Chapter 390: Desperate Situation? Realm of Sand!
The huge lightsaber swung down, cutting through the dust that filled the sky. The dazzling golden light seemed to destroy everything in its reach.
"This range... is not good!" Crocodile frowned, "Although the place I'm looking for is not there yet, but... there is no other way!"
Crocodile maintained his elemental state and tried his best to dodge to the edge while activating his ability: "Desert Sunflower!"
A huge pit with a diameter of hundreds of meters and a depth of more than ten meters suddenly appeared on the sand. The sand in the pit kept flowing down the slope, but the bottom of the pit seemed to be connected to a funnel and showed no sign of being filled up.
According to Crocodile's theory, quicksand is caused by underground water veins sucking the sand downwards. He can easily detect the location of underground water veins and can manipulate this process to a certain extent through his abilities.
Crocodile ran so far just to find an underground water vein that would allow him to maximize his abilities, and then use this move, Desert Sunflower, to catch them off guard. If everything goes well, he could follow up with one or two combos, and at least he could bury one or two here.
Although he is not in the best position yet, the situation is urgent and Crocodile can't care about so much. If he doesn't use his trump card, it will have to be put to waste.
At the critical moment of life and death, Crocodile made a very decisive decision. When the golden light fell, the quicksand pit had already taken shape.
The fast ducks that were running at full speed fell down together, and the one that Altria was riding, because of the riding skills, tried to spread its wings to maintain balance, but it couldn't fly after all, and its feet were still stuck in the quicksand.
Although Altria tried her best to stay stable, a slight deviation was inevitable. This slight deviation reached Crocodile at the edge of the sand pit a hundred meters away, and he was lucky enough to save his life.
boom!
A huge sound was heard, and golden light shone through the edge of the sand pit opposite. A long rift appeared in the desert, and the original yellow sand in the rift had long disappeared.
When the golden light faded, the round sand pit was forcibly beaten into the shape of a spoon, and the width of the handle of the spoon seemed very inconsistent.
After seeing the effect of this move, Vice Admiral Huoshaoshan's cigar almost fell out of his mouth. He had only heard that Altria had an ability that was very similar to Admiral Kizaru's laser, but he had never seen such a thick laser light!
When these people first encountered the Golden Lion, if they had not been worried about the residents of Melviu, would they have been able to deal with the floating islands on their own?
When Crocodile appeared again, he was covered with wounds, with several streaks of blood flowing from his forehead. His carefully groomed slicked-back hair became disheveled, with a few strands hanging limply in front of his forehead, and the fur coat behind him was already tattered.
All of these were still acceptable. What was most difficult for Crocodile to accept was that his right leg had become empty from the knee down. "Who on earth is that guy?"
Altria did not give chase but was busy rescuing people.
The fast-running ducks are worthy of being a force trained by the Desert Kingdom. They are even experienced in dealing with quicksand. When they tried to stand up after falling down, they found that their feet were stuck in the quicksand. Instead of struggling in a hurry, they spread their wings and fell directly to the ground, trying to increase the contact area between their bodies and the quicksand, and slowly moved their feet outwards.
Altria was walking on the Moon Step and pulling Rui Mengmeng to fly out of the quicksand.
Lieutenant General Huoshaoshan also reacted in time and was flying with Zhang Da.
As for Tom, he seemed not to realize that this was quicksand. He was happily swimming backstroke, butterfly stroke, freestyle in the sand pit, and even dived into the river, trying to catch some fish in this fun river.
A running duck was attracted by Tom's behavior and boldly stood up and tried to swim, but its legs immediately sank, and it was so scared that it fell down again.
Running Duck looked at the splashes of water when Tom dived into the water with resentful eyes and asked, "Why are you the only one who can swim in the quicksand? Isn't this bullying the honest duck?"
Crocodile was slightly dazed because he lost the calf of his right leg, but he quickly used sand to condense the calf and also blocked the wound.
When he raised his head again, Crocodile's face looked a little grim. The plan that he had been planning for several years was interrupted halfway, and the strategies he had made on the spur of the moment were destroyed time and time again. The dream that was obviously within reach became almost hopeless because of the appearance of this group of people, and now even his legs were broken!
Crocodile stood up straight and threw his cigar aside. He looked at the people who were about to reach the edge of the sand pit using the Moon Step, his face gloomy.
