Soul Reaper: My Zanpakuto Is a Bit Trendy
Byakuya took two steps forward, positioning himself slightly ahead of Haruto.
"Zheng."
A sharp clang rang out from the scabbard.
Draw your sword, reverse the situation.
The exquisite and elegant blade sank into the solid ice beneath its feet as if it had fallen into a lake.
"Let it scatter."
"Buzz—"
As the last section of the hilt disappeared into the void, pairs of parallel blades appeared behind Byakuya, numbering two, four, six... a total of eight enormous "Senbonzakura" swords extending and disintegrating, turning the surrounding area into a sea of crimson cherry blossoms.
"Senbonzakura Kageyoshi!"
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"Whoosh!"
As the Senbonzakura surged towards Muramasa like a tidal wave.
Stepping on the still-unopened calyx in the center, Haruto and Kōga gradually ascended to a higher position towards the moon.
"Very beautiful."
Haruto exclaimed sincerely.
With such ease in controlling ice and snow elements, Kōga Kuchiki's Kidō is definitely no weaker than mine; he may not have had the chance to come into contact with higher levels of Kidō yet, but with his own talent, he has already pushed Hyōga Seiran to a height that is completely different from what it used to be.
"Start?"
"We've been waiting for you for a long time."
Kōga Kuchiki He knew better than anyone else.
But Haruto was willing to give him this stage for his "fantasy," he had no reason to refuse: if he won, he would personally destroy this world that had taken his wife's life and was filled with sin and filth from the moment it was born; if he lost, he still harbored a tiny bit of wishful thinking... the wishful thinking of being buried with his wife.
"..."
"Hadō #91"
Haruto flicked his gun.
A dark, crimson hue emerged from the hazy night, and more than forty-eight chaotic, pulsating spheres were arranged around him.
"Senju Kōten Taihō!"
The Senju Kōten Taihō eight times the destructive power.
This is the largest spatial fireball Haruto can release while in a broken incantation state.
"Hadō #94"
"!!"
In Haruto's hands, the total duration of the Hadō #91 was less than two seconds.
On the other side of the Kōga Kuchiki—
"Hyōga Seiran!"
"!?"
Haruto realized it upon hearing the connected chanting lyrics.
Kōga Kuchiki, who returned from Hueco Mundo, actually included his Kidō Hyōga Seiran in the list of Kidō, and it was even the number ninety-four, which was more powerful than Kurohitsugi and Senju Kōten Taihō!
This should have been...
This should be his first honor since returning from Hueco Mundo.
"Snap!"
The icy tsunami swept in like a falling curtain of the sky!
"Boom!!"
The explosions caused by the Senju Kōten Taihō ignited one sun after another in the sky, leaving no light. However, the continuous explosions could not stop the advance of the Hyōga Seiran —the extreme cold and exaggerated weight were crushing everything in its path!
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Defense?
No.
Doing that would be tantamount to courting death.
The power of Hyōga Seiran has exceeded the limit that Dankū can defend against. Even with Haruto's numerous enhanced and modified versions, he is still somewhat powerless against this move. Hyōga Seiran itself possesses a considerable amount of mass, Kōga Kuchiki has almost reached the pinnacle in terms of Reiatsu -mass conversion.
"Hadō #88!"
The gun was pointed out.
He crossed his palms and pushed them towards the sky.
"Hiryū Gekizoku Shinten Raihō - Modified - Thunder Branch Kirin Heavenly Waterfall Annihilation!"
"Sizzle!!"
The surging Reiatsu of lightning transformed into a majestic Kirin shape in his palm, its massive body even enveloping Haruto.
This is a simplified version of the Ninety-Nine- Hadō Five Dragon Destruction Raiden Ryūgen. Its power is naturally not as great as the full version with five lightning dragons, but its destructive power far exceeds the limit of a single lightning dragon. It is a weakened version of Five Dragon Destruction.
In terms of lethality, it's definitely more than just number 88.
However, since it was a modified version of the Hiryū Gekizoku Shinten Raihō, Haruto specifically consulted Tessai Tsukabishi regarding the naming.
That's right.
This ridiculously over-the-top naming method, identical to that of the fourth generation, is 100% from the Great Kidō Master and definitely not Haruto's own creation.
"Boom!!"
The Thunder Branch Kirin crashed violently into the Hyōga Seiran.
Faced with the ice tsunami whose mass had been weakened by the Hadō #91, the lightning-type Kidō, known for its destructive power, achieved the expected results: with a piercing friction sound, Hyōga Seiran was blasted into hundreds of pieces of varying sizes in mid-air.
