One Piece: Saving Hancock with the Batto Batto no Mi

A spiraling red flying slash erupted from the Butcher's Blade in Sephiroth's hand and headed towards Moria, forcing him to dodge sideways. However, the forest behind him was not so lucky.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

In the straight line of the "flying slash," the large trees were instantly cut in half and toppled to the ground. Flying for more than 30 meters, the red slash could not maintain its form and vanished into the air.

Moria's gaze flickered slightly behind him, and after several exchanges, he had to admit that he couldn't defeat Sephiroth by merely relying on his swordsmanship! This, combined with the fact that his Shadow Doppelganger had been restrained by the Bat Doppelganger, prevented him from employing many clever tricks and maneuvers. His actual combat power had dropped by more than half!

If he didn't reveal some secret abilities, defeat would be the inevitable outcome!

"Shadow's Asgard!"

At Moria's feet, more than twenty black shadow lines instantly extended, connecting them to the more than twenty fallen Zombies. The shadows he had injected into their bodies were all extracted and concentrated in his body. In an instant, Moria's massive body expanded again, reaching an astonishing height of over nine meters. The veins in his arms and neck coiled and pulsed like venomous snakes, and his entire body emitted a terrifying sense of oppression, like a Demon from Hell.

"Hehehehe. I admit, you are the strongest of the many enemies I've encountered over the years since I returned to my hometown in the West Blue! Because of that, I actually truly considered taking your shadow and sparing your life. It's just that I found... you are just too complicated! So... just die!"

The broadsword in Moria's right hand swung with a large blue flying slash, and immediately cut down at Sephiroth, but the latter, instead, immediately used Soru and appeared beside the mummy's body.

Boom-boom!

Not far away, the towering peak was struck by the sword energy slash, and its summit was immediately cut off at an angle. The massive mountain slid downwards at an incline and crashed into the ground, causing the earth to tremble and smoke to billow.

"Hehehehe. Can I plunder other people's shadows and devour them into my body, thereby blessing the shadow master with equivalent power, see? The immense power I possess!"

"No matter how strong borrowed power is, it's not as good as the power you've forged over time and can perfectly control..."

Sephiroth lowered his body and, from the mummy's right hand, took the black blade, Shusui, and held it in his left hand. The ruthless Haki in his body was rapidly poured into the blade. In an instant, he felt the will emanating from the blackened Shusui.

Stubbornness!

Rejection!

This blade had quite a temper!

Sephiroth narrowed his eyes slightly. Shusui was a magnificent fast sword that had been forged from Ryuma the God of Swords into a black blade. The entire blade was steeped in Ryuma's will and powerful Haki! In other words, only Ryuma himself could fully display Shusui's power, and even if others obtained the blade, it would have some rejection and resistance to the wielder, making it impossible for the wielder to exert the blade's maximum power.

If a swordsman and his own sword cannot achieve the most perfect state of coordination, he is destined to miss the pinnacle! Therefore, many swordsmen who aspire to reach the pinnacle and sit on the first throne would rather spend their time and effort, or even their entire lives, to condense a black blade that belongs only to them, rather than coveting other people's ready-made black blades and giving up their chance to reach the pinnacle!

However.

A strong, crooked melon is not sweet, but it quenches thirst!

Sephiroth snorted coldly in his heart, and the surging Haki, constantly pouring from him, was poured into Shusui. "Whether Shusui wants it or not, I use it if I want to, and I use it to help!"

Uh-huh!

Sephiroth raised the black blade, Shusui, and slammed downwards towards Moria with a massive light blue flying slash, from top to bottom, cutting diagonally. Seeing this situation, Moria inexplicably felt pressured and dared not parry it. He subconsciously turned sideways and dodged it.

Boom!

The sword energy struck, the ground trembled, and a bottomless ravine more than a hundred meters long was carved into the earth. Seeing this scene, Sephiroth frowned slightly, and he was a little disappointed. The upper limit of Shusui's attack power in his hand was a step worse than his Butcher's Blade. Under normal circumstances, a full blow was only this strong...? Never mind! After all, it's just a transitional issue, so there's no need to be picky. Not all blades act like his Butcher's Blade, and will fully cooperate with him as long as they can be fed Haki!

"Incredible power! When I kill you, turning you into a Zombie..." A ferocious light flashed in Moria's eyes, and a sneer appeared on his face.

"Then that depends on whether you have the ability!" Sephiroth snorted coldly, and his figure immediately began to undergo Vampire Transformation, rapidly rising from a height of two meters to over two meters.

"Life Return: Kami-e Bushin!"

In a burst of muscle peristalsis and bone cracking, his figure began to shrink and became about 2.6 meters tall.

"Hehehehe. Zoan type? Although, generally speaking, the increase in strength in close combat is due to the fact that the Zoan series is relatively strong. But that's normal!" The smile on Moria's face remained undiminished, and after he commented a few words, he swung his hands with two swords and rushed towards Sephiroth.

Clang! Clang!

