How Could There Be Such a Terrifying Ability? / Kyōsuke Kuchiki's True Combat Strength Exposed! Soul Society in Shock!

The Reiatsu soaring into the sky and the sand and stones breaking apart and flying through the air obstructed his vision and spiritual senses, preventing him from attacking immediately.

Here it comes!

This was Kenpachi Zaraki's strongest trait.

Growing stronger!

And he grew stronger without limit, becoming stronger the stronger his opponent was.

Compared to before, Kenpachi Zaraki's Reiatsu had grown heavier and more concentrated.

The icy killing intent and blazing fighting spirit contained within it were enough to threaten a Captain-level Soul Reaper.

The current Kenpachi Zaraki, like Aizen in the future, could "one-shot a captain with a basic attack."

After unleashing his Reiatsu, Kenpachi Zaraki raised the Zanpakuto in its Asauchi form in his hand. His figure flashed, and he swung it down.

It was another utterly ordinary swing, yet its force, speed, and momentum were more terrifying than before.

Before such a plain yet incomparably ferocious sword move, whether it was Bankai or high-level Kidō, it was all useless!

Sensing the might of the strike, the hairs all over Kyōsuke Kuchiki's body stood on end.

He nodded inwardly and thought:

This strike is enough to one-shot Kensei Muguruma, and that's without releasing his Zanpakuto.

Faced with a slash that could kill a captain as easily as chopping melons and vegetables, Kyōsuke Kuchiki stood motionless, as if scared witless.

Yoruichi Shihōin, some distance away, had no time to do anything but cry out in alarm.

"Kyōsuke, look out! Dodge!"

Chapter 56: How Could There Be Such a Terrifying Ability?

Is this all?

Seeing that Kyōsuke Kuchiki still had not moved even with the blade upon him, Kenpachi Zaraki's expression turned disappointed.

Then don't you dare die!

You'd better get stronger next time!

His muscular right arm pressed down sharply, unleashing terrifying force as the blade cleaved viciously toward Kyōsuke Kuchiki.

This slash would kill any god or Buddha that stood in its way.

This killing intent, pure to the extreme, condensed into a single slash that would cut down everything.

The instant the dazzling blade descended, Kyōsuke Kuchiki moved.

He gently raised his hand, lifting his sword to meet the immensely powerful blow.

On one side was a simple slash, but one powerful to the extreme; on the other was a simple block.

No matter how one looked at it, Kyōsuke Kuchiki was bound to suffer a great loss.

"There's no way you can fail to block me like that." A cold glint flashed in Kenpachi Zaraki's eyes.

"Boom!"

"Clang!"

Yet the instant the two blades touched, Dijiang's ability silently activated once more.

The Zanpakuto in Kenpachi Zaraki's hand, already badly damaged, abruptly became a section shorter.

What was more, the missing section seemed to have vanished into thin air; there was no telling where it had gone.

Because his weapon had suddenly and inexplicably shortened, Kenpachi Zaraki's devastating blow continued downward and struck empty air.

Having struck with all his might only to hit nothing, he could no longer keep his balance and pitched forward.

At that moment, Kyōsuke Kuchiki raised his left hand and aimed it at the wide-open Kenpachi Zaraki. A powerful Kidō instantly took shape: "Byakurai!"

White light leaped from his fingertip, finally turning into an electric current like a thunder dragon, roaring and dancing through the air!

"Boom!"

Amid the thunder, Kenpachi Zaraki's body was blasted away.

"Rumble!"

With a tremendous crash, Kenpachi Zaraki's massive body was actually blasted straight into the ruins.

"That was Byakurai? That was Kidō?"

Yoruichi Shihōin, who had been worried about Kyōsuke Kuchiki, was utterly baffled.

As a master of Shunpo, Hakuda, and Kidō, she was naturally familiar with Hadō #4, Byakurai.

But what was with that bucket-thick bolt of lightning?

She had never heard of Byakurai being powerful enough to send someone flying.

She even doubted that the Kidō Chief could do such a thing.

At that moment, Yoruichi Shihōin became even more certain of her earlier judgment.

These two are both monsters!

Kyōsuke Kuchiki glanced at Yoruichi Shihōin, who seemed to want to approach from a distance, and warned her:

"Yoruichi, you'd better move back a little farther. I hit him a bit hard, and I'm afraid that guy is about to get serious."

As a powerful fighter, he was just as fiercely competitive.

Facing an opponent as strong as Kenpachi Zaraki, Kyōsuke Kuchiki became completely serious for once.

Spurred on by his fighting spirit, his aura and Reiatsu climbed even higher.

"What are you talking about? After taking a direct hit from Kidō like that, he'd be lucky just to survive..."

