Ace regrouped: "Then let's have another round."
Ace was the first to attack Rosen, this time he avoided Rosen's eyes, his gaze fixed on the ground.
He didn't use the power of the Flare-Flare Fruit either, just ordinary punches and kicks.
Suddenly, Ace felt someone behind him.
Then Ace felt a tightening in his anus, and a sharp pain came.
"Immortal Guides the Way!"
Everyone on the scene was stunned because two Rosens appeared before them.
"Huh? This is?" Luffy and the others gathered around the two Rosens: "Old man, are you real?"
"No, this one is real," Usopp said, pointing to the Rosen who had been standing still.
"This one looks more real," Luffy insisted on his guess.
Immediately after, the Rosen who had given Ace the Immortal Guides the Way suddenly turned into a puff of smoke.
"Ah... what's going on?"
"I forgot to tell you, I am a Clone-Clone Fruit user."
Everyone had an expression that said, "I knew it."
However, they were already used to Rosen displaying a new ability at every turn.
As for Ace, who was clutching his butt, everyone selectively ignored him.
"You stinky old man, you actually ambushed me!" Ace jumped up angrily, pointing at Rosen and cursing.
"Are you a sore loser?" Rosen looked at Ace with disdain, raising a finger: "Or do you want another Immortal Guides the Way?"
Ace's face turned red, and he finally closed his mouth silently.
"Old man, how many Clones can you make?"
"If needed, millions are no problem."
Multiple Shadow Clone Technique evenly distributes Chakra, and with Rosen's Chakra reserves, a few million is definitely not a problem at the limit.
However, that many Shadow Clones are meaningless.
Even when facing tens or hundreds of thousands of enemies, the effect of one Shinra Tensei is far more cost-effective than creating millions of Shadow Clones.
"How is that possible?"
"Really?"
"Millions are hard to demonstrate, but a few are no problem." Rosen clasped his hands together, performing Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.
In an instant, more than a dozen of Rosen's Shadow Clones appeared on the deck.
"Wow... so amazing." Luffy's eyes glowed as he looked at Rosen.
Luffy liked these strange and wonderful abilities the most.
His own fighting style had already taken shape, so teaching him strange skills was not as good as him constantly strengthening his own fighting style.
So Rosen had no intention of teaching him Ninjutsu or anything like that.
Only Nami was suitable; first, Nami had no fighting style, and second, she had almost zero foundation, and she also had wind, water, and lightning attributes, which were very close to her fighting style in the Late Stage.
Rosen looked at Chopper again and suddenly had a thought: Chopper didn't have the Aptitude to cultivation Immortal Arts.
If he had this Aptitude, he could be trained in this area.
Animals' Aptitude for Immortal Arts Cultivation seems to be higher than humans'.
However, Chopper is in the Human-Human Fruit commoner form, and his true body is a reindeer, so it's unknown if his body is still suitable for his Cultivation method.
Ace did not stay on the Going Merry for too long; he still had his own matters to attend to.
He still had to pursue Blackbeard, so he had no time to linger.
Finally, they stopped in a coastal city only a few hundred kilometers from the capital.
Everyone headed straight for the capital, Alubarna.
But when they arrived at Alubarna, they found that the city was already surrounded by rebels.
Alubarna is a circular city built on a huge rock.
The city's ground is tens of meters higher than the desert ground.
It was precisely because of this height difference that the rebels were unable to breach Alubarna.
They were thus trapped outside the city, but that night, the gates of Alubarna were opened.
Hundreds of thousands of rebels instantly poured into Alubarna and surrounded the palace.
Vivi rushed to the palace with the Straw Hat.
At the same time, Vivi's father, Cobra, lay on the ground with a knife wound in his abdomen.
Crocodile and Nico Robin stood before Cobra.
"Your Majesty King Cobra, I believe you have seen the situation of the Alabasta Kingdom now. If you don't reveal the Poneglyph that records the location of Pluton, then this country will be finished."
"Are you willing to let the entire country be buried with it?" Crocodile threatened: "On the clock tower in the central square, I have placed a super bomb there, a bomb capable of instantly leveling all of Alubarna."
Cobra closed his eyes: "If this is the fate of this country, then so be it."
"Boss, why don't you let me persuade him?" Nico Robin said.
Crocodile nodded, left the palace hall, and waited outside.
Nico Robin looked at Cobra on the ground and said: "What I seek is the Poneglyphs. If they contain information about Pluton, I will not let others know."
"You are... you are a survivor of Ohara Island?"
Nico Robin smiled slightly, not answering Cobra's question.
Cobra knew that the scholars of Ohara Island were willing to die to study the Void Century of history.
Cobra had once secretly funded Ohara Island.
