, causing the surrounding tree trunks to snap and branches to fly everywhere.

Rangiku was the first to move, her body sliding sideways like a ghost, avoiding the shockwave. As she flicked her fingertips, a scream was heard.

It is clear that Matsumoto Rangiku removed the hand that was using the shell.

Seeing this, a Sky Island dweller circled around to the side, aiming his Impact Shell at Rangiku's back, about to unleash it, when a beam of light suddenly swept past and precisely struck his shoulder and neck. The man instantly stiffened and fell straight to the ground without even uttering a sound.

Unohana Retsu retracted her fingers, her gaze sweeping over the others, her tone remaining calm: "Sigh, I'm a doctor, I really don't want to fight. Shiraha, these people really don't interest me."

As soon as she finished speaking, two more Sky Islanders rushed at her, brandishing short swords inlaid with slashing shells. The slashing shells were triggered one after another, and several slashes intertwined into a net, enveloping Unohana Retsu.

She slightly turned her body and moved her feet lightly. Her seemingly slow movements precisely avoided all the slashes. The slashes landed on the tree trunk behind her and split the thick trunk in two.

She raised her hand and grasped the Zanpakuto beside her. The blade trembled slightly, and a flash of light pierced through the air. The seashells on the wrists of the two Sky Island people were cleaved in two. In their panic, they were lightly pushed by Retsu Unohana, and their bodies flew out like kites with broken strings, crashing heavily into the rocks in the distance and losing consciousness.

"Not kill them?"

"How could that be? We just don't use swords to kill! Those who attack us, regardless of their stance, only have one path!"

Bai Yu did not move an inch from beginning to end. Only the leader of the Sky Islanders, seeing his companions being defeated one after another, swung his wooden staff inlaid with several impact shells and rushed towards him with red eyes. The impact shells at the top of the staff exploded at the same time, and several shock waves were superimposed, making the power several times stronger than before. The surrounding air was distorted by the blast.

Bai Yu raised his eyes, lightly lifted his fingertips, and the powerful wave of energy suddenly stopped a few inches in front of him, then collapsed with a bang, turning into fine wisps of wind.

Bai Yu used the puppets to create a simple barrier.

The Sky Island dweller's eyes were filled with terror. Before he could react, Bai Yu flicked his finger, and a thin chakra arrow shot out, accurately striking his brow. The man instantly lost his senses and fell straight to the ground.

Within moments, several Sky Island patrol members collapsed to the ground, some dead, some wounded, and no longer had the strength to resist.

The Sky Island people were bound to a tree trunk by Rangiku's spiritual pressure ribbons, their faces flushed, their eyes filled with resentment and fear: "You...you dare to lay a hand on God's guardians! God will punish you!"

Rangiku walked up to him, bent down and grabbed his head, her tone icy: "God? Let us see what your god is capable of."

Bai Yu stepped forward, his gaze sweeping over the Sky Island people on the ground, then looking into the depths of the forest, where more footsteps could be faintly heard. Clearly, the commotion of this patrol team had alerted the other Sky Island guards. He said calmly, "It seems that this place is more lively than we imagined."

The footsteps in the woods grew louder, but no one was in sight. Only the sounds of sharp cracks, angry shouts, and muffled groans drifted on the wind, carrying a hint of tense, murderous intent.

Bai Yu raised his hand, signaling everyone to slow down. Several invisible puppet threads quietly spread out and probed into the depths of the dense forest ahead. In an instant, they sketched the scene in his mind: two groups of people were locked in combat, and the shouts of battle shook the branches and leaves to the ground.

Following the sound, the group turned a corner past a dense thicket of bushes, and the view suddenly opened up before them.

On a clearing ravaged by the trampling of the enemy, two groups of people stood facing each other. The fighting had just ended, and the air was still filled with a faint smell of gunpowder and blood. Broken weapons, shattered seashells, and several bodies lay scattered on the ground. There were Sky Islanders wearing short jackets and winged membranes on their backs, and Shandians with darker skin wearing animal skins. Both sides were facing each other with weapons drawn and intense hostility burning in their eyes. However, they all froze when Bai Yu and his group suddenly appeared. All eyes were instantly focused on the uninvited guests.

The Sky Island people numbered about twenty, half of whom were wounded. The Impact and Slash Shells on their wrists still gleamed with a lingering blue light. The leader stared at Bai Yu and the others with a gloomy expression, his wings on the back of his neck slightly tense with vigilance.

The Shandians were slightly fewer in number, consisting of about a dozen strong men, each with a robust build and skin tanned a deep bronze by the scorching sun. Their faces were painted with strange red patterns. The leader was a middle-aged man with a resolute face and a hideous scar on his forehead. He held a stone hammer inlaid with seashells in his hand, and his gaze swept over Bai Yu and his group like that of a hawk, filled with scrutiny and vigilance. His aura remained sharp, but he did not make a move rashly.

