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

The charging Golden Lion sensed the powerful aura emanating from Ichigetsu behind Moria, which was not much weaker than his own. So he secretly became wary, raised his foot, and thrust his sword at Moria. He didn't use his full strength, but the powerful, penetrating attack was still not to be underestimated.

"Clang!"

"Peng!"

Under the moonlight, above the clouds, two colors, one black and one gold, collided violently like two rays of light. The resulting shockwave instantly shattered the clouds below. From below the sea, it looked as if the sky had been pierced by a fist the size of a mountain, and a white waterfall of moonlight cascaded down into the ocean.

The collision was intense, and the difference in the two's flowing Sakura Haki was still quite obvious.

Almost instantly, Moria's Ryuo Haki was pierced.

The tip of the golden lion's sword struck his fist heavily, producing a piercing metallic scraping sound.

The powerful Ryuo Haki shockwave from the Golden Lion transformed into a single point that pierced through Moria's entire arm.

He ignored it and, in that instant, with a thought, manipulated the two tails behind him to stab at the golden lion's head.

The speed seems fast, but it's actually not that fast.

The golden lion swung its fists to the right and left, swaying its two thick tails that passed through the sides of its head.

His attention was partly focused on January, to prevent her from launching a sneak attack.

But at that moment, Moria grinned.

Two shadow servants suddenly darted out from the enormous tails on either side of the golden lion's head.

One of them charged toward the golden lion's head; it was an ordinary shadow servant.

One was the Red Earl, who appeared the instant he thrust his umbrella-shaped longsword toward the Golden Lion's back.

At the same time, Moria, who was wrestling with the Golden Lion, had a sudden thought and switched places with the ordinary shadow servant who was rushing towards the Golden Lion's head.

In an instant, the offensive and defensive positions shifted, and the Golden Lion was surrounded.

"not good!!!!"

Golden Lion's expression changed. Without Moria's fist to block him, his entire body instinctively lunged forward due to the momentum of the struggle, and the longsword on his foot instantly pierced through the suddenly appearing shadow servant.

At this moment, before the shadow servants could dissipate, and before the golden lion could react,

The Shadow Servant Red Earl's sword had already pierced the flesh of the Golden Lion's back, which had only just been activated by Armament Haki.

"Momo, 100x speed!"

On the other side, almost the instant Moria and the Shadow Servant switched positions and disappeared, Ichigatsu, who was a hundred meters behind him, charged toward Shiki at a hundred times the speed.

A distance of 100 meters, known in an instant.

As the Red Earl's longsword pierced the Golden Lion's body, January's enormous fist, resembling a locomotive, simultaneously slammed into the Golden Lion's entire body.

"boom!"

At this moment, the Golden Lion was like a sandwich, attacked from both sides by January and Red Earl, and his whole body was instantly in a state of extreme stillness.

All of this happened in a mere instant, leaving the Golden Lion no time to react.

Even his Armament Haki couldn't stop the attacks from both sides by two Yonko-level fighters.

"Sizzle!" The Red Earl's longsword pierced through the Golden Lion's back, and the sharp blade continued to pierce its heart.

"Crack...!" January's fist slammed into the Golden Lion's body, causing his sternum to break.

At the same time, both January's and Red Earl's attacks were imbued with Conqueror's Haki. In that instant, Golden Lion was subjected to immense mental pressure. Coupled with his already severely injured body, he ultimately could not withstand it, his eyes rolled back, and he was knocked unconscious.

"She's already dizzy!"

Moria was surprised. His fist stopped abruptly on the Golden Lion's head. He had originally intended to finish him off, but seeing that the Golden Lion had passed out, he stopped hitting him.

Whoosh!

With a swift mid-air somersault, Moria came to January's side.

Removing the fully-formed Shadow Golden Body Scale Armor mode and retaining the regular Shadow Golden Body mode, Moria's shadow enveloped the unconscious Golden Lion and the falling Red Count.

The fact that the Red Earl couldn't use Moonwalk was something Moria hadn't expected.

Over here, Ichigatsu, having withdrawn his fist, looked at Shiki and then at his own fist, still somewhat incredulous, muttering to himself, "That's it? This is Shiki! How could he be defeated so easily?"

Unlike Moria, who is a time traveler, January experienced the era of the battle between Shiki and Roger, and knows how powerful that man was.

But tonight, the renowned Golden Lion was defeated so easily, almost in the blink of an eye.

This is the man who once cornered the Roger Pirates.

"With our strategy of catching the enemy off guard and our combined strength, it would be unbelievable if we still couldn't defeat the Golden Lion!"

Moria smiled, put the Red Earl into his shadow space, and then flew down to the sea with the Golden Lion.

Floating islands in the distance.

