On the Defying.
Izan, Nojiko, Jiutian and Robin were all standing on the deck. The sun was
shining brightly, and the sky was blue. There were no sounds or waves,
but all of them had a serious expression on their faces.
The reason for that, was because they were about to travel to Skypiea
through the Knock Up Stream which is a powerful pressurized water
stream that shoots upwards towards the sky from the bottom.
It took Jiutian a whole day before she found out the reason why the Knock
Up Stream existed. The Knock Up Stream was being created by a giant
underwater cave filled with gas. At some point in time, the pressure in the
cave will be too high which ends up cracking up the ceiling of the cave. An
enormous whirlpool is created from the cracks. Once all the gas is
released, the seabed explodes, which will send up a powerful stream
upwards.
Izan, Nojiko and even Robin was shocked and impressed by Nature''s
power as it could even create a powerful stream over 10 000 meter up
high in the sky.
But, even if it was amazing and beautiful, it was dangerous and lifethreatening.
Jiutian had told them that the ship Defying, would be easily able to resist
the powerful stream and reach Skypiea without any accidents.
Suddenly, something beneath the water started rising as waves started
crashing around violently.
Izan furrowed his eyebrows by the sight, he spoke without turning
around. "Go inside…" A frown slowly appeared on his face as he
strengthened his balance.
Nojiko''s and Robin''s faces started becoming pale by the violently sight as
they nodded before turning around and walked towards the inside of the
ship.
"This is a big one, right?" Izan asked in a low voice as he knew that Jiutian
was still accompanying him.
Jiutian nodded as she furrowed her eyebrows slightly. "A very big one,
indeed." She walked a step forward as she stood side by side with Izan.
"Don''t worry, we will arrive safely."
Izan squinted his eyes slightly as he slowly nodded.
It didn''t take long before the water beneath them exploded and sent the
water upwards like a cannon.
Izan was able to hold himself in a controllable state as he stood there
without even breaking his posture. He flickered his hand and his purple
scythe appeared. Izan heavily smashed the pummel downwards at the
deck of the ship as he stood there like a mountain, unmoving at the face
of Nature''s wrath!
Jiutian gazed at Izan shockingly as she couldn''t help but wide her eyes at
the sight. What Jiutian was seeing was that Izan was releasing an aura
unconsciously which was going against the ''laws''. Jiutian''s smile turned
into a grin as she couldn''t help but be overjoyed.
Defying was being pushed upwards with the Knock Up Stream at a high
speed, luckily Defying was sturdy, and it didn''t suffer and cracks or
injuries. It led its passengers up the stream as it defied everything the
Knock Up Stream was meant to do.
Like Captain like Ship, Izan and Defying were both like unmoveable
mountains which couldn''t be shaken by anything or anyone. The aura Izan was releasing was spreading out slowly as it shrouded everyone on the
ship and in the end it shrouded Defying too.
A calming sensation spread out throughout Izan''s aura, even Nojiko and
Robin inside were starting to calm down because of the calming sensation
they had felt.
"Izan…" Both Nojiko and Robin knew that the aura was from Izan as they
felt warm and relaxed. Their tense expressions changed as they calmed
down and weren''t afraid any longer by the empowering Knock Up Stream
which was leading them 10 000 meter above the sea.
Time passed by swiftly and Defying neared the White Sea, a grin appeared
on Izan''s face as he continued focusing as he subconsciously knew that he
was spreading out his aura. For what reason, Izan couldn''t understand,
but the one thing Izan understood, was that it helped his crew and even
his ship.
Defying was nearing the White Sea as Izan was able to see it in the
horizon.
"…!" Izan squinted his eyes until they closed as he slowly raised both of
his hands high up in the air while his right arm was holding onto his
scythe. "Come on…!" He mumbled in a weak whisper.
Jiutian appeared behind Izan as she was making sure that nothing was
about to happen. Even if something happen, Jiutian would take care of
everything. She narrowed her eyes as her fingers were twitching, as they
would flicker at any given moment to help out Izan.
