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

Although the knife can continue to grow larger, its weight no longer increases.

After figuring out these principles, Moria casually turned the weapons of the five-leaf and six-leaf types into shadow lifeforms, weighing the same as July's, two thousand catties.

The weapons used were obtained from Impel Down: the Silver Axe's axe and Wang Zhi's longsword, which were just right for obtaining the five-leaf and six-leaf heirlooms from the two giants in Little Garden.

"July, five leaves, six leaves!"

Moria smiled, called over the three July who had been eyeing the weapons for a while, gave them the swords and axes, and gave them the authority to control them, letting them try them on to see if they fit.

"Thank you, boss!!!"

After thanking them, the three of them couldn't wait any longer. They flew into the air and transformed into their complete forms, while the swords and axes in their hands also grew larger along with their bodies.

It has become a weapon of shadow life. Its intelligence may not be enough for a human, but it is more than enough for a knife. It can quickly change its length and size according to the body shape of the three July, perfectly matching their body shape.

While the three were playing in the air in July, familiarizing themselves with their weapons, Moria also turned Perona's little black umbrella into a shadow life form.

Perona was overjoyed. She hugged her little black umbrella, which kept getting bigger and smaller, and flew around on the ship, having a great time.

Fortunately, Perona has now absorbed the life energy of the Sea Kings, making her incredibly strong and physically powerful.

For Perona, the resistance encountered by the enlarged black umbrella was no different from that of the original black umbrella.

"Alas! It's a pity we don't use weapons!"

"Otherwise, I could have gotten a weapon that could change size!"

Mitsuha and the others looked at July and the other two in the sky with envious eyes.

Suddenly, January said, "We can ask the boss to turn our clothes and shoes into shadow lifeforms! That way, when we transform back, we won't have to change clothes every time."

Upon hearing this, Mitsuha and the others' eyes lit up, but soon, they all shook their heads in unison.

Clothes, which come into direct contact with the body, especially intimate items like underwear, are something they find extremely disgusting to wear—clothes that have a living thing, with a mouth and eyes.

Imagine if, during a fight, Nene suddenly grew a mouth and then stuck out her tongue to lick it.

"Um……!"

The thought sent a shiver down everyone's spine. They were determined not to turn their clothes into shadow lifeforms, preferring to simply change clothes each time, since they had plenty of clothes in their shadow spaces anyway.

"It seems inappropriate!!" After thinking about it for a while, January realized that she couldn't accept it either, so she didn't bring it up again.

Moria activated his Shadow Mode and flew to the pirate ship where Ike was. He also turned Ike's black staff into a shadow life form, still weighing two thousand pounds.

As a Zoan-type Ancient Zoan-type Devil Fruit user, Ike can transform into a body several meters tall, making a Ruyi Jingu Bang (a magical staff) that can enlarge and shrink perfectly suited to him.

Ike was very satisfied with the Ruyi Black Staff. Before Moria even left, he transformed into a superhuman and unleashed a set of staff techniques.

However, the long-haired staff under his abdomen was also practicing staff techniques, which Moria found too offensive to watch, so he quickly flew back to the three-leaf ship.

"I wonder which unlucky guy will get tricked by that hairy stick when he fights Ike in the future!"

Ah!

It's disgusting, I can't even think about it.

Back on the three-leaf ship, Moria quickly erased the images from his mind.

He is a normal man, a man who likes beautiful women.

Shaking off these thoughts, Moria looked at his current Shadow Mode. He seemed to be a little shorter, not noticeably, but he could sense it.

It's likely that when creating the shadow life form, too much of one's own shadow was incorporated, resulting in the complete Shadow Golden Body mode having less of its own shadow incorporated.

Perfect timing! Now that we can create shadow life forms, it's time to realize the thundercloud shadow life form I've been longing for.

While you're at it, devour a few more small mountain shadows to increase the quantity and weight of your own shadow.

"I'm going out for a bit, I'll be right back!"

After saying goodbye to Mitsuha and the others, Moria switched places with the Shadow Servant Newsbird above the island covered by thunderclouds and left.

"Where did the boss go?"

"do not know!"

Mitsuha and the others asked and answered questions, so they weren't too worried that Moria would miss the deadline.

It's still early to reach Wano Country. According to their estimation, it will take at least a week to get from Beehive Island to Wano Country.

The ship controlled by the Float-Float Fruit doesn't actually fly very fast; it's not as fast as Moria's Shadow Disc.

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Chapter 187 Kuri Moria and Kaido's Second Battle (Combined Chapter)

Thundercloud Island, above the clouds.

As soon as he appeared, Moria heard a rumbling thunder and the crackling of lightning.

Six months later, the thick thunderclouds that had been cleared away by Moria's swallowing of his shadow once again filled the sky above the entire island.

Upon landing on the island's edge, Moria manipulated his shadow to merge into the thundercloud's shadow, and then had a shadow servant who had merged with his shadow merge into the spatial barrier of the thundercloud's shadow.

