Lord of the Stars of the Grand Line

Golden Punishment is arguably the strongest move Tesoro has ever developed. This massive and incredibly powerful attack can easily destroy a city without even using its full strength.

Now, facing Crocodile after his Devil Fruit awakens, Tesoro goes berserk, not only using his strongest move but also boosting its power and size to their peak!

He even used the maximum amount of Armament Haki that covered it!

It's clear how insane Tesoro is when he's gone berserk; he's determined to completely annihilate Crocodile with this one strike!

"Hehehe, that's really scary."

Below, Crocodile, standing on the ground, watched this oppressive scene, his expression gradually becoming serious. He abandoned his initial contempt and no longer felt smug about his awakened Devil Fruit.

This guy is always like this; when he's being flamboyant, he's flamboyant to the extreme, and when he's being serious, he's serious to the extreme!

"Then let's try my move!"

Faced with an extremely powerful and deadly attack, Crocodile no longer held back, finally unleashing the true essence of this move under his awakened Devil Fruit power...

As an awakened ability, simply making a big scene and looking scary isn't enough.

He has never used the true secret technique!

Crocodile's left arm suddenly transformed into flowing yellow sand, which continued to flow downwards.

However, this endless stream of quicksand never landed. After leaving its left arm, it was quickly swept up into the sky and carried away by a giant tornado in the center.

At the same time, the other dozens of tornadoes that stretched straight into the sky also began to move rapidly, quickly converging on the one in the center!

In the blink of an eye, dozens of tornadoes merged together, becoming a single, extremely powerful gale!

Not only that, as they closed in, the yellow sand that kept flowing out of Crocodile's body was constantly filling that gale.

In the end, the gale had turned completely yellowish-brown, carrying countless grains of sand in its center, spinning continuously at a speed of 0.9 revolutions per second. Those grains of sand were no different from extremely sharp knives...

It's hard to imagine what could possibly withstand the destructive power of this attack!

At this moment, the power of this gale is so great that even if you put gold in, let alone steel, it would probably be torn to shreds instantly.

Not an exaggeration at all!

The attack was already complete. Looking at the golden missile heads that were constantly hurtling towards him from afar, Crocodile, panting heavily, stretched out his left hand, which had returned to its original state, and caught the gale in his palm...

The next moment, Crocodile aimed his palm at the golden divine punishment in mid-air and slammed the attack out!

"Sand Drain - Erosion Gale!"

Chapter 301 Defeat! The Golden Emperor was betrayed by Doflamingo!

The ultimate technique awakened from the Sand-Sand Fruit: Corrosive Gale!

Enveloped in countless grains of sand and carrying an overwhelming, terrifying force, Crocodile unleashed a palm strike that violently swept towards the giant golden missile warhead in the sky!

Even after awakening, this move is still the strongest skill. Although Crocodile has only recently awakened and cannot fully unleash its power, the consumption of the Corrosive Gale is still terrifying!

After doing all this, Crocodile's whole body ached, and he was panting heavily. This ultimate technique had drained most of his strength...

Of course, the high energy consumption also proves the power of this move, which is certainly not insignificant!

In terms of both size and power, the Corrosive Gale is in no way inferior to Tesoro's Golden Punishment.

"How could he become so powerful at such a critical moment?!"

"Doflamingo, you bastard, you almost killed me!"

High in the sky, Tesoro, standing atop the golden giant's head, let out 08 angry roars of resentment.

Standing on the battlefield, opposite Crocodile, he was the one who could best feel the terror of that ultimate technique. (Novel: 玖巫榴叁二四一;澪/的).

Tesoro was baffled. Had he had the worst luck imaginable? Why did he have to arrive just in time for that bastard Crocodile's Devil Fruit awakening!

Moreover, it has such power even though it has only just begun to awaken. How can someone who has cultivated his abilities for many years bear this?

Tesoro cursed Doflamingo, vowing that if he could choose again, he would never listen to that bastard's instigation and do such a deadly job.

As the battle reached its final stage, Tesoro, who was always even more arrogant and conceited than Doflamingo, surprisingly felt a pang of fear in the face of such a terrifying attack...

That's right, he chickened out. Crocodile's move was too intimidating!

However, now that the battle has progressed this far, both sides have already played their trump cards, and it's too late for regrets. There's no chance for them to back down now.

With the arrow already on the bowstring, there was no choice but to release it. No matter what he thought in his heart, Tesoro had no choice but to bite the bullet and go for it.

In the blink of an eye, Crocodile's attack arrived!

That enormous tornado, which was originally able to reach the heavens, was now summoned down from the sky by Crocodile, and its tip was directly aimed at the huge golden missile warhead!

From Tesoro's perspective, it was clearly a gigantic, withered vortex, bottomless, with a terrifying crushing force, engulfing his golden missile...

The two's strongest moves finally clashed under the watchful eyes of the crowd.

The gale was also enormous, more than enough to engulf the golden missile.

The power of their attacks only truly clashed at the center of the vortex of gale, unleashing an unparalleled force!

In an instant, a dark wind howled in the sky, and countless elements gathered here!

Tesoro's golden missile finally exploded at this moment. The extreme heat shattered the missile warhead into countless golden pillars, which, with terrifying explosive power and the terrifying heat of molten gold, raged in the center of the corrosive gale...

The originally withered yellow wind had now been tinged with gold and red, looking strange yet dazzling, and was violently releasing its overflowing energy in mid-air between the two people!

