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"Finally, I found you!"

Luffy looked at Crocodile, raised the corner of his mouth and said:

"Crocodile, I'm going to knock you away!!!"

[Armament - Hardening]

[Rubber rubber——gun!!!]

This time Luffy took the lead and covered his right fist with armed color domineering.

The fist shot towards Crocodile like a spring.

puff!

After a slight sound, Luffy's arm actually went straight through Crocodile's body.

It didn't cause any harm to him like before.

Luffy retracted his arm, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Crocodile also changed.

Before the attack comes, make room by elementalizing?

"You little brat, do you think you can do whatever you want after learning how to be domineering?"

Crocodile's voice rang out, full of disdain and ridicule.

While releasing the quicksand arm that was pinching Robin, he once again condensed a sharp blade in his right hand.

"you are way behind!!!"

【Desert Sword! 】

Countless quicksands condensed to form an extremely huge blade.

And slashed fiercely in the direction of Luffy.

Seeing this, Luffy's eyes narrowed, and he held down his straw hat and jumped up, dodging the attack.

Bang! ! !

The blade made of quicksand is extremely sharp.

In Alabasta, the historic stone floor of the Funeral Hall was split in two by this giant blade.

[Armament - Hardening]

[Rubber Rubber - Whip]

Luffy's right foot, covered with armed color, was driven by his extended right leg again and kicked Crocodile's waist hard.

Still useless!

Crocodile swept his right leg over, and he had already performed elemental transformation.

What followed was Crocodile's counterattack.

【Quicksand Binding!!!】

Bang!

Under Luffy's feet, quicksand suddenly lifted up the stone floor.

In the blink of an eye, they gathered into a huge circular cage.

It seems that Luffy is about to be caught in the trap.

Luffy exerted force with his feet and burst out with extreme speed again, breaking out of the ground at the last second before the cage closed.

He looked at Crocodile, his eyes still firm, but also a little more thoughtful.

Since the straight punch can't hit, try another move.

Luffy used his feet again to dodge Crocodile's attack.

The two arms stretched back again, and then——

[Armament - Hardening]

[Rubber rubber——shotgun!!!]

The arm shot out suddenly with the help of the spring elasticity, and then Luffy began to shake his shoulders.

The straight outstretched arms instantly turned into waves.

As a result, Luffy's fists also became erratic.

"Humph!!!"

Crocodile snorted coldly, and chose to take it head-on again? ! ! !

Poof! !

After two soft sounds, history repeated itself.

Luffy's fist covered with Armament Haki actually pierced through his chest again.

Luffy seemed to be mentally prepared this time.

Retract the arm, tighten the spring, and strike again.

This time——

[Armament - Hardening]

[Rubber rubber——machine gun!!!]

This is a move where Luffy quickly punches the enemy.

Not only is the speed faster, the hitting force is also greater.

Since you don't have to control direction, you can focus on strength.

Puff puff puff…!

A series of familiar voices rang out, and history repeated itself again and again.

"Don't you understand yet?"

Crocodile's voice rang out. He knelt on one knee, pressed his right palm on the ground, and shouted softly:

【Desert Great Sword! 】

Stab it! ! !

A sword handle made of quicksand suddenly shot out from behind Luffy.

Even though Luffy had awakened his Observation Haki, he was still unable to react fully.

The blade slashed across Luffy's right shoulder, leaving a deep cut.

Blood flowed down his arm, and Luffy's eyes became more solemn.

Crocodile stood up and countless quicksands held him up.

He stood in the air and looked down at Luffy:

"As long as I can see your attack."

"It can make it 'invalid', after all——"

Crocodile seemed somewhat relieved when he said this.

"Your Armament Haki is still very weak! Hahahaha!!!"

Before he finished his words, Crocodile attacked again.

Raise your right hand horizontally and make a lifting motion.

Quicksand began to gather in his hands and gradually began to rotate around a point.

In the blink of an eye, a small sandstorm formed in Crocodile's hands.

【Shalan!!】

Crocodile threw a small tornado in Luffy's direction.

As the sandstorm advanced, the tornado actually grew against the wind!!!

By the time it reached Luffy, it had become a sandstorm three people high.

The sky was filled with wild sand and gravel!

In a space like the Funeral Hall, Luffy has nowhere to escape!

[Armament - Hardening]

Luffy flew backwards at high speed, covering his arms with Armament Haki, trying to block his vital points.

But even so, the power generated by natural disasters such as sandstorms is not something Luffy can stop now.

Stab~~~

The debris from the sandstorm left scars on Luffy's body again and again.

Blood spurted out again and again until the sandstorm stopped.

Luffy looked quite miserable.

Fortunately, Luffy already had a special physique, and it was further improved by Byakuya's marrow cleansing pill.

Luffy looked like he was covered in blood, but in fact, he only suffered superficial injuries.

If Chopper had come a little later, Luffy's wounds would have healed.

He slowly raised his head, looked at Crocodile, and said:

"Then I'll just make you 'invisible'."

Hearing this, Crocodile frowned.

Before he could understand what this meant, Luffy's body suddenly changed.

He was seen standing in a horse stance, with one hand on his knee and the other pressing on the ground.

Your feet start pumping air throughout your body like water pumps.

Following this, Luffy's skin began to turn red and steam came out.

"This kid..."

Crocodile muttered to himself, he could feel it even if he was just observing.

What kind of power is hidden in Luffy's body.

Crocodile felt a little uneasy for no reason.

【Desert Knife!!!】

The sharp blade in his right hand swung down again!

boom!

The next second, Crocodile's eyes widened.

Because just now, the boy in front of him disappeared instantly.

More importantly, this time, he didn't capture any signs of movement.

There are only two possibilities for this to happen.

First, the kid used abilities like teleportation or invisibility.

This is obviously impossible.

As for the second one...

Crocodile had imagined the worst.

The guy was so fast that he could no longer see him.

Subconsciously, Crocodile turned around.

A red figure was standing on the ground behind him.

Steam continued to escape from his body.

Then, Luffy raised his head and looked directly at Crocodile, opening his mouth and exhaling a breath of hot air.

Slowly he said:

"Second gear!"