The Limits of Imagination
On the battlefield where Byakuya and Gremmy were, Byakuya was kneeling, supporting himself with his sword, his white downy wings hanging down at his sides. Opposite him were Gremmy and Yhwach.
Just moments ago, Byakuya Kuchiki was about to kill Gremmy, but Yhwach suddenly blocked his and Gremmy and sent Byakuya flying with a single blow.
What exactly happened that caused the timeline of this battlefield to rewind a little further? Just as Byakuya was using Senbonzakura to build his foundation and forcefully suppress Gremmy, an arrow that suddenly appeared from nowhere interrupted Byakuya's attack.
As Byakuya stepped back and stood still, he saw many enemies in the same uniform appear around Gremmy. Every face was so familiar; it was the Sternritter!
"The Sternritter, is that just your fantasy?" Byakuya Zanpakuto, showing no fear whatsoever, or rather, his face was too numb to express any emotion; the pain was simply too much.
Gremmy stood at the forefront of the Sternritter, like a true leader, "What if it's not just the Sternritter?"
With a series of swift movements, Byakuya heard a series of Flash Step sounds behind him. Even with just a glance, Byakuya's stiff face showed a look of shock.
The Gotei 13! The captains of the Gotei 13 Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto was the Captain-Commander.
The Sternritter and the Gotei 13 surrounded Byakuya. What an honor! Byakuya gripped his Zanpakuto. Senbonzakura's figure appeared behind him, fighting side by side. From the moment he faced the Quincy, he had no way out.
"Oh!"
Gremmy sneered, the patterns of the Blut Vene Armor flashing on his forehead. Although imagining all these people together put some pressure on him, the sight of Byakuya Kuchiki made the pressure worthwhile.
A sea of pink flowers instantly erupted around Byakuya. He couldn't wait for Gremmy and the others to make the first move; Byakuya had to seize the initiative.
With a cold laugh, Gremmy simply waved his hand, and the Sternritter and the Gotei 13 launched an attack on Byakuya.
Spirit Bow and Arrows and Zanjutsu, an attack even larger than Byakuya's unleashed sea of flowers Byakuya, swept towards him.
Because in Gremmy's understanding, the power of the Saint Letters originated from Yhwach, the Sternritter members he imagined did not possess the full power of the Saint Letters; they were merely similar in form but not in spirit.
Similarly, the Bankai attacks unleashed by the captains of the Gotei 13 were merely for show; they might be useful for training members of the Knights, but they always fell short in actual combat.
Like the fantasy Byakuya's Senbonzakura Kageyoshi, it was instantly dispersed by the Senbonzakura controlled by Byakuya himself. Its power was no match for Byakuya's. But there were just enough of these fantasy characters. Each of them Bankai, enough to overwhelm Byakuya.
The relentless attacks rained down on Byakuya, Byakuya was just a drop in the ocean. His figure vanished in an instant, leaving only the explosions of the Quincy and Bleach's attacks in the arena.
It was precisely this sudden weakening of Byakuya's spiritual pressure that made Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto decide to come to his battlefield to provide him with support.
Looking at the dazzling battlefield, Gremmy yawned boredly, his taut temples making him wonder if he should ease up on the intensity of his attacks.
Even if these people couldn't unleash their true power, they couldn't withstand the spiritual pressure of more than thirty Captain-level. Even Gremmy couldn't maintain this state for long.
Take a break...
But just before this thought crossed his mind, Gremmy suddenly felt a jolt of relief. It wasn't the fantasy character he had voluntarily withdrawn from, but rather the fact that someone in the Gotei 13 and the Sternritter had been killed!
Gremmy immediately focused his attention on the center of the battlefield, then relaxed again as he noticed a pure white blade flashing past amidst the chaotic attacks. The white was noble and elegant, and each flash of the blade was capable of killing a person.
What exactly happened?
Gremmy quickly quelled everyone's anger, and the battlefield returned to calm. Two members of the Sternritter died, while Byakuya's illusion was killed in the Gotei 13.
Gremmy immediately imagined a gust of wind sweeping away the smoke and dust, revealing a noble white figure standing in the deep crater created by the attack.
Sensing that Gremmy's attack had stopped, the pair of white wings slowly unfurled, revealing Byakuya Kuchiki standing inside. He looked somewhat similar to when he wielded the White Emperor Sword, with wings on his back and a white ring in the middle, and holding a pure white Zanpakuto.
However, unlike the White Emperor Sword, which is only composed of spiritual pressure, White Emperor Sword has materialized this spiritual pressure. Real Byakuya wings have appeared on his body, and he has an additional white collar around his neck. Even the hilt of the sword is made of white downy feathers.
This is Byakuya's Beyond Bankai, the Vantage Point White Emperor Sword, a product of Byakuya's ultimate fusion of his Zanjutsu and Zanpakuto. Senbonzakura is no longer in its pink form; every bit of it that he controls is white, imbued with the ultimate spiritual pressure.
"How could this be? This is the power of His Majesty's wallpaper knife..."
