Chapter 171 - 10

Chapter 10: Koza Raises the White Flag, A Deadly Struggle in the DesertJust as Crocodile and Luffy were fighting,"Quickly raise the white flag of surrender! Surrender immediately, Royal Army!" Vivi shouted at the Royal Army."Princess Vivi, what are you saying?""Surrender?""What will become of this country if we surrender!"The soldiers were confused and discussed animatedly!Just then, "Knock... Knock... Knock..." a figure walked from the palace gate down the steps towards the Royal Army."Hey, look!""That's... Koza!""Why is the leader of the Rebel Army here?"The soldiers were full of doubt."Quickly do as Vivi says, I'm no longer pursuing victory or defeat!" Koza shouted, "I want to stop this war!"Koza held his sword in front of him, "I will inform the Rebel Army, tell them this war is meaningless, tell them we have no reason to fight anymore! To stop the bloodshed, please raise the white flag!"A moment later, a portion of the Rebel Armyarrived at the palace square, "Hurry, the King's head is just ahead!""I see the Clock Tower!""Prepare to attack!"Just then, tens of thousands of Royal Armysoldiers, every single one, raised white flags! And on the stone wall directly in front of the Royal Army stood Koza, their Rebel Army leader!The people at the very front couldn't see the situation clearly, one of them extended a hand, stopping the people behind him!"A white flag! The Royal Army has raised the white flag of surrender!" The civilian at the very front shouted, and this news instantly spread to the rear!"Mr. Koza, why are you here?""The war is over! Everyone, calm your anger, lay down your weapons, the Royal Army has no more will to fight!" Koza shouted!"Is that true, Mr. Koza!" The civilian was incredulous."Yes. The battle has...""Bang... bang... bang... bang!" Several shots directly hit Koza, and the culprit was a Royal Army soldier!Koza, covered in blood, looked at those who were worried about him and slowly said, "No, don't fight anymore!"..."We're going to build a great city! Make this country even more beautiful! Hmm... it definitely will!"..."Mr. Koza!""How dare you harm Mr. Koza!""Kill them!"The Rebel Army's anger instantly maxed out!Vivi, meanwhile, looked at the familiar tattoo on the killer's right arm, "Baroque Works!"Just then, gunshots erupted, but they came from within the Rebel Army! In this disorganized group, there were only more undercover agents!The battlefield became uncontrollable; even without the sandstorm from the original story, the war still escalated! No other reason, this wasn't a battle of ten, a hundred, or a thousand people, but a war of tens of thousands, and Koza... couldn't stop it!"Why? Stop! Listen to me!" Vivi shouted on the stairs leading to the palace! Unfortunately, no one noticed her!"Ah... Where's Luffy?" Chopper rushed into the crowd, climbed the steps, and saw Vivi shouting!"Tony?" Vivi was surprised, then pointed to the palace, "He...""Everyone..." A loud voice came from the sky, "I'm leaving the palace to you all! You must... save Vivi's country! When I return, I'll deal with... everything!"A red figure soared across the sky, like a crimson star heading deep into the desert!"See, see! I knew it all along, Luffy is definitely still alive!" Usopp looked excited!"Really? Is that the expression of someone who knew it all along?" Sanji said calmly."Go quickly! I'm leaving the palace to you all!" Zorosmiled."If even you can't win, who can?" Nami's eyes were filled with tears!"Vivi, what's the situation!" Nami asked."Everyone...!" Tears streamed down her cheeks... Deep in the desert, "Bang!" A brown figure fell, creating a hemispherical crater with a radius of 10 meters, lying there weakly!"Cough cough, damn Straw Hat!" Sir Crocodile was covered in blood, even staining the ground beneath him!Luffy's limit attack had directly caused him severe, even near-fatal, injuries! The power of that punch was at least close to or reached 80 points, comparable to an Admiral's strongest pure strength attack!"Damn it, if it weren't for..." Crocodile had clearly underestimated him; that level of power couldn't normally be released! Because Crocodile relied too much on his Logia ability, he let Luffy charge up his big move in place!"However, thankfully it's in the desert... this is... my home turf! I can recover in less than a day... By then...!" Sir Crocodile was imagining the future when suddenly, his heart tightened! As if he would die the next second! He looked up at the sky, only to see an extremely long leg descending from above!"Gum-Gum Battle-Axe!" A sand trench nearly a hundred meters long and several meters deep instantly appeared in the desert!Crocodile in the distance looked exhausted and pale! Fortunately, he instinctively used his active Logia ability just now, but, "Cough... cough..." Crocodile pressed his chest tightly, the severe pain in his internal organs made him fearful, his injuries... had worsened!"Crocodile!" In an instant, Luffy's leg stretched out and swung, Crocodile crossed his arms, and with a "bang," he blocked the attack, but then another punch was thrown! Crocodile flew back several meters!"Crocodile, you're too weak!" Luffy pressed his advantage, knowing that once the water on his body evaporated, he would be in danger; his 8.8 Armament Haki was clearly not enough to grab Crocodile's body! He had to finish this quickly!"Sables!" Crocodile endured the severe pain, propped himself up with his right hand, and a vortex suddenly appeared in the desert, engulfing Luffy!"Jet Gatling!" Luffy slammed his fists into the center of the vortex, flying out, then followed with another "Gum-Gum Screw Punch!""Bang!" Crocodile was sent flying again."Damn it!""Bang!""Damn it!""Bang!""Straw Hat!""Bang!"Next, Crocodile was pounded by Luffy like a ball! He was disheveled, covered in bruises, blood splattered, and his bones were shattered!Finally, Luffy punched Crocodile, but this strike had no substance, passing directly through his body! Luffy frowned, then, "Gum-Gum Flurry!" Unfortunately, it was useless!"Sables Blade!" A sand sword plowed through the desert, heading towards Luffy, Luffy opened his eyes, a red light flashed in his eyes! Tilting his hair, Luffy dodged the attack!"Observation Haki + 1!""Observation Haki + 0.5!""Observation Haki + 0.1!"...But at this moment, Luffy had no joy, only because... the offense and defense had switched!"Multiple Sables Blade!" Sure enough, Crocodilecasually waved his hand, and dozens of small sand forces rushed towards Luffy!"Ah!" Luffy sighed, knowing he couldn't dodge, and clenched his fists! "Bang bang!" Luffy broke several sand swords, but more of them slashed at Luffy, sending him flying! At this point, Luffy VS Crocodile, injuries appeared for the first time!Luffy propped himself up, a dozen wounds on his body dripping blood, but Luffy showed a faint smile,"Armament Haki + 1""Armament Haki + 1""Armament Haki + 1"The opportunity to break the deadlock had been found!PS: A note on the power levels in this text:300 million Berry pirate - Elite Rear Admiral, 500 million Berry pirate - Regular Vice Admiral, 600-900 million Berry - Elite Vice Admiral, Strong Yonko Commander - Admiral Candidate,Top-tier combatants: Regular Admiral (Civilian Admiral, Celestial Dragons' strongest shield); Elite Admiral (Marine Admiral threshold, current Aokiji, two years later Fujitora, Aramaki, Gorosei); Peak Admiral (two years later Akainu, Kizaru, Kuzan, Kaido, Red Hair, Figarland Garling); Limit-breaking (Rocks, peak Whitebeard vaguely touched, considered half-step, then quickly fell).