One Piece: Get Stronger by Watching Battles

Zhou Ze struggled to his feet, and Crocodile also materialized from the yellow sand, revealing a cruel smile. However, the next second, his smile froze.

A sandstorm also condensed in Zhou Ze's right hand, and it was rapidly expanding.

"sandstorm!"

With a roar, Zhou Ze unleashed a sandstorm, the bluish-white vortex whipping up yellow sand that intertwined and entangled with Crocodile's sandstorm.

"Impossible! What kind of Devil Fruit power is this?" Crocodile exclaimed in shock and anger.

"Cough, guess!" Zhou Ze coughed up a mouthful of blood, his lips twitching into a slight smile.

Enraged, Crocodile was about to strike again when the two intertwined sandstorms finally gave way due to the sudden accumulation of energy, exploding with a deafening roar.

Zhou Ze was swept up by the powerful airflow, tumbling and flying into the sky, before crashing into the Santorini River with a "thud".

The yellow sand drifted down to the riverbank and reformed Crocodile's form. He stared at the surging river, his face grim. Finally, he let out a cold snort, transformed back into sand, and headed towards the rain.

Chapter 33 Who's the Fool! (First Update, Seeking Tickets)

Downstream of the Santoro River, in the northern sky, a large bird is soaring high above.

It's Bell. He's a Zoan-type Devil Fruit user, the "Bird-Bird Fruit - Falcon Type," and he's been ordered to conduct reconnaissance in the Rainlands, just west of the royal capital, Albana.

Just then, he noticed a sandstorm rising up on the upper reaches of the Santoro River to his left, near the riverbed. This bothered him, as normal sandstorms rarely reach that close to the riverbank.

However, not long after, another sandstorm rose up, quickly intertwining with the previous one and ultimately producing a violent energy explosion.

Something must have happened there!

Bell lowered his altitude, skimming the surface of the Santoro River, and rapidly approached the target location.

Suddenly, with his hawk-like sharp eyes, he noticed something floating in the river.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a person. As they drew closer, "Zhou Ze?!"

Bell cried out in surprise.

He pulled Zhou Ze out of the water and placed him on the riverbank. Only then did he notice that Zhou Ze had a huge wound on his abdomen that ran from his left waist to below his right ribs. The flesh around the wound was still somewhat withered.

"This is... something Crocodile left behind!"

"Cough, cough." Zhou Ze coughed violently twice, spitting out a mouthful of blood. "Ouch, it hurts."

Bell helped Zhou Ze up and asked anxiously, "Zhou Ze, are you alright?"

Zhou Ze opened his eyes groggily, "Bell? What are you doing here!" Then he felt a pain in his wound, he hissed and looked at the wound on his abdomen.

As expected, my body doesn't fit the setting of One Piece!

Luffy was drained dry by Crocodile, but he can recover instantly with just water. Even Mr. 3 recovered quickly.

As for himself, he was almost drowning in the river, and he could still see withered flesh at the edges of his wounds. Although the wounds were healing quickly, the healing speed was obviously not as fast as that of the characters in the original work.

I guess I'm still relatively easy to kill!

"I was ordered to go to the Rainlands to scout ahead. But you, how did you end up running into Crocodile?"

Zhou Ze gently shook his head. "It's hard for me to explain either, but could we not talk about this for now..."

"I think I can still be saved! Cough, cough!"

……

rain.

With Sanji's help, the Straw Hat crew quickly escaped, while the Marines under Captain Smoker were in pursuit.

"Come on!"

"I see them!"

"..."

A marine stopped beside Smoker. "Colonel Smoker, aren't you going to give chase?"

"Ugh, I'm tired!" Smoker said, two cigars dangling from his lips, his head sinking slightly.

In the underground chamber of the casino, Crocodile's "ideal world" plan and conspiracy to destroy the country, as well as the actions of the Straw Hat crew, were revealed. When the lake filled the passage and the chamber collapsed, Crocodile was submerged and powerless, but the Straw Hat crew saved him.

"Go tell the marines currently pursuing us that if they can't catch up, they should stop chasing," Smoker ordered softly. "Notify Naval Headquarters, and contact all warships in the waters near Alabasta, and have them all gather in that country."

The soldier was somewhat surprised. "Captain Smoker, would the Marine Headquarters really send so many warships just for a few pirates like the Straw Hat Pirates?"

Smoker glared at the marine. "When have I ever listened to orders from above?"

The marine trembled slightly. "Yes, I'll take care of it right away."

Luffy and his crew ran out of town and ran into Chopper riding a moving crab and the camel "Eyelashes". The group then boarded the moving crab and prepared to head to the royal capital, Albana.

With a "whoosh," a golden hook flew from a distance and snagged Weiwei's body.

"rubber"

Luffy stretched out his arms and grabbed the golden hook, then retracted his arms and flew out. He saved Vivi, and then flew away with the golden hook.

"You guys go first, make sure Vivi gets home safely!" Luffy shouted to his crew.

