The Journey of Freedom After the Awakening of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit

Moria ate his meat while lost in thought.

Perona, who was sitting nearby, was already round and full from eating and fast asleep.

night!

The ten thousand shadow servants who had left ahead of time finally arrived at the island, guided by their connection to Moria.

Moria frowned as he looked at the dark, shadowy figures on the shore, almost blending into the night.

"Actually, the initial plan was a bit hasty."

"With so many shadow servants, we can't keep them in the shadow space. If we take them by boat, they'll be too conspicuous. They might be almost wiped out before they even get close to the navy."

"So the first priority is to expand the shadow space."

Having figured things out, Moria began to ponder how to expand the Shadow Space.

Devouring people's shadows is no longer an option. He had previously devoured the shadows of over ten thousand people in the town, and his shadow space only increased from ten cubic meters to twenty cubic meters. The efficiency was too low.

"Perhaps only by devouring the shadows of inanimate objects like houses can the shadow space be expanded most efficiently."

Moria secretly guessed that when he first controlled the shadows of other inanimate objects in Pirate Town, he discovered that the volume of his shadow space had increased.

Do not!

It must be that the shadow spaces of the houses and ships he controls have temporarily become connected with his shadow space.

That's why he felt his shadow space had expanded, allowing him to instantly transfer ten thousand shadow servants to the ships docked at the port.

But in reality, his shadow space didn't increase. When he stopped controlling other shadows, his shadow space remained at only twenty cubic meters.

Moria reasoned that consuming the shadows of inanimate objects would expand his shadow space more effectively than consuming the shadows of people.

10 a.m. the next day!

The sun was high in the sky, and the small rocky hill in the middle of the island was actually quite large, about two hundred meters high, and its overall shape resembled a pyramid.

At this moment, Moriah stood alone on the shaded side of the rocky mountain, the side with the shadow.

He wanted to devour the shadow of the stone mountain.

"It shouldn't lower the quality of my shadow, right?"

Moria was a little uneasy. He had been reluctant to devour the shadows of other inanimate objects because he was afraid that the material was not as good as the Black Blade Autumn Water. If he devoured them, the shadows would become weaker, which would be very awkward.

However, to expand the shadow space, it must devour other things.

He couldn't possibly find a million Black Blades to devour his shadow, could he? Besides, he couldn't find any.

"Let's give it our all!"

"Whether you become a wage earner or a superior person depends on this wave."

Moria hardened his heart, disregarding everything, and with a thought, manipulated his shadow to begin devouring the shadow of the stone mountain.

Only by expanding the shadow space could he store ten thousand shadow servants inside, allowing him to approach the Navy more covertly and have a chance to seize Barrett's shadow.

And if they succeed, they will devour Barrett's shadow.

Then Moria would instantly become one of the world's top players, and no one could knock him out or kill him with a single punch.

As long as he isn't knocked out in one blow, Moria can gracefully leave by swapping positions with the Shadow Servant, and he can also instantly recover from his injuries using his life energy.

In short, Moria can advance or retreat without harm. As long as he absorbs Barrett's shadow, he can walk like a crab in this world where people kill at the drop of a hat, a gait that even Doflamingo envies.

He could even switch places with his shadow servants, so he could wake up in the morning to fight Kaido, then go to the Marine Headquarters to inspect the work at noon, and finally go to Charlotte Linlin's place in the afternoon to flirt with her daughters, while also learning Observation Haki from Katakuri that allows him to see the future.

Just thinking about it makes the future seem so bright, so why can't Moria give it a shot?

If the shadow really does become weaker, he can just find another shadow of the Great Sword level to devour.

Chapter 18 The Shadow of Gravity

Three minutes later!

Just like when Moria devoured the black sword Shusui, after Moria completely devoured the shadow of the stone mountain, the stone mountain disappeared as if it had never existed.

The original location of the rocky hill on the entire island now only has a smooth, flat stone mirror, as if it had been cut off from the bottom by a peerless swordsman.

Perona, watching this incredible scene, stared wide-eyed at Viktor, struggling to escape his embrace.

"Hmm, not bad!"

Moria stood still and sensed that the shadow space had now expanded to a cube-shaped space with a length, width, and height of forty meters, equivalent to a volume of 64000 cubic meters.

Even considering the average height of three or four meters in this world, this space is enough to hold twenty or thirty thousand people.

More than ten thousand shadow servants are more than enough!

"In this way, the problem of shadow space capacity is solved."