It's not time to relax yet.
Just as Haruto was about to use Shunpo to create distance, he heard Kōga Kuchiki's voice as if it were right next to his ear—even though it had been shattered by the Thunder Branch Kirin, these ice crystals that fell from the sky like meteorites still possessed considerable destructive power.
"Hyōga Seiran, Scattered Birds Nest Flowers!"
"Smack!"
The ice crystals falling from mid-air shattered and transformed into ice birds, which shot towards Haruto in extremely irregular flight paths!
"Da da!!"
Haruto used his Shunpo to dodge the birds one by one.
They not only have exceptionally sharp beaks and wings, but they can also transform into blooming ice flowers during impact.
The intense chill can be felt on the skin even at a distance of more than half a meter.
You need to know.
This thing is only about the size of a palm.
Whether their blooming of over a hundred ice flowers could instantly kill someone is unknown to Haruto, but if they continue to generate like this, Haruto might not even have a place to stand.
"Call!!"
The extremely cold air became hot as it was inhaled into the abdominal cavity, accompanied by an exaggerated expansion of the chest, and the Heat flames shooting out from the corners of the mouth and the tip of the nose.
"Bakudō #96: Fire-Burned Castle Walls!"
Modification of Jōkaku Enjō.
Instead of using fire-type Reiatsu to block, it strikes the opponent directly. Because it doesn't require sacrificing an arm, its destructive power is not as great as the same-round "Ittō Kasō," but its killing range is significantly improved.
"Laugh!!"
With a single blow.
The raging flames turned all the ice birds in the sky into water vapor, and the uncomfortably cold temperature began to rise rapidly.
"Hadō #99!"
It's not over yet.
As a sea of blazing fire erupted from his mouth, Haruto's chanting arose amidst his muffled breaths; releasing Kidō at the cost of damaging his lungs and trachea was naturally to free his hands to unleash an even stronger Kidō:
"The Flame Dragon Destruction!!"
The frigid environment on the Ice Flower was ultimately unfavorable for Haruto's battle.
Although he could also use Hyōga Seiran, his mastery of ice-type Kidō was far inferior to that of Kuchiki Kōga Kuchiki, so he could only constantly change tactics to try to gain an advantage through his methods.
In the brief moment when the temperature warmed up completely after the Fire-Burned Castle Walls, Haruto decided to utterly destroy this beautiful stage.
"Aww!!"
Accompanied by the chanting as they reached the finish line.
Three blazing fire dragons burst forth from the sky and arrived at the Kōga in an instant!
"Hyōga Seiran - Sealing the Silver World!"
"――"
"Boom!!"
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Volume 1: Chapter 171, Standing at the Peak
"Boom!"
Only half of the magnificent ice flowers remain.
"Crack!"
The ice wall in Kōga Kuchiki shattered with a deafening roar.
"Vacuum Prism Wall Ice Formation"
This is his most powerful self-created defensive Kidō.
It possesses dual resistance to elements and impacts, and its strength is no less than that of the Bakudō of Number 94 and Number 95.
Even so.
Despite the clash of ultimate skills with diametrically opposed attributes, the seemingly impenetrable ice array still crumbled and cracked.
It's scrapped.
Same.
Haruto on the other side wasn't in much better shape either.
"The Blazing Heaven-Covering Sevenfold Water Heaven Kyōmon"
--The blame for this name can't be placed on Tessai Tsukabishi. In essence, it's about using the Water Heaven Kyōmon seven times in a row to counteract and eliminate elemental explosions through "explosive reactive armor".
Certainly.
Such an elaborate defense was easily dismantled.
Soul Reaper are ultimately better at offense than defense; to achieve what Haruto Kōga have done is extremely rare.
Just look at their exchange of beams earlier.
Even those buildings that survived the high-altitude battle under the ice flowers were not intact at this time; if it weren't for Captain-Commander Yamamoto's foresight in sealing off the Central 46 Chambers and the Noble Assembly area, those two places would probably have become Purgatory on earth by now.
Although...
Ninety-nine percent of the people in these two places would be very happy if they were destroyed.
A high-level Hadō of number 90 or above possesses the terrifying destructive power to wipe an entire town off the map with a single move; if the number of moves is raised to the super-level of 95 or above... destroying a city would be a piece of cake.
This is why Captain-level Soul Reapers choose to fight at high altitudes in the World of the Living: the losses incurred are simply too high for the team to afford. Although the captains' salaries are not low, they cannot afford to be so extravagant.
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