One Piece: From Picking Up Red Hair's Broken Arm

Chapter 102 A New Legend [5K]

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Xia Nuo seemed quite interested and moved closer. "What ancient secret?"

Yes, closer, closer.

Just give me a little more time to prepare.

rustle……

This was a sound that only Crocodile could hear. Beneath his skin, it felt as if countless grains of sand were flowing, condensing, and swirling.

"Why do you think I've been active in Alabasta? That country is an ancient civilization with a thousand-year history. It hides ancient weapons that can destroy the world..."

Crocodile spoke while panting, his voice becoming weaker and weaker.

It was not until Xia Nuo had to put his ear close to him that he could barely hear it, that a sinister smile suddenly appeared at the corner of his mouth.

You've been fooled, boy!
"Sandstorm, Tenmaru Rain!!!"

boom!
With a low roar, countless fine cracks suddenly appeared on the surface of the sand crocodile's skin.

Golden sand gushed out from the cracks crazily, and then the whole body exploded at that moment!
This was no ordinary explosion, but a self-destructive attack that compressed the interior of the body after it turned into sand to the extreme.

Countless grains of sand wrapped in the color of armed forces shot out like bullets, forming countless shock waves with terrifying penetrating power at a very close distance!
Puff puff puff!

Dense sand particles hit Xia Nuo madly, making a dull sound like rain hitting banana leaves.

Every grain of sand released a terrifying impact force, and even Xia Nuo was pushed back more than ten meters by the impact force.

He held his arms in front of him to defend himself, while his feet plowed two deep grooves in the sand.

"elder brother!"

"captain!"

There were also exclamations from the End.

Nami was the first to climb over the railing and try to jump to the shore.

But just as he took one step forward, Xia Nuo's calm voice was heard from the rising yellow sand:

"Nothing, no need to come."

As the smoke and dust cleared, Xia Nuo's figure gradually became clear.

His shirt was already riddled with holes, so he simply tore it off and threw it aside, revealing his muscular upper body.

Most of those terrifying sand bullets that were powerful enough to penetrate steel plates only left dense red dots on the skin.

Only a few areas that were most intensively impacted, such as the chest, waist, abdomen, and arms, were covered in a blur of skin and flesh, and bleeding.

"Did you see blood?"

Xia Nuo spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva, lowered his head to look at the injuries on his body, and then raised his head again, "Is this the latest move you developed? It's finally a bit interesting. Can you use it a few more times so I can experience it again?"

He grinned, smiling nonchalantly.

It was clearly a harmless and friendly smile, but in Crocodile's eyes, it looked as terrifying as a demon from hell.

"Ahem, ahem, this is so boring..."

Crocodile turned over with difficulty and lay on his back on the sand, gazing at the night sky. With trembling fingers, he took out a cigar from the inner pocket of his coat, put it in his mouth, and it took him several tries to finally light it.

After lighting it, he took a deep breath and exhaled a puff of smoke mixed with blood foam. The corners of his bloodstained mouth pulled into a self-deprecating arc:

"Is this trick useless to you? What kind of monster are you, you guy..."

At this moment, his body was like a torn sack, leaking everywhere, with sand constantly flowing out, and his breath became weaker and weaker.

Shanuo took a look.

It can be seen that if Crocodile is not treated in time, his life will almost be over.

"It seems I won't be able to use it a second time."

Xia Nuo was a little disappointed and squatted on the ground. "A self-destructing trick? It can almost take you away with just one use. No wonder I've never seen you use it before."

"before?"

Crocodile exhaled a puff of smoke and sneered, "What nonsense are you talking about, kid? This is obviously the first time we meet. Don't act like you know me so well."

Nonsense, of course I understand.

It would be great if the One Piece animation could appear in the trading market.

Xia Nuo Gao was so angry that he had to play two videos of Wu Ban Nika beating him up in front of him to see if the other party would faint from anger on the spot.

anyway.

