This Time, I Can Burn to My Heart's Content!

"With that many Ceros, can you block every last one?"

"Even if you can, can your companions behind you block them too?"

"If you just stand there taking hits, you don't stand a chance."

Whispering one line after another, the Adjuchas hid among the Gillians and watched Kyōsuke Kuchiki's reaction.

It wanted to find a trace of unease on that face.

This young Soul Reaper was truly bizarre. Not only were his Reiatsu and combat strength unreasonably powerful,

his Kidō had also opened the Adjuchas's eyes.

He cast all kinds of high-level Kidō at will. A clap of his hands gave him whatever he wanted, and their power was immense.

That was why the Adjuchas had been intent on using sneak attacks throughout their fight just now.

It had no chance of winning in a head-on battle.

But when Kyōsuke Kuchiki heard the Adjuchas's words, he nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, that's true."

"If they protect you with Negación, things will get troublesome too."

"And never going on the offensive won't solve the problem. In that case, I'll just have to kill every last one of you."

"Hey, what the hell are you talking about, bastard? Have you gone mad?"

The Adjuchas looked utterly bewildered at those words.

For a moment, it even wondered if this guy had been scared out of his wits and lost his mind!

Even though Kyōsuke Kuchiki was acting strangely, the Adjuchas didn't forget to activate its concealment ability and keep changing positions.

It really had been beaten into fear by this powerful Soul Reaper.

That fight just now had nearly left it traumatized.

It hadn't even counted as a fight. It had been a one-sided beating.

In truth, however, Kyōsuke Kuchiki was perfectly calm.

By the time the Dankū barrier he had cast was on the verge of collapse, Kyōsuke Kuchiki had already made all his preparations.

He had been careful to conserve his Reiatsu, and now it was finally paying off.

"Resound with bombardment, Dijiang!"

Without hesitation, Kyōsuke Kuchiki released his Zanpakuto's Shikai once more.

Now, his Reiatsu, Kidō, and the talismans of the Heaven Communicating Talisman Art were all amplified tenfold.

Since awakening this ability, Kyōsuke Kuchiki had never gone all out.

First, because it consumed a great deal and caused a huge commotion;

second, because he had no suitable target.

Now, under the pressure of battle, Kyōsuke Kuchiki's potential was brought further into play.

He used a finishing move that had previously existed only in his imagination.

Gin Ichimaru and the other Soul Reapers stared unblinkingly at Kyōsuke Kuchiki, all eager to see what powerful means this lord would use to turn the tide and create a miracle.

Before today, they would have felt nothing but despair in a situation like this.

But after today, the sight of Kyōsuke Kuchiki beating the Adjuchas senseless was etched into their souls.

They had boundless confidence in and reverence for Kyōsuke Kuchiki.

The next second, Kyōsuke Kuchiki swept his hand through the air without the slightest hesitation.

"Hadō #63: Raikōhō!"

"Hadō #73: Sōren Sōkatsui!"

Then Kyōsuke Kuchiki began reciting the incantations for the two powerful Hadō, one after the other.

Hearing Kyōsuke Kuchiki begin reciting the spells in an orderly manner, while an incomparably terrifying Reiatsu gathered around him, even surpassing that of an ordinary captain,

the Adjuchas hidden in the shadows panicked.

It urged them on: "Hurry up and break the barrier! Kill him now!"

A dreadful premonition rose in the Adjuchas's heart. It leaped with all its might and, no longer caring about recovering its strength, began unleashing thought bullets at full power, bombarding the Dankū barrier standing before the group.

Seeing this, one of the Soul Reapers stationed nearby suddenly thought of a legendary technique: "Twofold Incantation!"

Twofold Incantation meant overlaying and combining the incantations of two Kidō according to specific rules, then releasing the two Kidō together.

Simply put, it was a combined Kidō technique!

But the rules for overlaying the incantations were complicated, making it a highly advanced technique.

Realizing what Kyōsuke Kuchiki intended, Gin Ichimaru's throat bobbed. He was a little nervous, but his face was full of anticipation.

"Even Master Kyōsuke's intermediate Kidō can have the power of high-level Kidō when he skips the incantation."

"What kind of terrifying power will two high-level Hadō with complete incantations unleash when combined?"

"I can't even imagine it anymore."

As for the others, they had long since given up trying to guess the limits of Kyōsuke Kuchiki's abilities.

Because this genius had no limits. He was practically omnipotent.

But those so-called rules for combining incantations might as well not have existed for Kyōsuke Kuchiki.

With the Heaven Communicating Talisman Art, all his Kidō and talismans could be cast instantly!

Even for Twofold Incantation, he only needed to combine the names!

The reason Kyōsuke Kuchiki was reciting the incantations here was to catch this group of Menos Grande off guard.

As though sensing a threat to their lives, the Gillians also desperately drove their Reiatsu and unleashed Ceros.

