The moment that enormous mouth closed, the world became quiet. The colossal monster, the giant wielding a massive Reishi blade, along with its weapon, had become food for the abyssal maw, turned into fodder!
"I didn't want it to be like this..."
Kuruyashiki Kenpachi sighed helplessly. It was all over. Before his Bankai, all enemies had turned to ashes.
"Looks like I've won this battle again~"
Sōgo Shihoin Shihouin smiled slightly at Yhwach, and announced his victory with a soft laugh.
"..."
Yhwach remained silent for a moment, but ultimately said nothing. He acknowledged that Sōgo Shihoin had won the battle, and then what!?
The power of the Miracle returned to his body...
When the powerful energy returned to Yhwach's body, Yhwach became even stronger!
He restored his heart in an instant!
His physique became increasingly imposing, and the strength of his spiritual body was incomparable to what it had been before!
"Keep going! The battle has only just begun!"
Yhwach's attitude was clear: he would not stop until all the Sternritter were wiped out, because his power would increase with every Sternritter killed! And the Sternritter members could effectively weaken the enemy's fighting strength—wouldn't it be foolish not to take advantage of such a deal?
"Who else can you send out!?"
"Are there any members of your Schutzstaffel who can die?!"
"Oh right, sorry, I misremembered. Your Schutzstaffel guard was just wiped out."
Sōgo Shihoin mocked Yhwach without any restraint. He showed no fear whatsoever because of Yhwach's strength. He didn't even put the Soul King in his eyes, let alone the Soul King's eldest son, who was not even a complete Yhwach!?
Besides, even if Yhwach surpasses Soul King, so what!?
He, Sōgo Shihoin, possesses overwhelming power and strength!
"Let's welcome the next victim!"
Sōgo Shihoin sat on the sofa, legs crossed, watching Yhwach with a smile.
"Next up! My strongest knight, possessing power surpassing all other knights!"
" Sōgo Shihoin! You haven't experienced his power, so you can't know just how powerful we Quincy are!"
Yhwach, as always, began boasting about the members he was about to send.
"Go! Gremmy Thormu! My most mighty knight!"
Yhwach dispatched his most powerful knight, the so-called strongest knight. Whether he was truly the strongest knight was something no one could say for sure; no one could figure it out.
But in terms of ability, it is indeed very powerful...
Gremmy Tomour, the Visionary who possesses the Schrift V!
The guy whose brain was practically killed by Sōgo Shihoin.
"We meet again, Sōgo Shihoin!"
The moment Gremmy Thormus appeared, he noticed Sōgo Shihoin. He smiled and greeted Sōgo Shihoin, admitting that Sōgo Shihoin, who had defeated him once, was definitely a strong fighter among strong fighters, but so what!?
He, Gremmy Thormus, is completely different from his former self; he is now in his complete form! His imagination now surpasses that of his predecessor, making him worthy of being called the Visionary, and the strongest knight of the Sternritter! Without a doubt!
"It seems your mind is different now; it's become much sharper!"
Sōgo Shihoin looked at Gremmy Thoreau, who seemed to have been reborn, and smiled slightly.
"It's not just about being reborn!"
I am far better now than I was before!
Gremmy Tomos gently shook his head at Sōgo Shihoin. He was much stronger than before, and now he could imagine his old fantasies without ever experiencing brain death!
"Since you consider yourself the strongest, then I'll send out my strongest subordinates too!"
"It's only interesting when the strongest goes up against the strongest!"
Sōgo Shihoin smiled slightly as he looked at the Sternritter who kept emphasizing their strength, and decided to dispatch his strongest fighting force.
"This isn't just my opinion, it's the truth!"
"My strength needs no proof, no emphasis; in fact, I am the strongest, without exception!"
Upon hearing this, Gremmy Tomos shook his head slightly. He didn't need to emphasize anything, he didn't need to prove anything, and anyone's words were meaningless to him. It was actually very simple: he was the strongest, that was all.
"Okay, okay..."
"To deal with you, the strongest, let Ichigo Kurosaki it!"
Sōgo Shihoin likes confident people, and his favorite thing to do is to undermine other people's confidence.