Circles of fine sand floated up around Crocodile, and his tattered coat fluttered behind him: "You... all should be buried here!"
Crocodile waved his hands repeatedly with an angry voice:
"Heavyweight Shalan!"
"Sandstorm!"
"Vajra Desert Sword!"
"Desert Great Sword!"
"Raging waves of sand sea!"
…
Crocodile waved his hands almost crazily, using various powerful and wide-range moves regardless of his physical strength.
Within a radius of one kilometer, the entire world had almost turned into a world of sand. The desert ground was surging like waves, sand tornadoes were gathering from all directions, desert swords were thrusting upward from the ground, sand knives were slashing down from overhead, and sand particles were flying from the direction just now like raindrops and hail...
The four people in the air actually felt overwhelmed. Huoshaoshan and Altria, who were responsible for performing the Moon Step, were accidentally knocked down, and Zhang Daye and Rui Mengmeng also fell to the sand.
The sand on the ground entangled the four people's legs, forcing them to move at any moment. The four people were not far away when they landed, but they could not see the others for a while.
"Pfft... The Boss is going berserk?" Zhang Da also spat out sand and swung his sword to split a desert sword. "Could this guy's fruit have awakened?"
As soon as he opened his mouth to say this, sand filled his mouth again, and the others couldn't hear what he was saying at all. So they could only continue to deal with all kinds of attacks while spitting out sand.
"I can't see anything clearly! What should I do now?" Rui Mengmeng is a warrior. She dared to stare with wide eyes in the sandstorm without goggles. After being blinded by the wind and sand, she rubbed her eyes and continued to stare looking for other people.
Her voice was not loud enough for anyone to hear, so no one responded. Rui Mengmeng could only act according to her own ideas. In addition to dealing with sudden attacks, as long as she made sure that there were no companions within her field of vision, she would jump up and thrust her sword into the ground, squandering her strength.
In this way, in addition to preventing the sand waves under his feet from restraining him, he could also test whether Crocodile was hiding nearby. Rui Mengmeng gave a thumbs up to her own cleverness.
Admiral Huoshaoshan was relatively calm. Although his clothes were torn to pieces by Crocodile's attack, he did not suffer much physical damage.
"He won't be able to sustain this level of attack for long in his current state, right?" Fire Mountain's Observation Haki told him that Crocodile's aura had weakened a lot after Altria's attack, but now it had strangely strengthened again. It would probably reach its limit soon. The best strategy should be to drag him to death.
However, when he wanted to do this, Huoshaoshan felt a little uneasy, and finally decided to search for Crocodile's location. During this period, he also noticed it several times and tried to swing a few flying slashes, but none of them worked.
Altria had similar thoughts, trying to capture Crocodile's position, and approached him while dealing with various sand attacks. But Crocodile was harder to sense now than before, and seemed to move more agilely.
"Crescent-shaped sand dune!" Crocodile appeared briefly, and after his move was blocked by Artoria with her sword, he did not stop and immediately ran to the next target.
"Desert Great Sword!"
Zhang Daye noticed the movement behind him and dodged quickly, but was still cut on the shoulder by the sand sword. However, Crocodile did not stop and disappeared from Zhang Daye's sight and ran towards the Burning Mountain.
Rui Mengmeng was temporarily ignored by Crocodile because she was waving her sword wildly. The little girl's body was incredibly strong and her attack power was terrifying. He didn't want to be hit by the random attack for no reason.
"Erosion Cycle!" Crocodile put his right hand on Lieutenant General Huoshaoshan's shoulder, trying to use this move to suck the moisture out of his body.
Huoshaoshan subconsciously covered his arms and left shoulder with armed color, and slashed with his right hand.
"Tsk, it's not that easy after all." Crocodile let go of his hands and threw out two desert swords, then disappeared again.
Huoshaoshan glanced at his shoulder. The part of the skin that touched Crocodile's palm was already dry. If he hadn't used the Armament Haki to resist in time, he might have been sucked into a mummy: "This guy is really dangerous."
"Here it comes again, what a huge sandstorm!" Xia Lulu had to increase the flight altitude slightly with Wendy.
"Brother Tatsuya and the others should be in here." Wendy said, "The golden light just now should be the attack of Sister Altria."
"Do you want to break in? Flying in such a big sandstorm will be very unstable." Xia Lulu said, "And even if you go in, you can't see where they are at all."
