Crocodile opened his mouth and muttered to himself: "You can sense what I can sense... Why?"
"What exactly is the difference between us?!"
Facing both legends and the strongest men in the world, Gawain showed a will that was completely opposite to his!
At this moment, he inexplicably realized that he had lost, but he didn't know why he lost, so he seemed even more crazy.
His face was pale, and his eyes were red. Crocodile was looking at the battle in the distance, but his sight was blocked by the dust raised by the two people.
At this moment, he even had an inexplicable sense of anticipation.
Will he win? Can he win?
Even if he is facing a legend who once stood on the top, even if his opponent is much stronger than him?! If that's the case... then can he do it too?!
"I..."
The disastrous defeat flashed through Crocodile's mind again.
Whitebeard only made one slash, but the exaggerated destructive power of the Quake-Quake Fruit sank his fleet directly into the sea. Even his left arm was lost in that battle.
And the betrayal he encountered afterward made him disdain his so-called companions.
After all, it's just a tool that can be used.
When it comes to a life-and-death moment, the only one you can rely on is yourself, isn't it?
The moment this thought came to his mind, Crocodile's pupils shrank slightly.
It was because, in the distant yellow sand, the tall and cold-faced Daz Bonez was struggling forward with his eyes wandering everywhere.
Soon, it fell on Crocodile.
"Boss, why don't we go?"
"This place has become a battlefield between those two monsters. If we continue to stay here, even us, we will die."
"Let's... retreat first."
Crocodile was stunned for a moment, and he didn't even feel the pain of his broken arm.
Countless possibilities and questions flashed through his mind, but in the end, the only question he could come up with was: "Why... did you come here?"
Long before the operation began, he had already revealed his identity to the top management of Baroque Works, but he never thought that someone would actually come here.
Once the battle between Gawain and Golden Lion begins, this harbor may sink to the bottom of the sea. If they stay in such a place and are not strong enough, they will not be able to escape.
Daz Bonez's eyes were calm. "I didn't think you could defeat White Knight Gawain, so I came here."
"You'll die, too."
"People are going to die."
"Oh..."
Crocodile grinned: "That's complete and utter bullshit."
"Hahahahaha!"
A dry and hoarse laugh came out of Crocodile's throat, but he had no intention of moving.
He just turned his head and looked at the battlefield in the distance, which was becoming increasingly chaotic.
"I'm going to stay here and watch that monster die. You can leave if you want."
"Understood."
Daz Bonez responded, his body making the decision without further words.
He stood behind Crocodile as he had done before, as cold and hard as a piece of wood.
"Idiot looking for death!"
Crocodile sneered, his back straightened at this moment. He couldn't help but ask: "Who do you think will win?"
After a brief hesitation, Daz Bonez gave his own judgment: "It should be... Golden Lion."
"He has been famous for decades and even competed with Gold Roger. Although he was defeated miserably, it was due to fate, not human power."
"No matter how powerful White Knight Gawain is, he cannot be stronger than such a person."
"Yeah?"
Crocodile reached out and took out a cigar from his arms, lit it, took a deep puff of smoke, and looked towards the battlefield in the distance again.
Some of his calmness and composure of the past have been restored. "I hope that guy wins."
"No."
"He will definitely win!"
As the sound landed, the howling wind in the distance suddenly stopped and then rolled back at an even faster speed.
Thunder rumbled in the sky, and red lightning danced wildly in the air, dispersing all the clouds in the sky.
Golden Lion's roar erupted from the distant battlefield: "Lion: Scattering Valley!!"
At this time, Golden Lion sends out two flying slashes, one vertical and one horizontal, pressing down from the sky.
Its momentum is unmatched, and its power is boundless; it seems as if it can destroy heaven and earth!
Such power has already exceeded the scope of so-called human power and reached another level.
The cigarette that had just been lit in Crocodile's mouth and the slight warmth in his heart due to the arrival of Daz Bonez turned into coldness at this moment.
Such great power… is it really within human reach?
As expected, these monsters were born to exist in this world and are the chosen overlords.
People like them can never reach that level in their entire lives. Even just wanting to survive under their hands is a luxury.
At this moment, time seemed to be pulled back to twenty years ago.
Crocodile once again truly experienced the despair that was engraved into his bones!
How could human power fight against those monsters that dominated the world?
Only Ancient Weapons that can destroy the world can compete with such a monster!
Boom! Boom!
Two almost overlapping flying slashes fell from the sky, almost lighting up the night sky.
Even though they were dozens of miles away, Kalifa and others who had just broken out of the encirclement saw this scene.
For a moment, the deck was silent, and even everyone's breathing stopped at this moment.
Kalifa did not even notice her bleeding lips.
She looked at the flying slash falling from the sky in the distance and felt cold all over.
In the battle at the Drum Kingdom, the move detonated by Gawain, who transformed into a Red Dragon in the sky, was far more exaggerated than Shiki's sword slash in terms of both movement and range.
But there was absolutely no such despair that almost overwhelmed everything!
So the question that Vivi blurted out just now appeared in everyone's mind again.
"Captain... Can he win?"
"He..."
A pirate reached out and touched his forehead, only to feel a chill.
Shiki's fierce and domineering attack did not first destroy Gawain's body, but the arrogance that was growing in their hearts.
They are completely different worlds!
But what about the captain...
"He..."
He opened his eyes slightly, looked into the distance, opened his mouth several times, and finally uttered a suppressed voice: "Should… be?"
"How is that possible!"
Jabra slumped on the deck, his pupils trembling constantly.
"That is Golden Lion!"
"Apart from Roger, he is one of the pirates closest to One Piece!"
"No matter how strong Gawain is, he should have a—"
But in the next moment.
At Nanohana City, at the end of everyone's sight, something strange happened suddenly.
Roar!
The deafening roar of the dragon erupted again.
Shiki's blow also shattered at this moment, turning into streaks of dissipated winds that tore apart countless buildings.
Under the night, Gawain slowly stood up in the huge pit. There were two cross-cut scars on his chest, deep enough to see the bone. Blood was gushing out, but they healed completely in just a few seconds.
This is naturally the ability of the Red Dragon fruit.
Just now, Gawain absorbed the last bit of underground vitality into his body and barely withstood the attack from Golden Lion.
But Shiki's Conqueror's Haki had already penetrated into Gawain's flesh, and even after the wound healed, the pain still existed.
It was like countless swords stirring his flesh, but there was only indescribable excitement in Gawain's eyes.
"Is this the flying slash wrapped in the Conqueror's Haki?"
"It's such a powerful force that it makes people obsessed!"
"The Battle Armor, combined with the strong defensive capabilities built by my Armament Haki, was broken in an instant in the face of such a force."
"If it weren't for the remaining ground's vitality here, I might not have been able to withstand this blow."
"But this is exactly how powerful an overlord should be!"
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