Chapter 32: Croco boy's awakening...

"Did I tell you to stop? Because I didn't"

Sukuna clicked his tongue in annoyance as he looked upon Crocodile, who was shaking in fear as he looked at the destruction that he left behind from a single attack.

Sukuna seeing how Crocodile was acting, sighed before an idea popped up in his head, it had been some time since he fought someone decent, and he did not want to miss this opportunity.

"Howe about this, if you manage to land a hit on me, I will destroy this entire Kingdom"

Crocodile paused, his face confused as he looked back at Sukuna, seeing that Sukuna was starting to lose his patience, Crocodile could not help but grit his teeth as he accepted the offer.

"Good, and just to make it fair, I won't use most of my abilities, only my fist, how does that sound~"

Crocodile stood up, his voice coming out more shaky than he would have liked as he responded to Sukuna, making sure not to say anything to anger him.

"Fine... But don't think this will be easy"

Crocodile's eyes flashed with a cold look as he manipulated the sand under the ground, moving it towards Sukuna slowly, He would never stoop to the level of begging for his life.

"Good, I like the look in your eyes~"

Sukuna smirked, his 4 eyes glowing with a red and intense light as his interest started being peaked again, and it was by a weakling among everyone else.

Slash!

Sukuna smirked, with a dash, he appeared in the air, his arms by his side as he did a t-pose, a sharp sand blade under him, just inches from touching his feet.

"Good~ Keep it like that!"

Crocodile sneered, he outstretched his arm, which faded into sand particles as he got ready to send out his attack again, showing his full power from the start.

Using the assistance of his natural environment, he manipulated the already existing sand, aiding his attack even more in power.

"Desert Spada!"

With the sand gathering in front of him, Crocodile sends out a huge attack, cutting the ground in front of him into a ravine, as the sand sword flew towards Sukuna.

"Hehehe~"

Sukuna kicked the air, his figure flashing in front of the sand sword, and with a single punch, the sword collapsed as his cursed reinforced punch shattered it with ease.

"Sables!"

Seeing how easily Sukuna broke his attack, Crocodile's eyes flashed fiercely before a swirling mass of sand was made in his palm, his lower body turned into sand, flying towards Sukuna.

With a throw, Then a sand storm flew towards Sukuna, instantly turning from a small tornado, into a huge one, almost swallowing Sukuna inside the attack, ending the game.

"Good try, but not good enough~"

Crocodile turned around, and he was met with a smirk as he was hit with a fist, his face distorted, a small dent made in his stomach as his figure flashed towards the ground at high speeds.

Boom!

"AGH!"

Crocodile coughed up blood, his lungs gasping for air as he got the air knocked out from his lungs, the ground around him collapsing from the force.

As Crocodile clenched his eyes shut because of the pain in his body and stomach, he entered an ultra-focused state, where nothing except Sukuna was in his senses.

And just then...

Boom!

Crocodile turned his stomach into a hole, making Sukuna's fist go through that hole, striking the ground and causing the ground to shake fiercely, the wind from the attack knocked Crocodile away.

With a slightly surprised expression, Sukuna looked at Crocodile as he was pushed away by the wind, his body turning into sand to not take damage from his body hitting the ground.

"What a surprise, looks like you might give me a slight challenge without my powers~"

Crocodile lay on the ground, his eyes closed, and a small grin started making its way onto his face, it was coming back to him, and his haki was finally coming back to him.

Ever since losing to Whitebeard, and running back to the grand line, he has stopped training his body or Haki and did not even use it much, causing his body to get weaker, along with losing his haki.

But now it's back...

Crack!

Black energy came out of Crocodile's hand, it was weak and unstable, but it was there, With a strong leap, Crocodile jumped towards Sukuna, his fist aiming for his head.

"Barjan!"

Sand enveloped Crocodile's hand, and with a fierce expression, blood leaking down his face, he punched Sukuna, who returned a punch of his own, easily defeating him.

"Ugh!"

Crocodile groaned in pain, his Body flying away as his haki became stronger again, returning to what it was at his peak, but still not there, where he was in the past.

"Good attack"

Sukuna praised Crocodile with a smile, his right hand shaking slightly as it was shrivelled up like an old dry stick, that could break from the slightest of a force.

Sukune looked at his hand, and with a cut, it fell off, but it started regenerating quickly, in a second a new arm regrew, thanks to his control, now being much better than before.

With his observation of Haki, he practically wastes 0 amount of cursed energy in any of his attacks of uses, instead, they are even more effective than before.

Learning Haki made Sukuna even stronger than before, and regrowing a hand is not even taxing on his energy anymore.

"Looks like you grow faster when facing death"

Sukuna smirked, his red eyes glowing with a tiny bit of anger as he looked at Crocodile standing up, the sand around him floating up, as he prepared for an attack.

"How about forcing you some more?"

Sukuna stepped on the ground, and with a low humming sound, he appeared on the left of Croco, with a punch, Croco was sent flying, blood leaking out of his mouth.

His observation Haki went overdrive, trying to find Sukuna, and where he was, not being able to find him, he felt the sand in the air, and the ground, and in seconds he found him, right behind him...

Boom!

"Why are you holding back? Sand is supposed to be destruction, destroy everything around you, don't hold anything back, feel the sand!"

Sukuna guided Crocodile, trying to get him to be even stronger, and after that, he would crush him, destroying his hope all over again, just thinking about it made Sukuna grin in madness.

Crocodile crashed into the sand, creating a ripple effect as a huge crater dozens of meters wide was created, his body sinking down in the sand like it was water from the force.

'Sand is destruction? Feel the Sand... So this is what he means by that...'

Crocodile opened his eyes, his vision dark as he was buried in tens of meters of sand, his body slowly being crushed from the weight of thousands of tons.

Sukuna above the ground suddenly grinned, his observation Haki looked into the future, and he liked what he saw.

"Finally a slight challenge~"

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Leave a power stone!

Croco boy is about to awaken!