Eleventh Division, Grand Training Ground.
In the corridors and sand outside the martial arts arena, many Eleventh Division who came after hearing the news were scattered around. Squad Member, the vast majority of them were newcomers who had just been assigned to the team after the war, and were full of curiosity about the four words Blood Trial and a spectator mentality; and in the corner at the back of the crowd, those old Seated Officer and veterans who had truly experienced the baptism of blood and knew the cruelty of the trial were all present without leaving the ground, folding their arms in silence.
At the same time, Onmitsukidō was warning around, and Shuichi stood in the distance and watched them quietly.
In the center of the venue, two people stood facing each other.
The current captain is Eleventh Division, Shibata Takanobu.
And the challenger, Kuruyashiki from Rukongai.
"Huh... just you?"
Shibata Takanobu crossed his arms and looked at the burly man in front of him, wearing a rough Rukongai cloth, with his usual cold and condescending gaze, as if examining an animal. After looking at it for a long time, a very insulting sneer slowly emerged from the corner of his mouth:
"You picked up a broken knife in Rukongai's mud puddle and you really took yourself seriously?"
Faced with this unabashed ridicule, Kuruyashiki not only showed no sign of anger, but instead raised a generous hand to support his chin, grinned widely, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, and smiled in an exceptionally honest and wild way.
Seeing Kuruyashiki's careless grin, Shibata Takanobu's face darkened instantly.
The anger of being so slighted by a savage rushed straight to his forehead. He didn't even bother to say another word. He slammed his right hand on his waist. It was a Tachi wrapped with a purple non-slip handle and an oval handguard. The scabbard was decorated with gorgeous noble decorations.
"Things who don't know whether to live or die... Kowtow, Dafujin!"
Keng--!
Accompanied by a piercing clang of drawing the sword, the dazzling white light instantly enveloped the blade. Under the violent twist of Reiatsu, the originally slender Tachi rapidly expanded and deformed. When the white light dissipated, what Shibata held in his hand had turned into a completely black Ōdachi, with the spine and handle tightly wrapped around Shimenawa.
Quick!
The moment Shikai was completed, the terrifying Gravity Field attached to Dafujin suddenly pressed down. Shunpo was suddenly launched under Shibata's feet, and his whole person turned into an afterimage, carrying the overwhelming sword force and slashing towards Kuruyashiki's face!
However, at the moment when black Ōdachi was about to see blood
There was a deafening sound of gold and iron clashing! I saw that Kuruyashiki didn't even take out the knife from its sheath. He just lifted the Zanpakutō with the scabbard in front of him and blocked Shibata's powerful and heavy killing blow!
Shibata's pupils shrank, and before he could change his moves, Kuruyashiki hit his guard with his right thumb, and the blade was instantly unsheathed and flipped back!
Shibata instinctively felt a palpitation in his heart. He connected his feet and used Shunpo to retreat back several feet, narrowly avoiding the knife.
But Kuruyashiki's offensive has just begun!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The second knife, the third knife, the fourth knife! Kuruyashiki doesn't have any exquisite Shunpo, but every time he steps forward, he simply condenses the huge Reiatsu under his feet and explodes! Every time he steps out, a deep pit explodes on the ground of the martial arts arena. The whole person bites Shibata like a human cannonball, and the violent wind of the knife makes people's cheeks hurt!
In this series of confrontations, Shibata, who was so angry that he was blinded, did not notice a terrifying detail: the gravity pressure of his Shikai Daofujin, which was enough to make ordinary Seated Officer unable to even stand. When Kuruyashiki was in the control field, he was pushed back by the strong Reiatsu pouring out of the opponent's body. He couldn't even slow down Kuruyashiki's movements!
"Okay!! Captain Shibata, cut down that savage!"
On the sidelines of the martial arts performance, the new Squad Members who couldn't understand the depth were still cheering loudly for the captain's gorgeous Shunpo dodge. Only the veterans pursed their lips tightly and their faces became more solemn.
Shuichi shook his head in his heart. There was no suspense anymore. The gap between Reiatsu was too big. Shibata's Shikai had no effect on Kuruyashiki. I didn't expect that Rukongai would hide such a master.
In the field, Shibata, who was dodging continuously, quickly discovered that something was wrong. The reckless man in front of him could not even learn the most basic Soul Reaper Shunpo!
"Hahahaha! A wild dog that hasn't even learned Shunpo is worthy of a knife?!"
Shibata, who thought he had found his fatal weakness, let out a ferocious laugh, accelerated his body suddenly, and used Shunpo to the extreme.
Suddenly, there were many afterimages in the venue. Shibata moved around Kuruyashiki like a ghost at high speed. The black Ōdachi in his hand turned into a violent storm, slashing at Kuruyashiki from all tricky corners from the front, back, left and right!