For a moment, the open space was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. The three groups faced each other in a triangular formation. The wind in the forest rustled through the leaves, making a slight noise, which only made the atmosphere more tense.

Kanna looked around, staring at the seashell in the Sky Islander's hand one moment and then curiously at the markings on the Shandian's face the next. She tugged at Bai Yu's sleeve and whispered, "Bai Yu, Bai Yu, are they playing a fighting game too?"

Chapter 120 United Against External Forces

Uchiha Shiraha then said, "Yes, it is indeed a boring fighting game. The Sky Island people and the Shandians have a long-standing feud, and it seems that we have run into each other today."

Having traveled the ninja world for many years, Uchiha Hakuba has witnessed countless battles caused by obsessions and grudges. The hostility in the eyes of these two groups is not a temporary conflict, but a long-standing grudge.

Just like the Senju and Uchiha clans, once conflict began during the Warring States period, the hatred between them was difficult to extinguish...

Robin slowly stepped forward, his gaze falling on the stone hammer in the Shandian's hand and the golden patterns on his body. A hint of inquiry flashed in his eyes as he whispered, "Are they Shandora people? Legend has it that the Shandians are an ancient tribe on the island of Jaya, and that they are said to be brave and skilled in battle."

Bai Yu raised his eyes, his gaze sweeping over the Sky Islanders and the Shandians in turn: "We are just passing visitors and have no intention of getting involved in your grudges."

As soon as the words fell, the leader of the Sky Island people spoke first, his tone filled with condescending arrogance and vigilance: "Outsiders! How dare you trespass into the sacred domain of the Island of Gods? Are you in league with these barbaric Shandians?"

He clearly considered Bai Yu and his group as reinforcements from the Shandora people, his hostility intensifying, and the shock shell on his wrist was already poised to strike at any moment.

Upon hearing this, the Shandian leader frowned slightly, raising his stone hammer slightly, but not at Bai Yu and his group. He simply said coldly, "Are you not minions of the Sky Island people?"

He could tell that Bai Yu and his group had a completely different aura from the Sky Island people. They didn't have that arrogant condescension; instead, they were all unfathomable and not easy to deal with. If he could use their influence to restrain the Sky Island people, it wouldn't be a bad thing for the Shandora people. However, judging from their appearance, they seemed to be from Qinghai. If that was the case, they could join forces with the Sky Island people to take down the Qingdao people first.

The gazes of both groups once again focused on Bai Yu and his group, filled with vigilance, inquiry, hostility, and a barely perceptible probing. They all wanted to know which side this sudden outsider would stand on; they didn't trust this guy who had suddenly arrived.

Bai Yu's gaze swept over the two tense figures, his tone remaining calm: "We are from Jaya Island. We don't take sides; we just want to find something here. But if anyone dares to provoke us, we won't hold back."

Bai Yu suddenly exuded a faint aura of power. His Sharingan flashed in his eyes, and although the three-tomoe pattern was not fully revealed, it made the Sky Island people and Shandora people tremble, as if they were being stared at by a ferocious beast, and the hairs on their bodies stood on end.

The atmosphere in the open space grew increasingly tense. The Sky Islanders and Shandians looked at the aura surrounding Bai Yu and his group, and their expressions gradually changed. They could clearly sense that these outsiders were extraordinary in strength. If a conflict were to break out, neither side would come out on top.

The Sky Island elder and the Shandian leader exchanged a glance and decided to form a temporary alliance. Their primary goal was to eliminate these threats from Qinghai, as the stability of Sky Island was their core objective.

The brief exchange of glances between the Sky Island Elder and the Shandian leader had already reached a tacit agreement. The blood feud of generations would be put aside for the time being, and the first priority was to completely annihilate this group of Qinghai invaders of unknown origin and terrifying aura. This was the first priority in protecting Sky Island and their homeland.

The next second, the two sides, who had been on the verge of exchanging blows, turned around simultaneously. The buzzing of shell weapons and the trembling of stone hammers exploded at the same time, and the stagnant air was instantly torn apart by the violent attack. The fierce battle broke out without warning.

The first to launch an attack were the elite warriors of the Sky Island. Dozens of shock shells were activated at the same time, and the invisible shockwaves, like dense water cannons, swept towards Bai Yu and his group with a piercing whistle. The sand and gravel on the ground were blown into the air by the shockwaves, forming a thick barrier.

Following closely behind were the Sky Islanders wielding slashing shells. The pale blue slashing waves erupting from the shells were as sharp as knives, and the crisscrossing blades wove an impenetrable net, sealing off all space for everyone to dodge.

