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"Could it be that...?"

She turned her head sharply.

The pillar of spirit fire rising from the ground was split into two by the shadow-like sharp blade, revealing the figure of Fujimiya Makoto in the center.

At this moment, Fujimiya Makoto was standing in mid-air, his whole body seemed to be wrapped in a cloak made entirely of shadows.

The mixture of reality and illusion made even his face seem vague and unreal.

"...Power?"

"You still don't understand."

"Yhwach."

As he spoke, he casually tore open the half-sleeved haori that Fujimiya Makoto was wearing, revealing the pitch-black shinigami suit underneath.

However, when Yhwach looked up in the direction of his voice, his gaze suddenly froze.

The thick, gloomy black color flowed down every inch of his body like ink, continuously spreading behind Fujimiya Makoto to form a majestic shadow like smoke.

Indistinctly, it seemed as if it was surrounded by hundreds or thousands of indescribable terrifying tentacles.

Baring fangs and claws.

Yhwach's gaze rested on the shadows behind him, his pupils constricted.

Those indescribable tentacles were clearly the monsters that she had stabbed to death in the shadows on the ground just now.

However, this amount...

How many are there?!

Fujimiya Makoto's entire body seemed to be buried in a deep shadow, and his tone was as warm and gentle as usual:

"As the Grand Duke of the Abyss."

"Having hundreds of monsters lurking in the shadows of the abyss under your command isn't outrageous, is it?"

Almost at the moment the words fell.

The tentacles wrapped around Fujimiya Makoto's body were like dense and flowing ribbons, appearing behind Fujimiya Makoto in a very continuous posture, seemingly slow but actually fast.

Yhwach's eyes suddenly widened.

The next moment, countless shadows shot out towards the girl.

Hundreds and thousands of tentacles stretched out together, almost as if they were about to submerge the sky.

Alarm bells rang in Yhwach's heart.

"Double Holy Land Tribute!"

Behind the spirit particle cross that was originally standing on the scarlet earth, a huge cross that was even larger and more majestic than the previous one suddenly condensed, as if it was going to pierce through the sky that was a mixture of darkness and scarlet. The spirit particles that continued to spread towards the surroundings were pulled by the power of the Spirit King and suddenly condensed into countless sacred arrows of destruction as thick and slender as spears.

Almost at the moment when the black cloud that destroyed the city fell, countless holy arrows of destruction, guided by Yhwach's fingers, flew upstream into the sky.

Just as the fight started, the Holy Trinity that Yhwach could see in front of him was constantly being swallowed and invaded by the flowing black mist!

Seeing this, the girl couldn't help but open her beautiful eyes wide.

"How can it be?!"

"Can't you understand this?"

Fujimiya Makoto's voice was even more indifferent than before, and he said calmly, "I should have told you clearly from the beginning, right?"

"From the moment we stepped into this world, our spiritual pressures...were equal."

The moment he heard these words, Yhwach was stunned unconsciously, as if he finally realized something.

Fujimiya Makoto and Yhwach were separated by the constantly overlapping streams of sacred arrows and swarms of abyssal creatures, but his voice seemed to be able to directly reach the depths of the girl's heart opposite him.

"Every skill you possess."

"Whether it's the Quincy Slash Technique or the Spirit Bow Technique, these basic standard combat methods that are taught to all Quincies have almost no advantages when facing opponents of the same level."

"Essentially, it's nothing more than condensing spirit particles into a mass and manipulating them to undergo deformation or qualitative change."

"So most low-level Quincies, when facing Shinigami of the same level, will often be defeated at an astonishing speed."

"Only those members of the Knights who master the special 'rules' are qualified to face the Grim Reaper head-on."

"This weakness has always been concealed by your incredibly large amount of spiritual pressure."

"As opposed to that."

"Once someone gets close to your dimension, your weak and cowardly nature will be exposed."

"Yo! Ha! Ba! Heh!"

The moment Fujimiya Makoto's voice fell.

A gloomy and dark light suddenly appeared in his eyes.

The next moment, the screaming and hissing black tentacles suddenly rushed towards the direction of the rain of light arrows at a speed even more violent and crazy than before. Like a flood after a dam broke, they swallowed up all the light in front of the girl with an unstoppable posture, and bursts of heart-shaking explosions broke out in the blink of an eye.

Countless shadows hidden in the abyss kept emitting sharp roars that seemed to be able to penetrate the eardrums, and they coiled and howled towards the girl amidst violent shouts, continuously.

When the girl heard Fujimiya Makoto's words, she felt the fine hairs on her back stand on end, her furry cat tail suddenly stretched straight, and even the ears on her head stood up.

How can this be? !

Yhwach's golden vertical pupils reflected the scene of the sanctuary in front of him being constantly swallowed by dark shadows, and the fear in his heart became more and more intense.

How could there be a 'rule' that could even forcibly encompass the power of the Spirit King?

and many more.

Could it be that......

Almost in an instant, countless memories and images seemed to flash through Yhwach's mind. Certain information and questions that could not be obtained in the past "omniscience and omnipotence" seemed to be connected together in an instant, making her look at Fujimiya Makoto suddenly become extremely dangerous.

She suddenly blurted out:

"You are also the son of the Spirit King?!"

