I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

But Sieg raised his fist and clenched it at his waist, standing still as if gathering strength.

Sometime during the day, patches of water vapor appeared in the air, which then turned into droplets of water and gathered in front of Sieg's fist.

"Fishman Karate, Two Thousand Tiles Straight Punch!"

With a loud shout, he unleashed a powerful punch from his waist, creating a deafening roar in the air. The condensed water sphere moved in response and exploded violently on the Shadow Mage's body!

Among Sig's 245 shadows are fishman pirates who have mastered fishman karate.

Fishman Karate is one of the martial arts techniques mastered by fishmen. It allows people to gather water vapor from the air and then control the water flow to attack.

In the sea or along the coast, this martial art can even manipulate ocean currents, allowing attacks on the user's body without the need for Armament Haki.

This fish-man pirate wasn't particularly strong, but at this moment, Higuma possessed the strength of 245 people, making him incredibly powerful. His attack was far stronger than the fish-man pirate himself.

With this attack, Moria's shadow mage was shattered to pieces by a single punch.

Moria coughed lightly twice, a puff of black smoke coming out of his mouth. He lowered his head and looked down at Sig in front of him.

"As a swordsman, you don't use a sword, but instead use abilities obtained from the shadows. Are you underestimating me, Sig?"

The large, pillar-like hand slammed down, casting a massive shadow over Sieg.

But the next moment, Sieg stomped his feet quickly, and his figure disappeared without a trace once again.

You're right.

Sig's voice came from behind Moria.

He used the Moon Step technique, and Wei Ben had already transformed into a fist armor, enveloping his right fist.

"You want me to draw my sword? Do you want to kneel again?"

One sentence was enough to make the veins on Moria's forehead bulge as he was once again enraged.

"You deserve to die! I'll make sure you never see the light of day again, forever living in the shadows..."

Before Moria could finish speaking, Sieg, who was in mid-air using Moonwalk, had already gathered his energy and unleashed a punch, which landed hard on Moria's chest and abdomen once again.

With this attack, Sieg had 245 shadows surrounding him, making his physical strength incomparable to what it was before.

Moria's enormous body, now gigantic, was actually sent flying into the air by this punch before crashing to the ground like a mountain.

boom!

The ground was smashed into a deep crater, and cracks appeared everywhere!

puff---

Moria instinctively reached out to cover his mouth, but several shadows still escaped through his fingers.

"you---"

Just as Moria was about to continue his threatening remarks, he caught a glimpse of Sieg's figure, which was almost invisible as he accelerated and charged forward again.

"Split Bat!"

Moriah's shadow suddenly lengthened and solidified, then transformed into hundreds or even thousands of shadow bats, enveloping Sieg from all directions.

But Sig's speed did not slow down at all; on the contrary, it increased even more.

Amidst the onslaught of hundreds or even thousands of shadow bats, Sieg's body accelerated while simultaneously twisting and changing shape as if drawn on paper.

Sig did not use Tomka.

This is the Paper Drawing technique from the Six Styles. When combined with Life Return, it can even achieve a transformation ability similar to Tomka's, allowing the body to change shape like soft clay.

In a matter of moments, Sig had broken through the swarm of bats and landed in front of Moria again.

This time, Sieg was holding a giant hammer that had been transformed from Viben.

boom!

Without any suspense, Moria's enormous body, which had just landed, was once again lifted into the air!

Under everyone's gaze, Sigurd, transformed into an indigo giant, effortlessly switched between various weapons and martial arts techniques. Sometimes he fought bare-handed, and sometimes he used guns and cannons. His offensive was dazzling, and he directly overwhelmed Moria, who was as big as a small mountain, with a barrage of blows.

"It feels like using 245 possession cards simultaneously..."

"I'm so strong..."

Even amidst the fierce battle, Sieg had a moment to let such thoughts cross his mind.

His mind was now filled with an overwhelming amount of instinctive combat experience and skills.

