"Even with the world-rending fissure and the replacement effect, hauling all this up is exhausting..."
As he watched Las Noches slowly rise below, Tao Yu rolled his shoulders.
Then he raised the hilt of his Zanpakuto. Countless phantom tendrils returned from the boundary of the Death God World like reflections, merging once more into an ordinary Asauchi blade. He then sheathed it.
He had now mastered his Zanpakuto's Shikai. He had yet to fully develop it, but from his initial impressions, it seemed to grant him a direct ability to "affect worlds."
It wasn't limited to barriers and formations. He could even directly interfere with fragments of a world!
Combined with his existing knowledge of the Death God World's power and the Transposition Pillar, he had forcibly grafted parts of the fragment—which was no weak piece of the Death God World—onto another world.
"If it were something like an ordinary fragment of Zombie World, I might even be able to destroy it outright..."
Tao Yu considered the matter.
In truth, this "world-affecting" ability was more like interference and invasion. In some ways, it was quite similar to the Abyss's erosion.
The difference was that the Abyss seeped in like the sea sifting sand, without any particular aim. He, on the other hand, could focus his power to a certain degree, like blasting sand with a water gun...
He quickly shook his head, casting those thoughts aside, and sensed the abundance of spirit particles in the air.
There were far more here in Las Noches than in the Real World—not to mention the Soul Society. Yet they were mixed with traces of the Abyss...
"Hm? Where's Aizen?"
Standing in the sky, Tao Yu glanced down at Las Noches.
Dozens of Arrancar had already surged out.
Besides them, large numbers of Gillians