High-level Kidō at His Fingertips / The Legendary Technique! Twofold Incantation

"This is Aizen."

The man's expression did not change, but his voice instantly took on an anxious tone, the transition seamless.

"I've heard the news. I'll lead a team to the Senkaimon immediately."

"Please contact Captain Unohana for me!"

"Understood!"

After hearing Kisuke Urahara's response, Sōsuke Aizen ended the call.

He stretched and chuckled.

"It's finally begun. Captain Hirako is away on a mission, outside Soul Society."

"All the powerful captains have important business to attend to as well."

"What perfect timing. I wonder how many of those children will survive?"

"Either way, that fellow will surely return safe and sound. Probably."

"After all, he's simply too interesting. I may have gone a little too far without realizing it."

The image of the carefree young man flashed through his mind, and his expression grew even more excited.

"I hope you survive. You still have a chance to become my opponent!"

After murmuring those words, Sōsuke Aizen finally stepped out of the barracks.

Putting his kindly expression back on, he shouted anxiously,

"Assemble!"

"To the Senkaimon!"

"..."

Chapter 24: High-level Kidō at His Fingertips

In the World of the Living, the Adjuchas buried beneath the rubble was blazing with fury.

It roared, "How dare you do this to me, you lowly Soul Reaper! A thousand deaths wouldn't be enough for you!"

"What a terrifying look. You're still full of energy, aren't you? Your vitality really is tenacious!" Kyōsuke Kuchiki remarked as he recovered a little of his strength.

He had to admit, with Hierro and High-Speed Regeneration, this Adjuchas really could take a beating.

A Hollow's body was its greatest weapon.

With a body like that, it was no wonder Adjuchas were said to possess Captain-level strength.

But a beast was still a beast, even if it had awakened to reason.

The experiment had gone far enough, and he had learned about as much as he needed to about Menos Grande. It was time to end this fight.

The next second, Kyōsuke Kuchiki pointed a fingertip forward.

Tenfold amplification!

"Hadō #4, Byakurai!"

A dazzling white light streaked across the sky.

Like a great rainbow spanning the heavens, it shot straight at the Adjuchas!

"Heh, another attack of this kind?"

Seeing this, the Adjuchas, which had swiftly healed its wounds with High-Speed Regeneration, couldn't help letting out a cold laugh.

It quickly dodged the Byakurai, but instead of rushing to attack, it retreated a great distance.

It threw back its head and suddenly let out a thunderous roar.

"Roar!"

The piercing sound, sharp enough to split clouds and shatter stone, swept through the air and echoed across all of Karakura Town!

"Ugh!"

Gin Ichimaru's brows knitted, and his eardrums began to ring.

He couldn't help raising both hands to clamp them over his ears.

But the sound still burrowed into his head, as though it were ringing out from within his very soul!

And it wasn't just him. The other Soul Reapers were also desperately covering their ears, their faces twisted in agony.

"My ears... they hurt!"

"What on earth is that sound?!"

"I can't stand it, it's too, too piercing, ngh—"

Countless fearful gazes turned toward the sky, searching for the source of the sound.

Some Soul Reaper trainees were in so much pain that they scratched deep, bloody gouges into their own ears.

Riiiip!

The next second, as the Adjuchas's piercing cry rang out, a pitch-black rift tore open the sky once more!

But this time there wasn't just one. There were at least dozens!

It seemed to have poured all its Reiatsu into its call, and in an instant, it had summoned dozens of Gillians!

As their enormous black bodies tore the rifts wider, the Gillians jostled to squeeze through, like a herd of beasts driven on by a lion at their head.

Boom!

The earth shuddered violently, and rows of wooden buildings in Karakura Town collapsed in an instant.

Before these monsters, wooden structures were too fragile to withstand a single blow!

The survivors could only hide among the ruins, trembling.

Fortunately, the central area happened to be the examination grounds, so almost no humans lived there.

Otherwise, even more people would have died.

Still, the Soul Reapers didn't care too much about that.

After all, views of life and death in the Soul Reaper world were very peculiar.

