Chapter 389 Lao Sha: Why am I the only one injured?
"Tsk." Crocodile had expected Mr. 1's defeat, but he had no other choice. He felt that he dared not take such an attack head-on, "Crescent-shaped sand dune!"
A sand blade swept over, Huoshaoshan swung his sword to cut it off, and then rushed forward again. The two cigar-smoking bosses sprayed each other with secondhand smoke in their faces.
The sword blade and the poison hook were pressing against each other, and Crocodile's poison hook showed signs of breaking.
"Isn't it bad to stare at me like this, Lieutenant General?" Crocodile said with a smile, "Just now my poison hook seems to have accidentally touched the king. This means that if he stops me again, he won't survive today."
"What did you say?" Huoshaoshan looked at the poison hook in front of him. A drop of purple liquid dripped onto the sand, and white smoke came out unreasonably.
"Sandstorm!" Crocodile waved his right hand, and a tornado-like sandstorm emerged from the foot of the burning mountain, blowing him away.
"Oops!" Huoshaoshan didn't expect that he would fall for such a simple trick, but his reaction was not slow. He tried hard to use the Moon Step in the air to adjust his body shape and resist the sandstorm.
Crocodile didn't expect to be able to defeat the Vice Admiral in one move. Noticing that Artoria and Rui Mengmeng were about to rush forward, half of his body turned into yellow sand, raising a circle of sand waves centered on himself: "Desert Rafflesia!"
Sand waves more than ten meters high surged in all directions like a tsunami. If viewed from high above, it looked like a Rafflesia flower with its petals spread outward, as if it was going to bury everyone alive in the desert.
Zhang Da also looked at the rolling yellow sand, and wondered if Crocodile was related to a red-haired gourd boy with the word "love" written on his forehead.
It's just that the name is strong enough. Even if it's called Quicksand Waterfall or Sand Waterfall Burial, it's still better than the Rafflesia.
Tom was horrified when he saw this scene. He pulled Zhang Daye's clothes and tried to escape, but he failed to pull him and fell down instead.
Seeing the sunlight above his head gradually being obscured by shadows, Zhang Da finally followed the anxious Tom and started running.
After running for a distance, Tom raised his thumb to estimate the height of the sand waves and the distance he had run. He raised his leg and drew a line on the ground with his heel, and nodded with satisfaction to indicate that he was safe here.
Zhang Da also found it interesting, so he just stood there and waited for the result with Tom.
Ye Yan rode on the Chaos Beast very fast and had long since escaped from Crocodile's attack range.
Artoria and Rui Mengmeng both chose the simplest and most brutal way to deal with the situation. They cut through the sand waves with their swords and rushed forward, wanting to directly cause trouble for Crocodile himself.
The general Huoshaoshan was disturbed by the sandstorm for a while, and was a little embarrassed when dealing with the sand waves, but he was safe and sound in the end. He even ran to the safe zone to call his men and ordered the military doctor to chase the king immediately to confirm whether he was really poisoned.
Zhang Da was not as worried as he was. Lao Sha's poison seemed to be quite bad. A naturalist had to use poison. It was so weird. I guess the navy's doctor or the doctor in Alabasta could solve it. If it didn't work, there was still Wendy. It wouldn't be a big problem.
The sand waves gradually stopped, and Tom estimated the distance very accurately. The range of the sand was indeed only to where Tom drew the line. But before he could be proud of himself, a large amount of sand flowed and buried Tom's body, leaving only his head on it.
Zhang Da also pulled his legs out of the sand with a smile, poured out the sand that had gotten into his shoes, and then dug out Tom who was looking at him eagerly.
When Altria and Rui Mengmeng broke through the sand waves and rushed to the center, Crocodile had disappeared.
Altria warned: "Be careful, it may be hidden in the sand after transforming into an element. I discovered it during the last battle with Smoker. It is difficult to sense the position of the ability user in this state."
"I understand." Rui Mengmeng looked around vigilantly, wondering whether she should just fire a few times to test the waters.
As if she had noticed something, Altria turned behind her and slashed with a sword: "Mengmeng, watch your back!"
"Ah?" After all, it takes time to speak. Rui Mengmeng reacted immediately after hearing what Altria said, but she was still half a beat slow.
"Desert Greatsword!" Two five-meter-long greatswords stabbed out from the ground at an angle, aiming at the backs of Altria and Rui Mengmeng respectively.
