Chapter 116

Even if he killed Yammy.

Kuchiki Senya didn't even shift his feet! In his hand, he was still holding a jug of wine! Not a single drop had spilled!

"Sensory nerves are useless either…" Ulquiorra shook his head lightly.

Sensory nerves.

They could very well probe an enemy's spiritual pressure and strength, but against that Kuchiki Senya, they had absolutely no effect!

"Since that's the case…"

Ulquiorra looked at the sky without a shred of emotion, and his Zanpakuto vanished from his hand.

He, who had no heart.

Normally, he had no emotional fluctuations whatsoever.

Even so.

Even if Yammy died right before his eyes, he only felt a trace of regret.

"Resurrección."

"Segunda Etapa, Black Winged Demon!"

Boom!

A tremendous spiritual pressure suddenly erupted!

Everyone felt, as if an ocean's weight were pressing down on their heads!

And Ulquiorra's original form changed drastically in an instant! Two pitch-black wings sprouted from his back!

Pitch-black liquid streamed down from his eyes!

His fingers transformed into bat-like claws!

This!

Was his Segunda Etapa!

Even Aizen had never known, never seen it! It was Ulquiorra's greatest trump card!

The night sky grew darker and thicker! As if a sky-covering Black Winged Demon were grinning down at everyone from above! Devouring everything, obliterating everything!

……

"This is, Segunda Etapa!"

Hirako Shinji and the others widened their eyes, their bodies trembling slightly beneath this tremendous might!

That spiritual pressure.

Had already surpassed the limits of Resurrección! Reaching another unattainable height!

Even more.

It had already broken past captain-class, second only to the Head Captain in strength!

"Even we can only achieve one Resurrección."

Sarugaki Hiyori's little braid at the back drooped down, her eyes unblinking as she stared at the Black Winged Demon in midair.

And that still-lazy figure…

Inside Senya's Entertainment City.

The heavily exhausted Inoue Orihime and Rukia both leaned against the window, watching that languid figure below, as if nothing in the world could make him hesitate in the slightest, or fear even a fraction!

This.

Was Soul Society's top-tier combat power, an absolute powerhouse!

……

Black Winged Demon?

Kuchiki Senya gazed at the Black Winged Demon above, that majestic form, and that ocean-like spiritual pressure, and merely let out a bored yawn.

He took a casual sip of wine.

"Thunder Spear!"

Above.

Ulquiorra let out a furious roar!

A massive thunder spear instantly took shape! Space itself warped, and tremendous spiritual pressure wildly overflowed! Carrying the violent, all-crushing might of lightning!

This was his ultimate killing move! Only usable in his Segunda Etapa form! Unleashing its maximum power!

"Boom!"

Thunder tore through the darkness!

A greenish lightning spear madly charged toward that languid figure below!

Tremendous might mingled with thunder's roar!

As if to tear everything to shreds!

The next instant.

A Zanpakuto covered entirely in black-red patterns, with a golden hilt whose patterns constantly writhed like swimming dragons, appeared in Kuchiki Senya's hand.

Everyone present.

Was drawn to that blade.

This.

Was Heaven-Severing Myriad Forms.

The strongest sharpness-type Zanpakuto renowned throughout the world, capable of stunning gods and capturing immortals!

"Clang~"

The blade edge sang lightly, and a pure-white blade gleam, interwoven with streaks of blood-red, pierced through space, pierced through everything!

"Bang~"

In midair, that thunder-lance was severed in an instant! The massive lightning flashed wildly like sparks, then plummeted down!

It struck the ground, shattering large swathes of the street (bccb)! Even the tiniest threads of lightning gouged out craters over a dozen meters deep!

The smell of char filled the area!

And the blade-light, piercing straight through the thunder-lance, did not slow in the slightest!

In a flash it was before Ulquiorra! Without so much as a sound, it passed straight through his body! And swept on toward the distant horizon!

In midair.

The Black-Winged Grand Devil's figure froze rigid; the next instant, a hairline crack—smooth as a polished mirror—split him down the middle!

"Thud~"

The two halves of the corpse slammed heavily onto the ground, kicking up great clouds of dust!

A blade-light whose edge had reached the absolute limit—capable of cleaving all things beneath heaven—could not be checked for even a moment by the Hierro of an Espada!

No different from slicing a scrap of paper!

Ulquiorra's form slowly scattered and crumbled, leaving behind only a wisp of incomparably keen-edged Qi upon the spot…

In the face of all this.

Kuchiki Senya did not spare it another glance.

The Zanpakutō in his hand gradually crumbled, vanished, and merged back into his body; the world-shaking, razor-sharp aura about him disappeared without a trace.

He returned to his salted-fish demeanor; no one could possibly tell that he was the very one who, moments ago, had slain two Espada members with the lightest touch!

……

"He… has actually reached this level…"

In a dim, narrow alley.

Hirako Shinji, along with the other members of the Visored behind him, all stared wide-eyed, faces full of disbelief.

Those two Arrancar.

And they were Arrancar ranked in the top ten—killed just like that, that easily!

One had to remember.

Among them was the Black-Winged Grand Devil, ranked number four! In Kuchiki Senya's hands, he wasn't even a match for a single exchange!

"It seems, during the time we were away."

"Kuchiki Senya hasn't regressed at all—on the contrary, he's grown stronger! He's already surpassed captain-class, and even reached the level of Head Captain!"

Off to one side.

Muguruma Kensei and Hiyori Sarugaki both let out soft sighs.

Head Captain-class powerhouse.