Boom!
A crimson fireball skimmed along the ground toward him.
Though he had already seen who it was, the researcher, who rarely participated in combat, was so nervous that he accidentally unleashed the fully prepared Shakkahō.
The flames scorched the air, twisting it as they reached Su Feng in an instant.
At the sight of the massive fireball, Hiyosu's expression contorted, his catfish-like features scrunching together.
At that moment, he had even decided where he wanted to be buried.
The charge would be assaulting a captain and a member of a Great Noble Clan.
Though he had not been the one to cast the Shakkahō, he had organized this attack, and that unlucky fool who had acted on it would not escape either.
They could all head to Sokyoku Hill together!
Facing the oncoming fireball, Su Feng raised a hand to meet it. Before everyone's eyes, he stopped it dead with his bare palm.
As his five fingers closed, the thirty-first Hado was instantly snuffed out.
Sparks scattered through the air, dazzling and brilliant like fireworks.
At the same time, everyone's breaths and stares froze...
Everyone knew captains were powerful.
But someone like Su Feng, who could simply extinguish a Shakkahō with his hand—perhaps few captains in the entire history of the Gotei 13 could accomplish such a thing.
"M-my Sh-Shakkahō..."
The researcher who had cast the Shakkahō was flushed with excitement. Her slender, fair fingers pointed back and forth between herself and Su Feng, yet she could not even form a complete sentence.
The other researchers and squad members wore much the same expressions.
Even Hiyosu, the principal person in charge of the Spiritual Wave Measurement Research Division, had his huge mouth hanging open, his eyes bulging outward as though they might pop free at any moment.
"My, my,