As the words fell, her petite and fragile figure was suddenly swallowed up by countless shadows like a tide, emitting a roar like a cold wind.

The hurricane roared.

With a loud bang, Yhwach and the double sanctuary behind him were shaken and suddenly engulfed in endless shadows.

Fujimiya Makoto still stood in the air, looking down from above:

"From the very beginning... you were the only one who blindly believed in something so vulnerable that it could not even protect itself."

"Yhwach."

Those light words seemed to have pierced a nerve that could not be tolerated, and seemed to have penetrated into the deepest haze of the heart.

In the whistling shadows, sharp metallic explosions suddenly rang out.

"Zhengzhengzheng——"

The dancing cross-shaped sword of annihilation, wrapped in a clear blue light, cut through the shadows and tore through the darkness in countless continuous lines.

The girl's petite figure was almost parallel to the ground, her long black hair fluttering behind her head, and even the dress she was wearing was swaying by inertia in the strong wind. Her pair of long snow-white legs stretched out, and she launched a desperate charge towards the young man like the wind.

"Fujimiya Makoto——!!!"

The tender and delicate rebuke echoed through the sky.

The shadow tentacles under the cross-shaped knife in his hand broke layer by layer and shattered into countless filthy pieces.

A fierce fire was burning in the depths of her eyes.

The natural born son of the Spirit King.

For Yhwach, this not only fostered her arrogance as the center of the world, but also made her face the curse of all death she could see from the moment she was born.

Because of this, she proclaimed herself a god, and because of this, she was afraid of death, and thus longed to return to the original time, a world without life and death, where no one had to face such fear in pain.

But, anyway.

This title is not something that others can interfere with!

What's more, Fujimiya Makoto's words were almost insulting!

"Self-Gift: Infinite Recovery!"

"Self-Given: Power!"

"Self-Gift: Speed!"

A series of Spirit King powers were applied to her fragile body, causing the girl's body, which was already stretched to the extreme, to become several times stronger in an instant.

However, under the effect of [Melee Magical Girl Physique (Passive)], she was able to maintain this state of "not being played with" by force.

The strength increased dramatically!

The next moment, the slender magical girl pierced through all obstacles, and at a speed that could not be captured by perception, she pulled the ribbon-like knife light in her hand and slashed it towards Fujimiya Makoto!

Compared to that extreme speed, Fujimiya Makoto's perception seemed to be half a beat slower. It was not until the distance entered the moment when the [No Injury Circle] was automatically activated that his highly focused pupils noticed the figure of Yhwach.

However, there was no time for him to move his body, and he could only use his wrist to press down the blade with difficulty.

“Dang! Boom!”

The subtle sound of metal collision and the deafening explosion sounded at the exact same moment.

Fujimiya Makoto's slender figure suddenly broke through the sound barrier, and was shot out under the layers of shock waves that spread in the air. Several water ripples appeared on the ground, and he bounced and flew dozens of meters away.

It was not until his figure shot out that the abyss shadows that had been surrounding him and defending themselves seemed to have just noticed the girl's sharp and swift movements, but were unable to catch up with her at all.

After this attack, Yhwach still had no intention of letting him go. His footsteps were even faster and more urgent than Fujimiya Makoto's flying speed. His slender five fingers stretched out to grasp his face, and the Annihilation Cross Blade in his other hand was raised high, slashing down fiercely from top to bottom.

In mid-air, the cat's tail under the skirt was stretched straight.

"Boom!"

Smoke and dust filled the air and the earth cracked.

However, Fujimiya Makoto had already reacted by then, and he took the beheading blow with difficulty with the sword in his hand. His body rolled over and flew out, and his feet stepped on the hard ground as if they were sinking into mud and water, leaving long grooves.

Blood suddenly gushed out of his mouth.

He actually has such a level of strength hidden?

Makoto Fujimiya looked at the slender black-haired cat girl in front of him, and the shock in his heart was no less than the pain he suffered physically.

He didn't know that these "Soul King Powers" were originally saved by Yhwach to be used in the decisive battle with Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni.

For the girl whose all-seeing and all-powerful eyes have been sealed, the power of the Soul King is now decreasing with each use. Only after the seal is broken and the power of her "father" is regained can she restore her former glory.

but.

The girl raised her hair, raised her head and looked at the man in front of her fiercely.

I can’t care so much anymore.

kill him!

Even if he has to face that 'destined death' later, he must not die in humiliation and misery at the hands of this pervert who dares to insult his 'father'!

Yhwach was furious.

However, before she could swing the cross knife in her hand again, she heard the man in front of her laugh softly as if he was still frightened, and reached out to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth.

"It's okay, I almost crossed the line."

The girl was startled and looked at him in confusion.

Fujimiya Makoto smiled at her and said, "You don't think that I've been saying nonsense to deliberately irritate you since just now, do you?"

As he spoke softly, a series of soft hissing sounds came from the ground behind the girl.

One after another, obelisks made entirely of black shadows, over four meters high, continuously emerged from deep underground, surrounding Fujimiya Makoto and Yhwach, forming a circle encompassing an area of ​​several hundred meters.

Almost the moment those spires formed by the shadows of the abyss were erected, Yhwach realized something was wrong and subconsciously took a step forward to rush out of the circle.

However, since Fujimiya Makoto dared to remind him, he must have been prepared for it.

"puff!"