"What's wrong? You seem surprised?"
Ross looked at Crocodile calmly, "It should be a common phenomenon to gradually improve in battle. Don't you think that I am wasting my energy in vain?"
In this world, fighting is always the best catalyst to improve strength. No matter how much he practiced before, Rhodes could not perfectly combine the domineering power and the power of distortion. However, in the confrontation with Crocodile, he had domineering power and distortion in one hand. Gradually we came to the point of coexistence between the two.
Rhodes originally planned to find an opportunity to point out the twisted gravity and use his new ability to defeat Crocodile, but cheating in the battle was too unfair to Crocodile, and it was not in line with his aboveboard acting style and his ability to change by himself when encountering difficulties. A code of conduct based on hard work.
So he only made preparations for this temporary addition method but did not implement it.
“…”
Crocodile's face turned ugly.
Rhodes' domineering power and fruit ability cannot be perfectly combined. This is a big flaw and weakness, and it is also the reason why he can fight with ease until now in a stalemate with Rhodes.
But now, this flaw is being gradually overcome by Ross, and the final result of this battle is obviously speeding away in a direction beyond his control.
"Sand soldiers attack!"
Crocodile looked gloomy and activated the Shasha Fruit with all his strength. Countless dust rolled up and gathered into huge weapons in the air, surrounding Ross in the center.
Under his control, these huge sand soldiers suddenly attacked Ross, launching fierce attacks from all directions, intending to fight quickly and end the battle as soon as possible.
boom! boom! boom!
Ross faced the incoming giant sand soldiers without the slightest fear. He didn't even make any dodge movements. He just waved his fist to meet them. With each punch he landed, a handful of sand soldiers were exploded by him. Kai Lai couldn't produce any effective attack on him at all.
Crocodile guided his hands and manipulated the sand underground, trying to use the sand spear to penetrate, but before the sand spear could be pierced out from the sand, Ross raised his foot and poured the twisted power into the sand, instantly piercing the sand. The unformed sand spear was directly destroyed.
In front of the Shasha Fruit, Rhodes had difficulty fighting for control of the sand, but similarly, Crocodile was almost unable to manipulate the sand on the ground as he wished.
"Don't you understand yet?"
With a single move, he disrupted Crocodile's offensive. Ross walked out of the yellow sand, took one step, and suddenly rushed to Crocodile.
"The battle with you, from the very beginning, has been to exercise my abilities."
boom!
As the words fell, Ross's fist also fell suddenly, punching through Crocodile's sand shield, shattering his arms and shattering his head.
Crocodile, who was shattered into yellow sand, escaped from the underground and struggled to gather his body dozens of meters away. This time he recovered. There was obviously blood overflowing from his mouth and nose. It was obvious that Ross's twisted fist It has already caused considerable damage to him!
“…”
Crocodile gritted his teeth, with murderous intent flashing in his eyes, but at this time, he also knew very well that the balance of victory and defeat in this battle had begun to tilt.
If he continued to fight Rhodes, the possibility of winning was already very low. Thoughts flashed through Crocodile's mind, and he finally chose to withdraw.
But.
By this time, it was no longer possible for him to leave if he wanted to.
"I seem to have said from the beginning that once I take action, I risk my life." Ross looked at Crocodile indifferently, stepped on his feet, and rushed after him.
"Shalan!"
Crocodile shouted low, and a cloud of sandstorm appeared in his palm. He raised his hand and threw it at Ross. At the same time, his whole body turned into yellow sand and flew away in the strong wind.
Ross stepped on his foot, and his whole body was like a sharp arrow, piercing through the sandstorm like a broken bamboo. His right hand was instantly covered with dark armed domineering force, and he inserted it into the yellow sand and pulled hard.
Wow!
The elements of the natural system were transformed in front of Ross's two-color domineering force, and were directly captured and grabbed the entity. With Ross's sudden tug, part of the yellow sand in the sky was instantly pulled back, revealing Crocodile. body shape.
Ross ignored Crocodile's drastic change of expression, pulled him back, and then punched him out.
boom!
This time, Crocodile's body didn't even turn into yellow sand and completely disintegrated. Instead, only a small part of his body disintegrated. His whole body flew backwards and blood spurted out from his mouth.
"Violent... Sha Lan!"
Crocodile felt the sharp pain in his chest and gritted his teeth. He had been to the New World, experienced countless dangerous situations, and even challenged Whitebeard, but he survived in the end, just a new pirate. , it is absolutely impossible to kill him!
He roared angrily and swung out his hands violently. The yellow sand with a radius of 100 meters instantly filled the sky, erupting with a power that shook the earth and crazily attacking Ross.
far away.
Many civilians and guards in Alkaria couldn't help but feel a little shocked when they saw this scene. If it were in the desert, such a scene would be nothing, but this is the Kingdom of Alkaria, and there used to be a prosperous place over there. neighborhood!
In such a place, such a terrifying sandstorm erupted with such power, even for them who were on the Grand Line, it was shocking.
But.
Before they were shocked by the monstrous sandstorm, a roar came from the sandstorm. The raging sandstorm seemed to be stopped by time, frozen in an instant, and scattered downwards.
And in mid-air, about tens of meters away, two figures appeared. Ross punched Crocodile indifferently on Crocodile's chest, and Crocodile spurted out a mouthful of blood, dyeing the scattered blood red. Yellow sand.
"This is… "
Seeing this scene, many people who knew Crocodile couldn't help but be a little stunned.
Compared to Crocodile, Rhodes was not much less well-known. After being recognized by many people watching from afar, he was silenced.
"Then, I will accept the heads of the Shichibukai."
Ross took a false step in the air, and instead of falling to the ground with Crocodile, he channeled all the twisting power into his legs, and struck Crocodile in the back with a sudden backfoot.
Click!
The sound of broken bones could be heard clearly. Crocodile still had a look of disbelief in his eyes, but he completely lost control of his body and fell downwards. Finally, he landed in the middle of a piece of yellow sand, splashing up a cloud of dust. .
His eyes fell into darkness, and his consciousness gradually fragmented.
Even at the last moment, he still couldn't accept that as the strongest natural Devil Fruit user, he would die here, at the hands of a new pirate like Ross.
“…”
Ross watched Crocodile fall into the yellow sand and stopped moving. After staying in the air for a few seconds, he also fell to the ground below.
The people watching from a distance were finally in an uproar after a moment of silence.
I thought that the Ghost Hand Pirates, who had completely angered the navy and the government, would stop for a while, but I didn't expect that only half a month had passed, and they once again caused a storm on the sea, not only destroying the Iron Wall Pirates, but also He also defeated Crocodile, one of the Shichibukai!
no doubt.
This will become big news that shocks the world!
No matter who it is, at this moment, there is a feeling that nothing can stop the rise of the Ghost Hand Pirates.
…
The other side.
Ross, who didn't care about the reaction of the civilians in Alkaria, fell into the sand below. After landing next to Crocodile's gradually losing life body, his movements suddenly paused.
Two seconds later, a smile appeared on his face that had always remained calm.
"His Majesty Shichibukai, 'Sand Crocodile' Crocodile, has completed the hunt and received a reward of 100 talent proficiency points and 1 free talent point."