Just as Ichigo Kurosaki was stunned by the spiritual pressure of Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto and Ailin, a familiar voice suddenly reached his ears.
"Shoot him dead, Shinsō!"
A flash of white light streaked past, piercing straight through Ichigo Kurosaki.
The powerful impact forced Ichigo Kurosaki to stagger backward.
That white light was none other than Gin Ichimaru's Zanpakuto, Shinsō!
Even as Ichigo Kurosaki was pierced and driven back by Shinsō, its blade continued extending, inflicting further damage upon the wound it had already created.
"Pfft..."
Spitting out a mouthful of blood, Ichigo Kurosaki reached out with his left hand and seized Gin Ichimaru's Shinsō, steadying himself and preventing further injury.
Looking at Gin Ichimaru dozens of meters away, Ichigo Kurosaki's pupils constricted.
At that distance, ordinary attacks could not reach Gin Ichimaru at all.
Fortunately, Zangetsu had taught Ichigo Kurosaki one technique of its own.
At the same time, it was his only technique.
White spiritual pressure gathered in Ichigo Kurosaki's right hand. Absorbed and compressed by Zangetsu, it formed dense white spiritual pressure along the blade.
Then, Ichigo Kurosaki swung his Zanpakuto at Gin Ichimaru in the distance.
"Getsuga Tensho!"
A crescent-shaped slash over a meter long flew from Ichigo Kurosaki's blade, spinning as it shot toward Gin Ichimaru.
"Whoosh!"
Seeing Ichigo Kurosaki's attack, Gin Ichimaru recalled his Zanpakuto and swiftly used Shunpo to leave the spot where he had been standing.
"Boom!"
Ichigo Kurosaki's crescent slash blasted a ravine more than ten meters deep and nearly a hundred meters long into the ground.
Ichigo Kurosaki was not surprised that it had failed to hit Gin Ichimaru.
Getsuga Tensho might have been Ichigo Kurosaki's strongest technique, but he knew it was impossible to hit Gin Ichimaru from so far away.
What he wanted was to break free from his