"Hrrgh-"
With half his face covered by a bone mask and savagery in his exposed features, Matsushita Akihiko let out a bloodcurdling roar. He raised his Zanpakutō and swung at Gyomei Himejima. A sudden surge of fierce sword pressure swept through like a raging storm, catching Gyomei in its path and carving an enormous ravine nearly a hundred meters long through the village.
"Himejima!!!" Tengen Uzui shouted anxiously. Staring at Matsushita Akihiko in shock and fury, he drew the twin blades from his back, intending to blast his opponent to death with explosives, only to lose sight of him the next instant.
Whoosh, whoosh-
Appearing beside Tengen Uzui with the Body Flicker Technique, Matsushita Akihiko raised his Zanpakutō as though to cleave him in two. Fortunately, Mitsuri Kanroji, Muichiro Tokito, and Obanai Iguro arrived in time, driving him back with their combined assault.
Shinobu Kocho, who had lost her Nichirin Blade, could only watch helplessly from the sidelines. With her frail physique, ninety percent of her fighting strength lay in that specially made blade. She coated it with a wisteria poison she had concocted, then pierced demons' bodies to inject the poison into them. Once it entered their blood, they would rapidly bleed out and die from the poison. This was the trump card of Shinobu Kocho, the Insect Hashira-the only Hashira unable to sever a demon's head.
But now her Nichirin Blade had been reduced to fragments. Having lost her trump card, she had become a useless burden and could only place her hopes in the four who could still fight.
We can win!!!
Seeing Matsushita Akihiko retreat half a step, delight appeared on their faces. Believing he was no match for the four of them, they eagerly formed a battle formation and charged him together.
Hum, hum-
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