Tsugikuni Yoriichi appeared without a sound, like an elf melting into the night.
Even Imu had let down his guard after personally watching the golden light that Tsugikuni Yoriichi had transformed into vanish, never expecting him to suddenly return.
Caught off guard, Imu was beheaded by Tsugikuni Yoriichi.
Tsugikuni Yoriichi's Observation Haki had remained locked onto Imu. Only after severing the enemy's head with a single strike and watching Imu's body fall before him did he relax.
This time, the neck he had cut through should have belonged to Imu's true body. The moment the head fell, blood gushed from the wound, and the heavy stench of blood instantly filled his nostrils.
But that was only for an instant. Two masses of black flames suddenly ignited over the corpse's wounds. Under Tsugikuni Yoriichi's watchful gaze, the black rock covering the body and the black flames covering the head stretched outward, linking together in an instant and pulling the two severed parts rapidly back together.
"Just as I thought."
"The Gorosei possess such regenerative abilities. The one hiding behind them and controlling their actions should possess them as well!"
The bizarre sight unfolding on Imu did not surprise Tsugikuni Yoriichi. He had already witnessed the same thing on the Gorosei.
Even after their bodies were severed, the Gorosei could use the power of black rock to rapidly restore themselves, possessing terrifying high-speed regeneration.
It was hardly surprising that Imu, who controlled those people, possessed an even higher-order ability.
Although that strike had failed to kill Imu directly, he had at least discovered a weakness. Even someone like Imu could not remain in that state of ignoring physical attacks forever.
The moment black flames appeared on Imu's body, this body should have switched to Imu's true form.
As long as he could