I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

This sword strike was not imbued with Haki and could not cause any damage to Crocodile, the user of the Sand-Sand Fruit.

The two sides went back and forth, seemingly making a lot of noise, but neither of them was injured.

This scene brought an involuntary smile to the corners of both of their faces.

Chapter 221 Sigurd's Devil Fruit Ability

Crocodile narrowed his eyes, and for the first time, a smile appeared on his lips.

"Your Armament Haki is completely depleted? No wonder you were able to unleash such a powerful sword strike; it turns out you overdraw all your Haki in that one strike."

"Sigurd, you really are at your limit. You can't use your Observation Haki or Armament Haki anymore, can you?"

Crocodile curled his lips into a cold smile.

He was already confident of victory.

Logia-type Devil Fruit users can transform into their own elemental form, allowing them to evade almost all physical attacks. As long as they are not careless, they have an overwhelming advantage against ordinary pirates.

Crocodile gave a sinister smile, then bent down slightly, placing his only remaining hand on the ground.

"Erosion of Reincarnation!"

An invisible force spread from his palm, rapidly expanding into the ruins of the city.

Rumble.

The surrounding houses collapsed completely, then turned into sand, which flowed into Crocodile's side and swirled in the air.

The yellow sand swirled wildly once again, surrounding him.

The sand rubbed violently against the air, producing a loud rustling sound.

Although the core sand tornado was cleaved apart by Siegfried's sword, the far-reaching aftershocks of the sandstorm still lingered.

This is still the home ground of Crocodile, the King of the Desert!

While Crocodile is unlikely to unleash a sandstorm of the magnitude of the previous one, he can still control smaller-scale sandstorms.

Upon seeing this, King Cobra, who had been trying to approach Crocodile, turned extremely pale.

Even if he's slow to realize things, he'll understand what's going on now.

Crocodile thrived in the renewed dust storm.

"Run! Quickly organize the people to retreat!"

"Don't get caught up in Crocodile's attack."

Cobra's eyes widened in fury as he gave orders to Icarus and the others beside him.

"Crocodile, he is not a hero of Alabasta at all."

"This disaster is probably related to him!"

Despite issuing the order immediately, Cobra's mind was still somewhat unsettled.

Crocodile, the kingdom's hero, is a villain who plans to destroy the city.

Sig, whom he originally intended to capture, instead became the hero who saved the city.

........

On the other side.

A reporter, holding a camera and a Den Den Mushi (a type of insect-shaped object), was also fleeing at high speed.

His expression, however, was rather unpleasant.

"It's actually Sig?"

He lost his job at the newspaper because of Sieg.

Moreover, several newspapers, upon hearing of his criminal record, directly rejected his application.

He didn't have a good impression of Sieg.

The reporter recalled the scene of Sieg being hit by Crocodile and slammed to the ground.

Although he didn't manage to take a picture of Sieg falling to the ground, he did witness firsthand how Sieg's body went from being flat like a pancake to returning to normal.

"Without a doubt, this is Sigurd's Devil Fruit ability!"

At this moment, he no longer cared about the photo of Sieg turning his back to the crowd; his powerful professional instincts and creative desires surged once again.

Recalling the scene of Sieg walking on air and freely changing his body shape in mid-air, almost twisting into a pretzel to avoid the storm of debris, this gossip reporter began to have a bold guess!

"He can change his body at will, and he can even regenerate after being smashed flat. There's no mistake! Sigurd is a user of the Gum-Gum Fruit!"

Although the Gum-Gum Fruit is not among the top ten strongest Devil Fruits, it is widely known due to the fake news about Higuma, making it a star-level Devil Fruit.

Many people know that this Devil Fruit can be combined with the String-String Fruit to become the Rubber Band Fruit.

Combined with the Flame-Flame Fruit, it fuses the power of three Devil Fruits, creating the unprecedented strongest Devil Fruit: the Roasted Gluten Fruit!

Well... although it's fake news, nobody took it seriously.

Even after guessing Sieg's abilities, the reporter still felt something was off.

Revealing that Sigurd's ability is the Gum-Gum Fruit will definitely be big news, but I just feel...

"Not exciting enough! Not shocking enough!"

"Unworthy of the splendor of Sieg's sword that cleaved through the storm!"

This gossip reporter, despite having no liking for Sieg and believing that Sieg was responsible for him losing his job.

But he had to admit that Sieg's sword strike was indeed earth-shattering.

Once this gets out, it will be truly shocking news that will resonate around the world.

If it were revealed that he is a user of the Gum-Gum Fruit, it would certainly be amazing, but not shocking enough!

"Have it!"

"Sigurd's ability has such strong elasticity, so he must not be an ordinary Gum-Gum Fruit user."

"It's entirely possible that they're even more elastic... a user of the Rubber-Rubber Fruit!"

The reporter immediately sensed a big story was about to unfold.

Shocking! An unprecedented user with two Devil Fruit abilities!

Shocking! The superpower user of the great swordsman Sigurd, who cleaved through the storm, is actually...

"There's no mistake, Sig is definitely a rubber band user!"

"I want to debunk the fake news from the online forum tabloids!"

..............

Facing the triumphant Crocodile, a smile appeared on Siegfried's face, but his gaze fell on the golden hook in Crocodile's hand.

Crocodile cannot clasp his hands together!

Sieg felt a surge of joy and a sense of relief.

In both of his battles with Crocodile, Crocodile forced him to use his inner card first, leaving him no chance to test Crocodile by catching his blade barehanded.

Now that Crocodile cannot clasp his hands together, Li Jingka's abilities as the "Number One Swordsman of the Shang Dynasty" are no longer constrained and can be fully displayed.

"A mere sand crocodile, nothing special."

Sieg suddenly became confident, his mindset as steady as a rock.

Faced with Crocodile, who had once again unleashed a sandstorm, Sieg's actions were simple.

He raised his longsword once more and slashed out.

A streak of white sword light flashed, tearing through the heavy sandstorm once more without hindrance, leaving another wound on Crocodile's body.

Siegfried's sword was firmly locked onto Crocodile, who only had one arm.

As for splitting the sandstorm, that was merely a byproduct of the surge of sword energy.

However, it still didn't harm Crocodile in the slightest.

Seeing this, Sieg remained calm and even more composed.

After so long, he finally has an opponent with whom he can freely display his swordsmanship...

It's not easy!

Crocodile posed absolutely no threat to him at this moment!

This one's definitely in the bag!

Sieg lowered his head slightly and glanced at the wine bottle tied to his waist.

Chapter 222 Tom and Jerry

Sieg carried a bottle of liquor, which had been specially prepared for Crocodile.

The weakness of the Sand-Sand Fruit user is that they cannot transform into an element after getting wet, and can be touched even without using Haki.

Now, Sieg only had one thought in his mind.

"The legend of my Mountain Bandit King, who has shaken the ages and suppressed fifty-six emperors with a wine bottle, should be repeated."

Sieg reached out, wanting to reach for the bottle at his waist.

But at the last moment, his hand stopped.

He hesitated.

Li Jingka's abilities are extremely powerful, but they are also greatly limited; he can only occasionally cut down sea monsters that have no hands and cannot clasp their hands together.

There are very few powerful individuals like Crocodile who have lost an arm in this world.

One of the Four Emperors still has both arms intact, thanks to Sieg.

This is an extremely rare opportunity.

Is it too wasteful to deal with the sand crocodile so quickly?