Clashing for the Last Word

Crocodile's insightful remarks made Sig realize the wisdom in them. At the same time, seeing Crocodile's high fighting spirit, Sieg understood that without a fight first, effective communication would be impossible!

Desert Treasure Blade!

Crocodile transformed his left arm into a gigantic sand blade, using his Golden Hook as a slashing point, and attacked Sig...

Water Heart - Sea Current Shoulder Throw!

Sig felt he had an absolute advantage in terms of elemental advantage.

After all, judging from Crocodile's brutal beating by Luffy in the original work, this guy is helpless when it comes to water— Sig was also a little puzzled by this, since he had clearly developed his Devil Fruit ability to the point of being able to absorb moisture from external objects, so why was he afraid of water?

Crocodile's "Desert Treasure Blade" cleaved the deck in two, but Sig drew Gungnir from the shadows to block it...

The next moment, the massive current that Sig threw out had already swept over his head like a mini tsunami, blocking out the sunlight for a moment—using the Sea Current Shoulder Throw in the ocean has a completely different effect than using it on land.

Faced with this scene, Crocodile's expression remained unchanged; he simply bit off the cigarette butt with force...

Crocodile opened his right hand to the side, his palm facing the ship of the Tumbler Pirate Crew.

Just as the waves were about to crash down, Crocodile's movements caused the Tumbler to quickly turn into a clump of sand, moving ahead of the waves and forming a sand barrier on the warship's deck, separating the waves from the crash.

When matter dries, it turns into sand—at least that's how it is in the world of One Piece.

The difficulty of turning steel into sand is vastly different from that of turning wood into sand. Warships are encased in steel plates, while pirate ships are generally made of pure wood.

As for the pirates on the ship, they all fell into the sea, having been stunned by the shock, and didn't even scream.

The sand "barrier" clumped together after being hit by the waves and was washed into the sea...

Clearly, only the Elementalization part of Crocodile's body is afraid of water. The other sand under his control, although it will clump together when it comes into contact with water, only loses some control over it.

The next moment, Crocodile's lower body transformed into a sand whirlwind, hurtling towards Sig at a considerable speed, low in the air, almost skimming the deck!

Sig also picked up Gungnir, ready to test its quality...

Ding ding dong--

Clang--

Crackling and popping--

Chirp--

After a series of impressive exchanges, Sig once again sent his Golden Hook flying.

At this point, Sig was basically certain that Crocodile truly didn't possess any Armament Haki at all!

Even among those who delve into the development of Devil Fruit ability, those who reach such an "extreme" level are truly few and far between.

Crocodile himself didn't see any problem with it— Logia user, when he Elementalization, he can be touched by Armament Haki, and at the same time, the Elementalization part of himself cannot use Armament Haki. Since all his combat skills are focused on developing Logia Devil Fruit- Armament Haki.

He showed no signs of developing Conqueror's Haki, his Observation Haki was only at a decent level, and he hadn't even really trained in Life Return. His physical abilities were just average.

As for physical skills, they were only practiced to complement the abilities of Logia Devil Fruit... Sig could imagine that Crocodile probably only trained in them because he felt that physical skills were too much of a burden to his strength.

This is very different from Sig, Repikak, and even most of the truly top-tier fighters.

As Logia Fruit user, Crocodile's lack of Armament Haki doesn't diminish his offensive capabilities. Putting aside the inherent power of sand, his ability to "dry" makes him extremely lethal to normal living beings.

As for how to attack other Logia Devil Fruit users without Armament Haki?

Then let's each fight our own battles!

Anyway, Crocodile is a Logia Fruit user, so of course he's not afraid of other Logia users slacking off with him...

As for defense, it relies entirely on "pre- Elementalization." As long as the Elementalization is fast enough, it won't be directly attacked by Armament Haki. Just like during the Paramount War the original work, Crocodile was beheaded by Doflamingo in one move, but he didn't change his expression and continued to calmly mock the whole scene.

Armament Haki is only capable of harming a body in its Elementalization. If you can't even touch it or dodge by transforming into your Elementalization beforehand, then no amount of Haki will be effective.

However, this gives the Sand-Sand Fruit a major flaw: although Crocodile has developed it to a high level, he still cannot control the sand that solidifies when it comes into contact with water!

Even a body that has been Elementalization will become unable to disperse and attack if it freezes upon contact with water...

Is that all?

Sig:???

Just as Sig was about to say that, Crocodile spoke his line first!

This perfectly illustrates that as long as you're not embarrassed, it's the other person who's embarrassed.

"Are you really a Logia Devil Fruit user? Or is this just a rumor? Logia abilities are just to make your body stronger? Heh..." Crocodile said disdainfully.

Sig did not use lightning to stimulate his muscles at full power at this moment; he only exerted his physical strength and used lightning to stimulate them slightly to maintain a good speed.

Crocodile thought: What is this? It doesn't even deserve to be called Logia Devil Fruit!

"No wonder you haven't improved much over the years... Is this all Bullet is capable of?" Sig took a deep breath.

Enraged by these words, Crocodile's arm, which had been transformed into a "Desert Treasure Blade," solidified, and he said with a grim expression, "Are these your last words?"

As he spoke, his entire body transformed into sand, and he moved at high speed in front of Sig, his solidified "Desert Spada" slashing diagonally towards Sig.

But the next moment...

Thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump--

Sig's entire body exploded with electricity as he unleashed seven punches in quick succession!

Not only did Crocodile unleash his full speed under the intense stimulation, so fast that he couldn't react in time, but each punch was also coated with a layer of water as it was thrown...

Crocodile's Elementalization body partially manifested at the center of his fist, but it didn't manifest as a physical body. Instead, it looked as if a large dough ball had been pounded with a wooden mallet, leaving a series of seven dents!

Unlike Armament Haki, attacking wet sand only prevents it from dodging; it does not turn the solidified sand back into flesh.

However, using Armament Haki makes it difficult to evade "pre- Elementalization," since Crocodile has practiced this technique so much that it's become second nature to him.

However, if you use dispersed water, the range is much larger than that of Armament Haki Hardening, and even larger than the external release of regular Armament Haki...