Chapter 119: Bankai—Zanka no Tachi! ()

"Thanks for the compliment."

Hearing Hitsugaya Toshiro's words, Lin Que looked over with a smile.

"However, I want to remind you of one point."

"The reason it looks so shocking is not that I am too strong, but that you all are too weak."

"What kind of joke is this, you..."

Hitsugaya Toshiro, feeling looked down upon, was somewhat angry and prepared to activate his Bankai to let Lin Que see his power.

But before Hitsugaya Toshiro could take any action, Kyoraku Shunsui, who had seen through his intentions, reached out a step earlier and pressed him in place.

"Calm down, Captain Hitsugaya."

Although Lin Que's words sounded arrogant, the opponent indeed had the capital to be arrogant.

With just one strike, he had rendered two captains unable to fight.

This even included a monster captain like Zaraki Kenpachi.

To be honest, this was no longer on the same level.

Even if Hitsugaya Toshiro activated his Bankai and rushed up, it would just be sending another head.

Bang—!

Just as the atmosphere at the scene was a bit heavy, Yamamoto, standing at the very front, suddenly raised his cane and tapped the ground, attracting everyone's attention.

"All of you, step back."

His eyes, which had been narrowed, opened slightly, and a terrifying spiritual pressure, unprecedented, erupted from Yamamoto's body, spreading to the entire Seireitei.

After Zaraki Kenpachi and Komamura Sajin were defeated in an instant, even the stubborn Yamamoto realized that Lin Que was not simple.

"This guy is not someone you can deal with; I will come!"

"Your personality is really fiery."

Stretching his arms, Lin Que looked at Yamamoto with a smile.

"According to the plot, shouldn't it be me beating all the captains of the Seireitei once before it gets to you, the Head Captain?"

"Hmph! Intruders should be dealt with immediately!"

Flames slowly ignited along the cane, burning away the decorations on the surface.

Grasping the Zanpakuto hidden inside, Yamamoto swung it toward Lin Que from a distance.

"All things in the universe, turn to ashes. Ryujin Jakka!"

The spiritual pressure on Yamamoto's body, which was already terrifying to the extreme, ushered in a huge increase once again.

Scorching flames rushed out along the blade, turning into a continuously rotating fire tornado that rushed toward Lin Que.

"This is... Taimatsu?"

Not far away, the expression on Kyoraku Shunsui's face became somewhat surprised.

"Using a move of this level right from the start—it seems Old Man Yama is truly serious."

"No, just this alone is not enough."

Staring closely at Lin Que, Unohana Retsu, who was beside him, made a judgment.

"An attack of this level is useless against that man."

Seemingly to respond to Unohana Retsu's guess, Lin Que, standing in front of the fire tornado, raised his palm and slapped toward the fire tornado as if swatting a fly.

Bang!

A crisp sound rang out, and the fire tornado, which had been coming aggressively the second before, collapsed in an instant and disappeared into the air.

"Shattered?"

Kuchiki Byakuya, who had been expressionless, widened his eyes in surprise.

As the head of one of the four great noble families of the Soul Society, he naturally knew very well how terrifying Yamamoto's power was.

Just by entering the Shikai state, the power the opponent possessed had already surpassed his Bankai.

Being able to easily shatter the opponent's attack meant that this man could easily shatter his Bankai as well.

"It seems it can only be left to Your Excellency the Head Captain."

"Damn it."

Hitsugaya Toshiro, who clearly realized the gap in strength, was also somewhat unwilling.

"Where on earth did this monster pop out from?"

"That can only be left to be investigated after the fact."

Watching Yamamoto, who had been unexpectedly suppressed head-on in front, Kyoraku Shunsui's hand gripped his Zanpakuto.

He did not give up on supporting after seeing the gap in strength like Kuchiki Byakuya or Hitsugaya Toshiro.

Silently exchanging a glance with Soi Fon, who was beside him, he understood the other's thoughts and looked back at the front battlefield.

Let's try to find an opportunity.

"Hey, old man, is this all you've got?"

Passing through the raging wall of fire as if nothing had happened, Lin Que looked at Yamamoto Genryuusai Shigekuni in front.

"You talked so fiercely; can you be a bit more effective?"

"If this is all you've got, I'll send you to see those two guys from just now."

"..."

Facing Lin Que's provocation, Yamamoto did not reply immediately.

After silently staring at Lin Que for several seconds, he finally noticed the sense of incongruity that had been lingering around.

"Why can I not sense your spiritual pressure?"

The battle of Shinigami is a battle of spiritual pressure.

Being able to easily block the attack of Ryujin Jakka, the opponent's spiritual pressure should not be weak.

But what is very strange now is that Lin Que is not emitting any spiritual pressure at all.

"Can't sense my spiritual pressure? Isn't the reason very simple?"

Facing Yamamoto's question, Lin Que did not rush to make a move, but took out the Hogyoku and waved it in front of him, a mischievous smile appearing on his face.

"Because my spiritual pressure has already exceeded the limit of Shinigami."

"The spiritual pressure is not in the same dimension, so naturally, you cannot sense my spiritual pressure."

"Hogyoku?!"

Seeing this familiar item, Yamamoto widened his eyes abruptly, and the spiritual pressure on his body actually rose another level.

"Are you Aizen?"

He reached the same conclusion as Hirako Shinji and the others.

But in the next second, he overturned this conclusion.

"No, you are not Aizen."

Yamamoto said with certainty: "Aizen's goal is not the Seireitei; even if he completed the breakthrough, he would only choose to go and create the Oken."

"Did you kill Aizen, which is why you got the Hogyoku?"

"As expected of those who come from the Seireitei, your thought process is really similar."

Lin Que couldn't help but laugh: "It's just a Hogyoku; how did everyone think of the point that Aizen was killed by me?"

"Hmph! It doesn't matter who you are!"

Yamamoto snorted coldly, and the expression on his face returned to calm.

As the strongest Shinigami in the Seireitei for a thousand years, he is absolutely confident in his own strength.

The reason he wanted to confirm Lin Que's identity just now was because Aizen had Kyoka Suigetsu in his hands.

In a situation where the five senses are affected, he was afraid that he would accidentally hurt other captains when he made a move.

But now that he has confirmed that Lin Que is not Aizen, there are not so many scruples.

"I will give you one last chance; surrender now, and I can still spare your life."

"Then I will also give you one last chance."

Lin Que replied with a smile: "If you surrender now, you might still be able to save some face."

"Arrogant fool!"

Yamamoto glared, and a terrifying murderous aura radiated from his body.

After the battle just now, he had already determined that Ryujin Jakka in the Shikai state alone could not take down Lin Que.

Since that is the case, he can only use his true power.

"Bankai—Zanka no Tachi!"

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