"You, who can gather twenty-six fighters comparable to the Captain-level of the Gotei 13, I must admit you are indeed very powerful, but not powerful enough..."
"I can assemble fifty-two powerful wielders whose Spiritual Pressure surpasses that of Kensei Muguruma!"
"In fact, it has been proven that I am superior in both ability and subordinates."
As he spoke, Sōgo Shihoin summoned a sofa. He sat on the sofa, smiling as he looked at the Sternritter members in front of him.
" Sōgo Shihoin..." Standing at the front of the group, Yhwach, whose entire body exuded a powerful Spiritual Pressure that surpassed that of Soul King's Power, frowned slightly as he looked at Sōgo Shihoin.
Although he knew that Sōgo Shihoin was an incredibly difficult opponent, he did not expect Sōgo Shihoin to be this difficult. Not only did he want to overwhelm him in terms of his own fighting strength, but he also wanted to overwhelm him in terms of his subordinates. It seemed that for Sōgo Shihoin, the game was only interesting if he completely crushed his opponent.
Therefore, Sōgo Shihoin will not immediately kill him, but will slowly whittle him down.
Yhwach ~
Let's start!
"Send your strongest knights to fight against my strongest knights!"
"Unleash the strongest offensive and defensive battle in the Three Realms!"
"Believe me... you absolutely cannot beat me no matter what!"
"Because... I am the invincible Sōgo Shihoin."
Sōgo Shihoin smiled as he looked at Yhwach. He was somewhat looking forward to the game that would unfold between him and Yhwach. Sōgo Shihoin loved games, enjoyed playing games, loved battling with others, and loved having fun playing games.
"Yeah!?"
Judging from this situation...
" Sōgo Shihoin, you think you've won, right?"
Yhwach looked at Sōgo Shihoin; he didn't think he was doomed to lose.
" Sōgo Shihoin..."
"My father is the great Lord of the Three Realms, the supreme master of this world, the great Soul King!"
"My grandfather is the world consciousness that was born from this world!"
I represent the whole world!
"Facing me, Sōgo Shihoin represents the world, can you really win?"
"Can you really defeat me, the Almighty one?"
Yhwach looked at Sōgo Shihoin, whose body was radiating a powerful Spiritual Pressure Spiritual Pressure that seemed endless. The pressure made the Sternritter knights and the powerful warriors gathered by Sōgo Shihoin feel breathless.
"Boring..."
Sōgo Shihoin looked at Yhwach, who intended to subdue his subordinates by absorbing the Spiritual Pressure of the Soul King and becoming stronger. His eyes were filled with disdain.
He simply uttered the word "boring," instantly neutralizing the terrifying Spiritual Pressure continuously released by Yhwach. Some of the weaker members of the Sternritter and some of the more skilled Gotei 13 whose Spiritual Pressure barely reached the level of the Muguruma were able to catch their breath.
To be honest, when Yhwach went berserk, they thought the world was about to end. If it weren't for Sōgo Shihoin's help, they would have been really scared.
"Since you've chosen this battle, I expect you to play by the rules I set!"
"King against king, general against general!"
"That's what makes it interesting..."
"Wouldn't it be more interesting if the knights decided their own victory? Yhwach ~"
Sōgo Shihoin sat on the sofa, legs crossed, holding a glass of red wine in his hand, taking small sips as he spoke coldly to Yhwach.
"Checkmate... King versus King?" Yhwach frowned slightly upon hearing this. "Fine! Since that's your wish, I'll go along with it. Let's have a game of checkmate and king versus king!"
Yhwach thought for a moment, and finally nodded slightly, agreeing to Sōgo Shihoin's proposal.
"Very good!"
"That's more interesting..." Sōgo Shihoin. "However, Yhwach, don't you have too few men? I've looked around and there are only twenty-six of them, while I have a full fifty-two. Faced with my overwhelming fighting power, Yhwach, you seem to have no chance of winning at all!"
