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

Despite his outwardly calm demeanor, Moria was harboring inner turmoil and unleashed a torrent of abuse at the gazes directed at him by Mitsuha and the others.

"You're scared by a mere Conqueror's Haki? That's just a useless skill for clearing out grunts. It's only good for showing off. In front of a true powerhouse, Conqueror's Haki is a joke."

After giving Mitsuha and the others a piece of his mind, Moria curled his lip and said, "I wouldn't even bother using them!"

"..." Everyone suppressed their laughter and remained silent.

Moria waved his hand impatiently and said, "You'd better leave this island right now!"

"In the upcoming battles, if we stay on this island any longer, I won't be able to take care of you."

Chapter 100 Moria VS Peak Whitebeard

Given the intensity of the battle between Moria and Whitebeard, especially Whitebeard's Tremor-Tremor Fruit ability, the destructive range was exceptionally wide.

Their lives were inevitably in danger if they stayed behind.

"I understand. Be careful then!"

After expressing her concern for Moria, Mitsuha quickly led everyone down the mountain and left.

They also understood that the aftershocks of the battle between Moria and Whitebeard were something that ordinary people could not withstand.

Therefore, leaving is the best option.

"Cheng!"

As soon as Mitsuha and the others left the mountain range, Moria gazed down at Whitebeard, clenched his right fist, and gathered powerful Armament Haki to harden his entire arm, pouring his strong will into it.

Chain-like red and black lightning crackled around Moria's arms, amplified by his own will, and an aura of frenzied killing intent emanated from him.

Further out at sea, influenced by this aura, fish, marine mammals, and even ordinary sea monsters fled outwards.

"You've gotten stronger again, kid!" Whitebeard's expression hardened slightly as he looked at the Haki lightning on Moria's arm, then he smiled.

Compared to the final moments on Skull Island, Moria was indeed a bit stronger.

He can unleash Haki lightning simply by gathering Armament Haki within himself.

This is a mark that only appears when one's Armament Haki strength and willpower reach a certain level.

"It's alright!"

Moria smiled, not being overly modest; his strength had indeed increased slightly, especially in his use of willpower.

"You're here!"

Moria leaned forward slightly, then suddenly launched himself forward.

"Bang!" A white shockwave erupted instantly, and Moria vanished from his spot.

"call out!"

Close to the slope in the air, Moria's entire body pierced the air like a bullet, shooting straight towards Whitebeard at the foot of the mountain.

"Kura la la!"

Whitebeard, standing at the foot of the mountain, reacted quickly, bursting into laughter the instant Moria launched himself forward.

Then, he took a step forward with his left foot, crushing the rocks as he gripped the pheasant sword with both hands and swung it backward, dragging it behind him as if drawing his sword.

"Whitebeard!!!"

The instant he approached Whitebeard, Moria let out a loud shout, and his right fist, imbued with Armament Haki and carrying a fierce aura, slammed out.

"Come on, kid!!"

Whitebeard also shouted loudly, gripped the hilt of his pheasant sword tightly with both hands, and swung it forward fiercely, like a sword-drawing slash.

The blade made a buzzing sound as it sliced ​​through space.

"Zi!"

A flash of light appeared.

Whitebeard's pheasant sword blade collided fiercely with Moria's fist at a distance of about twenty centimeters.

"Clang!"

Moria felt as if his fist was hitting an invisible block of steel, unable to penetrate.

"boom!"

The moment they collided, a tremendous force, like an invisible millstone, instantly pressed down on the rocky ground around them.

Starting from a point four meters in radius below the two individuals.

Under this terrifying force, the rocky ground suddenly sank four or five meters, and the rock flow that was squeezed outwards from the sinking instantly rose more than ten meters high, crashing around the two of them like ocean waves.

The force of the attack, generated in a single instant, created a massive circular crater with a diameter of 100 meters around the two individuals.

"Such powerful Ryuo Haki!"

