Lightning That Would Soon Pierce a Friend

Elsewhere, Grimmjow's battlefield.

This was the last battlefield still fighting.

The situation on Grimmjow's battlefield became irreversible the instant Ulquiorra intervened, like a collapsing tower.

"Hiss!"

Ulquiorra's arm pierced Tessai Tsukabishi's chest. The former Chief of the Kido Corps did not even manage to finish his final incantation before his massive body crumpled to the ground.

His glasses shattered nearby. His eyes were wide open, staring fixedly at the pitch-black sky, as if he could not believe, even in death, that this would be his end.

Blood gushed out like a spring, staining the apron he always kept impeccably neat.

"Tessai!!!"

Jushiro Ukitake cried out urgently. Dragging his body, already pushed to its limit by illness, he tried to rush over and retrieve his companion's corpse, but it was nothing more than an ant trying to topple a tree.

"Your opponent is me!"

Grimmjow grinned viciously. A blue Cero gathered at his fingertips and blasted mercilessly into Jushiro Ukitake's back.

Boom!

Jūshirō was sent flying, crashing heavily into a pile of rubble.

He had already been weakened by the loss of the Soul King's right arm. Kurosaki Masaki had merely prevented him from dying on the spot; it did not mean his condition had improved.

Now, he was like shattered porcelain. Blood poured from his mouth as he struggled to grasp Twin Fish Carp, but his pale hands could only claw several bloody marks into the sand.

On the other side, Pernida, who had remained silently eerie until now, did not escape either.

Though his Compulsory Execution ability was extremely bizarre, all rules were futile before absolute power.

Grimmjow caught the opening as he activated his ability. That sharp panther claw, like the scythe of a Shinigami, tore through his cloak and crushed his core heart completely.

At this point,