28 World Shaking Aura

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.