Chapter 203 - 42

Chapter 42 A New Beginning, Adventure on Long Chain Island!The going merry, carrying the Straw Hat Pirates, was slowly flying through the sky!The Straw Hat crew was laughing and playing together.The next second, the 'hot air balloon's' fire suddenly went out."Out of fuel? Hold on tight!" Zoro woke from his nap, looked at the extinguished fire, and reminded them calmly.In an instant, the octopus rapidly shrank, and the ship accelerated, plummeting towards the sea."Oh no, if we fall like this, the Merry will be severely damaged!" Usopp looked at Luffy with a worried and anxious expression."No problem, just watch me!" Standing at the bow, Luffy gently swung his arm, then clenched his fist, and the air exploded. Luffy's slender arm swung towards the sea, but the power was astonishing!The sea was blasted with a crater large enough to bury nearly a thousand people. The violent punch stopped the Merry's descent, the sea surged, quickly filling the crater, and the Merry slowly touched the water, completely unharmed!"Luffy, you're amazing!" Usopp hugged Luffytightly, only to be punched away the next second!"Honestly!" Luffy lightly brushed off non-existent dust from his clothes, "Why does everyone like to hug so much?"Chopper wiped the octopus's burnt tentacles with alcohol, then released it back into the sea.The octopus surfaced and gently waved at them."Take care, and find friends who share your interests!" — Chopper"Give all the octopuses in the Grand Line a good beating!" — Zoro"Bye-bye, seafood ingredients!" — SanjiWhat a heartwarming farewell scene!...Suddenly, behind the Merry, rolling waves surged forward!Three sea monkeys emerged from the waves."It's sea monkeys!" Luffy chuckled, then an invisible force streaked across the sky, and the sea monkeys instantly foamed at the mouth, floating on the surface of the sea."Hoist the sails, port rudder!" Nami commanded from the ship.The Merry gradually moved away from the waves!...In the ruins of Mock Town,A man 305 centimeters tall, with a tall build, bronze skin, and blond hair, wearing red sunglasses, a pink feather coat, an open shirt underneath, zebra-striped capri pants, and pointed shoes, a man of luxurious style, arrived here!"Bellamy, you've really done me proud!" The man looked at the ruined Mock Town, holding two wanted posters!They were: "straw hat" Luffy: 400 million Berries"pirate hunter" Roronoa Zoro: 80 million Berries"A new era is coming soon, Fufufufu!" The man spread his arms, and this person was none other than — Doflamingo of the Seven Warlords of the Sea....Time fast-forwarded from night to day!The Merry sailed on a calm sea, while Luffy was fishing from the sheep's head, humming a tune now and then!"Emergency report, emergency report! A ship has been spotted at 12 o'clock, with no sails, no flag, I don't know what kind of ship it is! And there are very few crew members on board, all of them listless." Usopp reported to everyone, holding a telescope!"What is that?" Sanji naturally sensed the approaching ship but couldn't identify it!"A pirate ship!" Luffy calmly put the hooked fish into the bucket and cast the hook into the sea."Then... leave it to me!" Without another word, Zoro instantly drew his sword."Three Sword Style - 108 Pound Phoenix!"The flying blue slash instantly pulverized the ship, and the people on board didn't even have time to scream before they all fell into the water!Soon, everyone saw a vast, green island!Luffy's eyes narrowed. He remembered this place; it seemed to be Foxy's, the Slow-Slow Fruit user!He slowly shook his head. He was now Yonko Commander level. If someone tried to mess with him, he'd just punch them away or kill them. Only an idiot would play that game!...Luffy and his group stepped onto the green field.They immediately saw a white bear, but it was walking upright and had a somewhat slender body.The trees were also full of long, apple-like fruits.Luffy stretched out his arm, grabbed an apple, and bit into it. "Not bad!"Then they saw all sorts of animals: deer, cranes, weasels, and their bodies had all become very slender!"The trees here are very tall, and the animals are also very long!" Nami analyzed, "It must be due to the geographical climate!"As time passed, they arrived