Chapter 849 The Fourth Red Stone

"This is my...last ripple, Shanks!!!"

"Don't talk like you're going to die, stupid boy!!!"

Along with the fierce roar above the sky island, in the violent energy aura, there were red and black ripples, dark domineering, dancing lightning, bursting flames, chaotic white steam, criss-crossing sword energy, and blood melting in the heat... Two figures, one with a clenched fist wrapped in crimson flames, and the other with a blade that could split mountains and seas, like two meteors colliding horizontally, separated by a distance of several meters from each other, the fist and the sword burst out with a dazzling and extreme light, and then submerged everything.

At the foot of the Sky Island Cloud Mountain below, chaotic light and shadows swayed on the faces of Zoro, Beckman, Laki Lu, Sanji, Nami, Brook and others who were drinking and watching the battle.

Boom boom...

The sky wailed, already cracked beyond all possibility. In the midair that was so dense that even the sight of the voice could not detect it after the collision and explosion, two figures flew out from the left and right.

One of Luffy's arms was burning hot and red, his shirt had long been burnt, his face and body were covered with scars, but he was grinning and laughing, and fell from the side of the Sky Island in a cloud of hot air.

Shanks also looked uncomfortable, his clothes were torn and his body was covered with wounds, but he was smiling, and he seemed to be pleased with Luffy's growth. However, when he was about to fall from the other side of Sky Island, he and his friends on Cloud Island looked at each other in bewilderment. When those guys drank and blinked at him, Shanks also blinked, "You guys are just going to watch me fall?!" "How disloyal... isn't it...?"

With a whoosh, Shanks fell from the Sky Island just like Luffy. The sound gradually faded away and even produced an echo.

Beckman and the others looked at the wine gourd on the ground next to them in the clouds. It was still shaking slightly because it was put down in a hurry. They looked at each other and shrugged.

Soon, the sounds of "bang" and "bang" came from the direction where Shanks fell, and soon Zoro was seen jumping up and carrying the injured Shanks up using the Moon Step.

Zoro stepped on the ground of the island cloud and glanced at the sword Shanks was holding on the side - it was the famous sword Griffin, but now there was a slight twist on the blade.

"Oh? You figured it out too?" Shanks touched Griffin's slightly curved blade with a distressed look on his face and sighed, "Luffy is too cruel."

Zoro smiled and said, "Who can I blame for this?"

Shanks yelled, "Blame Lynch! Can't you teach him slower?" He then gave the middle finger to the brothers in his pirate group in front of him, "What a bunch of bastards! You actually let an outsider save your captain?"

“Haha.” Beckman blew out a smoke ring. “You haven’t reached the point where you can’t move at all, have you? Why are you pretending to be pitiful in front of your own brothers…”

"Haha, you trust me as your captain so much!" Shanks laughed, patted Zoro on the shoulder, and gave his deputy captain the middle finger again. The latter also smiled and returned the finger.

The fat man Lagi Lu chewed on a big chicken leg and drank a sip of wine, and laughed: "However, Brother Jianhao did not go to save Luffy, but went to save our captain, which is very surprising!"

"Didn't he say that they didn't fight to the point where they were completely unable to move?" Zoro rubbed his shoulders and exhaled, then walked over to pick up his sake flask and took a sip, "Luffy can do the Moon Step himself."

He glanced at the side where Luffy fell. Sanji was holding his suit pockets, spinning around on the golden frisbee and coming back, giving him a look that told him not to worry.

Shanks laughed loudly and patted Zoro on the back, "You trust your captain too! Luffy's taste in choosing partners is as good as mine!" As he said that, he raised the middle finger to Beckman, Lacky and others with both hands. The other members of the Red Hair Pirates raised the middle finger in unison. It was really a happy pirate group.

"Besides, it looks like..." Beckman smiled and looked to the other side, "Luffy already has someone to help him."

Whoosh! A big rock flew up from the sky island over there. On it sat Lynch, Robin, Chopper, and Luffy, who was waving at everyone with a grin.

"Sister Robin! Lynch! Chopper!" Nami waved her hands and turned into lightning. She teleported and landed on the flying rocks. She looked down and saw the pile of research materials. "What is this? Bloodline factor..."

Luffy stood up and yelled, "Lynch took care of that golden lion or something! Isn't he awesome?"

