Hearing Emperor's words, Otsutsuki Kaguya's fair face turned deathly pale.
She raised her head, her pale eyes fixed gravely on the distant Divine Tree, and murmured softly.
"The Divine Tree... has its mission... It will not allow him to recklessly take its power here!"
Hearing Kaguya's words, Emperor turned to stare at her in astonishment, his face full of confusion.
"What are you talking about...?"
The moment his words fell, Kaguya's fair face remained grave within his sight. Suddenly, her brows furrowed slightly, and her red lips parted!
"It's coming...!"
As Kaguya's cold voice fell, Emperor did not even have time to react before a tremendous disturbance suddenly erupted between heaven and earth!
"Rumble!" "Rumble!" "Rumble!"...
Amid the deafening crackle of countless bolts of lightning, a black curtain swept across the entire world from the distant horizon where the Divine Tree stood, beneath the starlit night sky!
"H-Heavens! What is that thing!?"
Behind Emperor, the warriors muttered in terror, their faces pale.
Emperor, however, looked utterly drained of color. His eyes were wide, his once-handsome face filled with disbelief and fear as he trembled.
"W-What exactly is that!?"
Whoosh—
His voice was utterly swallowed by the raging wind. Sand and stones flew everywhere, and the night had become like Hell itself!
High in the sky, Aizen, wreathed in a pearly white glow, also lost the smile at the corners of his lips. His brows furrowed slightly as his deep eyes slowly turned toward the spreading darkness from the Divine Tree's direction.
"Have you already grown impatient and decided to make your move...?"
Aizen's lips curved slightly, a sharp glint flashing through his eyes as he murmured in a low voice.
As his words fell, he suddenly swept both hands out. The energy that had continuously been gathering around his body