The Viper's Swan Song

But he had experienced the power of Ulquiorra's Segunda Etapa in Hueco Mundo.

He still remembers the evil Reiatsu that formed the rain, so thick and dark; just a drop on his body would cause pain.

If most Quincy hadn't been wearing cloaks, the sheer amount of black Reiatsu rain alone would have inflicted heavy losses on the Quincy army.

He raised the Sword of Hope in his hand and slashed it straight down at Ulquiorra.

"Yammy, if you don't get up, I'm going to make my move." Ulquiorra said coldly, pulling his hand out of his pocket and placing it on his Zanpakuto.

As he finished speaking, a red and black Reiatsu burst forth from the massive body of the fallen Yammy.

"Bastard! Bastard!" The deafening roar echoed continuously, far surpassing the force of thunder.

Yammy the Zeroth Espada stood up again.

His dozen or so angles disappeared at full speed, his body continued to shrink until he was only about 10 meters tall.

His feet were shaped like three toes of lava, and lava cracks appeared on his hands and tail. Red and black flames burned on his head, the Hollow Hole disappeared, and the Hōgyoku appeared on the back of his head.

He opened his mouth and roared, "Awooo!"

The impact of the sound was so great that Gerard almost lost his balance and even felt a sharp pain in his ears.

The moment Tōshirō heard the sound, he immediately covered his ears with ice.

Even Ulquiorra covered his ears with his hands.

As the echo of the roar faded, bright red blood flowed from Gerard's ears.

He seemed oblivious, looking down at Yammy and saying, "How did you become so short?"

Now his situation with Yammy has reversed just like it did at the beginning.

Standing at 100 meters tall, with Yammy standing about 10 meters in front of him, it was like the difference between a giant and a child.

He raised his right foot and stomped down hard.

Thud! A piercing pain shot through the soles of his feet, and his foot shattered into pieces.

Below, Yammy raises his head, his right hand holding a lava claw, his eyes bloodshot.

The next instant, he lunged at Gerard's head.

As he charged, his lava claws swept across Gerard's entire body, transforming into a red meteor that shot straight into the sky.

Yammy looked down at Gerard and roared again, "Awooo!"

At that moment, Gerard's body suddenly split in two, falling to either side and landing on the ground with a thud.

After the two halves of the body fell to the ground, the wounds continued to char, as if they had been melted by flames.

However, this charring was completely different from direct flame burning, and it also emitted a foul, fishy smell.

But at that moment, a Quincy emblem appeared in the sky.

The two enormous halves of the body suddenly disintegrated and began to converge toward the emblem.

Not long after, Gerard reappeared.

"The Miracle! The Miracle! The Miracle!" Gerard had grown even taller.

He kept shouting the name of the Miracle, raising the proportionally enlarged Sword of Hope high, and swinging it back towards the sky.

The lava on Yammy's body, like his mood, was incredibly hot and magnified instantly.

He transformed into a massive red and black fireball, crashing straight down from the sky.

With a snap, the Sword of Hope broke the moment it touched the red and black fireball.

Yammy smashed through the blade, hilt, hands, arms, shoulders, chest, and finally down to the ground.

When he landed and stood up again, Gerard had completely turned to ashes, leaving no trace of his physical body.

Even Tōshirō, watching from the sky, thought that this person was definitely dead.

But the next instant, Tōshirō's eyes widened.

As the Quincy emblem reappeared, the charred ashes transformed into golden spiritual energy, which continuously gathered, and in an instant, a humanoid figure composed of golden spiritual energy reappeared.

This is Gerard's Quincy Vollständig, the ultimate form of the Almighty of God, the Giant of Light!

Even if my physical body dies, the Miracle will still resurrect me, allowing me to continue the fight! Until evil is completely defeated.

Gerard lowered his head and reached out with both hands to grab Yammy, squeezing hard.

His body, composed entirely of Reishi, sizzled as he grasped Yammy's fiery lava.

However, unlike the previous body, it did not instantly char.

"Bathe in the light of the Miracles and feel your own insignificance!" Gerard pressed his entire body downwards.

His gold outfit clashed repeatedly with Yammy's red and black, creating bursts of energy that swept outwards in all directions.

Even Askin's poison sphere began to vibrate with the shockwave, cracking and nearly shattering.

Szayelaporro's feet were already embedded in the Riden. He glanced around, seemingly uninterested in the battlefield, and continued studying the poison orb before him.

Ulquiorra drew his Zanpakuto from the sky, planted it in the air, and gripped it tightly with both hands. His hair and clothes rattled loudly under the impact of the waves of energy.

Tōshirō was watching the battle from the sky, used his ice wings to protect his entire body.

The ice flowers behind him were breaking rapidly, and the dark clouds that had gathered were dissipating in the waves of tremors.

About three minutes later, Gerard's Giant of Light shrank to only about 20 meters in size.

He slowly raised himself up and looked down.

At this moment, Yammy's eyes rolled back, his body had returned to its original form, and his Reiatsu aura was completely cut off.

Gerard looked up to the sky and shouted, "The Miracle is victory!"

He defeated Yammy, the Zeroth Espada Espada!

"How terrifying! You're so powerful, how can I possibly kill you?"

"Bankai, Kamishini no Yari."

A very soft voice drifted into the ears of everyone present.

Then, a silvery-white beam of light suddenly appeared, instantly piercing through Gerard's chest and heading straight for Ulquiorra's chest.

