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from one piece to maltiverse 3_chapter_969_en

Chapter 969

## Chapter 960: Burn Everything! Freeze Everything! (Combined Chapter)

"So that's how it is. All I need to do is deal with the 'Gate of the Underworld' inside the volcano."

Crocodile mused after patiently listening to Hiruko.

Hiruko stood obediently in place, without any thought of taking the opportunity to escape.

Crocodile's aura just now was simply too terrifying.

As long as his life wasn't in danger, he truly couldn't muster the courage to resist.

What's more, Hiruko still held onto a glimmer of hope.

That hope was the Sage of Six Paths, who might appear at any moment.

Although these World Government people weren't Demons, they were Invaders of the Ninja World, just like the Demons.

He figured the Sage of Six Paths wouldn't have a good attitude towards them.

"First, take them to the Sand Village Camp, then go help Rasa and the others."

Crocodile finished, then added coldly, "You're a smart person. You should be able to see that these Demons can't cooperate."

Hiruko understood the deeper meaning of these words and thought to himself, "Indeed, if the Sage of Six Paths that Black Zetsu mentioned doesn't appear or isn't reliable, then the best choice is definitely to join the World Government. So, it's best not to offend them too much now, lest I cut off a path of retreat in the future."

Ruling the Ninja World was a goal he had recently set.

But achieving longevity and immortality and possessing strength far surpassing Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru was what he had always yearned for.

Or rather, the purpose of ruling the Ninja World.

It was actually to prove to the world and the three of them.

That he, Hiruko, was not only not inferior to them but even more outstanding.

Now that he possessed all of this, he cherished it even more.

"You can rest assured..."

But just as Hiruko was about to say a few words of assurance.

And incidentally, try to get closer to this World Government Army General, a fierce cold wind suddenly blew from behind him.

This caused Hiruko's body to instinctively freeze in place, and at the same time, he noticed that Crocodile's expression had become unusually grim.

What happened?

Hiruko turned his head back in confusion.

"Ah?"

That single glance instantly left him stunned and wide-eyed.

The entire active volcano he had just escaped from, along with the magma and black smoke erupting into mid-air, was now frozen in a thick ice layer, emitting visible white mist and cold air outwards.

That was a volcano! A volcano thousands of meters high!

Crocodile shouted, "Hurry up and go! You'll only be in the way here!"

"Ah, yes, yes, yes!"

Hiruko snapped back to his senses and quickly took Sasori and Bunpuku, who were being held by Wood Clones, and ran towards the south.

It wasn't that he wanted to take a detour; it was simply that the east had turned into a lake of black water, with large groups of Demons gathered there. There was no way to pass through, no matter how he looked at it.

【Boom!!!】

But just as Hiruko started moving, the frozen volcano exploded.

Yes, it exploded!

Ice cubes, large and small, dense and numerous, scattered in all directions like giant blooming flowers, while simultaneously forming rolling waves driven by the shockwave.

From Crocodile's perspective, it looked like a massive, overwhelming avalanche.

"A Demon with ice ability?"

Crocodile snorted coldly.

Then, his right foot, clad in crocodile-patterned leather shoes, stepped heavily forward.

"Even if Aokiji came today, I'd still spar with him!"

【Rumble】

In an instant, countless yellow sand surged out from the ground in front of Crocodile like a tide, directly confronting the incoming ice frost avalanche.

The two sides collided like two mighty cavalry units, the forefront of the frost and yellow sand soaring into the sky almost simultaneously.

Overwhelming, like a torrent! Earth-shattering, sounding like thunder!

When all this subsided.

The entire earth seemed to be divided into white and yellow.

"Over there!"

Crocodile's Observation Haki immediately sensed two incredibly evil and powerful auras appearing abruptly about four hundred meters away in the distance.

They were somewhat similar to the 'Black Mist' from the 'Kabaneri World'.

However, compared to these two auras, the aura of the 'Black Mist', which condensed a large amount of fear, seemed utterly insignificant.

"It's two..." Crocodile's mood became heavy.

"The line of sight is finally clear, Lilith."

"Yes, Naamah."

At the location where the volcano once stood, there was now nothing but ice cubes and ruins covering the ground. Even the underground magma pool was completely frozen.

In the area, two terrifying figures, a mix of black and white, hovered in mid-air.

Their appearances were somewhat similar.

Both had long, snowy white hair that floated in the air like flame, a pitch-black mask covering the upper half of their face, and one long and one short black horn.

At their waists, they each had a pair of long, flat, black and white wings, and a slender black tail growing from behind their hips.

However, distinguishing them wasn't difficult.

