Over a thousand enormous blades rose slowly from the ground, then broke apart once more!
This time, there were hundreds of millions-even billions-of blades!
"Gokei: Senbonzakura Kageyoshi!"
Byakuya Kuchiki pressed his palms together, and the endless blades instantly gathered into a constantly shrinking sphere, imprisoning Reinhard completely within it!
Inside the sphere was an omnidirectional cutting storm powerful enough to crush anything!
This time, surely...
Rumble-!!!
When the enormous sphere finally crushed itself and dispersed into a sky full of cherry blossoms,
Reinhard's figure disappeared along with it.
A trace of understanding had only just appeared on Byakuya Kuchiki's face.
"I see. An impressive technique."
Yet a gentle voice sounded behind him without any warning.
Byakuya Kuchiki whipped around, his pupils contracting to their utmost in an instant!
There stood Reinhard, who had appeared behind him at some unknown point.
Never mind wounds-not even a speck of dust had touched him.
"'Divine Protection of the Phoenix.' Resurrection after death."
"And 'Divine Protection of Rebirth.' The same technique cannot work a second time."
Ye Chuan's voice rang out like a narrator's commentary.
Inside the box, Fubuki was already too shocked to speak.
"How... how are you supposed to fight that?! This isn't fair at all! He's cheating!"
"No."
Ye Chuan shook his head.
"He himself is 'cheating.'"
On the stage.
Byakuya Kuchiki finally understood as well.
What he faced was not a "person" at all.
It was a "rule," a "phenomenon"!
He took a deep breath and poured every last bit of his Reiatsu into a single point, holding nothing back!
"Final Scene-[White Emperor Sword]!!!"
At that moment, the cherry blossoms filling the sky all became one!
They transformed into a pure-white sword of ultimate Reiatsu, radiating sacred light!
A pair of snow-white wings slowly spread behind Byakuya Kuchiki as well!