Chapter 158 The Growing Duo

‘Why don’t you make a move? ’

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

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

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

After all, he was a guy who could be recruited as a Shichibukai under the king, so he should still have some strength.

However, since the other party has been holding back, I will 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 to chop at Pekin.

Crocodile's attack of making sand blades has two different effects. One is to use the high-frequency vibration of fine yellow sand to make the sand blade have super sharpness, which can easily chop everything in front of it; the other is to use the water-absorbing characteristics of the sand-sand fruit to instantly absorb the water from 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 absorbs moisture, just explode directly at the moment of contact with the opponent's attack!

"Explosion Fist!"

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

Although he has not yet completely mastered the domineering power of observation, Pekin can still do this level of battle control.

At the same time that Pekin launched the attack, Xia Qi clenched his fists, and his arms swelled up instantly. Then, as Xia Qi's fists were swung out, his swollen arms surged like a water pump, and the other parts of his arms returned to 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 and hit Pekin in front of him.

Bang! !

The yellow sand was instantly raised all over the sky. Crocodile transformed himself into an element at the critical moment and avoided Xia Qi's attack.

'Is it a coincidence? '

The body appeared again far away from the two people, and Crocodile looked at Xia Qi with a flickering look.

Just now, after swinging a sand blade, he was ready to use the elemental ability to appear in front of the two little ghosts again and finish them off directly.

However, the red-haired little ghost attacked the moment he appeared.

With the charging time of his previous move, it is impossible that he decided to attack when he appeared.

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

Domineering?

Crocodile's face remained unchanged, and he waved his arms lightly, and several giant sand blades attacked Pekin and Xia Qi again.

Bang! !

A faint black layer appeared on Pekin's arms, and his fists swung again, accompanied by a violent explosion, smashing all the sand blades that came towards him.

The sand blades that Crocodile attacked were more powerful than before, and he had to use the power of domineering to resist.

Swish——

Just as Pekin blasted away Crocodile's sand blades, a subtle sound suddenly came, causing Pekin's face to change instantly.

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

"Explosion·Impact!"

Boom! !

A flash of red light flashed in Xia Qi's eyes. At the moment when the hidden sand blade appeared, a violent impact directly hit it and blasted it away.

'It's domineering indeed! '

Crocodile looked at Pekin and Xia Qi.

However, he only mastered domineering at the beginning. With such strength alone, he could not be his opponent!

The next moment, as Crocodile raised his hands, huge sand blades suddenly attacked Pekin and Xia Qi.

Bang! !

Boom! !

Accompanied by a series of violent explosions, the sand blades created by Crocodile's wave were defeated again and again by Pekin and Xia Qi.

"It's endless!"

After defeating Crocodile's attacking sand blades again, Pekin's hands trembled slightly, and he spoke with a heavy breath.

Although he also initially mastered the armed color domineering, he was qualified to fight with the natural system.

But in fact, in the battle with Crocodile, he didn't even have the opportunity to get close to the opponent. It was just the continuous sand blade attack that made him exhausted.

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

"What a huge gap..."

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

Crocodile's fighting method was extremely insidious. He kept attacking the two of them with continuous sand blades. The effects of those sand blades were random. Some were slashes with super sharpness, and some were able 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 repeatedly saw through it, I'm afraid the two of them would have fallen now.

During the training on Drum Island, both of them awakened the power of Haki!

However, Pekin is more proficient in Armament Haki, and has only just found a little feeling for Observation Haki.

And Xia Qi is more proficient in observation Haki, and can already use it skillfully in battle, but his progress in Armament Haki is slow, and he can only barely entangle.

However, even if they have made great progress in strength and mastered new powers, they are still equally powerless when facing a master of the level of Shichibukai.

"Desert Diamond Sword!"

Crocodile instantly noticed the weakness of the two men, and swung his arms violently, and then four huge sand blades suddenly attacked them, and Crocodile himself turned into a ball of yellow sand, and rushed towards Pekin and Xia Qi.

"Explosion Impact!"

"Explosive Fist!"

Pekin and Xia Qi swung their fists at the same time, and the four huge sand blades that came towards them instantly collapsed.

"It's over!"

Just as Pekin and Xia Qi blasted away Crocodile's attack, Crocodile's figure appeared between the two of them, and his arms had turned into two huge crescent-shaped sand blades that slashed towards Pekin and Xia Qi.

Bang! !

A bullet passed 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. The body that was originally preparing to attack stopped immediately and avoided the oncoming bullet in a fraction of a second.

"Saved!"

Pekin and Xia Qi reacted at this time. The two hurriedly retreated a few steps and distanced themselves from Crocodile.

Their domineering aura had been exhausted. In this case, fighting a natural ability user in close combat was simply courting death.

"Very capable."

Crocodile felt the warmth on his face, reached out and wiped the blood stains on his face, and raised the corners of his mouth.

"Dodged."

Neru's muzzle moved slightly downward, and his eyes were still fixed on Crocodile.

The Seven Warlords of the Sea are indeed not simple!

In the previous training on Magnetic Drum Island, he temporarily put down the black gun and turned to concentrate on honing his physique and domineering aura.

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

If it is reflected in the gun skills, his bullets can be wrapped with more Haki and last longer.

Even if the attack is launched from a very long distance, the wrapped Haki can attack the enemy with almost no attenuation.

"Black Gun Ner!"

Crocodile looked at Ner holding the black gun.

Whether it is the timing of the shot or the power of the shot, it is impeccable.

A sniper who can combine the power of Haki and gun skills so well is rare even in the whole sea!

"It's my turn to appear, right?"

Brook walked out from Rod's side 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 Rod's Pirates who were present had all taken action.

Daz Bonis was defeated by the opponent and was sucked dry and turned into a mummy. Pekin and Xiaqi were also no match for him, but they were finally rescued by Neru.

Captain Rod wanted to give the members a chance to fight and take a look at their fighting power.

In this case, although he was just a skeleton and was no match for the big-backed man playing with sand, he definitely had the courage to show his sword!

"Desert Sunflower!"

Looking at Neru who took out his gun and Brook who drew his sword, Crocodile suddenly squatted down and pressed his arms on the ground.

The next moment, the ground under everyone's feet shook, and the yellow sand flowed wildly with Crocodile as the center like a stream of water, and the bodies of the people who were originally standing on the ground were tied up by the quicksand at the first time, and they flowed towards the center involuntarily.

"Oh no, too much physical energy was consumed."

Pekin and Xiaqi looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

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

"Not good, 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 time to send him away after Daz Bonis was sucked dry and turned into a mummy. With his current state of complete inability to move, he would probably be the first to be swallowed by the quicksand.

"Are you still not going to make a move?"

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

At this time, he rushed to Rod's front, looked at him and spoke.

Although he was still full of disgust for pirates in his heart, Smoker also knew that if Vice Admiral Garp did not make a move, only Rod could possibly defeat Crocodile.

"Hero, of course you have to appear at the last moment!"

Rod stretched out his hand, and his domineering power gathered in his palm.