Chapter 123

Subsequently,

the sword edge sliced along the side of Crocodile's arm through this opening,

leaving a trail of blood!

Seeing this,

Crocodile's face darkened, his brows knitted tightly,

and a sense of anxiety arose in his heart!

No!

I cannot continue fighting like this!

His sword is too strong,

and I have absolutely no power to fight back!

If this continues,

as my injuries accumulate,

I'm truly afraid I won't be his match!

Thinking this,

Crocodile began to retreat while fighting,

and soon left this garden,

deliberately leading Li Xiao deeper into the desert!

Regarding this,

Li Xiao did not choose to stop him,

but instead pretended not to know his intention,

deliberately or inadvertently complying with him to shift the battlefield deeper into the desert!

Since this area is near the casino in the Rain Dinners front hall,

once the commotion grows large,

it will easily affect ordinary people within Rain Dinners and even the entire Rain City,

therefore,

Li Xiao had always been somewhat restrained in his fighting!

Now,

Crocodile actively wants to shift the battlefield to the depths of the desert,

and Li Xiao is naturally pleased to see this!

In this way,

he can fight with complete freedom!

As for whether Crocodile will become stronger in the depths of the desert,

this point,

Li Xiao is not worried about at all!

Even if he merges with the desert,

I, Li Mouren, can still cleave the entire desert with a single sword strike!

This is Li Xiao's absolute confidence in his own strength!

As Li Xiao and Crocodile fought while moving,

gradually heading toward the depths of the desert,

a figure walked out from a building nearby,

it was Nico Robin, who had disappeared after arriving in Rain City!

Robin looked up at the two figures gradually moving away,

her eyes filled with barely concealed shock!

Although back in Loguetown,

she had already known that Li Xiao's strength was formidable,

and that she was likely not his match!

But Robin never expected,

that Li Xiao's strength would be this powerful,

powerful enough to contend directly with Crocodile,

and even gain the upper hand within a short time!

As the vice president of Baroque Works,

Robin was quite familiar with Crocodile's strength!

As one of the Seven Warlords,

although his bounty was merely 81 million Berries,

if one truly compared their strength,

this bounty amount would need to be at least doubled twice more!

More crucially,

Crocodile is a user of the Logia-type Sand-Sand Fruit,

and within the desert,

his strength will increase geometrically!

Here, Li Xiao might still hold the upper hand,

but if they truly reached the deep desert,

then the situation would be uncertain!

Thinking of this,

a trace of worry flashed in Luo Bin's eyes,

and he immediately chased after the direction where the two had vanished!

On the other side,

Li Xiao and Crocodile advanced and retreated,

and in the course of the pursuit,

they quickly arrived at the depths of the vast desert!

"Desert Blade!"

Crocodile turned his arm into a massive sand blade to block the sword Li Xiao swung at him,

then instantly transformed his entire body into yellow sand, rapidly putting distance between himself and Li Xiao,

and reformed on a sand dune dozens of meters away.

Looking at Li Xiao not far away,

Crocodile sneered:

"Kid, you were careless!"

"Your sword is indeed powerful; if this were elsewhere, I might not be your match!"

"But this is the desert, and I am the user of the Sand-Sand Fruit; the desert is my home ground!"

"Here, I am invincible!"

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