Chapter 646

Chen Fan smiled upon hearing the name of the fruit. "Crocodile really knows how to think," he thought. However, Chen Fan had analyzed the power he'd just witnessed from the ground; it was quite unique. Chen Fan 'd tried directly analyzing Devil Fruit, but to no avail. It seemed there were stronger rules hindering him, and more importantly, he simply didn't understand them. Fortunately, he could understand half of it after the user used it, because that half was pure matter, and half was enough.

"Mr. Shichibukai, what are you doing? Showing me how awesome you are doesn't require destroying buildings! These are the fruits of the hard work and sweat of countless laborers!" Chen Fan teased Crocodile.

Crocodile merely glanced at Chen Fan indifferently, without saying a word. Chen Fan scratched his cheek speechlessly, realizing he had perhaps provoked Chen Fan too much; the guy's eyes were filled with murderous intent. It seemed he really wanted to kill him. Well, that was that. Having roughly understood Crocodile's power, Chen Fan roughly knew how to deal with him.

"Sasha..." Crocodile's body suddenly scattered and turned into sand, merging into the ground. It had a similar effect to Chen Fan's Silent Step. No, Crocodile's move was even more ingenious. However, this move was not very effective against Chen Fan. If it were someone else, it seemed that the move was not intended to kill Chen Fan, but rather to create a battlefield more suitable for themselves.

"Whoosh... Sasha...!" A gust of wind blew by, carrying wisps of sand towards Chen Fan;

The power of the wind and the trajectory of the sand were all within Chen Fan's calculations; any deviation would be unacceptable.

Chen Fan stomped his foot on the ground, "...!"

"Boom!"

Like a bomb exploding on the sand, countless grains of sand bounced up. Taking advantage of this moment, Crocodile appeared behind Chen Fan. Now, he had almost complete control over all the sand around him, and he had deliberately manipulated the sand's movements. Chen Fan, of course, sensed Crocodile's actions behind him. Damn, this world is really unscientific. Since science doesn't work, let's use unscientific things to do it!

"Bang...!" Chen Fan quickly turned around and used his knife to block Crocodile L43's hook attack, while Zero slashed at Crocodile with his knife;

"Useless! A slash like yours..." Crocodile said;

"Pfft...!" A spurt of blood gushed out, and Crocodile had a new wound on his arm. Crocodile was stunned. How could this be? How could he have been injured? Chen Fan slashed down again, and Crocodile turned into sand and disappeared from the spot. Then he reappeared in the distance, cautiously watching Chen Fan. Blood continued to flow from the wound on his arm, dripping onto the ground, emitting a wisp of heat before the water in the blood evaporated and dissipated.

"Haki?" Crocodile narrowed his eyes slightly and said to Chen Fan. He had never imagined that a newcomer like Chen Fan could use Haki, but the color of the Haki was wrong; it was actually surrounded by a blood-red aura. When Chen Fan struck him just now, he felt a tremor from the bottom of his heart.

Chen Fan exclaimed, "No!" and charged towards Crocodile. Crocodile quickly used sand to stop Chen Fan's advance. "Whoosh..."

A single slash sliced through the sand wall, and Crocodile's body was once again cut in two, turning into sand that scattered across the ground and disappeared. This is the kind of power that Logia Devil Fruit hate.

Chapter 172 Battle with Crocodile

(Chapter 172 Battle with Crocodile)

Crocodile had never heard of Chen Fan when he was Crocodile the New World. Of course, judging by appearance alone, Chen Fan was only in his early twenties. In Crocodile's mind, Chen Fan should have been just a kid when he was conquering the world. How could such a kid ride on his head, shitting and pissing on him? What a disgrace!

Over the years, there have been many who have tried to challenge his Shichibukai, but they have all failed and died in the desert. The bones of the pirates who died at his hands are piled up like mountains, scattered all over the desert. He wants to show Chen Fan what Shichibukai is, not just a mere newcomer.

"The New World isn't as simple as you think!!" Crocodile roared at Chen Fan;

Chen Fan was a little confused. Was Crocodile out of his mind? Why was he suddenly telling him all this? He hadn't even asked what the New World was like. This guy was just overthinking things.

"Boy! I'll show you the power of Shichibukai!" Crocodile touched the ground with his right hand and continued, "The essence of Sand's power lies in its 26th ability, Drying. This right hand can dry up everything... trees, rocks, soil... everything on the surface will turn into sand!!" Crocodile shouted at the end.

Immediately, the ground began to boil, like boiling water. However, this time it wasn't water boiling, but sand. Sand that couldn't escape from the cracks that had appeared due to the dry surface burst forth. "Boom boom...!" The previously solid stone steps all slowly melted like ice, turning into sand.

"Boom! Boom!..." The statues on the nearby buildings also collapsed to the ground, then began to melt and turn into sand. Just as Crocodile had said, everything turned into sand, and the ground was as if it were dead, without any sign of life.

Seeing that the sandstorm was almost over, Crocodile shouted, "Erosion Cycle!!!"

"Boom...!"

The buildings beneath his feet instantly turned into sand, and the sand on the ground began to erupt like a volcano, attacking Chen Fan. Then, the ground began to collapse, leaving Chen Fan with nowhere to step and gain any foothold.

Two whirlwinds quickly gathered behind and beneath Chen Fan, propelling Chen Fan into the air. Chen Fan was quite adept at aerial combat, especially in the world of Shinigami. However, the world of Pirate King was different; very few could sustain continuous combat in the air. For most battles, the decisive battles were fought on the ground.

After everything calmed down, the previous buildings had all turned into sand, and Chen Fan landed back on the ground;

"Kid! What kind of Devil Fruit did you eat? There are always whirlwinds around your body, could it be the Whirlwind-Whirlwind Fruit?" Crocodile asked. If Chen Fan really did eat the Whirlwind-Whirlwind Fruit, then Crocodile wouldn't have an easy time fighting him.