Gecko Moria

"You can't go there."

Perona stood there, looking at them, and said, "Lord Moria is still sleeping. I will stop you."

"Are you one of Moria's men?"

Heckle suddenly stepped forward and said, "In that case, I will be your opponent."

Leaving those words behind, Heckle leaped forward and appeared in front of Perona, unleashing a punch.

Swoosh.

Perona's body was pierced, while the latter was unharmed.

Hehehehe.

Perona laughed and looked at Heckle, saying, "I am Ghost Person ate the Soul-Soul Fruit; you can't touch me."

As she spoke, several small spirits touched Heckle, and then Perona snapped her fingers.

Bang, bang, bang, bang.

An explosion rang out, Heckle returned to Xia Qiu's side somewhat disheveled, his clothes torn, but his injuries weren't too serious. "Sorry, I... I couldn't hit him."

"A very peculiar ability."

Ace raised his right hand and said with a smile, "I wonder if you can withstand the flames."

"Fire Gun".

Ace raised his right thumb and forefinger, and closed the other three fingers together, making Fire Gun- like gesture, and then shook his fingers.

Clap clap clap clap clap

Streams of fire shot towards Perona.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh.

These streams of fire passed through Perona and the spirit, landing on the distant door and setting it ablaze.

"It didn't work?"

Ace frowned slightly, feeling that this was a bit of a problem.

"Devil Fruit User?"

Perona raised an eyebrow and looked at Ace, asking, "You're Fire Fist Ace? The second division commander of Whitebeard? Why are you here?"

"I have temporarily left the Whitebeard Pirates," Ace said with a shrug.

"Is that so? Whatever you're doing here, I'm going to defeat you quickly and put out the fire."

Perona glanced at the flames burning behind her, and several spirits rushed towards Ace and Heckle.

Faced with the swooping ghost, Heckle lightly touched the ground with both feet and instantly disappeared, dodging the ghost's attack.

His Second Stage Soru is much faster than the ghost's movement speed.

Ace raised his right fist and punched forward.

boom.

As the arm struck out, it suddenly transformed into a giant fiery fist, instantly engulfing the soul and Perona.

But it didn't work.

The flames passed through the ghost and Perona, striking the gate behind them directly.

boom.

The gate shattered, and the surrounding walls sizzled from the heat of the flames, which spread outwards and ignited the ancient castle.

"Damn it."

Perona snorted coldly, and her spirits surrounded Ace, rushing towards him.

"It's still no use."

Ace was somewhat troubled, but looking at the spirit, he coldly said, "Although I cannot hurt you, you cannot hurt me either."

The spirit pierced through Ace's body, and the next moment, Ace suddenly knelt on the ground.

"I'm sorry, I don't know what right someone like me has to live. I deserve to die. I repent."

Ace said in a low voice.

"You've caused so much damage, you deserve to die."

As Perona spoke, countless small spirits surrounded Ace, and then they all exploded.

Bang, bang, bang, bang.

Ace's head was blown off, his arms were blown off, his chest was blown off, and his legs were blown off.

However, the area that was blown up kept regenerating.

An explosion alone cannot harm Ace unless Haki is used, or a burning ability with a higher temperature is used, or something that can affect the flames, such as Freezing Gas, snowflakes, etc.

"Useless? Logia Fruit users are really troublesome."

Perona sensed something was wrong. Looking at the burning buildings behind her, she said with a grim expression, "We have to go back."

She is Devil Fruit User, but she doesn't become a spirit herself; she has a physical body.

However, she can separate her soul from her physical body. The physical body cannot be harmed or moved, while the soul clone cannot suffer physical damage.

Perona flew directly backward, and just as she was about to return, Xia Qiu flashed and appeared behind Perona.

"Um?"

Perona had just turned around when she saw a colossal creature appear behind her, and then watched as it crashed into her.

"It's no use, you can't hit me."

Perona said with a smile, but the next moment, a tremendous force appeared.

"It hurts."

Perona felt her spirit being torn apart, so she accelerated backward and floated upward.