Before she could finish, Yoruichi Shihōin sensed a burst of powerful Reiatsu coming from the ruins.

It was so strong that words could not describe it; even the surrounding air began to warp and distort.

Her mind went blank, and she could not get the rest of her words out.

Under Yoruichi Shihōin's astonished gaze, the objects in the ruins began to float and break apart.

In the distorted space, a man like an evil spirit slowly rose to his feet, his blood-red eyes wide.

His eyes shone with undisguised excitement and fervor, and his entire body was enveloped in blood-red Reiatsu.

The Reiatsu was so powerful and so concentrated that it looked as though he had gained a layer of blood-red armor.

Kenpachi Zaraki's left shoulder had now been pierced clean through.

But he seemed to feel no pain. He simply looked at Kyōsuke Kuchiki with bloodthirsty fervor and rasped:

"I'm so happy!"

"It's been so long since I've felt this tingling all over."

Unlike Yoruichi Shihōin, whose face was filled with disbelief as though she had witnessed a miracle, Kyōsuke Kuchiki looked calm.

He had long known that Kenpachi Zaraki would not only survive that blow but continue to grow stronger.

That was Kenpachi Zaraki: limitless potential, absolute will, and killing intent and slashes like those of an asura.

Kyōsuke Kuchiki's expression was just as serious. "I know you're eager to fight, but in your current state, you'd better not keep it up for too long."

Ignoring Kyōsuke Kuchiki's well-meant advice, Kenpachi Zaraki glanced at the Asauchi he had always used.

He had picked up this weapon by chance; it was said to be standard Soul Reaper equipment.

All this time, only this battered weapon had been able to withstand the full force of his Reiatsu.

The broken sword had become his personal weapon, and it felt especially natural in his hand.

But now, not only was the weapon more damaged than before, it had also become much shorter for no apparent reason.

It seemed his earlier instinct had been right: he could not touch that snow-white Zanpakuto.

From the ruins, Kenpachi Zaraki asked with interest:

"One hit, one kill? If your sword cuts me, it's all over, right?"

Kyōsuke Kuchiki nodded and said:

"That's right. Dijiang's ability erases anything its blade touches. Whatever it touches is erased completely."

"You're the first person to make me use this ability."

Because the two people before him could never reveal his secret.

That was why he was not afraid to show his trump card.

Faced with a rare opponent like Kenpachi Zaraki, Kyōsuke Kuchiki could not help getting serious.

Only by fighting an enemy like this could he push Dijiang's ability beyond its limits and make it stronger.

At the same time, Kyōsuke Kuchiki could gain a great deal of proficiency.

Over on the other side, Yoruichi Shihōin also learned the ability of Kyōsuke Kuchiki's Zanpakuto from the faint sound of their conversation.

Her first thought was, How could there be such a terrifying ability?

She immediately understood why Kyōsuke concealed such an ability.

An ability like this was most terrifying when the enemy knew nothing about it; it was perfectly capable of killing in a single strike.

If the enemy was on guard, the move would still be terrifying, but it would not be impossible to counter.

At the thought, warmth rose in Yoruichi Shihōin's heart. He could reveal such a secret without holding anything back.

That meant that, in Kyōsuke Kuchiki's heart, she was someone he could trust, no different from family.

Hearing Kyōsuke Kuchiki's words, Kenpachi Zaraki looked even more excited.

"You're strong..."

"Your strength is immense! And your Zanpakuto's ability is powerful too!"

"You've even made me think about losing for the first time. But that's exactly what makes this fight interesting."

With that, Kenpachi Zaraki lunged like lightning toward the wreckage at the side.

After being grievously wounded twice, Kenpachi Zaraki was covered in injuries.

Yet his body seemed utterly unaffected by them. He was a monster among monsters.

There... lay countless fallen weapons!

I can still fight!

Though these weapons could not withstand him striking with all his might, they could help block his opponent's bizarre ability.

Otherwise, after a few touches from his opponent's Zanpakuto, his own would be ruined.

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Chapter 57: Kyōsuke Kuchiki's True Combat Strength Exposed! Soul Society in Shock!

Realizing what Kenpachi Zaraki had in mind, Kyōsuke Kuchiki flashed forward and appeared in front of him.

Unless he beat this man into submission, he would not obediently join the Seireitei.

Although it looked as though he had driven Kenpachi Zaraki into a desperate situation,

Kenpachi Zaraki was a true monster. As a child, armed with a Soul Reaper's Asauchi he had picked up, he had been able to fight Retsu Unohana, the first Kenpachi.

Even more terrifyingly, Kenpachi Zaraki, still a child at the time, had actually held the advantage in that fight.