“You…”
Crocodile, grinding his teeth in anger, found himself at a loss for words. His karate, striking on Monkey D. Luffy’s body, seemed truly useless.
Suddenly, Crocodile roared in anger, his muscles bulging, clenching his fists: “Arrogant brat, let me show you my Thousand-Tile Punch!” “Okay!” Luffy cheerfully agreed, even somewhat eagerly.
The Hundred-Tile Punch had already added a lot of experience to his Armament Haki, and the Thousand-Tile Punch was likely to add even more! Crocodile was slightly startled, having never seen someone who actively asked to be hit. But he couldn’t care less now!
“Thousand-Tile Punch!” His hands’ veins popped, his body’s muscles trembled together!
He dashed forward to Luffy, swinging his fists rapidly, attacking continuously!
“Bang! Bang! Bang…”
Each punch produced a sonic boom, truly smashing into Luffy’s chest! And, the speed of the punches was extremely fast! This was the hallmark of his Thousand-Tile Punch, which is to unleash a thousand punches in a very short time, causing continuous damage to the enemy! However, Luffy had already covered his chest with Armament Haki to defend against Crocodile’s attack! And he made no move to fight back! Just quietly staring as the system kept beeping.
[Ding, congratulations host, “Armament Haki” experience +20!]
[Ding, congratulations host, “Armament Haki” experience +30!]
[Ding, congratulations host…]
“Ah!” After a moment, Crocodile’s final punch blasted onto Luffy’s chest. “Thump!” A dull sound! The powerful impact forced Luffy to retreat several meters before stabilizing his stance! But his face still wore a light, breezy smile, he patted the dust off his chest, lightly saying, “Doesn’t seem so special after all!” Armament Haki was defensive, but there was still some pain. Moreover, that last punch had actually upgraded Luffy’s skill “Armament Haki!”
“Devil! Are you even human, how can you be so strong?” Crocodile’s eyes widened like brass bells, astonished. Especially his hands, which had attacked Luffy, now swollen and unusually red! Humans couldn’t possibly be this powerful! “It’s just that your vision is too low, you haven’t seen stronger people!”
Luffy shook his head, slightly bending forward, his gaze cold, staring at Crocodile, coldly saying: “It’s time to finish you off!” “Oh no!” Suddenly, Crocodile felt a chill come over him. Without thinking further, he turned to run! As long as he got into the sea, no one could catch up with him! But, he still underestimated Luffy’s strength.
“Six Powers: Shave!” “One Sword Style: Draw and Slash!” Luffy suddenly disappeared from the spot, appearing behind Crocodile using Shave.
His hand swiftly drew his sword! A seemingly gentle swing! The sword light slowly swept through the air, slicing through Crocodile’s body mid-air! “Pfft!” Instantly, a great amount of blood gushed out! Crocodile was split in half at the waist, falling into the sea, turning the sea a bright red! “Not bad, combining Shave and Draw and Slash, the speed can be even faster!” Luffy looked at the pirate’s body on the sea surface, nodding in satisfaction.
He jumped into the sea, decapitating Crocodile, and swiftly collected the head into his system backpack! All money matters!
Immediately, Luffy returned to the ship, helping other Marines, nearly killing all the pirates on board! But there was still one fish-man who jumped into the sea and escaped! “Quick! Go after him!” Garp immediately ordered.
A few Marines were about to pursue, but were stopped by Luffy: “Let it go! Let him go and spread the word!” “…But aren’t we exposing ourselves then? The support from the Evil Dragon Pirate Crew will probably arrive soon!” Garp’s mouth twitched helplessly. Hearing this, Luffy smiled, “What’s there to fear, by the time their support arrives, we might not even be here anymore!” “You mean…” Garp’s eyes lit up, suddenly realizing.
Luffy nodded: “Right, we burn their pirate crew’s ship, leave ours behind, they will definitely send people over, and we can take the opportunity to blend into the village!” Garp: “Good!” The Evil Dragon Pirate Crew’s ship was burned, they wouldn’t destroy the Marines’ ship, otherwise, they’d have no ship left. Just wait quietly for the reinforcements to arrive, the mission would be completed. Maybe they could even earn some battle honors, and
“The Marines… The Marines are here!” “What? The Marines!” Suddenly, Arlong appeared in front of the pirate, grabbing him, “How many Marines? Is Crocodile involved? Wasn’t he supposed to stay on the ship?” There was even a hint of accusation in his tone! “Dead… they’re all dead…” The crew member’s eyes were vacant, mumbling just that sentence. Arlong’s eyes reddened, he said indifferently, “Choo, Hachi, both of you go, and inform me immediately if anything happens!” “Yes, boss!” With that, a fish-man with lips swollen as if stung by a bee and Hachi, along with others, rushed to the shore. Arlong stared ahead, his eyes full of anger, and he growled, “Marines! You are seeking your death!”
Suddenly, one of the crew members seemed to spot something, pointing ahead: “Boss, there’s smoke over there, someone’s cooking!” “Let’s go! Let’s check it out!” “Yes!” And so, Arlong led his group towards the orange grove. The other villagers all wore worried expressions, whispering among themselves. “This is bad! It’s Bellemere’s house!” “And Nami, Nojiko, we don’t know where they are!” “Hopefully the Marines come soon, then we’ll all be saved!” “…”
On the other side, Monkey D. Luffy was leading four or five Marines smoothly into Cocoyasi Village, constantly weaving through the bushes. Along the way, they encountered some fish-man pirates, but they were just underlings! He left them to the other Marines to handle! He needed to conserve his energy to deal with Arlong! Before long, not seeing Arlong in the village, Luffy deduced that he might have gone to Bellemere’s house. Following his memory and the scent, he headed towards the orange grove.
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