Moria stood in the distance, waving his right hand, and countless bats rose up, pouncing towards Ace.
Facing these shadows, faint yellow light spots emanated from Ace's body, colliding with the bats.
Splash.
The shadows all ignited, but as soon as they burned, they flowed downwards, landing on the ground and turning into shadows.
But after the flames dissipated, the shadows pounced towards them again, launching another attack.
"This way?"
Ace ran into the distance, dodging the shadow's attack, but suddenly turned around and kicked backward.
"Battle Axe."
Ace's right leg transformed into a giant axe, sweeping across the rear, where Moria's figure was slowly appearing.
"Hehehe, I've been discovered?"
Moria laughed, immediately using Shadow Swap, exchanging places with a shadow, and appearing inside the mansion.
"Ran away again?"
Ace's expression was grim. The opponent's ability was too troublesome. The shadows could touch even when separated from their host, but they couldn't be completely destroyed.
Moreover, the opponent could change form, and he couldn't touch him.
Most importantly, he couldn't use his full power.
Heckle was not far away, and if he mobilized too much flame, it would harm him.
The President was the same. Even with Haki, it couldn't cover his entire body, and Haki was consumed. With continuous use, it would be constantly depleted.
In other words, Ace couldn't use his full strength at all.
Otherwise, if he just unleashed a Flame Emperor and burned this island, Moria wouldn't have stood a chance.
But the moment Moria's figure appeared inside the room of the house.
Boom.
A huge figure directly smashed through the wall and slammed into him.
Pfft.
Moria was sent flying backward, crashing into the wall, and spitting out a mouthful of blood.
Boom, boom, boom.
Xia Qiu charged directly at Moria, opening his large mouth to bite at his head.
But at that moment, Moria immediately used his transformation ability.
Shadow Swap.
Whoosh.
Xia Qiu bit into Moria's shadow, while Moria appeared from the shadow's position.
But as soon as he materialized, a smiling face suddenly appeared in front of him, "Moria, I've been waiting for you for a long time."
"Huh?"
Moria was slightly stunned, and Ace's arm was already raised, throwing a punch.
Boom.
The fist landed on Moria, and flames enveloped him.
"Ah!"
Moria let out a scream and could only move his body away again, but what appeared before him was a gaping maw.
Crunch.
Xia Qiu bit into Moria, his huge mouth tearing through his body, and the Haki attached to his teeth prevented him from swapping places with shadows.
"Damn it."
Moria's expression was full of regret, but Xia Qiu had already torn off half of his body, blood gushing out, and his internal organs spilling onto the ground.
"It's over."
Xia Qiu watched Moria fall into death and directly withdrew from the house.
In the distance, Oars had already fallen heavily to the ground, and Ace was raising his hand, intending to burn him with flames.
"Ace, stop."
Xia Qiu immediately said, "I need his corpse."
Oars, the strongest warrior of the Demon Race 500 years ago, possessed the strength to move islands. He died of cold but was preserved by being frozen.
Although a long time had passed, the energy within his body had weakened, but there was certainly a lot remaining.
He had a height exceeding that of ordinary Giants, so his Evolution Energy would not be small.
He also possessed immense strength, which surely contained some Reinforcement Energy.
Xia Qiu planned to eat him to see if it would improve him.
"Alright."
Ace retracted his arm, and Xia Qiu looked into the distance again, saying, "Ace, carry Heckle and go find someone. He's in another mansion to your front left, planning to leave. Go find him to treat Heckle."
"Got it."
Ace immediately picked up Heckle. Heckle reduced his body weight to one kilogram, making him as light as nothing.
Ace immediately left with Heckle, but Xia Qiu did not follow.
"There's one more thing to do."
Xia Qiu thought, and ran towards the distance.
...
Moria's death caused all the imprisoned shadows to return to their original owners.
In the distance from Thriller Bark, on a dilapidated ship, a skeleton stood up and looked at its arm. "Yohohoho, my shadow is back."
"Was Moria defeated?"
Brook looked into the distance, where the shadow of Thriller Bark was faintly visible. He said softly, "No matter who it was, thank you."
...
"Anyway, Lord Moria and I were just collaborating. Now that even he has lost, it should be fine for me to leave, right?" Perona arrived at the back door of the island and was instructing the servants to move the treasure to the sea ship.
"Almost there."
Perona looked back at the mansion burning fiercely behind her and planned to board the ship.
But just as she was about to board, with a boom, the sea ship was directly smashed to pieces and exploded in mid-air.
"Huh?"
Perona was slightly stunned, then saw a huge figure climb out of the sea, glaring at her ferociously.
"It's that giant beast."
Perona saw the other party and her expression was filled with fear, because this giant beast could touch her ghost clone.
She had just fought with it and was hit squarely, sustaining considerable injuries.
Of course, she hadn't separated her clone now, and her real body was here. As long as she was touched, she would die.
"But..."
Perona raised her hands, and ghosts rushed towards Xia Qiu.
"Negi Negi no Mi."
Facing the oncoming ghosts, Xia Qiu opened his mouth wide and bit forward.
Crunch, crunch.
All these ghosts were bitten to pieces by Xia Qiu.
"This, how is this possible."
Perona's face showed surprise. Her Negi Negi no Mi was invincible, capable of harming even animals. Why didn't it work on him?
"Run."
Perona turned around and ran towards the depths of the island, running further and further away.
"He's not chasing me?"
Perona didn't hear footsteps behind her, so she ran with all her might.
But after running dozens of meters, suddenly with a thud, a huge figure appeared beside her.
"Huh?"
Perona was startled by the sudden appearance of the giant beast.
But the giant beast turned its head, opened its huge mouth, and bit at her.
The giant mouth enveloped Perona's figure. Its terrifying teeth flashed with a pale light. The light in front of her seemed to be absorbed, and a terrifying pressure rushed towards her, squeezing her mind bit by bit.
Ah!
Perona could no longer bear it. Her eyes rolled back, and she fainted on the ground.
Xia Qiu's mouth stopped, retracted, and slowly closed.
He had used Conqueror's Haki in conjunction with his attack to scare Perona unconscious.
This person could not be killed.
As one of the few holders of bug-like abilities in the One Piece world, her power was terrifying.
Ace was still lacking a partner, and she could fill that role perfectly.
Especially since the opponents in his future plans also had terrifying subordinates.
He wondered who would have the upper hand then.
Xia Qiu thought, raised his first left claw, grabbed her, and then lifted her up, walking away with his other five feet.
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