Soul King

"Next, only Uchiha Jin remains."

Ichigo Kurosaki looked around and extended his hand toward the group from the Soul Reaper camp.

His hand closed gently.

The Soul Reaper camp suddenly began to distort.

Their figures vanished amid the distortion.

The entire city revealed its true form before his eyes. What lay before him was a wasteland.

Some kind of power was projecting the city's illusion from another space.

At last, his gaze pierced through layer after layer of obstruction and found Uchiha Jin and the other man hidden within the shadows.

"Come out!"

Ichigo Kurosaki shouted, and the entire shadow space instantly shattered.

Uchiha Jin sat in his seat, tilting his head as he looked at Ichigo Kurosaki standing there.

"It seems the Soul King's power has made you unable to tell who is stronger and who is weaker."

But Ichigo Kurosaki ignored Uchiha Jin and looked in every direction.

"Don't fight here."

Though he could see that this place was illusory, he did not know how long this state could last.

His figure vanished from where he stood and appeared before Uchiha Jin. He reached for Jin's face, intending to take him away from here.

"Sigh."

Jin sighed. His finger had somehow appeared against Ichigo Kurosaki's forehead.

Before Ichigo Kurosaki's hand could touch his face, Jin flicked his finger.

"Boom!!"

Ichigo Kurosaki instantly vanished from sight, leaving even an afterimage that slowly faded.

A massive ravine split the entire city.

"You simply do not understand the gap between us."

Uchiha Jin spoke softly.

Amid the ruined city in the distance, Ichigo Kurosaki's figure slowly floated up.

He stared at Uchiha Jin in disbelief.

"How is that possible!!"

He had clearly obtained the Soul King's power, so why had he been blasted away in an instant?

"Do you truly understand