An infinite journey starting from the big pirate

"Live at my mercy"

Carlo opened his eyes suddenly, and the last words that sounded in his ears before losing consciousness still echoed in his mind.

"hateful"

Reluctantly, he suddenly punched the ground. After a while, Carlo slowly sat up from the ground.

"You're awake, kid."

The speaker was an old male Sky Islander. The small wings on his back were so old that only sparse feathers were left.

"Welcome to the Arena. This place is more like a cemetery than a cemetery."

Carlo then looked around and found that he seemed to be in an empty stone room, with a bonfire burning beside him, illuminating the entire room.

There was no window in the entire room except for the empty doorway, and there were a few shimmering glitter shells on the ceiling above.

"Is this the arena?"

Carlo then looked at the old man and asked: "Who are you?"

"You can call me Master Yun."

The old man smiled and said, "I know you have just been thrown into the arena, and you still have many questions in your mind. Don't worry, just ask me. I will answer everything you know."

"Thank you, but why do you want to help me?"

"Hahaha, it's just to survive."

The old man smiled heartily and said, "If you get food in the future, just share a bite with me as a reward for solving your doubts."

Is food hard to come by?

Carlo rubbed his shoulders and immediately asked: "Then where is the exit?"

"Yeah, who among the people who were sent here doesn't want to go out? The exit of the arena is right above our heads, but you can't get there now."

The old man continued to explain: "We are now on the eighth underground floor of the arena, which is also the lowest floor, and the exit is on the first floor. If you want to reach the first floor, you must first start here and go up one floor at a time. climb."

In other words, Bika's "Arena" is actually an old-fashioned tower climbing game.

"Then where is the entrance to the seventh floor?"

"It's in the center of this floor. But it's useless even if you rush there now, because the exit only opens once a month."

Carlo was stunned and asked: "What do you mean?"

Next, under the old man's detailed explanation, Carlo understood what kind of place the arena was.

What I saw in Yun Palace City was that the ring-shaped building below Yun Palace was just the top floor of the arena. The entire arena is in the shape of a pyramid, and is almost entirely a large architectural ruin buried underground in Yun Gong City. After Xiao Xiao discovered the ruins buried deep in the clouds, he led people to make some modifications and then used it as a gladiatorial arena.

This huge architectural ruin has a total of eight floors, at least meters high, and the only way to go up and down between each floor is through the elevator in the center of the floor. The elevator is controlled by Yun Gong and will only rise once a month. In other words, it would take at least seven months for him to return to the first level from the eighth level.

The elevator here has a rated load capacity and will not rise once it is overloaded. Therefore, among the many people imprisoned in the arena, only a few strong people on the same floor can defeat the others and rise to the upper floor at a time. .

Just go up one level at a time, it will only take seven months at the fastest, and several years at the slowest. Those who can finally return to the ground are all those who have gone through various eliminations, the elite among the elite.

Even so, those who come to the surface will still have to go through the last trial under the supervision of the sun god or the moon god, and then they will be assigned to the position of Yunguan based on their performance in the trial.

Of course, there is no food production in the arena. When Tiangong lowers the elevator every month, it will put a limited amount of food and some daily necessities on each floor. The purpose is also to let people on each floor fight with each other for food.

As for the newcomers to the arena, they will be dropped directly to the eighth floor through the "underground cloud flow".

The "underground cloud flow" is similar to the groundwater on the Qinghai islands. It is a fast-flowing "cloud flow" underground in Yungong City and inside the island cloud.

As long as the newcomers who are about to be sent to the arena are wrapped in a special "cloud bag" and then thrown into the "underground cloud flow", they will eventually be rushed to the eighth floor of the arena by the cloud flow.

But it is impossible to swim through the cloud flow and return to the ground, because the speed of the cloud flow is very turbulent, and it is impossible to swim upstream. The other end of the cloud flow directly passes through the eighth floor of the arena. Leading to the white sea below, unless you are a fishman, you will be drowned before you emerge.

In short, this is a cruel magic tower where countless prisoners are imprisoned, and the only way to get out is to break through the levels.

After listening to Master Yun's narrative, Carlo understood his situation. It seems like I won't be able to leave for a while.

Fortunately, he had given away a large amount of snow cloud grass, and he had told Yun Ni and the others about Luna. They would definitely send the snow cloud grass to Jie Yun Village, so he shouldn't have to worry about it for the time being.

He then checked on himself.

Uzumaki's text was taken away, and his identity chip disappeared. There was not a single bit of gold left on his body, except for a set of clothes, and the amulet given to him by Gion was still on his wrist.

