"All Things in the Universe. Reduce to Ashes! Ryujin Jakka!"
"Bankai!"
"Sage Power, a Zanpakuto that broke through its limits!"
Uchiha Hikaru murmured in midair. When his voice fell, the Zanpakuto in his hand changed from black to red, then purple, before finally settling into blue.
It was the manifestation of flames reaching an extreme temperature, the manifestation of power merging together!
The blue blade radiated wave after wave of terrifying heat!
With a light sweep, the blue-glowing Zanpakuto carved a spatial rift into the air that would not easily heal!
Then Uchiha Hikaru moved. Gripping Ryujin Jakka tightly, he slashed upward at an angle. A flash of blue light carried searing heat, intending to cleave Yhwach in two from the abdomen upward.
As Yhwach watched Uchiha Hikaru appear before him in an instant, a torrent of scorching heat surged toward him.
At that moment, he had even lost the will to dodge. Uchiha Hikaru was simply too fast; there was not even enough time to summon Holy Canticle: Sanctuary Hymn again!
Terror filled Yhwach's face as he silently asked himself, "997 How long had it been? How long since I last sensed the breath of death???"
As Uchiha Hikaru's Zanpakuto drew ever closer, he could even feel death rushing toward him like a streak of white light.
And he was like an infant returned to a time of complete helplessness.
No!!! He was nothing but a statue that could neither see nor hear, unable even to make a sound or move a single inch.
Only his heart was still beating. Only his mind remained active!
Yhwach felt the life within him constantly draining away. As he gazed at the blue-white wall of flames, melancholy welled up in his heart.
His plan for vengeance born of hatred toward his father,