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

"It should be Whitebeard, after all, he was the strongest man in the world."

"I think so too, he's still a bit short of being a Best Actor."

"However, Moria shouldn't be defeated so easily; there will definitely be a fierce battle between the two."

"I really want to go see it!"

In the New World, Whitebeard's actions were observed, and people everywhere discussed his battle with Moria.

The general consensus is that Whitebeard was stronger.

Ark Island.

As its name suggests, the island's shape resembles a giant ark sailing on the sea.

The island's edge is surrounded by reddish-brown rocky mountains.

From the outside, it looks like a bare, rocky island.

However, once inside the island, you'll find that, unlike the desolate rocky mountains, the island is teeming with life.

In the center of the island is a huge oval-shaped freshwater lake, with the freshwater coming from underground rivers.

Apart from the freshwater lake, the island is covered by a primeval forest.

The forest is teeming with all sorts of animals, especially a type of animal called the live chicken.

This area was originally occupied by a pirate crew.

yesterday.

After Moriah and Ike arrived here.

Moria turned the pirate crew's captain and seven officers who knew Armament Haki into shadow clones.

He also converted all of the other hundred-plus ordinary crew members into life force and stored them in the shadow space.

Then they occupied the place and used it as the location to fight the pirate crews that wanted to challenge Moria.

Today, around noon, Moria, Ike, and others were eating roasted turkey by the freshwater lake.

At this moment

"Boss!"

"Boss!"

A pirate, sweating profusely, ran from a distance to Moria.

"It's coming! A pirate ship is heading this way."

Chapter 83 Bloodhand Butcher - Gomez

"Which pirate crew?" Ike asked.

"Captain, it's the Bloodhand Pirates, the Bloodhand Butcher Gomez's crew," the reporting pirate replied nervously.

Bloodhand Butcher?

Moria's heart skipped a beat, and he looked thoughtful. He seemed to have heard this name somewhere in his previous life.

But I can't seem to remember it clearly!

"Is that guy?" Ike frowned slightly upon hearing the name.

Bloodhand Butcher Gomez was a pirate who entered the New World in the same year as Ike. The two were contemporaries and captains of their respective pirate crews, so people often compared the two.

However, unlike Ekko, who didn't fare very well, Bloodthirsty Gomez was much more successful and famous.

Similarly, Gomez's ambitions are much greater!

In terms of strength, Gomez is naturally stronger, and it could even be said that Ike is slightly weaker than Gomez.

The two pirate crews had a brief clash once before.

As a result, Ike and his crew were defeated, but the Madman Pirates' officers were relatively evenly matched in strength.

Therefore, despite being outnumbered, they escaped safely with few casualties.

They never encountered each other again after that, but Gomez's strength and tenacity still remain vivid in their memories.

"I didn't expect that Gomez would arrive first!"

"That guy's abilities are quite troublesome!"

Jesse and Tia frowned, clearly still somewhat wary of Gomez.

"You all know each other?" Hearing this, Moria put down the roasted meat in his hand and asked with a smile, "Are you very good at it?"

"Boss!"

Ike said in a deep voice, "Don't underestimate Gomez. He has a very troublesome ability. If you fight him for a long time, your mind will be eroded by a murderous intent, and you will become a monster that only knows how to kill."

"When ordinary people encounter him, they will lose their minds instantly and become trapped in a killing spree where they cannot distinguish friend from foe."

"Therefore, to fight him, one must not only have a firm will to withstand the corrosive influence of his killing intent, but also ideally end the battle in the shortest possible time."

"Never exceed ten minutes. If the battle cannot be resolved in ten minutes, then retreat and fight again later."

Intent to kill?

There are such fantastical things?

After hearing Ike's words, Moria looked somewhat taken aback and asked, "Is it a Devil Fruit ability?"

In Moria's view, only Devil Fruits could explain this strange power.

To everyone's surprise, Ike shook his head and said solemnly, "If it's not a Devil Fruit ability, no one knows where that murderous intent comes from."

