Chapter 251
Having accomplished all this, Bambietta didn't stop. She immediately waved her right hand again, and an ice dragon appeared once more.
"This attack can be used continuously!?"
Sasuke stared wide-eyed in shock as he watched Bambietta unleash her ice dragon attack, freezing over a dozen people with a single strike.
"That's right, for Great Crimson Ice Wheel, this is just the most basic attack."
"Is this the power of Bankai?"
Yes, but no.
"What's the meaning?"
"Hyōrinmaru is the strongest ice-type Zanpakuto in Soul Society, but the current Great Crimson Ice Wheel is not its strongest Bankai form. Although Hyōrinmaru's owner can use Bankai, his Reiatsu is not strong enough to fully control Bankai. Therefore, the current Great Crimson Ice Wheel is an incomplete Bankai. The truly complete Bankai can freeze everything in the scene instantly, and that is Hyōrinmaru's true power."
"Freeze everything..."
Sasuke clenched his fists. While he was shocked, he also longed for Bankai. He had even begun to imagine what his Bankai ability would be like.
Li Yue ignored Sasuke and instead looked at Tōshirō Hitsugaya, who was fighting Bambietta on the projection screen.
Because he had his Bankai stolen when he entered the Wandenreich before, Tōshirō Hitsugaya trained hard and mastered the complete Bankai. However, this time, time was too tight, and it is unknown whether Toshiro Hitsugaya has mastered the complete Bankai.
"Oh, things have changed."
In the projection, the battle began to shift.
The Bleach, who were initially at a disadvantage, suddenly became powerful, and the reason for this sudden rise in power was that one by one, Bleach made their move.
"Captain Commander Yamamoto has made his move."
"Ah."
Aizen's lips curled up slightly.
"Because the strongest Quincy at present is standing in his way to prevent him from getting close to Yhwach."
Uryu Ishida Haschwalth, the Grand Master of the Sternritter Quincy was regarded by the Quincy as the next emperor and served as the regent for the Wandenreich emperor, stood before Captain Commander Yamamoto, holding a sword in one hand and a shield in the other.
The man with long blond hair faced Captain Commander Yamamoto without fear and spoke in an extremely cold tone.
"Sorry, this passage is closed."
Faced with the obstruction of Uryu Ishida, Captain Commander Yamamoto clicked his tongue and drew his Zanpakuto.
The oldest and most powerful Zanpakuto, Ryujin Jakka, has begun its liberation.
A terrifying heatwave and Reishi surge erupted from Captain Commander Yamamoto, sweeping across the entire battlefield.
As Captain Commander Yamamoto unleashed his Reiatsu, the Bleach captains also began to go all out. After all, since Captain Commander Yamamoto had made his move, they could no longer hold back and had to go all out to eliminate the enemy in front of them!
"Alright, Li Yue-kun, the Bleach are about to go all out. As long as the King of the Quincy Yhwach hasn't woken up, they can't stop Captain Commander Yamamoto. But Yhwach will never wait for death; he will activate Auswählen to revive himself ahead of time. It's our turn to step in."
"No problem."
Aizen turned off the projector and started walking towards the conference room. At the same time, Ulquiorra in Las Noches began to quickly notify each Espada to gather in the conference room.
The Espada and their subordinates quickly gathered in the conference room to meet Aizen and Li Yue, who had arrived earlier.
"Gentlemen, the time for our final battle has come."
Aizen looked down at the Espada.
"The throne of heaven, which has been vacant for so long, is waiting for us."
Having been spared Li Yue's antics for a while, Aizen has started spouting witty remarks again.
"Follow me, and I will take you to see the view from the highest point."
"We have no rivals ahead!"
458. Captain Commander Yamamoto makes his move.
Within the Wandenreich, Captain Commander Yamamoto brandished his Ryujin Jakka, flames spilling from the blade and falling to the ground. Instead of extinguishing, the flames, as if fueled, raged and spread across the ground, quickly transforming into a massive volcano behind the Old Man Yamamoto, undulating like a tsunami of fire and releasing terrifying heat in all directions.
"Kid, I don't have time to waste here with you. Get out of my sight."
The muscular old man, who had lived for over a thousand years, issued a command to Haschwalth, who was standing opposite him.
Stealing Bankai? This ability is completely meaningless to Old Man Yamamoto, because he doesn't even need Bankai to kill the brat in front of him.
"I'm sorry, but as His Majesty's advisor, I will stop anyone from harming His Majesty."
Facing the towering flames, Haschwalth coldly replied while raising his shield. He showed no fear in the face of Old Man Yamamoto's terrifying Reiatsu and the flames.
