"You can't go past."
Perona stood there, looking at them, and said, "Lord Moria is still sleeping. I will block you."
"Are you Moria's subordinate?"
Heckle suddenly took a step forward and said, "In that case, I'll be your opponent."
Leaving those words behind, Heckle stomped his feet and appeared before Perona, throwing a punch.
Whoosh.
Heckle's body was pierced, but Perona was unharmed.
"Kekekekeke."
Perona laughed and looked at Heckle, saying, "I ate the Soul-Soul Fruit and became a Ghost Person. You can't touch me."
As she spoke, several small spirit bodies touched Heckle, and then Perona snapped her fingers.
Bang, bang, bang, bang.
Explosions rang out, and Heckle returned to Xia Qiu's side somewhat disheveled, his clothes torn, but his injuries not too severe. "Sorry, I, I can't hit him."
"A peculiar ability."
Ace raised his right hand and smiled, "I wonder if you can withstand flames."
"Pistol."
Ace raised his thumb and index finger, closing the other three, forming a gun shape with his fingers, and then wiggled his fingers.
Pata pata pata pata.
Streams of flame shot towards Perona.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh.
These streams of flame passed through Perona and the spirit bodies, hitting the distant door and setting it ablaze.
"It's no use?"
Ace frowned slightly, finding it difficult.
"Logia ability user?"
Perona raised an eyebrow and looked at Ace, asking, "You're Fire Fist Ace? Whitebeard's second division commander? Why are you here?"
"I've temporarily retired from the Whitebeard Pirates," Ace shrugged.
"Is that so? No matter what you're here to do, I'll defeat you quickly and put out the fire."
Perona glanced at the flames behind her. Several spirit bodies around her lunged towards Ace and Heckle.
Facing the whistling ghosts, Heckle stomped his feet and instantly disappeared, dodging the spirits' assault.
His Second Stage Soru was far too fast for the ghosts' movement speed.
Ace, meanwhile, raised his right fist and punched forward.
Boom.
As his arm struck out, it suddenly transformed into a giant flaming fist, instantly engulfing the spirits and Perona.
But it was no use.
The flames passed through the ghosts and Perona, directly hitting the door behind them.
Boom.
The door shattered, and the surrounding walls sizzled from the intense heat of the flames. The fire spread outwards, igniting the ancient castle.
"Damn it."
Perona snorted coldly. The spirit bodies had already surrounded Ace and lunged at him.
"Still no use."
Ace was somewhat troubled, but looking at the spirit bodies, he said coldly, "Although I can't hurt you, you can't hurt me either."
The spirit bodies pierced Ace's body, and the next moment, Ace suddenly knelt on the ground.
"I'm sorry, I don't know what right a piece of trash like me has to live. I deserve to die. I repent."
Ace said in a low voice.
"Your destruction is too great, truly damnable,"
Perona said. Countless small spirit bodies surrounded Ace and then all exploded.
Bang, bang, bang, bang.
Ace's head exploded, his arms exploded, his chest exploded, his legs exploded.
But the areas that exploded constantly regenerated.
Explosions alone were not enough to harm Ace, unless it was with Haki, or a higher temperature burning ability, or something that could affect flames, like ice-cold air, snow, etc.
"It's useless? Logia users are indeed troublesome."
Perona found it troublesome. Looking at the furiously burning buildings behind her, her expression turned grim as she said, "I have to go back."
She was a user of the Soul-Soul Fruit, but she didn't turn into a spirit herself; she had a physical body.
However, she could separate her soul from her physical body. Her physical body couldn't be harmed or move, while her soul clone wouldn't suffer physical damage.
Perona flew directly towards the rear. Just as she was about to return, Xia Qiu flashed and appeared behind her.
"Huh?"
The moment Perona turned around, she saw a colossal figure appear behind her, then watched as it charged straight at her.
"It's no use, you can't hit me."
Perona said with a smile, but the next moment, an immense force appeared.
"Ouch."
Perona felt her spiritual body about to be torn apart. She accelerated backward, floating upwards.
