Rocks and mud continuously splattered, and the jet-black Tempest Kick, like a broken bamboo, created a smooth gully before slamming into the flying sand, forcing Crocodile to forcibly form his body and roll to the ground.
A wound could be seen on his left arm, trickling with fresh blood.
"Damn Armament Haki."
Crocodile's face turned pale, and he gritted his teeth, shooting away again.
The opponent, who could kill Horned Dragon Jacket, was not someone he could currently deal with.
But just as he had darted out over ten meters, a jet-black whip leg came at him.
Kaos had appeared first, at some unknown time, still with his hands in his pockets and a look of disdain.
"Desert Spada."
Crocodile roared, his hands transforming into huge sand blades, and he chopped at Kaos's sweeping whip leg.
There was no earth-shattering collision as imagined, only an overwhelming destruction.
The Spada only stalemated for a moment before being mercilessly kicked apart, but Crocodile elementalized in the nick of time, narrowly dodging the attack.
However, before he could stand firm, Kaos appeared out of thin air to his left and kicked again.
Crocodile's face twisted instantly, his entire body bent like a shrimp, his ribs constantly making cracking sounds, and blood gushed from his mouth.
The ground was instantly torn apart, and Crocodile was sent flying to lie in the ruins, completely helpless.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Kaos's afterimages continuously exploded into existence, flickering left and right, rapidly approaching.
"Desert Grand Spada."
Crocodile refused to give up, his blood-stained hands slapping the ground, forming sand blades that continuously rushed towards Kaos, but such an attack was completely exposed under Observation Haki.
It could be seen that all those sand blades only cut through Kaos's afterimages.
The sound of rapid movement cutting through the air kept coming, and Crocodile's eyes were wide with rage, completely bloodshot.
He was the strongest Logia user, yet he was forced to this extent for the second time.
But no matter how angry he was now, it changed nothing.
Kaos flashed within arm's reach, still with an unremarkable sweeping attack.
Crocodile only had time to block with both hands in front of him, and then his entire body exploded, forming a gust of sand that rapidly fled.
Rumble!
The explosions continuously spread. Crocodile, emerging from his elemental form, painfully crashed to the ground.
The ground within a fifty-meter radius sank, forming a large crater in the blink of an eye.
Kaos stood on the edge of the crater, extending his index finger and gently pressing down.
The sky boomed. Ten golden blades, spears, swords, and halberds fell from a thousand meters high, exploding in mid-air, all aimed at Crocodile, transforming into a large expanse of golden powder that covered the entire crater.
Crocodile could only watch all of this. His body wouldn't recover for a while; now there was only pain and numbness.
As the golden powder dyed Crocodile golden, Kaos pulled out a cigar, pinched it with his index finger and thumb, and then his index finger became like a red-hot iron.
The cigar touched it and was lit with a puff.
A new application of Finger Pistol.
Very flashy!
And very trendy.
This dazzling way of lighting a cigarette was truly not something an ordinary person could think of, or possess.
Kaos lit the cigar, blew on his index finger, and then the red-hot index finger returned to normal.
Then, Kaos lightly waved his hand, and Crocodile, deeply embedded in the mud, began to float uncontrollably towards Kaos.
The remaining golden powder re-merged, turning into several blades, spears, swords, and halberds that flew around Kaos, standing inverted.
"What did you do to me!"
Crocodile was very panicked now.
Kaos did not answer. With a cigar in his mouth, he gently waved his hands to the side.
The next moment, Crocodile was spread-eagled in the air, like a fish on a cutting board, at the mercy of others.
Kaos reached out, and a golden longsword automatically fell into his hand, immediately stained with Armament Haki, and he unhesitatingly stabbed towards Crocodile's heart.
A deadly crisis surged over him, and Crocodile's entire soul felt as if it had fallen into an ice cellar.
He would die!
He would truly die.
"Bang!"
Crocodile's will to survive was very strong. He exploded, forming fine sand that scattered everywhere, finally escaping five meters before being unable to maintain his elemental form.
Forcibly recovering his body, he knelt on one knee, constantly coughing up blood.
He was quite heavily injured.
"God's Control really is useless."
Kaos frowned, looking at the scattered golden powder on the ground, which had clearly separated from Crocodile's body.
Ever since he developed God's Control, as long as any creature was invaded by golden powder, the power of life and death was in Kaos's hands.
In fact, Kaos had prepared for this move to be useless against Logia users, as Logia users could elementalize and completely expel the golden powder from their bodies.
And Kaos's God's Control worked by manipulating the golden powder that entered the human body.
Since the golden powder could be expelled from the body, it naturally lost its effect.
It was not only Logia users; it was probably also useless against those with powerful Armament Haki, and those strong individuals who could use Seimei Kikan.
He had just tested it to avoid making mistakes in the future.
"Ding-a-ling!"
The blades, spears, swords, and halberds collided, forming Chains of Heaven.
One end was held by Kaos, and the other shot towards Crocodile like a venomous snake, quickly turning black and gold.
Even when Crocodile elementalized again, he was forcibly expelled from his body and bound.
Standing before Kaos again, Crocodile's heart skipped a few beats.
Wasn't this guy trying to recruit him?
Why did he try to kill him just now?
He could genuinely feel that if he hadn't elementalized just now, he would have died.
"Two paths, choose yourself!"
"Ten seconds!"
Kaos exhaled smoke rings from his nostrils, only showing Crocodile his side profile, gazing into the distance, pondering his next plan.
At this moment, Crocodile's slicked-back hair was disheveled on his head, his mouth was full of blood, and his face was ashen.
Looking at Kaos's profile, he was filled with rage. This guy's attention wasn't on him at all; it was no different from ignoring him.
Two paths.
Either live or die.
How to choose?
Crocodile gritted his teeth. Although his heart was filled with rage and unwillingness, reality remained so cruel.
He couldn't change any outcome.
"Come, tell me your choice!"
About five minutes later, Kaos came back to his senses and looked at Crocodile.
This thought had given Crocodile a few extra minutes.
Little did he know that these extra minutes made Crocodile even more tormented.
"Aren't you afraid I'm just temporarily enduring and submitting?"
Crocodile still wanted to struggle, attempting to save his country through a roundabout way.
"I just like those despicable, ambitious, fierce, and cruel traitors. After all, only by suppressing such people can I feel a sense of accomplishment.
So I advise you, if you don't have 100% confidence, never try to kill me, otherwise the consequences will be very tragic!"
Kaos grinned, revealing his white teeth that gleamed with a cold light. Although he was smiling, Crocodile inexplicably felt a shiver.
This guy was either a lunatic or a megalomaniac.
Or overconfident.
"You will regret it!"
Crocodile snorted coldly.
He seemed to have seen hope, after all, arrogant and conceited guys generally don't live long.
"You don't understand."
"My life is all about excitement and thrills!"
"Little Croc, your perspective is too narrow."
Kaos looked at Crocodile with a hint of pity. He felt a sense of loneliness like snow.
He wondered when he would meet someone who understood him.
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