Several ribs seemed to be broken, his left leg seemed to be sprained, and his left shoulder seemed to have a bone fracture. It hurt whenever he moved.

All in all it was terrible.

However, after breaking and standing again, Carlo can feel that after experiencing this life and death ordeal, once he recovers, his strength will probably rise to a higher level.

Speaking of which, I am probably the most useless time traveler. It seems that every time I encounter a boss, I always fail. First it was Yodon, and finally it was solved by Ricarlo who woke up. Then there was Lucci, relying on Gion who came later. Then there was Kizaru, who was finally rescued by Tiger. The navy's subsequent pursuit relied on Rayleigh, Shaqi, and Jinbei himself to escape. In the end, he is an owl. He actually has to rely on the mercy of the other party to save his life.

Carlo couldn't help but feel a little disheartened when he thought of this.

I'm obviously not bad at all, why do I always encounter elite lieutenant generals, generals and other monsters. Other time travelers are like playing a game and leveling up. The enemies appear one by one from weak to strong, as if they were deliberately arranged. When they get here, there is only the boss. Could it be that the so-called "world consciousness" is deliberately trying to obliterate me as a time traveler?

Carlo suddenly remembered Journey to the West again.

The same goes for Teacher Sun in it. He is obviously the Monkey King who is causing trouble in the Heavenly Palace. He has to be suppressed by the Buddha. He has the aura of the protagonist all over his body. As a result, when it comes to the ninety-nine and eighty-one difficulties, almost all difficulties require the help of reinforcements. One day, we will ask gods and tomorrow we will ask bodhisattvas. Could it be that Teacher Sun is also a time traveler?

But no matter how many hardships we go through, life must go on. Carlo was just frustrated for a while, then gathered his thoughts.

He then took another look at his surroundings. The pitted walls and floors in this room are all made of some kind of hard rock that I don't recognize. It seems that I can still recognize what kind of murals there used to be on the walls, but due to erosion, my original appearance is no longer visible.

"This ruins does not seem to be a product of the empty island."

"Probably not. But it has been buried deep in the clouds since Bika was recorded. It is already very old."

Master Yun continued: "Perhaps it just stopped on the island clouds, and gradually penetrated underground due to cloud erosion. Why, you are still interested in archeology?"

"Cloud erosion" is a problem encountered by buildings built on clouds in the sky. Because island clouds are relatively soft and easy to deform, as time goes by, the buildings above them will gradually descend and be enveloped and swallowed by the clouds as if they were trapped in a swamp.

But this process takes a very long time, especially when facing such a huge building.

If Master Yun's guess is correct, then based on Master Yun's statement that the ruins are at least two hundred meters high, Carlo can estimate that the ruins have been here for at least eight hundred years.

Eight hundred years is another sensitive number.

Thinking of this, Carlo quickly shook his head. I'm not Robin, and it's not the time for archeology right now.

"When will the entrance to the upper level open next?"

"About half a month later."

Master Yun continued: "I suggest you find a team to join before you recover from your injuries, so as not to starve to death before that time comes."

"Team"

"That's right. A group of people is always more powerful than one person. In order to get to the top, many people will choose to form their own teams. They are more competitive than a lone traveler. Of course, you are covered in I'm afraid no team will accept the injured kid, you have to be useful."

Carlo smiled and said, "Don't worry about that. Although I'm weak now, I won't starve myself to death. I'm hungry now. Where can I get something to eat?"

"Hahaha, are you hungry? But I won't give you food."

Master Yun said with a smile: "It has been half a month since the last time the food was shipped in. Now it has been divided into everyone's pockets. Newcomers like you who arrive in the middle of the month are very unlucky and will usually be taken away. I’ll be hungry for days.”

"What a joke, I, Don Quixote de Carlo, have never been hungry?"

Carlo smiled slightly and found a black crutch at Master Yun's feet. He took it over and held it in his hand, but he couldn't help being stunned.

When Master Yun saw this, he immediately said: "Hey, it's not a good habit to take things from the elderly."

"Don't worry, I'll return it to you soon."

Carlo took a deep look at Master Yun, then leaned on crutches to support his body and limped out. As soon as he went out, he discovered that there was a corridor extending in all directions outside the room, and there were many branch roads going around.

"Kid, the road conditions in this ruins are very complicated. Newcomers will get lost if they run around."

"do not worry."

After Carlo finished speaking, he opened his eyes. The surrounding terrain and forked roads turned into a panoramic view and appeared in his mind.

"It's really big here."

Carlo searched for a while and soon discovered a rushing white water flowing through this floor. It should be the Yunliu mentioned by Mr. Yun.

