Rikujokoro bound the Adjuchas, sending it into a frenzy. It threw back its head and roared, cursing nonstop with foul language it had apparently picked up somewhere.
"I'll kill you! Tear you to pieces!"
"I'll pull out your guts and stuff them into your ears!"
"You worthless insects..."
As the next evolution beyond Gillian, an Adjuchas had intelligence on par with an adult's. It was only the massive store of negative emotions that made its behavior somewhat difficult to control.
Kisaragi Akira sat cross-legged on the ground. Fine black shadows kept branching out behind his sacred form, like countless spreading tree limbs.
Stars Surrounding the Moon.
Dense Reiatsu filled the shadows around him, replenishing the power he lacked.
Before long, his mana was full.
Yet the power bestowed by the ritual continued to strengthen him.
A sense of fullness permeated his soul. The black shadows etched themselves onto his body, forming lines that outlined and adorned him, lending him an eerie, powerful air.
Bone-deep chill kept spreading, covering and devouring everything.
The instant Rikujokoro shattered, the earth shook violently. Vast Reiatsu surged toward them like a tsunami!
Shadows shrouded the area, turning the air thick and heavy.
Crack, crack!
The sound of shattering came from Rikujokoro. Hekisa broke free of its restraints, its frantically thrashing legs tearing through the air with a series of sharp whistles.
At that moment, its rage had reached its peak.
It no longer cared how it had come to this world.
All it wanted was to crush the two feeble little bugs before it, bit by bit, then let the Hollows feast on their corpses.
And it would chew up their souls!
Arcs of electricity crackled, winding around Kisaragi Akira like swimming dragons. The air grew so hot that the smell of burning filled the