"Clang, clang, clang!"
Ito Makoto swung his blade down with force, and at the same time, pointed his left finger out.
"Hado #4 - White Lightning!"
A White Lightning bolt, as thick as a thumb, shot towards Harribel's chest.
Harribel, however, used Sonido to create distance at the crucial moment.
Then, a powerful golden Reiatsu burst forth around her, and her aura surged, as she once again raised the large white sword connected to her right arm and charged at Ito Makoto.
Ito Makoto chuckled softly, then used Shunpo to create distance, and Harribel's powerful sword strike landed on the stone wall behind Ito Makoto.
"Rumble!"
As the stone wall was destroyed, the entire cave instantly collapsed. Ito Makoto was the first to rush out, holding his Zanpakuto horizontally, and chanted:
"Chimi Shinra, Moryo Bansho, Shoshin Shosho, Kai Kaji, Soumetsu!"
A dark golden Reiatsu flashed across the blade. The originally unremarkable Asauchi instantly transformed into a slender, deep white bone blade. At the same time, Harribel also rushed out from the ruins of the cave, and a golden Cero, carrying a terrifying aura, shot towards Ito Makoto's face.
"Soumetsu - Style Two - Rift Ban!"
Ito Makoto spun the blade in his right hand, and a hazy gray mist instantly formed a circle, colliding with the powerful Cero.
The three Adjuchas who had just rushed out from the nearby ruins were shouting:
"Lady Harribel, we're here to help you!"
As a result, they were sent flying far away by the aftermath of the collision between the Cero and the Rift Ban.
Harribel looked at her three followers with a worried expression.
"You all, get far away. You'll only hinder my fight here. I can handle this alone!"
After giving her instructions, the three Adjuchas immediately obediently ran away.
Seeing that all three of her subordinates had left, Harribel no longer held back.
"Sōken Zan!"
Reiatsu accumulated on the white greatsword, and a golden sword light, like a cannonball, shot towards Ito Makoto.
Seeing this, Ito Makoto immediately pushed his right palm forward:
"Hado #31 - Akahō (Red Flame Cannon)!"
A crimson fireball erupted from Ito Makoto's palm, colliding with the cannonball formed by the golden Reiatsu.
"Bang!"
After a loud bang, smoke and dust instantly rose, and rocks flew everywhere.
"Cough, cough, as expected, trying to defeat the unreleased Harribel with my strength as a strong Vice-Captain is still a bit difficult!"
As the smoke and dust dispersed, Ito Makoto appeared slightly disheveled. Clearly, his Shakkahō, cast without incantation, had lost the clash of attacks against Harribel's Sōken Zan.
"Shinigami, you are strong, but you are not my opponent. Daring to harm my comrades, I presume you are ready to die!"
Harribel looked at Ito Makoto and spoke calmly.
Hearing Harribel's naive words, Ito Makoto burst out laughing:
"Hahaha, comrades? It's a waste that you, a high-ranking Menos Grande Vasto Lorde, are so naive! You've truly wasted the Vasto Lorde body that heaven bestowed upon you!"
Immediately, to Harribel's shock, Ito Makoto's Reiatsu around him began to surge, quickly reaching Squad Captain level Reiatsu.
Meanwhile, Yekawa, who was hiding nearby, was surprised to find that the Reiatsu he had just lent to his clone was only about 30% of his total Reiatsu, yet the clone's Reiatsu had directly surged to Squad Captain level. Clearly, his previous speculation was correct: when the clone was in the Soul Society, the reason there was a 20% loss when lending Reiatsu was due to the great distance between the two. Now that both the main body and the clone were in Hueco Mundo, there would naturally be no loss during Reiatsu sharing.
This meant that as long as Ito Makoto was close to the main body, he could borrow 50% of the main body's Reiatsu without loss through Reiatsu sharing, unleashing combat power far exceeding that of a typical Squad Captain.
However, Ito Makoto, currently fighting Harribel, did not borrow the full 50% Reiatsu from the main body; he only borrowed 30% of the main body's Reiatsu, raising his Reiatsu level to that of a normal Third Class Reiatsu. Because he was confident that with his own Reiatsu plus 30% of the main body's Reiatsu, defeating the unreleased Harribel was more than enough.
"This… what's going on? You've been hiding your strength all this time?"
Harribel looked at Ito Makoto, whose Reiatsu had suddenly surged, appearing somewhat incredulous, but Ito Makoto, with an indifferent expression, charged forward with his blade.
"Soumetsu - Style One - Tremor!"
After clashing blades with Ito Makoto, Harribel felt an indescribable vibrating force, flowing along her blade and into her limbs.
Clearly, as Ito Makoto's Reiatsu was amplified, his vibrating force also received a significant boost.
"Ah~"
With a soft cry, Harribel felt her internal organs being constantly pulled by this vibrating force. As this strange power spread throughout her body, even her limbs temporarily became weak.
And Ito Makoto naturally wouldn't give her a chance to breathe, continuing his assault while Harribel's movements were sluggish.
Seeing Ito Makoto's fierce charge, Harribel could only force her Reiatsu to continue fighting, enduring the vibrations within her body, and then a burst of Reiatsu temporarily repelled Ito Makoto.
"Waterfall Severance!"
Harribel raised the greatsword connected to her arm, and then a monstrous wave of water abruptly shot out from the huge bone sword on her arm.
Ito Makoto, who was about to engage in close-quarters combat again, seeing this, had no choice but to retreat rapidly, using Shunpo to create distance.
The water flow transformed by Waterfall Severance was like countless steel blades, washing away all the dense small hills around. Ito Makoto had to constantly change his position to avoid the water attack.
"So much water!"
After glancing at the massive amount of water below, which was formed by Reiatsu and had washed away the ground, Ito Makoto complained.
"Hmph!"
After creating distance from Ito Makoto, Harribel gradually freed herself from the vibrating force. Looking at Ito Makoto on the hill, Harribel raised her greatsword and pointed it upwards.
"Jōkai Kōro!"
The massive amount of water below instantly began to rise, turning into scorching hot steam that attacked Ito Makoto.
Seeing the steam, like a sky full of white mist, carrying terrifying high temperatures, about to surround him.
"Soumetsu - Style Two - Rift Ban!"
Ito Makoto spun his blade in his right hand, and a dense gray-black mist diffused from the tip of the blade, instantly forming three interlocking black circles that collided with the sky full of steam.
"Rumble!"
The sky full of steam was covered by the endless vibrating force formed by the three black circles, and Harribel below was also sent flying backwards by Ito Makoto's triple Rift Ban.
"Thud!"
Harribel crashed against the rock wall, covered in wounds and bleeding.
"Damn it!"
Harribel painstakingly raised her right hand, which was fused with the greatsword.
"Gran Rey Cero!"
A pure golden Cero directly blasted out, its power far exceeding that of a normal Cero by several times!
Ito Makoto saw this scene, neither dodging nor evading, but simply grinned, then raised Soumetsu in his hand:
"Soumetsu Three Styles - Mustard Net!"
Suddenly, a small black dot appeared on the blade of Soumetsu, and then this small black dot rapidly split, quickly becoming a pitch-black net that completely swallowed Harribel's all-or-nothing Gran Rey Cero.
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