The Soul Reapers' duty was to protect humans, but to maintain the balance of the three realms and protect the Soul King, nothing more.

The Gillians' enormous black bodies crowded together, casting shadows that covered the sky and nearly swallowed all of Karakura Town!

It was as though daylight had been devoured in an instant, turning into an unbroken night.

Looking up, all that could be seen were the Hollows' black bodies and their terrifying white clown masks.

"How is this possible..."

Gin Ichimaru opened his eyes, his blue-green pupils filled with shock.

Kyōsuke Kuchiki was strong, but no matter how strong he was, he only had two hands!

He was facing dozens of Gillians!

Even if he could dispatch ten or twenty Gillians in one go, what about the rest?

At least half of them would still remain!

What was more, the Adjuchas wouldn't sit by and wait for him to deal with all the Gillians.

It would surely seize the opportunity to strike and devour the Captain-level Soul Reaper it had coveted for so long!

Feeling the surging auras of countless Hollows gathered together, his fingers trembled slightly.

If it were him, he would retreat immediately and wait for reinforcements.

That was the wisest and most reasonable course of action.

But...

Gin Ichimaru looked at Kyōsuke Kuchiki without a shred of doubt in his heart.

Young Master Kyōsuke would never take the usual path.

As it turned out, Gin Ichimaru understood Kyōsuke Kuchiki very well.

The most direct, effective, and convenient way to eliminate all future trouble was to deal with every last one of these Hollows!

Besides, to Kyōsuke Kuchiki, the Menos Grande before him were all proficiency.

He wouldn't let a single one of them escape.

With that thought, Kyōsuke Kuchiki casually waved his hand again.

"Bakudo #81, Dankū!"

A translucent barrier appeared before him once more.

The moment he saw the barrier rise, Gin Ichimaru couldn't help marveling again.

"Every time I see Young Master Kyōsuke's Kidō, I'm astonished."

Gin Ichimaru was no ignorant, fearless Soul Reaper trainee like the ones beside him.

He knew full well what it meant to cast an eightieth-level Kidō instantaneously without an incantation.

In fact, as far as he knew, very few people in all of Seireitei could successfully cast such a high-level Bakudō.

As for those who could cast it without an incantation, there were probably no more than could be counted on ten fingers.

What was more, the Dankū barrier Kyōsuke Kuchiki had created was surprisingly sturdy and covered a large area.

That single Dankū showed that Kyōsuke Kuchiki's talent for Kidō already stood at the pinnacle of Seireitei.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Several Gillians finished charging their red Ceros and slammed them into the barrier.

Red light exploded again and again. The Dankū was struggling to hold, and its vibrations grew stronger.

What a nuisance.

Kyōsuke Kuchiki frowned.

Menos Grande used "Negación" to protect their companions.

Once it was successfully used, anyone enveloped by the "Negación" was effectively in another space, beyond the reach of anyone outside it.

To other Soul Reapers, it was an absolute defense with no counter.

But for Kyōsuke Kuchiki, who possessed Dijiang, it didn't matter what spatial barrier or absolute defense stood in his way. Either way, it would take only one slash.

Even so, considering that quite a few people were probably watching him now, Kyōsuke Kuchiki wanted to keep a trump card in reserve.

Since Negación was such a nuisance, all he had to do was deny the Gillians the chance to use it.

"Looks like I'd better wipe them all out in one fell swoop."

Kyōsuke Kuchiki spoke as though muttering to himself.

Chapter 25: The Legendary Technique! Twofold Incantation

Whether it had heard Kyōsuke Kuchiki muttering or simply wanted to provoke him,

the Adjuchas in the distance also spoke up.

"Heh, not planning to attack anymore?"

Its voice was brimming with smugness.

Although summoning so many Gillians had been a considerable drain on it,

they would be enough to hold Kyōsuke Kuchiki off for a while, giving it time to recover a little and launch a sneak attack!

"If you want to attack me, you'll have to deal with these Gillians quickly."

"Faced with such powerful prey, they can hardly wait to devour you. They'll keep attacking you."