Sailing at Sea: The Breath of the Day at the Start

Ron knew this, and he was about to use Shave to dodge when the ground beneath his feet suddenly turned into sand and collapsed, with strands of fine, yellowish-brown sand wrapping around his legs.

Ron's legs jolted, and a strong gust of wind instantly dispersed the fine sand that was absorbing his body's moisture. At this moment, the surrounding yellow sand was densely rushing towards him from all directions, and even using Shave was not enough to completely evade it.

Of course, at this moment, the ground beneath their feet collapsed, and the martial art of shaving, which relies on rapid stomping to move at high speed, could not be performed.

Ron narrowed his eyes and reached out to grab at the void.

Under Crocodile's wide-eyed gaze, the black-haired boy reached out and pulled a long sword with lightning flashing on its blade from the void.

"Water Breathing - Complete Focus - Sixth Form: Twisting Whirlpool!"

Accompanied by the black-haired youth wielding his sword and slashing.

A massive, twisted, aquamarine vortex burst forth from his body, transforming into a sharp and enormous blade that instantly blocked all the yellow sand while unleashing a series of spiraling slashes that flowed like water towards Crocodile.

He's actually... a swordsman?

Crocodile's eyes widened slightly, his heart trembling with shock.

When did such a young swordsman emerge from the high seas?

At this moment, there was no time for him to think further.

They immediately put their abilities to use.

"Wall of Yellow Sand!"

A large amount of yellow sand suddenly burst forth from the cracked ground in front of him, forming an extremely thick and solid wall of yellow sand that blocked the spiraling slashes.

As the yellow sand wall turned into fine sand and scattered, the black-haired boy in the distance had already disappeared from the spot.

Crocodile felt a sense of danger and immediately transformed into his elemental form, turning into streams of quicksand that scattered in all directions.

next second.

A sharp, cold glint of light flashed in mid-air.

It swiftly slashed past in the dim moonlight, leaving behind a beautiful blue blade of light.

"Water Breathing - Fifth Form: Heavenly Compassionate Rain".

Crocodile's sand-like body was sliced ​​apart by the gentle and merciful blue blade of light, turning into yellow sand scattered all over the ground.

Ron, holding the Raiche, glanced sideways in one direction.

Strands of yellow sand gathered there, coalescing into Crocodile's towering form.

He looked down at his left arm, where a cut had been made and blood was dripping from it.

Crocodile looked at Ron with a grim expression: "How did you do that?"

"Even Logia-type Devil Fruit users will be injured by Haki-infused slashes if their elemental transformation is too slow."

Ron looked down at the crisp blade of the Lightning Blade in his hand, then glanced at him and smiled, "As one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, you must know this, right?"

Ron turned around to face Crocodile, whose face was grim and terrifying: "Compared to the Rumble-Rumble Fruit users I've encountered before, your elemental transformation speed is really quite slow."

"Shut up!"

Crocodile was furious.

"Desert sunflower!"

He touched the ground with his right hand, and the ground beneath Ron instantly turned into sand.

But just before a sand dune could form and flow downwards, swallowing all life, Ron, sensing the danger, jumped into the air first.

92. The Battle with Crocodile (Part 2) (4/5, please customize!)

"Sand slug!"

The yellow sand below transformed into giant sand dunes, lunging and biting at Ron in the air.

Ron raised his sword and swung it through the air.

Several flying slashes, imbued with Armament Haki, instantly cleaved the sand into several pieces, turning it into shapeless yellow sand that scattered on the ground.

"Crescent-shaped dunes!"

Crocodile swung his sand-transformed right arm toward Ron in mid-air. The sand-transformed arm grew to a gigantic size in the air, turning into a crescent-shaped sand blade that slashed toward Ron, who was still in mid-air.

Anyone touched by his sand blade will have their body water instantly drained.

Ron, who was in the air, had no intention of dodging.

Ron, who had just fallen from mid-air, took a deep breath. Flowing blue light appeared on the sharp and clear blade of his Raikiri. He slashed down to the ground with a vertical slash.

"Water Breathing - Eighth Form: Takitsubo".

The fierce slash, imbued with domineering energy and flowing water, shattered the massive sand blade. The scattered yellow sand absorbed the moisture and fell to the ground.

immediately.

Ron charged toward Crocodile with the Raikou, which was wrapped in blue water, his body spinning as he continuously charged forward with his slashes.

It resembles a nimble, swimming blue water dragon!

Water Breathing - The Tenth Form: Flowing Life!

Crocodile gritted his teeth, stretched out his palm, and squeezed it tightly!

"Sand burial!"

The earth suddenly trembled!

The cracked ground on both sides of the 'water dragon' had completely turned into sand, and the yellow sand rose up like a sea, burying the 'water dragon' in the middle!

But as the yellow sand approached, it suddenly sank and fell to the ground because it absorbed the moisture around the water dragon.

"hateful!"

Crocodile never imagined that his abilities would one day be countered by sword techniques.

Gazing at the imposing, charging blue water dragon, his eyes darkened and somber.

If you're willing to take the plunge, then give it a try!

Desert Sword!

Crocodile's intact left arm instantly transformed into a sand blade, slashing down from top to bottom!

The ground in front of him was instantly split open, and a huge and sharp sand blade met head-on with the blue water dragon formed by the sword's momentum!

Keng!

The yellow sand and the flowing water collided together in stark contrast!

The violent shockwaves swept in all directions, either splitting nearby houses apart or corroding them with sand.

On the cracked ground.

Crocodile's half was completely turned to sand, while the other half, occupied by the black-haired boy, was rapidly recovering its vitality.

When Nico Robin slowly woke up, this was the scene she saw.

Crocodile, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, transformed his hand into a sand blade, biting a cigar, his face gloomy and solemn as he clashed with the mysterious black-haired boy who had knocked him unconscious and was now wielding a long sword.

The two men's powerful and ferocious auras rapidly increased, and violent shockwaves spread outwards in all directions, accompanied by raging winds and howling sand.

Even the well-informed Nicole Robin was somewhat bewildered at this moment.

What on earth happened?!

"Is this all the strength Crocodile, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, has?"

Ron looked up at Clarkdale, who was much taller than him, and laughed, his expression relaxed and casual.

"Compared to the Shichibukai I've fought, you seem to be only slightly stronger than Gecko Moria."

"Stop talking big, kid!"

Clarkdale narrowed his eyes slightly.

Instantly, streams of quicksand from the ground swirled towards Ron.

At the same time, the golden hook on Crocodile's other arm gleamed coldly, slicing through the air and falling mercilessly toward him.

The hook tip had a hint of purple, clearly indicating it was coated with a potent poison.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah."

Ron stepped onto the hardened ground beneath his feet, dodging the attack and disappearing from Crocodile's sight in an instant.

next second.

Accompanied by a fierce gust of wind, a powerful and extremely fast whip kick struck Crocodile heavily from his left side.

Crocodile's towering body was sent flying like a cannonball into the distance, much to Nico Robin's astonishment.

After crashing through several houses in an open area on the eastern edge of Rain City, it landed in the desert outside the city and slid for dozens of meters before coming to a stop.

"How can it be……"

Nico Robin stared in disbelief at the direction Crocodile had been kicked away.

That's Crocodile, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the King of the Desert, and a Logia-type Devil Fruit user!