He seemed to be approaching without any precautions just now, but in fact, he was already on high alert.

This guy suddenly looked servile and submissive just now, which made people feel that something was wrong.

After all, he is a hero on the sea.

Although he is a little unskilled, he dares to attack Akainu and Whitebeard.

How could he be so scared and trembling like Coby just because he was defeated?
If things are out of the ordinary, there must be a backup plan.

Therefore, before the other party launched a self-destruction attack, he had already pushed the iron block to the extreme.

And at the moment the sand and dust exploded, his body was directly covered with a large amount of armament color.

Otherwise, there is a real possibility that the other party will turn the tables.

"Logically speaking, I could just leave and let you fend for yourself here."

Xia Nuo said, "But you guys are all so tenacious. We really can't give you any chance."

"Stop your hypocritical nonsense and start." Crocodile narrowed his eyes. "If our positions were reversed, I wouldn't show mercy either."

"No hurry, wait until you finish this one."

"..." Crocodile was stunned and looked at the cigar in his hand, "...Thank you."

Xia Nuo just waited quietly until Crocodile had almost finished smoking the cigar, then he put his right hand on the other's neck.

"When you go to hell, don't hate me anymore."

"wishful thinking."

Crocodile sneered, "I will remember this until my next life. I couldn't even accept being defeated by Whitebeard, so how could I possibly forget the humiliation of being beaten up by a newcomer?"

"but."

He stared at Shanuo, exhaled his last puff of smoke, and laughed wildly:

"Hey, hey, hey, there's actually a guy like you in this new generation? This is really outrageous. The future of this ocean is about to get interesting. Those old guys in the New World who are used to being high and mighty, in my opinion, won't have much longer to enjoy their good days!"

Shanuo raised his eyebrows and grinned:

"Thanks for the recognition."

With a click, Crocodile's head was twisted to the side, and his already extremely weak body completely lost its vitality.

……

After confirming the death of the sand crocodile.

Xia Nuo clapped his hands and stood up slowly.

The yellow sand gradually dissipated, and the crew members who had been holding back for a long time jumped off the boat and surrounded them.

"Brother! Are you okay?"

Nami rushed forward and hurriedly took out bandages and disinfectant alcohol from the medicine box that Nojigo was carrying.

But when she raised her head to treat the wound, she was suddenly stunned——

All the bloody wounds on Xia Nuo's body had healed at this moment. Looking at him in the moonlight, there was not even a trace of scar left.

"Strange." Nami scratched her head in confusion, "Did I just hallucinate and see things wrongly..."

"No, it's not a hallucination."

Smoker walked forward, cigar in hand. Looking at Shano's unharmed upper body, he sighed, "It's a life return. The captain's life return has definitely reached the pinnacle of cultivation. No one I've ever met can compare to him... not even several admirals can compare to him."

Shanuo rubbed the little heads of Nojiko and Nami, smiling without saying anything.

But in his heart, he rolled his eyes at the white hunter who pretended to be a know-it-all in the navy.

What nonsense are you talking about.

Of course, the return of the Admiral's life cannot reach this level.

Because this is the effect of "regeneration magic"!

"Even the admirals of the navy can't compare to him?" Nami believed it and couldn't help but exclaim, "Brother, how strong are you now? You beat this Shichibukai so hard that he can't fight back at all. Can you really compare to the admirals of the navy?"

"What are you thinking about?"

Xia Nuo laughed and flicked Nami's eyebrows with his finger, "Do you really think your brother can do anything? You're far from it."

When he first left home to go out to sea, he had no idea what was going on.

But after experiencing the battles with Ghost Spider and Sand Crocodile, he had a more concrete assessment of his current strength.

If compared horizontally among the Seven Warlords of the Sea, he should be in the absolute upper class, and most of the vice admirals of the Marine Headquarters are no match for him.

But he is obviously weaker than the top vice-captains of the New World Royal Group, each of whom has unique skills.

