"Damn it!"
Crocodile turned into sand in mid-air and reformed elsewhere. His blasted arm also returned to its original state in an instant.
But the hideous wound on his abdomen constantly pricked at his mind.
Anas, watching this scene from not far away, slightly narrowed his eyes.
"It's a Logia-type, just like Nami... And Mihawk is also so strong!"
Anas had never seen Mihawk fight before; he didn't even have a chance to fight or attack Shaya, which led Anas to always think that the "world's strongest swordsman" was trash. Now... My Lord!
Please grant me strength!
Whoosh...
After the yellow sand reformed into Crocodile's figure, he let out a low growl, raised his hand, and pressed it to the ground, unleashing the full power of the Suna Suna no Mi.
"Erosion... Cycle!"
The earth, with him as its center, once again spread out in all directions, turning to sand!
Whether it was soil, stone, or buildings, everything collapsed and pulverized under the Suna Suna no Mi's erosion, turning into a ground full of yellow sand.
"No!"
Vivi's face changed drastically as she watched this scene. This was the royal palace; if this continued, everything would be destroyed!
"Mihawk, finish this quickly!"
Shaya also raised an eyebrow, wanting to intervene, but he gave up.
With his current strength outside the moon, he was only slightly stronger than Mihawk. If he couldn't instantly kill, why should he attack?
"Whoosh!"
Upon hearing this, a sharp glint flashed in Mihawk's eyes.
He didn't give Crocodile a chance to freely release his ability. He slashed with his sword, interrupting Crocodile's movements, then took another step, rushing forward rapidly.
"Die!!"
Facing the charging Mihawk, Crocodile snorted coldly, raised his hands, and the dust and sand instantly spun wildly around him, forming a terrifying dust storm.
"Sandstorm!"
The terrifying sandstorm, carrying immense power, crushed everything around it and swept towards Mihawk, covering the sky and earth!
"Your Majesty, be careful!"
Igaram and the other guards were utterly terrified. They had never seen such a violent power; it was simply world-destroying.
Vivi and Cobra were also extremely nervous, but catching a glimpse of the calm Shaya, they immediately relaxed a bit.
"Slash!!"
Facing Crocodile's fierce offensive, Hawkeye's expression remained unchanged, and he instantly unleashed an incredibly powerful and blazing slash.
The vast and magnificent slash wave collided head-on with the sandstorm that swept across the world, instantly erupting in an earth-shattering roar.
The ground within a radius of several hundred meters quickly cracked under the terrifying aftermath of the collision, and at the same time, sharp aftershocks sliced across the ground, leaving dense, deep cracks.
"Boom!"
The sandstorm was instantly torn apart, like a broken sky. Hawkeye flashed out and slashed horizontally at Crocodile!
"Sword of Death!"
To everyone's astonishment, Hawkeye's black blade erupted with a sharp slash wave like a giant arrow. The terrifying sharpness instantly tore through the atmosphere, extending into an unfathomable crack.
After Shaya's reminder about Condensing Sword into Silk, Hawkeye had comprehended a new profound meaning these past few days... imitating breaking a surface with a point, condensing sword energy into a single point, and unleashing an arrow-like slash capable of piercing through anything.
"Heavy Sand Wall!"
In anger and shock, Crocodile raised extremely heavy barriers from the dry ground in front of him, but just as the barriers passed his knees, the terrifying arrow-like sword energy arrived in an instant... "What?!"
Crocodile's pupils constricted. The terrifying sword energy was like a teleportation, several times faster than normal sword energy, and a dreadful premonition of death arose in his heart.
Between life and death, Crocodile directly elementalized... "Boom!"
The arrow-like destructive sword energy directly pierced through Crocodile and wildly extended for more than a thousand meters behind him!
Everything behind him was torn apart and destroyed. A hurricane-like wave of air roared and swept, instantly spreading far away,
causing large sections of the ground along its path to be lifted into the sky. Even the several-ton heavy royal palace gate was shattered and blown away by the impact of the airwave.
"What happened??"
"How terrifying! Who is fighting?!"
Many people outside the royal palace looked at the huge gully extending for more than a thousand meters and the dust-filled area, and couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts, their eyes showing awe and shock.
"Ah ah ah!!"
Crocodile was also sent flying a hundred meters away. After elementalizing back into his body, he let out a painful roar, his entire body trembling.
At this moment, Crocodile was extremely miserable. His domineering black leather coat was long gone, his shining golden hook was nowhere to be found, and his abdomen had a terrifying wound as if pierced by a giant sword blade...
"Hawkeye Mihawk, you deserve to die!!"
Crimson blood flowed. Crocodile's face was veined, his eyes a mix of killing intent and fear. Fortunately, he had elementalized in advance, otherwise, he would surely have died now.
But that attack was too fast, still leaving a fatal wound on him.
"Whoosh..."
The wind started from nowhere. Crocodile directly rushed into the sky, his body gradually turning into sand and diffusing into the swirling sandstorm, completely disappearing.
The combat advantage here wasn't great. Crocodile was going to the desert he dominated; whoever came would die!
"This trash actually ran away? Bah!"
Anas's disdainful voice echoed around them. In his heart, true powerhouses fought to the death and never retreated, unlike Crocodile who just ran away when he couldn't win.
In reality, Anas was extremely envious, jealous, and hateful.
Why was it that he, who had traversed a dozen planets, only had so little strength, while Crocodile, with his dog-shit luck, ate a Devil Fruit and became so powerful?
"He won't escape!"
Hawkeye's Observation Haki caught Crocodile's direction. He gestured to Shaya, then leaped repeatedly, disappearing from his spot and giving chase.