The bandage spirit becomes a spirit! Luffy and the others are surprised!

When Dazai Osamu and the other arrived, Luffy jumped off the giant crab to cover their retreat and faced the crocodile alone.

Luffy smiled brightly, looked at the retreating crab, and yelled to Vivi on it, "Nami, you must send Vivi to the palace safely!"

Weiwei looked at Luffy who was alone at the rear, her face was shocked, "Hey, Luffy, there are two opponents!"

"Hehe!" Luffy just smiled and didn't say anything.

Zoro's face was dark and his mouth was cracked, "This guy--" Luffy has defeated many enemies since he came from the East China Sea, and everyone has full trust in Luffy.

The rest of the Straw Hat Pirates retreated, and Luffy stood there, stretching and moving his body.

Seeing Luffy not taking him seriously, Crocodile frowned and laughed, "Princess Vivi has escaped, and our people will contact them in Anabanana."

"Straw Hat Boy, you've gone a little too far this time!"

The crocodile spoke in a bad tone.

"That girl can't even protect herself, yet she still wants to help others."

The crocodile mocked Vivi's naivety. He really didn't understand why someone like Vivi would make such efforts to see a stranger?

Luffy looked up at Crocodile, put one hand on his straw hat, and said in a calm tone, "It is precisely because she can't let go of anything that she is so painful! She just hopes that no one will die in the rebellion."

"Hope no one will die?" The crocodile couldn't help laughing. "Only peace idiots who have never experienced a real war would have such naive thoughts. You think so too, right?"

"That's right!" Luffy said firmly, "But as long as you are still alive, she will definitely come to duel with you, so I will finish you off here!"

"Hahahahahahahaha - boring. This is best proved by the fact that they are hopelessly stupid!" The crocodile laughed crazily. It was really a rare sight to meet such a group of naive (ridiculous) idiots.

"I've seen a lot of real idiots who are willing to die for someone they just met—" I even feel a little disgusted by this behavior.

"Then, aren't you an idiot?!" Luffy pressed his fingers and looked at Crocodile with a frown.

The crocodile's face changed and veins on his face bulged.

You actually said I was a fool like you!!!

Robin couldn't help but cover his mouth and laugh.

"What are you laughing at!" Crocodile glanced at Robin and shouted, "Do you want to die, Nico Robin?"

But Robin is not weak either. She is not really Crocodile's subordinate. The two of them are just in a cooperative relationship. Moreover, Crocodile had wanted to terminate the contract unilaterally before and find someone to confront her.

Robin said calmly, "If you really want to kill me, go ahead."

Then he turned around, turned his back to the crocodile, shrugged his shoulders, and said helplessly, "Also, didn't you make a promise with me not to call me by that name? If you really kill me, I will have no choice but to follow that man's plan~"

Robin applied eye drops to the crocodile, and implicitly pointed to Dazai Osamu who was standing next to him.

Dazai Osamu raised a small flower behind his back, his eyes moving as he watched the development of the situation indifferently.

"I'll go to Anabas to get it first." Robin didn't want to waste any more words with the crocodile, so he turned around and left.

Crocodile sighed, "This woman is really hard to understand!" Then, he looked unkindly at Dazai Osamu, the former Straw Hat Pirates and current BW (to be determined) member, and asked, "Do you agree with what he said?!"

Seeing Crocodile's probing again, or the obvious question that wanted Dazai to pierce Luffy's mind and lay a hook, Dazai waved his hands helplessly, smiled, and said with interest, "Alala~ Isn't it interesting?"

When Luffy heard Dazai Osamu's words of agreement, the corners of his mouth stretched as wide as possible, and he couldn't hide his joy.

Crocodile's face darkened. Dazai Osamu didn't even want to act anymore. It was right in front of him. The previous betrayals were just a trick. He glanced around at Luffy who was eager to try and Dazai Osamu who was watching the show next to him. He didn't get angry but laughed instead.

"You don't really think it's that easy to defeat me!"

"What do you think of the Seven Warlords of the Sea?!"

Crocodile also has his own pride. Rookie pirates like him often have very different perceptions of themselves. They think they are the darlings of the whole world, invincible and able to accomplish great things. Today, Crocodile will use bloody lessons to help these ignorant pirates.

