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"Perona, well done!"
Watching the group thrown into disarray by the Negative Hollows, Moria cheered.
"Die! Auguro!"
Moria waved his hands, and his enormous shadow instantly split into countless black bats, swarming toward Auguro.
"Heh! You really think I'm a pushover!"
Auguro sneered, quietly chanting the release command for his Zanpakutō.
"Howl! Haineko (Ash Cat)!"
Sha!
The blade instantly turned into a wisp of smoke, engulfing all the bats.
"Neko Rinbu (Cat Wheel Dance)!"
The smoke rapidly spun, like a whirlwind composed of countless razor blades. All the bats were instantly dismembered, reverting back into mere shadow.
"Damn it! What kind of ability is that?"
Moria cursed, the whirlwind filling nearly the entire corridor and rapidly closing in on him.
Without hesitation, he slammed his hands together. "Kagemusha!"
In the next second, his figure vanished, leaving behind only the clone made of shadow.
Moria's Shadow Warrior, besides being used for coordinated attacks, had the crucial function of allowing him to swap places with his main body. This offered high tactical utility.
It was a shame Moria had run the ability into the ground. He had a perfectly good shadow manipulation power, yet he was obsessed with zombies. Ultimately, he had been so traumatized by his defeat at the hands of Kaido that he lost his ambition and the courage to face any opponent head-on.
"I'll be taking your shadow now!"
After swapping places with the Shadow Warrior, Moria appeared directly behind Auguro. He held a massive pair of scissors, lunging to cut Auguro's shadow on the floor.
"Kage Giri (Shadow Cut)!"
However, before the scissors could touch the shadow, Auguro's figure vanished from sight.
"Moria, you've really gotten weak! You don't even know how to suppress your presence anymore!"
Auguro floated into the air, a red glow flashing in his eyes as his Observation Haki went into overdrive. Moria's petty maneuvers couldn't escape his perception!
The Zanpakutō in his right hand slashed down.
"Ittō-ryū: Ryūshō Ten'en (One-Sword Style: Dragon Soaring to the Abyss)!"
An immense sword pressure condensed onto the blade, taking the form of a life-like dragon. As the sword cut down, the pressure instantly swelled into a colossal flying dragon, roaring as it descended from the sky.
The dragon carried an irresistible might, as if it would rip apart everything around it. The air shrieked, and the ground trembled. The rolling dragon's power made the very sky turn pale!
This terrifying strike flew directly at Moria.
In a daze, Moria seemed to glimpse a similar figure: a blue dragon, effortlessly destroying his crew amidst clouds and mist!
"You miserable bastard! You won't take anything else from me!"
The shocked Moria instantly went berserk. Countless shadows from all directions on Thriller Bark surged forward, all converging on Moria!
"Kagegō Dōkai (Shadows Assembled)!"
Over a thousand shadows were absorbed into Moria's body. His figure instantly swelled several times in size, and his power exploded!
"Die! Kaido!"
Shadows Assembled was Moria's ultimate move, incredibly powerful but also demanding immense mental fortitude. Having absorbed over a thousand shadows, Moria was clearly becoming disoriented. He even mistook Auguro's sword strike for Kaido himself.
The enraged Moria swung his fist at the dragon-shaped sword pressure. The terrifying force created a near-vacuum around his fist. In his current state, this single punch could sink an island!
BOOM!
The two attacks collided violently. The devastating shockwave tore right through the fog surrounding Thriller Bark, letting sunlight stream in. The colossal castle groaned and collapsed, leaving a massive crater.
Perona floated in the air, anxiously watching the center of the smoke. She was in her ghost form and unaffected by the shockwave.
As the smoke cleared, Auguro remained suspended in the air, his clothes spotless. The special property of the Soul King's Haori ensured he always maintained his dignity.
Moria stood in the pit, swaying and clearly in great pain.
The next moment, he opened his mouth, and countless shadows poured out. Integrating a thousand shadows was too much. Under the pressure of Auguro's Dragon Soaring to the Abyss, many shadows broke free and escaped his control.
After expelling about half of the shadows, Moria finally regained his sanity.
"You are truly troublesome!"
Moria's expression was grave. Auguro's strength had clearly exceeded his expectations.
"Lord Moria, I'm here to help! Negative Hollow!"
Perona was fiercely loyal to Moria and immediately commanded a group of ghosts to surround Auguro.
However, before the ghosts could act, Perona's face suddenly contorted, and she burst into uncontrollable laughter.
"Ahahaha! Stop it! Stop it! Hahahaha..."
Everyone was bewildered by this sight. Only Auguro smiled slightly.
Moria noticed this and immediately roared in anger. "Bastard! What did you do?"
Auguro shrugged. "Didn't you notice that the two girls beside me vanished a while ago?"
Only then did Moria realize that Nami and Robin had left the battlefield at some point!
Auguro pointed at the hysterically laughing Perona and chuckled.
"That girl is a Paramecia-type Hobby-Hobby Fruit user, the Hollow-Hollow Fruit user. She's currently in her ghost state."
"That means her main body must be nearby, so I sent my companions to go look for it."
"It looks like they found her!"
The moment Auguro saw Perona, he knew the only way to deal with her was to find her actual body. Fortunately, with Robin's Hana Hana no Mi (Flower-Flower Fruit), she could sprout hundreds of eyes inside the castle, making finding a single person a breeze.
So, he had covertly covered the two women's departure from the battlefield and sent them to "steal the base!"
Auguro then spoke to Perona. "You might want to hurry back to your body!"
"Otherwise, who knows what those two might do to your body! Maybe shave your head and draw a turtle on your face?"
"Haha... What? Noooo!"
Perona was, after all, an immature girl. Terrified by Auguro's threat, she immediately flew toward her main body, leaving a trail of laughter in her wake.
With Perona gone, Moria found himself completely surrounded.
"Damn it! Kage Kakuju: Ryōran (Shadow Corner Lance: Chaotic Flare)!"
Enhanced by the Shadows Assembled, countless shadow lances rose from the ground, like a jungle of thorns.
Fortunately, Brook had been thrown clear earlier, leaving only the Soul Reapers present. Using Shunpo, they all instantly darted out of range.
Moria tried to pursue, but his vision blurred, and Soi Fan's figure appeared before him like a phantom.
Her right fist shot out, a powerful blow infused with potent Spiritual Pressure, landing instantly on Moria's stomach.
Ugh!
Another batch of shadows spewed from Moria's mouth.
Soi Fan frowned, staring at her hands and muttering, "Still not right! This isn't Armament Haki!"
"Damn it!"
Moria swung his massive fists, attempting to retaliate.
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This is the Bonus chapter for 50 Power stones. Hope you enjoy reading the story.