The blades in the two men's hands collided with each other, and each side continuously unleashed its own power and momentum. With "the two people as the center," remnants of ruthless Conqueror's Haki spread in all directions, kicking up gusts of dust and making the leaves on the trees rustle.

In the midst of the continuous clashing, Sephiroth's figure and feet, slowly pushed by Moria into the distance, ploughed two shallow trenches.

"Even if he transformed into an Orc and more than doubled his strength, he still couldn't defeat me after all! After all, I have been blessed with the shadow power of twenty-eight people!" Moria's eyes became increasingly proud, and his face was subconsciously filled with a victorious smile.

However.

Sephiroth parried with both swords in his hands, and quickly locked the two swords in Moria's hands. The next moment, he was like a fierce storm with blade slashes, and filled the purple-haired man's eyes.

"Rapid Slash!"

"What a fierce attack!" Horrified, Moria swung his blocks repeatedly, wanting to continue suppressing his opponent, thereby defeating Sephiroth.

However.

The other side did not choose to continue confronting him! After he swung the blade, he quickly pulled it back, and then continued to swing the blade continuously.

"Damn it!" Moria exclaimed inwardly, and under the constant rapid parries, he was forced into a vulnerable position in his chest!

Sephiroth, who was looking for the right opportunity, twisted his wrist hard, raised the Butcher's Blade in his hand, and raised it diagonally upwards. A dark red sword energy slashed from the tip of the blade in an instant, cutting at the enemy two meters away.

Uh-huh!

Seeing that he couldn't dodge, Moria had to swap bodies in the chest position with the Shadow Doppelganger as a way to avoid damage, making it impossible for this sword energy slash to injure his chest.

However.

Sephiroth, who had long anticipated it, immediately controlled the Bat Doppelganger regardless of the damage inflicted on the doppelganger by the Shadow Doppelganger. His dark Armament Haki, lingered on the doppelganger's sharp and slender fingernails.

"Claw Pistol!"

Four sharp fingers directly pierced Moria's skin and headed for his heart.

"This guy had already calculated it in his mind!" Thinking this, Moria was suddenly shocked. He quickly swapped bodies with the Shadow Doppelganger again and exchanged the body at his chest.

However.

Sephiroth didn't give Moria a chance to breathe a sigh of relief, and at the corner of his mouth, a cold smile appeared.

"Futōryu: Ghost Shadow Flash!"

The silver-haired youth's figure, like a phantom, instantly disappeared in front of Moria and appeared behind him, with a red cross flashing in the air.

"This... How is that possible?" Moria dropped his head in a daze and glanced at his chest.

Poof!

Boiling blood, from two terrifying cross-shaped blade wounds, gushed out, and a black shadow, rapidly fleeing from his body, headed towards its original master's position.

Squeak-squeak.

A large group of bats, carrying a black cloth bag full of fruits, quickly flew out of the dense forest and landed far from Moria.

Sephiroth took the Shusui's scabbard from Ryuma the God of Swords' body and fastened it to his waist, then he glanced at Moria, who was lying on the ground.

"Amazing! I even cut his heart, but he didn't die directly. This guy's vitality is truly tenacious!" With emotion in his heart, he used the black blade Shusui and cut off Moria's head.

Actually, it wasn't that Sephiroth didn't think about it and chose to negotiate a way to cooperate with Moria. After all, both of them, in a sense, harbored grudges against Kaido.

However.

After a few moves against Moria, he completely dismissed that idea! This guy, his strength decline was too great! If he were from a collaborator's perspective, Sephiroth wasn't qualified to order Moria to strengthen his physical training. With the other party's stubborn character, it would be strange if he was willing to listen!

As for, taking him as a little brother... That was even more nonsensical. Moria's dream was to become the Pirate King. How could he be inferior to others? As for "surrendering," he had already surrendered to Kaido once...

After combining various factors, he finally decided to kill Moria directly, saving himself future trouble!

After waiting for a moment, Sephiroth rummaged through the black cloth bag full of fruits and pulled out a black-colored fruit covered with spiral patterns... The Kage Kage no Mi!

"Tsk tsk tsk!... This wave, a huge gain! A black blade, a Devil Fruit." Sephiroth tossed the black fruit in his hand, and he weighed it in his mind, and finally decided to collect it first and wait for a suitable candidate before giving it away.

This fruit had great potential, and among the Paramecia series with various abilities, it could be considered a top-tier ability! The Shadow Doppelganger skill alone could at least double one's combat power.

Don't look at Sephiroth's simple use of the Bat Doppelganger, suppressing the Shadow Doppelganger, making Moria tied down and unable to exert his full strength. In fact, to be able to suppress this other party's ability, he also diverted most of his attention to the Shadow Doppelganger, making it impossible to use Observation Haki to predict Moria's attacks, which limited him in terms of power.

If it were someone else, no one would help to restrain the Shadow Doppelganger. In a one-on-one battle, being attacked by Moria and the Shadow Doppelganger together. Ordinary Haki and Observation Haki could not cope with both, and he would be quickly defeated!

Not to mention the other party could absorb shadows and strengthen himself!

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