In fact, Crocodile is a very selfish person, and has repeatedly declared to the world that he never needs subordinates.
He feels that he alone is enough to navigate the sea, and he never trusts his subordinates.
While he had been secretly planning to get the ancient weapon Pluton in Alabasta over the years, he also hunted many pirates alone and became a hero in this country, even being published in newspapers many times.
While completing his duties as a Shichibukai, he also plundered a large amount of pirate funds for the development of Baroque Works.
This time, he only brought along Mr1 Daz Bones, just to have one more subordinate to help clean up the minions of the Big Daddy Pirates.
But he didn't expect that Basire's strength seemed to be a bit beyond his expectation.
A flying slash that is as terrifying as a great swordsman can actually be produced with bare hands. This is even more powerful than the Rankyaku (tempest kick) from the Rokushiki used by a Marine Vice Admiral.
Moreover, Basire's barrier shield was extremely hard, and his desert sword and golden hook could not break through the opponent's defense at all.
If they were in Alabasta, he could use moves like 'Desert Sunflower' to trap him.
After killing the other pirates on the Baroque Gustave, Burgess, Eldoraggo and the others retreated to the Dreadnaught Sabre.
Because the battle between Basire and Crocodile became more and more intense, Sandstorms and Sand Blades flew around, full of cutting and water absorbing properties.
Lafitte successfully caught the vulture and sea otter in the air, and directly captured these two little trash.
As intelligence agents of Baroque Works, they also know the positions of other Baroque cadres, which will be of great help to the Big Daddy Pirates after they invade Alabasta.
On top of the mast of the Dreadnaught Sabre, Van Augur had silently raised the alloy-improved version of his rifle Senriku.
As long as he shoots, he is 100% sure to kill the Dice-Dice Fruit user who is fighting Zoro fiercely.
But his target is not this guy, and in his Observation Haki perception, he could see that Zoro is stronger than this Mr1, so there is no need for him to intervene.
Otherwise, Zoro, whose head is half made of muscles, will cause trouble for him later.
He looked at his Captain and the Shichibukai Crocodile who were fighting fiercely.
This Sand Crocodile doesn't seem to be as strong as expected. Of course, it may be that Basire exceeds the combat power of the pirates in the first half of the Grand Line.
"When the Sand Crocodile leaves to the sea, his power is very restricted. As expected of Captain Basire, he actually managed to get the Shichibukai out of Alabasta!"
Lafitte flew down in the air, chuckled jokingly, and threw Miss Friday, the vulture, and Mr13, the sea otter, who had already rolled their eyes, onto the deck.
"Fate doesn't lie!"
Doc Q had no intention of taking action at all. He was still lying sickly on his horse Stronger, watching the fierce battle on the opposite ship, but the gaze in his eyes was a bit deep.
"Hey! Zoro, kill him quickly, or I will intervene!"
Jesus Burgess yelled angrily. He didn't expect that this stupid Shichibukai wouldn't even bring a few cadres who could entertain them.
This time they took action and killed some garbage minions. This was a waste of their expectations and time.
He didn't even use any force, and the opponent basically fell down.
Now Roronoa Zoro has a decent opponent, which is really annoying!
"He is really a good opponent!"
Zoro fought off Mr1, and then saw that the crew members of the Big Daddy Pirates had returned to their pirate ship. Now, only the four of them were left on the enemy ship.
The battle between Basire and Sand Crocodile will not end so soon, and their battle is getting more and more fierce. If this continues, this pirate ship may be sunk.
He saw that most of the ship's cabins on the second and third decks had been smashed by Basire. The thick masts had been chopped off and fell down, and most of the deck had been turned into sand by Crocodiles, so the ship looked shabby.
The Baroque Gustave is also a huge sailing ship with three decks. The battle on it has not yet affected Zoro and Mr1 who were fighting on the first deck.
"Hey, Blade Man, use all your strength, time is running out!"
When Zoro was about to fight seriously, he slowly put on a dark green bandana, pulled out his third sword, and bit Wado Ichimonji in his mouth.
"Three-sword style? I don't know what it means!"
Mr1 turned his hands and feet into blades, and his whole body became as hard as steel.
"Are you looking down on my style?"
'Ichi gorilla; Ni gorila'
Zoro's eyes turned cold, and the muscles on the sword-holding arms began to expand rapidly. The strength was increased several times, and there was a vague Armament Haki wrapped around the two swords.
"My body is made of steel, no one can cut through my defense!"
Mr1 even had a metallic reflective sheen on his body, and some sharp blades appeared on various parts.
"Really? There is a Devil Fruit user who's hard as steel on our ship, and I defeated him a long time ago. My goal is not to cut down your steel! I am practicing hard in order to split Basire's stupidly strong barrier!"
Zoro's eyes flashed red, veins popped out on his sword-holding hands, and the deck beneath his feet was shattered. His eyes were full of murderous intent at this moment.
He has already reached the realm of 'cutting steel'. And he also awakened Armament Haki.
Chopping steel is just a small goal that he has completed.
'Santōryū: Nigori-Zake!'
The deck exploded with a bang, and the huge power of his legs made Zoro disappear instantly, and huge wind pressure passed across him.
"Kid! I am a Dice-Dice Fruit user!"
'Destruction Slash!'
Mr1 waved his arms and crossed them in front of his chest, then charged towards Zoro. The sharp and hard double blades were going to completely cut apart everything in front of him.
clang~!
Swish~!
The metallic sound of swords colliding suddenly sounded, and then there was the oozing sound of muscles being cut, and the two people passed each other quickly.
After a brief stagnation, a large amount of blood spurted out from a figure.
"Your steel-edged body is nothing compared to my Captain's barrier!"
Zoro showed a cold smile and said lightly, sheathed the sword in his mouth, then sheathed the two swords in his hands and slowly took off the green turban, just showing his back to the opponent in a cool pose.
He ignored the fallen Mr1 and turned around to go back to the Dreadnaught Sabre.
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