After completely restraining the attacker, Yuko kicked him to the feet of Rurichiyo and the others, frightening him into instinctively hiding behind Orihime.
Yuko pulled the spear from the ground. After hesitating for a moment, she reached toward the threaded section of the shaft, and a faint amount of spiritual power flared in her hand.
The eye at the threaded section suddenly bulged. The flesh around it split open and transformed into something resembling a mouthpart. One strip of flesh after another drilled out from it, clinging to and wrapping around Yuko's right hand.
"What is that?"
Watching this disgusting scene, Rurichiyo couldn't help feeling a little frightened.
"Teacher?" Even Orihime, who knew how dangerous this weapon was, couldn't help speaking up.
"It's fine. I'm just testing it."
Yuko narrowed her eyes slightly. Holding the shaft with her left hand, she casually swung a spiritual-power slash toward the large river beside them.
A blood-red slash of spiritual power flew from one side of the riverbank to the other. As the light of the spiritual power faded, the slash seemed to have been materialized, forming a stone wall shaped like a slash above the river.
"An ability that can turn slashes into walls?" Yuko pulled her hand from the spear shaft and couldn't help complaining, "It's a real shame not to use this for construction."
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Several sounds flashed past, and Ichigo, Rukia, and the others finally arrived.
Seeing the scene before him, the corner of Ichigo's mouth twitched. "Aunt, you were way too fast! I was still sensing the spiritual pressure halfway here, and you were already done?"
"You were just too slow."
Rukia noticed the stone wall above the river and couldn't help asking, "What is that?"
"It's this thing's ability." As Yuko spoke, she casually tossed the