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Chapter 966: Crocodile's Desperate Struggle and Inner Voice!
Azure blade light, ice blue light pillar, sea of pitch-black fire, ink-like frost.
When they collided in the high altitude, the heaven and earth of the Land of Swamps instantly lost their color.
Countless air, under the extreme low temperature and extreme high temperature, as well as the unimaginable power unleashed.
Instantly transformed into a gale force wind with destructive power, sweeping across the entire scene.
Although the scene was spectacular, the result was not ideal.
Without any accident, the sea of pitch-black fire and the ink-like frost were devouring Esdeath's blade light and the energy cannons released by Hong Lian at a speed visible to the naked eye.
One must know that the power of each light pillar she fired was comparable to Shukaku's Tailed Beast Bomb.
But under the suppression of higher-level power, they appeared so fragile and powerless.
This forced Hong Lian to quickly jump with Esdeath on her head, immediately dodging the aftermath attacks of black fire and black ice.
Fortunately, Lilith and Naamah did not focus their attention on them at this moment.
Because Crocodile had transformed into a mass of yellow sand and approached them without anyone noticing.
"Desert Greatsword!!!"
From his grim expression and the purple lightning coated on his sand blade transformation arm, one could see that he was truly using his full strength, attempting to directly pierce Lilith's ample chest.
When he was massacring those lower demons and middle demons before.
Crocodile had keenly noticed that these demons had hearts inside their bodies.
Since they had hearts, they must be vital points, otherwise, what were they for?
Such simple logic made him firmly believe his idea was correct.
In fact, it was indeed so.
However, facing a stronger opponent, simply knowing the opponent's vital points was clearly not enough.
[Boom!]
Surging black fire and black ice covered in sharp spikes, like a raging tide, took on the incoming 'Desert Greatsword', and then poured all over Crocodile's body.
"Ahhhhh!"
Crocodile once again experienced the terrifying taste of 'Double Heaven of Ice and Fire', and his entire body was sent flying while being enveloped by black fire and black ice.
At the same time, the scream he couldn't help but let out echoed throughout the entire scene, finally shattering a large area of the cold ground like a falling meteorite.
"Ah! Ahhh! I already, can't hold back!"
"Wonderful!"
"The painful and despairing scream emitted by this human is truly the most beautiful sound in the world, no matter how many times I hear it, it will never disappoint me!"
Lilith and Naamah suddenly became extremely excited, opening their red mouths full of fangs and laughing wildly.
Clearly, Crocodile was completely unable to withstand the joint attack of Lilith and Naamah.
But what could he do?
Given that only close combat offered a certain chance, he could only choose this fighting style.
The problem was that no one could share the burden of Lilith and Naamah's attacks for Crocodile.
Hong Lian and Esdeath's attacks, at this point, seemed to only serve a containment purpose.
They had already clearly realized this point.
"Hong Lian, cover me!"
At this moment, Esdeath in 'Human-Beast Form' instantly flew out.
Skillfully stepping on Moonwalk, she rushed towards Lilith and Naamah, the Flower Sword, which was essentially a Nichirin Blade, swinging out dense azure blade light with her movements.
At the same time, she quickly created a real iceberg in the higher overhead, covering the heaven and earth.
Such a fierce offensive fully displayed Esdeath's cold personality.
Meanwhile.
Crocodile, with blood overflowing from the corner of his mouth and looking even more battered, also transformed into a sky-piercing sand pillar, attacking Lilith and Naamah from below amidst bursts of sonic booms.
"Desert Vajra Treasure Blade!"
In the distance, the huge Hong Lian also swung her nine long tails behind her, coated in Armament Haki.
Like thick, long spears surrounding Esdeath, they continuously blocked the incoming black fire and black ice, providing protection.
The battle suddenly became intense!
And this time.
Lilith and Naamah each aimed their attacks, demonic flame and demonic ice attacking in two directions respectively.
[Boom!]
