"Roar, Zabimaru!"
It was clear that Renji was desperate. He had just been healed, his reiatsu hadn't fully recovered yet, and he was already charging into battle.
Before Ichigo could even say a word, Renji's Zanpakutō had already flown straight toward Aizen!
Aizen, completely unfazed by Renji's attack, swung his sword once — and that one strike hit not only Renji's Zanpakutō, Zabimaru, but Renji himself as well!
Zabimaru shattered across the ground, and Renji collapsed again!
Ichigo covered his face in frustration.
"This idiot…"
Seeing Aizen raising his Zanpakutō again, Ichigo could only rush forward to save Renji, shouting back, "Orihime, heal him!"
Orihime immediately nodded, "I got it, Kurosaki-kun!"
Clang!
Ichigo blocked Aizen's blade firmly.
"Oh? The ryoka boy from the living world, Kurosaki Ichigo?" Aizen Sōsuke looked at Ichigo in mild surprise.
He couldn't quite understand why Ichigo would go out of his way to save Renji — after all, in his memory, these two were supposed to be enemies.
"Gin, take it out. I'll entertain this ryoka boy for a bit," Aizen said indifferently.
"Entertain me?" Ichigo sneered coldly.
He'd been waiting for this day for a long time!
Ichigo lunged forward, swinging Zangetsu straight at Aizen's head.
Aizen originally intended to toy with him, but sensing Ichigo's unusual reiatsu, he immediately used Kyōka Suigetsu to block the blow!
DUANG!
A thunderous boom erupted — Ichigo was finally showing his true strength!
His earlier fights with Byakuya and Kenpachi had just been warm-ups.
Now, Ichigo was fighting with everything he had!
Black reiatsu surged from Ichigo's body, clashing violently with Aizen's purple aura, instantly blowing apart the ground of Sōkyoku Hill!
"RAAAH!"
Ichigo roared as he pushed even more power into his strike.
Aizen, of course, wasn't backing down either.
The collision of their spiritual pressures was so intense that even the bystanders were nearly flattened to the ground.
Well, Uryuu Ishida was already face-down — the only one present without reiatsu. The fact he was even still alive was a testament to the resilience of his spiritual body.
Chad noticed this and immediately stepped in front of Ishida to shield him.
Renji, now being healed by Orihime, stared in disbelief at the scene before him!
Damn… If Ichigo had used this level of power back in the real world, he probably would've been sliced in half with a single swing!
Ichigo: Uh… I couldn't back then...
"Aizen-taichō!"
Tōsen Kaname looked a bit anxious — but he knew very well, this level of battle was far beyond his ability to interfere.
Meanwhile, Ichimaru Gin casually retrieved the Hōgyoku hidden within the gigai and tucked it into his robes.
As for Rukia's gigai, he burned it away with a Hadō spell — who knew what kind of tricks Urahara Kisuke had built into it?
Seeing he couldn't overpower Aizen, Ichigo let his reiatsu flare out along Tensa Zangetsu.
"Getsuga Tenshō!"
A black wave of spiritual energy blasted straight toward Aizen's face!
A massive explosion erupted, and Ichigo quickly flash-stepped away from the smoke.
"Aizen-taichō!" Tōsen became more panicked now. That kind of attack — if it landed, he'd probably be dead on the spot!
"Have some faith in Aizen-taichō, Tōsen," Gin said lazily, staring calmly at the smoke cloud.
Sure enough, when the dust settled, Aizen stood unscathed, only his clothing slightly scorched.
"What a powerful technique," Aizen mused.
"But ryoka boy, if that's all you've got, then you'd better lie down."
With that, Aizen's speed suddenly surged, his Zanpakutō flashing like white lightning as it sliced toward Ichigo!
The sudden increase in speed and pressure caught everyone off guard!
BOOM!
The ground where Ichigo had been standing was split by a massive gash!
"Just a normal slash can do that much damage? Yeah, you're definitely no joke," Ichigo said, easily dodging and even joking with Aizen.
"Can such a monster really appear in the living world?" Tōsen muttered in disbelief.
Gin's usually closed eyes almost popped open in shock. Honestly, if that slash had been aimed at him, he wouldn't have been able to dodge it.
Aizen was going all out now.
And yet, it still wasn't enough to hurt the boy!
But Aizen showed no frustration at all — in fact, he looked even more intrigued.
"To dodge that strike… that must've been your limit. What happens if I go even faster and stronger?"
Ichigo grinned, "You're welcome to try."
"Oh? Now I really want to see what you'll do next," Aizen said, amused.
At that moment, the first captain finally arrived.
"Tōsen! Why?! Why would you betray us?!"
No one expected the first to arrive would be Komamura Sajin!
Hearing Komamura's voice, Aizen frowned slightly.
"Annoying…"
Raising his left hand toward the charging Komamura, Aizen muttered, "Hadō #90: Kurohitsugi."
In an instant, purple-black reiatsu formed a coffin-like box around Komamura.
Agonized screams echoed from inside. When the box vanished, Komamura was covered in holes, bleeding heavily from head to toe!
He collapsed, life or death uncertain.
"As expected of Aizen-taichō. Even a non-chant version of Hadō #90 is that powerful," Gin praised.
But Aizen shook his head slightly. "No, it failed. Only one-third of the full power without chanting."
Ichigo just watched coldly.
Komamura getting one-shotted didn't shake him — he could do the same, and better, if he wanted to.
"Alright, with the distractions cleared… let's continue our fight," Aizen said confidently, locking eyes with Ichigo.
They rushed each other once more!
This time, as their blades clashed, Ichigo wore a strange smile.
Aizen's eyes widened — too late!
Ichigo's left hand revealed a second Zanpakutō — and it was now stabbing into Aizen's side!
Though Aizen managed to defend in time, the tip of the blade still pierced him!
Pulling the sword free, Ichigo smirked.
"Who told you I only had one Zanpakutō?"
(End of Chapter)
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