A cook, vice-captain of the Rocks Pirates?

"Gulalalalala..."

Newgate looked at the shadowy cage that had swallowed his domineering aura, and his disdain deepened.

"God? You, who only knows how to hide in the shadows and play with corpses, dare to call yourself a god?"

Newgate slowly drew the massive naginata from behind his back, its blade reflecting a cold, icy glint in the moonlight.

"Then let me show you what true...power really is!"

He gripped the naginata with both hands, pouring the power of the Tremor-Tremor Fruit into it without reservation.

hum-

A pure white, spiderweb-like, cracked halo instantly covered the entire naginata, and the surrounding air began to violently distort and shatter because of this power.

"Try this, Moriah."

Newgate's voice became deep and authoritative, like a pronouncement from the depths of hell.

"seaquake!"

He slashed out with his sword!

There was no earth-shattering roar, nor any dazzling light and shadow effects.

But the space in front of them shattered like a mirror struck by a heavy hammer!

The enormous box, seemingly indestructible and composed of shadows, couldn't even withstand the force capable of tearing space apart for a second. Like ice and snow exposed to sunlight, it vanished instantly.

"puff!"

Moria coughed up another mouthful of blood, staring in disbelief at the scene before him.

His power of law was actually forcibly broken by the opponent using the purest and most unreasonable violence?

However, this is just the beginning.

The shockwave that tore through the shadow box continued its powerful trajectory, crossing a kilometer across the sea and slamming into the hull of the Thriller Bark!

Chapter 257 Culinary Techniques: Sunfire Soul-Binding Soup

Rumble!

This terrifying behemoth, which resembled a moving island, let out its most mournful and painful cry since its birth under this earth-shattering blow.

The massive ship began to shake and tilt violently from the middle, countless buildings collapsed with a crash, and terrifying, bottomless ravines cracked open on the deck, as if it would be torn in two by this force at any moment.

"Waaaaah! My ship! My terrifying three-masted sailing ship!"

Moria let out a desperate scream. This ship was everything to him, the culmination of his hard work, and the capital for his comeback.

He absolutely cannot let it be ruined like this!

"Horned Blade Shadow!"

Moria roared and transformed his shadow into countless enormous, bat-like black blobs that flew out in a massive, overwhelming manner, attempting to repair and stabilize the collapsing ship with their own bodies.

For a moment, the entire battlefield fell into a strange balance.

Every time Newgate swung his knife, he left a horrific wound on the Thriller Bark, enough to disintegrate it.

Moria, on the other hand, tried his best to make futile repairs with his own shadow.

This battle turned into a pure war of attrition.

Newgate will use absolute power to sink this sinful island, along with its master, into the deep sea.

Moria, on the other hand, will use his almost infinite shadow to protect his last vestiges of dignity and ambition.

On the ancestral giant tortoise, everyone watched the battle with their blood boiling.

"Hahaha! Dad's awesome! He dismantled that wrecked ship!"

Gatz waved his fist excitedly, wishing he could rush up and help.

Raine calmly observed the battlefield, when suddenly his brow furrowed almost imperceptibly.

He knew that Newgate could easily crush Moria; the two were not even on the same level.

Outside, Moria probably couldn't even withstand a single blow from Newgate, but in this special area exclusive to Moria, his Shadow-Shadow Fruit ability becomes even more bizarre.

Especially in this Devil's Triangle region shrouded in dense fog year-round, his power is almost inexhaustible.

Continuing to exhaust himself like this is not good for Newgate's body, which is already weakened by the Tremor-Tremor Fruit's power.

"It seems we need to add some ingredients."

Ryan muttered to himself, then turned and walked back into the kitchen.

He wanted to present this contest with a quick and easy main course.

Raine's kitchen is always the most mysterious and reassuring place on this monster ship.

No matter how turbulent the outside world may be, as long as the light is on and the aroma wafts from that small kitchen, everyone feels as if they have found their anchor.

This time, Raine didn't bring out those ingredients that were full of explosive power.

He carefully took out a seemingly ordinary, withered tree branch from a temperature-controlled box deep inside the food storage room.

That was the branch of the Sun Tree Eve that he had traded from the Five Elders in Mary Geoise.

This branch, though seemingly withered, contains an immense and unbelievable amount of the purest life energy and the essence of the sun.

It is the embodiment of light and the nemesis of shadow.

Next, Raine took out a peculiar orchid called Rainbow Mist Orchid, which he had collected from the floating islands.

The pollen of this orchid can bring out the deepest potential of food ingredients and also affect the spiritual level, making people's will and beliefs incredibly firm.

Finally, he retrieved some shell powder that had naturally shed from the ancestral giant tortoise, containing immense life energy.

Three seemingly unrelated, yet each containing a certain fundamental law, top-tier ingredients were blended by Renn in an extremely mysterious proportion.

Instead of using fire, he placed the branches of the Sun Tree Eve under a crystal pot.