"Armament Haki can touch it."

Xia Qiu nodded and did not pursue her further, letting her go back.

"Fire Fist Ace, why are you here?"

Just then, a figure appeared on the bridge of the mansion, nearly seven meters tall, with a devilish face.

It was Gecko Moria.

"It's just because my boss chose you."

Ace had recovered from his negative state and looked at Moria, smiling as he spoke.

"Boss?"

Moria paused for a moment, then asked, "Did Whitebeard send you? Why?"

"Of course not."

Ace said, "He's my boss now."

Ace pointed to Xia Qiu in the distance and said.

"Ha?"

Moria was stunned for a moment, then his face turned angry. He said, "Are you mocking me? I don't care who you are. You killed my men and set my residence on fire. I'm going to kill you."

As he spoke, he jumped down from the building, leaping into the air. Shadows appeared beneath his feet, transforming into giant shadow birds that supported him as he landed slowly.

"Die."

Moria waved his right hand, and the Shadow Bird shattered, transforming into bats that swarmed towards Ace.

"Shadow?"

Ace suddenly opened his mouth wide and spat at the bat in front of him, unleashing a massive burst of flame that enveloped the space in front of him.

boom.

The flames engulfed the bats, which shattered and fell to the ground.

"You can touch the flames."

Ace was relieved, but the next moment, the shadows gathered again, turning back into bats and swooping down on Ace.

"This..."

Ace, seeing this, felt that things were in a bit of a predicament.

These shadows, detached from their supporting object, can be attacked, even with physical attacks. However, once attacked and falling to the ground, they revert to being shadows and cannot be destroyed.

"Fire Fist".

Ace threw another punch, engulfing the shadow in front of him.

But he didn't notice that behind him, some shadows slowly gathered and transformed into Moria's appearance.

"Shadow Swap".

The shadow transformed into the real Moria, and then he reached out and pressed his hand against Ace's shadow.

"Shadow Shear".

Moria grabbed Ace's shadow and was about to pull him up.

But at that moment, a huge figure crashed straight into them.

"Not good."

Moria teleported again, switching places with his original body.

Click.

The shadow was smashed to pieces by Xia Qiu, and instead of falling to the ground, it exploded.

Moria appeared in the distance, looking at Xia Qiu with lingering fear, "What a powerful Giant Beast! It can teleport instantly and even destroy my shadow."

"It's absolutely perfect."

Moria laughed and said, "Your body and shadow will belong to me, but I will not be your opponent. Let someone else deal with you."

boom.

Xia Qiu bumped into Moria again, but Moria had already released his shadow again and disappeared into the distance.

Did they run away?

Xia Qiu shattered the shadow and shook her head.

"That was really dangerous. I didn't expect him to be able to exchange shadows. He almost took my shadow away."

Ace wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Be careful.

Xia Qiu looked into the distance and said, "His abilities are very strange. We'll work together to take him down as soon as possible."

"I see."

Ace nodded, but at that moment, the wall above the mansion exploded, and a huge figure descended from the sky, stepping on Xia Qiu.

Swoosh.

Xia Qiu had already noticed and immediately dodged. Heckle behind Xia Qiu also hurriedly dodged and retreated.

The enormous figure stomped on the ground, causing it to crack and the fissures to spread outwards.

"Oars".

Looking at the enormous figure, Xia Qiu raised an eyebrow. Moria had actually sent him.

"In that case..."

Heckle looked at Oars, who was carrying him on his back, raised his right arm, and slammed it towards Oz's ankle.

But just as he was about to move, he suddenly raised his right hand.

clang.

A long sword slashed at his right gauntlet.

"I will be your opponent." A zombie ronin stood there, gripping a sword.

"Fire Fist".

Ace clenched his fist, intending to punch Odin, but at that moment, he punched backward instead.

The Fire Fist shattered countless shadow bats, which then coalesced and transformed into Moria's likeness.

"Ace, I'll take care of you."

Moria grinned maliciously, and his shadow lunged at Ace once more.

This is the third update, making up for yesterday's one.