Seireitei.
As the blue Reiatsu pillar behind him appeared, tearing through the Sekimon and shattering the clouds, Askin's departing steps could not be moved even an inch.
It was too shocking, too powerful. The unique oppressive feeling of Reiatsu gradually subsided, turning into an aura of destruction. Askin dispersed Vollständig gathered back.
"Are you kidding me?! How can someone still unleash such an exaggerated Reiatsu after being poisoned? Is it the unleashing of Arrancar's sword?"
Askin looked at the beam of light, beads of sweat forming on his forehead under intense tension.
He knew that Arrancar could be released, but he didn't know that after Arrancar Resurrección, all wounds will heal and all negative effects will be eliminated.
The next instant, Grimmjow, his entire body radiating blue Reiatsu flames, appeared beside Askin, his black claw blades, over twenty centimeters long, descending upon him.
Askin couldn't dodge in time and could only raise a staff made of tassels to block above his head.
With a deafening roar, the earth trembled, and ribbons of blue Reiatsu surged from the point of impact, instantly shattering all buildings that touched Reiatsu...
Askin's figure shot out from the point of impact, and he ran towards the distance without stopping, panting heavily as he ran.
Grimmjow watched him sprint away with his Hirenkyaku, a slight smirk playing on his lips. He sneered, "Escape? Cero can't kill you, then I'll tear you to pieces."
Askin looked at his right hand, severed by the claws, and cursed under his breath, "Damn it, this is really going to be fatal. This bastard's been a completely different person since the liberation."
The next second, Grimmjow reappeared in front of Askin, his black claws reaching towards his chest.
Askin, who had been on the run for years, certainly wouldn't just run into it like that. He stopped abruptly and took a step back.
However, his chest was also grazed by fingertips, and blood immediately flowed freely...
Askin is frantically analyzing Grimmjow's Reiatsu. As long as he can absorb enough Reishi from Grimmjow's Reiatsu, he can build enough defense to prevent Grimmjow from killing him.
But now, he can't analyze Grimmjow's Reiatsu composition. Even if he increases the concentration of lethal substances around him, it seems difficult to kill the Reishi and cells in Grimmjow's body.
Once Grimmjow's Reishi leave his body, they automatically destroy everything around them, making it impossible for them to be absorbed into Askin's body for analysis...
As if he had seen through Askin's underhanded tactics, Grimmjow chuckled and said, "When I was chasing you just now, I accidentally touched a sphere, which caused my whole body to stiffen and I to fall to the ground. That must be your ability, right?"
"Come on, I'll just stand here and not move. Try throwing the ball at me again and see if it still works!"
Having said that, Grimmjow stood there with a sinister grin, his chest bare, motionless, waiting for Askin to make his move.
"I can't refuse such kindness, so... the Poison Ring!"
Askin raised one hand and tossed a bracelet into the air. The bracelet rapidly grew larger and then shrank until it was barely visible to the naked eye.
It slammed into Grimmjow speed; this ring concentrated the 'The Deathdealing' into a single point, causing instant death to a small part of the opponent's body.
Askin was specifically designed to deal with opponents who were difficult to kill, and Grimmjow was clearly one of those difficult opponents, and he even looked down on him.
As he watched the 'Poison Ring' fly away, Askin's eyes were filled with anticipation.
Grimmjow, on the other hand, slowly mobilized his Reiatsu, instantly covering his entire body with blue Reiatsu flames. Just as the 'Poison Ring' was about to touch him, it was obliterated without a trace by the Reiatsu flames.
Askin seemed to have seen something; his pupils contracted slightly, and after a few seconds, he sighed, "We really are incompatible! Is this your power? Ability to destroy everything, even the most insignificant Reishi and air molecules."
Grimmjow sneered, "I call it 'Destruction.' This power grants my Reiatsu and attacks extreme destructive power; it's an ability I only recently evolved."
The source of the 'destruction' is the blue Reiatsu fire bead that appeared after Grimmjow's Resurrección, which was formed from the 'Hōgyoku Power' and now filled Grimmjow's entire Hollow Hole.
"Then may I ask, am I the first to witness its power?" As the blood continued to flow, Askin's face turned deathly pale.
"Certainly!"
Grimmjow lost his will to talk. In the next instant, he appeared in front of Askin, pierced his heart with a claw, and crushed his heart completely.
Several strands of Reiatsu, imbued with the power of 'destruction,' remained within Askin's body, surging about and attempting to destroy Askin.
Grimmjow stood still, seemingly wanting to witness Askin's death.
"It's such a pity... we won't be able to see the world His Majesty created..."
After leaving those words, a huge, highly poisonous field formed around Askin, instantly killing any Soul Reaper or Holy Soldier who entered it.
The toxicity within the poison sphere's range intensified with Askin's passing, to the point that even Grimmjow felt the rate at which his body was 'destroying' the toxins couldn't keep up with the rate at which they entered his body.
"A guy who's about to die and still causes trouble for others."
Grimmjow snorted coldly, abandoning his original idea of witnessing its death, and used the Sonído to escape the Poison Domain area.
