The strongest warehouse manager of the Straw Hat Pirates

"In the face of the coming new era, don't you want to come and get a share of the pie?"

Doflamingo said in a frivolous tone while casting his gaze towards the Moby Dick in the distance.

In his eyes, Whitebeard's upright body seemed to have become old and drifting in the wind.

When he turned his head and saw that Crocodile was just staring at him silently and did not refute, Doflamingo felt that his words might have had some effect, so he decided to pursue the victory and continue to persuade.

"I think this proposal is very good!"

"Although you have been deprived of the title, it is undeniable that you are indeed a person of the Shichibukai level."

"Besides, I admire your strength and ambition very much~"

"Then, let's create a new era together!"

Hearing these words, Crocodile sneered secretly in his heart.

Although they both belonged to the Shichibukai before, Crocodile looked down on Doflamingo at all.

In his eyes, Doflamingo's face at this moment was exactly the same as his codename "Joker" in the underground world.

A burst of sand crocodile-like deep laughter that belonged to him rang out.

"Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha..."

"You are not worthy of being equal to me."

"If you ask to be my little brother, I might consider it."

His words were full of arrogance and confidence, and he seemed to think that having Doflamingo as his little brother was a gift.

Doflamingo's eyelids twitched and the smile on his lips became a little stiffer, but he quickly regained his composure.

"I thought you had already reflected on yourself after staying in prison for so long..."

"Hmph, if that were the case, I wouldn't have come out." Crocodile's voice became even deeper, and he stared at Doflamingo closely, revealing a deep contempt in his eyes.

"It's quite a coincidence. Someone just talked to me about cooperation. Although the things we talked about were different, the comparison between the two of you... haha... don't mention it."

"What you said is right. In the future, strength will mean everything."

"What a pity...you know nothing about power!"

Doflamingo's face became very ugly, and the veins on his forehead stood out, and he said word by word, "Are you provoking me?!"

Crocodile smiled playfully, "Provocation? No, no, no. I'm just telling the truth."

"You are looking for death!!!"

“Five Colored Thread!!!”

Doflamingo finally couldn't restrain himself, and bent his right hand into the shape of a beast's claw, activating the fruit's ability to grab Crocodile.

At this time, a sand storm had flown out of Crocodile's hands and swept across the entire nearby area.

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another part of the battlefield

Luffy, who had just left behind Moria, had only advanced more than a hundred meters when he was intercepted by Hawkeye again.

I saw Hawkeye holding a black knife and waving it constantly.

One sword slash after another triggered sharp slashes, carving deep ravines on the ice.

The ice cubes were stirred up and splashed everywhere, like a brilliant ice rain.

Facing such a ferocious attack, Luffy was unable to fight back at all. He could only rely on his second-speed speed to constantly dodge Hawkeye's intensive slashes.

"I thought you would have a bigger surprise for me."

Hawkeye said calmly, without any emotion in his tone.

"Is that all there is to it?"

"If this continues, you will be getting further and further away from the execution platform."

"What are you going to do?"

He gritted his teeth and glared at Hawkeye, his eyes burning with unyielding fighting spirit.

After narrowly escaping another slash, Luffy suddenly exerted his strength and rushed towards Hawkeye at extremely fast speeds.

He stretched his arms back, muscles tense, ready to break the deadlock with his full-force rubber rocket launcher.

However, just when Luffy was about to swing his fist, his eyes suddenly widened, and a picture flashed before his eyes like lightning, making him realize something.

The next second, he abruptly changed the direction of his attack and used all his strength to slam the fist originally aimed at Hawkeye into the ice at his feet.

"Oh!"

A huge crater appeared on the ice, and the surrounding ice fragments shattered, sending up a cloud of ice mist.

"Hoo! Hoo!"

Luffy jumped back continuously, and after regaining the distance, he began to breathe heavily, and said with some fear, "It was so dangerous, I almost got my hands chopped off just now."

"Oh?"

Hawkeye was slightly startled by this sudden change, and a faint smile appeared on his lips.

"My intuition is pretty good. I've saved your hands for the time being."

"But, just avoid. You can't save your brother."

Hawkeye's right hand slowly raised the black knife, which was as black as ink. His eyes were focused and steady.

As the arm waved, the blade flashed with a cold light, followed by a powerful aura spurting out.

The next moment, a slash that was sharper and more powerful than before was speeding towards Luffy.

At this time, Luffy was far from calm. Facing such a fierce attack, the chance of successfully dodging it was not high.

But if he is unable to successfully evade, then his body will most likely be severely traumatized, and it is not impossible that he will even be split into two!

At this critical moment, a low and melodious chant came from the side and behind.

Although the surrounding environment was noisy and chaotic, the sound reached the ears of Hawkeye and Luffy extremely clearly.

"Thirty-six worries in one life, seventy-two worries in two lives, one hundred and eight worries in the third life..."

"Multiply this number by ten, and you get one thousand and eighty troubles..."

"Three Swordsman Style: Thousand and Eighty Worry Phoenix!!!"

In an instant, three slashes shot out from the blade and intertwined in mid-air, forming a huge phoenix-shaped slash that collided with Hawkeye's attack.

The battle between the two slashes created a shock wave. It sent everyone around him flying backwards.

The ice surface below seemed to have been scratched. The thickness is less than ten centimeters.

"Zoro!" Luffy stood up from the ice and looked at the visitor in surprise.

"Ah...I'm late, Luffy! You go first, I'll stop you here!"

Zoro stood next to Luffy and said breathlessly. At the same time, he looked at the calm Eagle Eyes, feeling another emotion in his heart.

In the past few days, I always thought that I had made enough progress, but I didn't expect that the gap between me and him was still so far.

I had to fight with all my strength to counter the slash that exploded with just one swing.

I'm still far behind! ! !

"Roronoa...you are making rapid progress."

Hawkeye stood there, Black Blade Night lowered to the ice, a look of relief flashed in his sharp eyes, and he continued.

"It's just that you want to stop me now. Are you thinking too much?"