Named by Concept

"What's wrong? Aren't you going to continue the offensive?" Monk Ichimonji on his shoulder, asked Aizen with a smile.

"What did you do?" Aizen clutched his chest. He didn't know what had happened, but that didn't stop him from guessing that the Monk was behind it all.

"Aizen, your name is now only half complete." The Monk Ichimonji in his palm and said, "My Zanpakuto is called Ichimonji. Its ability is to cut the name but not the flesh. By losing half of your name, you have also lost half of your power."

"Name?"

Ignoring his weakened state, Aizen immediately grasped the key word: name.

"Having lost half your power, and with your Kyoka Suigetsu ineffective, how can you possibly withstand my attack!"

The next moment, the giant palm slapped towards Aizen again. The sudden attack on his main body, coupled with the weakening of his abilities, sent Aizen flying with a single slap from the Monk's Senri Touten Palm- Piercing Palm.

Instead of chasing Aizen, the Monk raised his leg high and stomped hard on the ground, still using the Senri Touten Palm technique. The Monk could use spiritual pressure to condense and amplify any part of his body.

With a hint of anticipation, a giant foot appeared above Aizen's head, mimicking Aizen Monk's movements, and stomped down on him.

If things continue like this, Monk might be kicked back to the lower realm by the Aizen if he doesn't resist. But he's Aizen who just completed the fusion of his Zanpakuto; how could he possibly fail so easily?

Dozens of purple barriers appeared above his head. Bakudō #81: Dankū was not the Bakudō #81: Dankū Aizen. It was a product of Aizen's current power combined with the 72 layers of barriers.

Bang bang bang!

The sound of the mirror shattering rang out one after another. The Monk's moves were indeed powerful. It wasn't until the last mirror broke into Bakudō #81: Dankū that Monk attack was finally stopped.

The Monk scratched his head helplessly. If he had known this insect was so difficult to kill, he should have chased after it. If he had, he could have finished it off.

If I slap him again, that bug Aizen wouldn't be able to take it, right?

Aizen stood up somewhat disheveled, raised his hand and unleashed a series of dark purple fireballs at the Monk. Just like when he dealt with Ōetsu Nimaiya, these fireballs were all Sōkatsui.

Aizen didn't expect these Sōkatsui to harm the Monk. He planned to burn down the Monk's Zero Division's Residence first, to give him something to do and buy himself some time.

"I've seen this move before." The Monk spread his arms and chanted, "Hadō - Third Path - Iron Wind Kill!"

The Monk was enveloped by a golden dragon head. Tatsuki puffed out his cheeks and spat out a hurricane at the fire rain that Aizen was shooting at him. The powerful wind extinguished all the flames at once.

"Hidden Hadō? It seems your Zero Squad has quite a few good things." Aizen said. In the Seireitei, he had never found any information about Hadō. The other Kido that were not in the official order were all created by Kido masters themselves.

"If you're scared, you can just obediently give in." He said this, but the next moment the Monk started chanting again, "The Hundred Step Railing!"

A golden aura emanated from the Monk, which split into beams of light that shot towards Aizen. Aizen, not one to sit idly by, raised his hand and used the same Hundred Step Railing to return the attack.

"When it comes to Kido, I'm not afraid of anyone!" Aizen said confidently, believing that his improved Kido was in no way inferior to the Monk's Reverse Hadō.

However, due to the decline in his physical functions, several of the light rods that Aizen fired were pierced by the Monk's golden light rod and almost hit Aizen.

"Really? It doesn't seem that way."

Hearing the Monk's taunts, Aizen felt helpless. He was under a weakened buff, and his attacks were also weakened. No matter how accurate he was, he still couldn't block all of the Monk's attacks.

The current issue to be addressed is Aizen's weakened health.

What the mind desires, the mind will surely respond to. Aizen felt that the power within his body seemed to have recovered somewhat. After achieving Beyond Bankai, he became obsessed with his powerful strength, but subconsciously ignored the most basic ability of the Hogyoku.

A smile returned to Aizen's face, and wave after wave of spiritual pressure surged from his body, crashing towards the Monk Aizen.

"Oh? It can actually restore strength?" The Monk stroked his beard, pondered for a moment, and then said, "The Kyoka Suigetsu Water Moon doesn't have this power. The one that caused this change is that little thing called the Hogyoku, right?"

Aizen's expression changed. Judging from his previous fight with Ōetsu Nimaiya, Ōetsu Nimaiya should not know anything about the Hogyoku. Why would the Monk know about the Hogyoku and even deduce Hogyoku abilities?

"Don't be surprised. I control the names of the entire world. I've known of its existence since the day it was called the Hogyoku."

"I must say, you're quite the genius. To bring something like that to its current level, I should probably get a little more serious!"

Having said that, the Monk once again displayed a terrifying expression with his eyes completely white, and swept the Ichimonji in front of him, "Dye it black, Ichimonji!"

Large swaths of ink splashed out along the path of the Ichimonji's strokes, while the Ichimonji's originally woolen brush tip transformed into a sharp knife.

