When death descended, Golden Lion could clearly feel the light before his eyes gradually fading away.
In the end, he sank into an inescapable darkness.
Yet that darkness was not eternal.
Golden Lion only felt his vision go black, then suddenly brighten again as the entire world became illuminated once more.
The world was still the same world. The scenery and people around him had not changed. The only difference was Golden Lion himself:
He discovered that his once-solid body had become translucent, glowing all over with a faint, ghastly white light. He looked every bit like a ghost.
And lying at the feet of Golden Lion's soul was his own corpse.
"What?!"
Golden Lion fell into deep shock, then had a sudden realization of his current situation:
"So this is what the world after death looks like?!"
Souls truly existed in this world, as proven by the existence of the Soul-Soul Fruit.
If souls existed, then naturally there should also be a "world after death," but no one knew what that "world after death" looked like.
Golden Lion felt his soul body and observed his surroundings, unable to stop himself from muttering:
"I never imagined that after people die, they still remain in the original world."
"And this soul body has even retained the strength I had in life. Even the Float-Float Fruit's power hasn't disappeared."
At that thought, Golden Lion froze slightly.
Then he actually burst into wild laughter again:
"Hahaha!"
"Doesn't that mean I can still roam the seas after death and compete with the ghosts of my old rivals for supremacy?!"
"Interesting! Far too interesting!"
Golden Lion cast his bright gaze toward the endless sky in the distance, a surge of heroic ambition rising within him:
"Roger."
"Your soul must also be ruling somewhere on these