The strongest warehouse manager of the Straw Hat Pirates

At this time, on the palace platform

After Luffy pulled Robin back, he looked seriously at Crocodile, who was punched against the wall by him.

"Since you overheard the phone bug communication between Robin and us. Then why did you arrange for your men to intercept us outside the city!"

"So what, I'm just giving them a mission. It's good to succeed, but it doesn't matter if you fail. I'll just get rid of you. I never put my hope in others." Crocodile smiled sinisterly. After a while, he continued, "Robin, don't you think that if you are the only one who can read the historical text, I will have some scruples. Even without you, it will be no problem. Anyway, Pluto is sleeping somewhere in this country. I will find it after I take control of this country. What's more, I have never trusted you as a woman. Look, doesn't this betray me? Hahahaha."

Luffy was not affected by Crocodile's words, "Robin never regarded you as a companion, and neither did you! You were just using her! So you are not qualified to say the word betrayal."

Weiwei also cursed loudly, "Sister Robin was just cooperating with you. For you, a bastard who plans to steal the country, she is abandoning the dark and turning to the light! It is not a betrayal at all."

Crocodile smiled ferociously and stopped talking about Robin. He looked at Weiwei who was standing aside, "Abandoning the darkness and turning to the light? The winner is the light! Princess Weiwei, it's really hard for you to be an undercover agent in my Baroque Works for such a long time. .”

"However, you don't still have hope of stopping the rebellion. Look at the square below. The dust raised by the battle is everywhere. You can hear gunfire and the sound of fighting at any time. This scene is so beautiful, Why can’t you see the reality clearly?”

Luffy shouted angrily, "The reality is that your men will be defeated by my companions, and you will also be defeated by me!!!"

When Crocodile heard this, he replied disdainfully to Luffy, "I'm still a little surprised that a brat like you, who just went to sea, can awaken his Haki. But with your small level of Haki, you can only fight." It’s just me. You still want to defeat me? Hahahaha, you are just dreaming!!!”

Luffy was about to argue when he heard a loud shout.

"Desert Sword!!!"

Crocodile's right hand suddenly turned into sand, and he waved towards Luffy. In an instant, a huge three-meter-high sand blade took shape and slashed towards them from the ground.

Luffy was not the only one covered by such a huge sand blade.

Luffy stretched out his hands and took Vivi, Robin, and Kosha away from the place in an instant.

"Boom" the sand blade attacked a stone wall on the platform. When the smoke and dust dissipated, the stone wall no longer existed.

"The response is pretty quick, haha." Crocodile said with a smile of appreciation.

"You go rescue the king and leave first, and I'll deal with him."

After Luffy finished speaking to Vivi and the others, he rushed towards Crocodile.

Vivi took advantage of Luffy to stop Crocodile and quickly rescued her father. Several people quickly left the platform, but they did not run too far with the injured Kobra, waiting for the arrival of Yu Chen and others at the steps in the middle of the palace.

Kosha gradually came to understand from the confusion at the beginning. After discovering that all this was Crocodile's conspiracy, he was so excited that he wanted to return to the square immediately to stop the war. But Weiwei pinned him to the ground and refused to let him go. She still remembered that Yu Chen said that there were still Baroque people hidden in the two armies. Now only Robin had some fighting ability, but Robin alone in the dense crowd could not completely protect them from harm.

Weiwei was not afraid of injury, nor was she afraid of death. She was just worried that if any of them were successfully assassinated by Baroque's people in public, the rebel army or the king's army would be even more angry, which would make it even less possible to stop the war. After Weiwei's persuasion, Kosha calmed down and stayed aside silently.

On the palace platform, the battle between Luffy and Crocodile has officially begun.

Since setting off from Cocoa West Village, Luffy has been training intensively almost every day. Coupled with Yuchen's unlimited supply of ingredients, Sanji worked hard to cook for him. It can be said that Sanji spends several hours cooking for Luffy every day, which is more time than training himself.

Thanks to various efforts, Luffy's physical fitness has improved greatly compared to before. Perhaps this is why Luffy was able to awaken his armed Haki in such a short period of time.

In the process, Luffy also freely controlled the shaving in the Sixth Marine Style. Movement and dodge in combat are greatly enhanced. If not, Yu Chen wouldn't have just warned Luffy to be careful about Crocodile's fruit ability, instead of coming with him.

This is indeed the case, in the continued fight between the two. Whether Crocodile used Shalan, the Desert Sword, or the crescent-shaped sand dune, no matter how tricky the attack angle was, Luffy could completely dodge it, and then Luffy would take the opportunity to counterattack with a few punches.

