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The Zanpakuto's blade vanished completely, turning into countless cherry-pink blades glinting with cold light.
The night wind swept through the street, and the cherry blossoms filling the sky instantly surged toward Ichigo.
Ichigo gripped Zangetsu with both hands and swung hard into Senbonzakura.
Clang, clang, clang, clang!
A dense barrage of collisions rang out as countless tiny blades were knocked aside head-on by Zangetsu, leaving cuts of varying depths on both sides of the street.
Before Ichigo could catch his breath, the scattered cherry blossoms regrouped under Byakuya Kuchiki's control and attacked from every direction at once.
Above, left, right-there were even blades beneath his feet.
This guy's attacks were as troublesome as ever.
Reiatsu erupted beneath Ichigo's feet, and he used Shunpo to shoot into the air, narrowly escaping the blades closing beneath him.
Yet the instant he leaped up, more cherry blossoms had already blocked his path.
Ichigo could only hold Zangetsu across his body and forcibly block the oncoming Senbonzakura.
Bam!
The violent impact knocked him out of the air.
Ichigo landed on both feet and slid backward more than ten meters along the asphalt, his soles throwing up two glaring trails of sparks against the ground.
"Tch."
He raised Zangetsu and quickly scanned his surroundings.
This was a residential neighborhood, with houses lining both sides and even several apartment buildings nearby with their lights still on.
Using Getsuga Tenshō here could certainly blast through Senbonzakura.
But that slash would probably take the houses behind it with it.
Although the nearby humans could not see Soul Reapers, they would be caught up in the destruction caused by the battle.
Ichigo could not fight freely at all.
Byakuya Kuchiki clearly had no such concerns.
He stood where he