But before he could touch Vivi, suddenly an arm reached out from behind her.
Quickly hammered towards Crocodile's head.
Immediately, a sandstorm rose, and Crocodile's head directly scattered into a pile of sand.
At this moment, Luffy popped out from behind Vivi.
Clenching both fists, he excitedly said:
"Stealth mission, success!"
As soon as Luffy finished speaking, Crocodile's head reassembled, a hint of helplessness showing in his eyes.
"Hey, kid, are you testing my patience? Well, congratulations, you succeeded!"
As he spoke, Crocodile's entire body dissolved, quickly turning into a pile of sand, floating towards Luffy.
Upon reaching Luffy, Crocodile's body reassembled, and he immediately hugged Luffy.
Luffy suddenly coughed, all the moisture in his body evaporating into Crocodile's body.
Luffy suddenly looked decades older, his skin shriveling up.
Seeing this, Vivi was completely stunned, unable to move at all.
Sanji and Zoro, who had just arrived, were shocked and quickly ran up.
Sanji kicked Crocodile in the head, while Zoro directly sliced Crocodile's body in half.
But this didn't hurt Crocodile at all.
Crocodile slightly twisted his body and returned to his original shape.
Although Luffy was temporarily saved, his entire body was shriveled like a mummy with its bandages removed.
Without water, he would surely die.
Thinking of this, Sanji quickly poured the two bottles of water he had secretly hidden on Luffy's body.
Luffy sucked up the water and regained his original vitality.
Luffy coughed a few times, then gasped for breath, looking at Crocodile with a serious expression, and told Sanji and Zoro:
"Don't let your guard down, this guy is not simple."
It's so rare to hear the words "not simple" from Luffy's mouth.
This shows how strong this guy in front of them really is.
But, after all, he is one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea. If he was the same as the small fries they had fought before, it would be too boring.
Zoro, Sanji, and Luffy prepared themselves and launched a joint attack on Crocodile.
But at that moment, multiple arms grew from their bodies, controlling them.
At this moment, Nico Robin walked out.
Looking at the three of them, especially Luffy.
She said slowly:
"Monkey D. Luffy, what a nice name."
Then, Robin activated her Flower-Flower Fruit ability again, growing two large hands from either side of Luffy's neck.
Then she covered his mouth and nose, and Luffy's pupils shrank.
He felt uncomfortable and began to struggle. Seeing this, Sanji and Zoro struggled desperately to save Luffy, but they couldn't.
Seeing this, Crocodile looked a little unhappy and glanced at Robin.
"Hey, don't interfere. Do you think the three of them can beat me?"
Hearing this, Robin remained calm and said:
"I don't mean that. I just think this guy is very special."
With that, Robin released her Flower-Flower Fruit ability, and Luffy finally gasped for air.
This made Zoro and Sanji even more serious. The abilities of these two guys were too tricky.
They couldn't deal with them at all.
But at that moment, a familiar voice suddenly came from above the palace.
"Oh oh, isn't that Straw Hat. We meet again."
Hearing this, Luffy immediately looked back. At this moment, Bon Clay gracefully spun and jumped down from the top of the city wall.
But before he could land, Luffy punched him away.
"You dared to trick me, I'm going to make you pay the price today!"
Hearing this, Bon Clay immediately got up from the ground and said with a smile:
"Didn't I say, once my plan is complete, I'll even treat you to ten meals."
Hearing this, Luffy gritted his teeth and clenched his fists.
"I'll defeat this guy!"
As soon as Luffy finished speaking, another gloomy voice suddenly rang out behind them.
"Hey, don't block our way, sir."
Hearing this, Zoro turned his head and showed a serious expression.
Standing behind him was a dark-skinned guy.
It was Mr. 1, and beside him was a slender woman with an afro, his partner, Miss Doublefinger.
"Hey, don't be so rude. It's never right to bother people."
As she spoke, Miss Doublefinger's five fingers turned into five thorns, instantly stabbing towards Zoro and Sanji.
Seeing this, Zoro immediately drew two swords and quickly blocked Miss Doublefinger's attack.
Then he swung a sword and cut off Miss Doublefinger's thorns.
Then, the next second, Mr. 1 instantly attacked Zoro's abdomen. Luckily, Zoro reacted in time and used his leg to flip up the last sword.
Then he held it in his mouth, blocking this horizontal slash. Otherwise, he would have been cut open.
The two were deadlocked, but at this time, Miss Doublefinger, with her Thorn-Thorn Fruit power, suddenly stabbed towards Zoro's side.
Seeing this, Sanji frowned, wanting to help Zoro, but the opponent was a woman, and he couldn't bring himself to hurt her.
In desperation, Sanji could only change his target and directly attack Mr. 1.
But Mr. 1 didn't care about Sanji's attack at all.
Just as Sanji was about to kick his head, Mr. 1's head turned into a saw.
This almost made Sanji unable to stop and almost sawed off his leg. Sanji broke out in a cold sweat and quickly retreated.
Sanji clutched his injured right leg, a serious look on his face.
At this time, Miss Doublefinger's thorns were about to pierce Zoro's side.
If hit, Zoro would surely die.
In that instant, a figure appeared by Zoro's side.
Then, with one hand, he grabbed Miss Doublefinger's thorns. Miss Doublefinger tried to break free, but she couldn't.
Everyone looked over there, and they saw Raynor with a gloomy expression.
Then he exerted force on his hand and directly broke off the thorns on Miss Doublefinger.
Miss Doublefinger quickly retreated, enduring the pain as she looked at Raynor.
"What's this guy's background!"
Hearing this, Mr. 1 also looked a little serious.
He seemed to have seen this person's wanted poster.
And this guy's wanted poster was especially strange, so he still remembered it clearly.
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