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

"bump!"

"bump!"

"!"

Small cars, small houses, and even large houses of the size of rocks rained down on them from the sky behind them, creating large craters in the ground.

Holy crap!

"help me!"

"Run!"

Get out of the way!

Moria's pirates scattered and jumped around as they ran, dodging falling rocks.

Fortunately, Mitsuha and Black, among other capable individuals, stepped in to help block the falling rocks, and in the end, there were not many casualties.

Only a few unlucky ones couldn't dodge in time and were hit by stones the size of buckets, breaking their legs and arms.

They could only be dragged along the ground by their hands or heads, as if being pulled along the floor.

At that moment, the half of the mountain range that Whitebeard had cut off tumbled and fell into the island.

"What is this?!"

A pirate running away inadvertently turned his head to look at the west side of the island, and immediately screamed. His pupils dilated and then shrank, and his eyes went blank for a moment.

"What the hell?!"

""

Some of the pirates who heard the exclamation turned around to look, and they were also stunned.

The mountain range, which had been cut in half by Whitebeard's slashing wave, rolled silently through the air before crashing heavily to the left front of the running group.

"Boom!"

A loud bang was heard, and the entire island shook violently several times.

"thump!"

"Pfft!"

Some people who were running lost their balance and fell to the ground with a jolt, landing face-first.

Holy crap!

Holy crap!

""

Seeing that mountain range, which was of unknown length and at least several hundred meters in diameter, being cut off and tumbled onto the island's ground, was truly astounding.

More of Moria's pirates were stunned, their teeth aching and their hearts pounding.

"This is the world of the strong!"

"It's definitely beyond the imagination of people like us!"

"This must be a power that only a god could possess!"

Many of the running pirates had blank expressions, looking as if their worldview had been shattered, which slowed them down.

"Why aren't you running? Are you waiting to die?!"

Seeing that some pirates had slowed down due to their shock, Mitsuha couldn't help but shout.

"Yes! Run!"

"It's too dangerous here!"

"No, it's just that this island is too dangerous."

"Let's go out to sea, we'll go out to sea right now, far away from the sea."

Mitsuha reminded them, and many people realized what had happened. Those who had fallen quickly got up and ran with all their might toward the northern mountains.

Their boats were all moored on the north coast, and as soon as they reached the shore, they would immediately board a boat and leave Ark Island.

Although today's battle has only just begun, they have already foreseen the terrifying carnage that will ensue.

"Go for it, boss!"

I ran past Mitsuba below Moria and looked up.

In the sky.

Moria stood upright, raising his hands. The wounds inflicted by Whitebeard's slash took more than ten seconds to heal.

"Wow, Whitebeard is really strong!"

"No wonder it has the title of the world's strongest."

Looking down at the white-bearded figure at the foot of the mountain, Moria lowered his hands and sighed.

Unlike Garp's Ryuo Haki attacks, Garp's attacks are more like blunt weapon attacks.

Moria's physical defenses are well-suited to block such attacks.

Whitebeard's attacks are different, not only because they are slashes, but also because his Ryuo Haki is stronger, plus the vibration and cutting power granted by the Tremor-Tremor Fruit.

The combination of these three forces creates an exceptionally sharp slash that Moria's body simply cannot withstand, and he will be sliced ​​in two.

Once cut open, the internal muscles of the arm are directly attacked by the slash containing the Haki of Ryuo, and the resulting wound is difficult to heal quickly even with life energy.

Moria felt that if he weren't in Shadow Mode and his physical strength wasn't sufficient, the life energy would be much harder to heal, and his body would inevitably bear indelible scars.

and.

If Moria's forearm bones hadn't been strong enough, Whitebeard would have severed both of his hands.

"That's right, the bones!"

"How come I never thought of that!" Moria slapped his forehead as he realized this.

The muscles that had merged with the shadow could not withstand Whitebeard's slash.

But bones that merge with shadows are fine!

"If that's the case, we can give it a try!"

With a thought, Moria used his Life Return ability, along with his Shadow Shaping ability, to control the bone growth in his right hand, causing bone spurs to sprout and break through the skin of his arm.

Then the bone spurs spread out and grew like liquid, covering and spreading to the entire right hand.

Before long, Moria's right hand was covered with a five-millimeter-thick layer of bone armor.

It looks as if it's wrapped in a layer of Armament Haki.

"With this and Armament Haki, I should be able to block Whitebeard's slash!" Moria thought to himself, reaching out his right hand to check.

what!

I don't think I can move!

Moria tried to move his right hand harder.

It's stuck, or rather, frozen in place.

Because the entire right hand was covered with a layer of bone armor, and bones are hard, the hand became immobilized.

With a thought, Moria dissipated the bone armor, and his right hand regained its mobility.

"Let's try making some bone armor that exposes all the joints!"

Moriah then thought of growing the bone armor into the style of the armor worn by ancient generals.

After a series of operations, he found it very uncomfortable, like being a robot; the movements were very direct, but not flexible enough.

After the bone armor dissipated again.

Moria suddenly remembered the scales covering Kaido's body when he was in his dragon form.

"Perhaps, making it into the bony layer of scales would be the most suitable, as it would allow for both flexibility and defense."

With that thought in mind, Moria's bones began to grow and condense into overlapping scales.

Before long, Moria's Shadow Golden Body was covered with a layer of bone-like scales.

"Great, that's the feeling!"

After casually twisting his body and waving his arms a few times, Moria smiled; this was exactly what he wanted.

"From now on, let's call this move Shadow Golden Scale Mode!" Moria thought to himself after experiencing his current appearance.

"Whitebeard," Moria said, looking down at the white-bearded figure with a puzzled expression.

More than a minute has passed since he was knocked away.

Whitebeard has never shown any intention of attacking!

"What do you mean?"

Moria couldn't understand it; he was still somewhat unaccustomed to this sudden stop in the middle of the battle, even though he had stopped as well.

But who cares!

"Let's just fight!"

Moria's expression hardened, and he covered his clenched right fist with Armament Haki.

"Zizzi"

The powerful red and black lightning once again coiled around his right hand, making it look as cool as a demon's arm.

"Peng!"

Moria swooped down in the air, like Superman, with a cone-shaped airflow shield overhead, leaving a white ray in the air as he hurtled towards Whitebeard at the foot of the mountain at lightning speed.

"Here it is!"

"It seems your companion is safe!"

The instant Moria charged, Whitebeard smiled, took a step back with his right foot, turned his body to the right, and raised his left fist to his right ear.

"Buzz!"