Yhwach fled into the Soul King Palace

A few minutes later, the Space Blade completely destroyed the Royal Palace.

The sturdy wall collapsed with a crash, and Retsu Unohana, who was guarding outside the door, was almost hit by the collapsing, heavy Main Gate.

Then, even the spatial folding Barrier of the Ice Palace collapsed with a roar, and the huge space inside collapsed as well, restoring its original true size of only tens of thousands of square meters.

As the expanding space collapsed, inanimate matter was swallowed up by the space, while the powerful Death God was pushed out.

The Death God Captains, who were originally scattered in various corners of the Ice Palace, suddenly found themselves bewildered near the collapsed Royal Palace walls.

To their surprise, their companions were all within easy reach, standing in a circle around Shazo and Yhwach, who were locked in fierce combat.

The Death God exchanged bewildered glances, asking each other, "Should we launch a coordinated attack?"

Clang!!

Yhwach raised his Spirit Particles Sword horizontally, blocking Shazo's heavy blow that was aimed at his head.

The white spatial folds erupted violently, sending out Space Blade that swept wildly across everything around them.

The Death God scattered in all directions, and even the most Haki Captain-Commander Yamamoto had to crouch down to dodge a flying Space Blade.

Old Man Yamamoto lost a lot of face in front of his subordinates and was so angry that his scalp turned red.

But no matter how angry he was, there was nothing he could do.

The battle between the two on the core battlefield was beyond Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's comprehension; he could do nothing but evade him.

Suddenly, Yhwach burst into laughter, his eyes gleaming. "I saw your moves! I saw them all!"

"The Almighty are not ineffective against you; it's just that your power is too great, and your influence on the future is too strong, which is why I can only see three seconds into the future."

"But a 3-second prediction is enough!"

Yhwach suddenly erupted, using all his strength to shake off Shazo, then transformed his Spirit Particles longsword into Spirit Particles greatbow, and fired a series of Heilig Pfeil at Shazo.

Each arrow struck Shazo's dodging defenses with pinpoint accuracy, forcing him to constantly change positions, yet he was still hit by the sixth Heilig Pfeil.

The Heilig Pfeil exploded the moment it hit, sending up clouds of smoke that completely enveloped Shazo.

"Oh no!"

"Shazo!!"

The Captain-Commander silently took off the clothes he had just put on, preparing to go into battle.

Impatient Kenpachi Zaraki and Ichigo Kurosaki had already drawn their swords, with Ichigo Kurosaki even shouting out his Bankai: "Bankai: Tensa Zan—"

Retsu Unohana stepped forward and shouted to all the Death God, "Stop! Don't cause trouble for Shazo!"

"Especially you, Ichigo Kurosaki, do you want to give your Bankai to the enemy?"

"Everyone! Put your knives away!"

Sister Hua swept her gaze over all the Death God with Haki, and said in a deep voice, "As Death God, especially as Death God have mastered Bankai, you should learn to trust the strong!"

The commotion caused by the Death God had no effect on Yhwach on the battlefield; he became excited after accurately hitting Shazo.

He chuckled and growled, "Just as I thought! I knew my the Almighty were real!"

Having successfully seen the future three seconds in advance, the shadow hanging over Yhwach's heart instantly dissipated.

If the Almighty and omnipotence work on Shazo, then we can take him down!

Before the smoke cleared, an excited Yhwach drew his bow and fired a series of arrows.

The Prince's Fighting Style have World of the Living, showing that even the excited Yhwach is still uneasy; otherwise, he wouldn't have wasted his own power to make himself feel at ease.

As a dozen or so Heilig Pfeil approached the smoke, the Zanpakuto- Heaven-Measuring Ruler, suddenly emerged from the smoke and dust, drawing an equilateral triangle in the air.

The triangle then revealed a pitch-black void, so vast and profound that it sent shivers down one's Mind Stone, swallowing up all the Heilig Pfeil.

Then, the triangular portal collapsed, Shazo leisurely walked out of the smoke and dust.

He casually brushed away a charred mark on his chest, the spot where the Heilig Pfeil had struck him directly, piercing through the Shinigami uniform but not damaging Shazo's skin.

"So what if you can see the next three seconds?" Xia Zuo said with a forced smile, "So what if you can hit me?"

Yhwach asked, puzzled, "What do you mean by that?"

Shazo replied, "What I mean is: you can see the future, but have you seen the result of me being hit—that I can't be penetrated?"

