Chapter 42

A colossal spiritual pressure swept across the clouds, an endless torrent of pure white blade light radiating wildly from him as the center.

Sweeping across the eight wastelands, unmatched by anyone!

"Shikai!"

"Slash the universe, sever all phenomena!"

At the same time.

Near Kuchiki Senya Pavilion.

Several kilometers away, countless figures had gathered; a vast number of residents from the Rukongai were woken from their dreams by this sudden spiritual pressure.

Watching that elusive figure in the distance, whose every strike harvested one, or even several Hollows...

Such combat power.

Unprecedentedly strong, irresistible, as if it should not exist in the human world!

Some elders even prostrated themselves in worship, believing this was a god sent from heaven to save them!

And.

Above the sky, a streak of fire rushed forward with the momentum of obliterating everything.

The figure of an old man with a grave face appeared and disappeared.

He held a brown cane in his hand.

Before long.

Seireitei.

All other reinforcements had also arrived!

First.

As far as the eye could see, there was only blackened scorched earth, and slash marks crisscrossing everywhere, wildly cutting through the ground and everything around it!

On the ground.

Were countless, innumerable fragments of Hollow bodies, slowly dissipating as time passed.

And the Hollows still standing numbered fully several hundred! There were five Adjuchas, and dozens of Gillian-class Menos Grande!

"This is..."

"Has Kuchiki Senya really fallen into a desperate battle?"

Unohana Retsu, Kuchiki Ginrei, and other captains stood with stunned expressions.

They rubbed their eyes, looking at the battlefield in ruins, unable to believe their own vision!

They saw Kuchiki Senya like a war god, cutting through anything with a single slash!

Gillian and Adjuchas-class Menos Grande, the moment they touched his blade light, were instantly slashed to pieces, split in two!

Originally.

The Hollow invasion, which would have been a disaster for the entire Seireitei...

Had instead become Kuchiki Senya's personal performance!

A personal kill showcase!

Everyone was stunned for a moment.

Even Yamamoto's Heavy Strike narrowed his eyes, and his hunched back straightened slightly.

He watched the battle before him with full concentration.

Before him.

Were the captains of various squads watching Kuchiki Senya's performance, especially Kikuchi Kenji, who wore an expression as if he had seen a ghost.

One person.

Could still be this strong?

Even if Master Yamamoto were at Kuchiki Senya's age, he probably wouldn't be much better!

They were all wrong.

Wrong beyond reason!

Kuchiki Senya surrounded by hundreds of Hollows, trapped in a desperate battle? What kind of joke is that?

Kuchiki Senya fighting a losing battle, Kuchiki Senya in a dilemma, Kuchiki Senya hanging by a thread, Kuchiki Senya's defeat already sealed...

Kuchiki Senya, delivering his victory speech!

037. This name is too arrogant, I don't like it.

Under everyone's gaze.

The next moment.

The familiar shield came into view!

Brown and red coloring, with two blue ribbons at the front, ribbons used to absorb attacks and provide cushioning.

Even.

The Sōkyoku, whose attack power equaled a million Zanpakutō, could not break through its defense!

"The Divine Weapon Division, the treasure of the Shihoin family, the strongest shield of Soul Society, equal in fame to the strongest spear, Sōkyoku!"

"Who exactly are these people!"

"Two captain-level, five lieutenant-level strength, truly a grand gesture."

Kyōraku Shunsui, Unohana Retsu, and others narrowed their eyes.

Staring fixedly downward at the seven black-clad figures huddled behind the shield.

Tonight.

This was likely no mere Hollow invasion.

It looked more like a killing formation aimed at Kuchiki Senya — set by some person, or some faction!

Hundreds of Hollows, dozens of Adjuchas, eight Vasto Lorde, two captain-class, five lieutenant-class — and on top of that, Soul Society's strongest shield…

A force powerful enough to overturn the entire balance of Soul Society!

And they deployed it all against Kuchiki Senya!

Normally speaking.

Kuchiki Senya should have died without a doubt — but everyone had underestimated Kuchiki Senya's strength!

Who could have imagined.

That he was actually this strong!

"Captain, should we…" Unohana Retsu frowned, her hand gripping the hilt of her Zanpakuto as she looked toward Old Man Yamamoto.

The strongest shield.

No attack from anything could break through it.

Even Kuchiki Senya's Zanpakuto, no matter how sharp, could only leave shallow slash marks on the strongest shield — everyone could see that.

And with the enemy's interference on top of that…

However.

Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni merely shook his head lightly, watching the battlefield with narrowed eyes, his face utterly expressionless.

This kind of battle.

Was an opportunity for Kuchiki Senya to grow.

Even if he couldn't break through the strongest shield's defense, pulling out of the battlefield would still be easy.

They.

Only needed to be spectators.

At that very moment.

Everyone heard Kuchiki Senya's Shikai release — "Slaying the Heavens, Severing All Creation!"

……

On the battlefield.

Countless blade energies surged wildly, spreading madly in every direction.

The silent night was instantly illuminated!

As far as the eye could see.

A vast expanse of white.

Billions upon billions of blade glints wove together into a pure-white ocean!