The sky above the Seireitei changed color in an instant.
The familiar azure heavens were completely erased, replaced by vast expanses of ice buildings suspended upside down overhead.
The Wandenreich's army descended just like that, setting foot directly inside the Gotei 13's headquarters.
Shattered buildings lay everywhere, and large numbers of Star Cross knights in white coats poured out of the shadows.
Screams rang out one after another across the divisions' barracks. Many low-ranking Soul Reapers had their bodies pierced by Reishi arrows before they could even draw their swords.
Yoriichi Tsugikuni stood in the clearing in front of the First Division, his hand resting on Hekyō at his waist.
These white-coated guys really knew how to pick their moment, stirring up trouble right during the changing of the guard after breakfast.
That was downright dirty. They wouldn't even give people time to digest.
"Everyone, engage."
Yoriichi's voice was not loud, but carried by his Sun Reiatsu, it reached the ears of every Soul Reaper nearby with perfect clarity.
Several Star Cross knights brandished blades of Reishi light and charged straight at Yoriichi.
Yoriichi barely even raised his eyelids.
Golden divine fire surged out along his scabbard, and he casually swept his hand forward.
A fan-shaped wall of golden flames instantly swept outward.
The three Quincy at the front were vaporized into dust in the air by the intense heat before they could even scream.
Two blocks away, an even more extravagant blaze erupted.
Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto gripped the edges of his wooden cane with both hands, and the cane transformed into a Zanpakuto amid the flames.
The old man casually swung his sword.
The tongues of flame unleashed by Ryūjin Jakka burned the ground along an entire stretch of street into glass.
The Quincy opposite him retreated more than