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

Because the giant snake closed its mouth beforehand, it not only failed to bite Moria, but also paused for a moment due to the suddenness of the event, allowing Moria to fly past it.

"Roar!"

The giant serpent roared and turned to chase after Moria at top speed.

Boom!

Boom!

The houses on both sides of the passageway suffered further damage, being crushed by the crowds.

What's terrifying is that the villagers inside the house didn't react much at all, remaining kneeling in the direction of the mountain from which the giant snake came, even when they were buried under the wooden planks of the collapsed house.

Some people who witnessed Moria's battle with Orochi instead showed hatred in their eyes—not at Orochi, but at Moria.

It's very strange; Moria simply can't understand it.

In the chase, Moria quickly crossed the end of the passageway and arrived outside the village.

"whispering sound!"

Suddenly a mournful cry rang out, and Moria stopped and turned around.

The giant snake did not follow Moria out of the village. It stopped at the end of the passageway, its body coiled high, its mouth wide open, its tongue long and outstretched, and mournful cries emanating from its mouth.

It felt like something inside my body was attacking me; it was very painful.

Moria's gaze was fixed on the serpent's belly, where there was a slight bulge.

"She's pregnant and about to lay an egg!" Moria's heart skipped a beat, his eyes gleaming.

This might be the opportunity to take down the giant snake.

The serpent's mournful cries lasted for a short while before stopping.

Then his pupils, as sharp as copper bells, glared fiercely at Moria, the hatred in his eyes almost bursting into flames.

Moriah was on guard, preparing to get away from the village first before figuring out how to deal with the giant snake.

Unexpectedly, the giant snake only glared at Moria in mid-air with its hateful gaze before immediately turning its head and swimming towards the nearest house in the village.

"This guy needs to eat because of the eggs in his belly!"

In an instant, Moria figured out the reason for the serpent's actions.

Abandoning him as an enemy and turning to attack the villagers can only be for something more important, such as one's own children.

call out!

Moria quickly caught up with the giant serpent. Since he could tell that the serpent desperately needed to eat, he naturally wouldn't give it its wish.

During the flight, Moria had a thought, and his shadow flew out as fast as flowing water.

The giant snake came to a house and, through its heat sensor, sensed through the wooden planks that there were six people inside.

Without hesitation, the giant snake first lowered its head and swung it, smashing the roof off, then raised its head to bite the family of six who were still kneeling on the ground.

Just then, Moriah's shadow arrived ahead of time, quickly enveloping the serpent's head and forming a shadow sphere.

Once its sight and breathing were cut off, the giant snake panicked immediately. Instinctively, it raised its head and shook it repeatedly, trying to shake off the shadow sphere that enveloped it.

However, without a point of force, simply shaking it obviously cannot disperse the shadow.

"Get out of here immediately!"

Moria flew to the side of the house and roared, urging the family of six inside to flee.

What time is it? And you're still kneeling here.

"Monster! Monster! Your Mountain God will definitely kill you!!"

Below, a middle-aged man looked up at Moria, who was now shrouded in shadow, and said in a trembling voice.

Moria was speechless for a moment.

This family of six consists of a couple and their four children, all of whom are quite young, ranging in age from ten to two or three.

At that moment, the couple held their four children, who clearly wanted to escape, tightly in their arms.

This scene made Moria feel very uncomfortable.

"Feudal superstition is deadly!"

In the end, Moria could only sigh and say nothing more.

If someone wants to die, he naturally won't say much.

bump!

At this moment, the giant snake probably knew that shaking its head wouldn't get rid of the shadow, so it swung its head and slammed it hard into the ground, hitting the side of the house and creating a large crater.

The shadow dissipated, and the giant snake regained its breath, taking several deep breaths like a human, without attacking immediately.

But the snake's head still stared down at the family of six, and a trickle of saliva even dripped from the corner of its mouth.

Even a fool would know that the giant snake really wants to eat people.

But the family of six refused to leave and remained kneeling. The couple looked at the giant snake with a sense of worship or even piety, like believers in God.

"This is hopeless!"

Moria shook his head, then with a thought, the scattered shadow solidified again, quickly coiling around the serpent's body, and before it could bite again, lifted it into the sky.

The giant snake, which had been flying upwards, sensed something amiss and began to twist and contort its body, trying to disperse its shadow and return to the ground.

But just as it couldn't shake off the shadow sphere, it had nowhere to lean on while in the air, so it naturally couldn't get rid of the shadow to lift it up.

The giant snake struggled as Moria's super-controlled shadow lifted it into the air, sending it soaring higher into the sky.

