One Piece: Fist of the World.

Chapter 158 The Growing Duo
'Why don't you take action?'

Crocodile looked past Pekin and Xiaqi and looked at Rod standing in the distance.

In his heart, he had already sentenced Rhodes and his group to death.

However, although Crocodile looked down on Rhodes verbally, he did not really despise him that much.

After all, he is a guy who was recruited as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, so he should have some strength.

However, since the other party has been holding back, I will just kill his subordinates one by one!
Crocodile's body suddenly turned into yellow sand and disappeared from Pekin's sight. The next moment, the yellow sand under his feet surged and turned into a sharp scimitar that slashed towards Pekin.

Crocodile's attack of creating sand blades has two different effects. One is to use the high-frequency vibration of fine yellow sand to make the sand blades extremely sharp, which can easily split everything in front of it; the other is to use the water-absorbing characteristics of the sand-sand fruit to instantly absorb the moisture of everything it touches.

Since there is no way to determine whether the sand blade wielded by the opponent is a sand blade with cutting power or a sand blade that can absorb moisture, it is better to explode directly at the moment of colliding with the opponent's attack!
"Explosive punch!"

A layer of red light appeared in Pekin's hands, and at the moment of collision with Crocodile's sand blade, his arms suddenly emitted a violent explosion, instantly shattering the oncoming sand blade.

Although he has not yet completely mastered the domineering power of Observation Haki, Pekin can still achieve this level of control over the battle situation.

At the same time as Pekin launched the attack, Xia Qi clenched his fists and his arms swelled up instantly. Then, as Xia Qi swung his fists, his swollen arms surged like a water pump. The other parts of his arms returned to their normal thickness, but his fists swelled up violently.

"Explosion Impact!"

Two huge fists blasted out, and at the same time, a terrifying shock wave burst out from Xia Qi's fists, hitting Peikin in front of him.

Bang! !

The sky was filled with yellow sand that rose up in an instant. Crocodile transformed himself into an element at the critical moment and avoided Xia Qi's attack.

'Coincidence? '

The body appeared again in the distance between the two of them, and Crocodile looked at Xia Qi with twinkling eyes.

After swinging out a sand blade just now, he was ready to use his elemental ability to appear in front of the two little ghosts again and kill them directly.

However, the red-haired kid attacked the moment he appeared.

Judging from the time it took to charge up his previous move, it was impossible that he decided to attack just when I appeared.

Was it a coincidence? Or did the other party anticipate his attack?

Domineering?

Crocodile's expression remained unchanged. He waved his arm lightly, and several giant sand blades attacked Pekin and Xiaqi again.

Bang! !

A faint black layer appeared on Pekin's arms, and he swung his fists again, and with a loud explosion, he shattered all the oncoming sand blades.

The sand blade that Crocodile attacks with is more powerful than before, and he must use his domineering power to resist it.

Swah——

Just as Pekin blasted Crocodile's sand blade apart, an imperceptible sound suddenly came, causing Pekin's expression to change instantly.

Under those huge sand blades, Crocodile had hidden an attack. At the moment when Pekin blasted away the sand blades in front of him, the last hidden sand blade suddenly slashed at Pekin's body.

"Explosion Impact!"

boom! !

A red light flashed in Xia Qi's eyes, and the moment the hidden sand blade appeared, a violent impact directly hit it, shattering it.

"It's really domineering!"

Crocodile looked at Pekin and Shakey.

However, he has only mastered the initial stage of domineering power. With such strength alone, there is no way he can be my opponent!
The next moment, as Crocodile raised his hands, giant sand blades suddenly attacked Pekin and Xiaqi.

Bang! !

boom! !

Accompanied by loud explosions, the sand blades created by Crocodile's hands were defeated again and again by Pekin and Xiaqi.

"It's endless!"

After defeating Crocodile's sand blade attack again, Pekin's hands trembled slightly and he spoke while gasping for breath.

Although he has also initially mastered the Armament Haki, he is qualified to fight against the Natural Type.

But in fact, in the battle with Crocodile, he didn't even have the chance to get close to the opponent. The endless sand blade attacks were enough to make him exhausted.

The domineering aura that had just been awakened was not very abundant, and after the battle just now, there was not much left.

“What a huge gap...”

Xia Qi's body sank slightly and he felt a little dizzy.

Crocodile's fighting style was extremely insidious. He continuously attacked the two of them with sand blades. The effects of those sand blades were random. Some were extremely sharp and could cut, while others had the ability to absorb moisture.

During the attack, Crocodile would often mix in some hidden sand blades. If it weren't for Xia Qi's observation Haki that allowed him to see through them repeatedly, I'm afraid both of them would have fallen by now.