So after thinking for a while, Sōgo Shihoin decided to send Ichigo Kurosaki to deal with this idiot in front of him!
" Ichigo Kurosaki..."
Gremmy Tomos was taken aback by what Sōgo Shihoin.
"I feel like I've heard this name before..."
Let me imagine it...
"Right, I remember now, isn't Ichigo Kurosaki a top-tier combatant that His Yhwach specifically instructed him to possess!?"
"Hahaha... Interesting!"
Gremmy Tomos pondered for a moment, then suddenly remembered Ichigo Kurosaki's identity. He was a high-level combatant introduced to them by their Quincy Emperor, His Yhwach, who said that if they encountered him in battle, they must be extremely careful in dealing with him!
"I'd like to see who's stronger, me or some Ichigo Kurosaki!"
Gremmy Tomour's lips curled into a slight smile as he spoke with a hint of anticipation.
"That's definitely because Ichigo Kurosaki is stronger~ You idiot!"
After hearing Gremmy Thom's words, Sōgo Shihoin smiled disdainfully. Need I say more?! Ichigo Kurosaki, imbued with his soul, is the strongest puppet!
"I choose you! Go, Ichigo Kurosaki! Teach this guy a lesson!"
Sōgo Shihoin shouted, just like a Pokémon trainer sending out his Pokémon, announcing loudly, " Ichigo Kurosaki, here to enter!"
"Don't shout so loudly!"
"I can hear you!"
Ichigo Kurosaki sighed helplessly as he looked at the mentally unstable Sōgo Shihoin, then walked up to Gremmy Tomour with his Zanpakuto in hand.
"Although I really don't want to fight you!"
"But this is what the person who taught me to develop the power of Soul Reaper wanted me to do!"
"So you'd better watch out, because my Zanpakuto is really big, so tell me right away if you can't handle it!"
Ichigo Kurosaki arrogantly declared that his Zanpakuto was extremely sharp and powerful!
"Hehe..."
Gremmy Tomour simply smiled coldly after hearing Ichigo Kurosaki's words, expressing his disdain.
"Let me show you the most powerful ability of any living being: the ability to imagine!"
Gremmy Tomour grinned menacingly, ready to put on a good show for Ichigo Kurosaki.
"Whoosh!"
The next second, Gremmy Tomour and Ichigo Kurosaki vanished from the building they had just been in, disappearing from the space they had been in in an instant.
"To prevent others from disturbing us!"
"I created a space!"
"A space where we can do whatever we want!"
Gremmy Tomour spread his arms wide, smiled slightly at Ichigo Kurosaki, and continued to show off the space he had created.
"Amazing! Really great!"
Upon hearing Ichigo Kurosaki raised his hands and gave Gremmy Tommy a series of applause.
"Hahaha..."
"Isn't that right!?"
"This is my power!"
Gremmy Tomour chuckled softly, seemingly pleased with Ichigo Kurosaki's praise; he felt he had gained another confidant.
"What a pity! I really didn't want to kill you, you adorable little thing!"
"But this is an order..."
Gremmy Thoreau felt somewhat helpless; there weren't many people in this world who could understand or appreciate him.
"I'm helpless too!"
"I'm actually very reluctant to lay a hand on children."
Ichigo Kurosaki was also quite helpless. He didn't want to lay a hand on Gremmy Tomour, as he felt it went against his principles!
"I'm not a child!"
"I've lived for a very, very long time, so long that I've become bored!"
"So if you're going to attack me, go ahead and do it!"
Gremmy Thoreau stood with his hands behind his back, looking completely fearless.
"Yeah!?"
"Then I won't be polite!"
After politely declining, Ichigo Kurosaki, seeing that it was almost time, stopped wasting words and drew his Zanpakuto!
" Getsuga Tenshō!"
Ichigo Kurosaki gripped his Zanpakuto and swung it down fiercely at Gremmy Thom. Instantly, a massive slash formed in Ichigo Kurosaki's hand, and a jet-black blade, as black as ink, flew towards Gremmy Thom!
"Forehead..."
