Defeated

The tremors in the underground cavern had already surpassed the realm of natural earthquakes. They were shock waves produced by two extremely violent spiritual pressures colliding furiously in the narrow space.

"Hee hee hee hee~"

A sharp, heavily accented, manic laugh pierced through the smoke and dust.

"Trash! Die! Die, die, die!"

Ichigo, in his berserk state, had no logic left at all. Because his Flash Step was thrown into disarray by his chaotic control over spiritual pressure, every step he took crushed the ground beneath him into dust.

Black Getsuga Tenshos shot out in a nearly radial pattern, slicing apart all the surrounding stone pillars.

Facing this beastlike assault, Caryatid God's expression was eerily calm.

The slight wounds on his shoulder had already been repaired by absorbing the surrounding reishi.

Although the Human World's reishi was relatively sparse, his injuries were not serious.

Caryatid God held his right hand in a loose fist. A blinding White Light flashed, and a strangely shaped weapon condensed in his palm. That was his Doll.

Misa.

It looked like an old-fashioned, entirely silver-white blower. But rather than a blower, it actually looked more like a longsword.

As Caryatid God leveled the blade, a shrill hum rang through the air.

A flamboyant smile tugged at the corner of his mouth. "Now then, let's continue."

Caryatid God had not even finished speaking when Ichigo moved.

Now controlled by White Ichigo's inner Hollow, who cared what you said? As long as there was something to cut, that was all that mattered.

But Caryatid God was no longer the same as he had been the day before. Facing the black blade that came hacking down in a frenzy, he did not even retreat. He spread both hands, and the pressure of the wind instantly exploded like a