During their training on Magnetic Drum Island, both of them awakened their domineering power!

However, Pekin is more proficient in armament Haki, and has only just gained a glimpse of observation Haki.

Xia Qi was more skilled in Observation Haki and was already able to use it skillfully in battle, but his progress in Armament Haki was slow and he could only barely entangle. However, even though they had greatly improved their strength and mastered new powers, they were still powerless when facing a master of the Shichibukai's level.

"Desert Diamond Sword!"

Crocodile instantly realized the weakness of the two men, and he waved his arms violently. Then four huge sand blades suddenly attacked them, and Crocodile himself turned into a ball of yellow sand and rushed towards Pekin and Xiaqi.

"Explosion Impact!"

"Explosive punch!"

Pei Jin and Xia Qi swung their fists at the same time, and the four huge sand blades coming towards them shattered instantly.

"it's over!"

At the same time that Pekin and Xiaqi were blasting away Crocodile's attack, Crocodile appeared between them, his arms transformed into two huge crescent-shaped sand blades that slashed towards Pekin and Xiaqi.

boom! !

A bullet traveled through a long distance and instantly appeared in front of Crocodile. The strong domineering aura wrapped around the bullet made Crocodile's face change slightly. His body, which was originally preparing to attack, stopped immediately and avoided the oncoming bullet by the nick of time.

"saved!"

Pekin and Xia Qi finally reacted and quickly took a few steps back to distance themselves from Crocodile.

Their domineering aura has been completely depleted, and engaging in close combat with a natural ability user under such circumstances is simply courting death.

"Quite capable."

Crocodile felt the warmth on his face, reached out to wipe the blood stains that had slid down his face, and raised the corners of his mouth.

“It was dodged.”

Nelu lowered the muzzle of his gun slightly, his eyes still fixed on Crocodile.

The Seven Warlords of the Sea are indeed not simple!
During his previous training on Magnetic Drum Island, he temporarily put down his black gun and instead concentrated on honing his physique and domineering power.

After half a year of training, his Armament Haki has reached a new level. Both the amount of Haki and the skills of using Haki have been greatly improved compared to before.

If it is reflected in his marksmanship, his bullets can be wrapped with more domineering power and last longer.

Even if the attack is launched from a very long distance, the entangled domineering aura can hit the enemy with almost no attenuation.

"Black Gun Neru!"

Crocodile looked at Nayle who was holding a black gun.

Whether it was the timing of the shooting or the power of the shooting, everything was impeccable.

There are not many snipers in the entire ocean who can combine domineering power and marksmanship so well!

"It's my turn now, right?"

Brook walked away from Rhodes and slowly drew out his staff sword.

Except for Miss Bakara who suddenly felt unwell, and Miss Nia who went to take care of her, the rest of the members of the Rhodes Pirates present had all taken action.

Daz Bonis was defeated by his opponent and was sucked dry and turned into a mummy. Pekin and Xiaqi were no match for him either, but were finally rescued by Naylu.

Captain Rhodes wanted to give the team members a chance to fight and take a look at their fighting abilities.

In this case, even though I am just a commoner and am no match for that guy with a slicked back hair who is playing in the sand, I definitely do not lack the courage to draw my sword!

"Desert Sunflower!"

Looking at Nel who had pulled out his gun and Brook who had drawn his sword, Crocodile suddenly squatted down and pressed his arms on the ground.

The next moment, the ground beneath everyone's feet began to shake, and the yellow sand flowed wildly with Crocodile as the center like water. The bodies of the people who were originally standing on the ground were bound by the quicksand in the first place, and flowed involuntarily towards the center.

"Oops, I've used up too much energy."

Pei Jin and Xia Qi looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

The two of them had consumed too much physical energy in the previous battle and now they no longer had the strength to activate their abilities to break free.

"No, Bonis!"

The next moment, the two of them suddenly turned their heads to look at Daz Bonis.

Because they were busy fighting Crocodile, they didn't have the time to send Daz Bonis away after he was sucked dry and turned into a mummy. As he is now completely unable to move, he will probably be the first to be swallowed by the quicksand.

"Aren't you going to take action yet?"

Smoker's lower body turned into white smoke, propelling his body into the air, holding the mummy-like Daz Bonis in his hands.

At this time, he rushed in front of Rhodes, looked at him and spoke.

Although he still had a lot of disgust towards pirates in his heart, Smoker knew that without Vice Admiral Garp taking action, only Rod could defeat Crocodile.

"Of course a hero has to appear at the last moment!"

Rhodes stretched out his hand, and his domineering aura gathered in his palm.

(End of this chapter)