No, those were not real flames. They were an illusion caused by the violent spiritual pressure of Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, making others see flames rising from his body.
"Inferno Hell!"
"Boom boom boom boom boom..."
More than a dozen pillars of fire suddenly erupted from the ground of the Seireitei.
Under Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's control, these pillars of fire burst upward from below, crashing into the ice meteor falling from the sky.
"Boom!"
Flames and ice collided once again in the skies above the Seireitei.
Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto had not held back at all with this attack.
The ice meteor Esdeath had formed by exhausting all her power over ice was shattered by the dozen towering pillars of fire.
Nor was that all. Esdeath, standing atop the ice meteor, was also struck by those dozen pillars of fire.
"Bang!"
As the pillars of Inferno Hell dispersed, Esdeath fell from the sky as a charred human silhouette.
Before she could hit the ground, she had already transformed into a red Zanpakuto, as though it had just been forged in intense heat and had yet to be quenched.
Clearly, having taken Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's attack head-on, even Esdeath had been beaten back to her original form.
"Clang, clang..."
The Zanpakuto Esdeath had become fell to the ground, scattering a few sparks.
"...Sigh."
Seeing this, Ailin shook his head.
He extended a hand toward where Esdeath had fallen and slightly curled his fingers.
"Whoosh!"
In an instant, the fiery red Zanpakuto flew rapidly toward Ailin and landed in his grasp.
"Sizzle, sizzle..."
The scorching blade sizzled as Ailin gripped it, and a wisp of white smoke rose from his right hand and the sword's hilt.
Yet such heat did not harm Ailin in the slightest.
White spiritual pressure bloomed from Ailin's hand and