The natural and phantom beast lines are the rarest and most powerful fruits.

This is a common perception.

But in fact, there are many powerful fruits in the superhuman system that rely on [characteristics] to eat.

Such as ghost fruits, surgical fruits, childlike fruits, dull fruits......

The [characteristics] they possess can exert a value that is not inferior to that of the natural system and the phantom beast system.

And the shadow fruit is not very conspicuous among these powerful superhuman fruits.

Many people even believe that the strength of the Shadow Fruit is only enough to reach the passing line, and there is nothing outstanding about it.

But in Maude's view,

The Shadow Fruit is the fruit with the most [characteristics] in the superhuman line, and it is extremely versatile and functional.

But it's also because it's so versatile and functional that Shadow Fruit's presence in aggressiveness is a bit weak.

But

Among the many characteristics of the Shadow Fruit, Maude's favorite is the Shadow Fruit's ability to control the auxiliary nature, and-

In terms of nature, it is more aggressive and has a unique ability - Shadow Gathering Lands.

And just after Sabo and Jasmine teamed up to repel the Vine Tiger, Maud used the Shadow Gathering Place to absorb the recovered shadows into her body one by one.

It didn't stop until it absorbed 500 shadows.

It was the limit of what he could bear.

And the remaining prisoner shadows, Maude didn't keep them, and directly harvested them, so as to transform them into part of his strength, and help him recover some physical strength and domineering.

"The Shadow Fruit is really too strong......"

This is Maude's admiration that comes from the heart after absorbing the shadows of 500 prisoners into her body.

Absorbing the prisoner's shadow to increase his strength and speed explosively, as soon as he made a move, he used the [Solid Shadow Characteristic] to forcibly control the Straw Hats.

The speed of terror was so fast that even Usopp and Bartolomeo, who had maintained their sights in advance, could not react.

"Let's honestly 'punish the station' for a while."

When Maude's voice came from behind him.

The Straw Hats, who were a little suffocated by the powerful aura, realized that Maude was behind them.

Suddenly, a chill that hit their souls suddenly surged through their bodies.

If Maud wanted to kill them......

The imaginary images that involuntarily emerge from their heads make them wonder whether to be frightened or rejoicing.

"That's what ...... Maude's real strength ......"

"I don't even have the qualifications to fight back, what is this......"

"Hurry up, damn !!"

Even though he once again deeply realized Maude's terrifying strength, the resilient Straw Hats never thought of giving up.

Maud was able to kill them in an instant.

It's a fact.

But Maud won't kill them.

This is also true.

At the same time, it is also their confidence.

There was nothing wrong with such a train of thought, but no matter how much they struggled, they couldn't break free from Maud's grasp.

Maude could feel their resistance, and didn't pay much attention to it, but looked at Sabo, Luffy, and Jasmine nearby.

"Maud ......"

Sabo looked at Maude's current appearance with a look of surprise.

The body has grown in size, and the muscles all over the body are so knotted that they directly tear through the outer garment, revealing a short shirt with a strong elastic inner lining.

The arms, exposed to the air, coiled from their shoulders to their elbows, forming a zigzag pattern of black flames.

On the cheeks, at the collarbone, there are also the same jet-black flame lines.

These lines, against the backdrop of the gray complexion, are extremely eye-catching.

The unknown change made Maude just stand there and still exude a suffocating aura.

Sengoku and Ace on the execution table, Fujitora who came back to help, many navies closest to the execution table, Whitebeard and Akainu in the distance, and even countless people who were watching the live broadcast.

All eyes were on Maude.

The vast majority of people had no idea what Maude had just done.

What they saw was Maude dodging behind the Straw Hats, who stood still as if they had been immobilized.

In this case, a few random people can kill the Straw Hats.

"What did you do to Sauron!?"

The strangeness of his companions made Luffy glare at Maude.

His skin was red and shiny, and he was constantly emitting steam, but he didn't cancel the second gear mode.

In the face of Luffy's questioning, Maude directly ignored it and turned his head to look at Whitebeard and Akainu in the distance.

Shout!

Seeing that Maude ignored him and looked away, Luffy instantly walked in front of Maude without thinking about it.

"Luffy!"

Seeing Luffy's reckless move, Sabo was shocked, and subconsciously took a step forward.

however

Fuji Hu, who came to the rescue, unceremoniously created a gravitational field and pressed directly on him and Jasmine.

At the same time, Luffy launched an attack on Maude.

"Rubber jet bullets!"

The armament-colored fist struck Maude's chest like a jet gun.

The explosive attack came in the blink of an eye, but Maude easily pinned Luffy's wrist with just a right hand.

The offensive created by the rubber jet bullets melted in an instant.

While restraining Luffy's attack, Maude did not set his eyes on Luffy, but continued to look at the situation on Whitebeard and Akainu's side.

A rather familiar scene made Luffy's eyes widen.

"Luffy, this shouldn't be your 'full strength', right?"

Maude slowly turned his gaze and looked at Luffy, who seemed to be a little unable to accept the status quo.

As soon as the words came out, Maude didn't wait for Luffy to react, grabbed Luffy and slammed it to the ground.

Boom!

Luffy's back slammed into the ground.

The terrifying power directly shattered the stone slab under him.

Such a heavy blow made Luffy immediately spit out a large mouthful of blood, and his consciousness was momentarily down.

"Luffy!"

Not far away, Karp noticed this scene, and his face couldn't help but change.

On the execution table.

Ace's gaze at Maude's back was filled with substantial anger.

Inside the field.

Maude grabbed Luffy's wrist, which stretched out more than a meter.

Luffy was lying in a shallow pit, his mouth covered in blood and his face dizzy.

"Next time, don't heal the scar and forget the pain."

Maude whispered as she let go of Luffy's wrist.

Click!

I don't know what Maude did, Luffy's right hand was bent at a strange angle on the way back, and there was a crisp cracking sound.

"Ah!!h

The pain of the fracture of his right arm made Luffy unable to hold back for a while, and he screamed on the spot.

Rubber...... Will it break bones too?

Hearing Luffy's screams, Karp, who was fighting with Marco, suddenly had clouds on his forehead.

Hmmm——!

Knowing that Maud is the type who kills when he says he will kill and will not drag the mud and water at all, Karp, who suddenly had concerns, left Marco directly without thinking about it, and dodged to attack Maude.

His huge fist, covered with the color of extremely high-ranking armament, punched Maude's face like this.

"Karp!"

On the execution table, after seeing Karp's actions, Sengoku's face changed.

This idiot, after all, can't escape the love of his children......

Sengoku clenched his fists, helpless.

In the face of Karp's fist, Maude just let go of Luffy's right hand on his wrist, turned his palm into a shield, and steadily resisted Karp's right fist.

Rumble!

Fist to fist.

A surging wave of air swept in all directions.

Maude, who received Karp's punch, remained as motionless as a mountain.

"Who the hell is the pirate and who is the navy?"

Maud looked at Karp, her tone mixed with obvious mockery.

Karp's eyes were slightly condensed.

Near

There was silence.