From within the flames, a storm of sand rushed out and spun twice in the air before Crocodile appeared from it. He looked at the figure he had ignored with surprise in his eyes.
"A Logia?" Crocodile said, sounding a little shocked.
He was still a newcomer and had not been at sea for long. Logia abilities were also extremely rare, so aside from himself, this was the first Logia user Crocodile had ever seen.
"You really do have a fierce temper. You set the whole mountain on fire…" Chinjao clicked his tongue as he looked at Tofu.
Tofu laughed loudly and said, "Of course. I am a cook, and what cook does not have a fiery temper?"
After a short pause, Tofu grinned fiercely and said, "The New World really is interesting. I never saw a Logia user in the West Blue, yet I ran into one the moment I came here…"
"Guhahaha…" Crocodile laughed twice in the air, then raised his brow and said, "Since you are also a Logia user, I can give you a chance to join me and serve under me."
At this stage, Crocodile still valued talented people. He had not yet become the kind of man who would say he had no need for subordinates. Since Tofu was a Logia user like him, Crocodile thought highly of him and offered him a place right away.
"Brats these days are getting more and more arrogant!" Chinjao said with a cold laugh.
As soon as he finished speaking, he threw the wild boar leg in his hand straight at Crocodile in the air.
"If you want me to join you, you first need to see whether you are lucky enough to live!" Tofu also sneered. Flames burst from his body and swept toward Crocodile.
"Small flames like yours cannot compare to endless sand. Even among Logia users, there are still differences in strength!" Crocodile declared arrogantly from the air.
A huge wave of yellow sand surged out of his body. In an instant, it covered the sky and blocked the sun, as if the sandstorm was about to swallow the whole island.
Right after that, flames shot into the sky and clashed with the yellow sand. The burning heat kept turning sand into glass-like crystals that fell from the air, while the sand also kept smothering the flames.
It had to be said that a fight between Logia users was truly frightening. Neither of them used any fine skill. They were simply releasing power with brute force, yet that alone was enough to cover all of Savila Island.
The people who had originally come to watch the excitement were caught in the two forces. From time to time, some were burned, while others were dried into corpses, and cries of panic filled the air as they tried to escape.
The smart ones jumped straight into the sea and barely saved their lives, though they were still badly shaken.
Although Crocodile claimed that flames could not compare to his sand, judging from the way the two powers were locked together, neither side could do much to the other.
Fire had no moisture, so Crocodile could not turn Tofu into a dried corpse. At the same time, Tofu could not burn Crocodile to death either.
Just as a ruthless look flashed in Tofu's eyes and he prepared to use another method, Chinjao lost his patience.
"Brat, today I will teach you something. On this sea, Logia users who think they are invincible all die young!" Chinjao roared.
His Observation Haki locked onto Crocodile within the sand and flames. The next second, Chinjao kicked off the ground, and his powerful body shot forward.
Crocodile's eyes darkened as he sensed a bit of danger. He did not turn into sand right away. Instead, he wrapped Armament Haki around his arm.
That was right. Although Crocodile was young, he had grown up in the New World, where there were many ways to learn about Haki. During this period, he had already learned both Armament Haki and Observation Haki, though he was not very skilled with them yet.
"Weak!" Chinjao was an old fighter who had once clashed with top powerhouses, and he saw at a glance that Crocodile's Haki was very weak. After mocking him with disdain, a fierce light flashed in his eyes.
The next second, a terrifying force burst out of his body and rushed straight toward Crocodile.
Conqueror's Haki.
Chinjao could not coat his attacks with Conqueror's Haki, but against a newcomer like Crocodile, he did not need such a high-level skill.
He only needed to crush him with Conqueror's Haki.
Once again, Crocodile had not been at sea for long. Just as Chinjao said, he carried the arrogance of a Logia user who believed he was almost invincible. Before this, he had never experienced Conqueror's Haki.
That sudden pressure crashed into him and left his mind blank, as if someone had punched him hard inside his head.
The Armament Haki he had just formed scattered on the spot. His body stiffened in the air, and he could not block, dodge, or make any other move.
Even then, Crocodile's reaction was already better than most. Normally, someone who had never faced Conqueror's Haki before would pass out the moment it struck them. The fact that he could stay awake, even with his body frozen in place, was already not bad.
The next second, Chinjao appeared in front of Crocodile.
"Hasshoken: Drill Head!"
Chinjao roared as his sharp, drill-like head turned black with Armament Haki. Under Crocodile's frightened gaze, it stabbed hard through his chest.
Under the grip of Armament Haki, Crocodile's Logia body failed to protect him. In that instant, terrible pain tore through him. Blood sprayed from his chest, and red blood also forced its way out of the corner of his mouth.
Then the impact exploded, and Chinjao slammed him from the air down into the ground. Crocodile's body vanished into the flames below.
A moment later, Tofu walked out of the fire while holding Crocodile by the neck, lifting him into the air with one hand. His tone was full of disdain.
"With this little ability, you wanted me to join you?"
"This is how arrogant brats in the New World are. They think no one is worth looking at," Chinjao said with a cold laugh as he wiped the blood from the top of his head with a towel.
"Well, that is a common problem for Logia users. Back when I ate the Flame-Flame Fruit, I acted without fear in the West Blue and was even more arrogant than him…" Tofu said, sounding a little nostalgic as he remembered his younger days.
"That is true. You Logia users are always so full of yourselves. If the previous leader of the Niho Navy had not beaten you down, you would never have learned your place," Chinjao said with a loud laugh.
"Bastard…" Crocodile was being held up by the neck, and the shame almost burned through him. He struggled and said, "If you want to kill me, then kill me…"
"Brat, I will return your own words to you. Since we are both Logia users, do you want to join me instead? I can take you to the West Blue and let you live well," Tofu said with a cruel smile as he looked at Crocodile.
"You are serious?" Chinjao asked, raising his brow.
Tofu smiled and said, "Logia users are rare, after all. It was not easy to run into one. How could I kill him so casually?"
Chinjao was about to say something, but his expression suddenly froze, and he turned toward the harbor.
The next second, a biting cold burst out from that direction. In an instant, all the flames on the island were put out. Freezing air roared over, and in the blink of an eye, the forest was covered in ice while the ground turned into a frozen layer.
"Ice Age…"
Chinjao shattered the ice covering his body with Haki and said in a low voice, "Has Valthior arrived?"
Everyone knew that Valthior was called the Wrath of Winter, a Mythical Zoan ice user with the power to freeze an island and the sea in an instant.
So when Chinjao faced this sudden wave of cold, the first person he thought of was Valthior.
But then Tofu, whose whole body was covered in blazing flames, spoke with a dark expression.
"No. This is the power of a Logia. It is definitely not from a Mythical Zoan."
Again, as a Logia user himself, he was far too familiar with this kind of pure elemental power.
As Tofu's voice fell, two figures slowly approached from the distance.
"Ahahahaha, Chinjao, it has been a long time. Bullying a little brat here? You really have gotten worse with age…"
A bright laugh came from within the cold wind.
When Chinjao heard that voice, his expression changed. He gritted his teeth with an ugly look.
"Garp!"
The ones who had arrived were Garp and Kuzan.
Kuzan walked beside Garp and said with clear confusion, "Ice Age is a name I thought about for a long time. Has it really already been taken, Garp-san?"
"Why would I lie to you? It was that kid Valthior. He started using this move a long time ago…" Garp said carelessly.
"That really is a shame. I thought the name was very cool… Looks like I will have to change it in the future," Kuzan said, feeling rather speechless.
He somehow felt as if he was living under someone else's shadow.
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