Gremmy Thom was startled by Ichigo Kurosaki's sudden attack. In the brief moment of his stunned silence, Gremmy Thom regained his strength. Once he regained his senses, he immediately copied Gremmy Ichigo Kurosaki's slash, unleashing a massive, dark strike of his own!
"Boom!"
When the two incredibly powerful strikes collided, an earth-shattering impact occurred!
The immense Spiritual Pressure expanded instantly, distorting the sky dozens of meters above. The so-called space was thus rendered useless. Even those in Seireitei could feel the astonishing battle erupting in this alternate dimension. The collision between high-purity Spiritual Pressure Spiritual Pressure could not only affect space but could even touch the laws of time!
If their Spiritual Pressure were to increase further, it could even cause irreversible damage to time, harming the entire Soul Society's timeline...
The consequence of this is that time in Soul Society may lag behind or even exceed the timelines of Hueco Mundo and the World of the Living...
"Hahaha..."
"You can actually copy my moves! That's interesting..."
Ichigo Kurosaki became interested as he watched Gremmy copy his slash! He had never encountered an opponent who could copy such a slash before. He could use this as a practice version and practice it a few more times so that he wouldn't be as passive as he was today when he encountered such an opponent in the future.
"Let's see if you can replicate my Hollow power!?"
As Ichigo Kurosaki spoke, he placed a red and white Hollow mask over his face.
"The power of the void!?"
Gremmy Thom smiled slightly at Ichigo Kurosaki. He admitted that Ichigo Kurosaki's battle intelligence was very high; in such a short time, he had actually broken through his ultimate technique! He truly couldn't imagine the power of Hollows—not that he was inferior to Hollows, but simply that he didn't want to imagine it...
"It seems you really can't imagine the power of Hollows! I heard Hollows are poison to you Quincy, and it seems it's true!"
Looking at the unimaginable Gremmy, Ichigo Kurosaki felt he had found the answer.
"No, it's not..."
Gremmy Tomour didn't know how to explain it to the ignorant Ichigo Kurosaki, or rather, he was too lazy to explain it.
" Getsuga Tenshō!"
Before Gremmy Thom could think any further, Ichigo Kurosaki raised his Ichigo Kurosaki high and Zanpakuto it down with a mighty swing. Instantly, a massive slash ripped through the sky and hurtled towards Gremmy Thom!
After Hollowfication, Ichigo Kurosaki's Getsuga Tenshō was even more powerful than before, with greater destructive force! The crescent moon was hundreds of meters tall! It cleaved through the alternate dimension and headed straight for Gremmy Tom.
What's the point of Hollowfication?!
"It's really just making your slashes a little stronger," Gremmy Thormu muttered to himself. "What good is that!?"
Gremmy Thommour muttered to himself, instantly conjuring up a slash exactly like Ichigo Kurosaki's!
"Boom!"
The two slashes collided instantly, exploding once more and causing the entire alternate dimension to shake violently, as if it had experienced a magnitude 9 earthquake and a level 8 gale...
" Getsuga Tenshō!"
As Ichigo Kurosaki watched Getsuga Tenshō fail to be nullified once again, he felt a surge of excitement. He Zanpakuto his Zanpakuto high and Zanpakuto once more, unleashing a massive slash.
"Boom!"
After Ichigo Kurosaki unleashed his slash...
What came head-on was a slash exactly like the Ichigo Kurosaki swung!
Gremmy Tomour is like Ichigo Kurosaki's shadow; whatever Ichigo Kurosaki does, he does it too!
He simply kept replicating Ichigo Kurosaki's skills. Gremmy Thom believed that this was the strongest power. In fact, there's no need to fantasize. Just imagine that you are slightly better than your opponent in every way, and you will surely be the one to win in the end!
Therefore, Gremmy Thom had no intention of recklessly expending his Spiritual Pressure; he was simply playing along with Ichigo Kurosaki!
"Interesting..."
Ichigo Kurosaki pondered his offensive strategy, but the problem was that he seemed to only know Getsuga Tenshō; he didn't know any other techniques. So, the question was, what should he do if Getsuga Tenshō was ineffective and he didn't know any other moves!?
(End of this chapter)