The Strange Haschwalth

Unlike other Quincy, Haschwalth, as the leader of the Knights, faced off against two overpowered opponents, Ichigo Kurosaki and Ishida Uryū, working together.

However, Ichigo and Uryū's attacks were very targeted; none of their attacks were aimed at Haschwalth, but rather at the Shield of Sin in his hand.

Haschwalth's Saint Letters B World Harmony can offset an opponent's luck by accumulating misfortune. An opponent's attacks and defenses taking effect can be considered as luck, while physical injuries are considered as misfortune.

Haschwalth is Quincy with the ability to bestow power. He can transfer his misfortune to his enemies, thus transferring the injury to them or directly nullifying their abilities.

In the process of bestowing misfortune, misfortune, like a scale, will fall upon him in part, which requires the shield of scapegoating to resist this part of misfortune.

Therefore, the Scapegoat Shield is a very important tool to work with the world's harmonizing ability. Ichigo and Uryū's fierce attack on the shield was aimed at dislocating Haschwalth's leg first.

No matter how strong the Shield of Sin was, under Ichigo's bottomless spiritual pressure, spiderweb-like cracks quickly appeared on the shield, and it looked like the shield was about to collapse.

During the beating, Haschwalth did consider adjusting Ichigo's luck to wound him with Ichigo.

But every time he makes a move, Haschwalth sees a different person in front of him— Uryū, who has switched places with Ichigo using the Antithesis.

Uryū was not afraid of Haschwalth's attack at all. After being slashed, he immediately used his ability to transfer the injury on his body to Haschwalth.

Haschwalth could not bear being severely injured by his own attacks, so he used World Harmony to treat his injuries as misfortune, distributing part of it to Uryū and having the Shield of Sin bear the rest.

However, this would create even more cracks on the Shield of Scapegoat, and the Uryū, having taken the damage, could then transfer the injury back to Haschwalth.

After three rounds of bouncing, the Scapegoat Shield was covered in wounds, while Haschwalth's injuries had dwindled to just a small gash, with the Scapegoat Shield bearing the brunt of the damage.

This indirectly helped Ichigo and Uryū achieve their goals.

If Haschwalth doesn't intervene, Ichigo's attacks will continue relentlessly, forcibly breaking through the shield. If he attacks and injures someone, Uryū will use the Antithesis to play a bouncing game with him, wearing down the shield's durability.

Once the Shield of Scapegoat is broken, Haschwalth, having lost his defensive substitute, will eventually be destroyed by the Antithesis of the Uryū, because his world harmony cannot place all the misfortune on his opponent.

Haschwalth was stuck; he couldn't attack, and his defense was even worse. He had to find a new way to break this deadlock.

Ichigo didn't care what Haschwalth was thinking at all. The instant Uryū stepped aside, a bright red light attacked the Shield of Scapegoat.

With a deafening roar, the Scapegoat Shield shattered into countless fragments, its destructive power exceeding Haschwalth's calculations.

That was Ichigo's Saint Letters power, All-Things Exterminator. While Uryū and Haschwalth were locked in a stalemate, Ichigo had already secretly used the Quincy's power. As long as All-Things Exterminator didn't attack Haschwalth himself, there was no need to fear his Harmony of All Things effect.

The Shield of Scapegoat vanished as specks of Reishi; its objective had been achieved. Ichigo sheathed his Spirit Bow and said to Uryū, "It's up to you now, Uryū."

"No problem!"

Uryū immediately agreed, as this was their tactic. Now it was his turn to engage Haschwalth in a pinball-like exchange, Haschwalth would die from the accumulation of misfortune that he couldn't unleash.

Just as Uryū was preparing for a fierce exchange of blows with Haschwalth, Haschwalth suddenly darted past him and drew his sword to slash at Ichigo.

Upon hearing that Ichigo was going to hand the battlefield over to Uryū, Haschwalth finally stopped dodging and charged straight at Ichigo.

This actually excited Ichigo. He drew his Zanpakuto and clashed swords with Haschwalth, then shouted to Uryū, who was watching from a distance, "Uryū, you stay here and support me!"

Ishida Uryū is necessary to deal with Haschwalth, but whether Uryū is the one fighting Haschwalth or not is actually irrelevant.

Because Uryū's the Antithesis effect is between two points, he can use Haschwalth and Ichigo as the two points where his ability takes effect, returning the injuries Ichigo sustained to Haschwalth.

That's why Ichigo had Uryū cover for him.

Uryū had no objection, but he felt something was strange. The way Haschwalth rushed past him was as if he was afraid Ichigo would run away.

Not only did he seem eager when chasing Ichigo, but even now, during his fight with Ichigo, his attacks are incredibly rushed, as if he wants to entangle Ichigo regardless of whether he can hit Ichigo.

Ichigo also noticed this strange situation. Although he didn't understand what the enemy was trying to do, he only needed to stop them.