Ding! Ding! Dang! Dang!
The sound of intensive collisions could be heard endlessly, but within a few seconds, the evil smile on Shibata's face completely froze.
Because his blade didn't even cut off a single hair on the opponent's body.
Suspicious, Shibata used the force of the counter-shock to distance himself. When he took a closer look, he saw that Kuruyashiki's body surface had been covered with a layer of golden Reiatsu that was so rich that it was almost substantial. It was like an extremely heavy Golden Divine Armor, blocking all his slashes!
Shibata's pupils shrank violently, and a chill ran down his back for the first time: 'Are you kidding... what the hell is this?!'
Strong wavering spread in his heart, but in front of the entire team, his pride as the captain made him refuse to bow his head. Instead, he gritted his teeth and chose to be tough to the end:
"You should feel honored to be able to force me to use this move, even if you die... Today I will let you, Rukongai, with your weak legs, open your eyes and see clearly what the real Kenpachi is!"
Shibata pointed the tip of Dafujin's sword straight into the sky!
The next moment, a huge Reiatsu that was ten times heavier than before crashed onto the ground, causing the recruits watching the battle to stagger around!
"Bankai!"
"Ōmagatsu no Mikoto Hi!"
In the sky, a huge crimson Torii fell heavily behind him, emitting dazzling colorful light.
"Did you see that? Ah?!"
Shibata Takanobu, who had activated Bankai, felt his pride surge again. He did not launch an attack immediately. Instead, he held Ōdachi in one hand, opened his arms arrogantly, looked around at the stunned Squad Members, and showed off loudly:
"Kneel down and look up! This is the power of Soul Reaper!!"
The recruits outside the field were completely excited, and there were loud cheers. Some well-meaning Squad Member even shouted loudly to the field, urging Kuruyashiki to kowtow and admit defeat as soon as possible, so as not to be wiped out by the captain's Bankai.
However, facing this miraculous colorful Torii, Kuruyashiki standing opposite just tilted his head slightly, raised his hand to support his chin again, and grinned widely.
"???"
Shibata Takanobu, who was waiting to admire the other party's desperate expression, suddenly paused, opened his mouth slightly, and asked questions on his face: Was this savage... scared to death?
At this moment, Kuruyashiki slowly put down the hand holding his chin, put away his smile, and his deep voice sounded clearly in the noisy martial arts field. He read out a strange and ancient liberation language:
"Born to kill the good omen, respect the darkness and farewell to old age..."
Shibata Takanobu snorted coldly, lowered his raised arm, and looked at Kuruyashiki quietly. He wanted to see what tricks this reckless man who couldn't even Shunpo could do after he had already opened Bankai.
"Starving Pleasure Corridor!"
As the name of the sword fell, a deep, abyss-like dark light burst out from under Kuruyashiki's feet, completely covering the entire martial arts arena in an instant!
Due to the sudden change in the environment, the noisy cheers and shouts all around suddenly became quiet.
In the black light, huge balls of pale white appeared out of thin air.
At first they were as illusory as smoke, but as the black light gradually faded, these dozens of large white spheres quickly condensed into heavy entities!
When the dark light in the sky completely dissipates and the sun shines again,
Dozens of huge pure white meat balls were quietly floating or crouching around Kuruyashiki.
Immediately afterwards, the meat ball trembled violently, and a bloody mouth opened across the entire ball with a pop!
There are no eyes, only densely packed and intertwined fangs and sharp teeth, dripping with sticky saliva in the sun, constantly opening and closing for chewing!
"This... what kind of disgusting thing is this?!" Shibata Takanobu looked at those weird white balls that kept opening their mouths, frowning, and there was an inexplicable strong physiological disgust in his heart.
Shuichi also frowned: 'What is this Shikai? Biological system?'
Everyone watching the battle was also shocked
Before everyone could recover from the shock, a giant white ball closest to Shibata flew to the side of the giant Torii emitting colorful light.
Under the gaze of everyone, the white monster opened its bloody mouth and bit hard at the Bankai Torii, which symbolized the crystallization of the highest power of Shibata Takanobu.
Click!!
There was a tooth-piercing chewing sound, and the indestructible crimson Torii pillar, which was made of high-concentration Reishi, was like a crisp biscuit. The white ball had chewed off a big piece of it, and even chewed it with relish in its big mouth and swallowed it into the stomach!
Reiatsu The connected severe pain instantly came back to his body. Shibata Takanobu felt as if he had been struck by lightning. He turned his head violently, his eyes almost bulging out of his sockets, staring at the white monster that was chewing him Bankai with a horrified expression!