Top-Tier Clash

Unlike their previous clash in the Seireitei, when Chiba Makoto had taken on the identity of Kurosaki Makoto and both sides had deliberately restrained their power...

It had felt as though they were both hiding their strength and throwing the match!

Now!

As Chiba Makoto fully gripped All Things in Nature in his hand, the Reishi within a hundred meters, a thousand meters, even ten thousand meters around him faintly responded to his will.

Although Chiba Makoto had yet to release Imperial Decree of All Things, no longer needing to deliberately disguise himself as a Quincy and fight by drawing in Reishi increased his efficiency in manipulating Reishi by far more than a hundredfold.

At the same time, the Hogyoku in Aizen Sōsuke's chest seemed to sense something. Its deep blue glow grew stronger than ever, even faintly showing signs of breaking free from Aizen Sōsuke's body.

In contrast, Aizen Sōsuke's spiritual pressure surged to unprecedented heights, as though the air itself had solidified beneath that terrifying pressure.

Kyōka Suigetsu was slowly drawn from Aizen Sōsuke's waist.

Aizen Sōsuke's eyes held two contradictory emotions: gentleness and exhilaration.

The next instant, Chiba Makoto slowly raised All Things in Nature in his hand, then... slashed down toward Aizen Sōsuke from afar.

"Boom!"

Countless gleaming particles of Reishi gathered, forming a Reishi slash that spread toward Aizen Sōsuke like layer upon layer of mountain peaks.

Almost instantly, the spot where Aizen Sōsuke had stood was completely swallowed by the advancing Reishi slash.

In its wake, that spreading Reishi slash destroyed everything in its path. It even reached Las Noches, forcibly tearing a huge gash in its perfect bowl-shaped shell.

The entire Las Noches trembled faintly as a result.

And as Chiba Makoto's and Aizen Sōsuke's spiritual pressure erupted completely within Las Noches, countless