At this time, the sandstorm area looked like a billowing yellowish smoke in the sky, and it was impossible to be sure what was underneath the smoke.
"Let me try to blow it away!" Wendy clenched her fists.
"Ah? But such a large area..." If it was the real Heavenly Dragon Grandine who said he wanted to blow away the sandstorm, Xia Lulu would not find it strange. But although Wendy has become much stronger, she still can't do it to that extent, right?
“I want to give it a try! If I use my breath to reduce the power to a level that can just blow away the dust, and then expand the range as much as possible, the magic power consumed should be at the same level.” Wendy said firmly, “Tatsuya-nii and the others might need our help. Let me give it a try, Xia Lulu!”
"This kind of thing...Okay, I get it." Xia Lulu chose to believe Wendy, "Then I'll find a suitable position."
"Um!"
During the flight, Xia Lulu asked, "Why did you think of using your breath like this?"
Wendy said sheepishly, "Because Brother Tatsuya asked me to try to power the Amber, I secretly tried to practice controlling the power, thinking that it might come in handy in the future."
Just because of what that guy said? Wendy has been working hard every day, but she still has the energy to practice this. Damn the black-hearted boss who exploits child labor! Xia Lulu complained in her heart, and then sighed softly. It seems that she can't blame Zhang Daye. Wendy is just like this, she likes to think about others.
"Here it is!" Xia Lulu found a suitable location outside the dust range.
"Okay." Wendy took a deep breath, puffing up her cheeks, "Tianlong's - Roar!"
Whoosh—a whirlwind blew out of Wendy's mouth, gradually expanding into a whirlwind with a diameter of nearly 100 meters, and there was a tendency to expand further. The huge whirlwind column crashed into the dust range, and all the dust and sand suspended in the air were swept away by this whirlwind.
A dust area with a diameter of about one kilometer was cleared to create a large trumpet-shaped dust-free area. Within this huge trumpet-shaped range, only some dust was still floating within the area one meter below the ground, but it no longer affected the field of vision.
"Success!" Xia Lulu said happily.
"Yes! Xia Lulu, do it again!" After Xia Lulu adjusted her position, Wendy puffed up her cheeks again, "Tianlong's - Roar!"
Crocodile raised the golden poison hook and was about to stab Zhang Da in the back, but suddenly he realized something was wrong. This sandstorm area was equivalent to Crocodile's territory, and he could not hide anything that happened in this territory from him.
Now a large blind spot suddenly appeared, and Crocodile felt uneasy. After hiding again, he looked up and found a little girl blowing air with her cheeks puffed up in the air. And this little girl blew away his hiding place with her next breath.
"...Go to hell!" Crocodile's left arm turned into sand and extended, and he flew out with the poisonous hook in his left hand.
"Wendy, where are the enemies!" Xia Lulu nimbly led Wendy to dodge the poison hook. With the speed bonus given by Wendy, the poison hook could not keep up with her at all with its agility.
"Well done, Wendy!" Zhang Da finally saw Crocodile's position and used his ultimate move without hesitation, "Baguo!"
Crocodile didn't dare to take it head-on, so he actively transformed himself into elements and split himself in two to avoid the attack.
"Baguo!" Rui Mengmeng, who had regained her vision, saw the boss use his big move, so she simply followed suit.
"Baguo!" After thinking about it, Artoria also used the same trick to block Crocodile's escape route .
Are your special moves wholesale? Huoshaoshan swung a slash with all his strength, appearing very unsociable.
"Damn it!" Crocodile was hit on the left shoulder and left arm, and he desperately dived into the remaining sand and dust, raising huge sand waves while raising his right hand to create a sand and dust field again.
"Everyone's speed, defense and strength are increased. Burner, Arms, Armor!" Wendy opened her arms and her long blue hair fluttered in the wind.
A green magic circle rose up under everyone's feet, and everyone was covered with a faint glow.
Even the four running ducks, half running and half flying out of the quicksand pit, were covered in a faint glow, and one of them had the cat's tail in its mouth and was dragging Tom away with it.
Huoshaoshan clenched his fist curiously, and his body seemed to become much lighter and stronger. The effect of the injury on his shoulder seemed to be temporarily eliminated! This feeling... No wonder Vice Admiral Garp and Teacher Zefa couldn't forget this little girl!
