"The Roar, Zabimaru!"
Beneath the Sōkyoku, Renji Abarai's wild Shikai command echoed constantly through the Underground Space.
Boom!
A tremendous impact struck the ground. The giant snake, stretched dozens of meters long, slammed into the earth and left a massive crater.
Kira Izuru appeared off to the side, watching Renji Abarai with a serious expression as he wielded his Shikai.
Ever since the Ox-Head Hollow incident in the Human World, the two had been training here throughout their graduation break from Shino Academy.
Naturally, such intense battles were their primary method of training.
Seeing the huge crater in the ground, Kira Izuru frowned slightly.
That guy...
His strength keeps growing.
And his Spiritual Pressure...
It's increasing rapidly, too...
Kira Izuru had keenly sensed that ever since they encountered that Hollow, something within Renji Abarai seemed to have awakened. His entire trajectory of growth and fighting style had begun to veer in a different direction.
Since Kira Izuru spent every day with Renji Abarai, he was naturally the one who noticed it most clearly.
"What's wrong?"
"Can you only dodge my attacks now?"
"Kira!"
Renji Abarai laughed wildly, a hint of madness in his smile, and attacked Kira Izuru without hesitation.
At the same time, the Spiritual Pressure around Renji Abarai grew increasingly frenzied.
This situation...
Doesn't look good...
Kira Izuru felt a chill as he watched the wildly fluctuating Spiritual Pressure around Renji Abarai. A sense of foreboding rose within him.
But before he could think any further, Renji Abarai's attack was already upon him.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Explosions rang out without pause throughout the Underground Space. Kira Izuru managed to evade a few attacks by relying on his considerable skill in Shunpo,
but Renji Abarai's seemingly wild, yet actually inescapable, attacks still struck him.
"Bakudo #9: Repel!"
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