The Demon called Naamah, from its chest features, was clearly more male-leaning. Its left arm, all the way to its palm, was entirely formed by a mass of black flame.

And the Demon named Lilith, also clearly female-leaning from its chest features, had its right arm and hand composed of black ice.

It was obvious.

The one who had just frozen the volcano and then caused it to explode was none other than the highest-rank Demon, Lilith.

Meanwhile.

Large numbers of bizarre Demons continued to pour out from the spatial rift, which resembled a black curtain.

However, upon seeing the backs of Lilith and Naamah, they all detoured to the sides. It seemed that even the most arrogant Demons didn't dare to approach them.

"There's an interesting-looking guy over there, Naamah."

"A human with demonic aura, that is interesting, Lilith."

"Let's go take a look."

"Mm, let's go take a look."

After a few brief sentences of dialogue, Lilith and Naamah each transformed into a mass of black fire and a mass of black mist respectively and flew out, covering hundreds of meters in an instant to arrive in front of Crocodile.

"They have element transformation ability..."

Crocodile, holding a cigar he had lit at some point, watched them reconstruct their human form in fire and ice with a blank expression.

"He's not a Demon, Lilith."

"He doesn't have a Demon inside him, Naamah."

"How strange, Lilith."

"Yes, how interesting, Naamah."

Lilith and Naamah started talking back and forth again, but they showed no intention of acknowledging Crocodile.

Naamah: "Then... slowly, carefully..."

Lilith: "Let's enjoy it, mm, let's do that."

Naamah: "Torment him, play with him."

Lilith: "Destroy him, kill him, that's right, exactly."

"Heh—Looks like I'm being underestimated, you two monstrous things."

Crocodile bit down on his cigar, his face grim.

Although the aura emanating from these two Demons, each individually, brought him heavy pressure.

Crocodile, whose morale had long since recovered, had no intention of showing any fear or retreating.

"Come!"

"Let's fight first and see your capacity!"

【Boom————】

A surging, majestic, and violent aura, accompanied by crackling purple lightning, erupted from Crocodile's body, transforming into a tangible strong wind and powerful wave that swept across the entire area.

"Although it's not magic power, it's already close to ours, Naamah."

"Mm, very impressive for a human. He should be the strongest in this world, Lilith."

However, Lilith and Naamah showed no surprise upon sensing the Conqueror's Haki.

The next moment.

As Crocodile threw out a 'Desert Treasure Blade' wrapped in streaks of purple lightning, aggressively splitting the sand and frozen earth on both sides, Lilith and Naamah, with extreme rapport, simultaneously raised their hands and released countless ice spikes and flame.

These dense, pitch-black ice spikes, while forming a horizontally rotating tornado in the air, drew all the pitch-black flame into it.

【Boom!!!】

Immediately, a pitch-black ice frost tornado burning with raging black flame, accompanied by deafening rumbles, shattered the high-frequency vibrating giant sand blade in one fell swoop.

Countless purple lightning scattered outwards at this moment along with the sand, yet under the scorching heat of the super-high temperature black fire, they either vanished into thin air or melted into molten liquid.

"So strong!"

Crocodile's pupils shrank.

He quickly transformed into yellow sand and dodged the oncoming black tornado in time, allowing the sandy ground he stood on to repeatedly undergo the process of freezing, melting, then freezing, and melting again in a very short time.

Ultimately, it presented a strange scene of liquefied molten liquid with a large layer of black ice formed on the surface.

In mid-air.

The half-sand transformed Crocodile didn't wait for his body to recover and immediately launched a counterattack against Lilith and Naamah.

"Crescent Dune!"

His sand transformed arms, as his body sharply rotated, swept outwards like two connected cutlasses.

They happened to strike Naamah and Lilith, who had appeared in the black fire and black ice, sending them flying heavily.

"The power of rules, Lilith."

"I can feel that a part of the demonic ice has disappeared, Naamah."

The two Demons chatted while simultaneously releasing countless ice spikes imbued with black fire.

Meanwhile.

Crocodile showed no weakness.

He directly gathered a storm filled with sand in his palm and threw it out.

"Sandstorm!!"

The fierce sandstorm grew with the wind, instantly forming a giant sand tornado.

However, this sand tornado, which was capable of destroying a kingdom city, was instantly annihilated under the attack of the burning black ice.

"Damn it, my ability isn't enough?"

Crocodile cursed under his breath.

At the same time, he quickly dodged the black ice attacks that came like a barrage.

This time, he used both Observation Haki and Armament Haki simultaneously.

