As his words fell, all the warriors turned to look, their faces filled with astonishment as they murmured.
"That's true! I saw it too!"
"Lord Tianzi, there really is someone there!"
"Is it a monster!?"
The warriors chattered among themselves, while Tianzi furrowed his brows deeply, his face full of worry.
Countless images seemed to flash before Aizen's eyes. He floated quietly within a twisted tunnel, unable to move his body.
Even so, his expression remained calm as his mind continued to race.
It can completely suppress my power...
My body... cannot move at all...
What exactly is this...
The Dragon Vein power hidden beneath the Country of Roran is even more unsettling than the power of a Tailed Beast...
What is the power that woman spoke of—the power capable of changing the outcome...
As speculation and conjecture flashed through Aizen's mind, a dazzling light suddenly appeared before him.
"Where is this!?"
Aizen, standing within a pillar of light, stared blankly at the lush and dazzling scenery around him and muttered softly.
However, only a moment later, he frowned and raised his pale hand, studying it carefully.
A great amount of blazing white energy was spilling from Aizen's body within the pillar of light, as though the surrounding beam were extracting it from him!
In just a short while, a huge amount of chakra had been stripped from his body!
The dense, blazing white chakra was almost tangible. From the moment it left his body, it slowly transformed into radiant light and drifted along the pillar toward the depths underground.
Aizen could not stop any of it. Thus, he remained silent, watching it all with calm eyes before softly murmuring.
"You dare strip me of my power..."
As the chilly murmur drifted away on the wind, a faint, indifferent