Sand, gold, wind, and fire—the four elements converged, a sight that nearly made the eyes of the people on the Gran Tesoro pop out of their sockets. They had never seen anything like it before!

Is such destructive power, capable of destroying the world, truly something that humans can possess?

In the end, not only the people on the giant ship, but also the eyes of many people in Dressrosa were drawn to it; the commotion was too great!

After their attacks clashed and maneuvered for a while, the intense energy was gradually worn down and weakened.

Click!

Finally, a piercing sound continued to come, and countless golden liquids were flung out by the constantly rotating gale, flying in all directions and disappearing without a trace!

As it flew in all directions, the molten gold changed form in mid-air, transforming from gold into cracked sand and gravel...

Clearly, Crocodile has the upper hand in this ultimate showdown!

Tesoro's golden missiles lost power rapidly. In the end, the massive amount of gold was no longer enough to withstand the corrosive gale.

Even the gold could no longer maintain its original appearance. Without the power to enhance it, under the terrifying temperature and tearing force, the gold turned into molten gold.

Before it was finally thrown out, the gold, tainted by the corrosive power, could no longer maintain its original elemental properties and was completely turned into sand by Crocodile!

The next moment, the corrosive gale that had annihilated the Golden Divine Punishment, though greatly weakened, had not completely disappeared. Carrying its residual power, it continued to sweep towards Tesoro and the Golden Giant!

"Ah, no, no...!"

The gale was incredibly fast; Tesoro didn't even have time to finish his sentence before it was swallowed up by the gale!

Of course, the golden giant beneath its feet was no exception.

The golden giant was enormous and had already been touched by the corrosive gale. Almost at the same time, the areas that were touched began to dry out and crack!

Furthermore, the cracks spread rapidly across its massive body...

In just a moment, the once majestic golden giant was transformed into a cracked and terrifying giant 'sandman'.

The next moment, having lost Tesoro's control and the hardness of gold, the giant sandman collapsed and was completely destroyed!

After the giant fell, the corrosive gale finally exhausted its immense energy and gradually dissipated into the sky.

The world gradually returned to tranquility. After a while, the dark clouds above the Gran Tesoro slowly dispersed, revealing a sliver of clarity.

"Ahem, it's best to avoid using this trick unless it's absolutely necessary."

"It almost drained my energy; the consumption was terrifying..."

Just then, Crocodile strode toward the Golden City. His face was slightly pale, and his steps were not as strong as before. He had exhausted himself!

"However, this powerful feeling, guhaha, is truly fascinating."

Crocodile looked at his palm with a look of ecstasy, and before he knew it, he had reached the edge of the Golden City.

Crocodile stopped here.

Because there was a person lying there, wearing a red performance outfit, with long dark green hair, very distinctive, it was undoubtedly Tezzolo.

But just by looking at his appearance, it's hard to tell. He's so thin and emaciated that if you didn't know, you'd probably mistake him for a zombie!

If word got out, probably no one would believe it, but this person in such dire straits was actually the once incredibly arrogant Golden Emperor!

Chapter 302 The Golden City is in hand, Tokushima submits!

"How pathetic, Tesoro! I can hardly bear to watch anymore. Hahaha, so what? So what if it's your turf? How are you going to fight me?"

Crocodile, having killed him and then wounded his spirit, kicked Tesoro, who was barely clinging to life, and sneered at him.

"I...I...I'm not reconciled."

What turned Tesoro into this state was naturally the corrosive power accompanying Crocodile's attack, which drained all the moisture from his body, leaving him on the verge of death.

In this situation, Tesoro was speechless. After a long pause, he finally managed to utter these three words.

"Alright, enough talk. I'll give you a quick death and send you on your way!"

Seeing this, Crocodile grew bored and, without further ado, plunged the poisoned needle in his hand into Tesoro's heart...

Tesoro, with a look of resentment in his eyes, died on the spot. He was just there to join in the fun and help, but he died even more tragically than Doflamingo, which seemed somewhat ridiculous.

After confirming Tesoro's death, Crocodile pulled a megaphone from his pocket, one of the functional dice they had collected back on Skypiea.

Then, he loudly proclaimed this to the entire ship, and indeed to the entire Golden City!

"Listen up, everyone on this ship! Get off here in three minutes!"

"Now, this ship belongs to our captain and Godfall's crew. I don't care how you leave, or who you are, you only have three minutes!"

"If I find anyone still here in three minutes, don't blame me for going on a killing spree!"

Crocodile's words brought those who had been unaffected by the battle between the two and were hiding in the core and rear of the Golden City back to their senses.

Upon hearing this, chaos erupted in the Golden City. Everyone disregarded everything else and rushed towards the shore...

Among the crowd, there were those who were dissatisfied, those who were fearful, and those who complained, but none of them dared to express it, much less linger.

After all, everyone has witnessed the terror of that killing god. He even killed Tesoro. He is also the vice-captain of the famous Godfall Pirates. Even if the Celestial Dragons are here, he would not dare to kill them. If they don't run now, when will they?

Nobody wants to lose their life. At least if you get to the open sea, there might be a chance to survive. Staying on the open sea means only death is possible!

Of course, these people were nothing more than Tezzolo's henchmen, speculators, collaborators, and gamblers. For the common people who had been under Tezzolo's control for years, this was actually good news...