The immense spiritual pressure split and lifted the ground of the spirit world, sending dust and debris flying.
Slowly, Renji Abarai's current form came into view.
On his black Shihakusho, he wore two wild fur mantles on his shoulders, a skull ornament on the left shoulder fur, and a chain adorned with a skull across his chest.
The hilt of his blade was linked to a beige snake skeleton hundreds of meters long, while the tip had transformed into a massive snake head.
"Bankai."
"Now that's a satisfying feeling."
Renji Abarai swept away his earlier dejection at being at a disadvantage, wearing a confident and arrogant grin.
"So then..."
"Round two!"
The Hollowfied Renji Abarai looked wary at the sight, but still refused to surrender without a fight.
"It's just a Zanpakutō's Bankai."
"If you think that's enough to easily defeat me..."
"That would be far too simple!"
The Hollowfied Renji raised his ordinary Zabimaru, but his aura didn't back down.
What greeted the Hollowfied Renji was a roaring skull snake head!
"ROAR!"
"BOOM!"
In an instant, the entire spirit world shook violently from the collision of such immense power.
"Captain Nara!"
"Renji seems to be getting better!"
Kira Izuru keenly noticed the change in Renji Abarai.
The Hollow Beast's exoskeleton on Renji Abarai's body, which had been almost entirely inhuman, was slowly receding.
His spiritual pressure was also gradually calming down.
"That's right..."
"Abarai is about to emerge."
With Nara Dan's peerless insight, he could clearly see the fluctuations in Renji Abarai's spirit world.
The moment Renji Abarai uttered "Bankai," Nara Dan knew the Hollowfication's power was about to lose.
It wasn't that Renji Abarai's Bankai was truly stronger than the Hollowfied Renji Abarai in terms of raw power.
Rather, the Zanpakutō was a crucial force in the spirit