"Amenotejikara."
Sasuke's Rinnegan flashed faintly.
His figure instantly switched places with a distant piece of rubble on the platform!
Crescent Cross Getsuga struck empty air, carving a massive cross-shaped trench into the platform's floor!
What quick reflexes! Ichigo's heart tightened.
"My turn."
Yet Sasuke's icy voice rang out behind him without warning!
He had activated Amenotejikara again, teleporting behind Ichigo!
"Chidori Sharp Spear!"
A spear of lightning formed from Lightning Release Chakra extended from his hand, thrusting straight toward Ichigo's back!
However!
Ichigo's reaction was equally swift!
He did not even turn around. His body's combat instincts had already driven him to block behind himself with his smaller Zanpakutō!
Clang!!!
The lightning spear and Zanpakutō collided with a crash!
A burst of blinding electric light erupted!
For a time, the entire platform was filled with the two fighters' rapidly moving figures!
Black crescents and purple lightning clashed fiercely in midair, again and again!
Swordsmanship and taijutsu, ocular techniques and Flash Step, ninjutsu and Kidō...
Both brought their fighting skills to their fullest!
"At this rate, it'll never end!"
After a fierce exchange, Sasuke retreated rapidly!
His Mangekyō Sharingan instantly focused!
"Then I'll use this move to burn you to ashes!"
"Amaterasu!"
Whoosh!!!!
A mass of inextinguishable black flames suddenly blazed across Ichigo's body!
"Aaaaaaagh!!!"
Agony fierce enough to burn even a soul to ashes instantly spread throughout Ichigo's body!
However!
Just as everyone thought the outcome had been decided!
An inhuman roar of fury erupted from within the black flames!
Boom!!!!
A mixture of Soul Reaper and Hollow reiatsu erupted wildly from Ichigo's body!
A white Hollow mask resembling an ox's skull appeared over the left half of his face!
A black horn extended from it!
[Resurrección: Ox-Head Form]!
Under the impact of that immense reiatsu, even Amaterasu's black flames