Moria was about fifty meters away from the giant serpent when he flew into the sky with it.

At the same time, he was also focused on manipulating the shadow, wrapping it around and lifting the giant snake.

In order for the giant serpent to be unable to use the shadow as a point of force to disperse the shadow, Moria would need to precisely control the shadow.

Control the shadow to slide away from the position where the giant snake wants to use its strength, preventing it from gaining leverage. Then, use force to lift the giant snake upwards from its weak position.

Thus, the giant serpent was as if it were deep in space. No matter how it twisted and swayed, it had nowhere to gain leverage and could only be lifted up by Moria and flown into the sky.

A short while later, the giant snake and Moria flew into the clouds together, then moved a short distance away from the village.

"This altitude must be at least two thousand meters!"

In the clouds, Moria, his entire body shrouded in shadow, secretly estimated his height above the ground.

Rain clouds are generally quite low, around two thousand meters in altitude.

Falling from that height, given the weight of the giant snake, the recoil would be incredibly strong; it would at least take half its life if it didn't die.

At that time, we can easily deal with this giant snake.

Thinking this, Moria smiled, then with a thought, withdrew the shadow that was wrapped around the giant snake.

Before the giant snake could even rejoice at being freed from its restraints, a downward force pulled it down, and the speed increased rapidly.

Moria followed him down, still about fifty meters away from the giant serpent.

The serpent's gaze toward Moria now held no hatred or bloodlust, only an unprecedented panic.

Its body was twisting and shaking even more violently than before. Like a fish out of water, it kept thrashing about, hoping to find a miraculous way out.

At the village entrance, a figure of noodles leaped swiftly from a parked carriage and moved rapidly across the rooftops.

Jingni, sitting in the carriage, looked up at the figure's back and was startled.

"Very strong!"

Jingni could sense that the person had a very strong aura, surrounded by a powerful aura that allowed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to constantly surround him, forming an invisible force that kept all the rainwater at bay, preventing it from getting close.

"He's a master," Jing Ni thought to herself, then looked at the direction the figure was heading and saw that it was heading straight for Moria.

"Not good!" Jing Ni's expression changed. After glancing around and making sure no one was there, she immediately followed.

The figure leaping and running on the rooftop glanced back at Jingni, who was chasing after them, and was startled.

"Such powerful sword intent!"

"I hope the High Priestess arrives soon!"

Feiyan frowned slightly. This mission was very important to the Yin-Yang School, which was why they sent Dongjun, the Yin-Yang School's so-called "Number One Extraordinary Woman of Yin-Yang Arts," to ensure that nothing went wrong.

But judging from the current situation, it's a bit troublesome for her to be alone.

call out!

Boom!

No miracle occurred. The giant snake fell straight down, leaving a deep, serpentine pit in the ground outside the village. Rainwater from the downpour was continuously flowing into the pit.

Moria followed and landed, then manipulated his shadow to carry the giant snake's corpse out of the pit and onto the ground.

The giant serpent died from the shock. Its body was strong, tough, and resilient, but its soft brain was no match. The force of the shockwave turned it into a puddle of mush, killing it completely.

Moria stepped into the giant serpent, manipulating his shadow to merge into it. Just as he was about to devour it, two golden crescent-shaped energy blades shot towards him from a distance like slashing waves.

clank!

Moria, who possesses Observation Haki, easily dodged the attack. His air blade struck the giant snake's scales, producing a few sparks and leaving two white marks, but otherwise causing no damage.

"It can block attacks from the spiritual energy of heaven and earth!" Moria's eyes lit up.

During this time, Moria tested his shadow servant, whose nature-based fluid body still possessed the characteristic of ignoring physical attacks.

However, once it is dispersed by an attack containing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, it will truly disintegrate, just like the Sea Stone.

The only difference is that the Shadow Servant won't immediately dissipate like it would when touched by Seastone. Instead, it requires an attack imbued with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to strike its interior before it can be completely destroyed.

The giant serpent's scales can now withstand attacks imbued with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, so its defense is undoubtedly very strong.

If the strength of his shadow could reach the level of the Serpent's Scales, then many powerful beings in this world would no longer pose much of a threat to him.

"Who are you!"

A clear, cold female voice came from behind, and Moria looked up.

A graceful woman stands on the snake's head, her hands forming a mudra, looking down at Moriah.

The woman was beautiful, wearing a dark blue dress with gold lace trim. Two strands of black hair fell from the corners of her eyes to her full breasts, while the rest of her hair was tied up at the back of her head with a long hairpin, making her very memorable.