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Chapter 168 Moria, the Thousand Shadow Giant! (Third update, 9k words, please subscribe!)

Princess Mononoke disappears instantly.

Brook and the four Titans also quickly recovered from the negative state of the "Negative Ghost".

However, with four giants and a skeleton present, everyone felt incredibly ashamed of their previous negative remarks.

For a moment, no one spoke up, and the surroundings were deathly silent.

Finally, it was Storm who spoke, breaking the silence.

"Broki, Dorry, these two must be Cassie and Oimo, right?"

"Crack! Crack! Crack!"

Brogy the Red Demon, who was directly called out by Storm, let out a loud laugh to cover up his embarrassment.

"Stromb! I never expected to run into you here!"

"Dongli! Say something!"

"Eek ga ga ga!"

Aoki Tori also let out a dry laugh, and he patted the shoulders of the two giants beside him.

"Cassie, Oimo! This is Vongola Storm! He's our benefactor!"

"Lord Storm!" x2

Cassie and Oimo called out respectfully in unison.

These two giants had already heard the whole story from Captains Brogy and Dorry.

They also knew that the reason why Captains Brogy and Dorry suddenly appeared on Enies Lobby was because a "benefactor" told the two captains about how they, these two fools, had been deceived by the World Government.

Neither Cassie nor Oimo expected that their encounter with their benefactor would come so soon.

and……

All four giants were saved by their benefactor once.

Hello.

Storm nodded to Cassie and Oimo, then pointed to Brooke standing to the side.

"This is Brooke, a friend I just met."

"Greetings, gentlemen of giants."

Brooke removed his top hat, politely introduced himself, and then eagerly offered his praise.

"They really are giants! In all my years, this is the first time I've ever seen a real giant! Woohoo!"

"A talking skeleton? Crack crack crack!"

Red Demon Brogy couldn't help but burst into laughter when he saw Brook's appearance.

"How interesting! It seems that if you live long enough, you can see all kinds of creatures."

"Yo ho ho ho! I'd love to say that too."

Brook looked at the giants curiously and said with a smile.

"I wish I could have that much muscle... even though I don't have any!"

Just as the skeletons and giants got to know each other.

Meanwhile, the lazy, reclusive man (just kidding) – Gecko Moria – also received a report from his subordinates at this time.

"What?! A white dragon has flown to Thriller Bark?"

By observing the iconic blue-eyed white dragon, Gecko Moria had already guessed the identity of the newcomer.

"Is that the new brat, Hakuryu? What's that guy doing on my turf?"

Moonlight Moria raised his right hand, and viscous black shadows gushed out of his body like liquid, quickly transforming into black bats that flew out of his castle.

One after another, shadowy bats swept across the sky above the terrifying three-masted sailing ship, quickly arriving at the Death Forest, the place where the five "giants" had gathered.

The shadowy bats merged together, eventually forming a black shadow that was exactly the same shape as Moonlight Moria.

【Shadow Warrior】!

The next moment, the shadow and the original body swapped positions.

Moonlight Moria's true form appeared directly in the Forest of Death.

"One, two, three, four... five?"

Moonlight Moria was taken aback when he looked at Storm's tall and imposing figure.

When did the fifth giant appear?

"Wait! You're that newcomer who recently joined the Seven Warlords of the Sea—Haku?"

The appearance of the Seven Warlords of the Sea silenced Brook and the four Titans.

Storm calmly looked at Gecko Moria, his size instantly shrinking from over twenty meters tall to about seven meters, roughly at the same height as Gecko Moria.

"Gecko Moria, why did you attack my 'friend'?"

"Friends? Hehehehe!"

Gecko Moria glanced at the four giants and a skeleton beside him and let out a piercing laugh.

"Who do you think you are, White Dragon!"

"Now I'll take your shadow too!"

Moonlight Moria raised his right hand, and countless small shadow bats emerged from his shadow, quickly gathering together to form a giant spear with a very peculiar shape.

The spearhead of this black shadow spear is not prismatic or blade-shaped, but rather resembles a black, pointed lizard!

"Go! Horned Blade Shadow!"

The black spear, composed of shadows, pierced through the air with a sharp whistling sound, seemingly moving at incredible speed.

Even a giant standing in front of this black spear would have his body pierced through by this "shadow spear".

But for Storm...

"Slow...too slow!"

Storm calmly dodged Moonlight Moria's "Horned Blade Shadow".

