"Holy Destruction Arrow!"
Yhwach activated his Quincy Power, and a giant Quincy spirit particle bow immediately appeared above his head. He drew the bow and shot an arrow, but it wasn't aimed at Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni; instead, it flew to Yhwach's side.
After the giant arrow landed, it instantly transformed into a glowing sword imbued with vast spirit particle energy.
Yhwach grabbed the glowing sword and used Shunpo, appearing before Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni before he could react, and swung the sword.
If this strike had landed, only death awaited Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni.
However, to Yhwach's surprise, just as his glowing sword was about to touch Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni, a hand suddenly appeared and effortlessly stopped his glowing sword with a pinch.
"Captain-Commander, have you thought it over? My previous conditions are still valid!"
Adam, clad in the ophiuchus gold cloth, pinched Yhwach's glowing sword between his thumb and forefinger, then turned to Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni and smiled.
He could have acted earlier, but then the Captain-Commander wouldn't have felt Yhwach's terror and wouldn't have agreed to his conditions so easily.
"Alright, on behalf of the Soul Society, I accept your conditions!"
Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni sighed in relief upon seeing Adam appear, then nodded with a serious expression.
The Four Noble Families and the Central 46 would certainly never agree to help Adam research and synthesize Spirit King Power, but at this moment, he had already made his decision.
Because he deeply understood Adam's fearsome power, and he knew that if he didn't agree now, none of the Shinigami, including himself, who were attacking the Wandenreich would likely escape safely.
If Yhwach were to then lead his Quincy army to counterattack the Soul Society, the Soul Society would be utterly defenseless.
He obeyed the Central 46 because he had once tried to correct this World with slaughter, only to find it was a wrong path that made the World worse.
Therefore, to protect the Three Realms, he chose to maintain the current corrupt noble system to ensure the stability of the Three Realms to the greatest extent possible.
But if a crisis already threatened the safety of the Three Realms, then he had no need to continue maintaining the status quo and could make appropriate adjustments.
His most fundamental actions were not to obey anyone or protect any system, but to safeguard the safety and stability of the Three Realms.
If killing all the nobles and Central 46 members could protect the safety and stability of the Three Realms, then he would not hesitate to swing his Zanpakuto at those corrupt nobles.
"A wise choice. Go help the other team members; many of them had their Bankai stolen and can't unleash their full strength. You can leave this guy to me."
Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni was decisive, and Adam was equally decisive, directly taking on Yhwach, the strongest of the Wandenreich.
"Thank you!"
Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni glanced into the distance. Indeed, many Shinigami had already been severely injured, and without further help, they would likely be killed.
So, without further ado, he grabbed his Zanpakuto and rushed over.
Neither Adam nor Yhwach's power was something he could contend with, but he still felt that Adam had a greater chance of winning.
Because the way Adam had just stopped Yhwach's glowing sword was as effortless as when he had stopped his strongest attack.
"Trying to leave!"
Seeing Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni depart using Shunpo, how could Yhwach let him go? He put all his strength into pulling out the glowing sword to pursue.
However, he pulled, and the glowing sword didn't move. He pulled again, still no movement. Finally, he used all his might, both hands on the sword, but the glowing sword remained perfectly still, pinched between Adam's two fingers.
"Who are you? Are you a Fullbringer?"
Seeing that he couldn't pull back the glowing sword and Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni had already gone far, he looked at Adam with an ugly expression.
This person in golden armor was not in the intelligence he had gathered, nor was he a special-grade combatant to be concerned about, but judging from his recent performance, his strength was definitely not low.
Especially in terms of power, he was probably even stronger than Meninas McAllon, who possessed the Schrift ability "Power."
Because Adam had the physical body of a Real World person, and such a striking golden armor.
So Yhwach suspected that Adam might be a powerful Fullbringer, and the armor was the medium through which he wielded his power.
"I am... the Saint Adam!"
Seeing Yhwach's gaze fixed on his gold cloth, Adam smiled and released his grip on the glowing sword, allowing Yhwach to retrieve his own glowing sword.
He didn't intend to kill Yhwach so easily just yet.
On one hand, he needed to use Yhwach to understand Quincy Power, so he naturally had to observe Yhwach's various applications of Quincy Power.
On the other hand, he also wanted to try to see if he could claim all of Yhwach's power for himself, to better understand Spirit King Power.
Yhwach was known as the Son of the Spirit King, the being who inherited the most of the Spirit King's power.
He possessed the ability to bestow souls, capable of dripping his blood into wine, and the souls of those who drank the blood-wine would be branded with a Schrift bearing an ability.
Once the Schrift was formed, he could send a more powerful soul into the body of the person who drank the blood-wine.
This was how the Sternritter were formed.
And as those to whom souls were bestowed became stronger through Training, upon their death, he could reclaim all their power, thereby gaining even greater power.
So, if he killed Yhwach now, he could only absorb Yhwach's current power. But once the Captain-Commander and other Shinigami annihilated the Sternritter, Yhwach's strength and internal power would greatly increase.
Only by killing Yhwach then could he absorb all of his power.
Especially since among the members of the Sternritter were the incarnations of the Spirit King's left arm and heart.
"Saint? What is that?"
Hearing Adam announce himself, Yhwach was momentarily stunned.
Because he had never heard of the Saints as an organization. He had slept for a thousand years; this organization didn't exist a thousand years ago, nor was it in the intelligence gathered by the Wandenreich after a thousand years.
The Fullbring organizations in the Real World also didn't seem to have any "Saints."
"No matter who you are, since you intend to help the Soul Society and oppose me, then I'll just have to kill you!"
Yhwach gathered spirit particles in his palm, and a giant spirit particle arrow formed, drawn into existence. The spirit particle arrow flashed and appeared between Adam's eyes.
"Holy Destruction Arrow!"
Normal Quincy need to first construct a Quincy bow and arrow, then shoot the arrow to attack.
But as the progenitor of the Quincy, Yhwach didn't need a bow at all. His fingers could also shoot destruction arrows, and he could even form large spirit particle arrows out of thin air.
Unfortunately, the person he faced was Adam. This large destruction arrow, powerful enough to shatter a mountain, was caught by Adam's hand, just one centimeter from his brow.
"So that's how it is."
Holding the destruction arrow, formed from Quincy Power, in his hand and observing it for a while, he quickly gained some insights.
The essence of the destruction arrow was actually external spirit particle energy. However, this energy, after being specially strengthened and fused, possessed a very unique decomposing power that could decompose the structure of spirit particles.
This was Quincy Power.