Muken Slaughter

Twin blades!

At that moment, the Zangetsu in Kurosaki Ichigo's hands had already taken the form of twin blades—a long black blade and a short black blade!

Even Chiba Makoto was somewhat surprised by this, but upon further thought, he found it only natural.

Before this, there had nominally been two pairs of twin-bladed Zanpakuto in the entire Soul Society: those of Kyōraku Shunsui and Ukitake Jūshirō.

Of course, Kyōraku Shunsui's twin-bladed Zanpakuto was actually fake. One of the blades existed solely to conceal the "Divine Sword: Mirror of the Eight Realms."

The only true twin-bladed Zanpakuto was Ukitake Jūshirō's.

The most important reason Ukitake Jūshirō possessed such a uniquely special twin-bladed Zanpakuto was that he carried the "Soul King's Right Arm" within him. The intertwining of Soul Reaper and Soul King powers had formed that pair of special Zanpakuto.

Now, Kurosaki Ichigo's situation was similar!

Even though Chiba Makoto had fully awakened all the various powers hidden within Kurosaki Ichigo and melded them into a fairly balanced state.

Then, through Kurosaki Ichigo's will, a new Zanpakuto had been formed. Yet the conflict between Quincy, Soul Reaper, and Hollow powers had still caused Kurosaki Ichigo's Zanpakuto to take the form of twin blades.

At that moment, Kurosaki Ichigo was also examining the twin Zangetsu in his hands before casually swinging one toward the empty ground beside him.

Boom!

No spiritual pressure had been released or erupted, yet the instant Zangetsu swung, a terrifying impact formed!

Starting from beneath Kurosaki Ichigo's feet, an enormous trench stretched all the way to the far edge of Sōkyoku Hill.

Even Kurosaki Ichigo himself froze at that astonishing power, instinctively saying,

"Th-this is actually this strong?"

Chiba Makoto rubbed his chin and guessed,

"Ichigo, in the past, the Soul Reaper, Hollow, and Quincy powers within