Chapter 40: A Single Sword Stroke Cleaves the Desert! (Fifth update, seeking flowers)

Under this torrential downpour,

very quickly,

within a radius of over a hundred meters,

all the yellow sand that could be controlled by Crocodile

had been completely soaked by the rain!

In this state of being soaked by rain,

even though Crocodile could still control this sand,

it would require much more effort!

Before anyone knew it,

Crocodile had already elementalized himself,

merging into this sky full of yellow sand!

In this situation,

I fear that even many powerhouses proficient in Armament Haki

would have no way to deal with him!

Amidst this vast expanse of yellow sand,

it was simply impossible to attack his true form!

This torrential downpour filling the sky seemed grand in scale,

but in reality, it could not inflict any substantial damage on Crocodile!

And Li Xiao had never intended to rely on the rain anyway;

it was just for the sake of caution,

to play a minor auxiliary role!

Li Xiao had said it before, ===== CHAPTER 131 =====

even if Crocodile merged with the desert,

he could still cleave the entire desert open with one sword stroke!

Since he said he would cleave it with one stroke,

then he would cleave it with one stroke!

Li Xiao formed a sword seal,

and the Green Frost Sword instantly transformed into a streak of light and sped away!

At the same time,

a phantom of mountains and seas slowly emerged behind the Green Frost Sword,

and it rapidly became solid!

"Mountain and Sea Sword Art!"

Under the reinforcement of this mountain and sea phantom,

the Green Frost Sword slashed out!

This was the first time Li Xiao had executed the Mountain and Sea Sword Art using the Sword Control Technique,

and this strike,

could be called Li Xiao's strongest strike to date!

Under this strike,

the mountain and sea phantom had become almost tangible,

as if the true mountains and seas had descended,

colliding with the sky full of yellow sand while carrying the momentum of heaven and earth!

Immediately following,

a dazzling cyan light flashed by!

In this instant,

the entire world seemed to fall into a dead silence,

and time seemed to have frozen at this moment!

A few seconds later,

accompanied by a loud boom,

the sky-covering yellow sand,

was actually severed by the sword,

split into two from the middle!

Not only that,

after severing the sky-covering yellow sand,

the residual power of the sword energy still traversed several thousand meters,

carving a deep gully into this vast desert!

It was as if,

this desert,

had truly been cleaved open by Li Xiao's sword!

At this moment,

the sky-covering yellow sand lost its supporting force,

and crashed down!

Crocodile's body had also been forced out of elementalization,

falling from high altitude,

and smashing heavily onto a sand dune.

A deep sword mark could be seen on his chest,

spanning almost his entire body from top to bottom,

with the deepest part of the wound reaching the bone!

Under this strike,

even though he had elementalized and merged with the sky-covering yellow sand,

he was still struck by Li Xiao's sword, which had covered the entire expanse of sand!

He was now critically injured and dying,

with no strength left to resist!

In the distance,

Luo Bin stared blankly at the battlefield that had almost changed its topography,

her entire being unable to even express a look of shock!

Don't ask,

if you ask, she was completely numb!

The scene where Crocodile turned everything in that entire area into sand,

manipulating the yellow sand for a hundred meters around to cover the sky and sun, was already terrifying enough!

However,

what she hadn't expected was,

that Li Xiao's strength was even more terrifying!

His whole body glowing with golden light,

he could change the weather of an entire area with a wave of his hand,

forcing a torrential downpour to fall in this scorching desert!

And he had even cleaved the entire desert with a single sword stroke!

This kind of strength,

was almost beyond the scope of humanity!

Today,

Luo Bin had witnessed too many unexpected situations,

at first she would still feel shock,

but by now,

she only felt that she had become completely numb!

Every time she felt she had seen Li Xiao's true strength,

the next second,

Li Xiao would display even more terrifying power!

This made Luo Bin wonder,

was the scene before her eyes,

really all of Li Xiao's true strength?

