One Piece: Fist of the World.

Chapter 156 Take action!

"Erosion of reincarnation!"

As Crocodile activated his ability, an invisible force instantly swept out. With himself as the center, everything around him was instantly drained of water and turned into sand. The originally magnificent VIP room was instantly covered with yellow sand and became his home court.

"Desert sword!"

Immediately afterwards, Crocodile's arms instantly turned into sand blades, and as he moved, everything in front of him unfolded and rushed straight towards Rhodes.

Daz Bonis, who was originally standing not far behind Rhodes, remained expressionless, but his feet suddenly turned into two blades, and he slid forward quickly like skating and appeared in front of Rhodes. His arms also turned into huge blades at the same time, and the domineering aura instantly wrapped around him, dyeing his arms a layer of black.

"Destroying Slash!"

Daz Bonis crossed his arms across his chest and swung violently at the oncoming huge sand blade.

Clang——

A violent roar broke out instantly, and Daz Bonis involuntarily took a few steps back. Then he clenched his teeth and exerted force with both hands to smash the oncoming blow.

"If you want to deal with my captain, you have to get past me first!"

Daz Bonis raised his head, looked at Crocodile opposite him, and said in a deep voice.

bang——

With two explosions, Pekin and Xia Qi also appeared in front of Rhodes, rubbing their hands and looking at Crocodile with eagerness.

Previously on Drum Island, facing Aokiji who possessed the natural 'Ice Fruit', they were completely powerless to fight back.

Now, after half a year of hard training, they should be able to perform better when facing the same natural ability user.

"Natural ability user!"

Nia looked at Crocodile with shining eyes.

Previously on Drum Island, she was unable to make it in time for the battle with Aokiji. Now that she has to face Crocodile, who possesses the Sand-Sand Fruit, she must experience for herself what the difference is between users of the Nature-type Devil Fruit!

"Oops!"

Just as Nia was about to make a move, Bakara suddenly screamed.

Because Crocodile's ability was activated, the entire floor of the room has now turned into yellow sand, and under Bakara's feet, the yellow sand is constantly flowing, causing her body to slowly slide down uncontrollably.

"quicksand!"

Nia's expression changed slightly.

The "quicksand" phenomenon that occasionally appears in the desert will swallow up all objects in the area.

Is this also the other party's ability?
Nia suddenly turned her head and looked at Crocodile.

However, the other party was too busy dealing with Rhode and focused their energy on the two of them.

So, is this just the backlash after overdrawing "luck"?

"Hurry up and save me!"

Bakara's legs had been swallowed by the quicksand.

Since she is in the state of being possessed by the god of misfortune, it is best not to take any measures on her own, otherwise it may even cause more serious consequences. It is better for other companions to take action.

"hateful!"

Nia glanced at Crocodile. She also wanted to experience the power of the natural devil fruit user!
"Six Styles·Iron Block Fist·Break!"

Nia clenched her fists and gently hammered them on the yellow sand beside Bakara.

The next moment, an invisible impact force burst out instantly, instantly shattering the yellow sand around Bakara's body. Nia took the opportunity to pick up Bakara and left the area with the Moon Step.

"White snake!"

Smoker's body turned into a ball of smoke, flying continuously in the air. An endless stream of white smoke spread out from his body, entangling everyone within his sight and carrying them away from the range of the surging yellow sand.

Crocodile's power was not limited to that room. The entire Rain Banquet Casino turned into yellow sand almost instantly. If Smoker had not taken action the moment the other party activated his ability and used his own ability to rescue these people, who knows how many people would have been buried directly in the sudden collapse of the building.

"Leave now!" X2
Smoker turned his head and looked at the man beside him who had put down the two limp gamblers.

"Evil Scientist Gray!"

Although the other party's appearance was different from before, and the whole person was wrapped in a layer of strange mecha, Smoker still recognized the other party's identity at a glance.

"Great! Call me a great scientist!"

Gray gave the white-haired smoker a disapproving look.

However, could the other party also be a natural-type devil fruit user?
Thinking of Smoker's performance just now, Gray muttered to himself.

Whether it is the former Admiral Aokiji, or the current Shichibukai Crocodile, both of them are users of natural devil fruit abilities, and both possess extremely terrifying powers.

This made Gray unconsciously add a filter to his mind towards those who have natural devil fruit abilities.

