"Puff, cough, cough, cough……"

Luffy covered his bleeding stomach and fell to the ground, coughing up blood.

Crocodile across from him was not doing well either.

His body was wet, his slicked-back hair was soaked and he lay listlessly on his head. His body was also dirty, with marks of Luffy's fists all over it.

"Straw Hat! Crocodile held his abdomen and felt the pain in his torso, stared at Luffy angrily, and growled:

"You actually made me so embarrassed! But all the water in your stomach has been used up, and you will never be able to hurt me again!"

Is this why the monster Qin Lang values the Straw Hat Boy so much!

In just one day, he has improved his strength so much.

Although his fighting style is still very immature. But if this continues, the Straw Hat Boy may not be able to surpass me..

But among them, I’m afraid there is also the reason for Qin Lang’s monster.

"Straw Hat Kid……"

Crocodile stood up and said hoarsely:

"You just said that Qin Lang used the power of the Sand-Sand Fruit to train you, so that you are used to fighting me?"

Luffy struggled to get up from the ground, staring at Crocodile with blood on his hands:

"That's right! After Qin Lang's special training last night, I'm already used to fighting with sand! Moreover, Qin Lang's Sand-Sand Fruit ability is obviously stronger than yours!"

"impossible! Absolutely impossible! Crocodile shouted with a gloomy face:

"I have developed the ability of Shasha Fruit to the extreme! Even Qin Lang can't be stronger than me!"

Luffy wiped the blood from his mouth and said coldly:

"That's the truth! I can meet your fist formed after the sand is transformed, but I cannot meet Qin Lang's fist. Once hit by Qin Lang's fist, it will be very painful. Crocodile sneered:

"It's strange that you, a rubber man, can be hurt by the beating. Did he use the Armament Haki?

Luffy shook his head and said honestly:

"No, Qin Lang's fist has been spinning rapidly since it turned into sand. Once it comes into contact with his fist, my fist will be rubbed very painfully."

"……"

Crocodile stared at his right fist thoughtfully:

""Spin fast?"

The next second, Crocodile's fist turned into sand and spun rapidly.

Sharp stones were piled on the surface of the fist, making a harsh sound.

Zizizizi...

Crocodile punched the stone pillar beside him.

Under the fast-spinning sand fist, a fist-shaped gap was worn out in the stone pillar in an instant.

"So that's it……"

Crocodile clearly felt the power of this, which was completely different from the damage caused by his brute force before.

The damage caused by the rapidly rotating sand was simpler and less labor-intensive.

And it had greater lethality against those with strong defenses.

Although the sand was quickly worn away and turned into smaller grains of sand during the collision, as a user of the Sand-Sand Fruit ability, there was no need to worry about a shortage of sand grains.

The rough sand grains on the surface of the fist were worn away, and then they regenerated into rougher and more angular sand grains.

"The power has really become very strong."

Crocodile raised his right fist and sneered at Luffy:

"Hehehe, thanks to you, Straw Hat Boy, my close combat ability has also become stronger!"

"ah! Oops!"

Luffy belatedly covered his mouth, feeling that he had been deceived and said angrily:

"Crocodile, you cunning fellow, actually lied to me!"

Crocodile sneered contemptuously:

"You idiot, you didn’t even need me to lie to you, you already said it yourself! You idiot, just go and die!"

Luffy, like an invincible little strongman, rushed towards Crocodile again.

"Rubber Blood Bullet!"

Stretching out his fist and hitting Crocodile hard, Luffy shouted firmly:

"Qin Lang and I made a promise! I will never lose to you again! I also made a promise with Weiwei that I will definitely beat you!"

"Agreement? Crocodile sneered, raising his rotating right fist and bumping into Luffy's rubber fist:

"That kind of thing is completely useless!"

Zizzi...

A layer of skin was rubbed off Luffy's hand in an instant, and bright red blood flowed into Luffy's hand.

At the same time, Crocodile's fist was also stained with blood, and the rotation of the sand-turned fist became It was much slower.

Even Crocodile's shoulder was sprayed with a lot of Luffy's blood.

Luffy endured the pain in his hand and roared:

"Crocodile, you don’t even believe in the agreement between your partners! Then what else will you believe!"

Suddenly, Luffy's left hand suddenly grasped Crocodile's blood-soaked fist.

"Damn it, it hurts so much!"

Luffy's expression was twisted in pain, and he squeezed Crocodile's fist with his bruised hands.

""Sand...what!"

Crocodile wanted to turn his body into sand to avoid Luffy's fist.

But he suddenly found that his right hand and the right half of his body were soaked in Luffy's blood and could no longer turn into sand.

Crocodile's expression froze:

"Oops!"

Luffy stretched his right foot high into the sky, glared at Crocodile, and shouted:

"Sand man! You can't abandon this blood-soaked hand this time and turn your body into sand!"

Luffy's outstretched right foot suddenly retracted, and in Crocodile's astonishment, he stepped hard on Crocodile's left shoulder.

"Rubber tomahawk!"

……

"Where was the bomb hidden?"

After Vivi informed Aruba that there was a powerful bomb hidden in the city, the Straw Hats shuttled through the streets and alleys, searching for traces of the bomb.

Zoro, covered in injuries, stood under the city wall. Looking around, I had three major doubts:

"Where is the bomb? Where am I? Where is this?"

Zoro turned and ran towards the wide street full of wounded soldiers, and ran into Tashigi who was also leading the navy to search for bombs.

"Damn it, why did you meet this troublesome guy at this time!"

Zoron stopped in a hurry, held down the three knives on his waist, and looked at Dasqi running towards him with helplessness.

This woman had the same appearance as his childhood sweetheart Kuina, and Zoro really couldn't do it..

And this woman was very dissatisfied that Zoro, as a pirate, was holding the famous sword [Wado Ichimonji], and vowed to take [Wado Ichimonji] back from Zoro.

At the same time, Taschi also saw the frown on the other side. Locked Zoro

"Pirate hunter! Roronoa Zoro!"

Dasqi's expression condensed, and she subconsciously held [Shigure] at her waist.

Do you want to take the opportunity to catch him?

For some reason, what Qin Lang said to her with a smile flashed through her mind.

"Navy lady, is it more important to save people or catch pirates?

If Smoker were here.

You'd think he'd save the country's king first. Or to deal with bombs and save hundreds of thousands of people in this city?"

Smog's words before leaving echoed in her ears:

"Follow your inner sign of righteousness……"

Dashiqi took a deep breath, and Qin Lang's hateful smiling face kept swaying in front of her eyes.

"What do you think justice is in the Navy?

Will you rescue the noble king?

Or choose to rescue low-status but large numbers of people?"

Tasi Qi slowly released his hand holding Shigure.

Colonel Smoker, I am enforcing my standards of justice!

Under Sauron's surprised gaze, Tasi Qi ignored him as a pirate. When Si Qi passed by Sauron, she whispered:

"We have received intelligence that the bomb is likely somewhere in the palace."

""Okay! I got it! I'll go to the palace now!"

Zoro nodded decisively and ran at full speed.

Then, under Tashigi's astonished gaze, he ran straight out of the city gate and rode out of the city.

Tashigi:"……"

Is that guy an idiot?

How could the palace be outside the city?!!!