【One Piece】Dawn in the Darkness

The storm was blowing in the same direction as their destination so they didn't have to do much, they gathered in the kitchen where Sanji prepared some hot tea for them.

Qi looked at his companions and said, "Sanji, Luffy, how do you feel after fighting against the marines of Rogue Town today?"

Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at Qi and Sanji seriously.

"Our attacks can't hit them." Sanji recalled the feeling when he kicked the Marine Captain.

"Yes, my fist went through his body." Luffy nodded.

"That's because he's a natural devil fruit user." Qi explained, then he looked at Luffy helplessly, "Luffy, you could have hit him if you used your Armament Haki at that time."

"Souga!" Luffy suddenly realized something, clenched his right fist, knocked it on the palm of his left hand, and grinned, "I forgot."

"Idiot..." Qi held his forehead helplessly.

"What is Armament Haki?" Sanji asked.

"Armament Haki is a type of Haki. Haki is divided into Armament Haki, Observation Haki and Conqueror Haki." Qi looked at Zoro and Sanji and explained, "You can develop Armament Haki and Observation Haki. Luffy has already awakened the first two. I will show you."

Qi jumped off the chair and said with his back to Zoro and Sanji, "Zoro and Sanji attacked me."

Zoro and Sanji looked at each other, a little overwhelmed, not knowing what to do, but still attacked him as he requested.

"Sanji is going to kick me in the head with his right leg," Qi laughed as he dodged Sanji's attack.

"Zoro's sword is going to hit my left shoulder." Qi said as he dodged Zoro's sword by moving sideways.

Nami and Usopp watched in shock.

"This is Observation Haki." Qi said as he dodged all the attacks from Sanji and Zoro, then Qi turned around and grabbed Zoro and Sanji's swords and feet. They could clearly see that Qi's hands were covered with a layer of black armor. "This is Armament Haki, it's like a layer of hard armor, and you can also attach it to your weapons."

Qi let go of Zoro's sword and Sanji's foot, approached Luffy, wrapped his Haki in his hand, and hit Luffy on the head. "Armament Haki can hurt all kinds of Devil Fruit users. Even a natural Devil Fruit user like the Marine Captain can be hit with Haki."

"Ah, it hurts!" Luffy complained with a pout.

"Who told you to forget to use Haki every time you fight? Although some enemies really don't need it yet." Qi rubbed Luffy's head and said, "But in the next battle, you must remember to use your Haki and make it stronger. Using it during the battle is the best way to improve your ability."

"Conqueror's Haki is a relatively rare form, and I don't know much about it," Qi said as he turned to look at them with a smile.

"I can't wait to learn!" said Zoro excitedly.

"Then start training tomorrow, enjoy today." Qi said with a smile "Luffy will help you."

"Oh!!"

"Wait, now take a look at this." Nami put the Grand Line's nautical chart on the table and said seriously, "The direction we are heading in now is disturbing. If we continue to move forward, it will be like the legend... According to this map, the entrance to the Grand Line is a mountain."

"A mountain!?" everyone asked in unison.

"That's right. Look at the nautical chart... Although I don't quite believe it, the navigation light is indeed erected on Upside Down Mountain, and the nautical chart also shows a canal leading up the mountain, which means we may have to climb up along the canal."

"Climb up!?" Usopp said in shock. "Even if there is a canal, the ship can't climb up the mountain!"

"Climbing a mountain by boat? How fun!" Luffy said excitedly.

Qi glanced at the window and noticed that it was stormy just now, but now it is so calm?

"Everyone, stop for a moment!" Qi interrupted Luffy's argument about whether to go around the south to enter the Grand Line or climb the mountain to enter the Grand Line. The storm could not stop suddenly, and it became very quiet outside. He said solemnly, "We may have entered the doldrums."

"What!" Nami shouted in horror, "Usopp, Sanji, go reef the sails, we have to leave here quickly and get back into the storm!"

"Luffy, Zoro, let's get the oars and row away from here!" Qi shouted solemnly. His observation Haki was frantically issuing warnings that there were countless giant sea kings under their boat.

After a while, the Merry began to sway, as if there was something under their ship. They soon found out what it was. Countless huge sea kings emerged from the sea. Everyone was stunned and looked at the huge sea kings in front of them in horror. The Merry was so small in front of them.

"Listen, listen carefully, as soon as this monster sinks into the sea, we will row as hard as we can!" Zoro gripped the oars tightly, gritted his teeth, and growled.

"Got it!" Sanji, Luffy and Qi nervously gripped the oars in their hands, ready to rush back to the original storm as quickly as possible after the sea kings sank to the bottom of the water.

"Oh no..." Qi stared at the sea king under the ship in horror. The guy was about to sneeze. He turned around and shouted to the crew on the deck, "Everyone, hold on to the railing!"

"What!!"

"Wow!!"

After some trouble, the Merry finally returned to its original route. Usopp lay on the deck, recalling the thrilling scene just now. He couldn't help but feel scared. Woo woo woo, it was too scary. He was almost eaten by a sea king just now.

"call!"

Nami took a deep breath, feeling the change in air currents, feeling the wind direction, and suddenly she understood "It's the current!"

"What?" Everyone looked at Nami in confusion.

Nami said firmly, "If the huge currents of the four oceans all rush towards that mountain... the four currents will flow up the mountain along the canal and then flow into the Grand Line. Now our ship is already on the current. We just need to control the rudder and enter the canal at the entrance to go up."

"It was an incredible mountain anyway," Luffy concluded with a grin.

"Wait, what is that huge shadow!?" Usopp looked up at the huge shadow and adjusted the goggles on his eyes to try to see how big the thing was, but the highest point was blocked by clouds and he couldn't see the top of the thing at all.

"Is that the Red Earth Continent?" Sanji said in surprise, looking at the huge cliff.

"I see the entrance to the canal," Luffy shouted excitedly.

Qi looked at the water flowing up the mountain in amazement and said in shock, "It's incredible that the ocean is climbing the mountain."

"Okay, hold the rudder, we're going up!" Luffy shouted excitedly.