Kyle focused his mind, and violent purple lightning erupted from his body, countless electric serpents surging wildly.
The shadow bats were instantly shattered into specks of black shadow upon touching the electric serpents.
After dealing with these shadow bats, Kyle was momentarily stunned.
Only because Moria had now reached a position above him, his large sword held high, coated in Armament Haki, a grin spreading across his face.
"Finally, I have caught my chance!!"
Moria's pupils shone with excitement and agitation. All his previous moves had merely been feints.
The goal was to allow himself to quickly close the distance to Kyle without Kyle's knowledge.
He admitted that Kyle's offensive power was indeed very strong, but everyone has their weaknesses, right?
Lightning is the very symbol of extreme offensive capability, but defensive power...
Hah!!
Given the current distance between him and Kyle, he was confident that Kyle would find it extremely difficult to block this slash in a hurry. He would wound Kyle with this first slash, then press the advantage!
With one vigorous effort, he would directly drive Kyle into repeated retreat!!
Victory was already assured!!!
Moria seemed to have foreseen the upcoming situation, the excitement on his face growing even more intense, the strength in his hand increasing another notch as he swung the sword down fiercely towards Kyle!!
However, at that moment, he noticed a slight upward curve at the corner of Kyle's mouth.
An inexplicable chill ran through his heart, a feeling that something bad was about to happen.
"Thunder Scales!"
Kyle swung his sword, purple lightning bursting forth, forming layer upon layer of barrier around him resembling reversed, coiling dragon scales, all constructed from lightning.
Moria's sword came down hard on the dragon scale barrier, but the barrier did not shatter. Instead, it triggered a violent lightning counterattack.
Moria: !!!
The next moment, Moria, this soul dancer, broke through human limits, performing an elegant dance mid-air.
But this time, Kyle intended to let him finish the dance completely. With a straight kick, he sent Moria flying upwards.
Bending his knees slightly, he spoke again, his tone calm.
"Instant Light!!"
The moment his words fell, Kyle transformed into purple lightning and vanished.
He flickered continuously in mid-air, forming countless purple afterimages.
At one point, countless purple afterimages launched Instant Slashes simultaneously from different angles. Each afterimage charged towards Moria at extreme speed, each one a genuine killing move.
In an instant, countless flashes of instant purple light passed through Moria's body.
Wounds appeared all over him, blood lines erupting in several places!
After this strike, Moria's body rapidly reverted to its original fat form, plummeting from the sky towards the ground below.
Finally, he crashed onto the ground with a heavy thud.
Lightning flickered, coalescing into Kyle's form in front of Moria. His gaze calmly fell upon Moria lying on the ground, eyes rolled white.
This time, he could be sure Moria had completely lost consciousness. There was no possibility of a second power surge.
After a long moment, he spoke softly:
"It seems you grabbed the wrong chance!"
He had wondered what Moria was trying to do earlier. He didn't expect him to be brewing up something big.
The two moves he used just now were both techniques from the Purple Thunder Seven Extremes.
The Second Extreme: Thunder Scales, a defensive counterattack style. The formed barrier of reversed, coiling dragon scales could both deflect and shatter long-range attacks, while any object touching the Thunder Scales would trigger a violent lightning counterattack, integrating offense and defense.
The Third Extreme: Instant Light, ultra-high-speed consecutive slashes. It created countless afterimages attacking the enemy simultaneously from different angles, making it impossible to defend against!
Although Moria, after his power surge, didn't pose any substantial threat to him, he was at least much better than the previous fat version!
It made this trip somewhat worthwhile!
"Alright, the mission has progressed to about this point and should conclude. Next, just capture that fishnet pervert Hogback, and it'll be complete!!"
Thinking this, Kyle immediately released his Observation Haki. One second later, he vanished from the spot…
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"Ace, do you have a problem? Why are you moving around randomly? You scared away the fish I was about to hook!"
"Hey hey hey! Don't falsely accuse people. It's your own lack of skill you're blaming on me!"
"If you're bad, practice more. Don't just shift blame to others here, always spouting nonsense all day long!"
"What did you say?!!"
Luffy glared fiercely at Ace, and Ace naturally glared back defiantly.
Their gazes met in the air, sparks seeming to fly invisibly.
On the other side, Zoro leaned against the ship's railing, hugging his sword, sleeping soundly, an empty liquor bottle beside him.
Kuina was in the ship's dining room, where Sanji was preparing food for her.
And Sabo, learning from Kyle, had also placed a deck chair next to Kyle's. Like Kyle, he lay comfortably on the deck chair, wearing sunglasses, enjoying the beautiful sunshine.
Ah! This is the status of the second brother!!
A group of underlings, ultimately, can only submit beneath his feet!
For some reason, as soon as Sabo lay next to Kyle, enjoying the same treatment as Kyle, he inexplicably felt his own prestige level rise.
A strange sense of superiority spontaneously emerged!
Everyone, having just experienced an intense battle, was now thoroughly enjoying this period of relaxation.
Compared to everyone's惬意 life, the situation for Moria and his group on the other side of the deck was clearly not so wonderful.
All four of them wore Seastone handcuffs. Although Hogback was not a Devil Fruit user, equal treatment for all, otherwise Kyle might be accused of favoritism!
And around them, purple lightning chains coiled. These chains posed no threat if movements were minimal or amplitude was small.
But if movement amplitude was slightly larger, then they would really suffer greatly!
A lightning bath is not something just anyone can take.
Absalom glanced at Kyle, who seemed motionless on the deck chair, then slightly turned towards Moria, asking in an extremely faint voice:
"Moria-sama, what should we do now?!"
"If I knew what to do, would I be cuffed here?"
Moria glared at him, speaking with displeasure.
He very much wanted to ask what to do now, okay?
The experience of being defeated by Kyle was still vivid. He knew very clearly that it was almost impossible for them to escape under Kyle's watchful eyes.
Thinking of this, Moria couldn't help but sigh softly.
This defeat of his brought consequences that were not ordinary in severity.
Not only were all the zombies on Thriller Bark purified, but the four of them were also all captured, the whole pot scooped up.
But even at this point, Moria still wanted to negotiate.
Of course, not for himself, but for the people under him.
Thinking this, Moria immediately shouted towards Kyle in the distance:
"Hey! Brat!!"
"I have something I want to discuss with you!"
The moment Moria's words fell, the purple lightning chains on his body suddenly emitted a dazzling purple light.
Seeing this scene, Absalom and the other two instinctively kept shifting their buttocks, putting distance between themselves and Moria.
During this process, they were not electrocuted by the lightning.
It couldn't be helped. Only the buttocks are well-versed!
After moving many times, they naturally learned the approximate maximum amplitude for each shift. They just had to keep within that limit each time!
As for Moria...
Zap!!
"Ah!!!!"
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