But in the end, the World Government discovered Ohara Island's research into the Void Century, which ultimately led to the Buster Call.
"There is a secret passage in the palace."
"Thank you."
Nico Robin walked out of the hall and led Crocodile to the secret passage.
Soon after they left the hall, Vivi ran in.
"Father."
"Vivi, it's great that you're back... Wait... You shouldn't have come back."
"Father, I brought back helpers. They can definitely help us deal with Crocodile."
"It's too late." Cobra shook his head.
"How can it be too late? There's still time. Where is Crocodile now? I'm going to punch him away!" Luffy asked.
"They have already gone to our royal family's secret place." Cobra's face was bitter: "If possible, stop them from finding Pluton."
Luffy immediately ran out of the hall and found the entrance to the secret passage.
At the same time, at the palace gates, Zoro, Sanji, Nami, Usopp, and Chopper were already fighting the Baroque Works officers.
Zoro faced Daz, Sanji faced Mr.2 Bon Clay, and Nami faced Pola.
Usopp and Chopper faced Mr.4 and his partner, Miss Merry Christmas.
Luffy passed through the narrow underground passage and finally reached the end of the passage.
At this time, Crocodile and Nico Robin were already standing in front of the cube.
This cube was made of an unknown material and had indestructible properties.
No matter how powerful the force, it could not be destroyed; at least for now, there was no way to destroy the cube.
These cube-shaped stone tablets recorded Poneglyphs or some ancient information in ancient script.
In the latter half of the Grand Line, the New World, there were also four red cubes scattered that recorded the coordinates leading to the final destination, Laugh Tale.
"Which one of you is Crocodile?" Luffy looked at Nico Robin and Crocodile.
Nico Robin was amused by Luffy's sudden question.
Crocodile's face was dark. Was he really that hard to distinguish?
"Straw Hat, you've been interfering with our Baroque Works' plan, haven't you?" Crocodile narrowed his eyes, looking at Luffy.
"Who told you to try and steal Vivi's country? Vivi is my companion, and I will never allow my companions to be bullied!" Luffy said forcefully: "Now, I'm going to punch you away!"
"Come if you can do it."
"Gum-Gum... Gatling!"
Bang, bang, bang—
Crocodile's body immediately turned into sand.
The next moment, the sand that Crocodile had turned into surged towards Luffy.
The image of himself being sucked dry flashed through Luffy's mind, and he immediately avoided the sand, while his right fist turned pure black.
Armament Haki covered!
As soon as Crocodile regained his human form, Luffy's big black fist landed on his face.
Crocodile touched his nose; it was bleeding!
In an instant, Crocodile was furious: "I'll kill you!"
Bang—
Luffy didn't give Crocodile any chance to transform again, landing another punch on Crocodile's abdomen, sending him flying.
Crocodile got up awkwardly, his hands quickly forming seals.
Earth Release: Tremor!
The stone-paved ground surged towards Luffy like a wave.
Luffy looked at the ground curiously, watching the ripples spread to his feet.
Boom—
The next moment, the ripples exploded, and Luffy was directly blown away.
However, this amount of damage was negligible for Luffy.
Luffy charged at Crocodile again, and Crocodile also charged at Luffy, the two of them fighting bare-handed.
Compared to Crocodile a month ago, his strength now far exceeded his past self by several times.
Especially in terms of physical combat, his strength had multiplied.
And he had also mastered Armament Haki and Observation Haki.
So in close combat with Luffy, he was not at a disadvantage at all.
Of course, Luffy was a professional in close combat, so Luffy's close combat skills were clearly stronger.
But Crocodile's attack methods were more varied and unpredictable.
For a time, the two fought to a standstill.
However, neither of them affected Nico Robin.
Nico Robin was still translating the ancient script inscribed on the cube-shaped stone tablet.
Their battle was very intense, and in a short time, neither could overpower the other.
At the same time, outside the palace, Zoro and Daz, Nami and Pola, were also fighting to a standstill.
And on the clock tower in the central square of Alubarna.
Vivi had just learned from her father that there was a super bomb here and rushed over impatiently.
However, when she arrived at the base of the clock tower, she found that the Baroque Works members were lying dead all over the place.
Although she didn't know the specific situation, Vivi still rushed to the top of the clock tower.
Here, Vivi saw Rosen was there.
At the same time, in front of Rosen was a super giant bomb with a diameter of two meters, and the bomb also had a countdown, with less than a minute remaining.
"Old man, why are you here?"
"After all, you are our crewmate, so I should contribute a little, right?"
"Can you stop it?"
"I'll send it into the sky and detonate it." Rosen grabbed the super bomb and soared into the air.
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