The person who couldn't accept the intelligence being wrong was Gremmy. In the Wandenreich, he constantly sparred with the members of the Knights of the Gotei 13 using the original intelligence. Now that Byakuya had a new power, he didn't react for a moment.
Byakuya glanced at Gremmy, and taking advantage of Gremmy's inaction, he immediately launched his attack.
Three white Zanpakuto appeared on each side of Byakuya, and under his control, they instantly flew towards the Knights, killing six members of the Knights in the blink of an eye.
Moreover, these Zanpakuto were also splitting apart, killing people while simultaneously creating dozens of identical Zanpakuto that stirred up the Knights' formation.
Realizing something was wrong, Gremmy hurriedly tried to control the Knights to fight back, but these Knights, unable to unleash their true power, were no match for these sharp blades.
Each of these white Zanpakuto possesses the power of the White Emperor Sword, which White Emperor Sword named Byakuya final technique in the past. It was a move used to fight to the death, meaning that each of these swords represents Byakuya's ultimate power.
How could these imposters of the Sternritter possibly be a match for these white Zanpakuto?
After handing the Knights over to his Zanpakuto, Byakuya turned to head towards the Gotei 13, as he was more familiar with the people there.
Gremmy did manage to summon the Bleach to fight, but the instant Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto's flames began to ignite, a flash of white light appeared, and Byakuya had already sliced the imposter Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto in two with his sword.
Byakuya's wings are no mere decoration. His Flash Step was already trained by Yoruichi, and now with the addition of wings, he might just be able to compete for the title of Flash God.
Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto couldn't harm Byakuya, let alone his other colleagues. With flashes of sword light, Byakuya personally executed these imposters.
Seeing Byakuya's relaxed and carefree demeanor, Gremmy's face was ashen. He knew that the remaining Quincy and Bleach were no match for Byakuya. Before Byakuya could spare a move to deal with him, he had to use a ruthless move!
Just then, Gremmy raised his head, and suddenly, a huge meteorite pierced through the clouds and fell straight towards Byakuya. As for the Bleach and Quincy that Gremmy had imagined, they became tools to hold Byakuya back.
After quickly dispatching the enemies who were in his way, Byakuya looked up at the meteorite. With the speed of his wings, he could escape if he wanted to, but Byakuya didn't want to!
These thieves who have invaded Soul Society should be wiped out honorably!
Byakuya charged headlong into the falling meteorite, his sword pointing straight at it. Byakuya managed to stop the meteorite from falling from the sky.
A cruel smile crept across Gremmy's face; his imagination had never been limited to just a meteorite.
With a deafening roar, another meteorite crashed into the original one, unleashing a tremendous impact and even greater gravity. For a moment, Byakuya could only grit his teeth and endure it.
Holding on didn't mean Byakuya had to push the two meteorites back into the sky. The next moment, many white Zanpakuto flew out from behind him, and he led the charge, stabbing one of them into the meteorite.
Since it could not be sustained, then it was destroyed entirely. Countless white blades followed closely behind Byakuya and plunged into the meteorite, dismembering it from the inside.
Amidst countless flashes of white light, the meteorites were broken down into tiny stones, including the one at the back. Byakuya stood amidst this meteor shower, surrounded by countless Zanpakuto.
At this moment, Byakuya Kuchiki, ethereal and otherworldly, effortlessly wielding a sword formation to eliminate all evil spirits.
Gremmy stared blankly at Byakuya for a moment, and he immediately knew what Byakuya was going to do. He quickly imagined several identical versions of himself, hoping to escape from Byakuya's attack.
However, the next moment, a huge sword formation surrounded the several Gremmy, with the tip of each sword pointing at the Gremmy in the center.
At this moment, Gremmy remembered what Byakuya had told him: Ukitake chose Byakuya as his opponent because Byakuya was suitable.
No matter how many imaginary versions of himself Gremmy created, or how many meteors he conjured up, it was all insignificant to Byakuya, who possessed an extremely wide-range attack capability.
However, it wasn't entirely hopeless. Gremmy glanced in Byakuya's direction, and a crack suddenly appeared behind Byakuya, sucking Byakuya into space.
Gremmy wanted to use the cosmic environment to kill Byakuya, but Byakuya remained completely unaffected by the cosmic environment and could even speak.
In order to hear clearly what Byakuya was saying, Gremmy could only angrily withdraw his cosmic fantasy.
"The so-called Beyond Bankai Zanpakuto. Zanpakuto and I are one, and I can also be Zanpakuto. How much can your universe affect a mere object?"
Upon hearing Byakuya's words, Gremmy's face turned terrifyingly dark. His abilities had already reached the pinnacle of fantasy, unless he could receive an amplification from spiritual pressure...
Byakuya ignored Gremmy's expression, shooting Zanpakuto directly at Gremmy. At the same time, he flashed forward, gripping the Zanpakuto himself, ready to kill Gremmy with a single strike.
But the next moment, a black figure blocked Byakuya's attack route, and an extremely strong aura burst out from him, shattering Byakuya and the sword formation he had used to surround Gremmy.
Byakuya knelt on the ground, his eyes filled with astonishment, for Yhwach had appeared before him.