"Bang—"
His soles pressed down, channeling the tremendous impact from above through his entire body and instantly releasing it downward through his feet—
With a dull crack, the pure-white block beneath his feet buckled under the pressure and shattered!!
"Ha! Not bad at all!! But if you think this little strength is enough to subdue me—" He stood proudly in place. Even with the block beneath him crushed, he remained suspended in midair! His right hand stretched high overhead, tightly gripping the sharp Zanpakutō that had slashed down from behind him! His grip abruptly tightened, and without looking back, 'Achill' laughed wildly. "You're still a long way off!!!"
With that, he swung his right arm forward with tremendous force, still gripping the Zanpakutō!!!
"Extend—" Though he had already been flung forward, Achill acted just as his body passed over his opponent's head from back to front, an instant before he could be thrown clear! A faint light flashed in his left hand, and a blue-black Zanpakutō scabbard appeared in his grasp! Twisting slightly in midair, he slammed one end of the scabbard against the pommel of the Zanpakutō in his right hand without hesitation!! Crimson light blazed over blade and scabbard as Achill called out in a low voice, stressing each syllable, "Hōzukimaru!!!"
"Whoosh—" The moment he finished speaking, the crimson light vanished, and the Zanpakutō blade clutched in 'Achill's' hand elongated and transformed! Achill twisted in midair and drove it forward with all his might! The razor-sharp Willow-Leaf Spearhead thrust straight toward 'Achill's' face—
"Ha!! Pathetic tricks!!!" With a wicked laugh, 'Achill' let the spear thrust toward his face without so much as attempting to dodge! Just as the sharp spearhead was about to gouge a massive bloody hole through his head, an enormous, fathomless black hole suddenly appeared