Three bursts of captain-level Reiatsu collided thunderously above the park.
Their Reiatsu intertwined, forming an enormous pillar of light visible to the naked eye that pierced straight through the clouds overhead.
Gale-force winds swept outward from the three of them, shaking the park's trees violently and peeling back layer after layer of turf.
After his Bankai, the Zangetsu in Ichigo's hand had become a long, pitch-black sword.
Its blade was longer and slimmer than before, with a length of black chain trailing from the end of the hilt, swaying constantly in the wind stirred by his Reiatsu.
His Shihakushō had also become a fitted black coat, with white lines of Reiatsu crisscrossing his chest. The surging Reiatsu temporarily suppressed the wounds on his arms.
This was precisely the Bankai form that had fused with his Fullbring powers after Ichigo regained his Soul Reaper powers.
His speed, strength, and Reiatsu all far surpassed what they had once been.
The next moment, all three figures vanished at once.
Nozomi Kujō jerked her head up.
All she could see was cherry blossoms and frost constantly colliding across the sky. She could not track the three figures at all.
Clang!
A deafening crash rang out in midair.
Wielding Tensa Zangetsu, Ichigo slashed straight at Tōshirō Hitsugaya.
Tōshirō Hitsugaya swung Hyōrinmaru, and a massive ice dragon roared out from its edge.
"Ice Dragon Tail Spin!"
Ichigo did not dodge. His pitch-black blade cut straight into the ice dragon's head.
Bang!
He split the enormous ice dragon down the middle, shattering it into countless chunks of ice that fell toward the ground.
Tōshirō Hitsugaya clearly had not expected Ichigo to break through his attack with such brute force, and his movements faltered for a moment.
Ichigo seized the opening and slashed at his chest.
But before