Bzzz!!
An invisible ripple spread out from Yuko, and the power of the King's Seal around her began to stir. Driven by instinctive mechanisms, it resisted and rejected this power of rules that was nearly identical to its own. Yet Yuko's domain still expanded toward the domain's boundary at an astonishing speed.
No, "expanding" was not quite accurate.
Because the contest between the two had yet to begin.
Yuko's domain had not yet activated, and Kusaka had not reacted in time to strike her precisely. Otherwise, it would have been difficult for it to unfold so smoothly.
At the same time, those who had just been knocked down by the King's Seal's power began to steady themselves and return to the battlefield.
"That's Captain Soi Fon!"
His head covered in blood, Shūsuke Amagai spotted Soi Fon rapidly climbing the ice pillar, and quickened his pace.
This was no time to worry about his injuries. He did not want to hold his comrades back now.
As Amagai ran, two figures Flash Stepped to his left and right.
They were Toshiro and Byakuya.
"What is she trying to do?"
The three ran side by side toward the ice pillar, watching Soi Fon's actions with some confusion.
For Soi Fon to act alone so decisively, she had to have found some kind of solution.
The three exchanged a tacit nod and prepared to follow Soi Fon's lead and support her.
But Soi Fon was already racing up the ice pillar, nearly reaching Kusaka.
From where they were, they could not even provide cover.
Amagai gauged the distance, his gaze sharpening as he suddenly said something cryptic. "Captain Hitsugaya, I'll leave it all to you."
With that, he stopped running on his own initiative.
Toshiro and Byakuya quickly left him behind. As they continued