Yhwach said calmly, "You can refuse, but we must work together to destroy the Spirit King!"
"When I brought Pernida Parnkgjas along, I already knew that today, either he would die or I would!"
Whoosh! An overwhelming sense of danger surged up from the depths of his heart.
The instant Uchiha Hiko sensed that danger, he vanished from where he stood. When he reappeared, a bottomless crack had opened across the floor!
Strands of terrifying aura seeped out from around that fissure!
"Today, I also intend to destroy this guy here." Uchiha Hiko smiled faintly. He exchanged a glance with Yhwach, and the two inexplicably felt perfectly in sync!
"You insects dare dream of defeating me!" The Spirit King appeared at some unknown moment.
His expression was savage. As he looked at Yhwach, he seemed to wish he could chew him to pieces and swallow him whole!
The Spirit King knew very well just how great a threat the two of them joining forces would pose to him. And as for Uchiha Hiko's strength... perhaps others did not understand it clearly!
But the Spirit King understood it perfectly. The first time Uchiha Hiko's spiritual pressure had surged across the Soul Society, he had used the traces left by that spiritual pressure to make a calculation.
Though he could not see everything clearly, he had still managed to gauge Uchiha Hiko's strength.
And when Uchiha Hiko's spiritual pressure surged through again for the second time, a trace of fear had risen uncontrollably in the Spirit King's heart!
His strength was growing far too quickly!
"But! Why should I get tangled up with you?" Uchiha Hiko smiled faintly!
Yhwach's strength was beyond doubt. With him present, destroying the Spirit King would undoubtedly give them a greater chance of success.
But!!!
There was