"Do I need to specifically mention that he is very powerful?" The members of the Red Hair Group couldn't help but feel ashamed.

"The Golden Lion is dead too..." Beckman took a puff of his pipe and blew out smoke rings.

"I see." Shanks looked at the floating stone that carried Lynch and the others up. Lynch and the others stepped down from the stone one after another. Shanks asked loudly, "Hey! Lynch, didn't you say you have no interest in devil fruits?"

"Huh?" Lin Qi asked doubtfully, "If you are not interested, you can't use it?"

Shanks laughed, "Sly boy."

Lin Qi looked generous, "The Floating Fruit is quite useful, I'll lend it to you for fun. Besides, even if I don't need it, after you're beaten half to death, this ability will make it convenient for you to carry it away..."

Shanks led the other members to give Lynch the middle finger.

"How rude." Robin shook his head.

Chopper pointed to the side, and Lynch also raised his middle finger to Shanks and the others. Not only that, the blue-black iron rod also floated in front of Lynch's middle finger and stood upright, as if it had turned into an enlarged and enhanced version of the middle finger...

Robin reached out and turned the mechanism of the "Dinghai Shenzhen". With a click, the blue-black iron rod quickly enlarged and turned into a blue-black iron pillar more than ten meters high.

Shanks and the others marveled at the towering blue-black iron pillars, and shouted "Hey!" to Robin in dissatisfaction.

Even Chopper was shocked. Is this what they call double standards, Robin?

Shanks smiled and said, "Lynch, you were wrong just now. There is no 'wait for you guys...'. Luffy and I have already finished fighting."

"Are you done fighting?" Lynch looked at Shanks in confusion. The knife was just a little crooked. Then he looked at Luffy, whose arm was slightly injured... Lynch shook his head and said, "It doesn't look like it. I don't think so!"

"Do you really think Luffy and I are going to fight to the death?!" Shanks shouted with his fangs.

Luffy's eyes widened as well, "That's too cruel! Shanks and I are friends! We're not enemies!"

Lin Qi said modestly: "I didn't ask you to really fight to the death. It doesn't matter if you fight half to death. After all, Chopper can be saved, right?"

"Why are you being modest?!" Beckman, Lucky Lu, Zoro, Brook, Sanji and others said angrily.

“You can’t beat them half to death!” Chopper said angrily, then he crossed his arms, nodded and sighed, “But yes, even if they are half to death, I can still save them... Hehehe, there’s no need to praise me so much, I know I’m very powerful, hehehe..."

"Hehe, you've become quite arrogant in recent years, kid." Shanks walked over and nudged both sides of Lynch's head with his fists. "Back then, I was sitting on a small boat in the West Sea and drifting well, and I don't know who was desperately shouting 'Help! The navy is arresting people!!!'? Huh?"

"Is that your 'boat'? Just a piece of broken wood, okay? Your memory is very problematic." Lynch said disdainfully, pointing at Shanks, and said seriously, "I advise you to be more respectful. The one in front of you is the Ripple Messenger, the Eight-Armed Devil, the Guardian of the Light of History, the Guardian of One Piece, and the Terminator of Big Mom! I have killed many admirals and marshals of the navy..."

"The Pirate Queen's man." Robin added. Nami held her shoulders and laughed, and Sanji's face was twisted with soreness.

"Well, that's right." Shanks shrugged, looked at Lynch, laughed, and started to put his arm around his shoulder. Lynch said, "Now that the fight is over, let's go down and have a drink."

"Let's go!" Shanks laughed, "Let's go to Elbaf!"

"Ohhhh!" The Red Hair Pirates began to scream and shout. Luffy also raised his fist, laughing and shouting, "Let's have a party together!!!"

Zoro, Nami and the others smiled, "Let's go."

Brook followed and walked onto the flying rocks brought back by Lynch and the others. Everyone crowded in a circle. The Afro Skull said thoughtfully: "Mr. Lynch, Ms. Robin, Mr. Chopper, why do I feel like someone is missing?"

"It's Usopp and his father..." Sanji was embarrassed, "Are they still on that floating island in Golden Lion? Wait, is that island still floating?"

Robin analyzed: "Linqi has put them on the sea surface. Maybe they fell into the sea accidentally because the landing was not stable... Usopp is a special ability user, and he may have been bitten into pieces by the sea kings... Judging from the size of the giants in Elbaf, the people living in this sea area are probably huge sea beasts..."

