Basire pulled out Sandai Kitetsu in his hand and covered it with a shallow Armament Haki, but in the end he still lacked a lot.
"Kid, be careful. I once learned the more advanced Armament Haki technique from a powerful samurai, so if I break your sword, don't blame this old man."
Crocus smiled slightly, he was just dealing with a fledgling pirate and he thought he could handle it with ease.
"Thank you for the reminder."
Basire raised his sword and rushed over. He collided fiercely with Crocus, creating waves of air.
"Kid, your Armament Haki seems to be quite weak."
The jet-black harpoon in Crocus's hand, with great force, pushed away Basire's sword, and there was a flowing Haki on his armed harpoon.
Basire immediately jumped back dozens of steps, looking at Sandai Kitetsu in his hands that was still trembling, as if it was still being destroyed inside.
The terrifying Emission Haki can actually bypass Basire's Armament Haki defense and directly hit the inside of the sword.
He once again felt the weakness of his sword.
He put away Sandai Kitetsu with no expression on his face and threw it directly to Roronoa Zoro behind him.
Sure enough, after possessing the barrier fruit, even a famous sword will hinder his own strength.
Now he finally understands why Marine Admiral Akainu, after getting the Logia Magma Fruit, completely abandoned his powerful swordsmanship.
Because this famous sword may not be as good as his Devil Fruit ability.
Basire looked at Crocus and began to cross the fingers of his hands.
'Barrier: Susanoo, Initial Stage!'
A spherical shield immediately appeared around Basire, completely protecting him, and then two giant barrier hands with spikes extended out from both sides of the spherical barrier.
"Come again!"
Basire controlled his two giant hands and attacked Crocus with no intention of holding back.
"clang~! !"
Crocus chose to use the harpoon entangled with Armament Haki, hoping to forcefully break Basire's Devil Fruit ability.
He believed that with his Emission Haki, he would be able to break through this transparent barrier that looked like glass in one go!
"Boom~!"
Crocus was hit hard and flew out, but he quickly got up. This kind of minor injury did not affect him at all.
He looked at Basire's intact transparent barrier with disbelief.
Why is that barrier so hard?
There's no reason why even Emission Haki can't defeat a rookie pirate's Devil Fruit ability.
Why can't his Emission Haki break the inner structure of the barrier?
Crocus, who was still in denial, continued to launch an intensive attack on Basire.
"Ding~! ! ! ! ! !"
"Dang~! ! ! ! ! ! !"
It didn't matter how he hit or how many times he hit, Crocus's armed harpoon just couldn't pierce or break Basire's barrier.
This made him deeply doubt whether he was already too old.
"It seems you can't do anything to me."
Basire kept waving his giant barrier hand to fight back. Even combatants like Kozuki Oden couldn't break the defense of the barrier fruit. So how could a ship doctor like Crocus break it?
However, Crocus's Observation Haki and dodge speed are very fast, making Basire miss repeatedly.
'It seems that in the Susanoo form, bigger is not always better.'
'Barrier: Peerless Long Sword!'
Basire immediately adjusted his strategy and turned the giant barrier hands into two barrier swords, which were faster and easier to wield and more lethal.
If you want to destroy the terrain, you may need the huge Susanoo, but if you want to fight one on one, you must take into account both speed and attack power.
"Your Devil Fruit ability is so strong!"
Crocus found that he couldn't break Basire's spherical shield. He could only see if he could drain Basire's physical strength until he couldn't activate the Devil Fruit ability.
"Your Haki is also very strong!"
Basire is still launching his own attacks and continues to skillfully control his barrier sword. He has already planned to give up Sandai Kitetsu, concentrate on using his barrier sword, and devote himself to developing the ability of the barrier fruit.
He kept fighting with Crocus, which made him extremely excited.
Now he finally has a qualified opponent that he can use his full strength to deal with.
Unlike those little pirates in East Blue, which he killed instantly with one move.
'Barrier thrust!'
'Barrier Fist!'
Barrier cones and barrier fists suddenly appeared out of thin air, attacking Crocus again and again, but his Armament Haki was also very strong and they could not hurt him at all!
The fierce battle between the two lasted for more than five hours.
The open space in Twin Capes has been turned upside down. The crew members of the Big Daddy Pirates were all watching from far away, while Laboon, the island whale, was already writhing anxiously in the sea. He didn't know why the two people were fighting like this.
Most of Basire's barrier moves were avoided or resisted by Crocus.
In the end, both sides were out of breath, and neither could do anything to the other. Basire saw that the speed of the old man Crocus finally began to decline significantly, and his Observation Haki was no longer so focused.
'Barrier ball!'
He finally used his ultimate trap, trapping the slowed Crocus with a barrier ball.
Then the two entered into a crazy struggle between violently shrinking the barrier ball and resisting the contraction of the barrier ball.
"Old guy! There's no way to break my barrier ball! Even if you can resist the shrinking, the air inside will become less and less until you can't hold on anymore!"
Basire laughed wildly and was in a stalemate with Crocus, while the crew of the Big Daddy Pirates, under the command of Kuro, had evacuated Crocus's Twin Cape residence.
Even if they had to start digging deep into the ground, they will find all of Crocus's treasures and snatch them all away!
"I really underestimated you! I admit that you are strong! But if you let me go and tell me Brook's whereabouts, I will give you the recorded voice with haki instructions of the Pirate King's right hand, Rayleigh!"
"Otherwise, your bandit crew will never be able to find that thing, and kid, don't forget that I still have contact with the rest of the Roger Pirates!"
In the fiercely shaking barrier ball, Crocus steadily resisted the shrinking barrier ball, but he couldn't break the barrier. As an old man, he couldn't help but become a little nervous.
Getting old is still getting old after all.
He is becoming increasingly unable to do what he wants, and his strength has actually regressed so much!
If he had been more ruthless and not entangled with Basire from the beginning, but used his speed to kill the crew of the Big Daddy Pirates, he might have been able to force him back.
"Do you really have this kind of thing? But I can't find it? Is it hidden in Laboon's stomach?"
After hearing about Rayleigh's instructions, Basire couldn't help but have his eyes lit up, and he could guess that Crocus had hidden good things in the belly of Laboon, the island whale.
"Then you Devil Fruit brat, do you dare to get into Laboon's stomach?"
Crocus snorted. If Laboon dived into the sea, Basire who ate a Devil fruit would surely die, and he could see Basire's desire for the high-level Haki. Like Douglas Bullet, he was a pirate who cared for power more than anything else.
They can do anything for power!
As long as there is a way to become stronger, they can communicate or trade well.
(Support with power stones ☺️)