Chapter 188Under the terrified gazes of Nami, Lola, and the others, Moriah's body began to swell wildly like a balloon!"Kishishishishi! Straw Hat! Witness true despair!"Having absorbed all the shadows, Moriah's size became even more massive than Oars' just now. Like a black demon god standing between heaven and earth, he radiated a suffocating pressure.Luffy hovered in mid-air, watching Moriah, whose power was surging once again."Kishishishishi! Power... infinite power!"The monstrous Moriah let out a wild laugh mixed with countless voices and swung a massive claw casually.RUMBLE!The ground shattered like fragile biscuits as massive cracks spread. The entire Thriller Bark let out an overburdened groan, as if it might disintegrate at any moment!"Is that guy crazy?" Nami couldn't help but shout as she watched. "Didn't they say he'd lose consciousness if he took in too many shadows?"All the shadows had been sucked into Moriah's body."It might be because he's an ability user," Lola said, also drenched in sweat.She hadn't expected Moriah to be this insane.If Luffy with a hundred shadows was that strong, how powerful would Moriah be with a thousand?"Die! Straw Hat!"Moriah screamed, striking down and causing the ground to split apart.Luffy's eyes flickered, and his body turned into an afterimage, moving away from his original spot."You can't escape!"The island was about to split open."Luffy!" Nami's heart leaped into her throat."Why aren't you shouting anymore? Keep shouting!"Moriah used his massive, twisted claws to slam down fiercely toward Luffy.Before the attack even landed, the terrifying wind pressure had already caused the ground to cave in!A sharp light flashed in Luffy's eyes, and his body turned into an afterimage again, disappearing from the spot.BANG!!Moriah's frantic attacks continued to fall, turning everything around him into dust, yet he remained unable to touch Luffy in the slightest.Although his attacks possessed terrifying power, his body was too massive and chaotic, making his movements appear somewhat clumsy and sluggish."Is all you can do hide? Straw Hat!"Moriah roared impatiently, his giant claw sweeping across again!However, the moment he swung his claw, his massive eyes suddenly froze. Reflected in his giant pupils, the tiny figure that had been flickering with blue-black shadow energy and white flame clouds suddenly underwent a startling transformation.Chapter 270: Robin Tried It and Said It Was Good"Hmm?"Seeing Luffy's appearance, Moriah looked panicked. "Why can you do this too? Are you also from the Giant Race?""No reason, just because I have perseverance!"An aura full of oppressive force surged into the sky!Within that aura, Luffy's figure expanded and rose at high speed!His blue-black skin was covered by even more divine white hair, and white flame clouds swirled around him like a cape. A ferocious and terrifying white giant, radiating unparalleled majesty, suddenly appeared.Shadow's Asgard, Nika Form: Gigantification!"Impossible! Impossible!"Moriah's body trembled with rage.Without the size advantage, what did he have left?Power?Don't be ridiculous.Moriah glanced at the group of companions behind Luffy, while behind him lay only ruins.He threw a punch in a fit of humiliation and rage—a punch that could have shattered the island—but it was blocked effortlessly by Luffy.The Shadow Spikes on his claws that tried to penetrate Luffy's arm seemed to meet their natural enemy upon contact with top-tier Haki, emitting a sizzling sound and unable to advance an inch further!"I am strong because I am strong myself, not because I rely on the power of shadows!" Luffyshouted."You..." Moriah was stunned.BANG!Responding to him was Luffy's giant fist, smashing directly into his bloated abdomen.BLEGH!Moriah's massive body suddenly doubled over. He felt as if his abdomen had been struck by a high-speed flying mountain, and intense pain instantly flooded his entire body.But it wasn't over yet!"Give everyone's shadows back!"Luffy's giant fists were like a torrential rain, striking Moriah's abdomen one after another.Ora ora ora ora!Every punch was imbued with terrifying Haki.The battle between the two giants, which should have been earth-shaking with back-and-forth blows, turned into a one-sided crushing by Luffy!Under such dense and heavy strikes, the shadows forcibly stuffed into Moriah's body were already unstable. As Lola had said, one must maintain a strong enough willpower to keep the shadows inside.In a sense, Luffy was right.You really do need perseverance!The extent to which he had been pushed was beyond Moriah's imagination."No... you are all my power!"Moriah covered his mouth, the shadows within him like trapped beasts, frantically battering his willpower, which was already rapidly weakening due to pain and shock!To house so many shadows, one needed not just a strong physique, but even stronger willpower to dominate them!In this regard, even though Moriah was the user of the Shadow-Shadow Fruit, stuffing in shadows far beyond his limit in an instant brought not a qualitative change in power, but a total