Chapter 135: Destroy The Crisis Of Karakura Town, Word Spirit: Falling Flame
"Oh? Can Arrancar transform again after achieving Resurreccion?"
"This is information that Urahara Kisuke didn't mention."
Yamamoto Genryusai suddenly narrowed his eyes, looking at the transformed Reinhard with great interest.
"Quilan Danis is the first dragon in the world to fall into darkness in ancient mythology. Of course, I'm not referring to this world."
At this moment, Reinhard seemed to be speaking to himself, saying words that Captain Yamamoto couldn't understand. He suddenly flourished his halberd and pointed the handle at his opponent: "Old man, don't blink, because next I'm going to kill you!"
"Arrogance!"
As soon as Yamamoto Genryusai finished speaking, a black afterimage flashed directly from above, and the cold halberd blade fell directly toward the top of his head.
"Heaven's Shock!"
Black flames wrapped around the halberd blade, falling heavily with devouring momentum.
"What an irritating brat!"
"What this old man excels at is playing games with you youngsters!!"
Facing Reinhard's turbulent attack, Captain Yamamoto neither dodged nor retreated, standing in place as the Zanpakuto in his hand fell vertically, gripped tightly in both hands.
"Ittotsu!"
The hilt in Yamamoto Genryusai's hands creaked, and the moment Reinhard attacked, a blade with sharp breath that could cut through everything was thrust upward from his waist.
"Clang!!"
The fierce sound of blade collision reverberated throughout the battlefield. Reinhard's black Reiatsu and Yamamoto Genryusai's red Reiatsu unexpectedly reached equilibrium and formed opposing forces.
When battle progressed to this extent, hesitation or retreat by either side would cause the other to suffer even more tragic injuries.
Obviously just an old man so thin you can see his bones—why is he so powerful?
That captain just now was several times weaker than him.
Reinhard's expression remained unchanged as he thought to himself, though cracks had begun appearing in his grip on the halberd handle. After all, there was still a slight difference in Reiatsu between them, even if he could barely keep up with the new strength and speed granted by Fiander.
But it was Reiatsu that decided battles.
"Word Spirit: Falling Flame!"
At this moment, Reinhard's aura became unstable, blood and tears flowing from his eyes, and his entire body began wrapping in black and purple flames.
With his sudden roar, Yamamoto Genryusai felt subtle changes in the sky. What had been calm and cloudless suddenly began showing large swaths of dark clouds above their battlefield.
These dark clouds began gathering at tremendous speed, swirling together.
Soon, he finally realized something was wrong, because from the dark clouds, a massive fireball burning with black and purple flames was slowly emerging.
"What did you do, brat?!"
Thousands of years of combat experience taught Yamamoto Genryusai that this fireball was no simple technique.
"Me?"
Having suddenly consumed considerable spiritual power, his body was obviously weakened, but once the Falling Heaven Flames were released, Reinhard could neither stop nor intercept them.
"Just beautiful fireworks for this grand performance."
At this moment, everyone present noticed the huge fireball falling from the sky. Even without considering its energy content, just its size alone—if it fell on Karakura Town from such height, the consequences were imaginable.
The barrier pillars that Soul Society had painstakingly created might lose their effectiveness entirely.
"Damn!"
Seeing the fireball suddenly appearing in the sky, Hitsugaya, who was still fighting Harribel, knocked away his opponent's blade and immediately raised his Zanpakuto, chanting: "Bankai!"
"Daiguren Hyorinmaru!"
After using Bankai, Hitsugaya spread the ice wings behind him and flew into the air, Hyorinmaru in his hand radiating intense cold.
At this moment, Hitsugaya positioned himself directly beneath the fireball's descent path, raised his Zanpakuto toward the dark clouds, and shouted sharply: "Ice Dragon Descends Nine Heavens!!"
As a brilliant blue light beam shot directly skyward from Hyorinmaru's blade, raindrops briefly began falling in the previously cloudy weather. The massive blue beam began dispersing nearby dark clouds where the fireball emerged, simultaneously condensing into an icicle tens of meters in diameter, attempting to freeze the fireball and prevent its further descent.
"Too naive, Captain!"
"How can I let you succeed!"
Harribel suddenly appeared beside Hitsugaya, just as she was about to swing her Zanpakuto down when a beautiful but firm female voice suddenly rang out.
"Reflect it, Tobiume!"
A huge fireball struck Harribel, and her three subordinates—Apache, Mila Rose, and Sun-Sun, who had been toying with Rangiku—immediately shouted: "Lady Harribel!"
Taking advantage of their momentary distraction, Rangiku immediately escaped their encirclement and joined Hinamori, who had rushed to save Hitsugaya.
"Hinamori, are you... all right?"
"Hinamori..."
Hitsugaya also looked with extremely complex emotions at the pale, gentle girl before him.
"Don't worry about me, Miss Rangiku, Hitsugaya."
"I did come here as vice-captain of the Fifth Division wearing my lieutenant's badge."
"However, I came here as a member of the Fifth Division, as its administrator, not as that person's subordinate."
"Because Captain Aizen... is already an enemy of Soul Society!"
At this moment, Rangiku looked at Hinamori with an unreadable expression and said: "Yes, it's good that you finally understand."
But simultaneously, Rangiku thought to herself: Hinamori, I wonder if you've noticed—you were still calling him Captain Aizen just now.
At this time, the Sun-Sun trio surrounded the three of them again.
Apache looked at Hinamori angrily, gritting her teeth: "You woman, daring to hurt Lady Harribel is unforgivable!"
Just as she was about to attack, Harribel's figure emerged from the smoke, and Hinamori's earlier attack had caused her no harm.
"Stop, Apache!"
"Lady Harribel?"
Apache asked suspiciously.
"Apache, you three evacuate this area immediately!"
"Because... that captain's ice didn't freeze that fire. This place is about to explode."
As Harribel's voice fell, cracks began appearing on the massive icicle that had frozen the fireball.
Harribel, Apache, and the others evacuated calmly, leaving only Hitsugaya, Rangiku, and Hinamori still struggling.
"How can this be?"
"Captain, can you still hold on?"
Rangiku looked anxiously at the sky. The huge fireball was about to break free, and Hitsugaya's ice was being melted by it.
"I understand!"
Hitsugaya frowned tightly, releasing massive amounts of Reiatsu at full power, though he was inevitably becoming overwhelmed.
Below, Captain Yamamoto, still locked in combat with Reinhard, realized something was wrong and glanced at Reinhard again.
"What? Getting anxious, old man? Don't worry—your little captain's training is still far from sufficient."
Reinhard spoke mockingly while continuing to apply pressure. As long as he delayed until the fireball fell, the battle would essentially be over.
"So... my apologies, brat!"
"I hadn't intended to release my Zanpakuto, but I must break my promise."
At this moment, Captain Yamamoto's Zanpakuto suddenly erupted with extremely hot flames that wrapped around the blade.
"All things in the universe, turn to ash—Ryujin Jakka!"
As the surrounding air distorted from the intense heat, Soul Society's oldest and most powerful Zanpakuto once again displayed its majesty.
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