Capone: Fortress of Ambition

"Being able to block my Shadow Corner Gun, I acknowledge your strength," Moria said gravely.

"Being able to injure me, I also acknowledge your strength. From that last attack, you're definitely stronger than Fierce Crocodile. But if that's the extent of your attacks, you're doomed to lose," Bege stated calmly.

"That was just an appetizer," Moria laughed.

Modi tossed his sword over, and Bege caught it casually.

"Then!"

"Let's continue the fight!"

Bege's figure vanished instantly, charging directly at Moria.

"One Sword Style – Rhino Horn!"

A massive rhino-shaped blast of sword energy closed in instantly. Moria's eyes twitched. His shadow instantly transformed into a Shadow Corner Gun, piercing and shattering the Rhino Horn, then shooting towards Bege.

"The same trick won't work on me twice." Bege snorted coldly. His right hand instantly turned black, using Armament Haki. The Haki surged into the sword, arming it. Then, with a powerful slash, he shattered the Shadow Corner Gun. The scattered fragments of shadow transformed into shadow bats in mid-air and flew towards Moria.

Bege seized the opportunity, using Soru to appear before Moria in an instant.

"One Sword Style – Dragon Bite!"

A long, dragon-shaped blast of sword energy suddenly erupted, opening its massive jaws to bite down on Moria's head.

Moria's expression changed. He swung his scissor-blades at the energy dragon. Upon impact, the immense force knocked Moria back. The shattered sword energy tore through Moria's clothes, leaving several wounds on his body.

Bege pressed his advantage, using Soru twice in succession to catch up to Moria. He thrust his sword forward, unleashing dozens of octopus-like piercing sword energies that struck Moria, piercing his body and turning him into a sieve.

"Shadow Warrior again?" Bege frowned.

Moria's body rapidly transformed into a black shadow, falling to the ground and moving with astonishing speed to the left. Bege quickly looked over; Moria's real body was there. He had used Shadow Warrior to evade Bege's attack.

Moria began to pant, the small wounds on his body bleeding. After his shadow returned to his body, his gaze suddenly became sharp.

"Shadow Warrior!" Moria shouted in a low voice. His shadow spread out on the ground, covering a large area. Standing within this area were the crew members of the Moria Pirates. Moria's shadow connected with the shadows of his crew.

Bege's brow furrowed, and he immediately used Soru to charge forward.

"Too late! Come forth!" Moria's shadow, along with the shadows of his crew, instantly transformed into shadow bats, flying into the air and rapidly merging into an even larger Shadow Corner Gun.

"Shadow Corner Gun!" Moria roared. The Shadow Corner Gun above his head shot out with a whoosh.

Bege unleashed a rhino-shaped blast of sword energy with a slash, but it was easily pierced by the Shadow Corner Gun.

Bege's aura solidified. He roared in a low voice and slashed at the Shadow Corner Gun. The two barbaric forces instantly collided, then swept outwards in all directions in an instant, as if a gale was blowing through the forest.

Bege's face was twisted in a grimace. He hadn't managed to cleave the Shadow Corner Gun with a single slash. Instead, he was being pushed back by the gun's immense force. Within two breaths, Bege was pushed back until he collided with a large tree behind him. Upon impact, the tree cracked and then collapsed.

Bege's gaze grew increasingly fierce. A wild, savage aura roiled within his body. His arms expanded three times in succession, becoming as thick as a bear's, and a phantom image of a demonic ape appeared behind him.

"Demon Ape Slash!"

"Break!"

Bege roared, and his sword instantly unleashed an intense burst of sword energy, directly shattering the Shadow Corner Gun.

"Impossible! I used the shadows of a hundred people to create that Shadow Corner Gun, and it was shattered?" Moria's expression changed dramatically. He couldn't believe what he was seeing.

Bege held his sword, huffing through his nostrils like a wild beast roaring.

The shattered Shadow Corner Gun broke apart on the ground, quickly separating into over a hundred shadows that returned to the feet of Moria's crew. Moria gritted his teeth. Suddenly, his shadow transformed into over a hundred black hands that extended outwards, grabbing the shadows of his crew and pulling them into the air.

"The captain is going to use that move! Now he's finished," Moria's crew members, seeing the shadows dancing in the air, were incredibly excited.

"No one can block the captain in his strongest form."

"Shadow Cutter!"

He swung the scissors in his hands backwards. A strange power swept through the air, severing the shadows of his crew members.

The shadow hands, grasping the crew's shadows, flew towards Moria. Moria opened his mouth towards the dense mass of shadows, and the shadow hands stuffed all the crew's shadows into his mouth, where he swallowed them.

"Argh! Argh!"

Moria roared in pain, the veins on his forehead bulging. His body began to expand like a balloon. Moria was already six or seven meters tall, but now he was over ten meters tall, comparable to a giant.

"Shadow Asgard!"

Bege's expression was extremely serious. He clearly remembered the terrifying power of Shadow Asgard.

Moria looked down at Bege, speaking in a voice as deep and resonant as thunder: "This is my strongest form – Shadow Demon. Come, let's have a battle with the strongest me."

Moria started to run; the ground trembled. He swung his scissor-blades at Bege.

Bege's expression changed. Moria's swinging speed was several times faster than before.

The scissor-blades slashed at the ground. The immense force infused within them carved a trench over ten meters long and four or five meters deep into the ground.

"Such strong power!" Bege's expression changed again. He didn't have time to think, as the other scissor-blade came slashing down.

Bege used his Geppo, quickly dodging Moria's frontal attack.

"Your strength has increased, but your movement speed has decreased. You can't catch me with my speed," Bege sneered, instantly appearing beside Moria's foot. He swung his sword, unleashing a blast of sword energy aimed at Moria's right foot.

"Don't even think about it! Shadow Corner Gun!" Moria roared. His shadow instantly shot out a Shadow Corner Gun, directly shattering Bege's sword energy, then charged towards Bege.

Bege shattered the Shadow Corner Gun with a slash and retreated rapidly.

However, Moria's shadow surged, and from within it emerged a multitude of smaller Shadow Corner Guns, at least a hundred of them. These Shadow Corner Guns pursued Bege like guided arrows.

"Flying Dragon!"

Bege swung his sword, and the dragon-shaped blast of sword energy destroyed all the incoming Shadow Corner Guns.

Suddenly, a gust of wind struck him head-on. Moria had attacked at this moment. He threw a punch.

"Flying Dragon Barrage!"

Bege roared, continuously swinging his sword, sending out a series of dragon-shaped sword energy blasts.

"Get lost!" Moria roared. His fist shockingly blasted apart over ten energy dragons in an instant, then struck Bege.

Bege blocked with his sword, but the moment Moria's fist hit the blade, Bege's expression turned to one of terror.

A surging, terrifying force sent Bege flying. Like a meteor, he crashed back into the forest, knocking down countless trees.