Chapter 109

That was a defensive technique belonging to Dongfang Bubai.

"…Path of Destruction, Number Ninety: Black Coffin."

After Like Lan Ran's voice faded, Dongfang Bubai's vision plunged into blackness in an instant.

He had been trapped by the Black Coffin.

Moreover, as a high-ranking Path of Devouring, the Black Coffin's power was far more than that.

Back then, Like Lan Ran had used this very Path of Devouring to instantly kill Sōsuke Aizen.

"Riiip—…"

Countless black blades stabbed toward the trapped Dongfang Bubai.

"Hah—…"

Facing such a situation, Dongfang Bubai let out a sudden great shout, and the Sunflower Manual on his body swelled outward once again.

The gauze robe floating around him grew even more solid.

"Clang, clang, clang—…"

When the black blades struck the gauze robe, they produced the sound of metal clashing, and one could even see sparks scattering endlessly where the two sides met.

Crack, crack, crack—…

Suddenly, what made Dongfang Bubai's expression change was that the gauze robe he had unleashed was already on the verge of giving way.

It looked as if it would shatter at any moment.

Dongfang Bubai knew very well that the moment the gauze robe shattered would be the moment of his death.

"Heaven and man coexist as one, the sunflower as seed…"

Dongfang Bubai's gaze turned ferocious, a bloody light spreading across his face.

He understood that at this moment he could not hold back even the slightest bit.

Only by blocking the Black Coffin's attack would he have a chance to escape.

Faint red lines began to surface across Dongfang Bubai's face.

Very quickly, his entire face was etched with red lines, as if a sunflower in full bloom had been carved into it.

Immediately after, that gauze robe too radiated the light of a sunflower.

One could see the black blades being slowly repelled by the power of the gauze robe.

Facing this scene, Dongfang Bubai did not hesitate; an embroidery needle appeared in his hand.

"Heaven and earth as the heart…"

"Boom—…"

A terrifying crimson light erupted from within the Black Coffin, and the ground for several hundred meters around, bathed in that crimson light, was instantly reduced to ruins.

And Dongfang Bubai, who had originally been trapped within the red light, vanished from this world in the blink of an eye.

Before he left.

Dongfang Bubai caught in his peripheral vision a figure that had suddenly appeared in the void.

Whether it was Zhang Sanfeng or Like Lan Ran, both bowed respectfully toward that figure.

Could it be.

That was the existence behind Like Lan Ran and Zhang Sanfeng?

"Greetings, great Group Leader…"

"Greetings, Founding Master…"

Zhang Sanfeng, Like Lan Ran, Lin Pingzhi, and the others, seeing Luo Fu suddenly appear in the void, paid their respects respectfully.

Back when Luo Fu had broken through, he too had caught a glimpse of Luo Fu's figure.

"Mm…"

Luo Fu nodded, did not mention the mission objective, and instead said lightly to Like Lan Ran.

"Like Lan Ran, your power is impressive, but from now on do not use it against group members; otherwise, don't blame me."

"What…" Zhang Sanfeng was shocked in his heart.

Could it be that, without realizing it, he had still fallen victim to Like Lan Ran's Mirror Flower, Water Moon?

As for Like Lan Ran's power, Zhang Sanfeng had learned of it from Chen Ziyu.

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