"Armament Haki can touch it."
Xia Qiu nodded and didn't pursue further, letting her return.
"Fire Fist Ace, why are you here?"
At this moment, a figure appeared on the bridge of the mansion. He was nearly seven meters tall with a demonic face.
It was Gecko Moria.
"It's just because my boss chose you."
Ace had recovered from his negative state and looked at Moria, saying with a smile.
"Boss?"
Moria was slightly stunned, then asked, "Don't tell me Whitebeard sent you? Why?"
"Of course not."
Ace said, "My current boss is him."
Ace pointed at Xia Qiu in the distance.
"Huh?"
Moria's expression stiffened, and his face turned angry. "Are you mocking me? I don't care who you are. You killed my subordinates and set my residence ablaze. I'm going to kill you."
As he spoke, he leaped from the building, landing in mid-air. Shadows appeared beneath his feet, transforming into giant shadow birds that supported him as he slowly descended.
"Die."
Moria waved his right hand, the shadow birds shattered, turning into bats that swarmed towards Ace.
"Shadows?"
Ace suddenly opened his mouth and spat towards the bats in front of him. A massive flame erupted, engulfing the space before him.
Boom.
The flames consumed the bats. These bats shattered and fell to the ground.
"Flames can touch it."
Ace was relieved, but the next moment, these shadows gathered again, still forming bats and lunging at Ace.
"This..."
Seeing this, Ace found it rather difficult.
These shadows, detached from their carriers, could be attacked. Physical attacks could also work, but once they hit the ground, they turned back into shadows, unable to be destroyed.
"Fire Fist."
Ace threw another punch, engulfing the shadows in front of him.
But he didn't notice that behind him, some shadows were slowly gathering, forming Moria's likeness.
"Shadow Swap."
The shadow transformed into the real Moria, then he reached out and pressed towards Ace's shadow.
"Shadow Shear."
Moria grabbed Ace's shadow, about to pull him up.
But at this instant, a colossal figure crashed straight in.
"Not good."
Moria once again used a shadow move, swapping places with his original position.
Crack.
The shadow was directly shattered by Xia Qiu, and instead of falling to the ground, it exploded.
Moria appeared far away, looking at Xia Qiu with lingering fear. "What a powerful Giant Beast. It can teleport and even destroy my shadows."
"It's truly perfect."
Moria chuckled, "Your body and your shadow will both belong to me. However, I won't be your opponent. I'll let someone else deal with you."
Boom.
Xia Qiu crashed into Moria again, but Moria had already released another shadow and disappeared into the distance.
"Did he run?"
Xia Qiu shattered the shadow and shook his head.
"That was close. I didn't expect him to be able to swap shadows. I almost lost mine."
Ace wiped the sweat from his brow.
"Be careful," Xia Qiu said, looking into the distance. "His ability is very strange. Let's cooperate and finish him quickly."
"I understand."
Ace nodded, but at that moment, the wall above the mansion exploded, and a giant figure descended from the sky, stomping down on Xia Qiu.
Whoosh.
Xia Qiu had sensed it long ago and dodged immediately. Heckle, behind Xia Qiu, also hastily dodged and retreated.
The giant figure stomped on the ground, causing it to crack and fissures to spread outwards.
"Oars."
Xia Qiu raised an eyebrow at the giant figure. Moria had actually sent him.
"In that case."
Heckle, looking at Oars who was carrying him, raised his right arm and punched towards Oars' ankle.
But just as he was about to move, he suddenly raised his right hand.
Clang.
A long sword struck his right fist.
"I'll be your opponent." A zombie samurai stood there, holding a sword.
"Fire Fist."
Ace clenched his fist, intending to blast Oars, but at that moment, he fired it backwards.
The Fire Fist crushed countless shadow bats, which then converged and finally transformed into Moria's appearance.
"Ace, I'll deal with you."
Moria said with a sinister grin, his shadows once again lunging towards Ace.
Third update, making up for yesterday's missed update.
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