collapse.Instead of becoming stronger, he became even more fragile because he couldn't effectively control this chaotic power."Gum-Gum Giant Bullet!"Luffy's giant fists were like pile drivers. With one last heavy blow, he sent Moriah flying off the ground!Pfft!Like a dam bursting, countless black shadows erupted from Moriah's mouth like a volcanic eruption.They scrambled to escape this collapsing cage, turning into a sky full of black meteors as they flew toward their original owners.Moriah couldn't understand.Why did he lose to such a rookie pirate?He was once a notorious great pirate who had clashed with Kaido and vied for the title of Pirate King.Unexpectedly, unexpectedly...Moriah's consciousness rapidly blurred under the double blow of intense pain and the backlash from the shadows.BOOM!Just then, the main mast of Thriller Bark, which had long been teetering, finally couldn't withstand the devastation of the repeated battles. With a cracking sound, it came crashing down.It landed squarely on Moriah.Argh!A final, short, and shrill scream was buried under wood and rubble.Moriah, defeated!Luffy deactivated his Giant Nika Form and returned to his original size.With Moriah's fall, countless shadows emerged from him, scattering and flying back in the sky like birds returning to their nests."This guy really is wicked, collecting so many people's shadows," Luffy said.Sunlight, at some unknown point, began to pierce through the perennial thick fog above Thriller Bark, casting down strands of golden radiance."If that's the case..."Beneath the ruins, Moriah's last trace of blurred consciousness let out an unwilling curse before falling completely into darkness. "Then go and see for yourself, you damn Straw Hat. The real demons are in the New World!"With Moriah's complete defeat, the haze over Thriller Bark seemed to be dispelled. Long-lost sunlight pierced through the thick fog, shining on this devastated land.The shadows that had escaped from Moriah's body were like weary birds returning to their nests, throwing themselves toward their respective owners.People all over the world whose shadows had been stolen by Moriah stepped out of the shadows at this moment.Moriah had been defeated.Luffy watched as one of the shadows returned to the nearby, sleeping Nika. "This girl... everything is over after she just takes a nap."Nika stood up groggily, still unaware of what had happened.But there were far too many people more excited than her."It's back! My shadow is back!"Lola, the Captain of the Rolling Pirates, looked down at the shadow appearing in the sunlight, so moved that she was a mess of tears and snot.Because the Wild Boar Bride had possessed Lola's shadow, Lola felt quite familiar with Nami due to that influence."That's a good thing, Lola. You can all continue your own adventures now," Nami said with a smile.Lola suddenly lunged at Nami, her immense strength nearly knocking Nami over. "Miss Nami, thank you so much! If it weren't for you, we might have had to stay in this dark place as zombies forever."Nami naturally understood Lola's feelings. After living in darkness for so many years, even being afraid of sunlight, they could finally walk under the sun. Moreover, Moriah, who had been suppressing them, was defeated—just like when Arlong was defeated by Luffy, rescuing her from her cage.Seeing Lola's tearful and snotty face, she couldn't help but feel a bit amused and even wondered if she had made a similar expression when Arlong's crew was defeated.That would have been too ugly.However, hearing Lola's next words, Nami's eyes instantly turned into the shape of Berries, sparkling with golden light."We know where that guy Moriah hid all the treasure he plundered!"Lola gripped Nami's hand tightly. "To show our gratitude, let us help you move everything from the treasury onto your ship."Treasure?"Really?!" Nami's eyes lit up.Even though their crew had already achieved so-called financial freedom—being able to cut off a piece of gold to exchange for plenty of Berrieswhenever they were short on cash—pirates naturally had zero resistance to treasure. Or rather, Nami had zero resistance to treasure.Isn't it better to have more money?She had already begun calculating how many billions of Berries those treasures could be exchanged for."That's wonderful! Lola, you guys are such good people!"Just then, Vivi, Robin, and the others also hurried to the ruins.Seeing Nami safe and sound, Vivi clearly sighed in relief, but her gaze was immediately drawn to the short wedding dress Nami was wearing, which remained magnificent even after being modified.Was Nami wearing a wedding dress when she left the ship?"Nami, are you okay?"Vivi asked with concern, but her eyes involuntarily drifted toward the wedding dress on Nami. "This outfit is...?"Outfit?Only then did Nami remember she was still wearing the wedding dress. A flush of red rose to her face, and she was about to give a vague explanation when Little Merry beside her already raised a small hand and prepared to speak in a childish voice: "Sister Nami and Luffy were in the bathroom...""Merry!"
