Hawkeye and Buggy's group had barely arrived when they saw Ryan and the others being struck by Crocodile's technique.
A gigantic maw enveloped Ryan and the others. Aside from the rustling of sand scraping across objects, no other sound came out.
"Dead?" Buggy stared at the scene before him and muttered, "Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
Buggy shook his head repeatedly. He was stunned by his own guess. How could Ryan possibly be dead?! To put it bluntly, although Crocodile was no weakling now, if someone claimed he could defeat Ryan, Buggy wouldn't believe it even if he had a hundred reasons to.
Who was Big Mom? As a member of the Roger Pirates who had lived through the people of the previous era, he understood very well what kind of power it took to kill Big Mom. So he absolutely did not believe Ryan would come to harm.
And things turned out exactly as he had expected. You could say Buggy was weak and loved to fool around, but one could not deny that the great Buggy's judgment had rarely been wrong.
Just then, a voice rang out!
"After all these years, you really have grown stronger. But I'm not the man I used to be either, Crocodile!"
"Sword Qi Rolling Dragon Wall!"
Whoosh!
The sound of sword qi grinding against sand drifted through the air.
Countless grains of sand were torn apart by the sword qi, finally revealing Ryan and the others.
"What? They're completely unharmed!"
Yet before Crocodile could cry out in shock, an endless stream of sword qi surged toward him.
Sword Qi Rolling Dragon Wall, ceaseless and unending!
As long as the opponent's attack power did not break through its limit, it could continue indefinitely with minimal consumption.
Technique after technique flew from Crocodile's hand, but they