After the dragon's ship entered Paradise, he began to instill fear through the phone.
Raiding Enies Lobby didn't require many ordinary warriors, just a master.
To create a large-scale commotion, military commanders from around the world started planning attacks on Marine Bases.
In North Blue, Army Commander Crow accompanied him. The Northern Army, now led by Deputy Commander Jilong, was promptly dispatched to the 57th Marine Branch following Long's orders.
Daxiong, having used his teleportation ability, arrived at the Red Line and awaited news from Arias.
In reality, it wasn't too difficult for Arias to extract Ginny. Using the Earth Immortal technique, he could drag her into the ground where she wouldn't be detected.
As a former captain of the Eastern Army, Ginny was strong and could hold her breath for a short time. But Arias didn't want the Revolutionary Army to have too much freedom.
The Revolutionary Army had been relatively quiet after Luffy's victory in Wanokuni, which was unacceptable to Arias. Bringing their actions to the forefront would help conceal their activities more effectively.
At the main gate of the Holy Land Mariejois, Admiral of Headquarters Buddha Sengoku arrived with a group of elite Marines. Meanwhile, strongmen from the CP organization were dispatched to find the intruders hiding in the holy land.
In a quiet corner, a doll crouched, observing the massive, foreboding building in front of it—Mariejois's prison where Nukang was held.
Arias, waiting underground for the Revolutionary Army's movements, returned to his original form. Emerging from beneath the Red Line, he came to the other side of Upside Down Mountain.
The storm drenched his clothes. He felt the Samadhi True Fire burning away the Devil Fruit's impurities in his body.
Looking down from the mountain's peak, he saw clouds below.
"Is this the cloud that reaches the top of the western sky and leads to Sky Island?"
Curious, Arias leaped from the mountain. The strong wind roared in his ears, but when he landed, it felt like falling onto a soft marshmallow—clouds!
The clouds supported his weight. He looked up to see a narrow ladder of clouds spiraling upwards.
The ladder seemed to be made of water, lifting him to a higher level of clouds.
However, once he reached this layer, he couldn't find any new clouds forming.
"Isn't this supposed to be the top of the Western Heaven?"
Arias was puzzled. It appeared that there were just two special layers of clouds, with no clear path to Sky Island. The ladder, though climbable, had no way back down. Ordinary pirates might either starve on the clouds or risk a dangerous descent.
But Arias had other methods. He drew a mysterious talisman in the air.
"Sword Controlling Talisman, Imperial Order!"
A massive spiritual sword made of Qi appeared. Arias stepped onto it and ascended skyward.
Even if this wasn't the top of the Western Heaven, he could still fly!
Grateful for the Tongtian Rui and the sword-controlling talisman, Arias preferred this over stepping on a dragon to reach the sky.
He accelerated the spirit sword, moving faster and faster until it reached supersonic speed. When the speed hit three times the speed of sound, resistance became a challenge.
As altitude increased and the air thinned, other Qinghai people would have felt weak. However, with the Immortal Thief of Liuku, which had reached the fetal breath stage, Arias could absorb spiritual energy directly through his pores without discomfort.
The spirit sword pierced through a thick layer of white clouds, swimming through them as if in the sea.
This wasn't Sky Island yet, but the White Sea, which was at an altitude of 7,000 meters. Another 3,000 meters was needed to reach Sky Island.
As the spirit sword began to fade from energy depletion, Arias conjured a new one and continued his ascent. The journey lasted only a few seconds before he found himself enveloped by thick clouds again.
In the clouds, he saw various Sky Island specialty seafood. He casually grabbed one, planning to roast it later.
The spiritual sword cut through the sea of clouds, revealing a vast expanse of white. The sea of clouds seemed as large as the Qinghai, and he needed to find land.
Sky Island was directly above Gaya Island in the middle of the Grand Line, so finding it shouldn't be too difficult. Following the direction of the Grand Line, he should soon see Sky Island.
Continuing forward with the spirit sword, Arias saw land covered in green plants after several more energy depletions of the spirit sword.
That was Sky Island!
When Arias landed on Sky Island, the ground felt as soft as cotton candy. This didn't seem like the island where the Conis family lived; there were no familiar buildings in sight.
"Who are you?"
As Arias explored, a blonde girl with white wings emerged from a hut. She looked at him curiously.
The man in front of her lacked the wings typical of Sky Island people and wore unusual clothing, holding a large octopus.
"Hello, my name is Arias."
Arias greeted her with a bright smile. The girl's heart raced, and her face turned red.
"Ah, ah, hello."
She clutched her heart, too shy to meet his gaze directly but peeking at his handsome face through her peripheral vision.
"My name is Yuri."
The girl introduced herself softly, already imagining embarrassing scenarios in her mind.
"Excuse me, is this Sky Island?"
Arias noted that the girl was clearly captivated by him. With his good looks, getting answers to his questions was going to be easy!
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