In addition, there are those that control fire-breathing shells, from which torrents of orange-red flames erupt, scorching and distorting the air with intense heat, and instantly filling the entire open space with a pungent smell of sulfur.

The Shandians launched a surprise attack, taking advantage of the terrain. Wearing rough shoes, they swiftly advanced, using vines and rocks as cover. Their stone hammers, imbued with brute force, slammed into the flanks. The wind-breathing shells hanging at their waists were suddenly activated, and powerful air currents shot out from the shells, instantly accelerating them. Like arrows released from a bow, they rushed straight at Robin and her companions, intending to first defeat the seemingly weak women.

Among the crowd, Waver, though not particularly tall, stood out. His bare upper body was adorned with distinctive tattoos, and he carried a cannon on his right arm. Without even looking, it was clear that it contained multiple Impact Gadgets, which were currently frantically accumulating a violent energy far exceeding that of the Impact Gadgets. His eyes were fixed on Bai Yu, clearly intending to reserve this strongest attack for the leading Uchiha clan member.

Faced with the overwhelming onslaught of shellfish, Bai Yu remained calm. His Sharingan with three tomoe in his eyes was fully open, the scarlet pupils and black tomoe spinning rapidly, seeing through the trajectory of all the attacks, the rhythm of the shellfish charging up, and the warriors' points of attack.

"No need to hold back, let's finish this quickly."

Instead of retreating, Bai Yu advanced, his right hand forming a hand seal.

Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique suddenly erupted, and a giant fireball several meters in diameter spewed out of its mouth, colliding violently with the Sky Island people's fire-breathing shell. The two high-temperature flames exploded in mid-air, and sparks rained down like a storm, temporarily suppressing the Sky Island's fire-type shell attack.

Her companions launched a counterattack simultaneously. Rangiku's afterimage weaved through the blade light of the Slash Shell, the sharp blade light shredding all of the Slash Shell's blade light and sending several Sky Island warriors flying in the process.

Robin crossed her arms and waved them lightly, instantly activating her Flower Flower Fruit power. Dozens of arms grew out of thin air from under the feet of the Skypiea warriors, on their weapons, and on the mechanisms of the shellfish, tightly gripping the nozzle of the Fire-Breathing Shell, the trigger of the Slash Shell, and the handle of the Impact Shell, forcibly interrupting their attack rhythm.

"These shellfish have fixed intervals between charging up their energy; you can suppress them by seizing a gap of a fraction of a second!"

She manipulated the power of the Flower-Flower Fruit to spread again, binding several attacking Shandian warriors into dumplings and slamming them heavily onto the rocks.

Seeing that the ranged attack had been thwarted, the Sky Island Elder roared and took to the field himself. He wielded a combination shell weapon, using an impact shell in his left hand and a slashing shell in his right. The two shells were activated simultaneously, and the impact combined with the slashing waves to form a compound attack, aiming straight for Bai Yu's face.

Chapter 121 Psychological Shadow

Faced with this simple tactic, Bai Yu dodged to the side, his Sharingan accurately predicting the attack trajectory. With a slight flick of his left hand, he quietly activated the Illusion Technique: Naraku. The Sky Island Elder only felt a blur before his eyes, instantly enveloped by the illusion. His mind was shaken, and his attack was instantly halted. He was hit hard in the chest by Bai Yu's heavy punch and flew backward like a kite with a broken string. The shell in his hand was also smashed to pieces.

The Uchiha clan's genjutsu doesn't necessarily require disturbing chakra to be performed; simple hints and the power of chakra are transformed into mental control through the eyes.

Therefore, even in the ninja world, encountering an Uchiha with three tomoe is terrifying. Both are Jonin, but an ordinary Jonin and an Uchiha Jonin who can skillfully use three tomoe are completely different concepts.

In a one-on-one situation without a partner, unless specially trained, one can easily fall victim to the Uchiha's genjutsu if one is not careful during combat. For a ninja, even a moment of carelessness can be life-threatening.

If you encounter an Uchiha in a one-on-one fight, run away immediately, that's the right thing to do!

The Shandian warriors' surprise attack with the Wind-Spitting Shell also failed. Facing the enemy, Uchiha Shiraha simply used a technique from the Naruto world, unleashing the Shadow Clone Technique. Dozens of clones rushed towards the airflow, while his main body circled behind the enemy. He then used Lightning Release: Chidori Sharp Spear to condense a slender lightning spear, piercing the Wind-Spitting Shell's body with a single thrust. The powerful airflow instantly went out of control and backfired, blowing several Shandian warriors into the rock wall, causing them to cough up blood and lose their fighting ability.