Facing the desperate strike of the great swordsman Ryuma, Chiyu, too, unleashed the full extent of his swordsmanship.
Both blades fell simultaneously!
They were like twin bolts of lightning descending to earth—wrath of heaven, punishment of the gods!
The two techniques clashed violently.
In an instant, the ground cracked open once more, the world turned upside down, mountains and earth quaked!
The entire Thriller Bark trembled under the impact, tottering on the verge of collapse!
Yet …
Chiyu's power ultimately prevailed. Two deep, lightning‑charged gashes suddenly appeared across Ryuma's body!
But he still did not fall.
"I am defeated."
Though beaten, the great swordsman Ryuma wore a proud smile.
Chiyu replied calmly, "You haven't lost.
"The you standing here now is no longer truly you."
Ryuma understood.
"Heh, well said—thank you!"
Brook, watching clearly, sighed: "He used my sword style, yet the power he drew from it dwarfs mine many times over!
"Even so, this is nowhere near his peak strength in life—otherwise he'd never have fallen to Chiyu-sama so easily…
"Ryuma‑senpai, how much of your former power can you display right now?"
Ryuma knew Brook wanted to save his honor, but he didn't care.
"Such words are pointless!
"I only regret not being born in this era, so I could cross swords with warriors of this caliber at their peak!"
In Ryuma's time, no swordsman could match him.
That is the loneliness of invincibility.
But none of that matters now.
Chiyu said indifferently, "Even so, you lived a brilliant life."
Ryuma burst out laughing.
"Well said!
"You have won. Let this blade, Shusui, be your spoils of war!
"No need to refuse—a fine sword should belong to a true master!
"To see Shusui in your hands after my death is, for me, a blessing!"
Chiyu reached out, accepted it, and could not help but look it over.
"Indeed, a splendid blade."
Ryuma grinned. "Naturally!"
"Well, my wish is fulfilled. Time to return your shadow, skeleton."
Brook nodded and tossed salt into Ryuma's mouth.
A shadow soon flew out and returned to Brook's body, while Ryuma's corpse collapsed heavily to the ground.
Brook raged: "Already dead, yet that bastard Gecko Moria still defiled the body of a great swordsman—utterly unforgivable!"
With his power restored, Brook roared and charged at Moria's subordinates.
…
By now Moria's men were utterly routed, killed and scattered.
But then—
A sudden rumble shook all of Thriller Bark!
A colossal figure rose, like an ancient giant, casting its gaze down on everyone!
"W‑What is that?!"
All present panicked, faces pale with fear!
Chiyu looked back and immediately recognized Moria's ultimate weapon—
Oars the Demon!
So vast was that body that even giants could not match it; a true titan, radiating overwhelming pressure and dread!
Yet this was not the original story. Oars did not bear Luffy's shadow; no one knew whose power filled him now.
Oars roared, shock waves rolling outward—the roar alone knocked many flat.
Then …
He brought a massive foot crashing down, heedless of friend or foe, unleashing a brutal stomp!
People scattered like mad; enormous craters opened across the ground.
Inside Oars's belly, Gecko Moria sat in a room, piloting the huge body like a vehicle, punching and kicking wildly, laughing maniacally as he ravaged the battlefield.
Rear Admiral Hina's Marines, the Victim Alliance, and even Moria's own zombie troops recoiled in terror.
"Hahahahaha!
"Do you feel true fear now?
"Tremble before my ultimate weapon, rabble!"
Yet—
Moria's glee was short‑lived.
Chiyu, watching Moria's unrestrained laughter, did not hesitate—he invoked divine punishment.
RUMBLE—
BOOM!
An incomparably thick, violent thunderbolt, as wide as a barrel, crashed from the sky, striking Oars squarely, charring him inside and out, smoke billowing from the vast corpse!
The terrifying power surged through him; electricity rampaged, and Oars could not withstand it. His body swayed, then toppled with a crash, utterly incapacitated.
Even Thriller Bark's bizarre structures were crushed, half‑destroyed beneath his fall!
"Oars!!!"
Gecko Moria cried out, finally realizing his so‑called ultimate weapon was nothing before Uchiha Chiyu!
Shocked and furious, he howled skyward.
"Uchiha Chiyu!
"How dare you destroy my favorite toy!
"I'll kill you!"
Moria's true body leapt from Oars's fallen form.
He too was enormous—six or seven meters tall—shaped like a huge gourd, with a round belly and a pointed head.
"Fragment Bats!"
With a sweep of his hand, countless shadows turned to bats and swarmed at Chiyu, a black tide!
This was one power of the Shadow‑Shadow Fruit.
Though insubstantial in appearance, the shadows could block attacks and strike foes, hard to guard against.
Chiyu sneered, swung the newly won black blade Shusui, infused it with raging lightning, and released a circular slash—blazing sword energy burst forth!
RUMBLE!
One strike—every shadow bat was obliterated, fragments scattering!
"Damn you!"
Enraged, Moria pushed his power to the limit. A thick shadow rose from the ground, and at the instant it neared Chiyu, it lifted to form a gigantic jet‑black spear.
"Shadow Spike!!!"
One of his killing moves—he once used it to pierce even Little Oars Jr.
But Chiyu met it with Shusui wreathed in lightning; blades clashed, and the dark spear was hewn cleanly in two!
"W‑What?!"
Moria paled—his mightiest blow, yet against that monster it was nothing!
Unwilling despair flooded his heart; he seemed to relive his crushing defeat of years past…
"No, I won't repeat history!
"Uchiha Chiyu, I will kill you!"
At that instant, Moria unleashed his full strength—activating the Shadow‑Shadow Fruit's ultimate technique …
"Shadow's Gathering Place!"
Countless shadows tore loose from every direction, racing toward Moria like waters into a whirlpool, devoured into a black hole of darkness!
All zombies stripped of shadows dropped lifeless.
This was Moria's final trump.
He gathered every shadow he had ever controlled into his own body, gaining unimaginable power—its only limit, the bearer's endurance.
This time Moria fused over a thousand shadows!
Never had he gone so far.
As the shadows poured in, his body swelled—soon larger than even Oars, and still growing!
Unlike Oars, who was but a corpse, Moria was alive—able to wield that power.
Yet he had far surpassed his own limits.
When the last shadow merged, Moria's mind snapped—he went berserk, driven only by destruction!
RUMBLE— RUMBLE!
A single blow from him could annihilate an island.
Thriller Bark split in two; a vast chasm yawned across the land, plunging into darkness!
Rear Admiral Hina turned pale.
"What … is that power?
"Countless times more terrifying than Oars …"
Barbara frowned. "But he can't control it—he's lost his reason."
With all shadows absorbed, the zombie army was gone. Marines and Victim Alliance had no foes left—only a rampaging Moria.
Everyone knew: they could not fight this devil.
All hope rested on one man …
Uchiha Chiyu!
All Marines and the Victims turned as one.
"Chiyu-sama …"
Chiyu became lightning and flashed before the colossal Moria. Then …
Seemingly casually, he extended a hand.
His palm touched Moria's giant body—an ant against an elephant.
Yet …
Chiyu's power erupted; savage lightning like a massive laser cannon punched through Moria's body!
"AAAAAAH—!"
A blood‑curdling scream echoed across the entire Florian Triangle!!!
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