One Piece: Buggy the Clown Who Fell From Grace

His sorrowful and self-reproachful demeanor drew a sidelong glance from Old Sha, who was standing nearby.

Is he crying?

It's hard to imagine that Kaido, a man hailed as the strongest in one-on-one combat, would suddenly burst into tears during a lull in the fighting.

Meanwhile, the clearly weaker party is laughing.

"You'll get used to it; that's just my brother's temperament."

Jin responded in a very flat tone, like a greeting between neighbors.

But the actions were ruthless.

It spun down from mid-air, its jet-black wings slashing down like two black knives. Amidst the rumble of earth and rocks, a deep, dark crack appeared in the desert sunflower, only to be quickly filled in again.

Old Sha's original form turned into a pile of sand and scattered.

Amidst the billowing yellow sand, he suddenly appeared behind Jin, his arm transforming into a crescent-shaped sand dune.

"It's just a bit ugly."

Although Old Sha's voice was low, he showed no mercy in his several clashes with Jin, both aiming to kill each other.

If he had slowed down even for a fraction of a second, the wings wrapped in Armament Haki would have sliced ​​him in two in the blink of an eye.

This is something that even the elementalization of nature cannot avoid.

Jin's movements were equally swift, but instead of using the opportunity of his Observation Haki to dodge, he spun around and charged straight at Jin.

The flames on his body gathered into a ball and collided head-on with the sand dune.

There was no superiority of fire over sand dunes; both made the same choice immediately after the elemental collision.

His body flew directly over the flames and sand dunes, charging towards the opponent.

Jhin slammed his forehead down hard.

Old Sha then used his golden hook to pin down Jin's lower ribs.

The two exchanged a brief exchange before quickly separating.

Old Sha had a dent in his forehead, bleeding profusely, and a steaming blood clot was being picked up with a golden hook in his hand.

"If we're talking about ruthlessness, I'm just as ruthless as you."

He spoke casually, without even pausing to catch his breath, before quickly pressing his arm into the sand beneath his feet.

"Desert Greatsword!"

His arm transformed into a sand blade and burrowed underground, emerging from beneath Jin's feet in the blink of an eye.

The giant sword that pierced from the ground tore through Ember's coat, but was stopped by a layer of flames and his suddenly grown muscles.

Jhin immediately entered his complete beast form.

After letting out a loud, piercing cry, it pounced directly at Crocodile.

The two were evenly matched for the time being.

Kaido and Moria were both crying and laughing.

More and more figures emerged from the boiling black spring, and the shadow that had been standing on Moria's feet began to climb up his feet little by little.

It was as if Moria was being pulled, dragged into the world of shadows.

"That battle is not over. As long as I live, it will not be over!"

The boiling black spring stopped, and the last dark figure crawled out from it.

With each step the shadow took up, the pull on Moria intensified.

By the time the shadow had fully emerged, half of Moria's body had become part of the shadow.

He raised his sword high, and the dark figure also raised his shadow sword.

The shadowy figure's head was identical to Moria's, with its mouth agape, revealing fangs, and its hairstyle was even more flamboyant, like a raging flame.

"Let's go, guys!"

Moria looked particularly alarming at that moment.

Like some indescribable creature, its lower body completely transformed into shadow, while hundreds of thin tendrils spread out like tentacles.

Each thin shadow was connected to a standing human-shaped black figure.

They cheered and ran wildly with Moria, as if they were not going to face the world's strongest creature, but to have a lively party.

The outlines of each shadow were exceptionally detailed, like the reflection of a living person in the sunlight.

“Worororo!”

Kaido was both crying and laughing, as if he were drunk.

His eyes were filled with pleasure and appreciation.

He originally thought it was just a whimsical challenge between two losers, but he never expected it to be a battle that had been separated by twenty-three years and was still not over.

The shadowy figures seemed to pull him back to the snowy field, their features and expressions filling his vision.

