I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

A wisp of sand parted out and grabbed Robin, who was standing nearby, pulling her out of the window.

"Instead of continuing the fight, you just ran away?"

Sig, who had been on guard, was also taken aback. He quickly walked to the broken French window and saw that the sandstorm that Crocodile had transformed into was moving away at an extremely fast speed in the direction of the sandstorm.

Before long, it had already merged directly into the distant, sky-covering sandstorm.

Sigurd's heart sank, and he immediately activated Usopp's Observation Haki, gazing into the distance.

He seemed to sense that the giant sandcastle in the distance had slightly changed direction and was gradually moving towards the casino.

"Crocodile's aura seems to be within that sandstorm?"

Sig suddenly remembered that he had experienced a similar situation in Loguetown.

"Is he afraid I'll stop him, so he quickly hid inside the sand scroll?"

He stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, gazing at the rapidly approaching giant sand scroll, his heart pounding like a drum.

It was fine when the windows were closed.

Now that Crocodile had broken the French windows, a howling wind carrying sand and dust rushed in, the sharp whistling sound almost filling his eardrums, and Sieg could barely open his eyes.

So... what do we do now?

Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!

My heart is pounding like a pump, and my blood is rushing through my body like a river.

This state of high heart rate and tension seems to have an adrenaline-like effect.

As the engine roared louder and more intensely, Sieg became even more lucid, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind.

The first person he thought of was Fujitora.

However... putting aside whether Fujitora has any way to stop this storm, it's probably too late.

The giant sand tornado accelerated, rapidly swallowing up houses, causing them to crumble and disintegrate, turning into even more sand and dust that filled the sky.

At this rate, the storm will reach this building in just a few minutes and completely engulf Sieg!

In just a few minutes, Sieg needs to find the mechanism in the building and free Fujitora, who is trapped in the Seastone chair. This is clearly impossible.

If Fujitora can't be relied upon... then who can be relied upon?

Once a natural disaster has occurred, it is simply beyond human control to stop!

This time, he had no powerful allies to rely on, nor any new cards...

"An unstoppable natural disaster, a storm that destroyed an entire city..."

Sieg murmured, a sense of sorrow gradually welling up in his heart.

Amid the howling wind, he could vaguely hear the cries of the people mixed in with the wind.

But suddenly, Sieg had a sense of déjà vu.

"This seems somewhat similar to the scene in the myth of the flooding of Chentang Pass."

With a thought, the system panel appeared in front of him.

Li Jingka's current compatibility is 31%, and progress has been very slow, even Usoppka is already leading at 45%...

For so long, Sieg has not found a good way to play Li Jing, and has basically relied on practice to improve his compatibility.

"If it were Li Jing, the general of Chentang Pass, he would definitely try to stop the storm and save the city, right?"

As the thought crossed his mind, Sieg's breathing quickened slightly.

He activated Usopp's Observation Haki again, trying his best to sense Crocodile's presence.

"Crocodile, he didn't hide inside the Sand Scroll... it seems he transformed into his element and merged into its interior?"

"Is this how he manipulates the sand scroll?"

A dangerous thought suddenly surfaced in Sieg's mind.

Just imagining it in my mind, the sound of the Emperor's engine became more and more intense.

"Crocodile is now inside the sandstorm, seemingly merging with it."

"This sandstorm, it doesn't have hands, does it?"

Sig had actually tested Li Jingka's abilities many times.

The ocean, tornadoes, and cannonballs are not living things, nor do they have hands, so theoretically Li Jing could cut them down.

But in reality, whenever Sieg tries to cut the sea, a random passerby always inexplicably runs up and catches his blade bare-handed...

If it were a normal sandstorm, if Sieg were to unleash a sword strike, it would likely summon a random passerby.

But right now, in the sandstorm, there's a Crocodile!

"There's no turning back, and there's no time left..."

Sig gritted his teeth.

Without further thought, he looked up and stepped out the window.

Tomka, walking in the air!

With his head tilted back, Sieg faced the howling wind head-on, step by step in the air towards the ever-approaching storm!

At this point, Iruma's evasion ability will last for about 1 minute.

To prevent Li Jingka from summoning random passersby, Sieg must get as close as possible to Crocodile's Sand Scroll within one minute.

Chi Chi!

Amidst the sharp whistling sound, chunks of gravel and rubble were swept in by the gale and blown toward Sig from all directions.

There was so much sand and rubble in the air that it almost blocked all directions for hiding.

Even a normal person, or even someone like Iruma himself with 100% evasion ability, would probably fall victim to this attack.

But just as the rubble was about to touch Sig, Sig suddenly twisted his waist, his upper body contorting into a pretzel shape, barely dodging the rubble that grazed his sides.

The next second, his upper body, twisted into a pretzel shape, suddenly fell backward, almost level with the ground, dodging a piece of rubble that was falling on him.

Meanwhile, Sig's legs continued to leap and run through the air. His head was tilted high, his eyes fixed on the sky as always...

Tomka's shapeshifting ability, combined with Iruma's dodging ability, gives Sig an extremely bizarre yet useful non-human dodging ability.

Chapter 216 Turning Away from All Living Beings

Bang bang bang bang bang bang...

In mid-air above Rain City.

Sig's pace didn't stop; instead, it gradually quickened.

With each step he took, his heartbeat grew increasingly rapid and intense.

Sig looked up from mid-air at the massive sandstorm that almost filled his entire field of vision.

The sandstorm almost completely covered the once clear sky, plunging the entire world into darkness.

Wherever it went, houses collapsed into sand, and the broken walls and rubble were swept back into the sky.

Faced with this invincible sandstorm, Sieg felt a suffocating sense of oppression.

And he... must continue forward.

This was even more oppressive than when I faced Hawkeye Mihawk.

Even with Hawkeye's incredible abilities, he's still just a human being.

This kind of overwhelming sandstorm makes it impossible to muster the courage to move forward; just one glance is enough to fill one with fear.

This was no longer Crocodile's ability, but a natural disaster that no human could withstand.

Meanwhile, Sieg also had to constantly dodge the flying debris and rubble.

The Emperor Engine had already surpassed its previous limits, beating at a speed that sent chills down one's spine.

Compared to the howling wind, this sound wasn't actually very loud.

But a strange penetrating force faintly echoed throughout the city.

..........

Within the giant sand scroll.

Crocodile, now in his elemental form, glanced in Sig's direction and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

"He has guts."

"Now that things have come to this, even I can't control this sandstorm. I'd like to see how you're going to deal with it."

This cataclysmic sandstorm, capable of destroying cities, is far beyond Crocodile's control.

Crocodile can only guide the sandstorm's direction by turning his own element into sand and merging into it.

Outside the sandstorm, the swirling yellow sand moved with his will, rushing towards Sieg amidst the howling wind.

.........

The streets near the Rain Banquet Casino.

King Cobra stood behind a wall, his face ashen, gazing at the towering, sunless sand scrolls in the distance.

"How could this happen? How could such a huge sandstorm suddenly erupt?"

Sandstorms and similar weather events are actually quite common in the Kingdom of Alabasta.

For ordinary sandstorms, you can simply stay indoors.

But the massive sandstorm before us is so powerful that houses and buildings will be blown away and collapse, leaving no safe place at all.

"Icarim, Bell! Quickly evacuate the people and organize them to take refuge..."

Cobra immediately spoke, but his expression remained solemn.

Seeking refuge? Where to seek refuge?

This is a terrifying sandstorm sweeping across the entire city; where can we find safety?