It had to be a powerful Zanpakuto capable of rivaling a Bankai even in its Shikai state.
Otherwise, there was no way to withstand the powerful Noble Phantasm Gilgamesh had unleashed.
After drawing his Zanpakuto, Ailin flicked the blade in his hand and completed its release.
In an instant, the ordinary Asauchi-form Zanpakuto transformed into two Zanpakuto, one long and one short.
They were White Zangetsu and Quincy Zangetsu, belonging to Ichigo Kurosaki, the protagonist of Bleach World.
After teaching Ichigo Kurosaki, guiding him to draw out his true power, and reforging White Hollow and Quincy Zangetsu into Zanpakuto, this Zanpakuto had naturally appeared within Ailin's Unlimited Blade Works as well.
It was also one of the few powerful Zanpakuto in Ailin's possession that could rival a Bankai while in Shikai.
As Ailin completed the release of his Zanpakuto, Gilgamesh had already drawn that scarlet spear. Immense magical power formed blazing light-flames around the weapon.
"Declaration of the Great God—"
"Gungnir!"
Declaration of the Great God: Gungnir was the "Spear of Fate" wielded by Odin in myth, as well as the prototype of The Spear of Death and Binding, the Noble Phantasm wielded by Cu Chulainn, disciple of Scathach, Queen of the Land of Shadows.
Like Cu Chulainn's Noble Phantasm, The Spear of Death and Binding, Gungnir possessed the fated ability of a One-Hit Kill.
Once thrown, it would deliver a fatal attack upon the enemy.
After Gilgamesh hurled Gungnir from his hand, it became a streak of rainbow light, instantly piercing through the space between Gilgamesh and Ailin as it shot toward Ailin.
Faced with Gilgamesh's unleashed Noble Phantasm, Ailin remained utterly calm.
The short blade in his left hand first drew a seventy-centimeter-long reiatsu slash, which condensed before him. Then, the long blade in his right hand came