"Sorry, I don't have the habit of telling the enemy my trump cards. You'll have to figure it out yourself." Roy shrugged. Even with a huge advantage, he wouldn't do something so foolish. People who casually reveal their trump cards don't survive long in this cruel world.
The Devil Fruit Ability in the Pirate World are incredibly diverse, and the strength of Devil Fruit users lies in the unknown.
Take Sugar and Perona for example. Their own combat strength is not strong, at most they are only slightly stronger than weaklings. However, if you don't know their abilities, even the Shichibukai might be caught off guard and lose.
"Hmph, don't be too happy yet. The one who laughs first may not be the one who laughs last." Crocodile the Sand's face was a little ugly after being tricked by Roy. After all, what he liked most was toying with people's hearts, designing traps for his enemies to fall into, and watching their despair as they fell from heaven to hell. That was his greatest hobby.
But today, he was outmaneuvered in his most prized area. Thinking back to what he had said when he was full of pride, he now seemed like a complete clown, and felt a strange sense of shame.
"Let's give it a try." Roy's legs sprang like springs. Due to his Devil Fruit Ability, he always walked on flat ground in mid-air. With the addition of Shave and Geppo techniques, his aerial speed was something even Garp found hopeless.
"So fast!" Crocodile's pupils contracted. Before he could react, Roy was already in front of him, wielding his longsword and slashing down diagonally.
Crocodile only had time to raise his Golden Hook to defend himself in his haste, but his panicked resistance was no match for Roy's powerful attack, and he fell to the ground like a cannonball.
The rising dust raged wildly, blinding everyone. Roy didn't rush in rashly, after all, the desert was this crocodile's home ground.
Sure enough, dozens of long snakes, hidden in the dust and mist, rose from the ground and coiled together, eventually converging into a giant sand dragon that relentlessly pursued and devoured Roy's trail.
However, this sand dragon was more ferocious and fierce than agile and nimble, and could only follow behind Roy, getting its dust in the dust, unable to even touch the Kakuzu.
The Crocodile the Sand realized that this was a futile effort, and soon three more sand dragons rushed out of the desert, occupying all sides and surrounding and intercepting Roy.
As the dragon moved, all the creatures it came into contact with were drained of moisture and turned into withered corpses, buildings turned into sand and gravel, and the earth became a desolate, cracked desert.
Roy sighed inwardly. Crocodile the Sand's other abilities might still be debatable, but the development of his Devil Fruit was definitely ahead of most people, and he was only one step away from Awakening. You have to understand, once Logia Awakening, it can permanently change the geological environment and climate of an island; that's true catastrophe-level combat power.
As Roy watched the four giant dragons gradually take shape, he fell into deep thought while dodging and shifting. Crocodile the Sand was really reckless. Without Awakening his powers, the four mad dragons had already exceeded his control. Even Crocodile the Sand himself could only slightly affect the sandstorm with his Devil Fruit Ability.
The entire Rain Base has been completely destroyed; this dream city of Alabasta has been utterly ruined, leaving only four raging dragons wreaking havoc.
"It's a lie, it must be a lie. What kind of monster is that?" The townspeople of Yuba muttered to themselves, staring at the four towering dragons that seemed to reach into the clouds.
"Oh no! The sandstorm is sweeping towards us! Run!" Although the sand dragon moved slowly, its massive size allowed it to almost traverse the entire Rain Base in just a few movements, heading towards the direction of Yuba.
In fact, not only in Yuba, but throughout Alabasta, the entire Alabasta was aware that disaster was unfolding.
In the desert, a large sandstorm can completely bury a city and erase it from the map. If these four Sand Mad Dragons are not stopped, they may develop into a super-large sandstorm, at which point the entire Alabasta may be destroyed.
Bang!
Just as Roy was somewhat distracted, the poison hook hidden in the sandstorm waited for its chance to strike, but Roy's Observation Haki was not to be underestimated. With a casual strike, he destroyed the Crocodile the Sand's long-prepared sneak attack.
"What a boring trick. Is this your last stand?" Roy mocked mercilessly, having already roughly figured out the Crocodile the Sand's strength.
"Hmph, wait until you've cracked my moves before you start talking big." The Crocodile the Sand's voice came from all directions, seemingly transforming into the entire desert, trying to put psychological pressure on Roy.
The Sword Qi energy surged, shredding the surrounding sand dunes, but these sand monsters quickly returned without any effect.
"Has he already Elementalization himself and merged into the sandstorm? In other words, only a small part of these sandstorms is his true form, and the rest are illusions created by him manipulating the sand." Roy didn't expect that the Crocodile the Sand, who had exhausted all his tricks, still had this move. Even his Observation Haki couldn't sense where the Crocodile the Sand was hiding.
However, this is to be expected, since although Roy's Observation Haki level is high, it has not been developed to its full potential, and he is not yet able to find Crocodile's hiding place in the vast desert.
With Crocodile's control, the Sand Mad Dragon was indeed much more agile than before, moving nimbly and attacking fiercely, like a monster that had stepped out of ancient mythology. Roy could only dodge repeatedly, because if he couldn't hit the Crocodile the Sand, it would be useless no matter how many times he destroyed these monsters made of sand.
"What, weren't you so arrogant just now? Why are you running away now?" Crocodile's arrogant voice echoed through the heavens and earth. He had been suppressed from the beginning, and now he could finally vent his anger.
"I originally thought I could take you down without much effort, but it seems I was wrong. You are a Shichibukai after all, so I can't underestimate you. I'd better give you a grand closing ceremony." Roy flashed and appeared at the top, looking down at him.
"Hmph, anyone can talk big, but be careful not to bite off more than you can chew." Crocodile disapproved of Roy's attitude, because in the past, he was always the one who was high and mighty.
"Hehe, this next move can be considered a gain from your fight with that old bastard Garp. You'll be fortunate enough to be the first victim of this move." Roy's eyes revealed a disdainful look. Although he gained a lot from his last battle with Garp, the feeling of being completely crushed was not pleasant. Now it's finally someone else's turn to experience that suffocating feeling.
"Huh? Garp?" Crocodile sensed something was wrong, but he didn't have time to think about it. A deadly crisis enveloped him, and he almost couldn't even maintain his Elementalization.
"How is this possible? How did he manage to lock onto my presence across the entire desert? No, that's not right. His target wasn't me, but the entire desert!" Crocodile felt his very soul tremble. What a joke! Even a Logia Devil Fruit User like him couldn't launch such a wide-range attack, let alone Roy, Master Swordsman known for his single-target attacks.
"This is the real catastrophe! Feel the power to destroy everything, the Great Cataclysm!"