At that moment, Mu Chen knew there was no getting out of this. He could only resign himself to accepting it.
"Fine, fine. Let's fight, then. What a pain."
The very next second after Mu Chen spoke, Bullet sensibly leaped a hundred meters away.
Seeing Bullet do so, Crocodile promptly burst into wild laughter.
His metal hook scraped against the sand with a piercing screech. "Let's see how long your Intangibility can last in my braking domain!"
Crocodile flung his arms wide, and the power of the Sand-Sand Fruit erupted within him. The surrounding desert churned like boiling mud.
Mu Chen's Blood Sharingan abruptly contracted. He saw the sandy ground for ten li around him being assimilated by some strange energy, every grain of sand shimmering with light.
That really is some power. Crocodile wasn't bluffing!
Mu Chen had thought Crocodile was merely boasting earlier, but now he could see that Crocodile had meant every word. While Mu Chen was still reeling in shock, Crocodile's body gradually merged into the sea of sand.
"Welcome to my domain, Mu Chen."
Crocodile knew that if he challenged Mu Chen to a direct clash of Haki, he would certainly lose. But this battle was taking place in a desert, so he would use his Devil Fruit power to defeat Mu Chen. Crocodile simply refused to believe he could lose in the desert.
A hundred-meter wave suddenly surged from the sea of sand. Countless sand blades condensed along its crest, forming a spinning gallows under Crocodile's control.
Mu Chen immediately activated Intangibility. The sand blades passed through his body, allowing him to evade Crocodile's attack.
But Crocodile had already known Mu Chen would use Intangibility. He was not surprised in the slightest.
"I figured it out a long time ago, Mu Chen. As soon