"Boom—"
"Crash, crash, crash—"
M Matsumoto Rangiku's Zanpakuto collided with Gremmy Thoumeaux's clawed hand and was sent flying back by the immense force, her feet carving two long grooves into the ground.
"So strong!"
Rangiku was secretly startled.
If Captain Ailin had not extracted the piece of her soul from the Hogyoku and returned it to her during the battle against Aizen two years ago, allowing her reiatsu to improve greatly over the past two years, that strike alone might have killed her.
"Oh?"
Gremmy was slightly surprised that he had failed to kill Rangiku in one blow.
In Gremmy's eyes, everyone in the Gotei 13 aside from the captains were nothing more than insects.
Even though Rangiku was a Vice-Captain, Gremmy had never thought much of her.
That was why he had not used Moving Blood Dress in that last attack.
Now, however, it seemed that without Moving Blood Dress, it would be impossible to deal with this Vice-Captain quickly.
With a thought, Gremmy infused his reiatsu into his blood, and several blue patterns appeared across the surface of his body.
"Whoosh!"
"Purr—Haineko!"
Seeing Gremmy charge at her once more with incredible speed, Rangiku did not dare let her guard down and immediately released her Zanpakuto.
"Boom!"
White reiatsu erupted from Rangiku's body. Then, her Zanpakuto transformed into countless particles of ash that surged toward Gremmy under her control.
"Swish!"
Gremmy slashed out with one claw, and the ash formed by Rangiku's Haineko was swept back by a violent gust of wind.
"Haah!"
Rangiku swung the hilt of her Zanpakuto. At once, the swept-up ash instead used the wind Gremmy had created to form a gray tornado, continuing its assault on him.
"Hmph!"
Gremmy snorted coldly. He had already tested the ability of this Vice-Captain's Zanpakuto with that earlier