"Bankai!"
As the word rang out, Senbonzakura fell from Ling Feng's hand.
"This fellow... he let go of his sword..."
Protector Wu was stunned, but what happened next shocked him even more. The Zanpakutō did not fall straight to the ground. Instead, when its blade reached the ground beneath Ling Feng's feet, ripples spread out like those on water. Like a stone sinking into the sea, the Zanpakutō sank into them and vanished.
At the same time, enormous blades rose from the ripples in the ground on either side. There were as many as a thousand, and they tore straight through Protector Wu's Hundred Chains Soul Lock.
Protector Wu's red pupils abruptly contracted at the sight. Then Ling Feng's voice reached his ears again, giving him the eerie impression that it carried a faint whisper of the netherworld.
"Scatter... Senbonzakura Kageyoshi!"
As his words fell, the enormous blades shone with an intense cherry-pink light. A moment later, they shattered together, turning into tiny cherry blossom blades that scattered and danced through the air. There were over a hundred million of them.
A few cherry blossom blades drifted down beside Protector Wu, slicing his arm and face and drawing black blood. His expression changed sharply. An ominous feeling swept over him, and he instinctively unleashed powerful Dou Qi to protect his entire body.
What's going on?! These tiny blades can actually cut straight through my Dou Zong soul body?
Protector Wu was inwardly alarmed. His soul body was a physique unique to the Soul Clan.
The bodies of Soul Clan members were even more unusual than those of the other seven great clans. That unique physique gave them greater spiritual power than ordinary people and allowed them to pass through walls and other objects like soul forms. This also made it