The Name of the Sword God
Suijima Mera and Togawa Tokie were no match for Tsuna's attack. After letting out a cry, they plummeted to the ground, where they both transformed into their tool-like forms upon impact.
Ōetsu Nimaiya stared at the scene before him, his face ashen. His personal guard had been shot down right before his eyes, and he could do nothing about it.
Not only that, after Tsuna took down two of his personal guards, he didn't let up and continued his attack on Hashihara Renka.
If this continues, with the guards falling one by one, Ōetsu Nimaiya will truly have no help left. Without time to think about why his attacks were ineffective, Ōetsu Nimaiya once again unleashed his speed to chase after Tsuna.
Ōetsu Nimaiya was very fast, much faster than Tsuna was heavily armed. In no time, he caught up with Tsuna and launched an attack with both chisel and hammer. The scene from before repeated itself: Ōetsu Nimaiya's attack passed right through Tsuna once again.
This time, Ōetsu Nimaiya seemed to sense the abnormality. When the hammer passed through Tsuna's body, the spiritual pressure emanating from him was not the familiar Bleach pressure.
Also, when did Tsuna's other Zanpakuto disappear from his lower back?
Ōetsu Nimaiya understood. That strange ability wasn't from Bleach, but from a Hollow. This guy named Sawada Tsunayoshi was using Hollow powers.
Tsuna now possesses both the Bankai of Bleach and the Resurrección of a Hollow, and the power to penetrate weapons comes from Ghost's Hollowfication ability.
The ability to Hollowfication is not completely invincible; it only makes one immune to physical damage. To deal with the Hollowfication state, one must rely on pure spiritual pressure to clash.
Ōetsu Nimaiya had barely reacted when it was too late to stop him. Tsuna fell towards Hashihara Renka like a shooting star, and unsurprisingly, Hashihara Renka turned into a pair of fire tongs.
Ōetsu Nimaiya's hands were trembling. He had never seen such a horrific scene before. The successive deaths of his men had brought his anger to its peak.
Although Aizen had wiped them out once before, the fact that Ōetsu Nimaiya and his personal guard were killed that time was far less infuriating than witnessing it firsthand this time.
"Fine, fine, I've changed my mind. Let another kid forge the sword!" Ōetsu Nimaiya said through gritted teeth. Changing the sword-forging person meant only one thing: he wanted to chop Tsuna into a human stick first.
Ōetsu Nimaiya waved his hand to summon them, and fire tongs, a water trough, and flint flew to his side. He released his grip, letting the chisels and hammers join the procession and circle around him.
Ōetsu Nimaiya's spiritual pressure spread across the five tools. He forcefully crushed the demonic mirror he had removed and shouted, "Blood Oath Seal Released! Shin'uchi! Phoenix Sword Tomb!"
The pattern on Ōetsu Nimaiya's arm, symbolizing his Zanpakuto, emitted a dazzling light, and his spiritual pressure soared, making him the brightest star in Soul Society within a few breaths.
The Soul Society was shaken to its core by the aftershocks of Ōetsu Nimaiya's sudden increase in spiritual pressure.
Five tools beside Ōetsu Nimaiya transformed into five beams of light and shot into the sky. A dilapidated thatched hut appeared behind Ōetsu Nimaiya, and he actually brought down the Phoenix Hall from the sky.
In the Phoenix Hall, there are six Zanpakuto stuck in the roof. Five of them are transformed from the Ōetsu Nimaiya Yue personal guards, and the last one is Sayafushi.
Ōetsu Nimaiya's Bankai shouldn't be like this. Just like the name of the Bankai, Sword Tomb, the house should be surrounded by Zanpakuto. It's all thanks to Aizen's almost annihilating attack that Ōetsu Nimaiya is now left with only these two or three little cats.
Even the personal guard was hastily assembled by Ōetsu Nimaiya after his resurrection, and this was only possible with the help of his natal Zanpakuto.
