Yang Tao faced this group of people who disregarded martial ethics, and without a word, he flew into the sky above Holy Land Mary Geoise. After breaking through the clouds, he looked down to see the Sculk still spreading continuously.
'I hope the Celestial Dragons have fun...'
Figures flew up from Mary Geoise below, but their number was much smaller than when they were underground, as the sky blocked many who couldn't fly.
For example, Groudon.
The howling wind in the air made it difficult to stand steady.
Borsalino appeared beside him again. At this moment, his expression was incredibly serious. He held his charged Yamato and, without any nonsense, quickly slashed towards Yang Tao's chest.
The speed was so fast that even Yang Tao was somewhat overwhelmed.
It was clearly a longsword made of light, yet it could genuinely collide with the Yamato, which was quite miraculous.
However, in just a short moment, Yang Tao was struck several times by Borsalino.
But Borsalino wasn't having an easy time either. His speed was fast, but facing Yang Tao's bizarre locked-on attacks, he couldn't dodge at all, even with elementalization.
"Fighting you in the sky is too disadvantageous, Borsalino, come with me."
Yang Tao bit into a golden apple, increasing his life regeneration speed even further.
Then, riding his Magic Broom, he plummeted straight down from the sky.
Borsalino and the others followed closely behind.
Splash.
To everyone's disbelief, Yang Tao plunged headfirst into the sea.
"Damn... damn it, is he trying to commit suicide?"
"Isn't he a Devil Fruit user? He jumped into the sea!"
Borsalino looked at the sea with a complex expression.
But just then, Yang Tao poked his head out of the seawater and smiled at everyone, saying, "The water temperature is nice, everyone, how about we all go for a swim?"
With that, he quickly dived down to evade everyone's attacks.
Everyone on the sea looked at each other. This outcome was something they hadn't expected. A person with many peculiar abilities was not afraid of seawater; this simply exceeded the limits of their imagination.
"What should we do?"
"Borsalino, go report to the World Government and arrange for Merman masters to come over. We must kill him today."
But no sooner had he finished speaking than a sharp appendage pierced through his body.
The others, seeing this scene, elevated their bodies, watching the sea below with full vigilance.
After taking down another person, Yang Tao directly left this sea area.
'One by one, they disregard martial ethics, ganging up on a young man in his twenties like me. Since you disregard martial ethics, then don't blame me for ambushing you...'
Relying on memory, he swam towards Sabaody Archipelago. Staying and fighting with this group of guys was an extremely unwise choice. He might as well use that time to increase his exploration value.
[World Exploration Value: 48.52%]
'As long as I get on the island, it will definitely reach 50%. I hope it's a useful mod...'
Yang Tao, riding his Magic Broom, was completely unaffected in the seawater.
Submergence Charm
The wearer can move freely in water as if on solid ground.
A charm from an Accessories mod. Unfortunately, it has no effect on the debuff of the Devil Fruit, otherwise Yang Tao could create a batch of ability users with no weaknesses.
Sabaody Archipelago is located in front of the Red Line, not far below Mary Geoise.
The entire island is made up of 79 trees, each with towns and facilities. People call this archipelago of 79 islands "Sabaody Archipelago."
The biggest feature of Sabaody Archipelago is that the Root of the Yarukiman Red Tree secretes a special natural resin due to respiration. The resin expands in the air to form bubbles, which then float into the sky.
Since the bubbles are only suitable within the climate range of the Yarukiman Red Tree, once the bubbles leave the climate zone of Sabaody Archipelago, the resin components will explode due to their inability to fully exert their power.
It didn't take long for Yang Tao to arrive at Sabaody Archipelago. Looking at the towering red trees, Yang Tao couldn't help but marvel at how truly magical the world of One Piece was.
"The world is truly full of wonders. It seems that humans are like ants living under a tree... no, not even the size of ants."
He jumped from the water onto Sabaody Archipelago, and his eyes met a lush green lawn. Some bubbles continuously emerged from the ground and then slowly drifted into the sky.
It had a rather dreamlike, childlike charm.
"It seems there are quite a few Celestial Dragons on Sabaody Archipelago as well..."
Yang Tao gazed at the surrounding towering trees. Each tree was marked with a number, and he quickly saw the red tree marked with number 13.
"Shakuyaku and Rayleigh... Meeting these two should grant me a new mod, right?"
Rayleigh's full name is Silvers Rayleigh, nicknamed "Dark King..." the former vice-captain of the Roger Pirates, known as the "Right Hand of the Pirate King." After the pirate crew disbanded, he remained on Sabaody Archipelago as a coating artisan.
And Shakuyaku is the previous empress of Amazon Lily, and the former captain of the Kuja Pirates.
Currently, she lives with Silvers Rayleigh and runs a hotel called "Shakuyaku's Rip-off Bar" in Area 13 of Sabaody Archipelago. She is an information broker.
Both of them have very important roles in One Piece and can definitely provide a lot of exploration value.
Arriving at Island No. 13, Yang Tao walked into the island completely undisguised.
The news of the destruction of Holy Land Mary Geoise should currently only be circulating among some high-ranking officials. At least, there was no sign of disturbance in Sabaody Archipelago at the moment.
As the end of the Grand Line and the beginning of the New World, there are many people here, and powerful pirates are everywhere.
The sounds of hawking were incessant.
After asking twice, Yang Tao finally arrived at Shakuyaku's Rip-off Bar.
He pushed open the door.
[World Exploration Value: 50.54%]
[Activated Industrial Craft 2 Experimental mod]
[Activated Ex Nihilo and Industrial Craft 2 Linkage]
'Industrial Craft 2? And linkage? Isn't this taking off??'
Putting everything else aside, the value of just one quantum suit alone would be enough for him to go and plow Mary Geoise once more.
'No, I have to kill two Celestial Dragons later to liven things up.'
Just as Yang Tao was about to leave, a woman's voice sounded in the bar.
"Customer, what would you like?"
Yang Tao looked up and saw Shakuyaku, who had short black hair and wore a spider-patterned top, looking very young and smiling at him.
"Just bring me something to drink. I have some things to attend to later."
"Alright, customer."
There were no other customers in Shakuyaku's bar. He wondered if it was the wrong time, or if there simply weren't usually any people here.
Rayleigh sat in the bar, leisurely drinking alone, showing no reaction when Yang Tao entered.
After all, when Yang Tao wasn't fighting, he gave off the impression of an ordinary person.
Yang Tao sat at the bar counter, and soon Shakuyaku brought a drink and placed it in front of Yang Tao, saying with a smile, "Customer, please enjoy~"