Is this the Monk's Shikai? For some reason, Aizen felt a vague unease. While there was still some distance between him and the Monk, he had to make the first move!

Mysterious purple and white flowers bloomed around Aizen. He raised his palm, channeled his spiritual pressure, and aimed the center of the flowers at the Monk.

Hiryū Gekizoku Shinten Raihō, Ten Rounds!

Ten beams of destructive light shot out from Aizen's side, their intent clearly aimed at taking the Monk's life.

Just as the beams of light were about to enter the area of Zero Division's Residence, the Monk swung the Ichimonji and splashed ink to form a wall, simultaneously blocking the attack of ten beams of light.

What's going on?

Aizen could feel that his spiritual pressure output had not stopped, so why did his Hiryū Gekizoku Shinten Raihō suddenly stop right in front of Zero Division's Residence?

The Monk's figure flashed rapidly, and he quickly rushed in front of Aizen, swinging his Zanpakuto while simultaneously splashing ink.

Aizen, who was prepared, quickly conjured a mirror to shield himself. As ink splashed onto the mirror, Aizen immediately lost control of it.

Aizen a thoughtful expression. He quickly used the mirror formed by the Bakudō #81: Dankū to protect himself from all sides, creating an impenetrable space.

"It seems you've already guessed Ichimonji's ability." The Monk's face still held that chilling, terrifying smile. "Ichimonji can blacken anything he touches, causing it to lose its original name."

Upon being removed from the list, Aizen immediately understood what this strange feeling was. Whether it was the Hiryū Gekizoku Shinten Raihō, or the mirror that blocked the ink, they were all erased by Ichimonji's blackening.

Once they lose their names, these attacks or defenses naturally lose their original meaning and are all rendered ineffective by the Monk.

Thinking of this, Aizen's expression suddenly changed. In this way, even his Bakudō #81: Dankū couldn't defend against the Monk's attack!

As expected, taking advantage of Aizen's moment of thought, the Monk easily tore through Aizen's defenses with his blackened Zanpakuto, turning that defensive space into a trap for Aizen.

Bang!

Aizen immediately shattered the mirror space, combining Flash Step and Sonido quickly increase the distance between himself and the Monk, while simultaneously detonating the power within the mirror.

The Mirror Explosion erupted, sending a violent burst of purple flames soaring into the sky. The Monk, located in the shattered area, was at the epicenter of the explosion. Perhaps, by a stroke of luck, the Monk actually caused him some damage?

The flames from the explosion were dispersed by spiritual pressure, revealing the Monk inside. The Monk's veins were bulging, but he didn't appear to be injured at all.

"You don't think you can underestimate the power of the King Key just because you killed a few of my colleagues, do you? This is a King Key forged from pure Soul King's Power!" the Monk shouted, his veins bulging as he snapped back to their normal size.

Wang Jian Aizen remained silent. The Monk's physical strength was completely different from the other Zero Squad. This was the power left over from ancient times. The Soul King's Power had been accumulating within him for countless years.

Faced with Ichimonji's ability to erase names, close combat skills are practically useless, and ranged attacks need to take into account the strength of the Monk's Royal Key, unless Aizen's attacks can surpass the Monk's physical strength.

Aizen's vertical pupil on his forehead slowly closed, and six mirror-like wings flew out from behind him, merging into the surrounding space. Under the influence of Aizen's power, the surrounding space gradually turned blackish-purple.

As the surroundings grew increasingly dark, the Monk realized that Aizen was about to unleash his ultimate attack—a full-scale attack using overwhelming spiritual pressure to eliminate him along with the King Key.

The idea was good, but the Monk laughed out loud, "It seems you haven't grasped my abilities yet. Before the Ichimonji, all darkness is under my control!"

As soon as the Monk finished speaking, the area centered on him suddenly turned black and white. He waved the Ichimonji Chinese slang) while chanting something, as if he were performing a sacred prayer.

The world was divided into two areas: one was a fantastical black and purple space, and the other was a black and white world dominated by Monk.

"O darkness, O eternal darkness, come here. Meet us all... so that he may not be reborn again, so that he may not become our sacrifice again."

The Monk recited the incantation of over 130 characters without missing a single one. Aizen's vertical pupil closed very slowly, and the moment the Monk finished reciting the incantation, the vertical pupil closed, and the black-purple area where Aizen was located turned completely black.

"Invincible Great Killing Mausoleum!"

Suddenly, a black mausoleum was erected behind the Monk, surrounded by a cluster of black tombstones. From the tombstones, countless black skulls appeared, and the skull path spread towards Aizen's area while also absorbing the black energy from Aizen's region.

All darkness was used by the Monk. The black path of the dead, formed by the Invincible Great Killing Mausoleum, charged toward Aizen's location under the Monk's true vision.

At that moment, Aizen's vertical pupils, which he had been trying so hard to close, suddenly opened, and an unparalleled and wondrous spiritual pressure burst forth, instantly painting the originally dark area with a brilliant purple hue.

"The Dream Shattering!"