Sensing Crocodile's gravity, Carlos felt deeply moved...
What moved him? The fact that his decision to secretly rescue Golden Lion from Impel Down had been so incredibly wise.
If he hadn't learned the methods of cultivating Observation Haki and Armament Haki from Golden Lion, and learned about Conqueror's Haki, then even with the immensely powerful Devil Fruit known as the Eye of the Devil and top-tier Body Techniques, dealing with Crocodile would have been very difficult...
Without water, Seastone, or Armament Haki, dealing with a Logia user capable of elemental transformation was extremely troublesome!
There were quite a few powerful people in the world who knew how to cultivate Haki, but finding one willing to teach him without making him owe a favor was far too rare.
Why would anyone teach you Haki for no reason?
Even if there were other channels, the price would be far too great. How could they compare to learning it from Golden Lion so quickly, saving both time and effort?
The ground cracked!
Erosion Reincarnation!
Crocodile decided to strike first and make the surrounding environment more favorable to himself.
Crocodile dropped to one knee and pressed his right hand against the sand. The power of the Sand-Sand Fruit activated, and invisible ripples swept in every direction. The soil beneath the sand rapidly lost its moisture, while even the edge of the desert spread outward. Even stone buildings began to crack and dry out.
Then he pressed his left hand against the earth as well. Cracked soil, rocks, plants, and everything else rapidly turned to sand. Some of the heavier buildings slowly sank into the sandy ground, and the desert, which had originally covered only a hundred meters, expanded to a radius of five hundred meters.
Carlos's eyes transformed into triangular sickle-shaped Mangekyō Sharingan.