The surging black fire turned into explosive fireballs, first blasting Hong Lian's nine tails and Esdeath back, while the fire pillar erupting from her body evaporated the iceberg pressing down from overhead.
But the next second, Naamah heard Lilith let out a painful scream for the second time.
"Hmm?"
Naamah turned her head.
She found that Lilith's left palm had been cut off by a sand blade flashing with purple lightning.
However, Crocodile's situation was not much better.
His chest was filled with black ice containing countless sharp spikes.
The enraged Naamah immediately blasted a ball of black fire over.
But Crocodile seemed to have anticipated it, scattering into yellow sand in advance and dodging at the last moment.
"Ha—Ha—Ha—Ha—"
His gasping laughter reappeared.
Crocodile, who had reformed his body in the air in the distance, while melting the black ice on his chest with his palm, met Naamah's killing gaze and sneered:
"Next time, it won't just be a palm. I'll cleave open the black flesh on your bodies and the hearts inside!"
However, Crocodile sighed inwardly: "Still not strong enough, otherwise that strike just now should have been able to cut open the chest behind..."
At the same time, his gaze looked towards Hong Lian and Esdeath.
Hong Lian's nine tails had more or less scorched marks.
Indeed, the time spent learning Haki was still too short, not strong enough.
Esdeath, however, didn't suffer much injury under Hong Lian's protection.
But he had to admit, they had indeed helped him greatly just now.
Without Hong Lian and Esdeath, Crocodile felt he couldn't possibly cause actual damage to Lilith.
"Pain... For hundreds of years, you are the first human to bring me this feeling, and twice in a row. Ahhhhh, I really want to kill you, torment you!"
Lilith shrieked, baring her fangs.
"Don't worry, you will fully enjoy the suffering and the feeling of death next. I guarantee it."
Crocodile retorted.
However, he knew his own situation.
Under the repeated attacks of black fire and black ice, he was already covered in wounds.
Even with 'Life Return' trying its best to adjust and recover, it was difficult to have much effect on severe burn injury and frostbite.
After all, Lilith and Naamah's black ice and black fire were demonic magic, not ordinary ice and fire.
If his Sand-Sand Fruit hadn't awakened, allowing him to offset a portion with the rule of 'desiccation', and if he didn't have Armament Haki and strong life force to support him, he wouldn't have lasted until now.
But just then, Lilith regenerated her severed palm in front of everyone.
"Although I don't have body-type magic, this level isn't difficult, humans~~"
Then Naamah said coldly: "This is also why no human from any world has ever been able to defeat us supreme demons. Compared to your humans' fragile bodies, our demon bodies are nearly undying and indestructible."
However, Crocodile heard this and 'Tch'ed disdainfully.
"Limb regeneration makes you think you're undying and indestructible?"
"I thought you demons had great knowledge, but it turns out you're just a bunch of ridiculous frogs!"
It was just a pity that his Life Return level hadn't reached this extent.
Otherwise, he really wanted to give them a performance.
As far as he knew, Sengoku and Garp from the Marines, Zephyr from the Air Force, and Commander-in-Chief Kong from the Command Department could all achieve arm regeneration.
"Is that so? Then we'd like to see if your bodies can grow back after being cut open!"
Lilith and Naamah said in unison.
The next moment.
Overwhelming sea of pitch-black fire and sky-filling frost surged forth again.
Hong Lian, Esdeath, and Crocodile had to grit their teeth and continue the difficult combat.
Especially Crocodile, as the main force, was fighting desperately.
"I never thought I was still so weak, so weak that even teaming up with women is precarious..."
This was the 'Sand Crocodile's' inner voice at this moment.
He now had a strong sense of guilt, because his concept was 'Weakness is Crime'!
Meanwhile.
Esdeath felt the huge gap in strength between the two sides and couldn't help but feel a strong unwillingness, as well as a desire for greater strength.
"The weak are not worthy of life. The weak can only cling to the strong. Therefore, I must become strong, stronger than anyone else. Only then will I not be eliminated."
