Chapter 58: Chaotic New World
After leaving Fish-Man Island and sailing upwards for a while, Nicholas noticed white sea currents suddenly appearing beside the Ship.
These sea currents were constantly rotating at high speed, like white giant snakes rolling in the Grand Line.
"Lord Nicholas, our luck is really bad." The Captain looked at the several huge sea currents that suddenly appeared and kept growing larger around them, his face falling. Encountering these sea currents called White Dragon in the Seabed largely depends on luck, leaving almost no room for maneuver.
"Our luck is really bad, to actually encounter 'White Dragon'. If we get caught in it, if we're lucky, we might be directly swept to the Sea Surface. If we're unlucky, we'll likely be swept back to the Seabed, and in the end, crash into the Seabed, destroying the Ship and killing people... As expected, the New World is not fun at all." Nicholas sighed, looking at the raging sea currents.
Then, under the gaze of the Crew member waiting for the Judgment of Fate, Nicholas directly jumped onto the Mast of the Ship.
"Although I haven't tried it before, isn't the arduous training I've undergone for so long to become a well-rounded Warrior the best validation at this moment!" As he spoke, a Long Sword appeared in Nicholas's hand, and then he slightly bent his body, charging up to unleash a Slash.
"Sea Slicing!" Accompanied by a huge Slash, the originally raging White Dragon seemed to have been directly cut in half, creating a huge gap.
"What are you still spacing out for? Speed up and ascend! The root of the White Dragon's formation hasn't been severed; it will reconnect soon!" Seeing the stunned Crew member, Nicholas shouted loudly.
The people who reacted quickly rushed towards the buoyancy device placed outside the Coating, accelerating the Ship's ascent.
After a long ascent, Nicholas finally vaguely saw the light above his head. This immediately made Nicholas realize that they were about to reach the Sea Surface.
Eventually, the light above became brighter and brighter. Finally, with a loud bang, the Ship Nicholas was riding directly burst out of the Sea Surface.
And the Coating that wrapped the Ship burst open with a 'pop' sound after contacting the air. Feeling the atmosphere around him that was completely out of sync with the first half of the Grand Line, Nicholas knew that the New World had arrived.
Nicholas looked up, and now the Sky of the New World was clear and bright, without a cloud in sight, and there was no sign of the weather changing.
"Well, not bad luck, it's a good day for sailing." Just as Nicholas finished speaking, a 'thud' sound came from the Deck.
Nicholas turned his head stiffly to look, and a small silver-white Stone block was now falling on the Deck not far from his feet.
Looking at the small Stone block of this color, Nicholas inexplicably felt a little uneasy.
"This is Burning Stone! Everyone, pay attention! Prepare for protection and fire extinguishing, furl the Sail!" The Captain of this Ship was also stunned by the scene before him. After picking up a Stone and looking at it, he then shouted loudly.
As the Captain's words fell, the Sky was almost covered by dark clouds within seconds, and then large pieces of Stone began to fall continuously, and these Stone began to burn during the falling process.
These Stone blocks were as small as fingernails, burning out in the Sky before falling to the Sea Surface, but the large Stone blocks were as huge as small mountains.
"Hoist the Sail and accelerate!" Hearing Nicholas's words, the Captain of this Ship looked astonished.
"Mr. Nicholas, once the Sail is destroyed in this Grand Line, we'll be in big trouble, and accelerating in this situation will make it difficult to avoid those Burning Stone overhead." In the Captain's view, if those Burning Stone like small mountains hit this Ship, they would all feed the Fish. Of course, Nicholas might not, after all, he can Moon Walk and float in the Sky.
"You don't need to worry about so much, just accelerate. I'll handle these Stone." After saying that, Nicholas compressed a ball of Lightning in his hand, and then threw this ball of Lightning directly into the Sky above the Ship, forming a Thunder Marsh.
Various Lightning Armament were constantly generated in the Thunder Marsh, because Treasury of Thunder was much more effective in dealing with this large area of high-altitude falling objects.
As Nicholas's Power output increased, the Lightning weapons in Treasury of Thunder roared and flew towards the falling Stone in the Sky.
The Lightning Armament directly exploded upon hitting those falling Stone, shattering the Stone into fragments.
Boom boom boom! For a time, the falling Stone above the Ship were all shattered, scattered around with flames, looking like a huge fireworks rain.
While Nicholas blocked the falling Burning Stone from above, the Ship also quickly rushed out of the falling Stone range.
Before long, the Ship at full power rushed out of that area. Being in a calm Sea Area and looking at the hellish Sea Area behind them, the short distance of tens of meters made it hard to distinguish between reality and illusion for a moment.
And the climate would not stop because of Nicholas and others' departure. Large pieces of burning Stone continued to fall into the Sea.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom." Even because of the characteristics of Burning Stone, a violent reaction occurred with the seawater when it fell into the Sea, emitting huge booming sounds.
Before long, that Sea was heated to boiling by the high temperature of the Burning Stone, and it actually started bubbling.
And the Seabed sea current White Dragon, which had been temporarily interrupted by Nicholas, also rushed out of the Sea Surface in an even more massive form, even forming a huge vortex with a range of tens of kilometers.
Burning Stone, constantly falling from the Sky and burning with Flame, were drawn into the huge vortex and pulled into the Seabed. Accompanied by the sound of boiling seawater, the Seabed 'White Dragon' became an even more violent 'Fire Dragon' for a time.
Seeing the vortex whose range was still expanding, the Captain quickly called out to the Crew member to continue steering the Ship away from this dangerous area. Even with great Strength in the New World Sea Area, one would not be arrogant enough to ignore this violent Sea Area.
"Mr. Nicholas, this is today's latest Newspaper." On the Deck, a Crew member came to Nicholas with a Newspaper in his hand and said respectfully.
Previously, whether it was cutting off the forming White Dragon in the Seabed or using Ability to block the dangerous Burning Stone on the Sea Surface, it made these Crew member know how terrifying Nicholas's Strength was. And as they believed in the law of the jungle, they naturally became even more respectful to Nicholas.
"Oh, let me see." Saying that, Nicholas took the Newspaper and started reading.
The content of the Newspaper was undoubtedly still some major events happening in the world, such as the citizens of a certain country erupting in rebellion again due to the oppression of the royal family, or two other countries starting a War again. When he turned to the second page, Nicholas saw an interesting piece of News.
Regarding the destruction of Justice Island, the former Captain of the Giant Warrior Pirates, Blue Ogre Dorry and Red Ogre Brogy, have successfully returned to Giant Kingdom Elbaf. The World Government's pursuit force also directly returned under the deterrence of the Giant Race army.
In Nicholas's view, the World Government's move was more like escorting than pursuing. If he guessed correctly, after this incident, the World Government should take the opportunity to reach some kind of cooperation with Elbaf, just like Sister Carmel rescued the Giant Race decades ago.
Moreover, besides this, what was mentioned most in the Newspaper was that the World Government and the Marine and the Rocks Pirates seemed to have fallen into a period of peace. Apart from small-scale frictions, both sides seemed to be brewing something.
To this, anyone with eyes could see that both sides were accumulating Power, intending to completely eliminate the other in the next conflict.
Among them, an inconspicuous News in the Newspaper caught Nicholas's attention. The Residence of the Rocks Pirates was suspected to have an unknown race.
Accompanying this News was a picture. A person over six meters tall wearing a Mask appeared on Honeycomb Island. The most eye-catching thing was that he had a pair of huge Wings behind him and a constantly burning Flame at the back of his head.
(End of Chapter)