Wang Shi the antidote Crocodile had left behind, Otoko Shiki considered whether or not to save Nico Robin.
He was not interested in the Poneglyph.
Nicole Robin doesn't seem to be of any use to her.
On the contrary, it might leave behind a huge crisis.
After all, the World Government is paying close attention to this "Child of the Devil" who can decipher the Poneglyph.
The risk of keeping her is extremely high.
After all, Crocodile knew Robin's identity.
If this Sand Crocodile is exposed, the Five Elders will invite Wang Shi for tea in no time.
It seems we can't let the Sand Crocodile get away.
Wang Shi casually put the antidote away, without immediately saving the exiled Nico Robin.
Whether or not we save you depends on whether we can catch the Sand Crocodile!
Wang Shi instructed Reiju to take care of everyone, and he immediately rushed out to chase after the Sand Crocodile.
If they can capture Sand Crocodile, Nico Robin, the vice president of Baroque Works, will still have some value in recruiting Baroque Works.
Otherwise, Nico Robin should remain in exile.
Outside the Royal Mausoleum.
Crocodile emerged from the sandstorm, his eyes filled with malice.
He had a well-defined wound on his shoulder, with a chunk of flesh missing.
His elementalization was not fully restored.
"The Exile Ability... it actually banished my physical body?!"
Crocodile's forehead veins bulged as he recalled Wang Shi could instantly behead countless warriors of the Mulberry Kingdom.
If Wang Shi had just banished my head, would I, a Logia Fruit user, have died too?
Crocodile touched his strange wound.
He felt that if Wang Shi released his vanished elemental form, it might be possible to restore it.
This seems to be good news for Crocodile.
At least they won't die like those warriors from the Mulberry Kingdom.
"Has the connection between the elemental bodies been severed?"
Crocodile began to quickly analyze the Wang Shi's Exile Ability.
This is surprisingly difficult!
Once the elementalized body parts are banished, the corresponding areas simply disappear.
I wonder if the elemental flesh and blood that have been banished and isolated will die.
At that very moment.
A transparent area covered it.
Startled, Crocodile immediately transformed into his elemental form and fled from the damned Exile Ability's range.
'Seven-Star Slash!'
A sharp sword aura cleaved Crocodile, who had transformed into a sand mass, into two parts.
"Always running away, that's not like you, Crocodile!"
Wang Shi rushed out quickly, attempting to forcibly banish the elemental sand that Crocodile had transformed into.
"Damn it, how could someone possess such immense power?!"
Crocodile was shocked and enraged. He forcibly fused his elemental bodies together, unleashing a burst of Armament Haki to block the Exile Power from the Wang Shi.
"Is it possible that your Armament Haki is too weak, even inferior to the pillars of the Flower Kingdom?"
"It seems you've been hanging around the front part of the Grand Line Paradise for too long, causing you to fall behind in your Haki training."
When faced with advanced and bizarre Paramecia abilities, besides understanding their weaknesses...
Then the only option is to cultivate a powerful, Haki to forcibly defend against it.
Throughout history, countless powerful individuals have inadvertently fallen victim to the mysterious and Paramecia ability users.
Even those who possess Three-Color Haki can still accidentally capsize.
Some advanced Paramecia abilities are just that unreasonable.
"If the ability is strange, then kill the ability user!"
"Diamond Sand Blade!!"
Crocodile suddenly swung his hand, and a huge sand blade slashed diagonally upwards from below Wang Shi, splitting him in two with a single blow.
Crocodile's leg also disappeared at the same time.
"Did you take them down?!"
"Disgusting ability!"
Crocodile quickly covered more of his body with his not-so-strong Armament Haki and continued to escape from Wang Shi's ability range.
"I dodged your sand blade, but it seems you couldn't dodge my Blade of Exile."
Wang Shi's illusory body was completely unharmed, making it even more useful than elemental transformation, allowing him to continue his pursuit of Sand Crocodile.
"I am Shichibukai, why are you attacking me?"
Crocodile's face darkened. He realized that he was still within the range of Wang Shi's power. Whether he used Elementalization or Armament Haki defense, he was constantly attacked by Wang Shi Toki's Exile Power.
Another part is missing.
"Princess Vivi is going to marry me, so what if she makes a move on you?"
"Besides, it's just taking down one of the Shichibukai coveted Pluton. Do you think the World Government will do anything to me?!"
Wang Shi a cold laugh, unleashing a burst of ferocious Conqueror's Haki that interfered with Crocodile's premature elemental transformation.
The Seven-Star Dragon Sword unleashed a magnificent sword aura, shattering Crocodile's Armament Haki defense.
"You actually know about Pluton?"
"Did you send the message to the World Government?!"
Crocodile's face grew even angrier. It turned out that Wang Shi had stabbed him in the back, alerting the Five Elders and forcing him to act ahead of schedule.
"Yes, that's me."
'Time Domain - Exile!'
Wang Shi was in power, he banished Crocodile's leg once again, and it turned out that banishing an elemental being was not as bloody and messy as banishing other life forms.
It seems that banished elemental entities can be restored and returned.
Is this what makes Logia Fruit users special?
"Do you also want the Pluton Battleship?"
"It's a pity that Nicole Robin, who could translate Ancient Script, is probably dead by now."
"That Poneglyph, which may or may not contain information about Pluton, will remain undeciphered. You and I are both wasting our time."
Crocodile no longer considered escaping Wang Shi's ability range and resolutely turned back to fight Wang Shi.
"My Exile Power can counter your elemental transformation, and my Armament Haki is not weak either."
Wielding the Seven-Star Dragon Sword, Wang Shi swiftly cleaved Crocodile's Golden Hook in two with a single strike.
The terrifying Armament Haki sword aura startled Crocodile, causing him to instantly transform into his elemental form to dodge.
As a result, most of the elements in his body were forcibly banished by Wang Shi in an instant.
The remaining elements could only be restored to Crocodile's chest and above; even the half-arm with the Golden Hook had disappeared.
Having lost most of his body, Crocodile's strength has decreased once again.
"Stop struggling, Sand Crocodile."
"What you've been investigating in Alabasta for over a decade or two is already on someone else's turf."
"You're destined to be a joke."
Even if you knew where Pluton was, you still wouldn't be able to get him.
Wang Shi wrapped his left hand in Armament Haki, grabbed Crocodile by the neck, and slammed him into the ground.
"Woo-ha~"
Crocodile coughed up a mouthful of blood and his consciousness began to blur.
Why am I treated like a toy in this brat's hands?
He couldn't believe he would lose to Wang Shi so easily.
The bizarre Exile Power was even more frustrating for him than the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power.
Had Pluton already been on someone else's territory?
How did Wang Shi know the whereabouts of Pluton?
Crocodile stared intently at the Wang Shi who was choking him, his eyes filled with the bitterness of defeat and the yearning for Pluton.