This smoker must be a monster of that level too!
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"Ha ha ha ha!"

Looking at the people standing in front of Rhodes, Crocodile suddenly burst into laughter, and wisps of yellow sand flew around him.

"I'm a little curious. Is the so-called Tyrant Fist just someone who hides behind his subordinates?" "I'm the weird one."

Rhodes was still sitting there. Under the protection of his domineering aura, the chair under him was not affected by Crocodile's power and still maintained its original shape.

"You are a veteran Shichibukai, but you don't even have decent subordinates?"

The casino staff who were in this room before could not be called Crocodile's subordinates at all. They were just workers in the casino.

"Kid!"

Crocodile's body turned into a ball of yellow sand, and then instantly appeared in front of Rhodes, with his hand stretched out towards Rhodes.

"Explosive punch!"

"Iron Fist Blast!"

Pekin and Xiaqi swung their fists at the same time, suddenly hitting Crocodile who suddenly appeared, but Crocodile's body instantly elementalized and turned into yellow sand, allowing the fists of the two to penetrate his body.

The next moment, a violent explosion suddenly erupted from the fists of the two men, and the terrifying shock wave instantly blew apart Crocodile's entire body.

"It's too noisy..."

The violent impact blew Rhodes's hair.

The fight between Pei Jin and Xia Qi was so vigorous that it was probably only the two of them who could cooperate in the fight. It would be difficult for others to cooperate with them.

“Not bad.”

Crocodile reappeared not far away and looked at Pekin with gloomy eyes.

"Your fruit ability is the bomb fruit, right?"

The original user of the Bomb Fruit was Mr. 5, a senior agent in the criminal organization he secretly formed, Baroque Works.

Although he had known from some intelligence before that one of the members of the Lodo Pirates seemed to be the user of the Bomb Fruit, Crocodile confirmed this after experiencing it himself.

"That is to say, you have mastered the means to seize the power of the devil fruit."

Baroque Works is nothing more than an organization used to make money and facilitate work. Crocodile doesn't care much about its members. Those members of the organization don't even know that their boss behind the scenes is Crocodile, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

However, the means that the Rod Pirates possessed to seize the power of the Devil Fruit made Crocodile even more chilled.

It goes without saying that someone who masters this ability will definitely bring drastic changes to the world.

"Who knows!"

Rhodes replied casually, and the next moment, Daz Bonis's body suddenly changed. Two blades appeared under his feet. His arms and fingers all turned into blades, and were covered with a layer of armed color domineering. He rushed towards Crocodile quickly.

"Mote Dust Cutting Blade!"

There was a dazzling flash of sword light, and countless slashes broke out in an instant, chopping Crocodile's body into pieces.

But the chopped body turned into yellow sand in an instant, and then reassembled not far away.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Crocodile looked over there at Daz Bonis.

He had some impression of the other party.

This killer from the West Sea is someone he has high hopes for, and he plans to recruit him as Mr. 1 of Baroque Studio, the person second only to himself.

Unexpectedly, the opponent was defeated by Rhodes at Whiskey Peak and recruited into his team, and even mastered the Armament Haki in a short period of time.

only···

"Even if you master Haki, you will not be my opponent! I am very optimistic about you, the killer from the West Sea, Daz Bonis!"

Crocodile thought of Rod's mocking words just now, and he couldn't help but feel the desire to recruit him.

Although he did not think that his so-called subordinates were of much use, they could at least handle some troublesome things for him, just like when he first established the Baroque Works.

"You joined Baroque Works before, right? I'm afraid you don't know yet, but I'm the boss behind Baroque Works, and your former boss!"

"How about it? Do you want to continue following me? Compared to that brat, the power I possess is much stronger!"

"Feel sorry!"

Daz Bonis turned around and looked at Crocodile expressionlessly.

Although he has mastered Armament Haki, he is not good at using it. The sword art realm of [Iron Cutting] that he has mastered after previous training does not bring much advantage in the battle with Crocodile.

Armament Haki only gives him the opportunity to capture the body of a natural ability user, but it does not mean that he will be able to attack the opponent's entity.

"I don't think you are stronger than Captain Rhodes!"

Daz Bonis took up his stance again and looked at Crocodile.

He needs to focus more on the battle and be aware of every subtle change of the opponent. Only in this way can he seize the fleeting opportunity and really hurt the opponent!

(End of this chapter)