Chapter 60 Upside Down Mountain
“That’s all.”
After getting rid of the warship, Ling Tian returned to the Merry by moonstepping.
“Wouldn’t it be too cruel for you to do this?”
Nami said as she looked at the warship destroyed by Ling Tian.
However, her expression did not change. As a little thief who was once famous in the East China Sea, she was already accustomed to these things.
"Will it? It doesn't matter."
"After all, we are pirates, and those marines have captured Abis."
Ling Tian clapped his hands when he heard Nami's words.
He knew that those sailors were not good people, and they might have taken several innocent lives on their hands.
"Yes, we are pirates."
When Luffy heard Ling Tian's words, he said that he was a pirate and had no need to worry about dealing with a group of navy.
What's more, in Luffy's eyes, the navy who once captured Abis were bad guys.
"Well, let's send Abis back to Gunkanjima."
Sanji spoke when he heard Ling Tian and the others' words.
Luffy agreed when he heard Sanji's words.
Following the guidance of Nami and Bloodthirsty, the Merry soon arrived at the Battleship Island.
"Oh, is this Gunkanjima?" Luffy said excitedly as he looked at the island in front of him that looked like a warship sailing on the sea.
"It's amazing. The world is so big that there are all kinds of things."
Ling Tian looked at the Battleship Island excitedly.
His current dream is to see all the scenery on the sea, so Ling Tian was a little excited when he saw the scenery of Gunkanjima.
It was also the first time for others to see an island that looked like a warship.
"what sound?"
Luffy looked in the direction of Gunkanjima and spoke.
“Is that the Millennium Dragon?”
Usopp spoke when he saw a Western dragon flying out from Gunkanjima in the distance.
"Lord Long, why, why did you leave the cave?"
Abis looked at the old dragon flying in her mouth in confusion.
Lord Long has been staying in the cave all this time. No matter what happens, he stays in the cave. I don’t know why Lord Long wants to leave the cave now.
"Just watch, Abis."
Ling Tian came to Abisi's side, put a hand on Abisi's shoulder and spoke.
After hearing Ling Tian's words, Abis also stared straight in the direction of Gunkanjima.
"Look over there"
Nami pointed to the Gunkanjima area.
I saw thousand-year-old dragons flying out from the direction of Gunkanjima.
"It's true, Gunkanjima is the legendary lost island."
Ling Tian looked at those Western dragons and smiled.
"Really? This will make Long Ye more energetic."
Abisi said happily when she heard Ling Tian's words.
When the Merry landed on Gunkanjima, Abis immediately ran to Long Ye's side.
"Really? Are you happy?"
Abis looked at the thousand-year-old dragon beside Long Ye and heard Long Ye's voice.
"Abis, can you understand what Lord Long said?"
Nami was also a little curious after hearing what Abis said.
"I am the user of the Whispering Fruit, so I can understand what Lord Long said."
Abis also explained her fruit ability to Nami.
……
After quickly sending Abis to Gunkanjima, Ling Tian and his team continued on their journey.
Nelson and Eric had been killed by Ling Tian before, so Abis shouldn't have any big problems on Gunkanjima.
"Departure, the Grand Route"
Luffy opened his hand while sitting in his special seat and spoke.
“Look at this.”
Nami placed a sea chart on the ground and spoke.
"I've heard from others that the Grand Route is also drawn like this on the nautical chart. If this is true, the entrance to the Grand Route is on the mountain."
Nami pointed to a place on the red earth continent where five sea routes intersected on the nautical chart and spoke.
After saying that, Nami stared at Lingtian, wanting to get confirmation from Lingtian.
The others also knew that Ling Tian was once a great pirate, so they also stared at Ling Tian.
"Yes, if you want to enter the Grand Line, you do need to board the ocean currents of the Red Earth Continent."
Ling Tian felt a little frightened by their gaze, so he explained to them.
"So, can the Merry really climb such a high mountain?"
When Nami heard Ling Tian's words, she also expressed her doubts.
The Merry was just a small to medium-sized sailboat. How could it possibly go upstream and climb such a high mountain?
"That's no problem. There's an upwelling current above the entrance to the Grand Line. We can reach the Grand Line smoothly by taking advantage of the upwelling current."
Ling Tian also explained after hearing Nami's words.
Although it is possible to reach the Grand Line through the Doldrums, sailboats like the Merry would be completely immobile once they entered the Doldrums.
"Upwelling current?"
Nami also understood what Ling Tian said.
"Who can help steer the ship?"
Usopp looked at them chatting happily and immediately spoke up.
Seeing this, Ling Tian came to Usopp and held the rudder of the Merry together.
"Don't you think the current is strong?"
Usopp spoke up when he saw Ling Tian coming to help.
Ling Tian didn't understand either. It was also his first time to set out on the Grand Route from the Four Seas, so he had no experience at all.
"Sea current?"
"I see"
After hearing what Usopp said and combining it with what Lingtian had said before about the rising current, Nami understood.
“Look at this.”
Nami pointed a finger at the upside-down mountain on the nautical chart.
"Listen carefully, the guiding light is pointing to this place"
"The Upside-Down Mountain of the Red Earth Continent"
Nami pointed in the direction of Upside Down Mountain and explained to Luffy and the others about the currents on Upside Down Mountain, so they had to take the canal on Upside Down Mountain.
Otherwise, the ship would crash into the Red Earth Continent and everyone on board would die.
Nami also judged based on the current movement of the Merry that they had entered the upwelling current.
……
"Lingtian, Sauron, fold up the sails."
Nami looked at the direction the Merry was heading and spoke.
When Lingtian and Zoro heard Nami's words, they immediately went to fold up the sails of the Merry.
“Ah, I was sucked in.”
Luffy, who was on the observation deck, suddenly fell down, but he grabbed the observation deck while falling.
“Steer the Ship Well”
Nami spoke up.
When Sanji heard Nami's words, he immediately ran to the rudder.
“It’s really turbulent.”
Ling Tian said excitedly as he watched the ocean current beside the fence.
"Nami, where is the entrance? If we continue like this, we will hit the Red Earth Continent."
Luffy, who was holding onto the lookout, saw the red earth continent in front of him and said nervously.
When Nami heard Luffy's words, she looked carefully and found that there was a wall in front of her, but there was a crack in the wall.
“Keep going like this”
Nami looked at the crack in front of her and spoke.
She believed that this crack was the canal connecting the Grand Line, and as long as she moved towards this crack, she could reach the Grand Line.
"Let's go, if anything happens, leave it to me."
Ling Tian said as he stood in front of the Meili.
Ling Tian unlocked the first gate of the Eight Gates of Ninjutsu and untied the bandage on his hand.
But he knew that there was another ship on the other side heading towards the Grand Line.
