For a moment, the world seemed to have lost all its original colors.
The Zanpakuto spirits of the squad Captain-level, who had originally shone like stars, became dim and lost all their brilliance.
On the outskirts of the Rukongai in Rukongai Soul Society, in the vast dueling arena, only the towering, immensely large Ikomikidomoe even higher than Mount Everest, and... the ever-evolving Yamazuki, whose cultivation level had unknowingly surpassed the limits of Soul Reaper, reaching an inconceivable Engetsu...
Mugetsu was originally a forbidden technique that combined Zanpakuto with Soul Reaper, using the Soul Reaper as a medium to completely sacrifice one's Zanpakuto in order to obtain power surpassing that of the Soul Reaper.
This powerful and forbidden force originally required the cooperation of Soul Reaper ), but with Yhwach's help, Engetsu achieved the Mugetsu form. At this moment, Engetsu, as Zanpakuto, is a formidable being comparable to the forbidden ones!
Spiritual Power as black as ink continuously emanated from Engetsu, who had entered the form of the Mugetsu. At this moment, the blade in his hand had long since disappeared... He was now the strongest weapon.
"One strike."
Engetsu murmured softly. At this moment, the look in his eyes as he looked at Sōgo Shihoin was neither joyful nor sorrowful. It was the look of someone who had reached a higher realm and thus seen more things, and had come to understand the truth of the world.
"Bring it on!"
Sōgo Shihoin sat on Ikomikidomoe's head and gently beckoned to Engetsu.
Facing Soul Reaper, who had surpassed Engetsu Sōgo Shihoin's eyes showed not a trace of fear. On the contrary, Sōgo Shihoin was eager to try his luck because he had encountered an unexpectedly strong enemy.
" Xiao Jiba is ready; the next enemy will be tough to deal with."
Sōgo Shihoin gently patted Ikomikidomoe large head at his feet and said with a smile.
"I've already said... I'm not Xiao Jiba!"
"I am the Da Jiba!!!"
"It was merely a strike that surpassed the limits of Soul Reaper! The power of that single blow is nothing to worry about!"
Who do you think I am?!
Ikomikidomoe a loud roar, before Engetsu could attack, he strode forward and charged towards Engetsu.
" The Final Getsuga Tenshō... Mugetsu!"
As Engetsu took a large stride, her feet slamming into the ground, causing the entire Soul Society to Ikomikidomoe, she calmly extended her arm and then gently swung it down.
In that instant, time seemed to freeze forever. A jet-black ink line sliced through the Engetsu, splitting the ground in two, the sky in two, space in two, and finally, the Ikomikidomoe in two...
The Final Getsuga Tenshō! Terrifying indeed!
"It's over..."
After unleashing this powerful attack, Engetsu's body began to dim, constantly shifting between reality and illusion. At this moment, he resembled an oil lamp about to run out of oil, on the verge of being extinguished at any moment...
But this strike was worthwhile. Engetsu knew its value; he believed no one in the world could withstand his Final Getsuga Tenshō...
"Clap clap clap..." Just as Engetsu revealed a confident smile, a round of applause rang in his ears. Sōgo Shihoin, with short silver-white hair and sapphire-like eyes, looked at Engetsu with a gratified smile, "Well done."
Sōgo Shihoin thought that Engetsu's attack was really good.
"..."
"Was it because that big guy blocked his way?!"
Engetsu's eyes widened in disbelief as he looked at Sōgo Shihoin. He had originally intended to sever Ikomikidomoe and his Sōgo Shihoin simultaneously, but this powerful strike had been blocked. To be honest, it was beyond his expectations... However, it didn't matter anymore. What happened next was no longer his concern. The Final Getsuga Tenshō was called the final one precisely because it was a technique that could only be used once.
He was already at a loss when his all-or-nothing attack failed to work from the moment it was unleashed.
If one strike fails, you will be shattered to pieces...
As Engetsu watched her body slowly disappear, her heart was filled with resentment, yet she was utterly helpless...
"Continue!"
Just as the Engetsu was about to dissipate, a cold and authoritative voice slowly sounded in Engetsu ear...
The next moment, boundless Spiritual Pressure poured into Engetsu's body, and the terrifying Spiritual Pressure once again soared into the sky!
