Inoue Orihime held Neliel in her arms, surrounded by a healing barrier formed by her Fullbring. Inside the yellow barrier, besides her companion Sado Yasutora, also lay Menoly Mallia and Loly Aivirrne, two female Arrancar who had bullied and humiliated her in Las Noches.
Ichigo and his companions, including Uryu, are all bleeding-heart saints. No matter how much their enemies abuse them, they cannot easily take a life, and will even try to save them after defeating them.
Though naive and bleeding-heart, these children are truly good people in this dark and cruel world, untainted by any impurities.
Oh, the former Substitute Shinigami Ginjo was probably just as naive and bleeding-heart before experiencing the painful lessons of society (his companions being massacred by Shinigami).
Orihime and Chad looked on with some concern at Kurosaki ichigo and Cirucci, who were facing off.
After all, Cirucci's The Almighty (Visionary) form at this moment clearly looked formidable.
And something was very wrong; they couldn't feel the spirit particles (reishi) shockwaves, nor could they sense his spiritual pressure.
"Do you feel it? The pulsation of my power... the power that will punish you!"
Cirucci used Hirenkyaku and instantly appeared behind Kurosaki ichigo, raising his spirit particles (reishi) saber and slashing down fiercely.
Boom—!
A violent explosion accompanied by thick dust, but it seemed he hadn't hit anyone. Ichigo quickly flew out of the smoke, unharmed.
However, Ichigo's expression was not good.
He couldn't help but wonder, "Is this ultimate technique the same as the one Urahara told me about when we entered Hueco Mundo?"
"You seem very confused~ Let me see through your heart and then declare... it's not the same!"
Before Kurosaki ichigo could think much longer, Cirucci also rushed out of the thick smoke, wielding a spirit particles (reishi) light blade and clashing with Kurosaki ichigo in mid-air. He even seemed a bit garrulous, saying, "The Quincy final form you know is too fragile, so that concept ceased to exist over two hundred years ago; it's a relic of the past.
Only Ishida Sōken remains fixated on such things, refusing to research and evolve with us!
That power is vastly different from this Quincy The Almighty (Visionary)!"
"Is that so... I don't know what your past is, but simply put, this is different from Ishida's power, right?"
Kurosaki ichigo activated his Schrift D, completely ignoring Cirucci's passionate explanation, and then showed a bright, sunny smile, pressing against Cirucci's spirit particles (reishi) light blade. He said, "Then I'm relieved. If Ishida transformed into such a disgusting outfit, I might accidentally kill him."
Ichigo's remark greatly displeased Cirucci. Just then, Ichigo suddenly said, "Your blade has dulled... Getsuga Tensho—!"
The Getsuga Tensho's power was astonishing, once again stirring up clouds of dust across the vast desert of Hueco Mundo.
"That won't do, you should aim properly before you slash."
However, following the law of 'no damage with smoke,' the dazzling golden blade light did not cut through Cirucci. Zangetsu rested steadily on Cirucci's neck, unable to inflict the slightest scratch.
"Damn it!"
Ichigo spat upon seeing this, then instinctively jumped back to create distance.
"But even if you aim, you won't find my weakness. You just said this outfit of mine is disgusting, right? That's a normal reaction. In the eyes of you evil and cruel Shinigami, our appearance as holy executors naturally looks disgusting and terrifying!"
With that, the emotional Cirucci raised his spirit particles (reishi) light blade, and a continuous stream of deep blue spirit particles (reishi) gathered onto the sword, forming a massive and terrifying scale.
"No way... Sōten Kisshun was actually dismantled?"
Inoue Orihime was greatly shocked.
"No, not just Sōten Kisshun, but even trees, sand, rocks, and buildings—anything composed of spirit particles (reishi) in Hueco Mundo—are all gathering around that guy!"
Sado Yasutora's face broke out in a cold sweat.
Inoue Orihime then realized. The reason she hadn't felt the spirit particles (reishi) impact earlier was because of this: for the Quincy, spirit particles (reishi) were not for firing, but for absorbing. If he completed that power, it would be even more so.
At this moment, Orihime's mind flashed back to the scene in Soul Society when Ishida Uryu, in his Quincy final form, gathered surrounding spirit particles (reishi) to create "arrows."
"Alright, experience for yourself the power of my The Almighty (Visionary), The Justice (Quincy Vollständig)!"
Cirucci shouted arrogantly.
At this moment, his eyes were filled only with fanaticism, wanting to show Kurosaki ichigo the power of his strength, completely ignoring his surroundings. A giant monster had already appeared behind him without his knowledge.
Bang—!
A massive fist smashed down towards Cirucci, shattering the gathering spirit particles (reishi) crystals. Feeling the interruption of his power, Cirucci finally realized something was wrong and turned his head to find the fist already at arm's length.
"What?!"
Cirucci looked in surprise at the fist, which was blocked by the deep blue spirit particles (reishi) shell that had suddenly appeared behind him.
No, more precisely, he was looking at the spirit particles (reishi) shell that protected him like a barrier.
"Impossible! Could it be... this is the Auswählen (or maybe 'Quincy: Vollständig' shell)?"
Cirucci's eyes widened. "But besides His Majesty, who else could..."
"During battle, it's a major taboo to only focus on expressing your emotions and ignore the surroundings of the battlefield, instructor. Be careful. If you were ambushed by a Vasto Lorde-level Arrancar, you would have already died just now."
Kaiser slowly walked out of the sand dune, accompanied by Harribel.
"So it's you. How enviable, His Majesty favors you so much, bestowing such grace."
Cirucci then realized, attributing everything to Yhwach's exceptional favor towards Kaiser, granting Kaiser more power.
"Huh? Although my current achievements are inseparable from His Majesty's grace, honing my techniques to this extent is the result of my own hard work!"
Kaiser pouted. "Please don't use the words 'His Majesty's grace' to negate all my efforts until now."
His current achievements were inseparable from Yhwach's startup capital, but his rapid upgrades were, of course, entirely due to his own efforts and the support of the beautiful ladies of the Wandenreich, not solely Yhwach!
If he hadn't combined and connected with a large number of female Quincy, thereby continuously stacking and broadening his upper limit in the path of the Quincy, coupled with his diligent study and practice, turning his ethereal talent into strength, and honing the basic techniques of the Quincy to the extreme, he wouldn't have been able to easily use the Auswählen (or maybe 'Quincy: Vollständig' shell).
"Hehe~"
Cirucci did not want to get entangled further in this topic with Kaiser, who was favored by His Majesty but unaware of it. Instead, he asked, "What's the deal with this monster?"
"Ayón, the Chimera Beast, is a monster like the mythical Chimera, formed by the fusion of Harribel's three Fracción sacrificing their left arms.
It's a monster that only knows slaughter, attacking indiscriminately, friend or foe, with immense brute strength. While it can't kill you, breaking your Blut with that brute force is effortless, so thank me, instructor."
Kaiser deliberately put his arm around Harribel's waist, causing her Fracción to gnash their teeth.