This was the move that Crocodile used to sneak attack Akainu during the Battle of Marineford. He split Akainu in half with one sword. Although it did not cause much damage because there was no Haki involved, the sharpness and concealment of the sword were extremely good.
Because of her intuition, Altria reacted in advance and cut off the sand sword.
But Rui Mengmeng was stabbed in the waist by the big sword and was directly knocked out.
Crocodile appeared between the two big swords, and was about to attack the two of them with his Diamond Desert Sword, but Altria turned around and slashed his chest with a sword.
Crocodile groaned, and a burst of blood burst out from his chest. He hastily fought back with a desert sword, and then his whole body turned into a pile of yellow sand and retreated backwards.
While Artoria was resisting the Desert Sword, Crocodile regained his physical form and pressed his right hand on the wound, absorbing the moisture from the flowing blood, allowing the dried blood to block the wound and forcibly stop the bleeding.
After being knocked away, Rui Mengmeng rolled over on the ground, covering the place where she was hit by the desert sword: "Wow, it hurts so much, this is the first time I've been hit so hard!"
"Mengmeng, how are you?" Zhang Da also ran over with Tom in his arms and asked, "Do you need treatment?"
Rui Mengmeng took her hand away to show the place where she was hit. There was no blood except for a big hole in her clothes. But she still looked bitter and said distressedly: "I'm fine, but my clothes are damaged. I have only worn this clothes twice. What a waste!"
Zhang Daye: “…”
So your face looks so bad because you feel sorry for the clothes? And is this girl secretly practicing iron?
"This is considered work consumables. I'll reimburse you." Zhang Da said helplessly, "I'll give you an extra bonus if you kill this guy."
"Really? Great!" Rui Mengmeng was happy.
Crocodile was not happy at all. He looked at his wound and then at Rui Mengmeng who was jumping up and down. He felt very depressed. The sneak attack was successful, so why was I the one who got hurt?
Zhang Da didn't want to be a spectator with Tom. Although he had just used a big move, he had recovered a lot after resting for a while. He picked up his sword and prepared to join the team to beat Crocodile.
At this time, Crocodile did something shocking. He turned into a ball of yellow sand and turned around to escape.
Since the last time he met Hawkeye, Crocodile had thought about how to fight Hawkeye. In the end, he had to admit that it would be very disadvantageous for him to fight a swordsman in close combat. He could dodge the long-range flying slash, but he really couldn't handle the close-range sword.
Although these swordsmen in front of him are not Hawkeye, they feel much more troublesome to him when combined than Hawkeye.
Crocodile finally understood today what it meant that plans could not keep up with changes. Although he had thought of many remedial measures, he still ended up in his current passive situation.
If possible, he wanted to escape from this place, and after these people left Alabasta, he would come back to find the original text of history.
But it would be difficult to escape in today's situation, so he could only find a more advantageous terrain and fight them desperately. Maybe after killing one or two of them, he would have a chance?
As a result, half of Crocodile's body turned into yellow sand, pushing him to flee quickly into the distance like the sandstorm that blew away the mountain on fire before.
Zhang Daye and the others naturally chased after them relentlessly. The interesting thing was that although one of the super fast ducks went back, the remaining four took the initiative to catch up and wanted to help catch up.
At this time, in order to avoid being affected, Ye Yan rode the Chaos Beast a little far away, but he happened to be on Crocodile's escape route. However, he only had two Huang Yao Banners in his hand, and he had not had time to retrieve the other things.
"Why do you have to run in this direction?" Ye Yan jumped down helplessly, ready to crawl under the body of the Chaos Beast at any time.
But before that, Ye Yan decided to give Crocodile some trouble: "Five-sided Fiery Shock!"
The inner energy around Ye Yan surged, his clothes rustled, and the yellow sand under his feet instantly exploded and spread into the air, and then... nothing happened.
Although the name sounds impressive, the function of the Five-Direction Fierce Shock itself is just to crush the ground and stir up the surrounding gravel and sand to use as a sleight of hand, probably similar to spreading lime?
After using this trick, Ye Yan didn't care whether it was useful or not, and directly drilled under the Chaos Beast, letting the Chaos Beast wrap him up and protect him in all directions.
The only effect of this sleight of hand on Crocodile was to make him laugh: "Are you looking down on me?!"
"Vajra Desert Sword!"
Four huge sand blades slashed at the Chaos Beast from different directions, but the Chaos Beast was unharmed and even had the mood to flap its little wings a few times.
