"Looks like I've been underestimated, Ichigo. Watch closely from the side. This is your Big Brother's true strength!"
Uchiha Hiko took a deep breath and closed his eyes. The terrifying power that had only just subsided began radiating from around him once more!
This disturbance made the three newly arrived Espada pause and stop in their tracks.
They wanted to see what tricks Uchiha Hiko had up his sleeve. From their earlier exchange, they had already concluded that he could not possibly be a match for them, so there was no need to worry about holding back.
But very soon, they would pay the price for their carelessness and underestimation...
At this moment, Uchiha Hiko's entire consciousness had gathered around his Seed of Spiritual Power.
A crack had just appeared in the seed, and a green sprout was faintly poking its head out. His Chakra swirled around it like fertilizer.
The Spiritual Power emanating from the Seed of Spiritual Power was completely different from that of Soul Reapers and Hollows. It was a brand-new Demonic Shinobi Spiritual Power that fused the power of the fruit, Chakra, and Spiritual Power into one!
"Please, lend me a little of your power! I promise I'll repay you tenfold in the future!"
Uchiha Hiko pleaded solemnly to the Seed of Spiritual Power. At that moment, he felt like Naruto back then, begging the Nine-Tails to lend him its power.
At Uchiha Hiko's request, the Seed of Spiritual Power seemed to understand. A thread of pale golden energy drifted out and flew directly into his brow.
At the same time, a lightning-shaped mark appeared on Uchiha Hiko's forehead!
In an instant, a powerful energy completely unlike anything he had felt before surged back and forth through Uchiha Hiko's meridians. Though there was only a tiny