(End of this chapter)
Azure blade light, ice blue light pillar, sea of pitch-black fire, ink-like frost.
When they collided in the high altitude, the heaven and earth of the Land of Swamps instantly lost their color.
Countless air, under the extreme low temperature and extreme high temperature, as well as the unimaginable power unleashed.
Instantly transformed into a gale force wind with destructive power, sweeping across the entire scene.
Although the scene was spectacular, the result was not ideal.
Without any accident, the sea of pitch-black fire and the ink-like frost were devouring Esdeath's blade light and the energy cannons released by Hong Lian at a speed visible to the naked eye.
One must know that the power of each light pillar she fired was comparable to Shukaku's Tailed Beast Bomb.
But under the suppression of higher-level power, they appeared so fragile and powerless.
This forced Hong Lian to quickly jump with Esdeath on her head, immediately dodging the aftermath attacks of black fire and black ice.
Fortunately, Lilith and Naamah did not focus their attention on them at this moment.
Because Crocodile had transformed into a mass of yellow sand and approached them without anyone noticing.
"Desert Greatsword!!!"
From his grim expression and the purple lightning coated on his sand blade transformation arm, one could see that he was truly using his full strength, attempting to directly pierce Lilith's ample chest.
When he was massacring those lower demons and middle demons before.
Crocodile had keenly noticed that these demons had hearts inside their bodies.
Since they had hearts, they must be vital points, otherwise, what were they for?
Such simple logic made him firmly believe his idea was correct.
In fact, it was indeed so.
However, facing a stronger opponent, simply knowing the opponent's vital points was clearly not enough.
[Boom!]
Surging black fire and black ice covered in sharp spikes, like a raging tide, took on the incoming 'Desert Greatsword', and then poured all over Crocodile's body.
"Ahhhhh!"
Crocodile once again experienced the terrifying taste of 'Double Heaven of Ice and Fire', and his entire body was sent flying while being enveloped by black fire and black ice.
At the same time, the scream he couldn't help but let out echoed throughout the entire scene, finally shattering a large area of the cold ground like a falling meteorite.
"Ah! Ahhh! I already, can't hold back!"
"Wonderful!"
"The painful and despairing scream emitted by this human is truly the most beautiful sound in the world, no matter how many times I hear it, it will never disappoint me!"
Lilith and Naamah suddenly became extremely excited, opening their red mouths full of fangs and laughing wildly.
Clearly, Crocodile was completely unable to withstand the joint attack of Lilith and Naamah.
But what could he do?
Given that only close combat offered a certain chance, he could only choose this fighting style.
The problem was that no one could share the burden of Lilith and Naamah's attacks for Crocodile.
Hong Lian and Esdeath's attacks, at this point, seemed to only serve a containment purpose.
They had already clearly realized this point.
"Hong Lian, cover me!"
At this moment, Esdeath in 'Human-Beast Form' instantly flew out.
Skillfully stepping on Moonwalk, she rushed towards Lilith and Naamah, the Flower Sword, which was essentially a Nichirin Blade, swinging out dense azure blade light with her movements.
At the same time, she quickly created a real iceberg in the higher overhead, covering the heaven and earth.
Such a fierce offensive fully displayed Esdeath's cold personality.
Meanwhile.
Crocodile, with blood overflowing from the corner of his mouth and looking even more battered, also transformed into a sky-piercing sand pillar, attacking Lilith and Naamah from below amidst bursts of sonic booms.
"Desert Vajra Treasure Blade!"
In the distance, the huge Hong Lian also swung her nine long tails behind her, coated in Armament Haki.
Like thick, long spears surrounding Esdeath, they continuously blocked the incoming black fire and black ice, providing protection.
The battle suddenly became intense!
And this time.
Lilith and Naamah each aimed their attacks, demonic flame and demonic ice attacking in two directions respectively.
[Boom!]
