True Tree Realm Birth

After learning that this mission was to launch a surprise attack on Chiba Makoto, one of the Five Special War Powers, Bersi had volunteered to take it on.

That was the person publicly acknowledged as the strongest in the Thirteen Divisions, someone even His Majesty feared.

Based on the abilities of The Overkill, Bersi understood that if he killed this man with his own hands, the boost in power he would gain would be so immense that he might even be able to compete with Haschwalth for the position of Sternritter Grandmaster!

At that moment, a crazed and savage gleam shone in Bersi's eyes as he poured every ounce of his strength into a punch aimed at Chiba Makoto, whose body had been paralyzed by Defenseless and was utterly unable to move.

For an instant, Bersi seemed to vaguely see Chiba Makoto's head bursting apart like a watermelon.

However, a figure suddenly appeared before Bersi. It was Kurotsuchi Mayuri, clad in a Captain's Haori, holding his Zanpakuto horizontally in front of the incoming fist.

"Boom!"

The fist collided with the Zanpakuto, the impact made all the more violent by the nearly twofold difference in their sizes.

More importantly, Bersi had only recently taken part in the raid on Las Noches, slaughtering a vast number of Menos Grande.

This had already propelled Bersi's combat power to a terrifying level. Otherwise, Haschwalth would not have sent Bersi to attack Chiba Makoto.

The next instant, Kurotsuchi Mayuri, who had never excelled at close combat or spiritual body strength, had nearly half his body blasted apart. He was sent flying aside like a rag doll.

Seeing this, Bersi gained an even deeper understanding of his own strength and arrogantly said, "So-called captains are only this strong? What pathetic weakness. Or is it that our