Chapter 85

and were unable to splice back together!

For a short time,

Moria even lost control over them!

And after cutting all these shadow clones in half,

Li Xiao’s sword continued its momentum, heading straight for Moria’s slender neck!

At this moment,

as the sharp sword intent scattered,

it seemed as if it would decapitate Moria with a single strike!

Seeing this,

Moria’s expression changed wildly,

and he shouted without hesitation:

"Shadow Body!"

At the critical moment when Li Xiao’s sword was about to decapitate Moria,

Moria suddenly disappeared from where he was,

replaced by a shadow!

The next second,

the sword struck that shadow,

cutting it in half at the waist without surprise!

And just like the previous shadow clones, it turned into countless tiny shadow fragments,

scattered randomly on the ground,

like torn rags!

At the same time,

Moria had already appeared not far behind Li Xiao!

In that very instant,

he had successfully swapped positions with his shadow,

thereby dodging Li Xiao’s sword!

At this moment,

Moria looked at Li Xiao, who was standing with his sword not far away,

his face full of lingering fear!

If his reaction had been just one second slower,

he might have been decapitated by now!

Subsequently,

Moria cast his gaze toward the tiny,

rag-like shadow fragments at Li Xiao’s feet,

and his expression turned even gloomier!

Even now,

he could not regain control over these shattered shadows!

The residual sword aura within the shattered shadows hindered his control!

Moria couldn't help but think to himself,

this person’s swordsmanship was simply terrifying!

His Doppleman was known to be able to withstand any damage,

and that reputation was not unearned!

After all, they were essentially just shadows,

and their resistance to attacks was extremely high!

However,

under Li Xiao’s sword,

not only were they all cut apart,

but the residual sword aura directly made him lose control over these shattered shadows!

He himself had even almost lost his life to that sword!

At this moment,

Li Xiao turned to look at Moria behind him,

shook his head in disappointment,

and said slowly:

"Is that it?"

"You didn't even dare to take one of my strikes head-on; you are far worse than the people I’ve met before!"

"I’ve seen a few Warlords of the Sea, and I have to say, among them, you are the weakest!"

Hearing this,

Moria, who had just recovered, was immediately annoyed and ashamed,

and he waved his hand at Li Xiao,

shouting:

"Brick Bat!"

Moria turned his shadow into countless bats,

which rushed toward Li Xiao, covering the sky,

as if to drown him in these countless shadow bats!

Seeing this,

Li Xiao held the Azure Frost Sword,

and swung it casually!

A cyan sword aura shot out,

cutting the wave formed by the shadow bats in two!

However,

these shadow bats did not dissipate because of this!

Instead, they chose to break into smaller units,

surrounding Li Xiao from all directions,

and soon enveloped him!

At the same time,

Moria gripped his right hand in the air,

and shouted:

"Shadow Box!"

The shadow bats that had enveloped Li Xiao quickly stretched, deformed, and combined,

forming a huge, black, box-like cube,

trapping Li Xiao inside!

Moria had no intention of giving Li Xiao time to react,

and immediately swapped positions with his shadow,

appearing behind Li Xiao!

Looking at the shadow at Li Xiao’s feet,

Moria couldn't help but grin and laugh:

"Hehehehehe! Your shadow is mine!"

Subsequently,

Moria took out a pair of specially made giant scissors,

and prepared to pull up and cut off Li Xiao’s shadow!

However,

awkwardly,

Moria used his Devil Fruit ability to pull at Li Xiao’s shadow for a long time,

but simply couldn't pull it out!

Under normal circumstances,

if Moria wanted to cut off someone’s shadow,

he needed to first use his fruit ability to pull the shadow out,

and then use those specially made giant scissors to cut it off!

But,

right now,

no matter how Moria used his fruit ability,

he just couldn't pull Li Xiao’s shadow!

That shadow remained tightly connected to Li Xiao’s feet,

standing quietly on the ground!

In this instant,

Moria felt as if he had lost his fruit ability!

After trying for a long time,

seeing that he really couldn't pull out Li Xiao’s shadow,

Moria gritted his teeth,

and simply picked up the scissors,

and cut directly at the shadow on the ground!

"Snap!"

With a crisp sound,

Moria’s specially made giant scissors broke into four pieces!

Seeing this,

Moria was completely stunned!

Looking at the scissors broken into four pieces in his hand,

Moria was so shocked his eyes were about to pop out!

As a Shadow-Shadow Fruit user,

a professional shadow-cutter,

having been in the business for decades,

he had cut off countless people’s shadows!

Men, women, old, young,

small fries and top-tier fighters,

he had seen them all!

However,

he had never imagined,

that one day,

when he went to cut someone else’s shadow,

not only would he fail to cut it off,

but he would actually break his own scissors!

And break them into four pieces!

Is this a shadow or a diamond!

Is your shadow diamond-encrusted!

At this very moment,

Moria fell into deep confusion for the first time in his life!

Even when he was miserably defeated by the Four Emperor Kaido in Wano Country,

he had never felt such deep confusion!

As a Shadow-Shadow Fruit user,

he went to cut someone’s shadow,

only to have his scissors broken by the other person’s shadow!

This was equivalent to,

an armed robber,

going to rob a bank,

only to have his gun confiscated by the bank staff!

It was embarrassing just to talk about it!

Just as Moria began to doubt his life,

Li Xiao slowly turned his head,

and chuckled:

"It seems that the quality of your broken scissors isn't very good!"

The shadow is connected to the spirit,

and with Li Xiao’s spirit at the peak of the Refining Qi to Spirit realm suppressing it,

let alone Moria’s broken scissors,

even if he took a pair of scissors made from one of the Twelve Supreme Grade Swords,

he still wouldn't be able to cut Li Xiao’s shadow!

The only difference would be,

the former would break into four pieces,

and the latter would not!

As a cultivator,

the biggest difference between Li Xiao and the people of the pirate world is,

Li Xiao develops in all aspects and never has a weak subject!

While his physical body is improving,

his spirit is also improving!

While his cultivation base is improving,

his state of mind is also improving!

They all complement each other!

Facing the messy and strange Devil Fruit abilities of the pirate world,

even top powerhouses have the possibility of capsizing in the gutter!

But for Li Xiao,

such a possibility almost doesn't exist!

Just like right now,

Li Xiao stood there and let Moria cut his shadow,

and he couldn't even cut it!

At this moment,

Moria was still in a state of doubting his life,

but Li Xiao didn't intend to just stare at him!

He immediately gripped the Azure Frost Sword,