At this moment, aside from his eyes having turned completely white, Hyōsube Ichibē was continuously emanating surging, pure "black." Even the sky beside him seemed to have been utterly tainted by that pure "black."
This was the Name of Black!
All the "black" in the world would be controlled by Hyōsube Ichibē. This was a power far beyond Bankai, one of the powers that reached directly to the essence of this world.
"Come, Chiba Makoto. Let me bury and seal you within this endless 'black'!"
As Hyōsube Ichibē's words fell, the surging "black," which seemed to swallow even light itself, crashed toward Chiba Makoto like a tsunami.
The next instant, the Wooden Giant Buddha that seemed capable of suppressing the heavens manifested behind Chiba Makoto once more. The ten Buddha wheels behind it revolved, and countless enormous palms capable of toppling mountains and cutting off rivers turned into afterimages filling the sky as they struck at the surging black waves.
From afar, it looked as though, in a world stained by endless black, that giant Buddha was resisting the "black" that sought to devour the world, forging a wall from countless palm shadows.
Yet, beneath Chiba Makoto's slightly lowered gaze, the countless wooden giant palms became incomparably fragile the instant they touched the "black," then collapsed.
For a time, the countless palm shadows swung by the Wooden Giant Buddha failed to stop the surging waves of "black." On the contrary, even the Wooden Giant Buddha itself was submerged in the blink of an eye.
After drowning the Wooden Giant Buddha's body, the wildly surging black waves swept upward against the current, completely engulfing Chiba Makoto, who stood atop the Buddha's head.
Yet Hyōsube Ichibē did not reveal the slightest smile. Although the strength Chiba Makoto had displayed was already above