in front of a house."No one!" Usopp shook his head!"No, there's someone!" Sanji lit a cigarette and slowly walked to two bamboo stalks that towered into the clouds!Sanji raised his foot and kicked the two bamboo stalks, breaking them!A few seconds later, a figure fell from the sky."Oh oh, a sprite fell from the broken bamboo!" Luffy chuckled.Meanwhile, Robin and Chopper gathered around a white horse."She said her name is Sherry, and she's a girl!" Chopper acted as translator."She has a saddle, which means she should have an owner!" Robin analyzed, finally turning her gaze to Luffy and the others.Over here, seeing an old man fall hard from the sky to the ground and not die, one could only say he had a good constitution!At the same time, a fox ship appeared on the shore and surrounded the going merry with iron chains!Simultaneously, Luffy, Sanji, and Zoro's eyes all glowed red as they looked at the coastline!"Hey, Luffy...!" Zoro lightly placed his hand on his sword."Don't worry about it!" Luffy said casually...."My name is Dongjit, anyway, thank you!" Dongjit got up from the ground and slowly told his story!It turned out that this old man had loved walking on stilts for a long time, making them from the island's bamboo. He wanted to challenge the world record for the longest stilts! Then he went up, but he couldn't get down!He stayed up there for 10 years!"Idiot!" This was the Straw Hat Pirates' evaluation of the old man!Even the explanation for the long animals on the island was: they lived too freely, so they became long!At the same time, this island was called Long Ring Long Land! Ten small islands in a circle, connected by a single path!But during high tide, this path would be submerged, and Dongjit's village was nomadic, moving from one island to the next every three years. The old man was left behind and had to wait another twenty years! However, luckily, his horse, Sherry, didn't abandon him."Long time no see, Sherry!" The old man was affectionately stroking the horse.Afterward, the old man rode Sherry, galloping across the island! With the gentle breeze on his face, the old man seemed to have become years younger!And just then, a red light flashed in Luffy's eyes, and a pebble flew towards a spot, covered in dark Armament Haki!A gunshot rang out, and the bullet originally aimed at Sherry was deflected by the pebble, continuing its trajectory without losing momentum, into the depths of the bushes!Blood splattered, staining the bushes red!"Damn it, do you know who I am?" A fox-like man suddenly burst out of the bushes, his chest pierced by the stone, followed by a man and a woman!"So what? What do you want to do?" Luffy lightly picked his nose!"My name is Foxy, and there's nothing I want that I can't get.We, the Foxy Pirates, officially challenge you, the Straw Hat Pirates. We hereby issue a three-coin Davy Back Fight challenge!" Foxy held three coins, utterly arrogant."So, why should we accept such a boring challenge?" Luffy's eyes narrowed slightly, "I don't care for your crew members; your pirate flag is ugly as hell!""Nani!" Foxy was utterly bewildered, never expecting such a thing to happen."We are pirates!" Luffy's lips curled into a slight smile, but it was like the smile of a devil, "Zoro, take them out!""Okay," Zoro instantly drew his sword and charged!"Damn it, Slow-Slow Beam!" Foxy released pink light waves from both hands."Huh?" Zoro's speed instantly became extremely slow."Didn't expect that, did you! I'm a Paramecia Slow-Slow Fruit user, you...!" Foxy was full of arrogance when he was suddenly kicked away by a foot. Sanjicalmly retracted his leg, "So talkative!""Damn it!" Foxy had just gotten up when he saw Zoro, shrouded in purple aura, charging like a demon!"Three Sword Style - Purgatory Onigiri!"Foxy was instantly torn to shreds!"B-boss!" The remaining two looked at the scene before them, drenched in sweat!"No real skill, yet you want to steal other people's crew members!" Zoro commented disdainfully... Afterward, the entire Foxy Pirates disbanded.The Straw Hat crew didn't go for a complete massacre, only dealing with Foxy himself from beginning to end!And the straw hat crew's voyage continued!The going merry bid farewell to Dongjit and sailed into the mysterious ocean!