As for Sayafushi, it's truly an anomaly; its exceptionally strong and resilient blade allowed him to survive Aizen's attacks.
The Sayafushi into Ōetsu Nimaiya's hand, and Ōetsu Nimaiya Tsuna, but just like before, the Sayafushi passed right through Tsuna's body.
Ōetsu Nimaiya sighed silently. This one strike made him abandon his unrealistic fantasies. The ability to Hollowfication was too much of a counter to a purely physical Zanpakuto like Sayafushi. It seemed he would need to use another Zanpakuto with special abilities.
Ōetsu Nimaiya's gaze swept over the swords of his personal guards, a hint of embarrassment rising in his heart. If he still had his other Zanpakuto, he wouldn't have ended up in a situation where he had no swords to use.
"Is this the end?" Tsuna asked, looking at Ōetsu Nimaiya Yue. Six giant horns had already formed around his body, ready to attack Ōetsu Nimaiya at any moment.
"You don't think I'm at a loss, do you?"
Ōetsu Nimaiya covered his forehead to hide his somewhat gloomy expression. That bastard Aizen was too easy to just seal away. He wondered how long it would take for him to accumulate his original wealth.
However, now is not the time to dwell on trivial matters; taking down Sawada Tsunayoshi, who was mocking him, is what Ōetsu Nimaiya needs to do.
Ōetsu Nimaiya opened her arms, and a strange connection arose from the Phoenix Hall, transforming into countless threads that flew to every corner of the Soul Society.
"In the name of the Sword God, let the swords come!"
The first to sense something was amiss were the captains watching from the sidelines. They felt their Zanpakuto suddenly become uncontrollable, as if they wanted to draw their swords and fly towards the center of the battlefield.
None of the captains were simple characters; the moment their Zanpakuto, they pressed their swords back into their sheaths.
"What's wrong? Senbonzakura?" Byakuya immediately communicated with the Zanpakuto.
"Byakuya- sama, I don't know, the sword seems to be out of my control!" Senbonzakura's anxious voice came, realizing that he had lost control of himself.
The same phenomenon occurred with the other captains, who all entered a state of Blade Zen and communicated with their Zanpakuto. Only Kenpachi Zaraki was wrestling with the blade, using his strong arms to hold onto his Zanpakuto tightly.
Jūshirō Ukitake wasn't so lucky. His physical condition was already poor, and he couldn't control his Zanpakuto, Sogyo no Kotowari Koi left him, becoming the first Ōetsu Nimaiya to submit to Oetsu.
Kyōraku was engaged in a two-way struggle, as the sword named Katen was out of his control. He could only use Kyokotsu to entangle Katen and prevent it from slipping out of his grasp.
The strangest one was Kurotsuchi Mayuri, who was injecting an unknown medicine into his Zanpakuto, one needle at a time, as if punishing his disobedient tool.
As Ōetsu Nimaiya called out, more and more Zanpakuto flew towards Ōetsu Nimaiya from afar, forming wave after wave of blades.
Every student who graduates from the Shino Academy receives their own Asauchi. Some of them may choose not to use their Zanpakuto due to their chosen path, but that doesn't mean their Zanpakuto is taken away. As long as they are Bleach, their Zanpakuto remains their property.
More and more blades were planted in the land around the Phoenix Hall, turning this land into a true sword mound. These blades bore the seeds sown by Ōetsu Nimaiya over the past thousand years, and now he would use the entire Soul Society's resources to deal with Tsuna.
As more and more blades respond to Ōetsu Nimaiya's call, the captains' Zanpakuto are becoming increasingly attractive.
Gradually, they could no longer hold their Zanpakuto, and the blades returned to Ōetsu Nimaiya's embrace.
Of the captains present who did not participate in the battle, only Kyōraku possessed a Kyokotsu sword, Kurotsuchi Mayuri had Pikachū Jizō lying at his feet; the rest of their swords were under the control of Ōetsu Nimaiya.
