Shimotsuki Ryuma's battle with Byndi Wald was indeed fierce.
After all, the former had struck in fury, showing no mercy with every slash.
The purple-black blade light wreathed in ghostly aura overwhelmed the colors of the entire Higanbana Garden with every strike.
It simply did not last very long.
Little Enma and Imu had mentioned that after Byndi Wald lost the More-More Fruit, he had seriously trained his Physical Arts and Haki in the Titans Underworld, making him somewhat stronger in those respects than he had been in life.
However, centuries ago, with King Enma's permission, Shimotsuki Ryuma had begun cultivating his Swordsmanship and Haki here in the Sea Star Underworld.
The difference in time alone was utterly unequal, not to mention the enormous gap in talent.
If Shimotsuki Ryuma's talent in Swordsmanship were converted to Physical Arts, the person he would be compared to would be Monkey D. Garp.
And his Haki had clearly reached the level of "Three Colors Unified, Colorless Haki."
Perhaps because he had cultivated in this Underworld for so long, his Conqueror's Haki had greatly shifted toward the nature of ghostly aura.
Simply put, ghostly aura was also Conqueror's Haki, but its nature leaned more toward the power of fear, whereas pure Conqueror's Haki was the power of intimidation.
They were similar, but not entirely the same.
It was like how Observation Haki, beyond its basic ability to sense presences and predict movements, had two other types of abilities: seeing and hearing.
Perhaps that was the real reason those Kabane Butterflies liked staying here.
What attracted them was perhaps not the red higanbana flowers, but the ghostly aura that Shimotsuki Ryuma often released while practicing Swordsmanship.
So Byndi Wald's defeat came as no surprise, and his death was only natural. His soul had been completely