Ye Yan poked his head out from under the Chaos Beast's soft belly, raised his middle finger to Crocodile, and said arrogantly: "Come down!"
Crocodile gritted his teeth and wanted to strangle him to death, but when he saw the pursuers getting closer and closer, he decided to keep running, and on the way he scratched the Chaos Beast's back with his poison hook.
However, the defense was not broken.
Crocodile became even more depressed. Where did these freaks come from? Why was I the only one injured after fighting for so long?
"Oh? Are you acting as Sun Wukong? Suppressing the Five Finger Mountain?" Zhang Da also teased as he passed by on his fast-running duck, and at the same time threw the Soul-Calming Gong, Soul-Calming Hammer and Huang Yao Banner to him.
They were all dug out from the sand by Mo Li Zha when he had the chance, and he asked Zhang Da to bring them here.
"That's a good idea!" Ye Yan then noticed his appearance. Only his head and one arm were exposed. It was indeed very similar to the appearance in the TV series. He waved at the backs of the crowd and said, "Tom, help Chaos Beast make a Five Finger Mountain outfit later!"
The scene was very similar to Sun Wukong waving and calling for his master under the Five Elements Mountain.
However, Zhang Daye and Tom had already ridden their ducks far away and didn't hear clearly what he shouted.
At this time, Xia Lulu flew over with Wendy, and Perona followed slowly behind them, but her spirit was flying too slowly.
Wendy was shocked when she saw Ye Yan's appearance. She thought he was trapped by the enemy. When she was about to attack the Chaos Beast, she was stopped by Ye Yan.
"Don't do it, we are on the same side!" Ye Yan came out and put away his magic weapon. "What's the situation in the palace?"
"The man pretending to be the king has been caught. Weiwei and Uncle Long thought we might be able to help here." Xia Lulu answered and then asked, "How is it here?"
"That guy can't beat us and wants to run away." Ye Yan said, "Doesn't Wendy have a magic that can speed up? Go and stop him, I'll be there soon."
"Yes!" Wendy nodded, signaling Xia Lulu and Perona to get ready, "The swift wind running through the sky, Burner!"
The magic circle lit up, Xia Lulu's flying speed suddenly increased, and she quickly disappeared from Ye Yan's sight.
Perona floated slowly with a confused look on her face: "Wait for me! Why am I not speeding up!"
"Maybe it's because you are a spirit now?" Ye Yan said, "Didn't they say that if you develop your fruit well, you can fly with your body? Then Wendy will be able to speed you up. Come on."
"It's not that easy..." Perona pouted and continued to float forward with a wronged look.
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At this time, Artoria, who was riding the running duck and running in the front, didn't want to waste any more time: "Since we have passed Ye Yan, we don't have to worry about accidental injury, right?"
She raised the sword in her hand, and specks of golden light began to gather on the sword, and the sword body shone with dazzling golden light.
Zhang Da also saw Altria's intention and opened his mouth but said nothing. It would be good to give Lao Sha a hit. Keep running like this was not a solution.
Huoshaoshan blew out a puff of smoke and guessed, "Is it the ability that is very similar to Admiral Kizaru's?"
According to the information he had, Golden Lion died after taking the attack head-on.
Crocodile felt a sense of alarm in his heart, and looked back suspiciously, feeling something was wrong: "Is it a long-range attack ability? We can't wait for her to take action, heavyweight Shalan!"
A tornado-shaped sandstorm took shape in Crocodile's hands. The difference from the previous one was that this sandstorm was more powerful and rotated faster. After it left his hand, it quickly set off a huge sandstorm.
In a blink of an eye, yellow sand filled the sky, covering the sun and clouds, and everything in sight was gray . Ordinary people would probably not be able to survive in such a sandstorm.
General Huoshaoshan frowned: "The natural sand-sand fruit is indeed a natural disaster-level ability."
Fortunately, none of the people present were ordinary people. Even the running duck only paused for a moment, and then... put on the goggles. Yes, as a unit responsible for emergency mobile missions in the desert, the standard equipment of the Super Running Duck is a hat and goggles.
As Artoria was about to attack, she simply closed her eyes: "Interfering with vision? If you can't see with your eyes, just sense the breath..."
The golden light on the sword became increasingly intense, almost reaching the sky, and was still very conspicuous even in a sandstorm with extremely poor visibility.
At a certain moment, Altria swung her arms vigorously and shouted loudly: "Ex-calibur!!!"
