Coral Park, ancient ruins.

Next to the broken ancient stone gate, there is a large pit in the shape of a mammoth.

[Drought] Jack was lying in it.

He was beaten unconscious and forced to shed his animalistic stance and transform back into human form.

The mask was shattered, his nose and face were swollen, and the few ivory ornaments on his body were broken.

Miserable!

But we have to reiterate once again that the average resilience of the ancient species of animals is the most capable, and [Drought] Jack is the best among them!

“……”

"Hmm......"

After a few breaths, Jack's eyelids moved and slowly widened.

A blurry scene comes into view.

He vaguely saw that Lindsay, Margau, and Katakuri were attracted to something.

The eyes of the three looked to the other side, not noticing themselves.

I vaguely heard the sound of rustling around me, as if a large number of unknown creatures were roaring.

What the hell is this......

No matter!

Jack's eyes widened and he made a decision.

Due to the abnormality of the ancient stone gate, he accidentally fell into the disadvantage, but now is a good opportunity to fight back!

Just start a sneak attack, then evacuate and make plans again!

- Jack thought.

He clenched his fists and was about to roll over and sneak attack, when the Earth Dragon Trident swept over and hit Jack's head solidly.

Rumble!

Jack's whole body was like the hands of a clock, and he spun around the ground several times before finally stopping.

“……”

His eyes rolled and he passed out again.

It's Katakuri who did it!

The domineering presence of the top has allowed Katakuri to peek into the short future and easily predict Jack's sneak attack.

Although even if all goes ahead as usual, this sneak attack will not be successful, there are enough troubles on the other side.

"What the hell are these things?"

"The corpses of ancient men...... Resurrected?! ”

One of the people present counted one, and none of them had ever seen such a scene.

But if combined with the intelligence in his head, it is not difficult for Lindsay to analyze the current situation-

A variety of destinies are intertwined at this moment!

……

Back in the days of exploring ancient ruins, Moria said one thing.

Underneath the ancient ruins, a large number of corpses are buried.

This is a strange thing, but it is only one of many mysteries in the ancient ruins, and it is not worth paying special attention to.

No one could have predicted at the time that Jack would use the power of Van der Dyken IX to crash the entire ancient ruins into Fish-Man Island.

Jack didn't expect that [Demon] Aven Lindsay would be able to manipulate the bubble film and completely fuse the two lands!

Since then, the new Fish-Man Island was born.

Dilapidated buildings are scattered throughout the ancient ruins, and a large number of corpses underground have also been incorporated into it.

Subsequently, Jack breaks the ancient stone gate and releases the "biological weapon" within.

Moonlight Moriah has become the adaptor of the "Great Demon King", and the Shadow Fruit ability she possesses is completely rampant!

For a while, the "shadows" of all the people on the entire New Fish-Man Island were absorbed, and they scattered like a volcanic eruption, burrowing into the bodies of a large number of "dried corpses".

That's one of the abilities of the Shadow Fruit.

Loot the shadows of others and place them inside corpses to transform them into "zombies".

The zombie itself has the same combat power and personality as the original owner of the shadow, but the Devil Fruit ability cannot be converted with it.

In other words, at this moment, the shadows of all the people on New Fish-Man Island were forcibly plundered by the "Great Demon King" controlling Moria, and the same number of "shadow zombies" were created!

……

"......Uhh

"Uh......"

"Hee-hee...... Sizzle......"

“……”

Everywhere, shadow zombies crawl out of the land and begin to attack all living people around them indiscriminately!

Lindsay's group is small in number and has a relatively small target.

Therefore, the first to bear the brunt of the attack are the people of the Hundred Beast Pirates who have gathered here!

"It's ...... Corpse? ”

"The corpses of ancient people turned into zombies? They came back to life?! ”

"Wow!"

"These, what are these?"

“……”

The pirates and the shadow zombies, the two sides quickly fought and fought together.

Most of the shadows attached to the zombies come from the fish-people, and their physical fitness far exceeds that of ordinary humans.

At this time, Kaido has not yet cooperated with Doflamingo and Caesar Kurang, and the pirates under his command are not animal-based abilities.

Coupled with the fact that zombies are not afraid of death, they actually suppressed the Hundred Beast Pirates head-on for a while!