Yhwach fell silent. He truly hadn't seen the result. Even though he hadn't stopped observing, after he observed that Shazo had been hit, everything became blurry and he couldn't see anything clearly.

Shazo suddenly burst into laughter. No one could sense his Spiritual Pressure, but everyone could feel an indescribable aura, heavy as a mountain pressing down on everyone's hearts.

Shazo finished laughing, "Alright, I've completely figured out what your the Almighty are all about."

"Now, try and see if you can keep up with my speed—"

Before Shazo could finish speaking, he left Afterimage on the spot, spreading left and right with the surging wind, and the bladeless Blade of his Heaven-Measuring Ruler, Zanpakuto, instantly slashed down in front of Yhwach.

The speed beyond the limit made Yhwach appear to be several beats slower; before his longbow could even transform into Spirit Particles sword, he was struck between the eyebrows.

Fortunately, Yhwach activated [Blut Vene] in time, and luckily the Heaven-Measuring Ruler doesn't rely on sharpness to win, so he wasn't split open in the head, but was instead slammed to the ground by the heavy force.

Boom!

In an instant, Yhwach leaped out from underground, one foot landing in mid-air, his figure charging straight towards Shazo who was pursuing him.

The two continuously increased their speed, their battle rhythm so fast that it dazzled the Death God, and the sound of clashing Blade echoed continuously in the sky.

Soon, the indistinct Afterimage merged into one, causing the distorted space to form a silvery-white, folded ring.

At this point, the two figures were completely invisible; their movements could only be discerned through the spatial folds left by their battle.

From Captain-Commander Yamamoto down, all the Death God were drenched in cold sweat, their hands and feet numb as they fought.

Kenpachi Zaraki Zanpakuto his Zanpakuto, spitting out a curse. "This kind of battle is unplayable. I need my Shikai —no, I need my Bankai —to be qualified to participate in such a fight."

"Damn it, what's the name of my knife?"

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom-!

As the frequency of sword clashes increased during the battle, Yhwach gradually ran out of room to maneuver and fell into a completely passive position.

Despite Yhwach launching a fast attack, he was actually completely on the defensive.

Because every defensive block by Shazo had a clear tendency to counterattack, and these counterattacks gave Yhwach a deadly sense of threat.

He was forced to continue his fierce attacks to prevent Shazo's offensive from unfolding in order to avoid being killed by a single blow.

However, each attack would increase Shazo's accumulated power, making the feeling of impending doom even stronger, as if he were walking step by step toward his final death.

Suddenly Shazo roared, "Slash!"

Without warning, he switched from defense to offense, raising his sword high with both hands and ignoring Yhwach's Spirit Particles sword thrust, slashing heavily towards his head.

Clang!! -- Click!

The soft clanging of metal against metal echoed across the sky, followed by a crisp cracking sound.

With a single slash, Shazo cleaved through Yhwach's protective Blut Vene, the Blade's momentum continuing as it cut from his shoulder to his abdomen, slicing the Emperor of the Wandenreich in two.

Blood gushed out like a madman, Yhwach coughed up mouthfuls of blood and slammed into the ground, leaving only a deep crater like a meteorite impact.

The sudden burst of energy swept away the dust that filled the sky, and the sunlight shone down again, clearing the sky.

On the ground, Yhwach's only remaining left hand lay flat on the ground. He completely ignored his missing right arm and lower body, as well as the horrific wounds left after his body was split in two, letting the blood spray onto the ground.

His eyes held an unprecedented level of confusion.

Yhwach saw the future ahead and instinctively tried to dodge, but he couldn't avoid it and was cleanly cut in two.

Yhwach's eyes were filled with deep confusion. "I clearly saw it, I clearly dodged it, so why was I still cut open? What exactly happened?"

Shazo Zuo chuckled, "That goes without saying, it's because the future is changeable. As long as my power is strong enough, I can make the future three seconds from now undergo a dramatic reversal!"

Yhwach gasped weakly, "So that's how it is. It's all about power. Just how much worse am I than you?"

"Let me see----"

He finally abandoned his unrealistic arrogance and pride, raised his head, and looked at Shazo with eyes that could see through time.

Then, Yhwach's mouth gaped open.

Because of his superior physical condition and exceptional eyesight, he saw Shazo far more clearly than Aizen; he even saw Shazo's terrifying full form.

