Rout

Moria stood at a distance, waved his right hand, and countless bats rose up again, swarming towards Ace.

Faced with these shadows, Ace emitted streaks of dim yellow light from his body, colliding with the bats.

Wow.

The shadows all burned, but as soon as they burned, they flowed downwards, fell to the ground, and turned into shadows.

But once the flames subsided, the shadow lunged at them again and launched another attack.

"This way?"

Ace ran away into the distance, dodging the shadow's attacks, but suddenly turned around and kicked out.

"Battle Axe".

Ace's right foot transformed into a giant axe, sweeping behind him where Moria's figure was slowly emerging.

"Hehehe, have we been found out?"

Moria laughed, then instantly teleported away, swapping places with his shadow, and appeared inside the mansion.

"They ran away again?"

Ace's face was grim. The opponent's ability was too troublesome. The shadow could be touched when it left its carrier, but it could not be completely destroyed.

Moreover, the opponent can change form, so I can't touch him.

Most importantly, he couldn't use his full strength.

Heckle was nearby, and my excessive manipulation of the flames would harm him.

The president is the same; even if he has Haki, it cannot cover his entire body, and this Haki is consumed; it will be continuously depleted with continued use.

In other words, Ace was unable to use his full strength at all.

Otherwise, if they had just released one Flame Emperor to scorch the island, Moria wouldn't have stood a chance.

But just as Moria's figure appeared inside the room...

boom.

A huge figure crashed through the wall and slammed into him.

puff.

Moria was sent flying backward, crashing into the wall and spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Boom, boom, boom.

Xia Qiu charged straight at Moria, opening her mouth wide to bite his head.

But in that instant, Moria immediately used his transformation ability.

Shadow Swap.

Swoosh.

Xia Qiu bit Moria's shadow, and Moria appeared from where the shadow was.

But just as he materialized, a smiling face appeared before him. "Moria, I've been waiting for you for so long."

"Why?"

Moria was slightly taken aback, Ace had already raised his arm and thrown a punch.

boom.

The fist landed on Moria, engulfing him in flames.

"Ah!"

Moria let out a scream and could only move away again, but what appeared in front of him was a gaping maw.

Click.

Xia Qiu bit into Moria, his huge mouth tearing through Moria's body, and the Haki attached to his teeth prevented him from exchanging positions with the shadow.

"Damn it."

Moria looked remorseful, but Xia Qiu had already torn half of his body off, blood flowing out and internal organs spilling onto the ground.

"It's over."

Xia Qiu watched Moria fall into death and then left the house.

In the distance, Oars had already fallen heavily to the ground, while Ace was raising his hand, intending to burn him with flames.

"Ace, stop."

Xia Qiu immediately said, "I need his body."

Oars, the strongest warrior of the Demon Race five hundred years ago, possessed the power to move islands. He died of the cold, but his body was preserved by being frozen.

Although the energy within his body has weakened over the long years, a considerable amount must still remain.

He is taller than ordinary Giant Race, so he must have a lot of Evolution Energy.

He also possesses immense power, which must also contain some Reinforcement Energy.

Xia Qiu planned to eat him to see how it would benefit her.

"All right."

Ace withdrew his arm, and Xia Qiu looked into the distance again, saying, "Ace, carry Heckle on your back to find someone. He's in another mansion to the left and is about to leave. Find him to treat Heckle."

"Good."

Ace immediately carried Heckle on his back, Heckle reduced his weight to one kilogram, feeling as light as nothing.

Ace took Heckle immediately, but Xia Qiu did not follow.

There is one more thing to do.

Xia Qiu thought to herself and ran off into the distance.

Moria's death allowed all the imprisoned shadows to return to their original masters.

In Thriller Bark distance, on a dilapidated ship, a skeleton stood up, looked at its arm, and said, "Yohohoho, my shadow has returned."

"Has Moria been defeated?"

Brook looked into the distance, where the shadow of the Thriller Bark was faintly visible, and said softly, "Whoever it is, thank you."

"Anyway, Lord Moria and I are just business partners. Now that even he has lost, it's not a problem for me to leave, right?" Perona arrived at the back gate of the island and was instructing her servants to move the treasure to the ship.

"That's about it."

Perona looked at the burning mansion behind her and prepared to board the ship.

But just as he was about to board the ship, with a loud bang, the ship was smashed to pieces and exploded in mid-air.

"Um?"

Perona was slightly taken aback when she saw a huge figure crawl out of the sea, staring at her menacingly.

"It's that Giant Beast."

Perona looked terrified when she saw the other party, because this Giant Beast could touch her ghostly clone.

She was fighting with her opponent just now, but she was caught in the crossfire and suffered considerable injuries.

Of course, I haven't created any clones yet; my physical body is right here, and I'll die if I get touched.

"But..."

Perona raised her hands, and ghostly figures rushed towards Xia Qiu.

"Negi Negi no Mi".

Faced with the approaching ghost, Xia Qiu opened her mouth wide and bit forward.

Click, click.

Xia Qiu chewed all the ghosts to pieces.

"This, this is impossible."

Perona was surprised to see this. Her negative soul was usually so powerful that it could even hurt animals, so why was it not working on it?

"Run."

Perona turned and ran towards the depths of the island, running further and further away.

"You didn't pursue me?"

Perona didn't hear footsteps behind her, so she ran as fast as she could.

But after running a few dozen meters, suddenly there was a thud, and a huge figure appeared beside him.

"Um?"

Perona was startled when she saw the Giant Beast suddenly appear.

But the Giant Beast turned its head, opened its massive jaws, and lunged at her.

A gigantic maw enveloped Perona's figure, its menacing teeth gleaming with a defeated light. The light before her eyes seemed to be sucked away, and a terrifying pressure swept over her, gradually squeezing her mind.

Ah!

Perona could no longer hold back; her eyes rolled back, and she fainted.

Xia Qiu stopped, withdrew her mouth, and slowly closed it.

The Conqueror's Haki combined with the attack terrified Perona, causing her to faint.

This person cannot be killed.

As one of the few beings in the One Piece world to possess a bug-like ability, her power is terrifying.

Ace was missing a partner, and she was the perfect replacement.

Especially since his future rivals also have terrifying subordinates.

It's hard to say who will come out on top.

Xia Qiu thought to herself, raised her first left claw, grabbed it, then lifted it up and walked away on her other five legs.