Chapter 17
Ohara
Actually, traveling from the West China Sea to the South China Sea isn't too difficult if you can fly.
Once you cross the red earth continent, you can go directly to the South China Sea.
Of course, ordinary people couldn't get through, since there are very few people in the world of One Piece who can fly.
Even if it's Moonwalk, it can't possibly climb mountains thousands of meters high on the Red Earth Continent.
The Red Earth is the highest point in the world, a super-high and super-vast landmass with an average height of over 5,000 meters.
The entire continent soars into the clouds, hence it is called the "Upper Realm" by the Celestial Dragons, while the sea and islands below are the "Lower Realm".
At an altitude of several thousand meters, it has even exceeded the limits of ordinary flying ability.
But the Azure Dragon is different.
The Azure Dragon soars through the sky, capable of flying not only at altitudes of several thousand meters, but even at altitudes of ten thousand meters.
Moreover, it's hidden inside the clouds, so most people wouldn't notice it.
This made his journey much easier.
Although we don't know the exact location of the Kingdom of Sorbe, we'll get to the South China Sea first.
However, this means that once we arrive in the world of One Piece, we might simply be traveling.
Despite dragging such a piece of land while flying, Beltz did not feel any strain.
But overall, the ocean was still too vast, and he flew on until that feeling of repulsion returned, but he still couldn't see the Red Earth Continent.
Will we have to fly like this for several days?
This time, his time in the pirate world was more than twice as long, and he flew for six or seven hours before stopping.
He needs to find a safe place for this land containing treasures.
So he lowered his distance slightly and began searching for his target on the vast ocean.
Wait, what's that...?
Beltz suddenly noticed a small island about three kilometers ahead.
There are many such small islands at sea, and Beltz usually overlooks most of them, but this particular island caught his attention.
Because on this small island, there grows an absolutely enormous tree!
This tree seems to be covering the entire island; it's outrageous!
In Beltz's memory, such a place does indeed exist in the world of One Piece.
One is Elbaf, the land of giants, where the enormous tree Adam pierces through the clouds and is the largest tree in the world.
But Elbaf is in the New World, and the land of giants must be incredibly large.
Then it can only be the second "Tree of Omniscience".
The Tree of Omniscience is located in Ohara and is an extremely ancient tree that is over five thousand years old.
This tree is called the "Tree of Omniscience" because its interior is a huge library, said to contain important documents from scholars all over the world, and is currently guarded by archaeologists in Ohara.
Ohara is also an island in the Western Sea. So, I've come to Ohara?
Let's just stop here.
Beltz decided to land on the shore of Ohara and then try to control his shrinking body.
After transforming into his beast form, he can further control the size of his body.
This is related to one's own fruit-growing proficiency.
He can now grow to twice his original size in his beast form, or shrink to half his original size.
Just like when Kaido used the Fire Dragon Torch, the Azure Dragon form at that time was much larger than the Azure Dragon form in its normal state.
Momonosuke's transformed blue dragon initially resembled a "little mudskipper".
Dragons can be large or small, can rise or hide. When large, they can stir up clouds and mist; when small, they can conceal their form. When rising, they can soar through the universe; when hiding, they can lurk within the waves.
While flying, Beltz even considered whether he could swim in the sea.
After all, Kaido is known as the strongest creature on land, sea, and air. If he would die if he were to be submerged in the ocean, then where would the "sea" in "land, sea, and air" come from?
But this thing is risky, so he has never gone down there.
I might try it if I have the chance in the future.
Even though it shrank, it seems that it was still discovered.
As soon as he landed on the island, he sensed someone approaching.
Beltz didn't want to get into a conflict with these people for the time being, so he dragged the land away.
Even without Yan Yun, his current strength is terrifying; he can carry this piece of ground with one hand.
Most of the people in O'Hara are ordinary people. Even if they notice something is going on here, it's not easy for them to get over.
By the time they arrived, Beltz had already moved to the other side.
"Huh? There's nothing there?"
A scholar-looking man looked at the empty coastline and said with some surprise, "That's impossible. I clearly saw something flying this way."
"I saw it too," another villager said. "It looked like it was carrying something with it, like a shooting star!"
"Are you two seeing things?! If there really was something there, how could there be no trace at all?" One of the men said, somewhat speechless.
"I could have taken a nap in the time it took to get here with you guys."
"It's true! I really saw it!"
"Hey everyone, don't panic. Look around again. Maybe we're looking in the wrong direction."
People reluctantly dispersed, after all, it looked like a prank.
If something really fell, how could there be no trace at all?
Although Ohara is a renowned island of archaeologists, its inhabitants are not very knowledgeable.
They didn't even know much about Devil Fruits, let alone flying.
Beltz, on the other hand, carried the land with incredible speed, finally stopping only when he reached another coastline.
After hiding the land in a fairly secluded place, Beltz sensed that the time for his return had come.
I was originally planning to talk to Dr. Clover, but it seems I'll have to give up on that for now.
Dr. Clover is also a relatively important figure.
One reason is that Beltz is also quite interested in the Void Century, after all, this should be the obsession of every One Piece fan.
Secondly, Dr. Clover is connected to Vegapunk, and if they could contact Vegapunk through Dr. Clover, they would make a fortune.
Honestly, he thinks the most important character in the One Piece world is Vegapunk.
The main reason they took not only the Devil Fruits but also all the gold and silver treasures was to bribe or hire Vegapunk.
As the world's number one genius scientist, if he could combine some of the technology of the Grim Reaper, the effect would be absolutely enormous!
The scientists in Bleach are not to be trifled with. There's Kisuke Urahara, Mayuri Kurotsuchi, Sosuke Aizen, and even Szayelaporro, who is an Espada. They are not so easy to approach or even subdue.
But Vegapunk is different. He is a top scientist, but he doesn't have much ability. He can even use gold and silver treasures to hire people!