"Next, we need to see if the intensity of the shadow has changed."

With a somewhat apprehensive heart, Moria separated his shadow and transformed it into his own form, then punched his own shadow.

when!

It sounded as if a bell was being rung.

call!

Moria breathed a sigh of relief. Although he already knew from his senses that the shadow's intensity had not weakened, he still tested it himself before he was at ease.

And

Not only did the intensity not weaken, Moria also felt that his shadow had gained a sense of weight, as if his shadow had become very heavy.

Thinking of this, Moria's eyes lit up. He controlled his shadow to fly ten meters into the air, and then fell back down as if in free fall.

Bang!

Click! Click!

The shadow wasn't moving fast, but when it landed on the rocky ground, not only did the rocks crack under its feet, but its feet also sank into the rocks.

This means the shadow is very heavy now!

Hahaha!

Moria laughed, having previously absorbed the shadow of the Black Blade Shusui, and now possessed a shadow of the same material and strength as the Black Blade Shusui.

Now, even though he has devoured the shadow of the stone mountain, the shadow's strength remains unchanged. However, he never expected that something like weight, a similar attribute, could be obtained by devouring the shadow.

Although his shadow wasn't exactly as heavy as the stone mountain, it was probably about half as heavy! Moria secretly guessed.

The immense weight, borne on a shadow only the size of Moria, endows it with the powerful force to crush rocks even when falling freely from a height of ten meters.

If the speed were even faster, wouldn't the power be even greater?

To rethink this, imagine Moria later devouring the shadows of a dozen mountains, gaining the weight of five or six mountains in the shadows.

At that time, a casual strike from his shadow would be as heavy as five or six mountains crashing down. Just thinking about that power made Moria incredibly excited.

"This ability has such a bright future!"

"that is"

After his initial excitement subsided, Moria felt a stinging sensation in his body's cells and frowned.

"Using my abilities puts a lot of stress on my body!"

"Just a moment ago, I felt a stinging pain in my body. If I use my ability continuously for more than an hour, my body definitely can't withstand being torn apart."

Moria made his own assessment, and his burning passion gradually returned to calm.

Withdraw your power and let the shadow return to your feet.

"Although his abilities are strong, it seems that he needs an even stronger body to bear an increasingly powerful shadow."

Moriah's body and shadow are like water-filled balloons; the shadow is the water, and the body is the balloon.

As the water increases and the balloon becomes heavier, the pressure on the balloon also increases.

If the balloon's mass remains unchanged, it will eventually burst.

Only when the balloon's mass increases can it withstand any amount of water and weight without bursting.

"So, the problem comes back to increasing physical strength!" Moria smiled.

After escaping from Wano Country, he has been absorbing life energy to evolve his body, and his physical strength has reached the limit he can currently achieve.

Even after absorbing the life energy transformed from the shadow of a powerful woman who was proficient in the Six Styles, Moria's physical strength only increased by a few kilograms.

In short, as Moria's physical strength reached a certain level, consuming the shadows of those whose physical bodies were not as strong as his could no longer allow his physical body to evolve and become stronger.

Only the shadows of strong individuals, such as Charlotte Linlin and Barrett, whose physical bodies are far stronger than his, can allow Moria's physical body to continue to grow stronger.

In his perception, Moria's physical strength is currently not as strong as that of Delon, who possesses skeletal abilities, and whose type is unknown (whether it's Zoan or Paramecia).

"The shadow space issue is resolved, and the strength issue is also resolved. We can go find Barrett now!"

"I wonder if the Navy has taken action against Barrett yet?"

With a hint of doubt, Moria put all the shadow servants into the shadow space, leaving only Victor holding Perona.

Moria then transformed his shadow into a giant bat.

Just as Moria was about to jump onto the bat's shadow and leave, a huge shadow suddenly enveloped him.

What is this?

"eagle?"

"Does this mean they want to hunt me down?"

Moria found it somewhat amusing. In the sky, as the distance closed, a giant eagle with a wingspan of fifteen meters swooped down on Moria at an angle of nearly ninety degrees.

Clearly, the giant eagle saw Moria as a delicious meal.

boom!

When the giant eagle was within a hundred meters of Moria, a gust of wind surged up, and it extended two sharp, knife-like talons to grab Moria.

"I've seen people rushing to their deaths, but I've never seen anyone so eager to die."

Moria smiled. He was about to leave anyway. This giant eagle must have bad eyesight, rushing to its death.

call out!