The Forest Giant was split apart, and a fissure spread from beneath its feet, crushing the entire stretch of level ground.
A Headless Giant finally crawled out of the Blood Sea, its body drenched in blood that then ran down the Great Axe.
Countless Demons tore and bit at the giant's body, yet they could not inflict even the slightest injury upon it. Instead, their actions enraged it. With a furious roar, it swung its Great Axe down once more. The hundred-meter-long axe carried a wind pressure fierce enough to nearly tear flesh apart as it cleaved toward Ryūtoji Enyū.
Facing that blow, a wild expression appeared on Enyū's face. He plunged his Zanpakuto into his own body. Then, his once-muscular frame visibly withered and shrank, all the flesh and blood in his body flowing into the blade at that moment.
Though his body became decayed and rotten, Enyū's soul burned hot with the intense flame known as vengeance.
That flame scorched his shattered memories, scorched the resentment and regrets of his parents and elders in their final moments, scorched that utterly pitch-black past.
The blade trembled faintly. Fresh blood coated the crimson sword, blood named hatred.
With a throat that was nearly dry, he tore at his rotting flesh like an aged venomous snake struggling on the verge of death, spitting his final trace of poison at Asano Kiyoshi: "You! You're a pack of liars who toy with power! A flock of crows hiding in the shadows! A thousand years have passed, yet your souls still reek of that nauseating stench!"
After saying that, all of Enyū's flesh and blood was completely absorbed by the Zanpakuto, leaving only the dark green robe representing the Ryūtoji Clan to drift down to the ground.
Blood flowed down the blade and seeped