Recruit Luffy at the start and build the strongest navy.

These days, you can't get by without some kind of body-changing technique, right?!

Luffy is like that, and so are you!

Luffy being made of rubber is understandable, but your Shadow-Shadow Fruit...

Kyle paused for a moment, as if he had thought of something, and his gaze shifted slightly downwards, looking at the shadow at Moria's feet that was much thinner than before.

Suddenly he spoke up and asked:

"You achieved this effect by changing the shape of the shadow to influence the main body?"

"Um?!"

Moria showed a hint of surprise on his face and nodded slightly.

"I didn't expect you to notice that! You have a sharp eye, kid!"

Kyle didn't reply.

He couldn't possibly see it; he guessed it!

In the original story, Moria merged his shadow into Oz's shadow, changing the shape of the shadow to alter the physical form, thus giving Oz the ability to stretch like rubber.

He made this conjecture based on this situation.

"Come!"

"I'd like to see just how much your strength has changed since you became skinny!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Kyle's figure transformed into a flash of purple lightning, appearing in front of Moria in an instant, just like before.

His fist was still simultaneously wrapped in Armament Haki and Purple Lightning, and he threw a punch straight out.

But this time Moria's reaction speed was much faster than before, and he threw out a punch just as quickly.

boom--

The moment their fists collided, an incredibly powerful aftershock exploded outwards.

Centered on the two people, the ground around them began to crack inch by inch.

Feeling the immense power emanating from Moria's fist, Kyle showed no panic, but rather immense excitement.

That's exactly what makes it interesting!!

Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste of his trip?

Kyle's arm veins bulged, and a powerful force erupted from his fist.

The stalemate was instantly broken, and Moria's fist, which had been knocked away, slammed straight towards his chest.

Moria's expression changed slightly, seemingly surprised by Kyle's immense power.

But he didn't panic. With a thought, a dark shadow appeared in front of his chest.

Kyle's fist struck the shadowy figure without any resistance, and the figure was torn apart and scattered by the violent purple lightning the moment they made contact.

The attack of this punch was almost unaffected.

At this moment, a look of horror finally appeared on Moria's face.

We're doomed!!

Bang! !

A muffled sound mixed with the booming of thunder rang out, and Moria's body was instantly sent flying backward, purple lightning engulfing his body and completely surrounding him.

His body crashed into the castle once again, smashing through countless walls. He emerged from the other side of the castle and flew quite a distance before finally hitting the ground.

Black smoke billowed from his body again, but he could no longer turn black, because Moria's skin was now almost pure black.

In a dimly lit environment, you can easily find a place to hide and become completely invisible!

Moria's body twitched occasionally, and after a while he coughed a few times, then slowly sat up, supporting himself with his hands.

"A miscalculation!!"

Moria spoke in a low voice, his face grim.

Although he rediscovered his fighting style from more than a decade ago, he forgot one thing.

More than ten years ago, when he fought against various powerful figures and encountered a situation like the one just now, he would condense his shadow in front of him to block the opponent's attack.

The effect was quite good; it could block most attacks, and even those that couldn't be completely blocked could have their power reduced, so the force that ultimately landed on him was not much.

But he forgot that not long ago, when Kyle's lightning net touched his shadow, it instantly tore his shadow apart.

In other words, his shadow ability was completely ineffective against Kyle's Thunder.

It crumbles at the slightest touch, just like tofu dregs!

This is not good news for him!

Moria's expression changed several times, finally hardening into a fierce look. He stood up, leaped into the air, and rushed towards the castle.

Before long, Moria appeared in front of Kyle, carrying a large sword.

Since his Devil Fruit powers were useless, he still had some knowledge of swordsmanship and Haki!

Besides, Devil Fruit abilities are ultimately just external things!

The man who defeated him once said:

Only domineering power can overcome everything!

Moria took a step forward and rushed towards Kyle with extremely fast strides.

Looking at Moria rushing towards him, Kyle opened his hand, and purple lightning instantly appeared in his palm.

These days, who isn't a swordsman?

Clang!

The sound of metal clashing could be heard.

The two knives clashed briefly before separating, and then struck each other again.

A series of sounds rang out, and each collision sent sparks flying.

The more Moria fought, the more terrified he became, his mind screaming:

"Who the hell is this kid?! How can his swordsmanship be so strong?!"

Although he may not be considered a top-tier swordsman, he has still reached the level of a swordsman.

However, in this swordsmanship contest, he was completely suppressed by Kyle.

Every swing of his sword was easily blocked by Kyle, while he struggled to defend against Kyle's attacks, and now he had several more sword wounds on his body.

Although the wound wasn't very deep, Moria knew that if things continued like this, he would definitely lose!

So, after blocking Kyle's blade once again, Moria used the force transmitted from Kyle's blade to retreat a short distance.

With his gaze fixed on Kyle across from him, Moria knew he couldn't just sit idly by and wait to die; he had to think of a way.

If he were in his prime, he might have been able to compete with Kyle, but he had previously enjoyed several thunder showers from Kyle.

The current situation can be described as very bad!

In other words, his adrenaline surged as he rediscovered himself from over a decade ago, causing a burst of power in a short period, temporarily ignoring the effects of these negative states.

Just ignoring it doesn't mean it doesn't exist; in fact, he hasn't reserved much of his fighting strength.

Kyle is very strong, which was evident in the previous exchange, but his opponent doesn't seem to have any intention of defeating him with his full strength right away.

Otherwise, he could not possibly be standing here right now.

In that case... could he take advantage of that?

Moria glanced around and an idea came to him.

With a flash of light, the surrounding trees were all cut in half.

Moria then moved swiftly through the trees, his sword flashing, but not slashing, but striking!

Trees were swatted away and hurtled toward Kyle at incredible speed.

"Um?!"

Kyle narrowed his eyes slightly.

What are these fat and thin fairy boys up to?

Unable to fathom Moria's thoughts, Kyle did not remain indifferent.

With a single swing of the blade, a wave of energy shot out, shattering all the incoming trees, but what followed was a sky full of shadowy bats...