The attack came too fast, whether it was Tōshirō in the sky, Ulquiorra who was pierced, Gerard the Giant of Light, or Szayelaporro was studying the venom on the side.

When they were discovered, Gerard and Ulquiorra had already been pierced through the chest by that long sword.

"You bastard!" Gerard angrily raised his hands, only to find his body gradually dissipating.

"What's going on? How is this possible? I'm the Miracle, I could never fail!"

"I've been observing for a long time." A curtain of light was lifted in the sky, revealing the person inside—it was Gin Ichimaru.

He grinned and said, "Every time you are resurrected, that thing representing the Quincy emblem will always appear intact."

Is it possible that if you destroy that emblem, you will no longer be able to regenerate?

"What?" Gerard looked down and saw that the knife had pierced right through the emblem.

At this moment, the Quincy emblem hidden in his body shattered and fell to the ground in fragments.

Gerard roared, "Your Yhwach!" and his figure gradually dissipated and disappeared.

Ulquiorra, looking down at the long sword at his chest, calmly said, "Unfortunately, you seem to have miscalculated the angle."

As he spoke, he tore open his clothes, revealing the number 4 on his left chest and the Hollow Hole in the center of his chest.

Gin Ichimaru's Kamishini no Yari passed right through the middle of his Hollow Hole, without causing any damage to Ulquiorra.

He said coldly, "If your attack had deviated even slightly, you could have killed me as well."

"Sorry, it seems I shouldn't have ignored you back then. I was only thinking about how to deal with Aizen, and I didn't even bother to remember the location of your Hollow Hole." Gin Ichimaru raised his right hand, and the Kamishini no Yari instantly retracted into his hand, transforming into a short sword.

He sighed slightly. Back when he was with Aizen in Hueco Mundo, he was always thinking about how to find Aizen's weakness and how to kill him.

He had never paid much attention to these Arrancar.

It was unexpected that Ulquiorra's Hollow Hole would open right in his chest; that was definitely a mistake.

Gin Ichimaru opened his eyes, revealing a pair of deep blue pupils.

The next instant, the Kamishini no Yari in his hand extended once more.

Clang! But unfortunately, this time Ulquiorra blocked it with his Zanpakuto.

Gin Ichimaru sighed again.

His ability is the type that relies on surprise; when he launches a sneak attack, it can have unexpectedly good results.

However, in a direct confrontation, the opponent has many methods that can be prevented in advance.

Indeed, the Kamishini no Yari extends very quickly, but it does not achieve the effect of breaking through space.

Therefore, as long as the enemy is strong enough, it is certainly possible to withstand them.

"Gin Ichimaru, I'll cooperate with you." With only one petal remaining from the ice flower floating on his back, Tōshirō fell from the sky and unleashed Hyōrinmaru, sending a massive wave of ice sweeping away like a waterfall.

The cold air and the vast expanse of sharp ice limited Ulquiorra's vision.

"Kamishini no Yari!"

"Seal it off, Murciélago."

A burst of dark green spiritual energy suddenly erupted.

Ulquiorra had already arrived behind Tōshirō, wielding a dark green spear and swinging it violently.

Tōshirō instinctively dodged to the side, narrowly avoiding the attack, but half of his wing was severed.

Ulquiorra stared blankly at Tōshirō's chest, raised his right hand, aimed, and threw.

"Kamishini no Yari!"

The blade collided with the dark green spear, exploding with a deafening roar.

The immense wind pressure blew Tōshirō down from the sky, slamming him straight onto the Riden.

His left arm appeared to be broken. He struggled to his feet, took a few steps back, and turned his head to look at Szayelaporro beside him.

Only then did he realize that Nemu had been hiding behind a pillar in the Riden, watching the poison balloons and Szayelaporro.

He had intended to remind the other person to leave quickly, but when he saw Nemu slowly shake her head, he turned his attention back to Ulquiorra.

"Gin Ichimaru, hold on for me a little longer!" Tōshirō shouted.

Gin Ichimaru gave a wry smile, "Ulquiorra is very strong, I don't know if I can hold him off."

Although he said that, he thrust out the short sword in his hand.

Ulquiorra had just dodged and was about to reach for the blade when he discovered that the extended blade had vanished and was lunging at him again.

"I see, it's that fast?"

"There's no point in hiding it anymore, is there? That's right, my Kamishini no Yari is an extremely fast Zanpakuto," Gin Ichimaru explained with a smile.

Then, the Kamishini no Yari in his hand continuously extended and shortened, thrusting towards Ulquiorra.

The latter tried to break through and get closer several times, but was blocked by Gin Ichimaru each time.

Tōshirō's gaze turned serious, and the last petal floating behind him made a snapping sound.

Chapter 201 The Viper's Swan Song

"You, who once served Lord Aizen, shouldn't be limited to this level."

Ulquiorra stared at Gin Ichimaru with emotionless eyes.

Back then, Lord Aizen led Gin Ichimaru and Kaname Tōsen to Hueco Mundo, defeated Baraggan, and searched for Starrk and himself.

In his judgment, Gin Ichimaru was much stronger than Kaname Tōsen.

Because Lord Aizen's attitude towards him was clearly different.

But now, after dozens of rounds of fighting, the opponent seems to have no outstanding abilities other than the speed of his Zanpakuto.

Gin Ichimaru responded softly, "Could it be because you're too strong, rather than because I'm too weak?"

He actually admitted that he wasn't good enough.