Suddenly an explosive aura gushed out from Izan''s body.
The whole world seemed to slow down and lose its colours!
Sengoku in Marineford had his eyes popping out as he felt the powerful
aura clearly and he could see the world losing its colours.
Kaido in Wano Country woke up from his sleep after drinking sake with his
eyes widened. He felt his life being threatened as he clearly saw the whole
world seemingly stopped in time and there didn''t exists any colours any
longer, only the white light from the sun and the darkness…
Shanks was partying with his crew until he shuddered in fear as he felt
something horrendous. Shanks unconsciously activated his Conqueror''s
Haki, but no matter what, Shanks wasn''t able to even stand a chance
against the powerful aura which seemed to spread throughout every part
of the whole world.
Deep inside the Mary Geoise, Im was sitting on the Empty Throne with a
shocked expression as he could sense everything all at once. The world
seemed to stop, it lost its colours, the tremendous aura which seemed to
cover the whole world and even he felt his body being shaken by the
pressure.
"…" Im didn''t say anything, but fear welled up inside of him as he swiftly
stood up from the Empty Throne before he vanished from his spot… Im
appeared in a room filled with bounty posters, he swiped his hand as
multiple bounty posters were shredded into pieces before a single poster
was in front of him.
Im glared at the bounty poster of a handsome man with red hair covering
his right eye while wielding a scythe. "…!" Im''s eyes squinted in horror as
he heavily fell down to his knees as he couldn''t help but shoulder all the
pressure.
On the Defying, Izan had his eyes shut, but if they were open, you would
have been able to see his eyes shining in a purple hue.
Jiutian stood right behind Izan with a large grin on her face. With Izan''s
aura, Jiutian was able to sense the most powerful beings on the planet.
''Hehe, so many out there who was able to sense Izan, hehe…!'' Jiutian
kept grinning at the thought of seeing their horrified expressions of Izan.
The ship Defying crossed the Knock Up Stream as it landed on a sea
coloured white. The trembling and shaking stopped as everything calmed
down.
Even Izan calmed himself down as he slowly opened his eyes, there was a
remaining purple hue on his pupils before it vanished swiftly. Izan held his
scythe with a firm grip as he flickered his arm which made it spin in a fast
speed before he planted the pummel on the deck once again.
"Enel, prepare yourself…!" Izan narrowed his eyes slightly before he
sighed deeply. Izan turned around, only to see Jiutian smiling brightly and
the door in the background opening with Robin and Nojiko stepping
outside.
"After a bumpy ride, we''re finally here." Izan smiled brightly as he opened
his arms widely open.
Defying was nearing a building with a poster "Heaven''s Gate" on top of it.
An old woman with small wings on her back came out and stared at the
Heavenly Pirates. She took pictures with a Vision Dial and said in an
uninterested tone. "Pay up 1,000,000,000 Extol per person before you
enter."
Robin, Nojiko and even Jiutian widened their eyes by what the old woman
said.
Izan smiled as a Belly appeared in his hand, he showed it to the old
woman and said. "How much is this worth?"
The old woman stared at the Belly before replying. "1 of those will account
to 10,000 Extol."
Izan nodded, even behind him, Robin and Nojiko sighed in relief. Sadly,
Jiutian narrowed her eyes as she didn''t understand why they should pay
to enter somewhere.
A bag appeared in Izan''s hand before he threw it towards the old woman.
"There''s 400,000 Belly in there, which should account to 4,000,000,000
Extol if I''m not mistaken." After having said that, Izan didn''t care any
longer as he glanced towards where they were headed too.
"You may enter…" The old woman was surprised, but he didn''t care at all
even if they payed or not.
The Defying travelled further ahead without any problems, slowly but
surely, it headed up towards the Milky Road. It didn''t take long before the
ship entered the White-White Sea.
Finally, the Heavenly Pirates were guests to the Sky island, Skypiea.