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Chapter 182: Intrusion
"Has Moria always lived on this island?"
Ace stood on the ship, gazing at the towering walls in the distance, his expression curious.
"This is not an island."
Xiaqiu shook his head and said, "This is a ship."
"A ship?"
Heckler looked around, surprised. "A ship that looks like an island?"
"Exactly."
Xiaqiu nodded. "This area has a mast and a helm; it can change its course."
Ace remarked, "I see. Among the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the most mysterious are Hawkeye and Moria. However, the former sometimes goes out to sea, while Moria has rarely appeared in recent years. I didn't expect him to be hiding in this sea area. What is he up to? Why attack passing vessels?"
"He captures shadows, seizing members of passing vessels, stripping them of their shadows, and then injecting them into zombies created by Hogback."
Xiaqiu looked into the distance and continued, "Those who have their shadows taken cannot survive in sunlight; if exposed to sunlight, they turn to ash."
Ace frowned and asked, "Why would he do such a thing?"
Xiaqiu replied, "To create an army of zombies, hoping to return to the New World and defeat his old rival."
"Four Emperor Kaido."
Ace mentioned a name; he had heard of the old stories between Moria and Kaido. Twelve years ago, Moria lost all his crew to Kaido and returned alone in disgrace. Since then, he had faded from public view, rarely appearing before others.
"This time our goal is to take him down," Xiaqiu said coldly.
Heckler asked, "But President, how are we supposed to get in? I'm fine, but..."
The Terror Three-Masted Ship was enormous, circular in shape, resembling an island, surrounded by towering walls.
Heckler could reduce his body weight to one kilogram and simply jump up, using the wall to propel himself upwards.
Ace could transform into flames and fly away on his own.
But what about Xiaqiu?
A massive figure standing sixty meters tall, with a terrifying weight of over three hundred tons.
Although he was incredibly strong, there was nothing for him to grip onto, making it difficult to climb up, let alone jump directly.
"Don't worry."
Xiaqiu slowly backed away and said, "This is just a ring of city walls; there's a moat inside. We just need to break through the walls."
With that, Xiaqiu turned around and swam off into the distance.
"President, you aren't planning to..."
Ace's expression changed slightly as he realized what Xiaqiu was about to do.
Suddenly, after swimming far away, Xiaqiu charged back towards them.
The massive dorsal fin sliced through the waves as Xiaqiu surged forward, getting closer and closer.
In an instant, just as it neared the city wall, Xiaqiu's six legs struck the water ten times in rapid succession.
Xiaqiu's speed increased once more, its head enveloped in Armament Haki, crashing directly into the wall.
Boom.
A tremendous sound echoed, and in the next moment, the impact point caved in, creating a massive hole fifteen meters in diameter that pierced through the wall.
From the center of the hole, cracks spread outwards, especially above, where the wall shattered and large stones came crashing down.
"That's enough."
Xiaqiu swam through the opening, entering the moat. Inside was an island where various buildings were located.
"What incredible power."
Ace couldn't help but gasp at the sight.
To create such a breach in the wall required immense strength.
Even for him, achieving something like this would be quite difficult.
Heckler was already astonished; he was the strongest among the Baroque Works members, yet even with all his might, he could only manage to create a small dent.
"Quickly!"
Xiaqiu called out as it entered the moat.
"Let's go in."
Ace's ship shot forth flames as it followed Xiaqiu into the moat, and then Xiaqiu climbed onto Heart Island.
Heckler leaped lightly, landing on a patch of ground ten meters away, and then he tapped the edge a few times before directly ascending to the island.
Ace then made a powerful leap, his body transforming into a surge of flames that rose upward, landing above.
"Let's move."
Xiaqiu led the two further away, but after just a few steps, rustling sounds emerged from the surroundings.
"Heart."
With a wave of his right hand, Ace made the flames grow larger, illuminating the area around them.
Not far away, two strange figures came into view.
One figure resembled a tree person with arms, while the other was short in stature but had long limbs and an ugly head.
These two figures did not approach; instead, they ran off into the distance and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"What on earth is that?"
Heckler frowned, but at that moment, Ace shouted again, "There's more."
The ground cracked open as decayed figures crawled out from below.
These figures had a bluish-gray complexion, their skin lacking luster and appearing shriveled, emanating a foul odor.
Their heads fell off, some with panic in their eyes, their bodies bearing wounds, and some with twisted arms.
"Is this a Zombie?" Heckler frowned.
These Zombies crawled out from the ground, glanced at Xiaqiu's massive figure, and then turned to flee into the distance.
"These guys seem to have some intelligence," Ace observed thoughtfully as he watched their movements.
Xiaqiu said, "If nothing unexpected has happened, they should be ordinary pirate corpses injected with shadows, while those two ahead are Zombies created by Hogback, still driven by shadows."
"The abilities granted by the Shadow-Shadow Fruit."
Ace looked around and said, "I wonder if there are any more powerful Zombies."
But just as he finished speaking, Heckler suddenly tilted his body, his head leaning to one side. In that instant, he unexpectedly threw a punch with his right hand into the empty space.
Boom.
A figure shot out from the darkness and crashed heavily to the ground.
It was a man wearing a round hat, with a nose, mouth, and jaw resembling that of a lion.
"Why couldn't I see him just now?"
Heckler wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth as he stared at the fallen figure, puzzled. He hadn't even noticed him before he had struck.
The figure on the ground was equally astonished; he had punched Heckler, yet he hadn’t even staggered and had retaliated with a punch of his own.
The force was immense, far surpassing his own.
"It seems I shouldn't hold back, so I'll just kill you directly." The figure slowly vanished.
"He disappeared again, everyone Heart Point."
Ace's right hand was engulfed in flames, illuminating the surroundings.
However, the ground around them was empty, with no sign of the opponent.
"Hehehe, I'll kill you."
The figure appeared not far from Heckler, aiming a rocket launcher at both Heckler and Ace.
But just as he was about to fire, a loud thud echoed as a massive leg stomped him to the ground.
Crack.
The opponent's body bent unnaturally, turning into a lump of flesh.
"I can't see you, but that doesn't mean I can't feel you."
Xiaqiu snorted coldly; this person was one of Moria's subordinates, one of the Three Weirdos, Absalom.
A user of the transparent Devil Fruit Ability, he had parts of his body transplanted by Hogback, giving him immense strength and biting power.
His ability didn't make him disappear; rather, it rendered him transparent. He neither absorbed nor reflected light, appearing invisible to the observer's eyes while still having a physical form.
Now, finding him wasn't difficult; scent, sound, and even Observation Haki could detect him.
"Kill one."
Xiaqiu swallowed Absalom, the character ranked second on the One Piece death list, thus meeting his end.
"Let's go."
Xiaqiu led the two of them forward until they reached the mansion at the center of the island.
The enormous mansion exuded an ominous aura, and in front of it stood a girl dressed in Gothic Lolita style, holding an umbrella.
Not only that, but she was floating in the air, surrounded by several ghosts.
Perona.
She was the most threatening among the Three Weirdos.
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