It was only after fighting Crocodile that Ace understood just how troublesome it was to face someone who could match Kizaru.
No matter how much he burned Crocodile's sand, it would only turn into glass. And in this great desert, Crocodile had an inexhaustible supply of sand at his disposal; he did not need to create any himself.
It was like using Wood Release in a forest—effortless.
More importantly, his Logia ability was an extremely poor matchup against Crocodile's. He was getting half the result for twice the effort.
After tangling with Crocodile for a while, he immediately identified the problem. Without hesitation, he pulled a firework from his clothes and fired it toward the ground.
They were hundreds of meters up in the air. To ordinary people, they were no more than tiny dots.
But when the firework burst into pink sparks, the Revolutionary Army of over thirty thousand immediately surged like the earth turning over.
First, the silently advancing Revolutionary Army slowed slightly, their formation and operations disrupted. Then they resumed moving forward.
However, dense clusters of Revolutionary Army soldiers, like tiny specks, rapidly converged. After gathering together, half of them leaped into the air and charged upward with Geppo.
That was right. They were officers from the Revolutionary Army Headquarters who had been dispatched internally to support the Alabasta Revolutionary Army.
There were no generals, only field-grade officers. Of the more than one hundred people here, most were around the rank of lieutenant colonel. There were few colonels, while majors made up the majority.
Mr. 1 had mentioned this when explaining the Revolutionary Army to Luffy and the others: Revolutionary Army company-grade officers had to master Rokushiki before they could be promoted to field-grade officers. Once they reached that rank, Haki became mandatory training.
More importantly, Armament