The black rift was like the malice of human nature, carrying endless darkness as it devoured the hard-won firelight before it—the kindness born of humanity!
Although she had destroyed the reaching lowly Hollow with a single slash, Miyako Shiba showed no sign of relaxing. With a grave expression, she looked at the hordes of Hollows continuously emerging from the black rift, her face growing uglier by the second!
She shouted at the students who were still standing there in a daze:
"Get behind me, now! Remember, do not leave my side under any circumstances! At your current speed, you will never escape the Hollows' pursuit!"
Hearing Miyako Shiba's words, the students finally snapped out of it and scrambled toward her back!
Kojima, meanwhile, was closest to Hueco Mundo. A lowly Hollow about four or five meters tall had already stretched out its arm toward him, preparing to swallow him whole. After all, to Hollows, highly concentrated Soul Bodies like Shinigami were excellent nourishment on the path to evolution!
Watching the hand lunge toward him, Kojima wanted to run, but only then did he realize that his legs were trembling from fear and would not obey him at all. The enormous hand easily closed around him.
The bones in his body were crushed within that palm, and blood began to burst from all over Kojima's body. His eyes bulged, yet even so, he still wanted to live. Using his last bit of strength, he shouted toward Miyako Shiba:
"Teacher Shiba! Save me! I don't want to die!"
Seeing Kojima, his tears mixed with blood, Miyako Shiba unleashed her spiritual pressure to its limit. Flames surged fiercely from her blade, and under their enhancement, the entire blade extended several times in length. Then Miyako Shiba raised the enormous flaming blade in her