"Hehehe, so that's how it is. You, you're so powerful that you're restricted by the world. No wonder you've been fighting with me. It turns out you're afraid of destroying the world."

Yhwach muttered to himself, then suddenly opened his left hand, his five fingers loosely clenched, and from his fingertips stretched out long, thin lines of Quincy Incantation.

Holy Lance constructed of Spirit Particles descended from the sky, forming a huge circular domain, with an inextinguishable Spirit Particles Flame burning at the end of Holy Lance.

[Holy Chant - Sanctuary Hymn]

This is a Quincy defensive spell that combines offense and defense; it is an extremely powerful spell.

Unexpectedly, Yhwach used this technique on all Death God Death God present, including Shazo.

Moreover, he unleashed his full power without reservation, turning external defense into internal restraint and launching an even more powerful attack, which could be described as a forbidden technique of ultimate killing.

Shazo scoffed, "You want to trap me with this domain?"

He raised his hand and unleashed a seemingly ordinary Sword Qi, easily cleaving the Sanctuary in two. "See, it can't stop me at all."

Yhwach sneered, "It doesn't apply to you, but it's different for the other Death God."

As he spoke, he slammed his remaining left hand onto the ground, which was a signal. The Sanctuary surrounding the other Death God unleashed countless Heilig Pfeil, launching a relentless bombardment against the Death God in the center.

"Heh heh, I don't believe you can't save these Death God."

Using the momentum from that strike, Yhwach's body shot straight into the sky like an arrow, dripping blood as he flew upwards.

"As long as you go to save people, you won't be able to chase me, and that's enough—"

At this moment, the Ice Palace had completely collapsed, and what appeared in the sky was not blue sky and white clouds or Boundless Starry Sky, but the inverted Soul Society.

Directly opposite Karakura Town and the Ice Palace is the Soul Society, and at the heart of the Soul Society is Yhwach's target—the Soul King Palace!

With his familiarity with the Soul King Palace and his connection to his father's bloodline, Yhwach didn't need to fly all the way to his destination.

Following his father's aura, he directly collided with a constantly shifting spacetime node. Relying on his own bloodline to connect with the Soul King's Spiritual Pressure, he pierced through the blocking spatial barrier and vanished instantly.

Shazo watched him disappear, but his hands didn't stop moving at all. He continued to unleash a barrage of attacks on more than a dozen [Holy Chant - Sanctuary Hymn].

The Death God captains trapped in the Sanctuary were no pushovers either. They launched their own attacks, coordinating with Shazo from within, and withstood the barrage of Heilig Pfeil, breaking through the Sanctuary in the shortest possible time.

Despite the fact that it only lasted a few seconds, the Death God still suffered heavy losses.

Apart from a few top-tier Death God captains, the other Death God were all seriously injured, with Shinji Hirako being the most severely wounded, his body riddled with holes, and he was on the verge of death.

Fortunately, Retsu Unohana was there. She Shikai her Zanpakuto and transformed it into a giant manta ray, which swallowed Shinji Hirako whole for the most effective treatment.

At that moment, Aizen appeared out of nowhere.

He stood beside Shazo, looking at the spot where Yhwach had disappeared, and asked, "Lord Shazo, aren't you going to pursue him?"

"Yhwach must be the son of the Son of the Soul King. He went to the Soul King Palace; perhaps something extraordinary will happen there."

Shazo replied with a smile, "There's no need to hunt him down."

"His going to the Soul King Palace is the result I want."

"Without Yhwach clearing the way for me, finding the Soul King Palace hidden in another dimension won't be an easy task."

Shazo raised his left hand and, with a feint, grabbed Yhwach's severed right hand.

"Now, thanks to the bond of blood and flesh, and the spatial fluctuations from earlier, I can pinpoint the location of the Soul King Palace."

"With the specific coordinates, I don't need to obediently walk in through the Main Gate anymore."

Shazo Yhwach's severed hand to smear a bloodstain on his Zanpakuto, then raised the Shikai Heaven-Measuring Ruler high, closed his eyes, and began to sense the space and bloodline.

Aizen quickly stepped forward and persuaded the Death God standing in front of Shazo to step aside, lest they be caught in the attack and suffer a miserable end.

Suddenly, Shazo opened his eyes, Heaven-Measuring Ruler Blade actually cutting into Liao Kong.

Sizzle--!!

A huge rift opened in space, revealing a floating palace on the other side.

The Soul King Palace has appeared.