Then, he slowly infused his own understanding of the meaning of food into it.

hum-

The withered tree branch suddenly shone like a blazing sun, radiating golden light. A warm yet domineering energy, full of life and light, surged out from it, instantly boiling the water in the crystal pot.

Raine added the pollen of the Rainbow Mist Orchid and the powdered tortoise shell, and gently stirred it with a spoon made of seastone.

As he stirred, the broth in the pot began to turn a dreamlike golden color, and an indescribable, strange aroma that seemed to bind one's soul to one's body began to spread.

"Food Techniques: Yangyan Binding Soul Soup"

Renn gave this dish, which was specifically designed to counter the Shadow Fruit, a fitting name.

As Raine carried the bowl of golden soup, which looked like a small sun, out of the kitchen, the battle on the Thriller Bark had entered its most intense phase.

Newgate's every attack brought the giant ship to the brink of collapse, while Moria, like a tireless patcher, frantically repaired it with his shadow. His face was ashen, clearly at his last gasp.

"Captain, the soup is ready."

Ryan's voice wasn't loud, but it reached Newgate's ears clearly.

Upon hearing the sound, Newgate forced Moria back with a single strike, his massive body falling from mid-air like a cannonball back onto the deck of the Primordial Tortoise.

He took the bowl of golden soup, which exuded a deadly aroma, and drank it all without even asking what it was.

The moment the soup entered his mouth, Newgate's eyes widened in surprise.

A warm, domineering energy, full of the aura of the sun, exploded within his body!

He felt his body, which had been slightly tired from the long battle, instantly return to its peak. Even his soul seemed to be coated with a golden film by this power, becoming incredibly solid and resilient.

He could clearly feel that his body, his domineering aura, his soul, and even the shadow cast on the ground were all bound together by an invisible force at this moment, becoming inseparable from each other.

"Glug glug glug! Delicious soup!"

Newgate burst into hearty laughter, feeling better than ever before.

"You bastard! What trick are you playing now?!"

Seeing this, Moria felt a deep sense of foreboding.

"nothing."

Newgate tossed the bowl aside, gripped the naginata tightly once more, and looked at Moria, his hawk-like eyes filled with a playful, cat-and-mouse amusement.

"I just had a bowl of soup and was preparing to send you on your way."

"Insanity!"

Moria's pride was greatly hurt, and he decided to stop this pointless war of attrition and end the battle with his strongest abilities.

"Newgate! Let me show you the true terror of my Shadow-Shadow Fruit!"

He opened his arms and let out a frenzied roar.

"The Gathering Place of Shadows!"

In an instant, all the surviving zombies on the entire Thriller Bark, along with the dense, almost tangible darkness surrounding the island, transformed into countless torrents of black shadows, flowing wildly into Moria's body like rivers flowing into the sea!

His body expanded rapidly at a visible speed, his muscles bulged, and his figure grew exponentially, eventually transforming into a gigantic demon over a hundred meters tall, with a blue face and fangs, exuding an aura of oppression!

This is Moria's ultimate technique—the final form of gaining superhuman power by absorbing a large number of shadows.

Chapter 258 The Key to the Navel of the World

"Feel this despair, Newgate!"

Moria's voice, now transformed, was like rolling thunder. He threw a punch, a massive fist even larger than the New Moby Dick, carrying a terrifying power capable of shattering an island, and slammed it down towards Newgate.

However, faced with this devastating blow, Newgate showed no fear whatsoever; instead, he revealed a cruel smile.

Instead of confronting it head-on, he slammed his naginata into the deck and simply spread his five fingers towards the massive fist.

"Your power has indeed increased, but it's a pity..."

Newgate's voice was deep and powerful.

"You chose the wrong opponent and the wrong time."

"Vibration, Reversal, Empty Circle!"

A shockwave, more bizarre than ever before, erupted from Newgate's palm.

That is not destruction, but a higher level of control and reversal of power.

The moment Moria's enormous fist made contact with this force, it was as if it had struck a perfectly smooth mirror; all the force was instantly deflected back!

boom!

With a loud bang, Moria was struck squarely in the face by his own powerful punch.

His massive body flew backward uncontrollably, smashing a huge hole in the already teetering Terrorsail behind him.

"Wh...what?!"

Moria covered his sunken face and stared at Newgate in disbelief.

He couldn't understand what methods the other party had used.

Newgate, like a kind teacher, resolved his final doubts.

"The soup I just drank not only strengthens my body, but also gives my vibrational power the characteristics of binding and rebounding for a short period of time."

"To put it simply..."

Newgate's lips curled into a cruel smile.

"Now, I can not only shatter everything, but also... make everything unable to hit me."

"Now, do you still want to continue?"

Moria completely broke down.

His proud final form, his all-out attack that risked everything, was nothing but a joke in front of his opponent.

That bowl of soup, that damned soup, not only made the opponent's power even more unfathomable, but even caused an unprecedented mutation in their abilities.

This is no longer a battle; it's a one-sided, unreasonable crushing defeat.