"Cough cough..."
In the gloomy world, inside the snow-white palace, a majestic man in black, resembling the Zanpakuto spirit within Ichigo Kurosaki's body, Uncle Zangetsu, sat on the throne, coughing softly, a trace of crimson at the corner of his mouth.
In order to get Engetsu to help him get rid of Sōgo Shihoin, a major threat who was giving him a headache, he was willing to expend his own life force. As long as he could get rid of Sōgo Shihoin, this loss of life force was worth it.
"It seems you will eventually be defeated by me!"
As Engetsu felt the surging power within her body, her eyes narrowed slightly, and an immense Spiritual Pressure soared into the sky, turning heaven and earth into a gray expanse once more.
A crescent moon, as black as ink, hovered in mid-air, firmly locking onto Sougo Shihouin.
"Interesting."
Sōgo Shihoin had seen it all very clearly; he clearly saw the shadowy figure behind the scenes, a guy hiding in the shadows. However, Sōgo Shihoin didn't take the person hiding in the shadows seriously. He was an upright and honest man; why should he fear a petty person who only knew how to hide in the shadows and didn't even have the courage to face him?
"If you want to use someone else to get rid of me, you'd better have the ability. You think you can play with me?! Huh? You think you can?"
Sōgo Shihoin a cold laugh. He was really looking forward to the person behind the scenes giving him some surprises. If the other party really had the strength to go toe-to-toe with him, that would be... perfect.
"Goodbye! It's all over, Sōgo Shihoin."
Just as Sōgo Shihoin's eyes seemed to pierce through everything in the world and look at the person behind the throne, Engetsu once again swung his arm down.
A dark crescent moon pierced the sky, slashing towards Sōgo Shihoin.
"It's over? Who said that?"
Sōgo Shihoin extended two fingers and gently pinched them together, thus catching the Final Getsuga Tenshō that Engetsu had unleashed with all his might.
"What?!"
Looking at Sōgo Shihoin's ultimate technique, which he had instantly deciphered, Engetsu was filled with disbelief.
"What are you surprised about? It's just a mere Mugetsu night... And what are you expecting?"
"You can't use the same trick on the same Soul Reaper twice; that's common sense."
Sōgo Shihoin spoke in a very serious tone.
"What kind of common sense is this?!"
"That's simply not common sense."
"I don't understand what you're saying at all..."
"Are you sure what you're saying is common sense, you bastard!!!"
Engetsu's body slowly transformed into countless starlight points, and even in his last moments of disappearance, he didn't forget to complain... It wasn't that he was a chatterbox, he just couldn't help it.
Who else?
"There's not a single one who can fight!"
Sōgo Shihoin stood in the air, his arms crossed over his chest, looking down at the crowd with pride.
"Cough cough cough..."
In the palace, Yhwach sat high on his throne, coughing incessantly, his eyes unfocused, his body growing ever younger...
Unlike ordinary people, Yhwach's strength decreases as he appears younger. When his strength is exhausted, he regresses to infancy, becoming blind, deaf, smellless, and unable to chew...
"His Majesty!"
Beneath the throne, Jugram Haschwalth watched Yhwach's body gradually weaken, a hint of anxiety flashing across his face. He hurriedly went to Yhwach's side and gently supported Yhwach's shoulder.
"Your Majesty, we have lost this round."
Although Haschwalth didn't want to admit it, the current situation... was one he had to accept. Even with their king, Yhwach, personally taking action, they still couldn't defeat the monster Sōgo Shihoin.
"You lost?"
When did you start to feel that we had lost?
" Haschwalth, we've won this round."
Yhwach smiled slightly. Although he had suffered some internal injuries, it didn't matter, because it was worth it.
"You won?!"
"Your Majesty, please forgive my bluntness."
"Perhaps Haschwalth was simply blind; Haschwalth failed to see the opportunity that would allow us to win this game."
Haschwalth was puzzled and regretful; he failed to see the opportunity for victory.
"What do you think the others were doing when Engetsu stopped Sōgo Shihoin?"
Yhwach gently rubbed the stubble on his chin, his eyes filled with amusement.