On the surface, both sides were racing against time, competing for speed, with life and death hanging by a thread.

If Kyōsuke Kuchiki completed his devastating Twofold Incantation Kidō first, the Menos Grande would undoubtedly suffer a crushing blow;

if the Menos Grande broke through the already battered Dankū barrier first, Kyōsuke Kuchiki would be the one in trouble.

All the Soul Reapers could do now was pray that the barrier would hold out a little longer.

At the same time, they didn't dare focus their attention over there at all.

The Gillians and the Adjuchas were fighting desperately now, their soaring Reiatsu blotting out the sky and sun just like their massive bodies.

Even the slightest contact with that Reiatsu would overwhelm their consciousness and leave them mentally exhausted.

Chapter 26: This Time, I Can Burn to My Heart's Content!

Gin Ichimaru sensed the tense atmosphere in the air, like wind sweeping through a tower before a mountain storm.

He felt even more keenly the immense pressure brought by that group of Menos Grande.

He couldn't imagine what kind of pressure Kyōsuke Kuchiki was enduring at the center of the storm, or how he had held on until now.

But then something happened that plunged the Soul Reaper students into despair.

Just as Kyōsuke Kuchiki was about to finish the incantation, the battered Dankū barrier finally gave way and collapsed completely.

In truth, it was already remarkable that the Dankū barrier had held out so long under the full-force bombardment of several Gillians and an Adjuchas.

"So close, only to fall short!"

"It's over!"

At that moment, even Gin Ichimaru felt despair.

Was this how it all ended?

"You lowly Soul Reaper, it's over! I win!"

"Don't worry, I'll eat you up properly. I won't waste a single bit!"

Spouting arrogant words, the Adjuchas led a group of Menos Grande as they lunged at Kyōsuke Kuchiki.

The pressure of so many Menos Grande swarming toward him was unimaginable.

Their rampaging Reiatsu could directly destroy ordinary spirit bodies, scattering them into pure Reishi.

Just as the Adjuchas thought victory was in its grasp, Kyōsuke Kuchiki looked at the gathered Menos Grande without a trace of anxiety or fear. Instead, he was completely at ease.

He smiled faintly and said,

"There's no way you can be faster than me, because all my Kidō are cast instantly!"

He had been waiting for a chance for the Menos Grande to gather together.

Now that chance had come.

Before the Menos Grande could react, vast Reiatsu gathered instantly at Kyōsuke Kuchiki's fingertips.

A dazzling red light burst forth, turning into countless streams of scorching flame that swept through the air, brilliant as meteors!

They even seemed to form countless vast nets, enveloping all the Menos Grande ahead.

Boom!

Amid the flames, several bolts of lightning as thick as buckets fell from the sky, locking precisely onto every Menos Grande.

With every thunderclap, a Menos Grande was struck by lightning.

Lightning-type Reiatsu paralyzed the Menos Grande's bodies, leaving them unable to move.

Then,

countless streams of flame swept up searing heat and swiftly coiled around every Gillian. Even the Adjuchas, which had deliberately lagged a step behind, failed to escape.

Under Kyōsuke Kuchiki's control, they seemed to have minds of their own, constantly devouring the Hollows' Reiatsu and bodies. In just over ten seconds, the Gillians, each dozens of meters tall, were burned to nothing!

The temperature in the air rose to an utterly unbearable extreme. The heat wave that rushed against them was scorching hot, making even the Adjuchas, with its Hierro and High-Speed Regeneration, roar in pain!

For a time, the roaring thunder, the crackle of burning, and the screams of the Gillians and Adjuchas formed a beautiful symphony.

"Roar—!"

"Damn you, Soul Reaper—!"

"How dare you... how dare you do this to us!"

The Reiatsu it used to defend itself met the scorching air and vanished in an instant, like a thin sheet of paper set alight.

So hot!

The moment it came into contact with the heat wave, its pitch-black skin immediately turned even more charred.

A faint, scorched smell even rose from the flesh of its body as it evaporated.

Staring at the scorch marks covering its body in disbelief, the Adjuchas cried out in anguish.

It kept trying to put out the flames on its body, but the crimson streams of fire were like undying fire serpents, ceaselessly burning the Reishi that made up its body.

The intense pain continued without end, nearly destroying its willpower entirely!

And right before its eyes, dozens of Gillians became raging infernos, seemingly forming a burning wall of fire. It was an immensely spectacular sight!

If even the Adjuchas couldn't withstand the flames, there was no need to speak of them.

Their enormous bodies, as though made of firewood, were quickly burned clean away.

Countless specks of ash drifted down amid scattered sparks, as though snow were falling.

Black snow made from fragments of Hollow flesh.

Seeing this, the Adjuchas couldn't help widening its eyes.

"—How is that possible?!"

"Who the hell are you?!"

"Didn't Emperor Baraggan say they were just a bunch of students who hadn't graduated?!"

"How..."