"Boom—"
As Aizen's words slowly fell across the battlefield.
In an instant, the Susanoo crouching within the enormous crater before him seemed to be pressed flat against the ground by an invisible giant hand!
Violent currents of air burst outward, carving a massive depression into the ground as rocks cracked apart one after another!
Countless streams of muddy water that had pooled on the ground rushed madly into the fractured trenches, while the Susanoo, nearly unable to control its body, bore the brunt of it!
Outside, Aizen wore a composed smile, his deep eyes as tranquil as ever.
Yet the overwhelming aura radiating from him, though invisible to the naked eye, could be felt clearly by everyone present!
Aizen slightly raised his chin, a faint smile on his lips as he calmly watched the Susanoo before him.
In stark contrast to his tranquil demeanor were the two people within the Susanoo.
Inside the Susanoo, Kisame and Itachi wore expressions of utter shock, unable to conceal their disbelief.
W-What was going on!?
That guy clearly hadn't done anything! What was attacking us!?
"Crack... crack..."
Under the crushing force of the sunken, shattered rocks and the rushing groundwater, the enormous Susanoo, blazing like red-hot flames, was utterly incapable of fighting back.
Or rather, some unknown force had restrained it, making it nearly impossible for it to even straighten its body.
Gradually, faint cracking sounds began to ring out from the Susanoo's sturdy outer shell.
Hearing the sound, Itachi's expression changed. He raised his head in alarm.
Outside, Aizen seemed to have heard it as well. The corners of his mouth rose as he chuckled softly.
"It seems... your support is not as sturdy as you imagined..."
"Tap!"
With that, Aizen lightly stepped forward.
As he took that step, Itachi's expression changed once