"Is it necessary to say it so horribly?!" Sanji, Nami and the others were sweating coldly.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Luffy and Shanks put their arms around each other's shoulders and laughed, "Oh, don't worry about them! They're very powerful, they will be fine. We can attend the party together later! Hahahahaha..."

Lin Qi smiled slightly, raised his hand and swept it, and the flying stones carrying everyone floated up and left the sky island.

"You forgot this." He waved his hand and a straw hat flew from the direction of Sky Island, chasing after them through the clouds and mist, and hovered in front of Luffy and Shanks.

"Ah! I almost forgot about it!" Luffy and Shanks covered their heads in fear in unison.

Nami, Laki Lu and the others punched Luffy and Shanks in the back of the head and said angrily, "Can you forget this?"

Shanks had a bump on the back of his head. He smiled slightly, grabbed the floating straw hat in front of him, and pressed it on his head, "It's back to its rightful owner. Hiss..."

"Hehe." Luffy wiped his nose proudly.

"Although you communicated well," Robin reminded them at this time, "but Luffy, Nami, you should not have forgotten that the duel between Luffy and Shanks is not the point, the key lies in the information about that thing."

"What are you talking about, Robin!" Luffy huffed, "A duel is sacred! How come it's not important?"

"Yes, that information!" Nami suddenly realized, held Luffy's head, stared at Shanks and the others, and asked nervously, "The last signpost historical text, Shanks, as a... Four Emperors-level pirate group, you should at least know its whereabouts, right?"

"Little girl, you just wanted to say something like 'You are the last of the Four Emperors'? That must be right, right?!" Lachi Lu and other members of the Red Hair Pirates raised their hands and complained.

Nami waved her hand, don't worry about such details! "Without that thing, we can't reach Raftel." Nami said seriously, "I can't create a complete world - Luffy can't become the Pirate King!"

Chopper complained: "Nami, are you trying to say that without the piece of Raftel, you can't draw a complete map of the world?"

Nami waved her hands and said, "It's all the same!"

Luffy said seriously: "It won't work if we can't make it to the final island!"

Lynch crossed his arms and asked, "So, Shanks, what's your answer?"

Robin, Nami, Brook...even Luffy, everyone's eyes were focused on Shanks.

"The last piece of 'Red Stone'..." Shanks sighed, looking up at the sky as he watched the falling rocks, and recalled with a smile, "Yes, I got that thing from Whitebeard."

"Whitebeard gave you such an important thing?" Nami was surprised.

Shanks said dissatisfiedly: "What are you talking about? I'm a pirate, of course I stole it!"

Beckman complained silently: "We didn't know that was where Whitebeard stored the redstone. This guy was drunk and wandering around, and ran into Hawkeye who was in a bad mood. The two started fighting after just a few words, and while fighting, they accidentally bumped into the stone..." He knocked Shanks on the head with the butt of the gun.

Nami was speechless: "This isn't robbing, it's stealing, right?"

Shanks said dissatisfiedly: "Did I say I stole it from Whitebeard? Isn't it okay if I stole it from Mihawk?"

Zoro analyzed: "But, that guy doesn't seem to care about this kind of stone..."

Shanks smiled and said, "I want to be famous, and Whitebeard doesn't want the red stone incident to become a big deal, so he didn't say anything. Maybe he also wants to add fuel to the fire and make me famous."

Laki Lu and the others sighed, "Since then, there have always been inexplicable guys who come to us and beat us up..."

Robin said calmly, "So, what about Redstone?"

Lynch looked at the sky that was getting farther and farther away and said, "Time waits for no one, Shanks. We already have information about three pieces of red stone, and the only thing missing is the last piece in your hand."

Shanks pressed his straw hat, smiled handsomely and said, "I lost the red stone."

The rapidly falling stone was quiet for a few seconds, then a startling flash of lightning appeared, and Nami's roar resounded through the sky, "What did you say?!"

Amid the crackling light, Shanks explained: "Little girl! Don't be impulsive! What I mean is - ah, it's numb!! I mean, I put that thing somewhere else! Wait! Don't get shocked!!"

"You're panting so hard when you talk, you're going to piss me off! How about this, you and Luffy, we'll both do the electroshock, and whoever can't hold on will lose?"

"Ah?! You thought I didn't know that Luffy is rubber-Ah!!!"

(End of this chapter)