What was even more terrifying was that the enormous mud fist seemed to have turned into a bottomless black hole, constantly devouring everything around it!
“Desert Spada!” At this moment, Crocodile no longer dared to underestimate Moke in the slightest.
He transformed his arm into a sand blade, then sent it rushing across the ground toward the point where the mud fist connected to the earth.
Clearly, he intended to sever the entire mud fist.
That way, Moke would lose control over it, and he would be able to escape.
Swish… This attack was definitely one of Crocodile’s strongest moves.
Not only was it extremely fast, its power was also terrifying.
It succeeded in achieving its goal directly, cutting the entire mud fist off from the ground.
Rumble… But in that very instant, the mud fist suddenly exploded.
Mud splattered everywhere, and the one who bore the brunt of it was naturally Crocodile, who was closest to it.
In an instant, he was covered in mud.
“Now…” “One-Sword Style: Shura Slash!” This was the exact moment Moke had been waiting for.
In an instant, both he and the Sandai Kitetsu in his hand erupted with ghostly energy, which condensed behind Moke into the form of a Shura wielding a demonic blade.
Swish… This slash landed directly on Crocodile’s abdomen, where it was covered in mud.
Spurt… Blood sprayed out from beneath the layer of mud.
“How is that possible?” Crocodile cried out in shock.
At the same time, he shook off the mud covering his body.
Only then did he discover the key point.
The places where the mud had fallen away were actually damp.
Crocodile’s pupils suddenly shrank.
When he looked at Moke again, his gaze changed once more.
“Sure enough, this guy already knows my weakness.
He absolutely cannot be allowed to live…” At this moment, Crocodile’s killing intent toward Moke grew even stronger.
Moke, however, smiled.
As long as there was vegetation on the ground, there would definitely be a water source underground.
And wherever there was a water source, the soil would be moist.
As for him, he could create and control any mud or soil he came into contact with.
So, for him, dealing with Crocodile only required the moist soil buried deep underground.
Of course, in order to make Crocodile fall for it earlier, he had wrapped the moist soil in dry earth, causing Crocodile to lower his guard and fall into the trap he had prepared.
The reason Crocodile could not elementalize the arm trapped inside the mud fist was precisely because the moisture in the mud had dampened his body.
“Infinite Swamp!” Since Crocodile had already developed killing intent, Moke naturally would not miss such a perfect opportunity.
He immediately unleashed a major move.
Under the effect of his ability, the ground transformed into a swamp, causing Crocodile’s feet to sink directly into it.
Crocodile’s expression changed drastically once again.
“Ground Secco!” Crocodile did not dare to be careless.
He directly touched the swampy ground with his right hand.
The water in the swamp was instantly drained dry.
This move was one of Crocodile’s signature techniques.
It was also the technique he used to create deserts.
It could make the entire earth crack apart, draining the moisture from buildings and trees on the land as well, drying and cracking everything until it turned into a desert.
But when Crocodile raised his head, his expression changed.
Because Moke was no longer in front of him.
At the same time, the entire harbor began trembling violently.
Immediately afterward, he saw the seawater actually surging upward.
“Not good!” Although Crocodile did not know what would happen next, he knew it definitely would not be anything good.
He decisively retreated.
Boom!
Facts proved that he was right.
Because in the next second, more than a dozen enormous mud hands appeared in the sea.
Each mud hand was a full twenty meters in size.
And each one carried a huge mass of seawater, flinging it toward him.
The seawater brought up by more than a dozen giant hands surged toward Crocodile like a massive wave.
Crocodile’s eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
He had never seen a Devil Fruit user attack in such a way before.
Moke, who had already run to a distant high point, let out a strange laugh.
Devil Fruit abilities themselves were rejected by the sea, but as long as a large portion of the user’s body was not submerged in seawater, the ability could still be used.
Furthermore, it was fine if the ability itself touched seawater.
There were even people like Big Mom, who used her ability to create a wave Homie.
So, it was not strange at all that Moke could do something like this now.
At this moment, Crocodile had already lost his path of retreat.
He could fly, yes.
But as a Logia user, he had to elementalize before he could fly.
However, most of his body was now wet, so he could not elementalize at all.
Naturally, he could not fly either.
Crocodile’s face darkened.
“Desert La Spada!” Crocodile transformed his arm into a sand blade, enlarged it, and released it.
It was sharp enough to split the ground, and could even cut through a desert.
This time, his target was the seawater rushing toward him.
At this moment, he had only one path left.
He had to cut apart the seawater before him, allowing it to pass by on both sides.
Only then would he have a chance at survival.
Swish… The sand blade shot out, heading straight toward the wave.
At the same time, the dozen or so enormous mud hands seemed to lose control and crashed heavily back into the sea.
Their massive size struck the ocean surface, sending up yet another huge amount of seawater.
A second wave formed, sweeping toward Crocodile.
So, although the first wave was successfully split apart by Crocodile’s sand blade, he now had no choice but to face the second wave.
Crocodile’s expression became extremely ugly.
But he had no other choice.
He could only use his sand blade once more, attempting to cut apart this second wave as well.
However, the loss of control over the mud hands also meant that Moke had already switched abilities.
He had transformed into his Glint-Glint ability and flown high into the sky.
He pointed his index finger at Crocodile, who was fully focused on dealing with the waves.
“Laser Beam…” A beam of light shot out.
Rumble… The laser beam struck Crocodile directly, triggering a violent explosion.
Immediately afterward, Crocodile was swallowed by the second wave that followed closely behind.
When everything returned to calm, Crocodile’s figure was already nowhere to be seen.
Moke descended from the sky and stood there for a long time.
Then he murmured, “Crocodile is dead?
A mighty Warlord of the Sea was killed by me just like that?” Even Moke himself found it somewhat hard to believe.
On the Going Merry, Daz Bonez could not help but widen his eyes.
One had to know that, in his heart, Crocodile was synonymous with strength.
It was precisely because of that that, when Crocodile personally invited him, he had agreed without the slightest hesitation.
But now… “Damn it…” Daz Bonez cursed under his breath.
He had originally been locked in an intense battle with Zoro, but at this moment, he had already lost all will to fight.
Because the battle had now lost its meaning.
“How is this possible?” At this moment, in a distant corner, a woman wearing a cowboy hat stood there, her eyes filled with shock.
She also could not believe that Crocodile, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, had actually died at the hands of a rookie.
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