The dead came back to life and challenged him once again!

This must be the most interesting challenge he has ever encountered in his life!

"That's how it should be!"

He shouted, and the pressure emanating from his body reached a critical point in an instant. When he swung the Eight Precepts in his hand, they were as light as falling leaves, and red lightning flashed in response.

"Roaring Thunder Eight Trigrams!"

The Conqueror's Haki swirled around the Eight Precepts, making them extremely brutal, and their hammer strikes and swings left afterimages.

Moria's sword was cracked by the blow, and the Roaring Thunder Eight Trigrams still had momentum, which, with unparalleled power, split the sword in two and slammed heavily into Moria's shoulder.

His skin briefly showed a defensive effect of Armament Haki, but it was quickly shattered.

Moria's attack extended from his shoulders all the way to his abdomen, shattering his entire flesh and organs.

However, his eyes were full of joy.

"This is... my shadow army!"

The shadowy figures did not directly confront Kaido, but instead grabbed Kaido's shadow in the sunlight.

"Go away!"

Kaido roared and unleashed his Conqueror's Haki at full power.

"Domineering, surpassing everything!"

The Eight Precepts struck down at the shadow.

It not only possesses Conqueror's Haki, but also an extremely domineering Armament Haki, a powerful ability to resist all fancy tricks with a strong stance.

The shadow was driven away.

"Hehehehe!!"

The shadowy figure that looked exactly like Moria chuckled a few times, and its shadow blade sliced ​​off a piece of Kaido's shadow.

It's sizzling!

Kaido's shadow behind him was missing a piece, roughly from his left arm, leaving a blank space under the sunlight.

On the contrary, the real arms seemed to be rejected by the sun, showing signs of evaporation.

This kind of damage at the rule level was so severe that even Kaido's terrifying defenses couldn't withstand it.

The dark figure chuckled, then walked to Moria's side and gradually merged with him.

From his shoulder to his lower abdomen, the missing piece of Moria's body was filled with shadows, and the other humanoid shadows stood beside him again.

With the shadows spreading and invading from his feet, Moria's body was reduced to only half of his chest and above, with his left shoulder and head still intact.

"Hehehehehe!"

"As expected, only this method can kill you!"

Moria's previously lifeless eyes regained their luster after the shadows converged, and the broken sword in his hand merged with the shadow sword, resembling the black sword of a great swordsman.

"The Shadow Fruit has reached the Awakening level, how amazing... Hehehe, it's just a pity that none of us can become that guy!"

Kaido suddenly burst into laughter, his laughter tinged with tears, as if his arm were truly missing, and even his powerful regenerative abilities were powerless to help.

He simply swung the hammer again.

Once a person with superpowers loses their will, everything they did before will become ineffective.

"Kundali Longsheng Army!"

The moves named after the Four Great Kings were extremely brutal, and in an instant, the shadows of hammers overlapped all around Moria.

His savage and domineering aura almost emanated from his body, forming a purple halo that compressed the shadow legion, whom Moria called his comrades, into chunks.

"Hehehehehehe!!"

There was no fear in Moria's eyes; his fragmented mental world contained no emotion other than excitement.

This is absolutely a creation of the Joker!

Kaido recognized the same madness in those eyes, and instead of slowing down, he swung his hammer down with even greater force.

"Shadow! World!"

Then Moria shouted, and the shadow part of his body seemed to receive a signal, leaping and joyfully pulling his remaining body into the world of shadow!

"I won't lose it again."

Moria's last vestiges of consciousness dissipated, replaced by a shadow that bared its fangs.

Then it was smashed to pieces by the Eight Precepts.

"Has he always been this brave?"

The desperate cries caused both Jhin and Crocodile to pause their battle.

Jin flapped his wings and asked a question in mid-air.

Flames swirled around his body, and his numerous crisscrossing wounds healed rapidly, except for his right leg, which had collided head-on with the sand dunes and remained withered.