"What's wrong? You seem surprised? ”

Rhodes looked at Klockdahl calmly, "It should be a common phenomenon to gradually progress in battle, don't you think that I am wasting my physical strength meaninglessly?" ”

In this world, combat is always the best catalyst to improve strength, and no matter how much Rhodes exercised before, he couldn't perfectly combine the domineering power of the armed color with the power of twisting, but in the confrontation with Klockdahl, he was domineering with one hand and twisted with the other, but he gradually touched the point of the coexistence of the two.

Rhodes had planned to find an opportunity to use the twisted gravity and use his new abilities to defeat Klockdahl, but it was too unfair to Klockdahl to open up in battle, and it didn't fit his upright style and the code of hard work to become stronger on his own.

So he only prepared for the temporary addition of this method, and did not implement it.

“……”

Klockdahl's face turned ugly.

Rhodes' domineering and fruit ability cannot be perfectly combined, which is a big flaw and weakness, and it is also where he can stalemate with Rhodes until now and play with ease.

But now, this flaw is gradually being overcome by Rhodes, and the final result of this battle is obviously speeding in a direction beyond his control.

"Sand Soldier Impact!"

With a gloomy face, Klockdahl exerted the rustling fruit with all his might, and countless dust and sand rolled up, converging into a huge blade in the air, enveloping Rhodes in the center.

Under his control, this huge sand soldier suddenly attacked Rhodes, and launched a fierce attack from all directions, intending to fight quickly and end the battle as soon as possible.

Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!

Rhodes didn't have the slightest fear in the face of the giant sand soldiers who attacked, and he didn't even make any dodge movements, just punched to meet them, and every time he fell, a sand soldier was blasted apart by him, and he couldn't produce any effective attacks on him at all.

Klockdahl guided with both hands, manipulating the sand underground, trying to use the sand spear to penetrate, but before the sand spear could be pierced out of the sand, Rhodes raised his foot and stepped on it, and the twisting force poured into the sand, instantly destroying those unformed sand spears directly.

In front of the Sands, Rhodes struggled to gain control of the sand, but equally, Klockdahl could barely manipulate the sand on the ground as he pleased.

"Still don't understand?"

With a single move, Klockdahl's offensive was dismantled, and Rhodes stepped out of the sand, and with one step, he rushed in front of Klockdahl.

"The battle with you, from the very beginning, was to exercise my abilities."

Rumble!

As the words fell, Rhodes's fist slammed down, piercing Klockdahl's Sand Shield, shattering his arms and shattering his head.

Klockdahl, who was shattered into yellow sand, escaped from the ground, and struggled to condense his body dozens of meters away, this time he recovered, and there was obviously blood spilling from his mouth and nose, obviously Rhodes's twisted fist had caused him considerable damage!

“…… Megalomaniacal guy. ”

Klockdahl gritted his teeth, his eyes flashing with murderous intent, but by this time, he also knew in his heart that the balance of victory and defeat in this battle had begun to tilt.

Continuing to fight Rhodes, the probability of winning was already very low, and the thought in Klockdahl's mind flashed quickly, and finally chose to withdraw.

But.

By this time, it was no longer something he could walk if he wanted to.

"I seem to have said from the beginning that since I made a move, I was gambling with my life." Rhodes looked at Klockdahl indifferently, and as soon as he stepped on his foot, the whole person chased after him.

"Shalan!"

Klockdahl let out a low cry, and a sandstorm appeared in his palm, throwing it at Rhodes, and at the same time the whole person turned into yellow sand, flying away in the wind into the distance.

As soon as Rhodes stepped on his feet, the whole person was like a sharp arrow, piercing through the sandstorm like a broken bamboo, and his right hand was instantly covered with a pitch-black armed color domineering, inserted into the yellow sand and pulled it violently.

Crash!

The elementalization of the natural system was directly captured and grabbed in front of Rhodes's two-color domineering, and as Rhodes pulled it violently, part of the yellow sand in the sky was instantly pulled back, revealing Klokdal's figure.

Rhodes ignored Klockdahl's drastic change in expression, and when he pulled it back, he threw a punch.

Rumble!

This time, Klockdahl's body didn't even turn into yellow sand and completely disintegrate, but only a small part of his body collapsed, and the whole person flew straight backwards, blood spurting out of his mouth.

"Berserk...... Shalan! ”

Klockdahl felt the sharp pain in his chest, gritting his teeth, he had been to the New World, experienced countless dangerous situations, and even challenged Whitebeard, but in the end they all survived, just a rookie pirate, if he wants his life, it is impossible!

He roared angrily, and his hands slammed out, and the yellow sand within a radius of 100 meters instantly flew into the sky, bursting out with earth-shaking power, and frantically invading towards Rhodes.

Distance.

Many civilians and guards of Arkaria couldn't help but be a little shocked when they saw this scene, if it was in the desert, there would be nothing like this, but this was the Kingdom of Arkalia, and it was a prosperous neighborhood before!

In such a place, such a terrifying sandstorm erupted, such a power, even for them on the great voyage, it was shocking.

But.

Before they could be shocked by the monstrous sandstorm for a long time, a roar came from the sandstorm, and the raging sandstorm seemed to be frozen in time and scattered downward.

In mid-air, about dozens of meters away, two figures appeared, Rhodes indifferently punched, bombarding Klockdahl's chest, while Klockdahl spurted out a mouthful of blood, staining the scattered yellow sand.

"It's ......"

Seeing this scene, many people who knew Klockdahl couldn't help but be a little stunned.

Compared with Klockdahl, Rhodes's popularity is not much lower, and after being recognized by many people watching from afar, it caused a silence.

"Then, the head of the Seven Martial Seas, I will accept it."

Rhodes took a leap in the air, and instead of falling to the ground with Klockdahl, he brewed all the twisting force into his legs, and slammed his backfoot into Klockdahl's back.

Click!

The sound of bones breaking was heard clearly, and Klockdahl's eyes still had a look of disbelief, but his body completely lost control, falling downward, and finally falling in the middle of a patch of yellow sand, splashing a cloud of dust.

His eyes were plunged into darkness, and his consciousness was shattered.

Even at the last moment, he still couldn't accept that as the strongest natural Devil Fruit ability, he would actually die here, in the hands of a newcomer pirate like Rhodes.

“……”

Rhodes watched as Klockdahl fell into the sand, never moving again, remaining in the air for a few seconds before falling to the ground below.

The crowd watching from afar was finally in an uproar after a moment of silence.

I thought that the Ghost Hand Pirates, who had completely angered the navy and the government, would stop for a while, but I didn't expect that it had only been half a month, and it had once again set off storms on the sea, not only destroying the Iron Wall Pirates, but also defeating Klockdahl, one of the Seven Martial Seas!

No doubt.

This will be the big news that will shock the world again!

No matter who it was, there was a feeling at this moment that nothing could stop the rise of the Ghost Hand Pirates.

……

The other side.

Rhodes, who didn't care about the reaction of the civilians of Alcaria, paused as he landed in the sand below, beside Klockdar's lifeless corpse.

Two seconds later, a smile appeared on his face, which had remained calm all this time.

"His Majesty the Seven Martial Seas, 'Sand Crocodile' Klockdal, has completed the hunt and obtained a reward, 100 talent proficiency points, and 1 free talent point."