A crimson-gold blade of light pierced the sky.
A massive black fissure suddenly split open in the empty air. Then golden-red flames erupted from its depths, burning clean through the entire void.
A figure walked slowly out of the flames.
At that moment, everyone on the battlefield looked up.
Soi Fon stood atop a shattered building, her left arm already unable to move. At the cost of an arm, she had worked with Hachigen Ushōda to destroy Baraggan completely. Her Shihakushō was torn in several places as well.
Baraggan and all the Fracción he had brought were dead.
Elsewhere, Tōshirō Hitsugaya held Hyōrinmaru as he faced Tier Harribel from a distance. Vast sheets of ice crystals covered the streets, and several wounds marked Harribel's body.
Her three Fracción lay amid the rubble.
Ayon, whom the three had summoned together, had already been smashed apart by a single punch from Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto. Rangiku Matsumoto and Momo Hinamori were gravely wounded, barely able to remain conscious.
Farther away, Starrk still stood at the edge of a tall building.
Shunsui Kyōraku lowered his bamboo hat, while Jūshirō Ukitake was occupied with Lilynette. Neither side appeared seriously wounded, but their Reiatsu had already risen to its limit.
The Visored were scattered around the battlefield.
Shinji Hirako held Sakanade, his gaze never leaving Aizen. Kensei Muguruma and Mashiro Kuna stood amid the ruins, Love Aikawa carried Tengumaru over his shoulder, and Rōjūrō Ōtoribashi's white formal suit was covered in dust.
Yoruichi stood on the other side, still wearing the anti-Hierro armor Kisuke Urahara had prepared on both hands.
Nulvido's body had already been completely shattered by her.
Kisuke Urahara stood nearby, his hat brim concealing his eyes, but his hand had not loosened its grip on Benihime.
Gin Ichimaru stood alone atop a building.