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"Where is Yhwach?" A faint aura of authority filled Qin Yi's gaze as he spoke.
Jugram Haschwalth stared at him and replied coldly, "Our King is currently asleep. Why have you come here?"
"Haschwalth, this is a conversation between Kings. Can a mere guard like you truly make decisions in his place?" Qin Yi's eyes sharpened as he spoke indifferently.
As he spoke, his crimson eyes had already seen beyond the people before him to the sleeping Yhwach atop the high platform behind them.
A smile appeared at the corner of his mouth as Qin Yi spoke again.
"So it seems Yhwach never sensed my arrival at all."
The King of Hell in his hand slowly rose, black and crimson radiance gathering and flickering around the blade.
Across from him, the members of the Sternritter all became serious.
A mysterious man of unknown origins who had reached this place alone with a single blade, casually called out Haschwalth's identity, yet none of them knew anything about him at all. Naturally, such a person filled them with unease.
Whoosh!
Suddenly, a streak of crimson light burst from Qin Yi's blade and shot toward Haschwalth and the others at incredible speed.
"Since he refuses to wake up, then I shall wake him myself!"
His icy voice thundered through the palace, causing the expressions of the Sternritter members to change drastically as tension instantly gripped them.
While their King was asleep, he absolutely could not be disturbed. Otherwise, the consequences would be unbearable for anyone.
"Stop him!!" Haschwalth roared loudly as he immediately moved to block the crimson light. At the same time, more than a dozen figures behind him instantly rushed forward toward Qin Yi.
"No matter how many people like you come, it's useless!"
The King of Hell in Qin Yi's hand trembled as black and crimson radiance entwined and erupted outward, transforming into streaks of light that rapidly wrapped around his entire body.
Then, a pale white skeletal armor appeared over the surface of his skin, while the savage dragon-like robes of the King of Hell covered him as well.
At that moment, the King of Hell form manifested completely.
Buzz!
The void trembled violently. Boundless ominous energy surged outward as black and crimson light instantly covered half the sky. The terrifying pressure was so overwhelming that even the heavens themselves seemed to darken beneath it.
Clang!
In the space of a lightning flash, both sides collided.
The dozen-plus Sternritter members all shuddered in shock. Their attacks had produced absolutely no effect whatsoever.
Even more horrifying was the fact that the opponent alone, one man and one blade, had blocked their combined strike.
"Far too weak!"
A cold sneer rang out in a savage metallic voice. Qin Yi's long blade trembled, releasing overwhelming force that blasted the dozen figures flying backward.
At the same time, he raised his blade and pointed it toward the sleeping Yhwach atop the high platform.
"Yhwach, AWAKEN!!"
At this moment, Haschwalth was still using his hand to block that strange black-crimson attack. Though it appeared insignificant, the energy contained within that tiny strike caused his heart to quake violently.
"A fusion of Shinigami and Hollow powers! Just who exactly is this man?!"
When he raised his head and saw Qin Yi's current King of Hell form, his body shook again, overwhelmed by even greater shock.
What truly sent chills through his body and made his heart tremble was that Qin Yi seemed genuinely omniscient and omnipotent, thoroughly familiar with the traits of every member of the Sternritter. That seemingly simple attack had actually erupted with over a dozen different force vectors, each specifically targeting an individual's weakness.
Fearsome.
Shocking.
And at that moment, Qin Yi's King of Hell trembled slightly as he lowered the blade's tip toward the ground beneath his feet.
Then Qin Yi let out a furious roar. Terrifying black-crimson light erupted from his entire body as the tip of his blade pierced into the ground in an instant.
BOOM!
Violent energy twisted, roared, and spiraled wildly, transforming into a black-crimson wrath dragon. With savage eyes glaring fiercely, it surged into the sky before letting out a deafening howl. Then, at astonishing speed, it shot past Jugram Haschwalth's shoulder and charged straight toward the Yhwach behind him.
"What?!"
Haschwalth, who had only just blocked the previous strike, trembled violently, his eyes filled with disbelief.
That enormous black-crimson energy blast had actually not been stopped!
"No!!"
The members of the Sternritter widened their eyes in horror as they watched the scene unfold.
In shock and despair, they watched as the massive black-crimson wrath dragon slammed directly into Yhwach's body and collided with him violently.
For more than ten breaths of time, the entire hall stood frozen, staring blankly at the sight before them.
"Damn you!!"
When the black-crimson wrath dragon finally dissipated, Haschwalth's chest heaved with overwhelming fury.
He stared fixedly at Qin Yi, whose King of Hell form was covered in skeletal armor like a savage undead monster. With a wave of his hand, dense spirit particles instantly began gathering.
"Divine Annihilation Arrow!"
The arrow-like spirit particle attacks shot toward Qin Yi in an instant, while the other Sternritter members also reacted, roaring as they prepared their assaults.
Facing the overwhelming barrage of spirit-particle attacks filling the sky, Qin Yi stepped forward.
At that moment, he did not even bother to dodge.
"Attacks like these are nothing more than a scratch."
Under the stunned gazes of everyone before him, he simply stood there and allowed the arrows to pierce through him.
Yet what shocked them even more was that when Qin Yi walked out from the barrage, he was completely unharmed.
"Who exactly are you?!"
Haschwalth roared. His body had already transformed as he activated Blut Vene, his expression extremely grim while spirit particles condensed densely around him.
"I've heard that the Soul Society has the Soul King. Then tell me…"
Qin Yi's crimson eyes turned icy cold as he slowly spat out two words.
"King of Hell."
"King of Hell?!"
Everyone present shuddered. Before today, absolutely no one had ever heard such a title, but after this day, those two words would undoubtedly spread everywhere.
"Kill him!"
Haschwalth's patience finally snapped as he roared in fury.
The King of Hell in Qin Yi's hand trembled slightly. His eyes contained not the slightest fear, only chilling coldness.
To cooperate with a vicious tiger, one first had to demonstrate one's own value. Qin Yi was more than willing to let the people before him understand just how powerful he truly was.
At the same time, he hoped to use this battle to determine exactly what level the power within his body had reached after growing in this world.
Yet in the very next moment, a majestic and imposing voice suddenly echoed throughout the hall.
"So, King of Hell… this is the gift you offer me upon our first meeting?"
The moment the voice sounded, the members of the Sternritter all froze before revealing expressions of joy.
"Our King!"
They abruptly turned around and saw a man with long black hair and a beard, crimson pupils, and a majestic appearance slowly sitting upright.
That man was none other than Yhwach, supreme ruler of the Wandenreich, son of the Soul King, progenitor of all Quincy, and the strongest character among the Shinigami factions!
The instant he sat up, his crimson eyes locked directly onto Qin Yi.
"What overwhelming pressure!"
Qin Yi's entire body trembled. Then, stimulated by Yhwach's presence, even more violent and ferocious aura erupted from him in response, causing the entire Ice Palace to hum and quake violently.
Yhwach stared at Qin Yi. A trace of confusion, along with a hint of seriousness, flashed through his crimson eyes.
From Qin Yi, he sensed a power that even he found dangerous. That power was already terrifyingly strong, and it seemed as though it possessed no limit at all.
"Who are you? Why did you awaken me and restore my power to completeness?"
That calm question left the Sternritter members inside the hall stunned as they all looked toward Qin Yi in astonishment.
"Yhwach!"
"It seems your omniscience and omnipotence are inferior to mine after all!"
That mocking laugh instantly caused the expressions of everyone in the hall to darken once again.
This man's taunting aura was truly on another level.
(End of Chapter)