Chapter 92: Fall of the Dark King
But Rayleigh was Rayleigh after all. As vice-captain of the Roger Pirates, he possessed the ability to remain calm and reason at all times, frantically analyzing the situation.
In an instant he thought of many explanations for what just happened. Rayleigh then looked at Imu and realized that the latter was not actually floating in the air with some devil fruit ability, but rather he was using an invisible Haki to stay in the air.
However, that very thing left Rayleigh surprised, as it surpassed his understanding of Haki.
Haki could certainly manifest externally to affect material reality, but that manifestation was usually explosive and could not be sustained for long. To maintain it for a long time, it had to be attached to the surface of an object or covering a part of the body.
Imu, in his more than eight hundred years, had refined, purified and pushed the three types of Haki to the limit, before fusing them.
From that moment on, for him, Haki no longer had categories.
And not only that.
During these long years, Imu's sword mastery had surpassed that of even the greatest swordsmen. He called this kingdom 'Sword Saint'. Over hundreds of years, he had seen numerous exceptional swordsmen, but only Shimotsuki Ryuma of Wano Country came close to this level.
Imu then advanced further, combining his swordsmanship and Haki, forming these invisible streams of sword energy that could manifest anywhere within the domain of his Haki.
Imu called it 'Divine Territory'.
Imu's abilities were not complicated, and they were not extravagant. He had already experienced enough with his abilities, so his interest in Rayleigh was beginning to wane.