As a time traveler, Maud has the ability to see the ceiling of world combat power.

Under this premise, eating the shadow fruit is the wisest choice Maud has ever made.

Whether it is the shadow gathering place that absorbs shadows and enhances one's own strength, or attaches shadows to the body to increase the flow of power, or the combination technology that uses the shadow clone mechanism to break the barriers.

These amplification characteristics originated from the ability of Shadow Fruit can allow Mode to directly break through the combat power ceiling in the late stage.

Even though it is not yet late, the shadow gathering place and Pisces flowing is still a particularly practical amplification skill in combat.

Simply put, the later stage, the stronger the Maud, who has the ability to have shadow fruit, will be.

"Shadow gathering place."

Maud backhandedly used the shadow racket that had stored 379 shadows into his body.

The shadows who were struggling wildly the previous second sank into Maud's body and turned into a rushing force, flowing in every corner of Maud's body.

In an instant, Maud's body expanded half a circle, and the muscles everywhere in his body raised high, like hard rock blocks.

The exposed skin color changed directly toward the gray color, and a circle of painted black iris slowly appeared in his eyes.

Looking at the changes that Mod had come in an instant, Kizaru secretly warned.

Although the fifth and sixth floor cells were bloodbathed in the city, there were no more commendable prisoners.

But as long as Mode is not picky about food, he can still filter out some shadows that can be used to increase his strength.

only……

The quality of shadow this time is definitely not as good as when the war is over.

That's it, but Mode's current strength is different from the past.

The only thing to be grateful for is that Maud will send other people to the war to support Maud Pirates, including Bailey.

Kizaru knows it.

But he was actually lucky to face Maud, who was not in full strength.

This kind of thing.

How could it happen if it were before?

But now...

Faced with Maud, who had further strength, Kizaru had to be cautious, and he had no energy or mood to get rid of sarcasm.

Kizaru took the lead in launching an offensive, crossing his arms, his thumb and middle fingers, and a star-like light circled out.

"Eight-foot Qiong Gouyu!"

Light bullets shot out from the star-like light, and in a short moment a dense barrage was drawn, covering Maud directly in front of him.

Mode did not dodge or dodge, and a dense light spot reflected in his eyes.

Domineering the country!

The high-rise autumn water slashed down suddenly.

The cylindrical shock wave filled with surging power broke through the air, crushing all the light and bullets that came towards him, and then attacked Kizaru with unabated momentum.

Kizaru's figure instantly turned into light and disappeared in place in a flash.

The shock wave of the country went on to the sky, rushing into the distance, killing several unlucky navy along the way.

The next moment.

Kizaru reveals his body in a safe position.

According to his previous fighting style, after avoiding the enemy's attack, he usually moves behind the enemy and counterattacks against the enemy.

But this time, Kizaru did not fulfill its previous style.

Maybe it was because the injury was at a disadvantage, or because he thought dragging Maud here was the most suitable tactic for the situation on the field.

Anyway, just a small detail can be seen that Kizaru has become somewhat conservative between offense and defense.

But Maud didn't care about this.

His tactics have always been to suppress his opponents to death and not give them any chance to breathe.

Swish!

Mode hit the ground with his toes and took a shadowless step, and his body suddenly merged into the night wind.

Next second.

Mod flashed to Kizaru and slashed his sword.

The palm of Kizaru shone with light, gathering into a Tiancongyun sword made of photons, blocking the fallen Qiushui.

clang!

The energy burst out from the swords and swords, shattering deep ditches on the surrounding ground.

Mode's eyes were cold, and he did not give Kizaru a chance to fight back. At the moment when the swords and swords were against each other, his arm suddenly exerted force and he suddenly pulled the knife.

The Autumn Water Blade, which was wrapped in a strong and armed color, suddenly shook down along the lightsaber like a saw.

Faced with this broach attack that was concentrated at one point, the non-solid Tiancongyun sword suddenly broke.

Qiu Shui, who cut off the Tiancongyun Sword, slashed a sword energy towards the Kizaru as the blade drooped downwards.

laugh!

The Kizaru who lost the Tiancongyun Sword was directly cut in half by this sword energy.

However, the body that was cut in half suddenly turned into dozens of streams of light, quickly circulating behind, and re-condensing the body of Kizaru.

As soon as Kizaru condensed into his body, Mo De was chasing him and slashed out waves of swords and enveloped Kizaru in.

Kizaru's expression was solemn, and a red light appeared in his eyes, either moving left and right, or partially elementalized, trying his best to avoid the sharp slashes intertwined by Maud.

Faced with Maud's fierce attack like a sudden rain, Kizaru fell into a disadvantage for a moment.

Although he is a natural-type abilities, his swordsmanship is not the pinnacle, but at least he can suppress Rayleigh.

However

The non-solid Tiancongyun Sword has no advantage in the face of Qiushui, which has excellent hardness and texture.

It can be said that Mod's razor just now directly destroyed the idea of ​​Kizaru's desire to use swordsmanship to fight against each other.

"So fierce~ It seems that I can only keep the distance first..."

Kizaru, who could only avoid attacks, gradually felt weak.

The previous move to dominate the country and break the barriers had a significant impact on him.

Furthermore, Maud, who had absorbed nearly four hundred shadows, was still not inferior to him in terms of strength even if he had led away shadows and ferrets.

Kizaru realized that he could not fight with Maud head-on. With his advantage in speed, he decisively opened the distance and got rid of Maud's rapid attack.

"If I remember correctly..."

Kizaru retreated at the speed of light, and a dazzling light flashed in his palm, and he calmly said: "Your ability has a time limit."

As soon as he finished speaking, a beam of light as thick as a bowl shot from his palm towards Maud.

Mo De didn't say a word, but still did not dodge, swung his knife to cut the beam of light shot in half.

Bang bang!

The beam of light split into two passed over Maud and landed behind him to cause an explosion.

The waves of air swept over, but could not catch up with Maud, who was forced toward Kizaru again.

Kizaru made up his mind to deal with Maud. When Maud's offensive once again came over, he had no idea of ​​counterattacking, but instead defended blindly.

As long as it can delay time

On the one hand, it can prevent Mod from leveraging the value of the shadow gathering place. On the other hand, it can restrain Mod, and then take advantage of his own advantages on the battlefield to slowly erode the people of the Mod Pirates.

Although this kind of tactic is disgusting, it is the best choice at the moment.

At least in Kizaru's view, compared to personal victory or defeat, the most important thing is to win the camp.

Seeing Kizaru's turtle guarding, Mod soon noticed Kizaru's plan to delay time.

Although he was able to suppress the injured Kizaru, it was unrealistic to fight against time to get rid of Kizaru without the shadow clone and Bailey.

However, Mod's original intention of coming to trouble Kizaru was to limit Kizaru.

After all, judging from the current situation on the battlefield, if Kizaru is allowed to act freely on the battlefield, and the means of sneak attack and sniping alone will be enough to bring a catastrophe to the people of the Mod Pirates.

So before the shadow clone covers his companions to advance to the city assembly, Mod must not let Kizaru do whatever he wants.

As long as you ensure that your companions can escape the battle, Maud can take back the shadow clone and Bailey, and deal with Kizaru and even other navals in full swing.

Both sides intend to restrain themselves, but it is a bit coincidental.

Just from the scene

At least in the eyes of others, Kizaru is the one who is tragically suppressed.
To be continued...