Compared with the admirals and the four emperors, they are more than one level worse. Take Teacher Gai as an example. If he were thrown into Wano Country, it is hard to say how many blows he can withstand.

There is still a long way to go before we can reach the territory of those top monsters.

……

The End officially dropped anchor.

The bounty hunters hiding nearby still dared not approach the port.

Instead, they ran farther and farther as the battle progressed, and now almost all of them have hidden behind the huge cactus mountain.

Xia Nuo was very tactful and had no intention of causing trouble for them.

This way we don't disturb each other and it's quiet.

A bonfire was built on the sand near the port, and everyone sat around the warm flames and held a brief summary meeting.

"Crocodile usually stays in the Kingdom of Alabasta, which is quite far away from here."

Shanuo held a cup of hot coffee and analyzed, "That means he received a request from the Navy Headquarters for assistance in hunting us down at least a week ago. The time was very close to the incident in Rogue Town. It seems that the Navy Headquarters still attaches great importance to us and wants to mobilize all its forces to try to eliminate us in the first half of Paradise."

"But the captain's strength ultimately exceeded their expectations."

Zeff brought dishes from the kitchen and placed them in front of everyone. He sat down cross-legged and said with a smile, "When the news of Crocodile's death gets back, it will give them a big shock."

"Ha! Just thinking about that shocked face makes me feel funny. The Vice Admiral can't do it, and neither can the Seven Warlords of the Sea. In my opinion, they are being pushed to the limit and might even send the Admiral to hunt them down!"

Smoker picked up his plate and shook his head slightly, "That's not necessarily true, Mr. Zeff."

"As the headquarters' highest-ranking combatant, the admirals are quite busy. They have to constantly monitor the movements in the New World, and one of them must remain at headquarters year-round. Therefore, generally speaking, unless they can pinpoint their location, they won't spend a lot of time leading a team to track down pirates in Paradise."

"So, in the future, when you go to a bustling place with a lot of people and eyes, you have to be careful and keep a low profile?

Zeff pinched his chin and said, "Tsk, otherwise, the admiral might get the news and come to our door while we're still wandering around town."

"We do need to be more vigilant then, but it's still early for that kind of thing. Our next stop, the small garden, is a remote and deserted place, so there's no need to worry too much."

Shanuo smiled and looked at Nami, "How's the recording pointer? How long will it take to store the magnetic force?"

"Report to my brother, we've already reached one-fifth, which is pretty fast!"

Nami quickly swallowed the food in her mouth and reported, "At this rate, we need to rest for a night, and by noon tomorrow, we'll be ready to set off!"

"Tomorrow at noon, that would be about sixteen or seventeen hours?"

Xia Nuo nodded. This charging speed was indeed fast in the Grand Line.

Each island in the Grand Line is filled with magnetism at a different speed.

The fastest batch may only take one or two hours, but the slow ones are hard to say, and may take several days, dozens of days, or even several years.

"Anyway, everyone, get some rest. Yin slept during the day, so you'll be on guard tonight. Tomorrow morning, we'll stock up on food and water in this town, then we'll set sail for our next stop!"

This was his last order as captain before the meeting ended.

Naturally, everyone had no objections.

Only Ah Yin raised his head and whimpered, wanting to cry but having no tears - No, Boss, taking a nap on the deck at noon counts as sleeping, right?

Can I have another pet? I'm not an adult yet, so I can't always pick on a drudge, right?
But he didn't dare to protest in front of his master, so he could only secretly urinate at his elongated back in the sand when Xia Nuo turned and walked away to express his dissatisfaction.

……

Silent all night.

The next morning, everyone separated and went to several shops in the town to buy food and fresh water.

As for the shop owner, he is so scared that he hasn’t come back yet?

That doesn't matter. Everyone in the End Adventure Group is very principled.

