A Blade from the Past

Ice shards gathered on his wounds, Purple Maru filled them again. He struggled to his feet, unable to understand why these captains were so strong. They didn't seem to have used their Bankai yet?

There was no time to lose. Purple Maru frantically mobilized the power of the King's Seal within his body. As a gray-black spiritual pressure spread, the area isolated by Ryūjin Jakka was covered by a gray-black semi-circle.

Using the power of the King's Seal, Purple Maru created a barrier, isolating Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto, who was threatening his Celestial Phenomenon Techniques, from entering. With the power of the King's Seal, that terrifying old man had no way to get in for a short time.

By the time Purple Maru removed the barrier, Hyōrinmaru was already complete, and Ryūjin Jakka was not invincible against him.

Originally Tsuna was also outside this barrier, but the moment Purple Maru activated his spiritual pressure, Tsuna suddenly fell to the ground for some unknown reason. This caused Purple Maru's barrier to only keep Hirako other two outside, without achieving its true purpose.

Tsuna simply smiled and remained silent at Purple Maru's little scheme, truly not taking his Hyper Intuition seriously.

The sun fell to the ground, yet it remained the sun; Tsuna's light continued to work, allowing the Bleach inside the barrier to continue moving.

"Bankai! Senbonzakura Kageyoshi!"

A massive array of pink katana suddenly appeared, Byakuya activated his Bankai, but his purpose was not to attack, but to defend.

"The Bleach of the Gotei 13, enter the Senbonzakura Kageyoshi area and prepare to tighten your defenses." Byakuya's voice echoed throughout the Bleach within the barrier.

This road was opened to allow as many Seireitei Bleach as possible to enter the battlefield. Now that the road is blocked, Byakuya can only mobilize the Bleach for defense in order to protect as many Bleach as possible.

"Renji! Get the other captains together to deal with that dragon, especially Sawada Tsunayoshi and Toshiro Hitsugaya, hurry!" Byakuya ordered.

With a large number of Bleach trapped inside the barrier, the best course of action is to deal with Purple Maru as soon as possible.

Byakuya didn't know how many captains were inside the barrier, but Tsuna, that dazzling guy, and Toshiro were definitely inside it.

"Understood!" Renji jumped onto the tail of the Baboon King Serpent and rode the giant bone serpent toward the tower of the Sokyoku Hill.

"Sawada-sensei, the captain wants us to deal with that dragon first." Renji found Tsuna, who was the center of attention.

"This barrier is truly unsettling, Toshiro!" Tsuna shouted, and Toshiro appeared beside him, flapping his wings.

"You go ahead and Renji! Leave the rest to Renji and me!"

Toshiro nodded and charged straight up the tower toward the sky, with Renji and Tsuna following closely behind. Tsuna even drew his White Blade and Resurrección with the Sun Attribute.

Tail regeneration, lizard!

Tsuna's waist and arms turned green, covered with many fine reptile scales, and his eyes also turned into vertical pupils.

When the powers of Bankai and Resurrección were combined, a powerful force erupted, and those lower-level Hollows who were trying to stop Tsuna were instantly crushed by Tsuna spiritual pressure.

Purple Maru also sensed the terrifying spiritual pressure beneath the tower. This was no longer the time to hide it. He used the power of the King's Seal to directly grab Gillian from Hueco Mundo and throw it into this world.

Not only that, Purple Maru separated a portion of his spiritual pressure and placed it on the two Arrancar at his feet. The two Arrancar began to change, and two strange angel-like Hollows appeared, with human-shaped upper bodies, no legs, and their wings turned into two huge floating arm guards, their faces expressionless.

The only difference is that the abdomens of these two Hollows possess fire and Lightning Attribute, respectively, in red and blue.

These two Arrancar were sent down from the tower, along with a group of Gillian, to block Tsuna and the others' path up the mountain.

Fireballs and lightning balls were continuously fired, and the Gillian ' Cero continued to block his path, Toshiro ignored them completely, trusting that Tsuna would clear the way for him.

A flash of yellow light, Tsuna appeared in front of Toshiro. It wasn't just one Tsuna, but six figures that split into six Tsuna in an instant.

The extreme Activation meant that these six figures were merely created by Tsuna at an incredibly high speed; it was ultimately just Tsuna himself.

The six Tsuna threw punches rapidly, completely ignoring attacks like Cero or fireballs. With all six punches delivered at once, the six Gillian were instantly obliterated.

"So strong." Renji murmured. Not wanting to be outdone, he burrowed into the bone snake and charged towards one of the Lightning Attribute Arrancar.

Just as Renji was entangled with the Lightning Attribute Hollow, an incredibly fast figure carrying the spiritual pressure of the Kido launched an attack on another fire-attribute Hollow.

It was Soi Fon. After Purple Maru activated the barrier, she also unleashed her Flash Cry and rushed towards the center of the battlefield, directly bypassing Tsuna and intercepting another Hollow.

Tsuna was stunned. What did this mean? Someone was stealing the monster's kill? Thinking of Soi Fon's aggressive personality, Tsuna decided not to interfere with Soi Fon's battle.

This meant there wasn't much need for Tsuna to intervene. Toshiro was already rushing towards the top of the tower, while the lower-ranking Hollows couldn't even get close to Tsuna.