"Then use your soul to bear the flames, brat!"
Captain Commander Yamamoto wielded Ryujin Jakka and slashed directly at Haschwalth.
Facing the incoming Ryujin Jakka, Haschwalth fearlessly swung his sword back.
The two swords collided instantly, flames erupted, and a violent explosion, like a volcanic eruption, was triggered at the point of impact.
"That's the Captain-Commander's Reiatsu."
The Bleach all looked toward the direction from which the flames erupted.
"Hey, Old Man Yama this ruthless right from the start?"
Captain Shunsui Kyoraku of the Eighth Division looked in the direction the flames exploded and couldn't help but sigh.
"That makes sense, after all, that was Old Man Yama's enemy a thousand years ago. If you're not careful, you could easily mess things up."
"However, the Reiatsu on the ground doesn't seem weak either. I didn't expect there to be such a good Reiatsu besides Yhwach."
Flames erupted, Captain Commander Yamamoto's Reiatsu raged outwards, but Haschwalth's Reiatsu remained intact in front of him. This attack did not kill his Captain Commander Yamamoto outright.
Old Man Yamamoto stared at the shield in the other man's hand, his gaze narrowing slightly.
"You used that shield to block my flames? But how many times can your shield withstand that?"
The Miracle is the name of the shield that Haschwalth carries; it is a special defensive piece of equipment used to complement his abilities.
As the emperor's advisor and the grandmaster of the Sternritter, Haschwalth possesses the power to the Balance.
By directly inflicting misfortune upon the opponent with his sword, the things imbued with misfortune become extremely fragile in the face of his power. For example, a powerful Zanpakuto becomes fragile due to misfortune and can be cut in two with a single sword strike. Powerful Kido attacks also become ethereal due to misfortune and can be shattered with a single sword strike.
When a sword cannot bring misfortune to the other party, it means that the other party possesses a certain degree of good fortune. By collecting misfortune from around the world to offset the other party's good fortune, the balance is corrected. Therefore, the good fortune that the other party bestows upon you to cause harm will be forced to bear an equal amount of misfortune.
At the same time, the misfortune that befalls him will be borne by the [The Miracle], and the damage will be reflected back to the opponent, putting them in the face of annihilation.
Just now, he used his sword to collide with Old Man Yamamoto's Ryujin Jakka, trying to bring misfortune upon Ryujin Jakka, but unfortunately he failed, because the amount of misfortune that Old Man Yamamoto's luck needed to offset was too great, and the flames that erupted from Old Man Yamamoto's slash were also blocked by his the Miracle.
To his surprise, after the Miracle blocked one attack, a third of its surface was covered with cracks.
In other words, if it takes two more blows, the shield will break because it can no longer withstand enough misfortune, and then it will be he who suffers the misfortune.
"It's truly astonishing; your power is far greater than I imagined."
Although they had been observing and collecting data on the Bleach, Old Man Yamamoto's data was still far more terrifying than what they had collected; the very first strike had brought him such a profound shock.
"Hmph, you can already be proud. Being able to withstand my flames head-on is something that no one in the Gotei 13 can do."
Even his proud students, Shunsui Kyoraku and Jūshirō Ukitake, could not easily withstand Ryujin Jakka's flames without using their Zanpakuto abilities.
Old Man Yamamoto didn't know what Haschwalth's abilities were, but the fact that the other party had actually swallowed his flames showed that he was indeed quite capable.
"However, this means we can no longer continue to confront them head-on."
Haschwalth gripped the Miracle and charged at Old Man Yamamoto once more.
"Hmph~ Instead of running away, you're charging at me again. Your courage is commendable!"
The Old Man Yamamoto uttered words similar to those of that man, and swung his sword at Haschwalth. Haschwalth also swung his sword, but this time, the instant his sword collided with Ryujin Jakka's, he immediately activated Hirenkyaku and disappeared from Old Man Yamamoto's sight.
The flames still erupted, but Haschwalth used his Blut Vene to block them and dodged them with a timely Hirenkyaku. This time, he didn't take the flames head-on.
"Um?"
Old Man Yamamoto looked at Haschwalth, who had suddenly rushed up and retreated immediately after a simple collision, with some confusion. However, he did not care. He was good at overwhelming people with force and did not care what tricks the other party had. No matter what tricks they had, he only needed to swing his sword and kill them.
Old Man Yamamoto took the initiative to step forward and swung Ryujin Jakka at Haschwalth. On the other side, Haschwalth, just like before, rushed up again, quickly swinging his sword to collide with Ryujin Jakka, and then quickly leaving, repeating this continuously.
After several attempts, Old Man Yamamoto finally couldn't hold back any longer.