"You don't need to worry about that, Sōgo Shihoin Yhwach his head slightly upon hearing this. "My subordinates are very strong. After I absorbed my father, the great Lord Soul King, my power became even greater, and naturally, my subordinates also became stronger. Their power surpasses your imagination, so feel free to send your subordinates out! Whether it's one against two, or one against three, it doesn't matter! Because the one who wins will definitely be me."
"Interesting..." Sōgo Shihoin smiled slightly upon hearing this. "You seem quite confident in your strength! Then let's begin! I can't wait to crush your confidence into the ground and trample it repeatedly."
"Heh..." Yhwach merely chuckled coldly at Sōgo Shihoin's words, his smile filled with Sōgo Shihoin.
"Then come on! Go forth! My man! Yaskin Nakruvar!" Yhwach dispatched his first subordinate, Yaskin Nakruvar, a young man who looked exhausted and malnourished. This man was one of Yhwach's four Schutzstaffel, and his strength should not be underestimated. It seems that Yhwach is taking this opening victory very seriously.
"Who should I send to fight first?!" Sōgo Shihoin remained calm as he looked at his subordinates. After all, he had a total of fifty-two men, twice the number of the enemy, so he didn't need to worry about the awkward situation of having no one to fight.
"I'll go!" Before anyone could react, Kenpachi Zaraki was the first to step forward. "I don't need anyone's help! I'll fight the enemy one-on-one!"
Kenpachi Zaraki immediately refused the help of the others. Since there was only one enemy, there was no reason for two people to deal with him together. One-on-one combat was the only way!
"Idiot!" Shaoling Fon looked at Kenpachi Zaraki, who had chosen to fight alone, with a look of disbelief in her eyes. "This is a battle that determines the fate of the entire Soul Society! How can we abandon our joint efforts just because of your choice?"
"Ha!?"
"Of course I know about that kind of thing!"
"Isn't winning all that matters?"
"Nothing else matters, right?"
Kenpachi Zaraki blade, spoke in a deep voice to Shaoling Fon.
"You..." Aya was about to say something, but was stopped by Sougo Shihouin.
" Kenpachi Zaraki, you know your mission, right!?" Sōgo Shihoin asked Kenpachi Zaraki.
"Ah!" Kenpachi Zaraki nodded slightly. "My mission is to crush all the enemies in front of me, right?"
"It seems you understand your mission. In that case, I won't say anything more." Sōgo Shihoin slightly. After learning that Kenpachi Zaraki understood his mission, he had nothing more to say. Since Kenpachi Zaraki understood, then let Kenpachi Zaraki do it!
"Hey! Whatever your strength is, just unleash it on me!" Kenpachi Zaraki, holding his Zanpakuto, walked up to Kenpachi Zaraki, raised his chin, and asked.
"You seem to be very confident in yourself..."
Aren't you afraid I can wipe you out in an instant?
Askin Yhwach, one of the Sternritter and one of Yhwach's four Schutzstaffel, stroked his chin, looked at Kenpachi Zaraki in front of him, and asked.
"Hahaha..." To everyone's surprise, Kenpachi Zaraki suddenly burst into laughter upon hearing this. "If you really can do it, then go ahead and do it! I want to see how you defeat me."
"Your name is Kenpachi Zaraki, right?!"
" His Yhwach values you highly, saying you are one of the six special combat forces threatening His Yhwach's ascension to the throne!"
"If I met you before I became stronger..."
"I'm likely to lose badly!"
But I am completely different now!
" His Yhwach has strengthened me; I now possess power far exceeding what I had before."
Yaskin Nakruvar looked at Kenpachi Zaraki with a smile.
"Everyone's body contains nutrients. When these nutrients accumulate to a certain level, the Deathdealing is reached, at which point the enemy dies. However, this the Deathdealing the Deathdealing limited, and it varies from person to person, making it very cumbersome to use. Therefore, with His Yhwach Yhwach's help, I gained even greater power. First, let's return to the topic of nutrients. When we obtain nutrients, we reach the Deathdealing. So, what happens when we lack nutrients?"
