But Byakuya Kuchiki was nothing like his original counterpart!
Ever since Ren had caused Menos Grande to appear in the World of the Living, those squad captains who had lived comfortably for centuries had rediscovered their old training mindset and kept growing stronger! Especially after Ren had turned the Seireitei upside down, each of those Death God captains had begun striving harder, training constantly and growing stronger, determined to reclaim their lost dignity!
In this state, those squad captains naturally continued to grow stronger!
One had to know that in the original story, those squad captains had all been quite comfortable! Before Aizen's betrayal, they barely trained at all. They simply handled daily affairs and lived leisurely every day!
But now that pressure had arisen, each of them had plunged into intense training, so naturally they grew stronger!
After all, every one of those squad captains possessed exceptional talent. Once they devoted themselves to training, their strength naturally soared!
In the original story, those squad captains had even been brutally beaten by the Arrancar! But after a string of tense incidents, battle after battle, and further training, they had eventually turned the tables and brutally beaten the Espada!
Many among the Espada had been killed by those squad captains!
It could be said that as long as the Seireitei's squad captains trained diligently, they could still become stronger!
Thus, over these years, the squad captains had trained continuously, and each had become tremendously powerful! Byakuya Kuchiki was a perfect example. Senbonzakura, which had not originally been all that impressive, had become incredibly powerful after training and integrating Kido!
Byakuya Kuchiki had improved, while White Ichigo had not used Bankai, so the gap between them seemed to have narrowed! That was why their relentless battle now carried the feeling that they