Even his consciousness returned to calm, making him a natural-born warrior with combat experience so rich it bordered on instinct.

Chapter 280 Sight in the Mist

Damn it!

Moria let out a cry of pain, his heart burning with rage.

Ever since Sig’s shadow possessed him, he has been relentlessly beaten by Sig, and even a significant portion of the shadow he had just swallowed had to be spat out.

"The power of these shadows clearly belongs to me..."

Moria was furious, but powerless to do anything about it.

He was defeated by Kaido more than ten years ago.

For more than a decade, Moria had been obsessed with collecting corpses and neglected his exercise.

When he occasionally encounters enemies, he usually hides behind his shadow mage and defeats them simply by manipulating his shadow.

He wasn't the type to excel at close combat. His greatest strength lay in using the power of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit to fight, while his real body quietly observed from the sidelines.

Ordinary pirates can't even get past the Shadow Mage.

But this time, Moria found himself in crisis.

After swallowing a massive amount of shadows, his strength increased significantly, but his body became bloated, making him completely unable to evade Sieg's attacks.

"We can only endure it."

A thought flashed through Moria's mind.

Forcibly accommodating over a hundred shadows is an extremely heavy burden on one's will.

Moria was preparing to swallow hundreds of shadows because he was a Devil Fruit user and could better control them.

Even Moria himself could only maintain this state for a few minutes at most.

Even now, Moria feels immense pressure, and his mental exhaustion is nearing its limit.

Every time Sieg's attack landed on him, he couldn't help but spit out a breath of shadow.

“Keep enduring. Sig is not me after all. He has probably swallowed more shadows than I have. His situation must be worse than mine... Once he can’t hold on any longer, all the shadows will leave his body, and he will definitely lose his ability to fight.”

"That will be the key to turning the tide of the war!"

With this thought in mind, Moria continued to endure Sieg's beatings.

However, the more he fought, the less confident he became.

From the start of the battle until now, Sig has always appeared to be in complete control, showing no signs of weakness and his breathing has remained remarkably even.

On the contrary, Moria suffered several heavy blows, and several shadows couldn't help but spit out from his mouth.

His strength was waning, and his body was gradually shrinking.

........

the other side.

The bandits showed no surprise at the fierce battle between the two sides.

In their view, it was perfectly normal for Moria, one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, to be crushed by their own boss, despite his prestigious reputation.

Only Stussy had a slightly subtle expression when he saw Sieg use his signature Six Styles.

"My shadow is inside him?"

And further away.

Along the coast on the other side of the island.

Reporter Tiramisu was holding a camera and taking a picture of this scene with a Den Den Mushi (a type of electric scooter).

Looking at the photos that had just been taken, she could not hide her surprise.

"An indigo giant form? Whether it's the power of a Devil Fruit or the ability of some race, my mission is accomplished."

At the time, she just said it casually to appease Charlotte Linlin. Who would have thought that Sieg would actually grow bigger?

Moreover, the formidable strength that Sieg displayed shocked even the well-informed Sieg.

Sigurd, the great swordsman renowned for his swordsmanship, had used all eighteen weapons, but surprisingly never used a sword.

Even so, they could still overpower Moria and give him a good beating.

"This is important intelligence... Sig's strength may have been greatly underestimated."

Such a thought came to Tiramisu's mind.

..........

at the same time.

Moria could no longer wait.

His shadow continued to fade away, and his body, which was once as big as a small mountain, had shrunk considerably.

"Sig can actually control his shadow? Just how strong are his mental strength and willpower?"

This startled Moria, who was also a Devil Fruit user.

In terms of absorbing shadows, Sig's performance seems to be slightly better than that of the ability user himself.

"We can't delay any longer!"

In the midst of the fierce battle, Moria glanced behind him.

On the ground lay an army of zombies, lying scattered everywhere.

To deal with Sig, Moria disbanded his own zombie army, absorbing almost every zombie's shadow.