A rain of blood poured from the sky, dyeing the ground red, while brilliant, dazzling flowers of blood bloomed across the Danku barrier.
The ground split into neat ravines beneath the charge of the Blade of Chasing Wind, stretching all the way to the horizon.
The sight made Uryū Sōken and Ishikawa Naoto's eyes widen as they stared ahead in utter disbelief.
They knew Shinigami captains were powerful, but there had to be a limit, right?
A Menos of that level had actually been killed in one slash?
Though they were unwilling to accept it, the steadily dissipating spiritual pressure proved that it was true.
"W-We're saved?"
The girl stood frozen, her lovely face pale with bewilderment.
The Cero had nearly hit her.
She had not felt much before, but once the battle ended, the despair of death drawing near surged into her heart like a tidal wave.
"You..."
Just as she was about to thank the figure in the sky, she saw him raise his right hand and extend a finger, blazing arcs of lightning dancing over it.
Before the girl could react, a pillar of lightning crashed down from the heavens with a roar, like divine punishment, striking the two halves of the corpse.
This Adjuchas possessed extraordinary vitality. Even after being cut in half, it had not truly died.
Its seemingly dissipating spiritual pressure had merely been a deception.
Under Su Feng's senses, the activity of the spirit particles within its soul was even greater than that of other Menos.
He believed in finishing off his enemies completely. He had no habit of letting tigers return to the mountains.
Because she was too close, the girl could even feel the scorching heat searing her skin.
She instinctively used Hirenkyaku to move away from the center of the