Since Crocodile ate the Devil Fruit, he has only been thinking about how to develop and enhance his abilities. I haven’t even put any effort into awakening Haki, let alone physical skills. Although his physical skills are still somewhat advanced, he is not at the level of a master. He is just resting on his past laurels.

After more than ten rounds, Luffy was not injured at all, but Crocodile looked a little embarrassed. The big back on his head was scattered, and there were many signs of being beaten on his body.

At this time, Crocodile was furious, that he would be so embarrassed by a young boy who just went to sea. Even when Weiwei rescued Kobra just now, she had no chance to stop him. He was constantly blocked by the kid in front of him.

"Since you can dodge these attacks, let me give you a taste of this. Corrosion Reincarnation!!!" Crocodile half-knelt on the ground, pressing his right hand on the lawn of the platform, and activated the ability of the Shasha Fruit.

In an instant, everything on the ground began to dry up and break into pieces, and then began to turn into sand. Luffy's flip-flops were also corroded by Crocodile and turned into fly ash. Even the statues nearby turned into sand.

In the blink of an eye, the platform that was originally covered with grass and full of life turned into a small beach. Nothing else can be seen except yellow sand.

In the dust, Crocodile stood up panting, "Have you completely turned into sand, you little brat? Damn it, you made me waste so much energy! I still have to catch Kobra and the others!"

"You don't want to go anywhere!" Luffy's voice suddenly came. Crocodile looked back and saw Luffy standing on the stone platform above the palace, the old man pulling back with his hands.

"Gomo Gomono, bazooka!"

When Crocodile confirmed Luffy's position, Luffy's powerful attack with armament had already been launched. Before he could react at all, he was hit in the chest by the attack.

In an instant, Crocodile was knocked down on the sand, and a large pool of blood spurted out from his mouth, soaking his clothes red.

Luffy jumped down from above and looked at Crocodile who fell to the ground with some breathlessness. It was obvious that this blow also consumed a lot of his energy.

However, Crocodile did not fall to the ground as he wished, and soon struggled to get up from the ground.

"Phew, you are really a master of beating!" From Luffy's words, it can be seen that he has not even controlled his breath yet.

Veins popped up on Crocodile's face and he rushed over angrily. When the left hook attacked Luffy, Luffy didn't even have time to catch his breath. He couldn't dodge in time and was hooked and injured his arm.

"Damn it! I got hit!" When Luffy pressed the wound, he noticed that the color of the blood was wrong. Looking at Crocodile again, the shell of the golden hook on his left hand had been removed at some point. The iron hook inside had many holes, and there was a dense purple gas on it, as if it was coated with poison.

"Oh? Are you just saying that you've been tricked? It seems that even though you have just been out at sea for a short time, you can still be a pirate on your own. You have already understood that fighting is a fight of life and death, and there is no such thing as despicable or despicable."

Crocodile was so angry that he no longer wanted to escape from Weiwei and the others. At this time, he only wanted to kill Luffy who had made him so embarrassed. "Since you took the initiative to stand in this small desert I created, then... Let this be your burial place!"

Luffy said calmly, "No, I won't die here."

"Hahahahahaha" Crocodile laughed and raised the poisonous hook in his left hand, "You were indeed hit just now. Even if I don't do anything now, this poison will kill you soon. !”

Luffy looked at the wound, re-arranged his fighting stance, and replied nonchalantly, "Even so, I won't die, and I will defeat you right away!!!"

Crocodile had a sullen face. He no longer wanted to talk to this one-minded brat, "Desert Sword!!!"

I saw that the sand blade, which was only 3 meters just now, has now increased to more than 5 meters, and its power has increased a lot.

It seems that the environment full of sand has a great impact on Crocodile's strength. Luffy thought in his mind, stepped on his feet, and used Shao to avoid it.

At the same time, he also discovered that his dodge speed was much slower, and it must not be just because of the sand. It seemed that the poison of the poisonous hook was indeed unusual, and it spread very quickly.

After dodging several times, Luffy's consciousness became a little blurry, and he knew he couldn't delay it any longer. After Crocodile attacked again, he instantly grabbed his arm, threw him onto the palace wall, and kept hitting Crocodile with rubber machine guns as hard as he could.

In the end, he couldn't even see what was in front of him clearly, and he was still waving his fist towards the location in his memory. It wasn't until he completely lost consciousness that Luffy's body fell limply into the sand.

And Crocodile had already been knocked unconscious by Luffy's attack, and he was stuck in the wall.

As Luffy fell, the palace platform, which had been changed beyond recognition and turned into sand, became quiet.