"However, I heard that Gomez is a rare race, and it is said that he is the only one left in the entire race. So everyone guesses that the killing intent is his racial talent."

What the hell is this racial talent?!

Moria was even more confused after hearing this; it was getting more and more fantastical.

But then Moriah thought about it again and felt relieved.

In the world of One Piece, there are indeed some special races with unique abilities.

For example, Charlotte Linlin's three-eyed daughter, Brin, is said to be from a special race.

After awakening, one can even interpret history through their eyes.

Other abilities are also quite fantastical. For example, the hypnotic abilities of the man named Django who appeared in Usopp's hometown seem terrifying and unreasonable to Moria.

Although it cannot distinguish between friend and foe, that is precisely what makes it terrifying.

"In short, boss, you can't fight him for too long!" At this moment, Ike reminded Moria not to fight a protracted battle.

He wasn't worried that Moria wouldn't win quickly; he was afraid that Moria would stall for time and get killed in a counterattack.

"hehe!"

"What you said has piqued my interest."

Moria smiled, stood up, and with a thought, activated his Shadow Golden Body mode, soaring into the sky and flying towards the north of Ark Island.

That was the direction the Bloodhand Butcher Gomez had come from, as the pirates who reported it had mentioned.

Moria wanted to see for himself what kind of power this so-called killing intent was that made Ike and the others so wary.

If his ability is truly amazing, and it's not a Devil Fruit ability but a racial physical talent, then perhaps he could try devouring Gomez's shadow!

"Did I say too much?" Ike stared blankly at Moria as he suddenly left, then said to Tia and the others.

"Yes, yes!" Tia and the others nodded in unison.

This means that Ike's excessive talking has piqued Moria's interest, potentially turning what could have been a quick battle into a protracted conflict.

"This isn't what I wanted!" Ike was on the verge of tears.

“Let’s go too, Ike,” Jesse said, standing up. “We can’t let our boss go alone to fight!”

“That’s right!” Tia stood up and said, “We’re now under the Shadow Emperor Pirates’ banner, how can we let our boss fight alone?”

“That’s right!” The other officers stood up and said, “Let’s go. Gomez is our leader’s responsibility, and we’ll take care of the rest.”

Ike laughed and said, "Then let's go and have a good fight, my men."

After Moria left, the Madman Pirates quickly headed north of the island for their first battle after joining the Shadow Emperor Pirates.

At the top of the mountain range north of Ark Island, Moria fell from the sky, landing on some rough, reddish-brown rocks.

Directly below him in the sea, a huge pirate ship was speeding towards him.

As the pirate ship drew closer, Moria could see what it looked like.

It's very large, and its design is somewhat similar to the Whitebeard Pirates' Moby Whale.

The pirate ship was sailing head-on, with a pirate flag painted on its sails that were hanging high above it.

Below a white skull, two blood-red skeletal hands grip two crossed knives.

"The Bloodhand Pirates must be called that because of this pirate flag!" Moria thought to himself, looking at the pirate flag.

"Peng!"

"Peng!"

The Bloodhand Pirates' ship parted the waves and quickly docked at the edge of Ark Island.

Ark Island has no beaches, and the water at the foot of the mountain is hundreds of meters deep, so pirate ships can dock directly at the foot of the mountain.

People can also jump directly off the pirate ship and land on Ark Island.

"Captain, we've only seen the Movie Emperor; we haven't seen any members of the Madman Pirates yet."

On the bow deck, a short-legged pirate with a large barrel-shaped upper body put down his binoculars and reported the situation to Gomez, who was standing at the front.

Gomez was a burly man, five meters tall, with a long sword at his waist; he was a master swordsman.

However, the most striking feature of his body was his hands, which were blood red all the way down to his arms.

At this moment, Gomez glanced sideways at Moria, who was in Shadow Mode on the mountaintop.

A person?

Ah!