Chapter 30

The giant mountain crumbled, the cliff vanished, even the ground sank violently.

Before such extreme sharpness, no resistance could exist—torn apart by the frenzied cutting, reduced to the tiniest dust!

All sounds fell silent.

The killing aura vanished.

Within a thousand meters around Kuchiki Senya, "Crack~" "Crack!"—the sound of space shattering like broken mirrors rang out.

Wherever the eye looked.

Everywhere was a black void, dense with spatial rifts!

A terrifying attractive force emanated from within, tearing at everything, all things about to shatter.

Looking down from above, a thousand meters of ground had turned pitch black.

A massive hollow was exposed; every speck of dust was drawn into the spatial rifts, then vanished without a trace.

A moment later.

The immense spiritual pressure slowly dispersed, and the sharp blade-light gradually faded.

Kuchiki Senya surveyed his surroundings—a pitch-black expanse; his entire body had sunk to a depth of over a thousand meters into the ground!

Everything within a radius of over a thousand meters had vanished, swallowed whole by the spatial rifts!

Under the augmentation of Ten Thousand Phenomena Severance, neither the blade-light nor the spatial rifts could inflict the slightest harm upon Kuchiki Senya.

"Not bad."

Kuchiki Senya nodded in satisfaction, then activated Flash Step and returned to the surface.

The Shikai of Ten Thousand Phenomena Severance.

Could instantly slay every enemy within a radius of a thousand meters! The extremely sharp blade-light was simply overwhelming!

This was a large-scale AOE strike.

Any living being would be minced into dust, or banished into the spatial rifts!

And moreover…

Kuchiki Senya continued the Shikai.

Vast spiritual power poured madly into the blade; at the edge of Ten Thousand Phenomena Severance, black-red patterns surged wildly.

Finally transforming into a blinding, pure white!

Between heaven and earth.

Pure white radiance suffused everywhere.

Without the slightest movement, the surrounding space simply collapsed! Leaving behind a pitch-black, slender spatial slash-mark!

The sharpness exceeded the previous by a hundredfold! A thousandfold!

Now.

After the perfect Shikai.

Kuchiki Senya's Ten Thousand Phenomena Severance, beyond large-scale slaughter.

Could also condense all its power onto the blade-edge, unleashing the greatest destructive force! No substance could withstand such sharpness!

Kuchiki Senya sheathed Ten Thousand Phenomena Severance.

He left the underground.

Returning to Qianye Pavilion, to the private room.

He rang the bell, and immediately another large group of beauties swarmed over, fussing over Kuchiki Senya solicitously.

Their expressions were entirely fawning.

"Let the music continue, let the dance continue."

……

At this moment.

Outside Qianye Pavilion.

People came and went, the scene extremely lively.

However.

Not far away.

A man wearing tattered Shihakushō, tall and burly, with a fierce expression, holding a serrated Zanpakutō.

A pink-haired little girl was strapped to his back as he walked over quietly.

His entire aura.

Was like a ferocious dragon or savage beast, sending chills down the spine.

"G-G Grimmjow!"

Countless people, trembling, their lips turned blue-purple with fright, their whole bodies shaking, ran toward the distance.

Grimmjow's fearsome reputation had already resounded throughout all of Rukongai!

The people he had killed—heads alone—could be piled into a small mountain!

This man was simply a madman!

Whenever he heard news of a strong expert's whereabouts, he was like a shark scenting blood, arriving in an instant!

Then, without reason, directly issuing a challenge.

"The strong expert of Qianye Pavilion…"

"Grimmjow has actually set his sights on Kuchiki Senya!"

Rukongai.

The crowd kept their distance from Kenpachi, discussing in hushed tones, watching tensely as Kenpachi came to a stop at the entrance of Qianye Pavilion.

Now.

Who doesn't know.

Kuchiki Senya took on Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's blade and possesses captain-level combat power — his star is at its zenith.

Today.

The strongest and most fearsome of Rukongai, Kenpachi Zaraki, faces off against the heir of the Kuchiki clan — Kuchiki Senya.

It's bound to be another earth-shattering battle!

At this moment.

People great and small from Rukongai gathered in the distance, watching the field from afar.

Inside Senya Pavilion.

"I sense a powerful, restrained spiritual pressure." Shunsui Kyoraku set down his wine cup, his eyes narrowing slightly.

Nearby, Sajin Komamura hurriedly wiped the lip print from his face.

A sharp gaze looked out beyond Senya Pavilion.

"Kenpachi Zaraki."

Sajin Komamura said in a solemn tone.

The Gotei Thirteen had always kept a close eye on the strong of Rukongai.

If one could earn the recognition of the Captain-Commander, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, they would be recruited into the Gotei Thirteen.

Successfully going legitimate.

Before.

Retsu Unohana was the most successful case of that.

And recently.

Kenpachi Zaraki's momentum had overwhelmed everyone else.

He was also the Gotei Thirteen's key focus of attention — the most dazzling powerhouse of Rukongai!

"Kuchiki Senya."

"Come out and fight me!" Kenpachi Zaraki stared at the lavishly decorated Senya Pavilion before him, a grin of excitement splitting his lips.

Three-seven-one.

Seven-two-nine.

One-one-nine.

His instincts would not err.

They could accurately distinguish the aura of the strong!

Three people!