# Chapter 201: The Grief of Sky Island's Shandian - Shandora
Ten thousand meters above sea level.
A Sky Island above the Mock Town Sea Area.
The Farazul advanced through the Cloud Sea floating in the sky.
Hades and Titan left first.
It was better that the other crew members didn't know about what was coming next.
His objective this time was naturally the legendary Golden City.
Quietly arriving at the God Valley, as the Sky Islanders called it, Hades's Observation Haki quickly spread, covering the entire Island.
As for the "Golden City" Shandora, he naturally knew where it was.
It was actually easy to distinguish: the only Basin on the Island.
Thick Island Cloud floated above the Basin, and the "Golden City" Shandora was hidden beneath the Island Cloud.
However, until Enel arrived in the future, no one had discovered it here.
Slightly raising his head, Hades frowned.
He had already sensed the gazes spying on them from the surroundings.
Hidden in the primitive forest, they stared intently at the two mysterious newcomers, seemingly ready to attack at any moment.
Hades had already felt their hostility and had no intention of explaining anything.
Naturally, he wouldn't sit back and wait for them to make the first move.
Turning his head, he signaled Titan with his eyes to attack together.
The Shandian Warriors hidden in the jungle held weapons in their hands and carried some strange Shells on their bodies.
They stared intently at these two people of unknown origin, feeling somewhat puzzled.
They had always fought against the warriors of Sky Island, and this was the first time they had encountered outsiders.
However, whether they were people from Angel Island or not, they were enemies to them.
Thinking this, they prepared to attack.
In their hands and on their bodies, they held weapons made from special Sky Island Specialty Products like Impact Dials, Cloud Dials, and Wind Dials.
The Impact Dial was a great killer with astonishing destructive power.
As for the even rarer Reject Dial, its power was ten times that of the Impact Dial.
Even some Great Pirates on The Great Sea would find it hard to withstand without using Haki defense.
The next moment, before he could even react, a "whoosh" sound came from his ear.
Accompanied by a rapidly descending shadow, a huge golden hammer directly smashed his body into pulp.
Even in death, he did not see the face of the person who killed him.
Around them were more than twenty Shandian Warriors.
They were the natives of Jaya Island, who were swept up to Golden Island along with their Island by a giant Knock-Up Stream four hundred years ago.
This Island's original name was Upper Yard, the only Island on Sky Island that possessed soil, and it was regarded as a Holy Land by the Sky Islanders.
To reclaim their homeland and ring the Golden Bell again, the Shandians had waged a war against the Sky Islanders for four hundred years.
In this four-hundred-year war, the hatred between the Shandians and the Sky Islanders had long become deep-seated.
Under absolute strength, everything was meaningless.
Before long, all the Shandians in the vicinity were dead.
Corpses lay scattered on the ground.
Their attire looked somewhat like that of Indians.
"In that direction, deal with the others," Hades said to Titan, sensing the Cloud Hidden Village where the Shandians lived in seclusion and pointing in its direction.
Their objective was gold and the Golden Bell.
The Golden Bell was an important belief for the Shandians, for which they had not given up during the four-hundred-year war.
Persistence was a good thing, but for Hades, it was undoubtedly a trouble.
Perhaps they would even go to The Great Sea to search for Hades, risking information leakage.
Since that was the case, he would eliminate them.
Hades didn't care about their persistence.
People sacrificed themselves on The Great Sea every moment.
In this World, weakness was the original sin; no one would pity them.
Titan didn't take long.
As the poison mist spread, all the Shandians in Cloud Hidden Village were unable to escape.
Hades also acted quickly, going to the areas around the Island to eliminate the Shandians who were outside.
Soon, the Shandians were completely wiped out, slaughtered to the last.
Hades and Titan continued deeper into the Island.
It was an Area shrouded in thick fog, and they were getting close.
The Island had many wild beasts, the most representative being the giant python Nola, known as the "Lord of the Sky".
Hades wasn't too concerned about this.
The wild instinct of wild beasts was often very sharp.
The powerful aura subtly emanating from Hades and Titan made them dare not approach.
However, even if they didn't come looking for trouble, Hades would actively seek them out.
He remembered that the giant python Nola's belly contained a large amount of undigested gold and treasure.
Rather than letting others benefit, it was better for them to take it directly.
Hades was not in a hurry; everything was under his control.
His Observation Haki controlled everything.
Thick fog surrounded them.
The ground beneath their feet turned into thick Island Cloud.
Looking up at the sky, the giant vine grew spirally upwards, reaching the sky, its top invisible.
And the Golden Bell was at the very top of the giant vine.
"Witness the true Golden City. It's hidden beneath the Island Cloud." Hades turned his gaze towards the Island Cloud below him.
A strange death energy instantly erupted, corroding a large hole in the Island Cloud.
Below, there was another space.
Island Cloud was very hard; it couldn't be opened without a certain amount of strength.
No wonder no one had discovered it for so many years.
Who could have thought there was another world beneath the Island Cloud?
Even the present-day Shandians had forgotten what Shandora, where their ancestors once lived, looked like.
The Island Cloud was several hundred meters above the ground of the Basin.
This was nothing for Hades and Titan.
The two of them jumped directly down from this pit.
the pit created by Hades was quickly filled up by the active Island Cloud.
From afar, Hades saw a dazzling golden light.
His heart couldn't help but pound.
Even he was seeing so much gold at once for the first time.
They were currently on the outskirts of the Shandora ruins.
The true Golden City was at the core of Shandora.
From such a distance, it was hard to imagine how much gold there was.
The Golden City was just ahead!
Hades strode forward.
The entire ruin was very large, but they didn't care about the ordinary ruins on the outskirts.
After ten-plus minutes, the entire Shandora was displayed before the two of them.
The Shandora ruins.
Just like the meaning of "Shandora," it was a magnificent city.
Before their eyes was a scene of magnificence and brilliance.
Even after four hundred years, there were still no traces on it, and the light had not dimmed.
The material of the gold was better than ordinary stone.
Under the environment at ten thousand meters altitude, beneath the Island Cloud, there was also no dust.
Even if there was, the splendor of Shandora could not be concealed.
Looking at the buildings made of gold before them, the central road, and the inlaid bricks were also made of gold.
Even Titan couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
How much wealth was this exactly? The total price of the gold was hard to estimate.
Having seen plenty of treasure, they knew that even one trillion Beli could not compare to this gold.
Several billion Beli could buy a small country.
So much gold, if put onto The Great Sea, could easily buy even some large countries.
The Shandora ruins were well preserved.
In the entire Golden City, only some buildings were relatively tilted, possibly affected by the giant Knock-Up Stream at that time.
After all, that was a Knock-Up Stream that could wash an entire Island up to ten thousand meters altitude.
Knock-Up Streams were not uncommon in the New World, but such a Knock-Up Stream was undoubtedly a rare spectacle seen only once in decades or centuries.
However, this did not affect the integrity of the Golden City Shandora.
Unlike the future, where this gold would be taken by Enel to build the Ark Maxim.
Apart from some gold items, it wasn't that exaggerated; the gold was inlaid on the surface of the buildings.
But even so, it was an astonishing wealth.
God knows exactly how much gold there was in such a large Area.
No one could refuse the allure of gold.
Standing in the center of the "Golden City," with towering landmark buildings and everything around made of gold, it felt as if they were in a golden ocean.
It stimulated their hearts.
Hades couldn't help but smack his lips.
There was simply too much gold.
The "Golden City" Shandora truly deserved its name.
(end of chapter)