Hiroki let out a long, heavy sigh, as if to exhale all the helplessness and irritability within his chest.
Chizuru immediately stood up and stood by his side, her eyes filled with concern and a battle-readiness that showed she was prepared to act at any moment.
"I guess I have to do it myself after all..." Hiroki muttered to himself, his gaze becoming incredibly determined.
He stood up and strode toward the wide courtyard behind the Shihōin Clan estate.
This area was quite open, making it the most suitable place for him to exert his power.
Standing in the center of the courtyard, Hiroki took a deep breath, sensing the two terrifying spiritual pressures in the distance tearing and colliding with each other like ferocious beasts. With every collision, the reishi of the entire Seireitei trembled slightly.
He couldn't delay any longer!
"Where the heart leads, the blade points!" Hiroki shouted low, his right hand gripping the air.
A brilliant golden light instantly erupted from his palm, flowing and covering his entire body like liquid gold.
The light solidified, transforming into a set of armor with a magnificent design, rigid lines, and a sense of sacred and powerful beauty—the sagittarius gold cloth!
In an instant, Hiroki's entire temperament underwent a world-shaking change, transforming from a lazy noble young master into the heroic and majestic Gold Saints!
Golden wings unfurled slightly behind the shoulder guards, emitting a radiance like the sun.
He grabbed the air with his right hand, and a massive Golden Bow with an ancient design, smooth lines, and seemingly forged from the core of a star appeared in his hand, its body flowing with solar patterns.
His left hand rose at the same time, and a Golden Arrow, equally brilliant and with a tip that seemed capable of piercing any obstacle and containing an unparalleled sharp aura, was notched onto the bowstring!
Hiroki's eyes were as sharp as an arrow. He held his breath and focused, beginning to pour his vast and boundless spiritual pressure into the Golden Arrow like a hundred rivers returning to the sea.
The arrow was like a greedy black hole, absorbing Hiroki's power. The golden light grew brighter and brighter, and the space around the arrow began to warp slightly.
At the same time, his perception rose to its peak, crossing through space to firmly lock onto the two spiritual pressures in intense conflict at the Shino Academy.
He needed this arrow! It had to be powerful enough to forcibly separate those two battle-crazed demons who had fallen into a frenzy, but it couldn't be fatal. Gauging the precision of this was as difficult as ascending to the heavens.
"Hmm?" Hiroki's brow furrowed.
He had already poured the limit of his Second Class Spiritual Pressure into the arrow without reservation. The arrow's light was as dazzling as a small sun, and the energy fluctuations it emitted caused the small stones on the courtyard floor to jump slightly.
However, compared to the destructive energy generated by the collision of those two distant spiritual pressures, which were near the peak of Second Class Spiritual Pressure, it seemed... a bit lacking!
Not enough! Still not enough! This level of power might not be sufficient to forcibly interrupt those two! Once he failed, or even slightly provoked them, the consequences would be even more unimaginable! He needed more energy!
Without a moment's hesitation, Hiroki shouted in a deep voice, "Chizuru! Yashiro!"
"Young Master!" Chizuru immediately responded. With a flash, she appeared at Hiroki's side, her hands pressing onto Hiroki's arm that held the bow without hesitation.
She poured her spiritual pressure into Hiroki's body without reservation, like a clear stream.
"My Lord!" Yashiro's voice was low and firm. He also appeared on Hiroki's other side, likewise pressing his hands onto Hiroki, and a steady, thick torrent of spiritual pressure surged out.
Yashiro, Inabi, Tekka, and the others, who had already awakened their Mangekyo, had naturally begun to take turns serving as guards by Hiroki's side.
This was a special ability granted to the Golden Arrow by the sagittarius gold cloth! It could not only carry the master's power but also absorb and fuse the power of companions nearby, gathering and amplifying it to finally erupt with a terrifying power that transcended individual limits!
In the Hades Arc, even the Wall of Sorrow set by Hades himself was broken by the Gold Saints using a similar collective power method!
At this moment, three different but equally powerful spiritual pressures, like three surging golden rivers, merged without hindrance into that small Golden Arrow! The arrow was no longer a simple body of light but had transformed into the core of a violent energy vortex!
It greedily devoured the power of the three, its volume seemingly expanding by a notch. The golden light was no longer a gentle glow but had turned into a blinding, brilliant white that seemed ready to tear through space!
The space pointed at by the arrow tip visibly distorted and collapsed, emitting a low hum!
The air in the courtyard completely solidified. The heavy pressure made Chizuru and Yashiro feel as though their breathing was labored, but the hands they used to transmit spiritual pressure remained steady and firm.
Hiroki tightly gripped this terrifying creation that seemed to have gained a life of its own and could break free at any moment. The gold cloth on his arm emitted a faint hum, as if it were overwhelmed by the massive energy impact.
Every muscle in his body was as tense as steel. The gold cloth shone brightly under the infusion of energy, and the golden wings behind his shoulders fully unfurled, emitting a god-like majesty.
He worked hard to stabilize the bow. The bowstring had been pulled into a full moon, making a tooth-aching creak of tension.
His perception pierced through space, firmly locking onto the center of the two energy storms clashing like gods and demons above the Shino Academy. The timing!
It had to be the most precise moment! He had to insert it at the instant when the collision of their powers created a massive gap—the moment when the old force had just dissipated and the new force had yet to be born!
Otherwise, not only would he be unable to separate them, but he might even add fuel to the fire!
Now!
A brilliant light erupted from Hiroki's eyes, and his steady, resolute voice resounded through the courtyard:
"Then..."
He released his fingers from the tail of the arrow.
"Here comes the big one!!"
BOOM——————!!!
A thunderous roar sounded, as if heaven and earth were being torn apart!
The bowstring vibrated violently, letting out a dragon-like roar!
An indescribable torrent of light, over several meters in diameter and composed purely of highly concentrated golden reishi energy, erupted from the bowstring!
It wasn't an arrow; it was a beam of judgment light that pierced through heaven and earth!
It tore through the air. Wherever it passed, space was easily pierced, distorted, and burned like thin paper!
It left behind a golden vacuum trail emitting terrifying energy fluctuations that refused to dissipate for a long time!
The beam of light instantly broke through the constraints of the Shihōin Clan Barrier and shot straight into the clouds! Its brilliance was so great that even under the clear daylight, it was as if a golden sun had suddenly risen over the Seireitei!
The terrifying pressure, like a physical tsunami, centered on the beam of light and instantly swept across the entire Seireitei!
Every existence that felt this power—whether it was Shisui and the teachers and students of the Shino Academy who were evacuating, or the Captains and Vice-Captains of the various squads, or even the sages of the Central 46 Chambers—all turned pale with horror, their gazes filled with shock and uncertainty as they looked toward the source of the light beam: the direction of the Shihōin Clan estate!
This destructive beam of light, containing all the power of Hiroki, Chizuru, and Yashiro and amplified to the limit by the gold cloth and the Golden Arrow, carried an unstoppable force that tore through everything. It crossed space and accurately and ruthlessly... blasted toward the two figures fighting frantically above the Seireitei Academy!