"Others?!"
After hearing Yhwach's words, Haschwalth finally realized that because he had been so focused on Engetsu and Sōgo Shihoin, he hadn't paid attention to the others... especially the Demon Sword Muramasa. He didn't know where Demon Sword Muramasa had gone.
"Boom!"
Just then, a flash of light appeared in the sky! A ball of flame roared up, unleashing an extremely terrifying heat wave!
dry!
heat!
The air was incredibly hot and dry, the temperature soaring to an almost unbearable level, as if it were about to burst into flames!
A figure appeared in the firelight, the Roar and glaring at Sōgo Shihoin. It was a spirit of flames, an aggregate of elements, a god whose body contained the great power of nature!
That deity's name was... Ryūjin Jakka!!!
That was the most powerful and familiar Zanpakuto in Soul Society. Its owner was none other than Gotei 13 Shigekuni, who had been invincible in Soul Society for the past thousand years, known as the strongest Soul Reaper in Soul Society for a thousand years, and who had served as the captain of the First Division of the Gotei 13 for over a thousand years, and concurrently as the Captain-Commander of the Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai Gotei 13.
"Do you see these beautiful flames?"
"Powerful, invincible, it's the ultimate in violent aesthetics!"
Yhwach smiled slightly. No one understood the power of Ryūjin Jakka better than him—a power that was practically invincible! A power that inspired fear and dread!
A thousand years ago, Yhwach was defeated by that man, a monster who wielded a sharp blade, knew no mercy, and unleashed his full power from the start, willing to destroy Soul Society to crush his enemies...
From Yhwach's perspective, while Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai's Spiritual Pressure has increased, he has actually weakened. This is because Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai has too many concerns. In Soul Society, he has too many students and too many worries. Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai to deliberately suppress himself, which is why his sword has become dull and weaker.
However, it was only Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai became weaker...
This has nothing to do with Ryūjin Jakka!
After a thousand years of honing its skills, Ryūjin Jakka has not only not weakened, but has become even stronger than it was a thousand years ago!
After Ryūjin Jakka left the frail Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai, she became incredibly powerful! Even more powerful!
It's a bit hot.
Looking at the terrifying Zanpakuto spirit before him, which seemed capable of burning the heavens and earth to ashes, Sōgo Shihoin took out a palm-leaf fan and gently fanned himself with it.
The teacher said that when it comes to fire-attribute Zanpakuto, one cannot help but mention the Sōkyoku - Kikōō, which is said to have the combined power of a million Zanpakuto!
However, even the Kikōō, who could burn a lake dry in an instant, could only be considered a subordinate in front of Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai's Ryūjin Jakka.
As long as Ryūjin Jakka exists in this world, then Kikōō can only rank second in the fire attribute in Soul Society!
Even Hyōrinmaru, which shares the title of the strongest Zanpakuto in Soul Society Soul Society Ryūjin Jakka and is known as the Zanpakuto ice-attribute Hyōrinmaru, couldn't maintain its dignity in front of Ryūjin Jakka. Faced with this terrifying heatwave, Hyōrinmaru couldn't even maintain its Bankai and was melted into Suirinmaru in just an instant...
"If you're not dead Ikomikidomoe, wake up, you bastard."
Sōgo Shihoin stomped his foot and shouted impatiently.
"He's awake! He's awake!"
"It keeps me constantly busy."
Upon hearing Sōgo Shihoin's cold words, Ikomikidomoe immediately shuddered. He Sōgo Shihoin's words: if he didn't get up now, he would be turned into a corpse.
Ikomikidomoe got up from the ground, and at the same time, the wounds on his body caused by the slash from the Engetsu had healed rapidly and returned to normal.
"Isn't that... Yamamoto's Zanpakuto?!"
" Yamamoto, come out and see me!!"
Looking at the Zanpakuto Ikomikidomoe him, which he recognized all too well, he laughed loudly and said, "I know this Zanpakuto, it's just a defeated foe..."
"Disappear!"
However, the response to "Ikomikidomoe" was not from Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai, but from Ryūjin Jakka's sea of fire.
" Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai, you shameless bastard! You don't even dare to fight me head-on! You have no strength! You piece of trash!"
