The full moon hung high in the sky.
The pure moonlight draped over the earth like a hazy silver veil, casting countless shadows across the land.
Now, under Maud's control, those ubiquitous shadows came charging in from the distance.
From afar, the overwhelming formation looked like a monstrous tsunami that would swallow everything along its path, creating an oppressive sensation that almost made it hard to breathe.
This was why Maud had set the Rescue Plan for after nightfall.
Only at night could shadows truly run wild.
And only at night could Maud gain an inexhaustible supply of shadows.
Not only that, he could also split Aokiji in half and draw out even greater combat value.
"Bagard. Maud, for a man like you, awakening your ability was only natural..."
Katakuri tilted his head slightly, watching the enormous tsunami sweeping over from the distance as though it would submerge the entire Cake Island.
He wasn't surprised that Maud had awakened his ability, but the momentum created by the shadow tsunami still startled him somewhat.
This didn't seem to be the effect of assimilating "objects."
It seemed more like... direct manipulation!
"Since you skipped the 'assimilation' process, you can control so many shadows?"
Based on the shadow tsunami's extraordinary scale, Katakuri, whose mastery of abilities was extremely profound, quickly guessed why Maud could control so many shadows.
Generally speaking, a Paramecia could only achieve an ability resembling a Logia-type's effortless manipulation of massive amounts of matter through awakening.
Even so, a Paramecia's ability to create things from nothing was still far inferior to that of a Logia-type.
Therefore—
The prerequisite for controlling massive quantities of matter with the same properties was to assimilate the surrounding inanimate objects into matter with corresponding properties through physical contact.
Whether it was Doflamingo's String-String Fruit in