Cloud flow flowed in from a wall with a large hole on one side of the building. Carlo followed the cloud flow and saw water flowing through a broken hole in the other wall about a few kilometers away.

The key is that the hole on the other side where the cloud flow flows into is inverted, and the outlet on this side is inverted. It looks very much like in a certain era in the past, there was a terrifying attack that penetrated the front and back of this ruins.

Wait, why did I start archaeology again without knowing it and I’m still hungry?

Carlo came back to his senses, opened his sight again, and found a small group of five people in a stone room not far away.

They were in a room at this time, and all five of them were sitting around a campfire eating grilled fish.

Carlo slowly walked up to them, "It smells so good, everyone, can you share some of the food with me?"

The leader of the team was a strong middle-aged man. When he saw Carlo, he tore a large piece of meat in his mouth and said incoherently: "Isn't this the wingless boy that Mr. Yun picked up? He didn't tell you this." Who can’t be messed with on the first floor?”

"Mr. Yun is too stupid to pick up such a useless brat."

"Little devil, come here and sing and dance for us. I'll make you happy. Maybe I can reward you with a bone, hahaha."

Carlo sighed and said: "Forget it, why should I talk nonsense to you guys?" Then he glared and suddenly burst out with a heart-stopping momentum.

In an instant, the five people in the room rolled their eyes at the same time, and then fell down.

When he was defeated by Xiao, Ricardo, who had been sleeping in his body, seemed to sense the crisis and opened up the right to use his Overlord Color. From that time on, Zhang Xinyu found that he could freely control and release the Overlord Color, and he could not This creates a headache for Ricardo to snatch control of his body.

Overlord color seems to be of no use to masters, but it is quite effective for killing these small soldiers instantly.

Carlo then walked forward, searched all five people, and finally collected a large bag of food before turning back to Master Yun.

"are you back"

When Master Yun saw Carlo's figure appear at the door, he immediately said: "Don't be discouraged. The first days are the most difficult. It will get better as you get used to it."

Before he finished speaking, Carlo threw a big bag into his arms.

Master Yun was stunned for a moment, and when he opened it, his eyes widened.

"With so much food, how could it be possible what you just did?"

Carlo threw the crutch back into Master Yun's arms, sat down again, placed an empty piece of fish meat on the bonfire in front of him and grilled it, and said: "I met five kind people. Seeing that I was young, they shared the food. Gave it to me."

You are so kind, you idiot. I have been here for so many years, but I have never met the kind-hearted person you mentioned.

Master Yun rolled his eyes, knowing that Carlo didn't want to say more, so he didn't ask any more questions.

"I really didn't make a mistake. Boy, you are definitely not an ordinary person. Say it again, what's your name?"

"Don Quixote Carlo, from Qinghai."

"People from Qinghai, I haven't seen him in more than ten years."

Master Yun then stretched out his dry hand, "Hasuo. Shaking hands is Qinghai's etiquette."

Carlo bit the fish, raised his uninjured right hand and shook it with Master Yun, saying: "You must be very strong, why don't you get out of here?"

Master Yun was stunned for a moment, and then asked curiously: "How did you see that?"

"Your crutch."

Carlo ignored him and continued: "It should be the gun barrel spit by Dou Jian Huangba, one of the twelve long-lost supreme swordsmen in Qinghai."

"Oh"

Master Yun smiled slightly and said, "You recognize it."

"The Doujian Arabato is a traditional sacred spear lost in Wano. The spear head is divided into three branches and is about ten feet long. According to legend, there is an indigenous god named Arabato living in it. I am holding you I noticed it when I was on crutches, and it said three words "Aang Ba" written on the side."

Carlo continued: "According to legend, the last time this gun appeared was in the hands of a member of the Golden Lion Pirates in the first half of the new world. With the end of the Battle of Atvol, this gun also followed Your whereabouts are unknown. You were once a member of the Sky Pirates, why are you here?"

"Golden Lion, what a long-lasting name."

Mr. Yun's mouth moved, and his old face looked confused in the flickering firelight.

"I almost forgot about this. You kid brought back my sad memories again, ugh."

"It doesn't matter if you don't want to say it."

Carlo shrugged, but said: "Then return the food to me. You said that you would answer for me as long as you know the answer. Now that you have broken your promise, I naturally don't need to share the food with you anymore."

"Hahahaha, there's no reason to spit out the meat that's in your mouth."

Master Yun smiled, put the bag away, and then sighed before continuing: "Since you want to know so much, let me tell you about the past that this bad old man like me can't bear to look back on."

As Master Yun narrated, everything that had happened on this empty island gradually emerged in front of Carlo's eyes.