Chapter 39

Just while Crocodile was stunned,

Li Xiao had already punched him heavily on his right face!

The next second,

Crocodile flew backward like a cannonball,

and was blasted directly into the depths of the sand dune,

leaving only one leg exposed outside!

Meanwhile,

as Crocodile was severely injured,

the quicksand that was constantly swallowing objects also returned to normal!

Li Xiao landed back on the ground slowly,

and the Qingshuang Sword floated quietly by his side!

In the distance,

on a sand dune,

Robin's hat had been blown away by the aftermath of the battle at some point,

however,

at this time she couldn't care about these things at all!

Robin looked at the battlefield in the distance with shock,

her eyes full of unbelievable horror!

After a few rounds of fighting,

there wasn't even a single injury on Li Xiao's body,

and not even much sand had stained his clothes!

From beginning to end,

Li Xiao had a calm and indifferent expression,

as if he wasn't facing Crocodile, one of the Seven Warlords,

but an unknown small fry,

not being taken seriously by him at all!

Looking at Crocodile,

under his all-out attack with all his means,

he not only failed to cause even the slightest bit of damage to Li Xiao,

but was even punched into the sand by a backhand! ===== CHAPTER 128 =====

For Robin, who witnessed the whole process,

this battle couldn't be called evenly matched,

it could only be called a complete crushing!

You have to know,

this is the depths of the desert,

it is Crocodile's home turf in the true sense!

This is equivalent to being pinned down and hammered in your own home!

The more Robin thought about it, the more she felt this scene in front of her was extremely unreal!

She looked at the figure with his hands behind his back,

standing quietly in the vast yellow sand,

and muttered subconsciously:

"Is this his true strength?"

Although she and Li Xiao had known each other for many days,

but except for a small friction when they first met in Loguetown,

she had never seen Li Xiao make a move at other times!

Even when leaving Loguetown,

he used some other means!

Seeing Li Xiao contending with Crocodile just now,

and even gaining the upper hand,

Robin thought that was about Li Xiao's limit!

Until this very moment,

Robin finally realized,

she was wrong!

Li Xiao's true strength was far more powerful than she had imagined!

At this moment,

a question suddenly popped into Robin's mind.

"How does his strength compare to a Navy Admiral?"

Meanwhile,

as the yellow sand on the sand dune slid down with a rustling sound,

Crocodile stood up slowly from the yellow sand.

At this time, he was panting heavily,

and his mouth was full of blood!

Obviously,

this punch of Li Xiao's, wrapped in spiritual power at close range,

had caused him not a small injury!

Crocodile coughed twice,

looked up at Li Xiao,

and said in a low voice:

"Cough, cough, it seems I still underestimated you, your strength is much stronger than I imagined!"

"If it were elsewhere, I might really have been defeated by you!"

"But, I said, this is the desert, it is my home turf!"

"Here, even if Whitebeard came, I wouldn't be afraid!"

After saying that,

Crocodile squatted down slowly,

and pressed his right hand tightly against the sand on the ground again.

"Ground Death!"

With his angry shout,

with his right hand as the center point,

everything in the nearby range,

was sucked dry of moisture in an instant,

and turned into sand on the spot!

Even rocks were no exception!

Some desert creatures that were originally hiding in the yellow sand,

were instantly drained of the moisture in their bodies,

and quickly shriveled up,

as if they had been exposed to the sun for several days!

And this range was still constantly expanding outward,

wherever it passed, ===== CHAPTER 129 =====

everything turned into yellow sand!

Immediately after,

the yellow sand within a radius of a hundred meters was all manipulated by Crocodile,

and surged toward Li Xiao overwhelmingly!

From Li Xiao's perspective,

he saw all the yellow sand around him rising into the air,

blocking the sky and the sun for a time!

Like a huge net wanting to trap Li Xiao in it,

and then completely bury him under this vast yellow sand!

Seeing this,

Li Xiao frowned slightly,

and immediately sacrificed the Purple Gold Exquisite Pagoda!

He saw the Purple Gold Exquisite Pagoda fly out from Li Xiao's body,

suspend directly above Li Xiao,

and while rotating, it sprinkled bursts of golden light,

wrapping Li Xiao's whole body!

Whether it was the overwhelming yellow sand,

or the erosive power contained within it,

neither could penetrate this layer of golden light that was as thin as gauze!

Subsequently,

Li Xiao pinched a magic seal with both hands,

and a large amount of spiritual power in his body began to be consumed rapidly!

In just a moment,

it consumed nearly half of Li Xiao's spiritual power!

"Summon Wind and Rain!"

With the rapid consumption of spiritual power in Li Xiao's body,

this depths of the desert, which was originally under the scorching sun and hot waves,

actually suddenly ushered in a gust of wind,

and the wind was mixed with a bit of coolness!

Subsequently,

the scorching sunlight disappeared!

Crocodile looked up subconsciously,

and saw that the sky was already full of dark clouds,

and in an instant, there was thunder and lightning!

Immediately after,

in the depths of this vast desert,

it actually started to pour with heavy rain!

Feeling the raindrops falling on his body,

Crocodile frowned subconsciously,

and said in a low voice:

"It's raining, is it his fruit ability?"

Besides Haki and Seastone,

water can also restrain his Sand-Sand Fruit to a certain extent!

At this time,

looking at the heavy rain falling from the sky,

a trace of ominous premonition surged in Crocodile's heart!

But things had come to this point,

he had no way out!

At such a time,

even the slightest retreat could lead to his own death!

Thinking of this,

Crocodile settled his mind,

and silently controlled more yellow sand to surge toward Li Xiao constantly!

On every grain of this yellow sand,

there was erosive power attached!

As long as it could touch Li Xiao's body,

with the accumulation of quantity,

it would definitely be able to break through the invisible film he had felt before,

and then instantly suck the moisture in his body dry!

Even though it was still pouring with heavy rain in the sky,

but under the cover of countless yellow sand,

these rainwater could not touch Li Xiao's body,

thereby replenishing his moisture!

Therefore,

as long as he could suck the moisture in Li Xiao's body dry,

he would win this battle!