Everything went smoothly, without any surprises.

Thundercloud became Moria's Thundercloud Shadow Life.

"Owner!"

In the sky, the thick, dark clouds, crackling with lightning, suddenly twisted and deformed, revealing a huge, humanoid face that looked down at Moria below the island and shouted.

The voice sounded like that of a seven or eight-year-old child, clear and crisp with a hint of crackling thunder, like a computer-generated sound.

“Try turning into a ball!” Moria said with a laugh.

"Yes, Master!" Lei Yun replied, and then began to shrink.

Before long, the thunderclouds over the island disappeared, and the thunder stopped. Only a small black ball, about the size of a basketball, flew towards Moria.

"Master! Master!"

The little black ball revealed its mouth, nose, and eyes, circling and flying around Moria. It was quite intelligent, but had a childlike nature.

Moria reached out his hand, and the small black ball flew in.

Moria grabbed the little black ball and squeezed it; the texture was like squeezing a soft leather ball, very comfortable.

The little black ball looked very comfortable and enjoying itself, its eyes slightly narrowed, just like a cat being petted.

"From now on, you'll be called..." Moria pondered for a moment, looking at the small, jet-black ball of thundercloud in his hand. He decided it should be a minimalist name that would leave a lasting impression, so he smiled and said, "Okay, from now on you'll be called Little Black Ball! What do you think? Do you like it?"

The little black ball was naturally delighted. It wasn't a person, so it was excited to have a name, and it even couldn't resist sending a jolt of electricity to Moria.

Boom!

Zizizi!

Moria's hair instantly stood on end like a hedgehog.

"Ah! I'm sorry, Master!!" The little black ball looked panicked, broke free from Moria's grasp, and anxiously circled around him.

"fine!"

Moria waved his hand, saying that this amount of lightning had no effect on his physical strength.

The thunderclouds had disappeared and had not yet gathered again, so Moria walked into the island mountains.

The little black ball, like a Pokémon, always stayed by Moria's side.

Arriving in the middle of the island, on an open space, Moria had a thought and manipulated the shadow beneath him to split into strips, simultaneously beginning to devour the shadows of more than a dozen small mountains.

As it devoured, Moria's shadow space began to expand and grow larger.

Ten minutes later, the dozen or so small hills in the middle of the island disappeared, leaving only a smooth rocky ground.

Moria stood there, looking surprised.

Having swallowed the shadows of more than a dozen small mountains, his body could still withstand it; in fact, one could say he felt little pressure.

Before Moria's body became stronger by absorbing Barrett's shadow, his muscles felt a stinging pain after absorbing the shadow of a small rocky mountain, and he could no longer withstand the pressure of absorbing more object shadows.

My body is now stronger than when I absorbed Barrett's shadow.

But according to Moria's estimation, after devouring the shadows of more than a dozen small mountains, his physical body had basically reached its limit under normal conditions.

If he were to devour anything more, his body would be unable to withstand it. Even activating the Shadow Golden Body mode would have a time limit; otherwise, he might accidentally explode and die.

Why don't I feel any stress in my body right now?

Moria was completely baffled. After thinking about it for a while, and considering the changes in the shadow, he concluded that the shadow must have merged with his will, making the expansion of the shadow space no longer solely dependent on the physical body.

Well... that's roughly the explanation; Moria himself wasn't entirely sure.

However… since it can still devour shadows, then let’s devour them all. Moria wants to see where the limit of devouring shadows is.

Or rather... is there a limit?

With a thought, Moria continued to manipulate the shadows to devour the hills on the island.

Thundercloud Island is not large, but it is not small either. There are many small hills on the island, ranging from sixty to one hundred and twenty meters in height.

An hour later, half of these hills disappeared after Moria swallowed their shadows, and half of the island turned into smooth, flat rocky land.

Ultimately, Moria's ability to devour shadows was not limitless.

After devouring half of the mountain's shadow, Moria felt his willpower had reached its limit; if he continued to devour, his willpower would be compromised.

Combining the initial stinging pain in her muscles from the first time she swallowed the mountain's shadow, this time it pushed her willpower to its limit.

Moria figured out that the factors affecting how many shadows of objects he could devour were his physical body and will.

Previously, when the will was not integrated into the shadow, the pressure of devouring the shadow of objects was always borne by the body. Now that the will has integrated into the shadow, the will and the body share the burden.

So this time, Moria devoured more of the mountain shadows.

How much did the weight increase after absorbing so many shadows? Moria was very curious.

"Shadow Golden Body Mode!"

With a thought, Moria's body instantly expanded to a height of ten meters, his entire body resembling a black metallic shadow.

Moria looked at himself and realized that he was now significantly taller than his previous Shadow Golden Body mode, which was a maximum of seven meters.

A height of ten meters brings about far more than just a change in height; the biggest change is in internal weight.

Weight equals power; in Shadow Mode, the heavier the body, the more powerful the punches thrown.