Byakuya Kuchiki, having been knocked back, released his Zanpakuto without another word.
"Scatter! Senbonzakura!"
At that command, it was as if the entire world froze for an instant.
Then, the Zanpakuto in Byakuya Kuchiki's hand turned into specks of light and vanished in an instant. In its place came cherry blossom petals dancing across the sky. Yet on closer inspection, every one of those petals was an incomparably sharp blade fragment, spiraling and weaving through the air to form a dazzling yet deadly sea of cherry blossoms.
Each blade of Senbonzakura was as fine as a hair and moved too fast for the eye to follow. They attacked from every direction, slicing through the air with faint, crisp sounds, like countless invisible scissors trying to cut their enemy into pieces.
These blades glimmered under the sun, no different from real falling cherry blossoms, but behind that beauty lurked a lethal threat.
Ichigo Kurosaki stood some distance away, his gaze blazing. He could clearly see the truth behind the countless dancing blades—the seemingly flawless assault was, in reality, riddled with openings.
A confident smile curled across his lips. It was faith in his own strength, as well as anticipation for the battle to come.
If this had been Ichigo Kurosaki from the Original Plot, he might have Fallen Down without even knowing what had happened.
But the current Ichigo Kurosaki saw through the nature and true form of those tiny blades at a glance.
"A beautiful ability. But if your power's scattered, what the hell are you going to use to block my attacks?"
Ichigo Kurosaki swung his arm blade. At an almost unbelievable speed, he unleashed several Getsuga Tensho in succession. Those crescent-shaped Energy Waves intertwined and overlapped in midair, eventually forming a massive rice-character pattern. Their power and speed