Golden Lion Arrives to Join the Fun

For Crocodile, who was offering bounties all over the city for information on the Straw Hat Pirates' whereabouts, Luffy's shout was like a beacon in the night, instantly pointing him in the right direction.

In less than five minutes, he arrived with several of his most capable subordinates.

Seeing the boy in the red vest standing on the rooftop, the Seven Warlord finally broke into a delighted grin. "Hahahaha! Straw Hat Kid! Since you delivered yourself right to my doorstep, I'll let you die a little more quickly later."

"I'm gonna beat you flat!"

Luffy, being the single-minded type, clearly was not good at trading insults. He merely glared at his opponent with hostile eyes.

"It seems there's no need for any more nonsense! Let's settle this the pirate way with a decisive battle. But there isn't enough room to fight properly in the city, so let's use the desert outside as our battlefield."

After saying that, Crocodile instantly turned into sand that filled the sky, sweeping away at incredible speed and leaving the busiest streets of Alabasta's capital.

After all, he did not want to accidentally injure civilians or destroy homes while using certain powerful moves, causing a torrential downpour to fall from the sky and completely nullify his Devil Fruit ability.

Luffy followed close behind, using the elasticity of the Rubber-Rubber Fruit. Before long, the two stood atop the sand dunes outside the city and began an exceptionally brutal battle.

On the other side, the other members of the Straw Hat Pirates had also faced off against Baroque Works' senior agents.

For a time, these Devil Fruit users and swordsmen who possessed immense power all revealed their trump cards, unleashing astonishing destructive power in a short span of time.

Fortunately, the battlefield had shifted from inside the city