He stood still, not daring to deactivate his Resurrección state, because there was the Deathdealing of toxin remaining in his body, which he needed to wipe away with Destruction.
Yhwach slowly looked in the direction where the poisonous field had appeared, and murmured, "Is Askin dead too?"
Jugram Haschwalth pointed to a pillar just disappearing into the clouds outside West Rukongai and said, "Your His Majesty, look! Someone is heading towards the Soul King Palace!"
"Sōsuke Aizen, is it finally finished?" Yhwach seemed to smile slightly, then ordered Jugram Haschwalth, "Have the Schutzstaffel assemble here. Stop fighting."
"Yes!"
Jugram Haschwalth accepted the order and left, while Yhwach used Reishi to continuously draw a Magic Circle on the ground.
Once the Magic Circle was completed, he used his unique methods to summon three hundred Holy Soldiers who were fighting nearby to infuse the array with his own power.
As the power of numerous Holy Soldier was poured in, the dim light of the Magic Circle gradually brightened...
Nel touched the large piece of ram's horn missing from her forehead and said coldly, "Hmph, so you actually ran away?"
Although she had gained a slight advantage after her Resurrección, Lille Barro quickly recovered and nearly shot her in the head...
As Grimmjow's power raged, Tier Harribel was at a disadvantage, was preparing to Resurrección, but the next moment, Pernida disappeared into the shadows.
The Wandenreich is gone, but the 'Shadow Domain' they developed is still usable, though unfortunately it only allows you to travel between each other's shadows.
Ulquiorra also faced the sudden disappearance of his opponent, but the difference was that Jugram Haschwalth came to Gerard's rescue; otherwise, Ulquiorra wouldn't have let them leave.
West Rukongai, one hour later.
From bottom to top, this is the furthest point from the Soul King Palace, and also the only place where you can easily enter the pass using the 'Ōken'... anywhere else...
After passing through the clouds, the Imitation Tenchūren continued its rapid ascent until it collided with something, causing it to shake violently.
At this moment, a strange color erupted from the Yushima and Tōsen, as if they were fighting against something.
Turning to Yushima, Aizen said, "Lord Aizen, we have entered the barrier zone of the Soul King Palace. There are seventy-two barriers here, and we are breaking through them at top speed."
"Okay, continue..."
Just as Aizen was about to say something to Yushima, the False Tenchūren suddenly collapsed with a bang.
"Huh? This barrier is impassable? What's going on?" Tōsen asked, puzzled.
"Now is not the time to worry about these things. The most urgent thing is to find a way to prevent us from falling," Ginjo shouted.
With a slight flap of his Aizen, Aizen stood between the two layers of barriers devoid of Reishi.
Seeing this, Ryūsaki had an expression that said, "I knew this would happen." So, as he fell, he closed his eyes and activated his 'The Dreamer' ability.
Imagine... a spaceship hovering beneath my feet!
The thought had barely formed when, in the next instant, an unidentified flying object, about ten meters in diameter and shaped like a black disc, appeared, Ryūsaki crashed right in its center.
As Szayelaporro plummeted, a glint flashed in his eyes, and the next second Sonído onto the flying disc.
Immediately afterward, the others, except for Aizen, all Sonído Soten. Since they all possessed Hollow energy, they could naturally use Sonído without needing to land for leverage.
Although there was no Hollow power within the Yushima, he waved his cane, transforming it into Zanpakuto through space, and in the next instant, he was on the flying disc.
Szayelaporro suddenly laughed, "What a pathetic attack... Lord Aizen, it seems the Ōken has lost its effectiveness!"
Aizen glanced at him, then flew forward to sense the strength of the barrier. Just as he was about to forcefully break through, Ryūsaki used his Imagination to control the flying disc to move forward.
He said confidently, "Lord Aizen, you don't need to lift a finger, let me do it!"
Aizen smiled and said, "Then I'll wait and see!"
Just when Aizen thought Ryūsaki would use her power to break it apart, the latter simply placed her hand on it...
Seconds later, the barrier vanished without a trace, as if it had never existed.
"What kind of ability is this? How can it make such a sturdy protective barrier disappear instantly?" Yushima asked in surprise.
Ryūsaki didn't bother to hide anything, explaining with a smile, "This is 'Imagination,' a power I borrowed. All I need to do is place my hand on the barrier and imagine it never existed, and that imagination will come true."
Everyone except Aizen had a slight glint in their eyes, and they couldn't help but think about how terrifying this ability was.
If Ryūsaki puts her hand on him and imagines himself dying, wouldn't he actually die?
Aizen was a proponent of the theory of Reiatsu absolutism. He believed that if the difference in Reiatsu was too great, any ability would be futile, so he didn't care much about Ryūsaki's abilities.
Yushima praised, "That's a truly impressive ability! It saved me a lot of trouble."
At this moment, Tōsen also said coldly, "The intelligence seems outdated. We passed through more than seventy-two barriers; the Zero Division must have set up more."
At that moment, Aizen landed on the flying disc and said gently, "It seems I'll have to trouble Ryūsaki to continue relaying the message."
Ryūsaki nodded slightly. "No problem, wait a moment, I need to visualize a path that leads straight ahead."