"Hōgyoku!"
Everyone present was a big shot from various worlds.
Having been exposed to the Bleach storyline in the Chat Group, they instantly recognized the item in Aizen's hand.
They just didn't know if the Hōgyoku in Aizen's possession was his own Hōgyoku, or the true Hōgyoku that had already merged with the one Hinamori Momo had obtained.
The Hōgyoku possesses the law of the Soul King.
In a sense, it is an existence that transcends Shinigami, Hollows, and Quincy.
Zeref, by using the pendant, controlled a portion of Ankhseram's power. Although not all of it, it was still an application of a law.
The reason he wasn't worried about an accident was because the Group Leader was there watching the fun; if anything went wrong, she would definitely intervene.
And Zeref himself also wanted to use this opportunity to comprehend Ankhseram's power.
Fighting against top-tier powerhouses from other worlds offered a better opportunity for it.
One wielded a spiritual pressure infused with the power of the Hōgyoku, while the other used a divine curse that transcended his own magic.
The previously evenly matched situation suddenly shifted.
Aizen Sōsuke and Zeref gained the absolute upper hand.
"Curse and Hōgyoku, you guys are really going all out!"
Asakura Hao knew exactly what stakes the two had added.
However, he hadn't expected that he, the Great Onmyoji, would actually be at a disadvantage.
This was the first time since his reincarnation.
"No, this is what makes it interesting!"
Anyway, if anything happened, the Group Leader would back them up.
Behind Asakura Hao, a mass of red flame condensed. The flame rapidly expanded, transforming into a Fire Spirit twice the height of Asakura Hao.
Although the Fire Spirit could become even larger, for opponents of this level, relying solely on the Fire Spirit would be insufficient and would only waste power.
"Let me show you, Great Onmyoji Asakura Hao's supreme Yin-Yang technique, the power that transcends life and death."
Utilizing the Fire Spirit as a special ability of a spirit medium, Asakura Hao's immense power surged upward.
"Yin-Yang Technique: Taizan Fukun Ritual."
Precise control of Yin-Yang techniques formed profound array patterns beneath him and the Fire Spirit.
As the array patterns condensed, Asakura Hao's aura became even more solid.
The spiritual pressure and curse spreading from Aizen and Zeref's direction were also blocked at a certain distance by the profound Yin-Yang technique emanating from the array patterns, and as Asakura Hao's power was released, this profound law pushed the energies from both sides back to their original areas.
"What kind of technique is this? It can actually purify the curse!?"
Zeref's expression slightly hardened as he stared at the Yin-Yang technique array patterns beneath Asakura Hao's feet.
Although the current curse, under the influence of the pendant, allowed Zeref to unleash his full power and wasn't the completely uncontrolled curse from when he lost control, it was still a curse, and it was actually purified by the aura from Asakura Hao's array patterns.
Aizen Sōsuke had only pushed the curse back with the Hōgyoku, Zeref wasn't surprised.
But Asakura Hao's action was a true purification.
Once this matter was over, he would have to have a good talk with this Great Onmyoji who could reincarnate repeatedly.
Perhaps he could borrow his power to break the curse.
As for the Group Leader, Zeref knew in his heart that he didn't have that much pull.
The second Dragon Ball wish seemed too expensive, 10,000 points, and he hadn't accumulated enough yet.
The powers of the three interfered with and influenced each other.
With the constant collision of energy, the distortion of the surrounding space grew larger and larger.
"So that's how it is. If I hadn't been prepared, I, Uchiha Madara, might have been the weakest!"
The three did not deliberately press their energy towards Uchiha Madara, but the Chakra released by Uchiha Madara, when clashing with the three, seemed to be on the verge of collapse.
Slight differences in the strength of clashing auras do not represent absolute power, but an absolute disadvantage in an aura clash signifies a significant gap in one's inherent strength compared to the opponent.
This was something even Uchiha Madara found incredible.
Undeniably, Asakura Hao, whom he had once defeated, was indeed stronger than him.
But that was in the past, not now.
Uchiha Madara, even with his Rinnegan activated, acknowledged that he couldn't win an absolute strength contest against Asakura Hao.
However…
Under the suppression of their auras, the chakra released by Uchiha Madara gradually began to falter.
"Hey~ Uchiha Madara, who called me his defeated foe, is this all you've got?"
"Too insignificant!" Asakura Hao rarely teased.
Uchiha Madara snorted coldly upon hearing this: "Don't get too happy too soon."
He took two steps back, stopping his movement.
A Susanoo skeleton gathered around his body.
It wasn't a complete Susanoo, but merely the weakest skeletal state capable of enveloping his body.
At this moment, eyeshadow appeared around Uchiha Madara's eyes.
An unusual chakra, different from Uchiha Madara's original Chakra, also erupted from his body.
They gradually merged into the Susanoo skeleton.
The next moment, monstrous chakra surged from Uchiha Madara's body.
The immense energy supported Uchiha Madara's teetering stance and forcibly pushed the encroaching energies from all sides back to the centerline.
The eyeshadow disappeared, and Uchiha Madara was covered in a light white chakra.
It was like a garment worn on his body.
"I don't really like this kind of shortcut, but for now, this is all I can do."
"Six Paths level?"
Aizen scrutinized Uchiha Madara.
"Not entirely."
Hearing Aizen's seemingly inquisitive tone, Uchiha Madara, with an arrogant expression, stepped forward, returning to the position he had just been forced back from.
"I still need time; for now, I can only use Six Paths power in this state."
It could be said that Uchiha Madara was using Ōtsutsuki Toneri's method, combined with Uchiha Sasuke's final method of combining all nine Tailed Beasts to form the ultimate Susanoo.
He merged the chakra of the nine Tailed Beasts into the Susanoo skeleton, turning it into a chakra cloak covering his body, and then achieved balance with Sage Mode.
He achieved a qualitative change through quantitative change.
He unleashed power comparable to the Six Paths, but he couldn't maintain his current state for too long.
Of course, this plan was originally prepared for the parallel world's Uchiha Sasuke.
Because, even Uchiha Madara couldn't guarantee that he could fully enter the Six Paths level before Uchiha Sasuke arrived.
The Uchiha Sasuke of the parallel world was not truly Six Paths level himself; he merely used the high-level Rinnegan to enhance himself, allowing him to exert Six Paths level power.
Just like Uzumaki Naruto, losing the Nine-Tails would drop him to the Kage-level.
Perhaps Sasuke without the Rinnegan and Naruto without the Nine-Tails might not even be as strong as him and Senju Hashirama.
With all four revealing their trump cards, the situation that seemed poised for a decisive outcome suddenly became unpredictable.
The powers of the four might have slight differences, but they were fundamentally in a stalemate.
Kinomoto Sakura and Shana watched from the safe zone.
"Is this what powerhouses from different worlds are like?" Sakura gripped her magic staff, trembling.
She felt that collecting Clow Cards was much safer than watching these big shots fight.
Even protected by the energy emanating from the light pillar, Kinomoto Sakura felt no sense of security at all.
"They are indeed terrifyingly powerful." Kero also looked at the four in the battlefield with a solemn expression.
Although he had never seen Clow Reed fight with his full power, he really wasn't sure if he possessed this level of strength. He could only say that based on the power he had used, it seemed to be roughly this level.
On the other side, Shana, by the light pillar, had already sheathed her sword.
She looked at the clash between the four in front of her, her heart also filled with shock.
Through their contract, she sensed the emotions coming from the pendant.
"Alastor, what's wrong? Your emotions are fluctuating greatly right now."