He moved as if taking a leisurely stroll, yet with incredible speed, arriving before Moonlight Moria in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, Gecko Moria was still in the same pose he had just used to unleash "Horned Blade Shadow".

"Nani—"

Out of the corner of his eye, Moonlight Moria caught a glimpse of Storm approaching.

However, given his reflexes, he didn't even realize when the other person had approached.

Naturally.

Moonlight Moria was also unaware of Storm's sudden swing of his right fist.

Storm approached Moonlight Moria and swung his right fist directly at him.

It was an ordinary fist, not imbued with any Armament Haki, but simply covered in a layer of ordinary clay.

But this is still a powerful move—

Clay Giant Fist!

boom!

Storm's right fist slammed heavily into Moonlight Moria's stomach.

The fist collided with the abdomen, producing a dull thud.

Storm's right fist was seen to be deeply embedded in Moonlight Moria's stomach, and white shockwaves burst out and spread in all directions.

The power of that punch...

Gecko Moria's eyes widened as he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen.

His body involuntarily curled up inwards, and a mouthful of bright red blood spurted from between his crisscrossing, shark-like teeth. Then, he flew backwards.

Crack! Crack! Crack! Boom!

The enormous size of Moonlight Moria smashed through countless trees in the Forest of Death, the sound of breaking trees echoing endlessly.

Even with the trees of the Death Forest as a shield.

Moonlight Moria continued flying for hundreds of meters before finally stopping, crashing heavily to the ground and creating a crater in the earth beneath the Thriller Bark.

"Pfft—whoa!"

The moment he landed, Gecko Moria coughed up another mouthful of blood, his clothes covered in blood and dust, looking utterly disheveled.

The power of Bai Long's punch...

It seems that Gecko Moria was taken back to Wano Country more than ten years ago.

So many years...

It's been so many years since I've felt this kind of pain!

"Kaido... Kaido!!"

Moonlight Moria suddenly roared to the sky.

However, the person he yelled at was not Storm, who had just hit him.

It was Kaido of the Beasts, who had once defeated him!

"I will definitely kill you!"

Moonlight Moria lowered his head, his bloodshot eyes staring intently at Storm like a vengeful ghost from hell.

"White Dragon! If I can get your shadow, I'll definitely be able to take revenge on Kaido!"

Strom followed the trajectory of Moonlight Moria and arrived in front of the "Shadow Ruler".

But what the other person said still made him laugh involuntarily.

"What exactly did Kaido of the Beasts do that you can't forget about him?"

Storm stepped forward and looked coldly at Moonlight Moria.

"A spineless dog, already broken, dares to bark and howl in front of me!"

Gecko Moria didn't understand the meaning of the trash talk, but he could tell that the brat Haku was mocking him.

Gecko Moria, who was already furious, was now even more enraged.

"I'm going to turn you into a zombie!"

Moonlight Moria roared.

"A gathering place for shadows!"

The voice just fell.

Under the manipulation of Gecko Moria's Shadow-Shadow Fruit, the surrounding shadows continuously converged towards his location and directly merged into his body.

And as the shadows continue to converge.

Gecko Moria's size also expanded continuously, like an inflating balloon.

The already enormous "Shadow Ruler" expanded to several times its original size in just a few breaths, reaching a height of nearly tens of meters.

"Not enough...not enough..."

As the shadow continued to be injected, Gecko Moria's mental state seemed to become increasingly chaotic.

Even so, Gecko Moria continued to demand other shadows.

"Shadows... the giant's shadows... all the shadows... come here!"

Under Storm's silent gaze.

Four enormous shadows, distinct from the others, merged directly into Gecko Moria's body.

no doubt.

These four shadows are respectively from the Red Oni Brogy, the Blue Oni Dorry, Kashi, and Oimo!

These are the shadows of four giants!

After merging into the shadow of the giant.

Gecko Moria's already enormous size expanded rapidly once again.

This time.

Gecko Moria's size directly exceeded 100 meters!

With his height of 100 meters, combined with Moonlight Moria's already ferocious and terrifying appearance, he looked like a demon from mythology!

"You went through all that trouble just to transform?"

Storm raised his head and looked at Gecko Moria, who was now a hundred meters tall. He then unleashed the power of the Clay-Clay Fruit.

"Me too!"

The power of the eight-star [Clay Fruit] was released without reservation.

Storm's size also expanded rapidly.

In the blink of an eye.

Storm's physique also reached a height of 100 meters.

Two giants, each a hundred meters tall, stood together on the land of the terrifying three-masted ship!

(End of this chapter)