"For you, it isn't over yet."
"But for me, it's already over."
Ailin paused and turned back to Zaraki.
"Your limit is only this much for now."
"There's no point in continuing this fight."
"Zaraki, come challenge me again once you can fully master your Zanpakuto's abilities."
With that, Ailin vanished in an instant, leaving the wounded Zaraki roaring where he stood.
However, Zaraki's fighting spirit soon gradually subsided.
More than ten years of training had greatly improved Zaraki's willpower and physique.
This allowed Zaraki to wield his power well even after releasing his Zanpakuto for the first time, without losing control.
However, just as Ailin had said, Zaraki could also sense that even greater power lay hidden deep within his Zanpakuto.
Just now, he had tried to control that power in order to fight Ailin.
But as Ailin had said, even if Zaraki released his Zanpakuto's immense power now, he still could not control it perfectly.
In a battle against an expert of Ailin's level, Zaraki had learned that if he could not perfectly control his own power, he would only expose greater openings and ultimately be decisively defeated by Ailin.
Shikai was still manageable for Zaraki, but Bankai...
Dispelling the spiritual pressure around him, Zaraki released his Zanpakuto and headed toward Retsu Unohana.
If he wanted to master that kind of power in the shortest time possible, Zaraki needed Retsu Unohana's help!
Ailin's greatest gain from this battle with Zaraki was finding Zaraki's Zanpakuto, Nozarashi, within Unlimited Blade Works!
If Zanpakuto such as Flowing Blade-like Fire and Hyōrinmaru could be called the strongest elemental-type Zanpakuto, then Zaraki's Zanpakuto could absolutely be called the "strongest direct-combat type" Zanpakuto.
As for the protagonist Ichigo Kurosaki's Zangetsu, it was the "strongest slashing-type" Zanpakuto.
Zangetsu's greatest strength had always been Getsuga