Inside the training ground, Shunsui Kyoraku had completed Katen Kyōkotsu's Shikai, and his twin blades radiated an uncanny sense of rules that dragged reality into a "game."
"Let's start with a greeting!" Shunsui Kyoraku made the first move, but he did not immediately use that bizarre "game" ability.
Instead, he crossed his blades in front of him and swept them forward! "Drumroll Pineapple!"
A storm of blade energy, composed of countless spirit-particle blades and resembling a raging tornado, swept toward Starrk!
Deep furrows were plowed into the ground wherever the storm passed, its momentum tremendous!
This was a powerful ranged attack that combined exquisite control of spirit particles with the power of his Zanpakuto's Shikai.
Starrk's eyes remained calm.
He raised his right hand, blue light gathering in his palm, and a blue beam shot from his hand!
The beam slammed straight into the storm of blade energy!
Cero! And a top-tier Cero unleashed by a Vasto Lorde-class Arrancar at that!
"BOOM!!!"
The blue Cero and Drumroll Pineapple collided violently in midair! A fierce clash of energy erupted into an explosion!
In the end, they dissolved into a thick cloud of smoke that engulfed most of the training ground's center!
The spectators outside the barrier saw only blinding light and roiling smoke, their startled cries rising one after another.
Amid the dense smoke and turbulent energy, Shunsui Kyoraku's figure shot silently into the sky like a phantom!
The explosion had not caught him. Instead, he used the chaos and cover created by Drumroll Pineapple to gain altitude in an instant.
Like a great bird spreading its wings, he hovered high above the training ground and looked down at the churning smoke.
"All right, greetings exchanged, and that should do for a warm-up." Shunsui Kyoraku's voice carried through the energy cloud,