After the Golden Lion lost consciousness and went into a coma, it lost control and fell towards the sea below, faster than Moria.

"Bang...!"

"Boom! Boom...!"

Eight floating islands fell from a height of 6,000 meters, piercing through the clouds and crashing into the sea, creating giant waves tens of meters high that spread outwards.

Fortunately, there's only one island nearby... well...

The island was small and round, and it was located not far from the sea where the floating island had fallen, where it was washed by the waves.

Moria, with the Golden Lion and January, flew towards the island.

When we arrived at the edge of the island.

As the giant wave receded, the island looked as if it had been hit by a tsunami, riddled with craters and pools of water. These were likely created by animals on the island when the waves swept across it.

Few large trees on the island were uprooted; most were broken by the waves, their leaves washed away, leaving only bare, short branches and trunks.

The island's animals suffered greatly; only a small portion survived, while the rest were washed into the sea by the waves and fed to marine life.

"Hmm... Giants! Two!"

Just as Moria was about to land, he suddenly saw two large hands on a small hill in the middle of the island. He flew up and saw that two giants were holding the hill tightly with one hand, and there were some dinosaurs behind them.

Clearly, they managed to avoid being swept away by the waves by grabbing onto the small hill. Some dinosaurs that hid behind them were also lucky enough to survive.

only…

Dinosaur!

Two giants!

Small island!

The first half of the Grand Line!

When these words came together, Moria felt a strange sense of familiarity, and his memories from his past life began to take effect.

"Ancient Island!"

"A small garden!"

A few seconds later, Moria's eyes lit up. He guessed which island it was and who the two giants were.

In the past, many One Piece fans enthusiastically discussed whether the two giant warriors on Little Garden Island who could use the giant race's secret technique "Overlord" were as strong as the Admirals or even the Four Emperors.

The examples cited various proofs, such as how the combined attack of the two directly pierced through the powerful attack "Overlord" of the island-eating goldfish, which feeds on islands. In terms of attack power, it was completely at the level of the Four Emperors.

At first, not many people paid attention; they just thought that's how the giants were.

It wasn't until later, when Big Mom, one of the Four Emperors, also used a move called "Wei Guo".

The situation reversed instantly. Many One Piece fans compared the attack power to the "Overlord" attack of the two giant warriors in Little Garden. Putting aside the Haki bonus, they found that the destructive power of the attack was actually about the same.

Of course, only a portion of people agree.

Finally, someone else said that the reason why the two giant warriors, who were pirates, were able to stay in Little Garden without being attacked by the Navy was because their strength was so great that even the Navy did not want to provoke them.

Based on these various inferences, most people tend to believe that the two giants in Little Garden are at least at the level of an Admiral, if not Yonko-level, and if not, at least potential Admirals.

Moriah, who had seen these discussions before, now smiled knowingly.

Let him, a transmigrator from this world, personally verify his true strength.

"This trip... is buy one get two free!"

Moria laughed in the air and, instead of heading to the center of the island, landed on its edge.

Let's ignore those two giants for now and subdue the Golden Lion Shadow first.

Upon landing on the open ground of the island, Moria instructed January to stand guard on the perimeter to prevent the two giants from approaching.

He laid the unconscious golden lion down on the ground, then took an oil lamp from the shadow space, lit it, and hung it on a broken, crooked branch.

The orange light shone on the golden lion, casting a dark shadow.

As expected of the Golden Lion, its heart was pierced and it is still bleeding, yet it does not seem to be dead.

Its vitality is truly tenacious; judging from its appearance, it will take a long time before it completely dies.

With a thought, Moria manipulated his shadow to merge into the Golden Lion's shadow, beginning the transformation of him into a shadow slave.

The Golden Lion's will goes without saying; it's comparable to that of Shanks.

If Moria hadn't been able to perceive the shadow space of others, there really wouldn't have been a way to enslave the Golden Lion.

Now!

Not long after, in half a minute, the Golden Lion, who was already injured and unconscious, could not withstand the pressure and finally became Moria's shadow slave.

Moria controlled the shadow and pulled out the two longswords from the Golden Lion. Then, while infusing it with a large amount of life energy, he manipulated the shadow to reshape it, allowing the broken legs to grow back.

Once everything was back to normal, the moment the Golden Lion opened his eyes, a burst of Conqueror's Haki erupted, but it vanished instantly upon seeing Moria.

The Golden Lion stood up and looked at Moria.

"Master...Master!"

Like Bondiwald, the unruly Golden Lion, despite his initial discomfort, eventually succumbed to the Shadow Slave's power and bowed his head to Moria.

"Let's go meet those two giants and see if they're really that strong!"

Moria smiled, activated his Shadow Mode, and turned to fly towards the center of the island.

January and Golden Lion quickly followed.