The surging ocean current was as punctual as the water gods of the Seven Water Cities. After Dewey and the other two's preparation and waiting, this day soon arrived.
"Is it really okay to leave the boat like this?"
The sailboat sailed away from Gaya Island. Nami looked at the wings that hit the left and right sides of the ship and asked Dewey with an uneasy look.
"It just increases the chances a little bit, and adds a little sense of security." Dewey answered honestly, patted Nami's back and comforted her: "Don't worry, with your navigation skills and your observation Haki, we will definitely reach Sky Island smoothly."
"...Um."
Nami nodded with a forced smile.
However, her psychological pressure did not decrease at all.
Although the distance between them is 10,000 meters, the difficulty of Sky Island is obviously far greater than that of Fishman Island.
Sailboats are protected by a protective film when entering the deep sea, but once they reach the sky they can only leave it to fate.
Although Dewey is full of confidence, the safety of the three people is in his own hands… This is undoubtedly a huge challenge for Nami, a navigator.
It is natural for young girls to feel afraid and insecure.
Dewey didn't say anything more. Continuing to comfort Nami at this time would only increase Nami's pressure.
"Stupid, have you forgotten?"
Kalina, on the other hand, no longer had the fear she had that day. She had regained her confidence and pulled Nami aside, whispering, "Even if the sailboat falls from the sky, we won't die, because… the boss can fly!"
"...yes!"
As the saying goes, a word can wake a person from a dream. Nami slapped her face fiercely, then punched Kalina's shoulder hard, and said angrily, "You damn vixen, you want to laugh at me on purpose, don't you?!"
"Uh-huh… who made you so slow to react?"
Kalina stuck out her tongue, mocked at first, and then said seriously: "But don't be too optimistic. Although the boss's flamethrower can fly, if we fail to reach the sky island, not only will we lose a valuable sailboat, it also means that we need to wait another year, and your thunder fruit may be wasted."
Hearing this, Nami nodded seriously: "I understand."
The inner anxiety was soothed and Nami regained her former confidence.
At this moment, the sky suddenly became dark.
Although the climate changes suddenly, it is a characteristic of the Grand Route.
But this time, what Nami's body sensed was not a sign of a coming storm.
The calm sea surface began to surge, and a huge whirlpool attacked without warning, sucking Dewey and his companions' sailboat into it.
Just as the sailboat was spinning towards the eye of the whirlpool and was about to be swallowed by it, suddenly… the whirlpool suddenly disappeared.
The sea returned to calm again, and everything that had just happened seemed like an illusion.
"Hold on tight, the strong current is coming soon."
Dewey warned, then ran under the mast and grabbed the rope connected to the sail.
Nami and Kalina ran to his side and did not choose the railings or other places on the side of the ship. Instead, they hugged Dewey on both sides, as if his body was the safest haven.
Eighteen-year-old Dewey has grown to be 1.9 meters tall without shoes. The two girls, Nami, who are only sixteen years old this year, are like his sisters. Not to mention hugging them, even hanging on Dewey's body is no problem.
–boom!
Ten seconds later, the deck under Dewey and the other two's feet suddenly shook, and the surrounding water level began to drop.
Finally, accompanied by a loud bang, the surrounding scenery flowed backwards from top to bottom. After Dewey and the other two's perspective rose to a certain level, their eyes were completely occupied by the sea.
Gradually, the perspective began to tilt towards the sky, and an incomparably huge water column, like a pillar supporting the sky, had connected to the sky at some point.
"Hold me tight, don't let go."
Dewey shouted with a serious face, pulling hard on the rope in his hand, the canvas was completely spread out, and the bottom of the boat, with the help of the water column and the rising current like a waterfall, rushed into the sky at a very fast speed.
Kalina and Nami hugged Dewey's waist tightly, and their long purple and orange hair kept flying in the strong wind.
Dewey let go of the rope, looked at the clouds getting closer and closer in the sky, slowly took out a coral-like thing from his body and put it in his mouth.
When the sailboat rose to the Jidi cloud at an altitude of 7,000 meters, Dewey bit his teeth hard, and a huge bubble suddenly emerged from the coral, wrapping Dewey and the other two in it, resisting the attack of the white sea water.
The thing in Dewey's mouth was actually the specialty of Fishman Island and Sabaody Archipelago – coral bubbles.
The protective membrane that even the water pressure of the deep sea cannot break is the source of Dewey's confidence that he can safely reach the sky island.
If there was no coral bubble, Dewey couldn't guarantee whether he and Kalina, two people with special abilities, could reach Sky Island safely.
After solving the White Sea difficulty faced by Ji Diyun, nothing could stump Dewey and the other two as long as the canvas wasn't torn.
Unlike entering Fishman Island, which requires a long voyage with special ocean currents, the speed of ascending to the sky with the help of the surgeing ocean current is extremely fast.
——Bang!
In less than a few minutes, there was a crisp sound of bubbles bursting.
Dewey and his two companions arrived at the White Sea at an altitude of 7,000 meters from Qinghai.
"Huh… I almost thought I was going to die, cough cough…"
After everything calmed down, Nami, who had her head buried in Dewey's arms, finally opened her tightly closed eyes. Just as she was about to take a deep breath, she suddenly started coughing violently.
Kalina, who was standing next to her, patted Nami's back gently while looking at the vast expanse of white sea. She frowned and said, "Such thin air. Is this the legendary Sky Island?"
"No, this is just the White Sea, 7,000 meters high."
Dewey shook his head and said, "We still have to climb another 3,000 meters to reach the real Sky Island."
"No way? Another three thousand meters up?"
Kalina and Nami looked up at the white sky, dumbfounded.
Kalina even asked Dewey, "Boss, without the sky-high current, what should we rely on to continue to move upward?"
As if he could see her inner uneasiness, Dewey smiled and comforted her: "Don't worry, we have already arrived at the White Sea. Next, we just need to find the entrance to the Sky Island, and someone will take us up… The method is very safe and there is no danger."
Hearing the last sentence, both Kalina and Nami breathed a sigh of relief.
Even though their heads had been buried in Dewey's arms and they hadn't even opened their eyes, the two women could still imagine an extremely dangerous scene through the violent vibrations caused by the friction between the bottom of the boat and the ocean current, as well as the hurricane-like updrafts.
Even Kalina, who had a strong mental state, couldn't help but feel a little scared at this moment.
The crisp sound just now, the coral bubbles in Dewey's hand, and the sailboat floating on the white sea, it is obvious that this white sea is not just a layer of clouds.
If there were no coral bubbles, would he and his boss, two people with special abilities, have perished in the White Sea without any intelligence advantage?