Against the crimson sky, hundreds of millions of cherry blossoms danced, weaving one breathtaking spectacle after another.
Killing intent ran rampant as Byakuya Kuchiki leaped down from the fractured cliff and joined the battlefield, easing the pressure on Sajin Komamura and the others.
The hundred-meter-tall armored warrior stepped forward. Amid a heavy howl, its massive blade, dozens of meters long, crashed down upon Arturo, who was freely firing Ceros through the air like a collapsing mountain range.
A long sword radiating prismatic light met it head-on. Blood-red spiritual pressure coiled around Arturo's body, brutality intertwining with a sinister chill as it surged outward with an incomparably tyrannical and terrifying aura.
Like fireflies before the bright moon, the difference in their sizes was stark.
Yet the instant they collided, a thunderous boom rang out. In the blink of an eye, it shook the skies above the Seireitei, creating visible shockwaves that spread in every direction.
The impact surged forth, and the raging storm tore apart the earth once more. Forest trees farther away were uprooted, then shredded into fragments before they could even be swept into the wind, turning into endless clouds of dust.
Even more terrifyingly, the moment the blade rebounded, the hundred-meter-tall Kokujo Tengen Myo'o staggered and retreated several hundred meters, forcibly plowing a ravine-like trench through the ground.
"Senkei: Senbonzakura Kageyoshi!"
Seizing the opportunity, Byakuya Kuchiki poured all his spiritual pressure into the pale blade in his hand. In an instant, hundreds of millions of blades whirled in, wrapping Arturo with lightning speed, piling atop one another layer by layer until they covered the figure within like a seal.
"Did it work?"
Sajin Komamura wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and quickly looked into the sky.
Bzzzz—
Countless tiny blades crowded together, grinding against one