"I've lost interest in your boring, time-wasting tricks!"
He slashed the ground with his right-hand Ryujin Jakka.
"Encirclement of Fire!"
The massive wall of fire spread out from Old Man Yamamoto, drawing a huge circle tens of meters high, encircling Haschwalth and Old Man Yamamoto.
"Kid, you have nowhere to run now!"
No, I don't need it anymore.
Haschwalth's expression was indifferent. Behind him appeared a huge scale, with the left side pressed down and the right side raised high. Haschwalth stood on the right side of the scale.
"The reconciliation is complete, and the scales of fortune have tipped in my favor."
As Haschwalth spoke, the scales began to shift, slowly regaining their balance before accelerating their tilt toward the right side where Haschwalth was.
His numerous clashes with Ryujin Jakka have allowed him to successfully infuse Ryujin Jakka with the misfortune he collected from the world, and now he believes he can cut through Ryujin Jakka!
"Now, it's your turn. I will cut the blade in your hand!"
Haschwalth charged at the Old Man Yamamoto, wielding his sword and slashing directly at Yamamoto's Ryujin Jakka.
"How arrogant!"
Faced with Haschwalth's sword, the Old Man Yamamoto's eyes widened, and his already terrifying Reiatsu surged again. He swung Ryujin Jakka directly at Haschwalth.
Swords clashed with blades, and Haschwalth's eyes widened.
The expected severing of Ryujin Jakka did not occur; instead, flames erupting from Ryujin Jakka shot straight towards his forehead.
Unable to withstand the Blut Vene, Haschwalth hurriedly used the Miracle to defend himself. However, the cost was that after retreating, the Miracle was covered in cracks. It didn't even need a third attack; the second attack was enough to break the shield. It would shatter if it took any more damage!
"The scales have been tipped once again..."
Haschwalth's face finally showed a solemn expression, and the scales behind him, which had originally tilted to the right, now tilted directly to the left.
The scales that had initially tipped in his favor tipped back in favor of Old Man Yamamoto.
"You brat, prepare to die!"
Faced with this situation, the Old Man Yamamoto gave Haschwalth no more time to escape. Flash Step appeared in front of Haschwalth and swung his sword down.
459. Sasuke: I'm fighting Captain level? Really?
The volcano erupted again, and this time, the eruption area was twice as large as before. After this eruption, the situation in Haschwalth was much more dire than before.
"It seems you're quite reluctant to part with that shield you're holding."
Old Man Yamamoto gripped Ryujin Jakka and looked disdainfully at Haschwalth opposite him.
"At the instant the flames erupted directly in front of me, you slipped into the shadows behind me, thus dodging my attack. In order to protect the shield in your hand, you exposed your ability to infiltrate other people's shadows. It seems you have made a choice."
As Old Man Yamamoto said, when Old Man Yamamoto attacked, Haschwalth chose to infiltrate Old Man Yamamoto's shadow to avoid his attack. This was an ability that the Quincy Old Man Yamamoto not previously revealed. In fact, it was an ability that all the Quincy of the Sternritter possessed, and it was this ability that allowed them to establish the Wandenreich in the shadow of the Seireitei.
But now, he has no choice but to expose himself.
"As expected of the strongest Bleach in a thousand years, I admit I underestimated your abilities."
Haschwalth's expression was not good. He did not expect that his powerful the Balance would fail on the Old Man Yamamoto. The other party's Reiatsu was more terrifying than he had imagined. In particular, the other party had not even activated Bankai yet, but was only in Shikai. The increase in Reiatsu made the Balance that he had already completed become ineffective.
Is this the Grim Bleach nearly killed Yhwach a thousand years ago?
"Kid, if you have any other trump cards, bring them all out at once, or I'll take your life with the next strike!"
Old Man Yamamoto issued the kill order, and Haschwalth understood that if he didn't take it seriously, Old Man Yamamoto's next strike would really kill him.
If that's the case, then the only option against Old Man Yamamoto is to use the Vollständig.
The Vollständig is a powerful force wielded by members of the Sternritter, capable of explosively enhancing the combat power of Quincy. Only Sternritter who have obtained the Schrift can use it.
As the Grand Master of the Sternritter, Haschwalth could naturally use it, but once he did, it would mean revealing his greatest trump card, just like the Bankai of the Bleach, which represents the strongest power of the Bleach. The Vollständig is also the strongest power of the Sternritter.
But can this strongest power defeat the strongest Bleach in a thousand years?
With this thought in mind, Haschwalth hesitated about whether to use up the Vollständig. Just as he was hesitating, a figure appeared behind him.