Looking at the combatants, Ryūjin Jakka was knocked unconscious by Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto the moment he realized he had lost control, and Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto showed no mercy, smashing a fist Ikkotsu into his Zanpakuto.
At this point, Ryūjin Jakka returned to silence, but not a single flame could emerge from his body, reverting to his most basic Asauchi form.
"Oh? I didn't expect you to have some skills." The Monk was somewhat surprised that Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's Ryūjin Jakka hadn't been controlled by Ōetsu Nimaiya.
"I will not fail twice in the same thing!"
The last time he fought against the Zero Squad, it was because Ōetsu Nimaiya suddenly took control of his Zanpakuto that Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto was almost killed by his own Zanpakuto.
It was after that incident that Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto and Ryūjin Jakka teamed up to develop a method to defend against Ōetsu Nimaiya. Although this method would cause Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto to lose his Zanpakuto, at least it would prevent the Zanpakuto from causing trouble for Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto.
Actually, there is another way to prevent Ōetsu Nimaiya from controlling the Zanpakuto: Zanpakuto fusion, which would allow the power of the sword to completely return to the original body.
While watching Aizen's battle, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto keenly noticed that Aizen in his Dreamlike Collapse state was not restricted by Ōetsu Nimaiya, meaning that Beyond Bankai was a counter to Ōetsu Nimaiya.
However, Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto still chose to break the Ryūjin Jakka combo and prepared to stop the Monk with his fists and Kido.
Because Ōetsu Nimaiya has already unleashed a spiritual pressure capable of shaking the world, if nothing unexpected happens, that brat Tsuna will also use Beyond Bankai. If Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto were to unleash his power again, it would be truly uncertain whether the world could withstand it.
Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto was preparing to demonstrate his Bleach qualities beyond his Zanjutsu to the Monk, while the battle against the others seemed unaffected by Ōetsu Nimaiya.
Yoruichi goes without saying; her fighting prowess has long since Zanpakuto, Ōetsu Nimaiya's control over the sword has little impact on her. As for Urahara Kisuke, things are a bit more intriguing.
"That's interesting. So Ōetsu Nimaiya's abilities couldn't restrain you, Urahara Kisuke?" Senjumaru asked curiously.
Even after Ōetsu Nimaiya unleashed his spiritual pressure, Urahara Kisuke remained calm and collected, engaging in Shikai battle with Senjumaru using his strange Shikai. Sometimes he even neglected to hold his sword properly, seemingly unaffected by Ōetsu Nimaiya's presence.
"Oh? I don't know how many times this Red Princess has been modified. Its structure is no longer what it was originally. Now it is my Red Princess!" Urahara covered his mouth with his folding fan and said with a little pride.
Back when he modified his Zanpakuto, Urahara had already discovered what Ōetsu Nimaiya had buried inside Zanpakuto. Without hesitation, he threw away this unnecessary foreign object, which is why Urahara was Red Princess.
"I see."
When Senjumaru first learned of Ōetsu Nimaiya's abilities, she was astonished for a long time. Now, she realizes that it was simply because she hadn't focused her research on Zanpakuto. If she had focused on modifying Zanpakuto, she wouldn't have needed to worry about Ōetsu Nimaiya controlling her sword.
Change it! Go back and put the project to modify the thorns on the agenda!
As for Ichigo, his battle with Yachiru Unohana continued with constant explosions. Since his Zanpakuto wasn't forged by Ōetsu Nimaiya, Ōetsu Nimaiya's Bankai had no effect on him.
Similarly, even though countless swords were stuck in front of him, Tsuna, as Ōetsu Nimaiya Yue's opponent, didn't feel much except that his opponent's spiritual pressure had increased.
Ōetsu Nimaiya couldn't command Zanpakuto like these, which were Zanpakuto by themselves, let alone dull them like he could command Kyoka Suigetsu.