Sailing: Inheriting the Legacy of the Dead and Shocking the World Chapter 016

The power of the Float-Float Fruit, symbolizing the identity of Golden Lion, has now appeared on Rhein!

Furthermore, the two famous swords that originally belonged to Golden Lion, Cherry Ten and Withered Tree, are now held in Rhein’s hands!

This inevitably made Crocodile confirm one thing in his heart: Golden Lion, one of the three legends of the old era, no longer has any possibility of being alive!

If Golden Lion were still alive, the power of the Paramecia-type Float-Float Fruit would not have been displayed by Rhein!

“Golden Lion’s Devil Fruit ability, and the two great swords Golden Lion used in the past.”

Crocodile took a deep breath, staring directly at Rhein, and said with a serious expression, “I’m quite curious, how did you get Golden Lion’s Float-Float Fruit ability?”

Although in the world of pirates, after a Devil Fruit user dies, there is a certain probability that their fruit ability will regenerate on the nearest fruit.

But Crocodile found it hard to believe that this kid in front of him could be so lucky as to get Golden Lion’s Float-Float Fruit!

“Haven’t you already guessed?”

Rhein smiled, his gaze falling on Crocodile, and he continued, “Let me introduce myself, my name is Rorona Rhein, Governor of the Flying Pirates, the one who inherited Golden Lion’s legacy.”

“Crocodile, a guy like you, surely wouldn’t be content to sit in the position of a Warlord of the Sea, stagnating, would you?”

Listening to Rhein’s words, Crocodile immediately narrowed his eyes, saying with a contemptuous look, “So that’s it, you’re planning to invite me to join you?”

“Kid, do you think I, Crocodile, am the kind of guy who would be subservient to others?”

With the condensation of yellow sand, a sandstorm had once again formed in Crocodile’s palm, as if he would directly make a move the next second.

Looking at Crocodile’s expression, Rhein merely smiled indifferently, responding in a rather calm tone, “After losing to Whitebeard in the New World, you lost your former ambition, only able to rely on your identity as a Warlord of the Sea to hide in Alabasta, barely surviving?”

“Hmph!”

Hearing Rhein’s words, Crocodile’s face showed displeasure, and a hint of killing intent was revealed in his eyes.

“I don’t believe that a guy like you, after experiencing one failure, would be content to become one of the Warlords of the Sea, hiding and barely surviving in this desert.”

Rhein’s expression was calm as he continued, “You must have come to this kingdom for that weapon, right?”

As soon as these words were spoken, Crocodile unleashed the sandstorm in his hand directly at Rhein without any hesitation.

The terrifying sandstorm instantly formed an unimaginable sandstorm, with grains of sand like extremely sharp fragments, engulfing any object they touched in an instant!

Watching Crocodile suddenly make a move, Rhein couldn’t help but curl the corners of his mouth, and then activated the Float-Float Fruit ability. A sandstorm no less powerful than Crocodile’s ability also formed under the control of the Float-Float Fruit!

Seeing this scene, a look of disbelief appeared in Crocodile’s eyes!

To be able to create a sandstorm similar to the Sand-Sand Fruit ability by relying on the Float-Float Fruit ability, is this guy’s development of Devil Fruits truly so terrifying?

The moment the two sandstorms collided, Crocodile keenly sensed a fatal danger suddenly approaching!

Even without his two-colored Haki, Crocodile’s foresight of danger was astonishing!

Sensing the fatal crisis approaching, Crocodile reacted immediately.

Clang!!!

As Crocodile raised his hand and swung his yellow desert hook, Rhein’s famous sword Cherry Ten, imbued with Armament Haki, collided with it at that moment.

“It seems that although your failure against Whitebeard made you lose control over your two-colored Haki, your foresight of danger is in no way inferior to Observation Haki.”

Rhein chuckled, and seeing the smile on Rhein’s face, Crocodile grew even more annoyed.

“You mere brat!”

“Erosion Sand Blade!”

Utilizing the Sand-Sand Fruit’s ability to erode everything, and fusing it with his Adamantite Blade, the power contained in this attack was absolutely not to be underestimated.

Among the Warlords of the Sea, Crocodile’s strength might not be in the top tier, but he was certainly not at the bottom either.

Logia-type Sand-Sand Fruit, superb combat talent, top-tier strategic mind, and wisdom to command the overall situation!

This is why, during the Summit War, after leaving Impel Down and fully coming to terms with things, Crocodile was able to experience a second spring!

Looking at Crocodile’s extremely enraged state, Rhein no longer hesitated. With Armament Haki wrapped around him, Rhein also intended to try and force out Crocodile’s true abilities once more!

“Lion’s Severing Valley!”

Facing the approaching Erosion Sand Blade, Rhein merely swung Cherry Ten and Withered Tree. The terrifying slash of a Great Swordsman instantly destroyed the sand blade. Feeling the Haki contained in the slash, Crocodile dared not take it head-on and could only hastily dodge!

“A Great Swordsman?”

A look of disbelief flickered in Crocodile’s eyes. Rhein appeared to be only around twenty years old, yet he had already reached the level of a Great Swordsman!

Even if he had just entered the Great Swordsman level, at such an age, even Mihawk back then couldn’t have broken through to the Great Swordsman level, could he?

Paramecia-type Float-Float Fruit, Great Swordsman.

This combination made Crocodile believe that he was facing Golden Lion in his prime!

“I never remembered having any conflict with you.”

Crocodile now understood that he couldn’t defeat Rhein in front of him. After taking a deep breath, he looked at Rhein and spoke again, “Why are you looking for trouble with me?”

Hearing this, Rhein stopped his attack and looked at Crocodile.

“That’s because you are qualified to become a member of the Flying Pirates.”

“Bastard!”

Crocodile’s eyes were sharp, and he gritted his teeth, saying, “I have no intention of becoming anyone’s crewmate. Even Whitebeard couldn’t do it, do you think you can?”

“Who can say for sure about such things?”

Rhein’s tone was calm as he continued, “Join the Flying Pirates, become one of us, Crocodile. This is the only choice you have to survive today.”

As his words fell, Rhein seemed to have no intention of dragging things out any longer.

An astonishing burst of Conqueror’s Haki erupted. Such a terrifying Conqueror’s Haki shockwave made even Crocodile feel immense pressure at this moment!

“Either join, or die. What will you choose?”

Along with Rhein’s words, astonishing Conqueror’s Haki had already wrapped around the two famous swords, Cherry Ten and Withered Tree.

Seeing Rhein’s movements, Crocodile’s pupils couldn’t help but shrink!

At the age of twenty, to possess such astonishing Conqueror’s Haki, even reaching the point of Conqueror’s Haki coating?

This was simply more terrifying than those monsters in the New World!