The surging black fire turned into explosive fireballs, first blasting Hong Lian's nine tails and Esdeath back, while the fire pillar erupting from her body evaporated the iceberg pressing down from overhead.
But the next second, Naamah heard Lilith let out a painful scream for the second time.
"Hmm?"
Naamah turned her head.
She found that Lilith's left palm had been cut off by a sand blade flashing with purple lightning.
However, Crocodile's situation was not much better.
His chest was filled with black ice containing countless sharp spikes.
The enraged Naamah immediately blasted a ball of black fire over.
But Crocodile seemed to have anticipated it, scattering into yellow sand in advance and dodging at the last moment.
"Ha—Ha—Ha—Ha—"
His gasping laughter reappeared.
Crocodile, who had reformed his body in the air in the distance, while melting the black ice on his chest with his palm, met Naamah's killing gaze and sneered:
"Next time, it won't just be a palm. I'll cleave open the black flesh on your bodies and the hearts inside!"
However, Crocodile sighed inwardly: "Still not strong enough, otherwise that strike just now should have been able to cut open the chest behind..."
At the same time, his gaze looked towards Hong Lian and Esdeath.
Hong Lian's nine tails had more or less scorched marks.
Indeed, the time spent learning Haki was still too short, not strong enough.
Esdeath, however, didn't suffer much injury under Hong Lian's protection.
But he had to admit, they had indeed helped him greatly just now.
Without Hong Lian and Esdeath, Crocodile felt he couldn't possibly cause actual damage to Lilith.
"Pain... For hundreds of years, you are the first human to bring me this feeling, and twice in a row. Ahhhhh, I really want to kill you, torment you!"
Lilith shrieked, baring her fangs.
"Don't worry, you will fully enjoy the suffering and the feeling of death next. I guarantee it."
Crocodile retorted.
However, he knew his own situation.
Under the repeated attacks of black fire and black ice, he was already covered in wounds.
Even with 'Life Return' trying its best to adjust and recover, it was difficult to have much effect on severe burn injury and frostbite.
After all, Lilith and Naamah's black ice and black fire were demonic magic, not ordinary ice and fire.
If his Sand-Sand Fruit hadn't awakened, allowing him to offset a portion with the rule of 'desiccation', and if he didn't have Armament Haki and strong life force to support him, he wouldn't have lasted until now.
But just then, Lilith regenerated her severed palm in front of everyone.
"Although I don't have body-type magic, this level isn't difficult, humans~~"
Then Naamah said coldly: "This is also why no human from any world has ever been able to defeat us supreme demons. Compared to your humans' fragile bodies, our demon bodies are nearly undying and indestructible."
However, Crocodile heard this and 'Tch'ed disdainfully.
"Limb regeneration makes you think you're undying and indestructible?"
"I thought you demons had great knowledge, but it turns out you're just a bunch of ridiculous frogs!"
It was just a pity that his Life Return level hadn't reached this extent.
Otherwise, he really wanted to give them a performance.
As far as he knew, Sengoku and Garp from the Marines, Zephyr from the Air Force, and Commander-in-Chief Kong from the Command Department could all achieve arm regeneration.
"Is that so? Then we'd like to see if your bodies can grow back after being cut open!"
Lilith and Naamah said in unison.
The next moment.
Overwhelming sea of pitch-black fire and sky-filling frost surged forth again.
Hong Lian, Esdeath, and Crocodile had to grit their teeth and continue the difficult combat.
Especially Crocodile, as the main force, was fighting desperately.
"I never thought I was still so weak, so weak that even teaming up with women is precarious..."
This was the 'Sand Crocodile's' inner voice at this moment.
He now had a strong sense of guilt, because his concept was 'Weakness is Crime'!
Meanwhile.
Esdeath felt the huge gap in strength between the two sides and couldn't help but feel a strong unwillingness, as well as a desire for greater strength.
"The weak are not worthy of life. The weak can only cling to the strong. Therefore, I must become strong, stronger than anyone else. Only then will I not be eliminated."
(End of this chapter)