Yaskin Nakruvar looked at Kenpachi Zaraki and smiled slightly.
"Let me show you..."
"With His Yhwach Yhwach's help, I have evolved the power—the power to freely manipulate nutrients— Famine!"
As Askin Nakruvar spoke these words, a green light suddenly shone from his body, instantly enveloping Kenpachi Zaraki.
"Huh!?" Kenpachi Zaraki was taken aback at first, but the next second, he suddenly felt a hungry growl coming from his abdomen.
Kenpachi Zaraki could feel a large amount of nutrients being absorbed and metabolized frantically inside his body. He was extremely hungry and desperately wanted to eat.
"This is my power!"
"Did you feel that!? Kenpachi Zaraki!"
"Every living thing in this world needs to eat, and my power is the strongest force that can make all living things hungry..."
"Before my power, which is comparable to that of a god, even you would be helpless, wouldn't you!?"
Yaskin Nakruvar looked at Kenpachi Zaraki with a hint of provocation in his eyes.
There's no way...
"Ha ha ha ha..."
Upon hearing this, Kenpachi Zaraki suddenly burst into laughter.
"There's nothing in this world that can't be solved!"
"Since you're hungry, let's go eat!"
At this point, Kenpachi Zaraki gripped his blade and swung it toward Askin Nakruvar.
"Fool..."
"You're still wasting your energy! Don't you understand? Once my ability is activated, you have no way to defeat me..."
"If you continue to waste your energy, there will only be one outcome in the end."
Yaskin Nakruvar looked at Kenpachi Zaraki, who continued to swing his blade at him, with disdain Kenpachi Zaraki, who was already exhausted, was foolishly continuing to waste his energy. There would only be one outcome: he would exhaust all his strength and eventually be unable to Zanpakuto, dying of exhaustion on the ground.
" Quincy..."
"Who do you think your opponent is?!" Kenpachi Zaraki brandished his blade, slicing through the air in an instant, and appeared right in front of Askin Nakruvar's face. "You think you can make me lose my fighting ability just by making me hungry? Don't be ridiculous! I maintain this level of hunger all the time!"
Kenpachi Zaraki seemed to disdain his opponent's power, believing that such power was meaningless.
Kenpachi Zaraki is someone who equates fighting with eating and drinking. If he doesn't fight every day, he feels unbearably hungry. Since becoming the captain of the 11th Division of the Gotei 13, he has been restraining himself and preventing himself from losing control in the face of strong opponents. Therefore, Kenpachi Zaraki Kenpachi Zaraki his hunger, which means that he is actually unsatisfied and hungry every day.
Askin Nakruvar, who rekindled this hunger, became the target that Kenpachi Zaraki had to hunt to satisfy his own desires. Unfortunately, Askin Nakruvar's powerful abilities were useless against Kenpachi Zaraki, who was constantly starving.
"What!?" Yaskin Nakruvar never expected that his seemingly invincible power would be completely useless against the beast-like man before him.
For a moment, Yaskin Nakruvar panicked. In that moment of panic, one of his arms was instantly severed by the berserk Kenpachi Zaraki...
"Damn it..." Askin Nakruvar's eyes narrowed as he looked at his severed arm. "Since my awakened abilities are useless against you, then let me defeat you with conventional power! If you're still a living being, you should at least, like all other living beings, obediently die before the Deathdealing!"
At that moment, Yaskin Nakruvar admitted it; he acknowledged that his power was indeed ineffective against Kenpachi Zaraki, but...
This never means that Yaskin Nakruvar has truly lost. Although his awakened power is useless, Yaskin Nakruvar still possesses his unawakened power: The Deathdealing! This power is also excellent enough!
So outstanding that Jaskin Nakruvar could sit comfortably in Yhwach's Schutzstaffel based on that ability!
Wishing everyone a Happy New Year!
(End of this chapter)