One Piece: Hashirama Template

"Let's leave first, Crocodile is here."

After traveling through the desert for an unknown amount of time, Link suddenly stopped the camels, a smile on his face as he said words that made Vivi's face turn pale.

"That note was indeed given by someone from Baroque Works."

Carina was not surprised and instantly figured out Robin's method: "It seems that person wants to bet on both sides. Regardless of whether Crocodile or Link wins, they hope to get away unscathed."

Nami also became rational, saying: "Since Crocodile's weakness is water, I'll go back to the Sandora River and wait for Link first."

Vivi looked at Link with a guilty face and urged: "Link, be careful. If anything unexpected happens, please prioritize your own life."

Although the two had an employment relationship, Link's unsolicited help and the days they had spent together made Vivi see him as a friend.

Letting a friend stand in front of her while she chose to flee made Vivi feel very sorry.

If Link were to die because of this, Vivi would definitely feel guilty for the rest of her life.

To this, Link still said the same thing: "Don't worry, I will win. You can't refuse my conditions then."

After speaking, Link formed hand seals: "Wood Style: Wood Clone Jutsu!"

As branches extended from his back, a clone that looked exactly like Link immediately appeared in front of Carina and the other two women.

Looking at the sand tornado that was approaching from a distance at an incredible speed, Link said: "Go, my wood clone will protect you."

"Okay."

Carina and the other two women also saw the sand tornado.

No longer being sentimental, they got off the camels and followed the wood clone back the way they came.

Link also got off the camel's back and body-flickered towards the sand tornado.

"Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence!"

Looking at the approaching and growing sand tornado, Link directly used the signature ninjutsu of the Wood Style.

The blue aura formed by the materialization of chakra once again erupted from his body.

Rumble...

The desert trembled violently, then the earth tore apart. Countless branches surged out, rapidly growing into towering green trees, forming a group of green pythons of astonishing size, pushing forward.

If there were no external force to stop this group of pythons, after they finished pushing forward, a small oasis would surely appear in the desert.

Quickly, the sea of trees, which was rapidly expanding in area as it advanced, collided with the sand tornado that was rapidly growing by rolling up countless grains of sand.

A scene of a natural disaster immediately appeared.

Countless trees were broken by the terrifying wind, and the green sea of trees was shrouded in countless sand and dust, becoming a gray mess.

The whistling of the wind and the sound of breaking trees continuously entered the ears of the running Carina and the other two women.

The three women subconsciously turned their heads and saw that the originally endless desert had long since been stirred up into a sky-high cloud of dust, with giant snakes faintly churning inside.

At this moment, Vivi's worldview was refreshed.

Carina and Nami, who had seen Deep Forest Emergence before, had a new understanding of top-tier Logia users.

No wonder Logia was recognized as the strongest type. Compared to this kind of natural disaster ability, Mad Treasure, whose body could only extend chains, was not even qualified to hold Link and Crocodile's shoes.

A dimensional difference!

The sea of trees and the sand tornado fought for more than ten minutes before the whistling of the wind and the sound of breaking trees gradually subsided.

The sand tornado was just an ordinary move of Crocodile, capable of creating a sandstorm to sweep everything away.

But when this move was used in the desert, it was like the Rumble-Rumble Fruit on Raijin Island, the Magma-Magma Fruit in a volcano, or the Ice-Ice Fruit on a snow island, it would receive an epic enhancement.

After using the sand tornado in the desert, this sand tornado would roll up countless sand and dust and continue to grow, eventually reaching a terrifying natural disaster that even Crocodile couldn't control, with enough power to destroy a city.

Of course, this move only had such power in a desert kingdom like the Alabasta Kingdom.

On other islands, Crocodile could at most only create an ordinary sand tornado. Unless he used Erosion Cycle to create a large area of desert, he could not increase the power of the sand tornado.

Crocodile in the desert, his strength was definitely among the strongest of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

If this epic-enhanced sand tornado hadn't reached its final form, and if his opponent wasn't a cheater like Link.

The Straw Hat Pirates would also be instantly wiped out by this sand tornado.

Among the Worst Generation, except for Blackbeard, the user of the Dark-Dark Fruit, any other supernova would be wiped out by this move.

Therefore, Link really couldn't understand how a newcomer could defeat a top-tier Logia user just by having a little blood on his fist.

Even if this top-tier Logia user had lost or not mastered the power of Haki, he was not someone a newcomer with a bounty of only thirty million could defeat.

It could only be said that the protagonist's halo was truly unreasonable!

In the dust-filled, messy forest.

Countless grains of sand formed a tall figure, floating in the air and looking down at Link below. His posture and tone were high and mighty: "Boy, your ability is well-developed."

"Your ability is also impressive."

Looking up at Crocodile, whose lower body was a sand tornado, Link also grinned and said: "Crocodile, I've heard so much about you."

"I'll give you a chance to choose, do you want to join Baroque Works?" Crocodile said in a deep voice, clearly showing his appreciation for talent.

To be able to create such an astonishing sea of trees in the life-draining desert, Link's physical fitness and fruit development had both made Crocodile look at him in a new light.

After all, no one knew the power of Desert Storm better than Crocodile.

If not used in the desert, except for Erosion Cycle, none of the other moves of the Sand-Sand Fruit would have any effect on this sea of trees.

With such strength at such a young age, Crocodile saw in Link the shadow of the once high-spirited Douglas Bullet, who had fought him to a draw.

If he could get Link to work for him, and then get the ancient weapon Pluton, he could immediately form a force no weaker than that of a Yonko.

Of course, Crocodile's thoughts were beautiful, but reality was very cruel.

Link just sneered disdainfully, showing the arrogance of a young man: "I'll also give you a chance to choose. If you surrender without a fight, maybe I'll let you be more decent."

"Then go to hell!"

Crocodile no longer wasted words, raising his hand and turning it into a sand blade to slash down: "Desert Spada!"