Armament Haki

Crocodile had already more or less figured out the nature of Rogge's Devil Fruit ability. Gradually, he began to fight without holding back.

Manipulating sand in all sorts of ways, he took advantage of being a Logia Devil Fruit user and directly engaged Rogge in close combat, hoping to get a clearer look at Rogge's abilities.

"Not the same. This isn't that Devil Fruit ability. That old man isn't dead yet, so how could there be another identical Fruit? Just as I thought." Crocodile leaped backward, touching the Scorpion Venom Needle as it gradually regenerated.

"You thought my ability was Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit, didn't you?" Rogge said with a smile.

"You even know that?" Crocodile looked at Rogge with surprise in his eyes.

"Don't worry. The Devil Fruit I ate isn't the Tremor-Tremor Fruit. Haven't you noticed that my ability can't cause vibrations at all? I ate the Chop-Chop Fruit. It lets me shatter everything—including space." As Rogge spoke, he threw a punch.

Bang!

The air exploded, and the shockwave shot straight toward Crocodile. Under its force, Crocodile's body came apart, the sand from his body scattering in the wind pressure.

Soon, his body gathered itself again. With a cigar in his mouth, he stared at Rogge with an utterly indifferent gaze, as though watching a ridiculous performance. He did not take Rogge seriously in the slightest.

"So that's how it is. I was wondering what it was." Once Crocodile realized it was not the Devil Fruit ability he had imagined, he relaxed.

"That really pisses me off. You're looking down on me, aren't you?" Rogge smiled through gritted teeth. The rage in his heart had long since begun to burn. Once Crocodile understood his ability, he had completely dismissed him.

"Looking down on you? No, I simply don't consider