Since he didn't attack us, we pretended not to know the bounty hunter's identity and traded with him like a normal businessman, each of us paying the market price and placing the bill on the cash register.

On Xia Nuo's side, while cleaning up the battlefield, he also took the opportunity to collect the wool.

You sacrificed Mr. 5's sunglasses and earned 120 points.

You sacrificed Miss Valentine's Day's parasol and earned 80 points.

[You sacrificed Crocodile's hook and earned 2700 points]

[Remaining points: 44000]

Crocodile and Mr. 5 are both dead and cannot die anymore.

Miss Valentine, who was almost burned to charcoal, just fainted. In the early morning, after being grabbed by Nami and shaken for a while, she finally woke up slowly.

After seeing her partner's mummy-like body, the teenage lemon girl was so scared that she almost fainted again.

He curled up in Nami's arms and burst into tears.

He said that he didn't want to be a secret agent anymore, that fighting and killing were too scary, and that he just wanted to go back to his hometown and open a small cafe of his own.

This made Nami feel a little guilty, so she comforted her with kind words, untied her personally and sent her away, and even gave her some of the food and water she had bought.

Shanuo saw all of this.

Apart from lamenting that my sister was still too naive and kind-hearted, I didn't try to stop her.

This is the opponent defeated by Nami, and his life and death should naturally be decided by Nami. He will not interfere.

Of course, the main reason was that Miss Valentine was too weak... Regardless of whether she was truly frightened and wanted to retreat to her hometown, her ridiculous strength was by no means a threat.

In his eyes, the fruit ability of a hundred thousand kilograms of pressure is just a flying dumbbell at best.

Why would you want to compete with a piece of fitness equipment?
……

In the blink of an eye, it was noon.

The record pointer was filled with magnetism, and the End finally sailed out of the port of Whiskey Peak under the silent gaze of countless eyes, heading for the next stop.

It was not until the ship became a small black dot on the sea level that the bounty hunters hiding behind the cactus mountain dared to show up one after another.

"Gone... Now they are really gone..."

A hunter wearing a cowboy hat slumped on the sand, and the binoculars in his hand fell to the ground with a snap. Only then did he realize that his back was already soaked with cold sweat.

In the tavern, a few brave hunters were whispering around the bar.

"Hey, was that guy last night...really Crocodile, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea?"

A young hunter asked in a low voice.

"What are you talking about? Nonsense!"

The bearded hunter next to him took a big gulp of wine, his hands still shaking a little:
"The entire port has turned to desert... Who else could it be but him? His body has already been found. Damn, I've been here for over a decade, and this is the first time I've seen anything like this."

It's not just him.

I recalled the terrifying battle I witnessed from afar under the moonlight last night.

Many bounty hunters still feel unbelievable, as if they are still dreaming and have not woken up.

——That’s the famous Crocodile, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea!
Just, die like this?
Even if he displayed his terrifying Devil Fruit ability, even if half of Whiskey Mountain was about to be turned into dust...

But he still couldn't defeat Shano, the captain of the End Pirates!
So, just how terrifying is the strength of this new monster who has a bounty of over 100 million just after setting foot on the Grand Line?
"People from the newspaper should be coming here soon. Once the news spreads, Captain Shano's bounty will skyrocket again, right?"

The young hunter was filled with longing and envy, "He's only a teenager and already famous on the sea... I'm just a hunter, but if I could have such a high bounty and such fame, I'd be willing to become a pirate right away!"

"Go! Go! Go."

The bearded hunter kicked him in anger. As he picked up his wine glass, he couldn't help but sigh, "Damn it! Actually, we're lucky this time."

"Not only did we survive without any missing limbs, but we also witnessed the rise of a new legend on the sea. When we return home in our old age, this will be enough for the children in the village to brag about for the rest of our lives, right?"

A new legend?

The other hunters looked at the sea outside the window, vaguely recalling that overly young face, and for a moment, they all nodded subconsciously.

(End of this chapter)