Faced with such a powerful attack, Toshiro Hitsugaya and the other two did not dare take it head-on.
"Get out of the way!" Toshiro Hitsugaya shouted sharply. Ice-blue Reiatsu surged forth wildly, condensing into a thick wall of ice before them.
Yet the instant the scorching sword pressure struck the ice wall, the ice crystals did not melt. They simply turned to ash.
The essential power of Zanka no Tachi was not burning, but incinerating the very existence of matter itself. It was far more than mere heat that could be measured.
So long as it made contact, it could destroy anything!
But just as the three prepared to evade, they glanced behind them and saw Harry standing where he was, making no move to dodge, as though he had not noticed the approaching danger.
The faces of Toshiro and the other two instantly turned pale, and their already-moving steps came to an abrupt halt.
Their primary task now was to protect Harry. So even though they knew they could not withstand this scorching slash, even though they knew it could very well kill them, they still had to stand before Harry.
If anyone wanted to hurt Harry, they would have to step over their corpses!
The three turned around almost simultaneously. Though they knew they would be burned to ashes if they resisted head-on, they refused to leave Harry alone beneath that fatal sword pressure.
Just as the scorching sword pressure came within three meters of them, and even the edges of their robes began to smell scorched, Harry suddenly moved.
There was no fluctuation of Reiatsu, nor any afterimage left by Flash Step. It was as if he had crossed space itself, appearing out of thin air before Toshiro and the others.
Facing an attack capable of burning