The owner of the Golden Hook was Crocodile, who quickly returned to Rain after defeating Zhou Ze.

"Well, Straw Hat Boy, you guys actually escaped! But I've already taken care of your crewmate Sanji. Now, it's your turn!"

Crocodile looked at Luffy, who was lying upside down on the sand, and said contemptuously.

Huh? What is this guy talking about? Wasn't Sanji just with me on the back of the crab?

Luffy's eyes widened in surprise.

"He's a Devil Fruit user. If he falls into the water while severely injured, do you think he can survive?"

Crocodile felt a surge of satisfaction upon seeing Luffy's surprised expression, and his tone became even more arrogant.

Luffy was even more confused. Sanji wasn't a Devil Fruit user at all! Who was he talking about?

Just then, Crocodile heard footsteps behind him. He turned around and saw Robin. His eyes turned cold, and he chuckled softly, "You're back? Didn't find the person I asked you to find!"

Robin had just returned from Cateria. She learned from members of the local Baroque Works that Zhou Ze had left, and then hurriedly returned to Rainfield.

However, she was surprised to hear about Zhou Ze's death from Crocodile, and was so astonished that she did not notice the unusual tone in Crocodile's voice.

“Yes, he had already left when I arrived,” Robin said calmly.

Crocodile frowned, a murderous glint in his eyes, but he forcibly suppressed the urge to kill Robin right now. He still had a use for Robin. "Go and inform the senior agents to assemble in Albana."

Then he looked at Luffy and said, "Guys like you who would risk your lives for your so-called comrades are utter fools!"

Luffy thought to himself, "This weirdo is saying he's killed Sanji, but Sanji is clearly still alive and well."

"Look at you, aren't you the hopeless fool?" Luffy roared.

"Ha!" Robin had also thought of this and let out a soft laugh.

Crocodile's gaze turned cold. "Do you want to die too, Nico Robin?"

"Do as you please," Robin said calmly. "Besides, didn't we agree not to call each other by name?"

Then she slowly turned and left, saying, "I'm going to Albana now!"

Crocodile cursed under his breath, "That useless woman." Then he tossed an hourglass and said contemptuously to Luffy, "I'll give you three minutes. Any more and I'm out of patience with you, Straw Hat!"

……

"Ouch, that hurts! Be gentle, be gentle!" Zhou Ze gasped, his voice trembling.

Bell was somewhat speechless, continuing to wrap bandages around his hands. "Don't move around, it'll be over soon!"

"But it really hurts!" Zhou Ze cried out twice. "That bastard Crocodile, he really hit hard..."

Zhou Ze snorted angrily, then looked at Bell, "Bell, won't this leave a scar? My handsome abs..."

Bell: "..."

"No, it's just that the flesh and blood have withered away; the wound isn't serious!"

"Phew, that's good!"

Chapter 34 Heading Towards Albana (Second Update, Seeking Silver Tickets)

"Well then, I must continue on my way to the Rainlands. Farewell!" Bell nodded to Zhou Ze, seeing that he had almost recovered.

Zhou Ze wasn't sure where the plot was either, so he didn't say much, just said, "Please be careful!"

Bell transformed into a giant eagle and soared into the sky with a "whoosh".

[Falcon Form successfully learned]

Zhou Ze breathed a sigh of relief. He was very worried about receiving a notification that he had failed to learn the skill, because his experience of failing to learn A Long's skill once made him doubt that he was unable to learn Zoan-type Devil Fruit abilities.

Fortunately, he now knows that only certain skills cannot be learned, which makes him feel much more at ease.

Although Logia-type Devil Fruit abilities are currently incredibly powerful, once Haki appears, Paramecia and Zoan-type Devil Fruit users will begin to exert their power, and Zhou Ze will be able to learn Zoan-type abilities. This is exciting news for him.

"Let's just go to Albana and wait there." Zhou Ze thought for a while. Rather than running around like a headless fly because he didn't know how the plot was going, it would be better to just go to the final battle site and wait there.

Given my current state, if I were to encounter Crocodile again, I would undoubtedly die.

"Falcon Form!"

The internal energy of the Lesser Formless Skill surged out wildly, and a bluish-white vortex rose up, mimicking the figure of an eagle. Zhou Ze pushed off with his feet, his arms fanning himself up, and "whoosh," he flew up straight into the sky.

After staggering a few times in the air, it gradually adapted to the rhythm of flight, determined its direction, and flew towards the capital.

……

In the desert outside Rain City, the battle between Luffy and Crocodile has also come to a conclusion.

Luffy was pierced through the body by the giant golden hook and thrown into a huge quicksand pit.

"Hmph, hahaha!" Crocodile sneered, watching Luffy roll towards the center of the sandpit. "Now you should understand, right? I'm not a pirate on the same level as you!"

"What a waste of boring time!"

After saying that, he left gracefully.

The quicksand quickly closed in, burying Luffy. After Crocodile left, Robin suddenly appeared. She made a hand gesture, and several arms emerged from the sand, lifting Luffy's body out.