Chapter 212

Haruto casually glanced down—was this the key to controlling the Blanks? Judging from Ryudoji's attitude, it was probably a verbal trap earlier.

My skills are lacking, please excuse my poor performance.

Ryudoji holds a gun in both hands.

However, in Haruto's eyes, that posture looked exactly like that of a monk holding a staff.

"From now on, I will be extremely serious."

The metallic gun barrel shortened continuously in Ryudoji's hands.

"Bankai."

Breakage, dispersion.

It coalesces into beads.

"Mahavibhasa, Ajatasatru Dhyana--"

Eighteen round beads, arranged in a double nine, are scattered between Ryudoji's two wrists and slowly rotate.

"Boundless" beyond the heavens!

Lisa Yadōmaru's battlefield.

"Senmaioroshi."

A simple horizontal slash, yet it felt as if a thousand blades had sliced through.

"Puff!"

Ryudoji's subordinate, wielding a fist blade, was instantly shredded into bloody mincemeat by Lisa.

Blood tremor.

Sticky filth was spilled on the ground.

As the Zanpakuto is swung, it extends and transforms into a huge flat blade—only Soul Reaper who have mastered Bankai can complete the Shikai without chanting the release incantation.

Blanks Possession possess restorative abilities?

That can only be done if the user is alive.

"... You bastard!"

Seeing his comrade killed, the subordinate wielding the double-edged sword immediately rushed forward with his sword—although he was not physically imposing, his strength was no less than his comrade's, otherwise he would not have used such a large weapon as a double-edged sword.

"Clang!"

"Whoosh--"

Retract the foreword.

This thing isn't the type that excels in physical strength; the so-called double-edged sword... is actually a mother-and-child sword with a hidden explosive bomb inside.

"Bang!"

Following the dazzling explosion that captivated the viewer was a long whip made of metal wire, fused together with the Blanks.

"Crack!"

Pity.

The electric shocks wrapped around the long handle were far too weak.

During their long exile, the Ryudoji Clan acquired extraordinary abilities to control Blanks, but they forgot much of their original Soul Reaper powers, to the point that they had to rely on spirit artifacts to unleash their fighting power.

It's sufficient for battles of the same level, but for fighting opponents of a higher level...

"Bang!"

It was only natural that people and the ground would be blasted into a deep crater.

It was thought that with the blessing of the Blanks Star, their combat power might be a notch or two stronger than that of an ordinary vice-captain.

However, the reality is...

"Thump!!"

The sound came from the girl's onomatopoeia— Mashiro Kuna, through his twin hammers capable of absorbing Reiatsu, kicked the enemy's head and blew it apart.

Soi Fon's opponent was stronger than her.

However, due to carelessness, he was hit by "Suzumebachi's" second fatal blow and was reduced to Reishi before he even had a chance to use his Blanks advantage.

The only slightly more difficult situation is for Ayaka and Yayahara Yuyu.

However, the subordinate of Ryudoji they were facing... who carried a "wired guided rocket launcher" on his shoulder, seemed to only know how to launch the Blanks Blade as a missile.

These individuals may be strong in team battles, but when they are separated on the battlefield and need to deal with things individually, each of their weaknesses are magnified.

While Blanks was being controlled by "Makeup," Yayahara Yuyu seized the opportunity and rushed forward, smashing his opponent's treasure with a single claw.

The rest...

Aside from Haruto's main battlefield.

All they need to do is assist in wiping out half of the Stealth Force and hold off the sea of Blanks on the outer perimeter.

Volume 1: 128, Unlimited Void

"Bankai?"

Ryudoji abandoned his weapon.

Transforming the spear into the form of prayer beads will inevitably change the way we fight; the question is, how will the Bankai, which possesses spatial attributes, be delivered?

Same as before...

"Whoosh!"

"Puff!!"

The crossed axes slashed down from Haruto's neck had been a second ago; the barely visible afterimage of the weapons probably didn't even leave a single frame on his retina.

"Tick-tock."

Haruto touched his ear, which had slipped down from the side of his face.

The two Ryudoji's wrist seemed like Haruto's illusion.

"Did both of them move aside?"

Ryudoji expressed his heartfelt admiration.

In his view, losing an insignificant organ or something similar doesn't even qualify as an injury.

"After Bankai, the speed at which space expands will become five times faster than before."

"Puff!!"

Ryudoji raised his loose five fingers.

Haruto's figure flickered for a moment, and then five deep, bone-revealing wounds reappeared on his body: between his eyebrows, on his shoulder, on his right arm, on his side, and on his ankle.

The injury is healing, but that doesn't mean it's minor.

Ryudoji's Reiatsu increased fivefold after his Bankai.

This should have been the minimum value for Bankai, but combined with Ryudoji's Zanpakuto abilities, it seems rather terrifying.

"The number of targets that can be controlled simultaneously has also increased to five."

What used to be a matter of defending against the spatial movement of the gun has now become a battle against five non-existent masters.

"I didn't want to use this trick to bully people, but facing an opponent like you, I have no choice but to give it my all."

"..."

Ryudoji.

This was Haruto's first time speaking since he Bankai.

"Speaking."

"The weapon you just conjured... wasn't it a spiritual tool or Heavenly Bestowed Armaments?"

Although it wasn't very clear.

But Haruto still caught a glimpse of the weapon that had wounded him.

Besides the initial combined axe and halberd attack, the subsequent five attacks came from the axe, fork, crutch, mace, and rake, respectively.

In conjunction with the number of prayer beads on the wrist...

Even the master of Spear and Sword Dual Mastery, Ryudoji, had not been able to fully master them, let alone become proficient in all eighteen martial arts at the same time.

"That's right, those were all transformed from the Blanks."

Ryudoji continues to answer all questions.

"My Bankai will extend the ability that originally only worked on the Zanpakuto itself to all objects it touches."

Ryudoji stretched out his arm toward Haruto, the yin-yang symbol on his rosary swirling around his fingertips.

"Considering the ease of release and recycling..."

"The Blanks is indeed much more useful."

"I see."

"Clang!!"

Haruto had barely finished speaking.

A dozen streaks of white-blue lightning had already struck the lion-headed giant shield in front of Ryudoji.

"Haruto, such a sneak attack is futile."

"Really?"

"Bang!"

The battle didn't even require a moment for dialogue before two Shakkahō struck Ryudoji.

Then it was blocked by the crossed hammer and sickle behind him.

"It seems the only weapon you can use for defense is a shield?"

So what?

Ryudoji, his expression unchanged, countered with a question.

"Of course there's a problem."

"Bang!"

Haruto crossed his arms and met the whip and mace strikes from the void head-on.

It was the same type of attack as before, but the power and speed had noticeably decreased... to the point where it had just pierced through the Blut Vene Armor.

"If it's an explosive attack, it would require two long weapons to defend against."

Haruto slowly lowered his arm.

If it were the same situation as before, it wouldn't just be bruises on both arms now; they would be completely severed.

"Then you'll have fewer weapons to use for attacking."

"And..."

"Whoosh!"

Six Kōten Taihō flew in huge arcs as they attacked Ryudoji from the side.

"Boom!!"

"Although the maximum number of controls is five."

"Clang!!"

The two fingers that had just fired the fireball suddenly jabbed, and the long halberd, which had not yet fully materialized, was repelled by the Zanka no Tachi.