Soon, the ranks of the Hundred Beast Pirates were disrupted and began to flee in all directions.

And among them, there is a small figure with pink hair, which is running against the current, rushing towards Lindsay and the others.

It's the little girl next to Moonlight Moria - Perona!

As she ran, she shouted:

"Oh no, it's really bad!"

"Didn't you all notice? It's almost dawn! ”

“……”

With Perona's shouting, not only Lindsay and the others were attracted to attention, but also the shadow zombies around them.

"Roar?"

"Quack!"

The shadow zombies noticed the little girl and gathered around her, about to drown Belona.

The next second-

Swish!

The white mochi swept over, like whips, wrapping around and sticking to the group of shadow zombies, curling them all away.

Glutinous fruit bird rice cake!

Katakuri leaped forward and grabbed Perona by the collar.

His eyes were downcast, and he asked, "Hey, what did you just say?" ”

"Huh?!"

Perona trembled with fright and hurriedly raised her hands.

Of course, she still remembered that it was the group of people in front of her who beat up Lord Moria and herself.

But in any case, in the current situation, they are the only ones who can be relied on.

The Beast Pirates are the enemy, and the Fish-People can't deal with those shadow zombies!

"Lord Moria's fruit power is out of control!"

Perona cried and mourned: "It seems that something is affecting Lord Moria, he is very wrong, I can only ...... it"

"Less nonsense!"

Katakuri was very good at getting to the point, so he interrupted Perona's words and asked instead:

"What do you mean by 'it's almost dawn'?"

“……”

……

It's a mess, it's cloudy.

All in all, from Perona's mouth, everyone roughly understood Moonlight Moria's Shadow Fruit ability.

At the same time, they also learned about the two major qualities of this ability.

First: Shadow zombies are afraid of fire, and after eating salt, the shadow will break away from the zombie's body and return to its original owner.

Second: those who have been robbed of their shadows, once exposed to the sun, will be burned to ashes!

“……”

Regarding the second point, as early as the previous investigation of the "Fish-Man Street Strange Disease", everyone had already understood it.

So everyone quickly realized the crux of the problem -

They beat Jack for too long!

The night in Chambord is not long, the sun is about to rise on the sea, and the rhizomes of the sun tree Eve are about to bloom again.

In other words, the entire Fish-Man Island will be covered in sunshine!

“……”

Margao stretched out his hand and grabbed it, and found that in the moonlight, he really had no shadow.

"Well, that's not good......"

“……”

No hesitation.

Katakuri dropped Perona and rushed into the distance where the shadow was spitting out.

Margao followed.

Evan Lindsey grabbed Perona by the collar and threw her to the last Klockdahl.

Klockdahl: "......"

Klockdahl: "Hey! ”

"Hey" is "hey", Perona still has to bring it after all.

She is a person from Moonlight Moria, and she is most familiar with the Shadow Fruit, so she must still be useful.

So Klockdahl had no choice but to bite the bullet and take Perona, Robin, and Uta to catch up with the group in front of him.

“……”

"I always feel very uncomfortable......"

……

It's getting closer.

In the distance, Moria could already be seen, his body even bigger than before!

At the same time, Eve begins to recharge and is about to bloom into a new day's sunshine

Time is running out.

Once the sun shines on Fish-Man Island, all the "shadowless people" who are illuminated by the sun will be wiped out!

But even so, Lindsay, Margao, and Katakuri still stopped in unison.

Why?

Behind, Klockdahl noticed the scene, his brow furrowed.

And then, he saw the "why".

A team of shadow zombies appeared not far away and intercepted the three of them!

There are also three shadow zombies in the lead.

one, tall and holding a rusty trident;

one, standing on tiptoe and flapping his arms at the same time;

Another was removing his left hand and inserting an iron hook;

……

Yes.

Klockdahl remembered Perona's description.

The shadow zombies have the same combat power and personality as the original owner of the shadow.

And on the new Fish-Man Island, it is not only the Fish-People who have been robbed of their shadows, but also a few tricky "big troubles"!

In other words, they are "themselves"!

Katakuri, Margao, Klokdal, and many more "masters" -

Their shadows have all been taken away and transformed into shadow zombies, making enemies of their original owners!

(End of chapter)