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

A vibration ball imbued with the power of Ryuo appeared and enveloped Whitebeard's clenched left fist.

Whitebeard maintained this posture until Moria was almost upon him, then with a backhand thrust, he slammed his left hand outwards, smashing it hard against the charging Moria.

Moria, charging forward, had a serious look in his eyes. He twisted his body slightly at high speed and swung his right fist to smash Whitebeard's left fist as it came back.

Chapter 102 Fierce Battle with Whitebeard

"Clang!"

The moment the attacks collided, the overflowing force transformed into a ring-shaped shockwave that spread outwards from Whitebeard and Moria.

"Crack! Crack!"

Wherever the shockwave passed, it felt as if the ground was being compressed by an invisible gravity, and the ground that had already sunk four or five meters sank another two or three meters in an instant.

"Excellent, the defense has indeed become stronger!"

Moria felt a slight surge of joy. His scale-covered fist struck Whitebeard's Vibration Ball as if it were hitting an invisible mass of rubber and steel; it neither shattered nor completely flattened the ball.

However, Whitebeard's attack did not cause much damage to Moria.

Although some of the Ryuo Haki had still seeped into the muscles of his right hand, the damage caused was weakened by Armament Haki and the bone scale layer, and no longer affected his combat power.

Just like the fight against Garp on Skull Island later on.

Even without healing with life energy, he could fight Whitebeard for over ten hours after sustaining this level of damage before his right hand became unusable.

Now, he has enough life energy, so he can fight Whitebeard for ages without any problem.

"Zizzizizi!"

The two continued to exert their strength, with domineering red and black lightning flashing between their fists, and terrifying shockwaves constantly emanating from between them, blowing outwards.

Behind Whitebeard, the sea was further engulfed by the continuous gusts of air, which whipped up waves ten meters high that swept outwards into the distance.

"Kid, your strength is not bad!" Whitebeard grinned as he felt the power constantly flowing through his hand.

"Not just good, Whitebeard!"

Moria snorted and mocked, "If that's all the power you have, then get out of here, Whitebeard!"

After saying that, Moria's eyes narrowed, his right hand muscles suddenly swelled up, and he pressed forward with force, unleashing a tremendous power.

"Ok!"

Whitebeard's expression suddenly changed. Moria's sudden power caught him off guard. In addition, unlike Moria's head-on punch, he was using a left-handed backhand stance, which made it difficult to generate power. He was more focused on explosive force. However, because Moria blocked his punch, he was able to hold his own against Moria.

Now, he never expected Moria to suddenly unleash such immense power.

Caught off guard, his left hand, along with the vibrating ball wrapped around his fist, was instantly pushed back and smashed into his chest.

"You brat!"

At the critical moment, Whitebeard roared, and the muscles in his left hand swelled up suddenly. With this burst of power, his left fist stopped in front of his chest and did not move forward.

"sharp!!!"

Feeling his fist unable to move forward even an inch no matter how hard he tried, Moria was deeply shocked and praised him.

As expected of Whitebeard, he managed to withstand even such a difficult stance. In terms of strength, Moria might not be his match.

He had just used the power boost from extreme speed, so his strength was already greater than if he had just swung his fist to meet the attack from the ground.

Even so, it couldn't make Whitebeard back down.

This shows how powerful Whitebeard was.

"Kid, don't underestimate me!" Moria's praise ignited Whitebeard's anger.

He, Whitebeard, has never been forced to retreat in a direct battle!

A little brat like Moria actually managed to force his fist back.

Not only did they force him to back down, but they even praised him!

What do you mean? Are you looking down on me?

I have a white beard!

After forcing him to back down, the way the elder praised him—this tone of praise from an elder to a junior—furious Whitebeard, making him completely enraged.

Enraged, Whitebeard roared, unleashing a burst of Conqueror's Haki: "I am Whitebeard!"

"boom!"

A tremendous force, accompanied by the vibrations of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit, suddenly exploded from Whitebeard's left fist.

"click"

The vibrating ball shattered instantly, and the air tore apart like a spider web.

At the same time, a buzzing vibration suddenly resounded in the space around Moria.

"I can't move!!"

