"Where are you looking?!" The instant Achill completely encased the man before him in ice, Nothingness's eerie, utterly wicked laughter suddenly rang out behind his ear!
At the same time, an aged, iron-hard hand landed on his right shoulder!
"Damn it!!" Achill's pupils shrank to pinpoints. He looked up, only to find that the blue ice before him was completely empty!
At some point, Nothingness had escaped his chains and appeared behind him!! What his freezing aura had encased was merely a false afterimage left behind by Nothingness's incredible speed!!!
"Vanish without a trace!! True God of Death—" Clamping his left hand around Achill's right shoulder, Nothingness drew back his right hand. A dark green spear wreathed in green flames instantly sprang into his palm. Its sharp point gleamed viciously as Nothingness threw back his head and laughed madly. "Let your body and soul shatter into nothing!! Spear of—"
"Pain!!!"
With that, he drove his spear-wielding arm forward with all his strength, aiming to pierce the completely exposed back of Achill's head!!!
Even with danger upon him, not a trace of panic appeared in Achill's eyes. Instantly transferring his Zanpakutō to his left hand, he slashed viciously behind him without a second thought!
Crack— A sharp crash of shattering weapons rang out as Hyōrinmaru's icy blade slammed into the incoming green-flamed spear! Green fire and blue ice shards burst in every direction, and the collision shattered half of Nothingness's spear!
Tap— Immediately after that slash, Achill planted one foot against empty air without hesitation. With a sudden Flash Step, he retreated far into the distance.
"I got a little careless..." Only after ascending more than a thousand meters did Achill stop. Standing high in the sky, he gazed down at President Nothingness, who had landed back on the ground, and