Quincy Schrift: Divine Punishment's Final Form

Hearing Chiba Makoto's utterly unquestioning assessment, Aizen Sōsuke's expression gained a trace of surprise and... an almost imperceptible envy.

Aizen Sōsuke did not refute Chiba Makoto's judgment. With Unohana Retsu's Zanjutsu already at its peak, if she could break past her limits once more, it was indeed difficult to simply determine just how far she could go.

However, since Chiba Makoto had such confidence in Unohana Retsu, Aizen Sōsuke naturally would not dampen his close friend's spirits. Instead, he swept his gaze toward the other battlefields.

Aside from Ishida Uryū and Sōya Azashiro, the remaining Soul Reapers and Quincies had already paired off and begun fighting.

Among them, aside from the clash between Haschwalth and Kurosaki Ichigo, which seemed to remain evenly matched, the other members of the God-Favored Guard all held a certain advantage.

The battle between Gerard and Zaraki Kenpachi was nothing but a head-on collision between two beasts; Gillespie's duel with Kurotsuchi Mayuri was filled with eerie strangeness...

Lastly, Pernida, who had removed its white cloak to reveal its true form as a human-sized left hand, was giving Yoruichi Shihoin quite a headache.

Aizen Sōsuke's eyes shifted slightly as he stared at Pernida's unique hand-like form, silently making his judgment.

As expected, the true form of Pernida Parnkgjas, Schrift "C - Compile," is the Soul King's Left Arm.

Pernida's abilities also seemed to be affected by its nature as the Soul King's Left Arm. Aside from controlling nerves that extended outside its body to manipulate and alter everything they touched, it possessed a trait of constant "evolution," the opposite of Ukitake Jūshirō's "Stillness."

At first, Yoruichi Shihoin could rely on her terrifying speed to evade Pernida's spreading nerves while maintaining her assault and suppression of Pernida.

However, under Yoruichi Shihoin's repeated attacks, Pernida's speed, reactions, and Hakuda