The crocodile raised its head slightly and looked at Luffy with contempt. "I'll give you three minutes. If you exceed three minutes, I'll not accompany you. Any objection?"

"No."

"very good!"

A three-minute hourglass was dropped at Luffy's feet and the countdown had already begun.

"Rubber rubber - grab -" Luffy took the initiative, raised his right hand, used the advantage of being a rubber man, and quickly stretched it out at a speed invisible to the naked eye, heading straight towards the crocodile's head.

"Sand--" The crocodile turned into sand directly, dodged lightly downwards to avoid Luffy's attack, rushed towards Luffy, and swung his left hand with a curved hook at Luffy. The sharp curved hook flashed with light, and could cut through a hair. Luffy was flexible enough to bend down to avoid it, and stretched his left foot upwards, going straight through the crocodile's body.

However, it was useless, as the physical attacks of the natural devil fruit user were ineffective.

Luffy lost his balance and somersaulted several times. He knew his attack was ineffective, so he started his next attack without stopping.

“Rubber, rubber—grab and hit” The fists as big as sandbags were waving continuously at such a fast speed that they formed a series of afterimages.

It seems that he doesn't know Armament Haki~ Crocodile thought to himself, and had an assessment of Luffy's strength. When Dazai Osamu talked about Haki before, Crocodile thought that the Straw Hat Pirates all knew it, but it seems that is not the case.

Therefore, the crocodile just stood there, not even trying to hide, "Let me be frank, no matter how hard you try, you can never hurt me!"

Luffy gritted his teeth as he looked at Crocodile's relaxed look and cursed, "You damn sand monster!"

"Listen to me, no matter how many times you use this tickling attack—"

Luffy closed the distance and came directly in front of Crocodile, attacking his abdomen.

"Bazooka!"

"Big axe!"

.......

Luffy used all his accumulated powerful moves, but Crocodile was unharmed. This fruit ability is a natural counter to Luffy, and this is the first time Luffy has encountered it.

"Damn it! You bastard!" Luffy panted and kept cursing.

Crocodile's beaten body kept turning into sand and repairing itself. Looking at the powerless Luffy, he 'kindly' advised, "A rubber man like you, no matter how hard you struggle!"

This is the same kind of talk again. Luffy's ears are about to get calloused. "What on earth are you trying to say!"

Crocodile's face twisted fiercely, and seeing Luffy's refusal to give up, his authority was damaged. "The game ends here."

There is one third of the hourglass left.

"I'm not playing!" Luffy was beating Crocodile very seriously. He said to Crocodile who commented on this game-like fight.

Is it necessary to use Armament Haki? Luffy fell into thinking, facing the crocodile who remained unscathed no matter how hard he fought. For the first time, Luffy had an extreme desire for strength. He never wanted to experience this kind of powerless fight again. This kind of effort was just a play-by-play for this kind of enemy.

"You and I are not on the same level!"

Crocodile is getting serious. He raises his right hand and throws it at Luffy. "Desert Sword——"

A powerful giant sand knife appeared and cut off everything in front of him. Lu Fei dodged it by rolling to the side and watched in horror as the place he was just standing in turned into a bottomless abyss, with the sand next to him constantly filling up.

“The desert was cut in half!”

Dazai Osamu raised his eyebrows, looked at the huge damage caused by the crocodile, and whistled, "Oh wow~"

"With clever use and hard training, the power of a devil fruit can become an extremely powerful means of combat."

"I'm different from those idiots who only rely on their abilities. After training, I've become a master!"

Powerful enemies always have the same common problem, which is that they talk too much and can't restrain their desire to show off. Crocodile didn't want to waste time anymore, and solved Luffy in one move, shouting cruelly at Luffy, "You will regret going against me!"

"Desert Sunflower!"

"What's going on?" Luffy looked around nervously, a sense of crisis hanging in his heart.

The earth shook and the area where Luffy was located formed a huge circle and began to shake violently. Luffy lost his balance and fell to the ground with his butt. He immediately stood up and ran to the side. Unfortunately, the sand was pulling at his ankles so tightly that he could not move.

"Don't you know quicksand? It's the most convenient thing in the desert. There's no need for a desert tombstone. No one in this world can beat me in the desert."

Luffy is in danger.