At the same time,

Li Xiao slowly walked in front of Crocodile,

waved his hand slightly,

and took the Green Frost Sword back into his body.

Crocodile narrowed his eyes slightly,

looking at him with difficulty,

and seeing this,

he slowly opened his mouth to ask:

"Why don't you kill me?"

"If I kill you, who will I go to for the money?"

As he spoke,

Li Xiao reached out a hand toward Crocodile,

and continued: ===== CHAPTER 132 =====

"I told you long ago, you must give me this money today, otherwise, I will keep hacking at you until you do!"

Hearing this,

Crocodile gave a miserable laugh,

and after a moment of silence,

he said:

"Fine, four hundred million Berries, I'll give it to you!"

However,

Li Xiao shook his finger,

and corrected him:

"Wrong, it's not four hundred million Berries, it's eight hundred million Berries now!"

Hearing this,

Crocodile, who was already critically injured,

on the verge of death,

and seemed to struggle even to speak, suddenly widened his eyes,

and roared:

"How is it eight hundred million Berries, where did that extra four hundred million come from!"

Li Xiao's words,

almost scared him into jumping up from his deathbed! ===== CHAPTER 133 =====

Seeing Crocodile so agitated,

Li Xiao simply squatted down,

and began to count on his fingers with a serious face!

"Four hundred million Berries of this is the money I won at the casino, which you rightfully owe me!"

"As for the other four hundred million Berries, that is, of course, my appearance fee!"

"On this sea, my strength is at least worth mentioning, do you think I just fight anyone casually?"

"Not to mention anything else, just from fighting this match with me, didn't you gain something?"

"Doesn't that require paying tuition?"

"Furthermore, I fought you for no reason, do you know how much loss this caused me?"

"Look here, things like food expenses, nutritional supplements, lost wages, mental distress compensation, and medical expenses, adding these up, doesn't it come to several hundred million Berries!"

Listening to Li Xiao's words,

Crocodile was stunned!

No, what are you eating?

Food expenses plus nutritional supplements cost several hundred million Berries?

At this rate of eating,

even the Celestial Dragons would be eaten into bankruptcy!

Also,

what on earth is that mental distress compensation?

What did you lose?

I think you were having a damn good time hacking me!

Furthermore,

isn't that medical expense of yours a bit too excessive!

Look at you,

and look at me,

who do you think needs medical expenses more?

After this fight,

you don't even need to wash your clothes,

and you have the nerve to ask me for medical expenses?

Hey,

wait a minute!

He almost hacked me to death,

and his clothes aren't even dirty!

Damn it!

This is even more heartbreaking!

My sadness is flowing like a river!

Seeing that Crocodile wasn't speaking,

Li Xiao immediately frowned,

and said:

"What, trying to welsh on the debt again?"

"If you don't want to pay, that's fine, I can just hack you and then go raid your place, it's just a bit more troublesome!"

Glancing at the Green Frost Sword emerging beside Li Xiao,

Crocodile took a deep breath,

and finally nodded,

saying:

"Fine, eight hundred million it is! But I can't give it to you right now!"

"Why?"

"Because, I don't have that much money..."

Hearing this,

Li Xiao couldn't help but look at him,

his eyes mixed with a bit of pity and faint sympathy!

"After mixing in this world for so many years, it's one thing that your strength is mediocre, but you don't even have money, I feel ashamed for you!"

Crocodile was speechless for a moment,

wanting to retort,

but not knowing where to start!

As one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea,

a user of the Sand-Sand Fruit,

his strength, even across the entire sea,

was ranked among the best!

Even,

if fighting in the desert,

there were few who could firmly suppress him!

But thinking of Li Xiao's terrifying sword strike just now,

which cleaved the entire desert!

Crocodile really couldn't find a way to retort!

After all, with Li Xiao's strength,

he was truly qualified to say that!

At this time,

the rain had stopped,

and the dark clouds in the sky

were dissipating at a speed visible to the naked eye! ===== CHAPTER 134 =====