Zhou Tianyu's eight soul rings did not intimidate the crowd.
Instead, Grimmjow picked at his ear and asked, "Is some little kitty meowing?"
Zhou Tianyu sneered. "Are you looking to die?"
Seeing the veins bulging on Zhou Tianyu's forehead and his eagerness to strike, the referee immediately shouted.
"The match begins!"
Boom!
A ball of lightning shot from Zhou Tianyu's mouth!
At the same time, a blue figure rushed out from behind Aizen.
With nimble movements and powerful muscles, the claws on his hands instantly scattered the lightning ball.
"Little kitty, your hairball is pretty weak!"
Grimmjow, claws bared, leaped into the air, leaving ten blue afterimages behind as he descended at high speed.
"Hahahaha, aren't you the little kitty?" Zhou Tianyu remained unruffled as his second soul ring lit up.
"Falling Thunder!"
Boom!
Lightning descended even faster than Grimmjow, blasting him out of the air.
"Damn it!"
Grimmjow, struck head-on, spat out black smoke. As he watched Zhou Tianyu raise his right hand and gather a mass of lightning in his palm, ready to release it—
A silver flash shot forth.
"Shoot to kill, Shinso!"
Caught off guard by Shinso, Zhou Tianyu ignored it and launched the lightning he had gathered at Grimmjow. Then he twisted aside, barely evading Shinso's thrust. It only left a shallow cut at his waist.
But Grimmjow, still in midair, was blasted more than ten meters back by that lightning.
Whoosh!
Zhou Tianyu suddenly felt the temperature behind him steadily rising. Even from the corner of his eye, he could see the raging blaze.
In that instant, Yamamoto Shigekuni had circled behind Zhou Tianyu.
He first kicked Zhou Tianyu in the waist, locking up his body, then swung Gōka no Ken upward with tremendous force.
Ferocious flames surged skyward with the swing, launching Zhou