"Wait a moment, Old Man, don't activate Bankai yet, I'm still here!" Yamabuki looked terrified, then continuously used Shunpo to get away from Yamamoto. The next second, an extremely terrifying pillar of fire shot into the sky. Yamabuki was only slightly slower, and his hair and eyebrows caught fire, his clothes were scorched, and his skin was painfully roasted by the high temperature. If he had been a few seconds later, he might have been directly cooked!
The moment Yamamoto activated Bankai, the sky of the entire Soul Society changed color. The originally clear sky was scorched red by the Zanka no Tachi, causing a natural anomaly!
Large numbers of Hollows were directly cooked and fell from the sky before they even got close to the pillar of fire!
A spiritual pressure hundreds of times more terrifying than a volcanic eruption swept across the entire Seireitei with overwhelming force. Both Shinigami and Hollows stopped their fighting at this moment, looking at the monster before them with extreme fear.
"What... what exactly is that thing!" The head of the Tsunayashiro Family, one of the Five Great Noble Clans, trembled all over, intimidated by this invincible spiritual pressure. In his hand, he held the Tsunayashiro Family's heirloom sword, Enrakyōten.
At this moment, he felt that his family's heirloom sword was just a stick of firewood, no, worse than a stick of firewood!
Most Hollows had no intelligence. After feeling this unparalleled power, they immediately fled. A huge Garganta appeared in the sky, and all the Hollows desperately ran into it, hoping to escape this terrifying place!
Yamamoto looked at the Hollows in the sky with icy eyes. He didn't even move a step, just slowly raised the Zanka no Tachi in his hand.
He gently swung his blade!
Flames that could easily incinerate all things directly enveloped the entire sky as far as the eye could see. All the Hollows in the sky were instantly vaporized. They died very quickly, without any pain!
And the range of Zanka no Tachi's flames covered the entire Seireitei!
The sky was fiery red. The Shinigami on the ground stared blankly at the sky, truly unable to imagine what would happen if that sword landed on the ground!
The entire Seireitei would be easily erased from the map, leaving no trace!
Dead silence!
Dead silence!
Still dead silence!
Yamabuki swallowed with great difficulty. In his previous life, when watching the anime, he always had a question: How did the Old Man defeat Yhwach, who possessed The Almighty, a thousand years ago?
After seeing this one slash, Yamabuki began to feel a little sorry for Yhwach!
Yhwach is awesome! He actually survived the Zanka no Tachi, even though he was paralyzed for a thousand years! But still awesome!
If it were Yamabuki himself, even getting a little closer might have gotten him cooked!
Shihōin Chika, next to him, had a look of shock and admiration in his eyes. Truly worthy of being my boss, I didn't follow the wrong person.
"I am the Captain-Commander of the Gotei 13, Yamamoto Genryūsai! We shall guard Soul Society. Those who offend us, though far away, shall be slain!"
Yamamoto's voice spread throughout the entire Seireitei!
Before, Yamamoto did have some fame, but it hadn't reached the point of being universally known. But after this battle today, there wasn't a single person in the entire Seireitei who didn't know who Yamamoto Genryūsai was.
The human species' worship of the strong is ingrained in their bones.
The same goes for these Shinigami; even nobles couldn't change their inherent DNA.
Large numbers of Shinigami had already begun to plan how to follow Yamamoto and how to join the Gotei 13!
"Your plan is pretty good!" Shihōin Chika looked at Yamabuki with a smile.
"Not at all! Just helping the Captain-Commander with his worries!" Yamabuki laughed.
His plan was very simple, but very practical.
Overall, it was about suppressing first, then elevating.
It's the same piece of bread.
If you casually give bread to someone walking on the street, they'll call you crazy.
But if you wait until he's been hungry for three or four days, so hungry he's dizzy and about to starve to death, and then give him that bread, he'll treat you as a savior and be eternally grateful.
The same bread is given, but the different circumstances lead to vastly different outcomes.
Of course, the core part of this plan was Yamamoto's absolute combat power.
First, Shihōin Chika used Hollow bait to attract a large number of Hollows, causing chaos and destruction in Seireitei, making these nobles feel crisis and despair.
When they thought they were doomed, Yamamoto would then make his move, saving the entire Seireitei, and incidentally promoting the Gotei 13.
Moreover, Yamabuki had told the Captain-Commander that if he was going to make a move, he had to create an absolutely shocking effect, preferably by directly slaying all the Hollows with one strike.
When it comes to defeating an opponent, which is more satisfying and impactful: fighting the enemy for three hundred rounds and barely winning, or instantly killing the enemy with one strike?
To showcase Yamamoto's strength, Yamabuki set a goal for Yamamoto to instantly turn the tide of the entire battlefield with one strike. Even if he couldn't slay all the Hollows, he had to let the other Shinigami and nobles witness Yamamoto's unparalleled power.
As a result, the Old Man went even further and directly used Bankai.
One strike instantly annihilated all the Hollows.
Whether they were ordinary Hollows, Menos Grande, or Adjuchas, they were all equal before the Zanka no Tachi—one strike and they were gone!
This strike not only shocked the Shinigami and nobles but even Yamabuki was stunned.
"Is this the Captain-Commander's full power?" Yamabuki knew that as long as he didn't court death, he would eventually reach this level, but he couldn't help but sigh, "This is practically a human nuclear bomb!"
"Full power? This old man didn't even dare to use half his strength!" Yamamoto used Shunpo next to Yamabuki and said, "If it were my full power, the Seireitei beneath our feet would already be burnt to ashes, and you wouldn't be alive either! Alas, I don't know if I'm just getting old, but I always feel like my control over my spiritual pressure isn't as good as before!"
Yamamoto sighed as he withdrew his power.
Captain-Commander, are you really this humble?
"What should we do next?" Shihōin Chika asked.
"We don't need to do anything next; we just need to sit at home and wait," Yamabuki said.
It wouldn't be long before these nobles found out who Yamamoto Genryūsai was; then, they could just sit back and collect the money.
After Yamamoto killed all the Hollows with one strike, the Seireitei temporarily returned to peace.
These nobles collected bodies and mourned, but no one dared to forget that there was still a man named Yamamoto Genryūsai in the Seireitei.
Yamamoto returned to his room to continue practicing calligraphy, as if nothing had happened.
Now that the entire Seireitei knew about him and his strength, the next step was to build up his persona, maintain a high level of prestige, and make it clear that no matter which of the Five Great Noble Clans they belonged to, seeing this old man wouldn't be easy.
Leave all the external affairs to that little fox, Yamabuki!
This subordinate was truly worth it!
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