"No, space itself has been frozen!"

At that moment, Moria was shocked. His body remained in the punching posture, but the surrounding space seemed to freeze, freezing his entire body as well.

"The Tremor-Tremor Fruit has this kind of ability!" Moria exclaimed in shock.

The principle behind this move is to use vibrations to create a strong resonance in the space around Moria, creating a near-frozen space to trap the enemy.

This ability is so powerful that even Moria couldn't break free and could only obediently accept Whitebeard's terrifying punch.

Whitebeard was truly a monster to have developed this ability.

At least in terms of developing Devil Fruit abilities, he is not much worse than Moria.

"Clang! Clang!"

Just as Moria was shocked by Whitebeard's "anti-air" technique, Whitebeard, after restraining Moria, pushed him forcefully once again.

Instantly, the air that had been torn apart, along with the air surrounding Moria that had imprisoned him, shattered like glass.

"boom!"

The shattered air, like a shockwave, generated a huge shock wave.

"puff!"

Moria coughed up a mouthful of blood. Under the extreme shockwave, it was as if he had been struck directly in the chest by a real Haotian Hammer. The powerful shockwave penetrated his chest and entered his internal organs, causing damage to him.

Moria hadn't expected the strength to be so great, nor had he expected the internal injuries and vomiting of blood.

"Whitebeard!!!" Moria only had time to roar once before he crashed headfirst into the rocks of the mountain behind him like a ball hit by a hammer.

"call out!"

"bump!"

"Boom!"

After a series of three sound effects, the mountain range, spanning 600 meters in width, vanished, leveled by the powerful shockwave from Whitebeard.

You can see the big trees inside Ark Island even through the flat bottom.

I didn't see Moria; he was buried in the rubble.

"call out!"

Whitebeard leaned forward and launched himself forward, his target the pile of rocks where Moria had been buried, as perceived by his Observation Haki.

This time, Whitebeard did not suddenly stop fighting.

The reason he didn't attack again after his first attack was because he saw Moria seemingly covering his companions' safe retreat, which is why he refrained from attacking.

Moria didn't make a move when Marco retreated.

Therefore, Whitebeard would not attack Moria's retreating comrades, not even as a result of the attack.

But things are different now. If you can kill someone in one move, there's no need to wait for two.

So after Whitebeard rushed to the spot where Moria was buried...

Without saying a word, he unleashed another punch, this time imbued with the power of Ryuo Haki and the force of the shockwave.

"boom!"

"boom!"

As the pile of rocks exploded, a figure darted out of the pile just as the white-bearded man's fist came crashing down, avoiding the attack.

It was Moria who sprang out of the pile of rocks the instant Whitebeard's attack landed.

But he didn't go far.

Instead, braving the wind pressure that burst forth from Whitebeard's attack, he accelerated toward Whitebeard, wielding a punch imbued with Armament Haki in his right hand.

"bump!"

Whitebeard reacted quickly. Just as Moria's fist was about to strike him, he gathered Armament Haki in his left hand, hardened it, and forcefully swung it outwards, deflecting Moria's fist to his left.

Meanwhile, they set their sights on Moria, who was now wide open.

Whitebeard gripped his pheasant sword tightly in his right hand and thrust it straight at Moria's chest.

Chapter 103 Why are you still on the island?

"bump!"

Moria also clenched his left fist, gathering Armament Haki, and swung it forcefully outward, smashing his fist into the blade that Whitebeard was thrusting at him.

"Ok!"

The moment Moria's fist touched the blade, his expression changed; his fist deflected the pheasant sword without encountering any resistance.

It was obviously Whitebeard's doing!

The instant Moria's fist touched the pheasant sword, Whitebeard released his grip, ignoring the flying sword, and instantly lunged forward, gathering Armament Haki in his left hand. He unleashed a punch aimed directly at Moria's chest.

At the same time, he clenched his right fist, ready to strike.

"shit!"

Moria's face was grim. He hadn't expected Whitebeard to suddenly let go, so much so that for a moment, his left hand was still swinging outwards with residual force, and he couldn't retract it in time.

Whitebeard's sudden punch was aimed at Moria's momentary inability to retract his left hand.