Haschwalth wanted to engage him in a prolonged battle, Ichigo prepared to unleash his strongest power. His spiritual pressure erupted like a volcano, and as it exploded, he unleashed a Getsuga Tensho in a manner Beyond Bankai - Locking Heaven's Sun.

Seeing Ichigo's attack, Haschwalth understood that Ichigo wanted to kill him immediately. Faced with such a powerful Red Moon, Haschwalth, without the Shield of Sin, had no chance of resisting.

Could the misfortune of being severely injured be transferred to Ichigo through the World Harmony technique, resulting in both of them being severely injured?

With Ishida Uryū by his side, this tactic was simply impossible to execute. As for using Pernida's power like other Quincy, unfortunately, Haschwalth didn't have any extra nerves.

The moment Pernida's nerves entered Haschwalth's body, they were already judged as misfortune by his abilities. As long as Haschwalth used the ability to harmonize the world, the misfortune would be distributed, and Pernida's nerves would have no way to remain in his body.

Faced with Ichigo's powerful attack, Haschwalth could only close his eyes. "I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I couldn't hold out until you arrived in the World of the Living..."

Just as Haschwalth was about to give up, Yhwach's power-up arrived. Most of the power that Yhwach had thrown into the World of the Living after the Auswählen was distributed to Haschwalth, enough for him to withstand Ichigo's attack.

The holy golden wings spread freely, and the dark red crescent moon that had attacked Haschwalth vanished silently, turning into specks of light that dissipated into the world.

A cracking sound, like something shattering, rang out, Haschwalth, now possessing new power, appeared before Ichigo.

Golden wings, a golden Holy Sword, and a golden holy shield that is gradually forming—this is the power of the Vollständig.

Haschwalth truly lacked talent in manipulating Reishi; if it weren't for his ability to bestow luck upon others, he would never have been chosen by Yhwach to become the Grand Master of the Knights.

Because of his insufficient ability to mobilize Reishi, Haschwalth was unable to condense the Spirit Bow, let alone use Reishi to materialize and strengthen his own Vollständig.

Even so, Haschwalth remains the leader, and the power of that world's harmony alone is enough for him to punish any Quincy.

However, this near-perfect Saint Letters B was the Antithesis by Uryū's Saint Letters A. Once the misfortune bestowed upon the opponent was reversed, Haschwalth had no advantage in the battle. Not to mention that without the Shield of Sin, Haschwalth was no match for Uryū.

But things are different now. Yhwach poured a large amount of Reishi into Haschwalth's body, forcibly opening his Vollständig. The enhanced abilities of the Vollständig filled the last gap in Haschwalth's strength.

The golden holy shield in Haschwalth's hand was constructed using the Reishi of Karakura Town through the Sklaverei. This shield serves the same purpose as the Shield of Scapegoat, capable of bearing the misfortune bestowed by Haschwalth.

In other words, as long as Reishi exist in the World of the Living, Haschwalth will have an inexhaustible supply of scapegoats. Yhwach's intention in granting Haschwalth this ability is simple: to fill the gap in world harmony, not to defeat the enemy, but to hold them back.

Upon seeing Haschwalth in his new form, Ichigo and Uryū exchanged a glance and simultaneously launched their attacks, Haschwalth Getsuga Tensho and Spirit Bow and Arrows striking together.

Haschwalth simply conjured two shields in front of him, and when they shattered, Haschwalth was completely unharmed. This was the scapegoat shield that could be formed using the Sklaverei.

This is getting complicated. Uryū and Ichigo both saw that before Haschwalth condensed his shield, he turned the buildings on the street into his shield. In other words, Ichigo are fighting against the Reishi of the entire Karakura Town.

Ichigo looked in Uryū's direction, about to ask what to do, when a Spirit Bow and Arrows suddenly pierced his heart.

Feeling his body temperature rapidly decreasing, Ichigo's eyes were filled with disbelief. He looked in the direction from which the arrow had come, and saw that the one who had shot it was Ishida Uryū.

Ichigo's mind was a bit foggy; he was desperately craving oxygen like a drowning man, and the lack of oxygen had brought his brain to a near standstill.

But the next moment, Ichigo's breathing became smooth again. He gasped for breath and was about to curse Uryū when he heard Haschwalth's faint voice of praise.

"That's quite a tactic, but unfortunately, the scales of victory will always tip in the favor of our Wandenreich!"

Haschwalth crushed the Spirit Bow and Arrows embedded in his chest with force. Uryū had deliberately attacked Ichigo, then used the Antithesis force to transfer Ichigo's injury to Haschwalth.

Uryū's plan succeeded, but Haschwalth's world harmony remained. His misfortune was borne by the Shield of Sin, a crack appeared in the shield in his hand, and Haschwalth's body was restored to normal.

Uryū's expression was serious as he pondered how to break the deadlock, when he heard Ichigo break through his defenses.

"Ishida Uryu! What kind of tactic are you going to use? Can't you at least tell me beforehand?!"