Black flames, as if capable of devouring everything,
spread wildly outward with Barragan at the center. Everywhere they passed, all things withered!
The trees withered and crumbled after the flames swept over them, while even the sand and stones turned to dust beneath the black flames...
Whether steel, water... all matter seemed to age thousands or even tens of thousands of years in an instant after being brushed by those flames, beginning to decay!
In the blink of an eye, the entire area where Barragan stood had become an utterly flat stretch of ground.
Duan Mu and the others stood on opposite sides of the basin, all of them watching the figure in its center with grim expressions.
After releasing his Resurrección, Barragan wore a multilayered crown. His face and body had become skeletal, he wore upturned boots, and black flames covered his entire body. A long silver chain hung from one corner of his crown.
A god of death~
Compared with the Soul Reapers of Seireitei, Barragan now actually resembled the god of death from legend more closely—and his abilities were the same.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
A string of sonic booms rang out beside Duan Mu. Ishida Sōgen held a bow in both hands, and countless tiny azure arrows flew toward Barragan like a rainstorm.
But...
The moment those arrows came into contact with the flames surrounding Barragan, they immediately transformed into Reishi and scattered.
"What kind of ability is this?" Ishida Sōgen asked with an ugly expression.
"Decay."
Duan Mu answered casually, "Everything that comes into contact with the black flames—matter, living beings, even energy—will age in the blink of an eye."
Decay?
Ishida Sōgen looked at Barragan and could not help swallowing.
He suddenly realized...
He might really have known too little simply because he