Tsuna casually glanced around the battlefield, then flicked his arm, sending a clump of green skin flakes flying. These flakes landed precisely on the Gillian Tsuna.

Under the influence of the Sun Attribute power, these danders quickly grew into the shape of Tsuna. These lifeless Tsuna scrambled at the Gillian, punching them one after another into the Gillian.

The crisis is basically over; now it's up to Toshiro to deal with Purple Maru. Tsuna, riding his jetpack, flies towards the top of the tower.

At the top of the tower, Toshiro didn't even pause before striking directly at Purple Maru. With a clang, Hyōrinmaru landed on the ice dragon's body, leaving Purple Maru completely unharmed.

"Is that all? Toshiro Hitsugaya!" Purple Maru quickly shrunk his body to about the same size as Toshiro, and with a swipe of his claws, he left two wounds on Toshiro's body in an instant.

Toshiro remained silent, his blade Hyōrinmaru, adorned with several ice flowers. He completely ignored Purple Maru's taunts and continued to slash at Purple Maru relentlessly.

"You don't even dare use the power of ice? Then hand over Hyōrinmaru!"

Unlike Purple Maru, Toshiro didn't hold back. Several ice dragons split off from his body and attacked Toshiro. Killing Toshiro and seizing Hyōrinmaru's power was his most urgent task. He could already feel the powerful spiritual pressure getting closer and closer.

With all his skills on display, Purple Maru 'Toshiro Ice Dragon Armor continuously crumbled into dust, leaving numerous wounds on Toshiro's body.

If it weren't for Daiguren Hyōrinmaru delaying Toshiro's senses, the blood-soaked Toshiro would probably be lying on the ground, unable to get up.

Despite taking so many hits from Toshiro, Purple Maru never used any Ice Style slashes. Instead, he simply used his Zanpakuto to leave marks on the ice dragon.

As the number of knife marks on its body increased, the scratches on the ice dragon's body turned into engravings.

"It's time to end this. Come back, my other half!"

Purple Maru bent down to take Hyōrinmaru from Toshiro, who was lying on the ground, but heard Toshiro say softly, "Don't underestimate weak strength~"

"What?"

Just as Purple Maru uttered his question, he suddenly heard a series of cracking sounds echoing in his chest, followed by a loud bang as a huge ice crack appeared on his chest, with proud ice flowers standing tall in the middle of the crack.

Purple Maru took a few steps back in disbelief. He recognized the shape of these ice flowers, "Ice Heaven... Hundred Flowers... Burial?"

This is a variation of Hyōten Hyakkasō. Toshiro knew that if he used Ice Style techniques, Purple Maru would take advantage of him, so he kept his moves hidden. The snowflakes clinging to the Zanpakuto were the ice flowers of Hyōten Hyakkasō.

Toshiro repeatedly slashed the snowflakes into Purple Maru's body. By the time Purple Maru discovered the ice flowers, they had already taken root. They would use Purple Maru's spiritual pressure as nourishment, continuously absorbing nutrients and eventually devouring Purple Maru.

"Impossible! Are you kidding me!"

With a look of utter disarray, Purple Maru ripped the ice flower from his chest. As he pulled the flower out, the ice along with it instantly turned Purple Maru's chest into several pieces of shattered ice.

"I knew it! How could mere ice flowers possibly do anything to me!"

Just as Purple Maru was about to become arrogant, she heard that annoying voice again, "How did you know? I only buried a few snowflakes..."

As Toshiro slowly stood up, the cracking sounds from Purple Maru's body increased, and more and more ice flowers bloomed along the cracks in his body.

"If I can defeat you once with my weak body, I can defeat you a second time!" Toshiro said firmly.

In Toshiro's eyes, the version of himself who dared not attack Kusaka in the past was undoubtedly much weaker, and that time, thanks to Kusaka's help, he won the right to use Hyōrinmaru despite being weaker.

This time, Toshiro never considered that he would lose. Although Purple Maru, who used the power of the King's Seal and mobilized ice-attribute power, was indeed very strong, he was certain that he would win.

There was nothing Purple Maru could do but repeat the process of tearing off the ice flowers over and over again. But the more he tore off the ice flowers, the more his body broke apart. Gradually, part of his humanoid body, which was wrapped in the thick ice dragon, was revealed.

Seeing Kusaka's left chest, Toshiro's hand trembled uncontrollably. Their past duel had ended with his Zanpakuto piercing Kusaka's left chest, and now, the opportunity had presented itself to Toshiro once again.

Toshiro deactivated the Daiguren Hyōrinmaru form, casually planting Hyōrinmaru in the ground. He then used his left hand to press down on his terrified right hand, forcibly manipulating it to pull out the empty Zanpakuto from his back.

Taking deep breaths, images of the past and present overlapped before Toshiro. In the past, it was Kusaka's kindness towards Toshiro that allowed Toshiro to survive until now, and this time, Toshiro decided to personally send Kusaka on his final journey!

Sojiro, I am no longer a coward. This strike is my own will. Farewell, Sojiro Kusaka.

The images of the past and the present completely overlap at this moment. The sword from the past is reflected in the present. The same position, the same sword. This is Toshiro Hitsugaya's determination!