Sailing at Sea: The Breath of the Day at the Start

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Crocodile's eyes narrowed sharply upon hearing her words.

The image of the boy holding a long sword from years ago flashed through his mind, and the wound in his chest that had almost cut him open throbbed with pain.

"It's...him!?"

Crocodile's eyes were bloodshot, and he gritted his teeth.

"Not bad!"

Clenched tightly in the giant hand of yellow sand, Vivi, writhing in pain, stared at him with a defiant smile: "If you have the guts, you can go find him, but I don't think you have the courage, Crocodile..."

She hasn't finished speaking yet.

Crocodile, his face contorted in a grimace, spat out two words at her:

"To shut up"

His right hand, which was gripping her in mid-air, gradually closed, and the giant hand of yellow sand that held her also gradually tightened.

It made her bones creak.

Princess Vivi's delicate face showed extreme pain, but she still pursed her lips tightly, forcing herself not to cry out. She did not want to succumb to violence.

"No wonder I haven't been able to find the historical text that records the whereabouts of Hades. It turns out he took it. Hehehe, Ron the Traveler, you really have some clever tricks up your sleeve!"

Crocodile's hatred and rage were now uncontrollable. "Because of you, all my efforts over the years have been in vain!!"

"Ron the Traveler!!"

Crocodile was enraged.

The surrounding buildings were all turned to sand, and yellow sand flew everywhere.

"Rubber, pistol!"

Whoosh!

A sharp rubber fist attacked Crocodile.

Crocodile's body became elemental, allowing the fist to pass through him.

A sword light slashed through the giant sand hand that was holding Vivi, cutting it apart. Vivi fell forward and was caught by Zoro.

Crocodile stared at Luffy and Zoro in front of him, his eyes narrowed, his voice icy: "I'm in a bad mood right now. Did you come to me prepared to die, Straw Hat Boy?"

Wearing a straw hat, Luffy punched him hard, staring intently at him and said, "This time, I'll take Ron's place and beat you to a pulp!"

The moment I heard the name Ron.

Bloodshot appeared in Crocodile's eyes.

"Don't mention that name in front of me!!"

He raised his hand and waved it, sending a sand blade swiftly slashing towards Luffy.

Luffy dodged and launched a fierce attack on Crocodile.

"Rubber rubber... machine gun!"

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In the waters outside the Sabaody Archipelago.

As Ron's sword fell.

The heavens and earth changed color.

The crimson slash in the sky, nearly ten thousand meters long and seemingly capable of splitting heaven and earth in two, wrapped in black flames and domineering aura, instantly cleaved apart the massive fireball that Akainu unleashed, which resembled a volcanic eruption!

In Akainu's shrunken pupils, it slashed down towards him.

Swish!

The slash cleaved a straight crack ten thousand meters long and a thousand meters deep into the ocean, as if the sea had been torn apart.

A massive amount of seawater rushed into it, creating towering waves.

What truly horrified Momousagi, Tina, Momonga, and the others was Akainu's current condition.

Akainu stood on the cooled lava rock, his right arm severed cleanly at the root, blood gushing out. His cold face beneath his hat stared at Ron, who held the Blood Blade Moon in the sky, his expression incredibly grim.

The power of that slash just now exceeded his expectations; it completely severed his magma right arm, which was enhanced by Armament Haki.

"Ugh, Sakazuki, what are you doing?"

Kizaru's voice came from the distant sky, "You didn't even use your full strength against him? You don't actually think his strength is the same as when you went to capture him back then, do you?"

"Shut up!"

Sakazuki spoke coldly, as molten lava gushed from the severed part of his right arm, quickly forming a molten lava right arm that emitted billowing heat and was extremely hot.

He only lost an arm.

It meant nothing to him.

This, on the contrary, completely ignited his anger.

For someone like Akainu, anger is the best catalyst.

When enraged, he can even unleash power beyond his own capabilities!

Armament Haki, having reached the third stage, flowed through his body, turning most of his body into magma. Extreme heat and aura emanated from him, instantly boiling the sea surface within a hundred meters radius of him.

At this moment, Akainu was like an erupting volcano.

They truly developed Logia-type Devil Fruit abilities to the level of natural disasters!

Ron, who was in mid-air, also frowned slightly.

At this moment, Akainu made him feel dangerous.

"Kid, you're going to die here today."

Akainu said coldly, raising his fist and throwing it out.

"Pluto!"

Ron flashed away, dodging the attack, and then swung his sword down.

Akainu's massive magma claws tore through the slash, then he stomped his foot, and his magma-transformed giant hands stretched out to grab Ron in mid-air.

Kizaru, who was standing not far away in the sky, saw the two fighting and scratched his head.

There's really nothing we can do.

He flashed and appeared in the sky behind and to the side of Ron.

"Eight-foot laser cannon!"

After taking a hit from Akainu, Ron was struck from behind by this laser cannon and was propelled directly from the sky into the sea.

Ron slammed a heavy punch into the air, shattering the laser cannon, which stopped a few meters above the sea.

"Dog bites Guren!"

Akainu delivered another blow, this time a downward strike to Guren.

In the sky, Kizaru also unleashed the Yasakani no Magatama, sending countless dazzling light bullets hurtling towards the sea.

Momousagi and Tina, standing on the shore, gazed at the sea, a hint of worry flashing in their eyes.

The combined attack of the two generals was incredibly powerful.

Even the Four Emperors couldn't withstand it.

Can he withstand it?

Ron was indeed unable to withstand the attack and was thrown from the surface of the sea into the ocean.

However, he was not seriously injured by the two men's attack.

"So they think I'm a Devil Fruit user, and therefore want to incapacitate me by throwing me into the sea..."

Ron lay calmly and serenely on the seabed rocks thousands of meters deep.

The pressure here is enough to crush an ordinary person, but it means nothing to him.

"That's a good idea, but I'm sorry, seawater is useless against me."

Ron's Devil Fruit ability, obtained through the Devil Fruit Ability Copy Card, has no side effects; seawater and Seastone are useless against him.

Being underwater was actually to his advantage.

"With the two generals joining forces... it's indeed difficult for me to handle them with my current strength. This is about it, let's stop here."

Ron thought to himself,

"By the time we meet again, my eyes should be open by then..."

He stood up from the seabed, put away the Blood Moon Blade in his hand, and stomped his foot, causing the rocks on the seabed to explode with a roar.

His figure flew into the distance like an arrow released from a bow.

After he left this sea area.

Akainu and Kizaru were still waiting above the sea.

CP0 also led government forces to the Sabaody Archipelago to arrest and search for anyone associated with Traveler Ron and the Sky Calamity Brigade.