The instant the attacks collided, Moria felt Whitebeard's terrifying Ryuo Haki, which seemed to corrode and permeate his Armament Haki like strong sulfuric acid, entering his body to attack.

Compared to Garp's Ryuo Haki, Moria seems to have Whitebeard's much stronger Haki!

"What the hell is this?" Moria was momentarily dazed.

Is Garp's strength just hype, and he's not as strong as Whitebeard?

That can't be!

Moria couldn't believe it.

"Am I being underestimated?!" Whitebeard noticed Moria's dazed expression, which annoyed him, making him feel looked down upon.

Seizing that moment, Whitebeard suddenly exerted force with both hands and swept them fiercely.

"Clang!"

The Ryuo Haki on the pheasant sword was like a sharp blade. With this sweep, it directly cut through Moria's fist and incidentally unleashed a slash wave containing the ultimate Ryuo Haki.

"Oops!"

The moment his right fist was slashed open and bled, Moria snapped back to reality and felt the terrifying power of the slash wave, which contained the Haki of Ryuo and was exceptionally sharp.

Moria quickly gathered Armament Haki in his left hand to harden it, and then held it up in front of his chest along with his right hand.

"Zheng..."

At his peak, Whitebeard's power was terrifying; his slashing waves were like chainsaws, frantically cutting through Moria's forearms.

At the same time, a shockwave containing a powerful force, like ten mountains, pushed Moria violently against the mountainside behind him with unparalleled terrifying power.

"grass!"

Feeling the frenzied cutting and terrifying power of the slashing wave, Moria knew he couldn't let the attack continue.

Otherwise, his arm might have been severed, because the cut has already reached the bone.

So Moria, bracing himself against Whitebeard's slashing wave, swung it sharply to the right, directing the wave towards the mountain range on the right.

Just as Moria guided the slashing wave away...

His body was also pushed backward by the terrifying force that had been applied to him, slamming heavily onto the rocky slope halfway up the mountain.

"Boom!"

The moment Moria crashed onto the hillside slope, a terrifying force emanated from him.

In an instant, the rocky slope shattered, and amidst the flying debris, Moria's body smashed through the mountain and appeared high in the sky above the island.

The mountain range, which resembles a giant dragon lying on the ground, was blasted into a canyon 200 meters wide starting from the halfway point.

At the same time, the slashing wave that Moria had guided to his right swept across the mountainside in that instant.

moment……

"Cheng!"

The mountain range west of where Moria was blasted was cut in half by Whitebeard's slashing wave.

The upper part of the mountain peak was tumbled and crashed into the island under the wind pressure generated by the slashing wave.

This shocking scene sent shivers down the spines of the Whitebeard Pirates, who had never seen Whitebeard at full strength before. It felt as if a fire was burning in their hearts.

"As expected, Dad is the strongest!"

"Dad is still Dad!"

"Still so strong!"

Marco and his companions looked proud as they witnessed the scene of half a mountain range being cut off.

Under such a horrific attack, they felt that Moria had no hope of victory.

Therefore, Marco and the others firmly believed that their own father would be the winner.

"This……"

"Is this a slash even humanly capable of?!"

On the naval observation ships on the east and west sides of Ark Island, the naval personnel responsible for observation witnessed the scene of the mountains being broken by Whitebeard's terrifying slashing wave.

Even in just a moment, they were already drenched in sweat and their scalps were tingling.

How is the Navy supposed to deal with this monster?

How will they monitor and observe?

So... it's best to stay away!

The naval observation ships on the east and west sides made a decision almost simultaneously to move away from Ark Island and away from the monsters' battle range.

At this time.

For Mitsuha and the others who were running towards the northern mountains...

They had only run down the mountain and gone less than a kilometer when they heard a loud "boom" behind them.

Before they could even turn around to see what had happened...

A familiar, dark golden figure flew through a flurry of flying rocks and soared into the sky in front of them.

“That’s not…” A pirate looked up, but before he could finish speaking, he felt a shadow on the ground rapidly enlarging in his vision.

Chapter 101 Mountain Range Break