The former goes without saying. The latter was because he discovered that whether it was the cold air emanating from the black ice or the high temperature emanating from the black fire, if he didn't protect his body with Armament Haki, even in his sand transformed form, he would feel pain.

To be honest, Crocodile was very confused.

Why didn't the black ice and black fire cancel each other out? Instead, they complemented each other and produced their respective effects, causing the air to have both low temperature and high temperature.

Is this the so-called magic?

On the other side, Naamah also said in surprise, "He dodged everything, Lilith."

Lilith, however, parted her scarlet lips, revealing a gaping maw filled with sharp teeth, and praised him excitedly.

"Amazing, amazing, his movements are amazing!"

"I can't help but want to turn him into a Demon! He'll definitely be another Upper Demon!"

Naamah said, "A Magic Sand Demon, Lilith."

"Yes, a Magic Sand Demon!"

As soon as the words fell, Lilith alone transformed into a mass of black frost and flew out.

Naamah didn't stop her, just grinned and waited for Lilith's upcoming performance.

"Freeze Everything! Demonic Ice Magic!"

Lilith's black ice began to grow wildly.

Meanwhile.

Crocodile first noticed the temperature dropping sharply.

Then he saw large amounts of black frost condensing in all directions.

The next second, he was frozen inside a black ice sphere!

"Ah! Ahhh! Good! Good, this is great! I have another collectible!"

Lilith stood in front of the black ice sphere and laughed wildly, tilting her head back.

But before she could laugh for a few seconds, she heard a 'crack' enter her ears.

"Hmm?"

The moment Lilith stopped laughing, the ice sphere in front of her exploded on the spot, and countless purple lightning and yellow sand surged out.

"Who do you think I am!"

A hoarse voice sounded, and a dark fist wrapped in streaks of purple lightning struck Lilith's astonished face fiercely.

At this moment, in Lilith's eyes, a long trail of yellow sand was connected to this fist.

At the other end of the yellow sand was Crocodile, surrounded by many shattered black ice pieces, his killing intent sharp.

【Bang!!!】

An air blast exploded between the fist and Lilith's face.

The latter instantly transformed into a black shadow and shot backward, accompanied by layers of sound bursts.

It flew over a thousand meters away, penetrated through the layers of mountains in the Land of Swamps along the way, and finally crashed heavily onto a patch of ground, creating a pit with a diameter of over a hundred meters.

If it had flown a little further, it might have seen the ocean.

Because the north and south of the Land of Swamps are ocean, the east connects to the Ninja World Continent, and the west is a peninsula with many small countries. The country itself doesn't have a large land area.

"Ahhh, my Lilith!!!"

When Naamah reacted from his astonishment, he immediately fell into extreme rage, and towering black flame erupted from his body.

Even the Styx Demon Aketos, Uchiha Fugaku, Rasa, and Jiraiya, who had entered Sage Mode, who were engaged in a fierce battle in the distance, instinctively looked over.

"Oh my, Lord Naamah is so angry. I haven't seen it once in hundreds of years. It seems the fate of your world is already sealed, to be completely reduced to ashes in the pitch-black demonic fire!"

Aketos, surrounded by streams of black water, covered his mouth and laughed repeatedly as if gloating.

"You humans probably can't imagine, but Lord Naamah's demonic fire can burn everything to ashes, whether it's Kage, or light, or even the invisible conceptual rules. Of course, Lord Lilith's demonic ice is the same! Aren't you about to be scared to death, humans? Hahaha~~"

This directly angered everyone present.

Uchiha Fugaku, standing on a mass of gold dust provided by Rasa, snorted and retorted, "We don't understand what will happen to our world, but you will certainly die by black flame!"

As soon as he finished speaking, his Three-Tomoe Sharingan once again transformed into the eerie Mangekyo Sharingan.

"Amaterasu!"

Immediately, a terrifying black fire spontaneously ignited on Aketos's body.

"Well done! Now watch my Great Ball Rasengan!"

Jiraiya saw this scene and immediately leaped out from the gold dust beneath him, quickly gathering a giant azure energy sphere in his raised palm...

On the other side.

Crocodile, facing Naamah's towering rage, looked at his fist and muttered to himself.

"So that's it. These two guys' martial arts are weak..."

Despite this, Crocodile's heart was still incredibly heavy.

Because he knew that relying solely on his martial arts, it would be difficult to inflict serious injuries on these two Demons.

He had just caught them off guard; he definitely wouldn't have such a good opportunity again.

The biggest problem now was that individually, the strength of these two guys seemed to be slightly stronger than his...

Crocodile realized he was in big trouble.

This time, he had truly encountered otherworld experts, and two of them appeared together!

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(End of Chapter)

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