Ikomikidomoe has never been afraid of anyone in his life. Back then, he punched Baraggan and trampled Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai, step by step fighting his way up to the Soul King Palace. He was incredibly brave. Now, naturally, he wouldn't take Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai Zanpakuto.
However, to his surprise, Ikomikidomoe 'Ryūjin Jakka flames were terrifying; the endless inferno scalded him so much that he Ikomikidomoe! The Ryūjin Jakka of today was no longer the Ryūjin Jakka of the past...
"You've really grown up, haven't you!"
Ikomikidomoe Ikomikidomoe," will never back down; as the Da Jiba," he can never say no.
"You think you're so great? Then destroy me!"
With Ikomikidomoe stretched out his huge, snow-white arm and slapped Ryūjin Jakka!
"Boom!"
A deafening roar, like cannonballs exploding right next to their ears, assaulted the eardrums of the Soul Reaper ) far away in Seireitei. The terrifying shockwave, like a gale, scattered the clouds in the sky.
"Ha ha ha ha..."
"How dare you be so arrogant in front of me, you mere little flame?!"
Ikomikidomoe blow, he let out a soft laugh. In his eyes, Ryūjin Jakka had been smashed to pieces.
Having defeated Ryūjin Jakka once, Ikomikidomoe doesn't take Ryūjin Jakka seriously at all.
" Bankai! The Zanka no Tachi!!!"
"Null!"
A soft whisper was heard, followed by a sigh in Ikomikidomoe's ear...
In an instant Ikomikidomoe, the Ikomikidomoe flames causing him to scream wildly!
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
Moreover, at the moment Ryūjin Jakka Bankai, all the lakes in the entire Soul Society evaporated at a visible speed, the originally lush green plants were instantly ignited, and countless mountains turned into fiery mountains.
The soil and rocks, due to the excessively high temperature, first liquefied, then turned into terrifying magma, flowing towards Rukongai...
However, the magma vaporized and rose into the Rukongai, turning into a stuffy and harmful gas.
The souls kneeling before the Ikomikidomoe in Rukongai were suddenly ignited by flames, instantly turning to ashes in the endless sea of fire and the painless heat...
One, two, three, four, countless wandering souls were ignited in succession!
The Seireitei, located thousands of spirit miles from the Zanka no Tachi, had already activated a giant barrier under the leadership of Shunsui Kyōraku, but it was still unable to contain the endless high temperature in the air.
" Bankai, Daiguren Hyōrinmaru!"
Forced to use his Bankai under such a challenging situation, Captain Tōshirō Hitsugaya of the Tenth Division used the power of Hyōrinmaru to cool everyone down.
Tōshirō Hitsugaya could feel his Spiritual Pressure being consumed at ten times the usual rate. Even with Shunsui Kyōraku and Jūshirō Ukitake, two Captain-level of a hundred years in the past, supporting the barrier and protecting him, he could still feel his Spiritual Pressure rapidly draining away.
How did Tōshirō Hitsugaya connect with the spirit of his Zanpakuto and Bankai?
Originally, because its entire body was made of ice, it was basically immune to physical attacks. Under the bombardment of Ikomikidomoe, Hyōrinmaru managed to escape a section thanks to its elemental body.
The instant Ryūjin Jakka's Bankai, he successfully broke free from the control of the Demon Sword Muramasa and returned to Tōshirō Hitsugaya's Zanpakuto. This was because the moment Zanka no Tachi appeared, he was instantly vaporized into water vapor... He didn't even have time to blink before he was gone.
"This is terrifying! Is this Yama-jii's Zanpakuto?!"
Shunsui Kyōraku looked up at the fiery clouds on the horizon, licked his dry lips, and could feel the moisture in his body being rapidly depleted. If this continued, he would eventually become a dried-up corpse.
"Oh!"
In mid-air, the fire spirit, standing on fiery clouds and wielding a broken samurai sword, walked step by step toward Sōgo Shihoin. The fire spirit was like an invincible god-king who stepped out of mythology, or like a world-destroying demon that only appeared in stories passed down by word of mouth! A single glance from the fire spirit could burn everything in the world to ashes!
Continue with 5,000~
(End of this chapter)