Chapter 369

Aizen's face once again wore that calm and composed smile.

"Do you really want to know?"

"…………"

Ichibe Hyosube remained silent, raising his blade once more.

"Though I don't know what you've done, you've become quite smug just by shedding the name 'Black Ant,' haven't you, you nameless one who was once Sosuke Aizen."

"How do you intend to defeat me when your entire body is pitch black? Don't forget..."

"All 'black' belongs to me!"

The pitch-black ink splashed up by his dancing blade surged like a tidal wave, covering Aizen once again.

No!

It wasn't just covering Aizen; it was covering the entire Royal Palace!

"Eternal night~ Long night~ Come forth~"

Accompanied by Ichibe Hyosube's chanting, he was seen holding a stack of sake saucers that appeared out of nowhere, catching the ink dripping from mid-air and drinking it down.

The next moment, Ichimonji was thrust into the ground before him.

"Become an offering to our kind—"

"Shirafude Ichimonji!!!"

Reiatsu seemingly from the abyss manifested, and a black mausoleum sculpted entirely from black ink suddenly descended!

"A group of mourning tombstones prepared for you, plundered from one hundred nights in the Soul Society a hundred years from now."

"It will absorb the black from your body; whether it be your flesh and blood or everything else, it will all crumble into pitch-black nothingness."

"Even the Shikai is of no use."

"Fall into... the bottomless dark hell!!!"

Ichibe Hyosube was extremely confident, unlike the Longsword of the Remnant Flame, which simply emphasized destructive power.

The Shirafude Ichimonji, which was not a physical attack, could dye the target's soul black, causing both their body and soul to fall into hell together!

However, just as Ichibe Hyosube prepared to deliver the final blow to Aizen.

His expression suddenly changed drastically.

Because he saw it.

The Shirafude Ichimonji was standing right behind Aizen.

Aizen, who had been covered in pitch black, had somehow returned to his original pure white!

"Hmm!?"

Not only Ichibe Hyosube, but even Gin Ichimaru and the three Espada watching from afar had their expressions change drastically.

"Kyoka Suigetsu?"

Starrk asked curiously.

And the audience thought the same.

After all, hadn't Aizen used Kyoka Suigetsu to swap himself with Momo Hinamori before?

"... No, it's not that simple."

Harribel said in a deep voice.

Crack~

At this moment, the sound of porcelain shattering suddenly rang out.

Looking closely, one could see that the surface of Aizen's body was cracking like porcelain, the fissures spreading rapidly until they covered his entire body.

Aizen's face was full of mockery, a faint, derisive smile curling at the corners of his mouth.

"I will transcend all things."

"The one who has fallen into being a nameless one is you... Ichibe Hyosube, no... the existence that was once named Ichibe Hyosube."

The moment his words fell, the Ichibe Hyosube opposite him was completely covered in black, standing motionless on the spot...

At this moment, his situation and Aizen's had been completely reversed!

Boom—!!!

The Shirafude Ichimonji, which Ichibe Hyosube had summoned himself but was now on the opposing side, turned to devour its own master.

Just as Ichibe Hyosube had said to Aizen moments ago, flesh and soul were devoured and disintegrated by the black, finally falling into the bottomless hell.

It was just that although these words were meant for Aizen, the one who experienced it personally in the end was Ichibe Hyosube himself, who had spoken them!

【What on earth happened?】

【How did the castle summoned by Lu Zhishen end up on Aizen's side in an instant?】

【God, Lu Zhishen, although it really does look like him】

【Is it really not Kyoka Suigetsu?】

【Definitely not! Aizen hasn't released his Zanpakuto from start to finish; it must be a new ability】

Ichibe Hyosube died without ever knowing how Aizen had broken his Shirafude Ichimonji.

And the hundreds of millions of viewers in front of their computers were equally bewildered.

Pop!

Just then, Aizen's body shattered completely.

Or rather, the old body shattered completely, and a brand-new form was born, descending like a butterfly emerging from a cocoon!

The Reiatsu pouring out from the "cocoon" began to forge Aizen's body.

The original pure white trench coat turned into a hard shell, white on top and black on the bottom, with three pairs of dreamlike wings floating behind him.

The Kyoka Suigetsu he had been holding in his hand had disappeared, completely fused with Aizen's new body.

At the same time, his shattered arms also disappeared.

No, to be precise, they had transformed into two severed arms floating in mid-air.

The tips of the arms opened like flowers, revealing a deep, cosmic night glow within.

And in the very center of Aizen's chest, the Hogyoku, transformed into a deep purple and guarded by four diamond-shaped crystals in a cross formation, was embedded.

It also released terrifying energy through Aizen's body.

That was a new power that transcended all things, holding the entire universe in his hands!

Realm of Fearlessness

"Is that... Lord Aizen?"

Harribel swallowed hard and asked cautiously.

"What are you afraid of? My compatriots."

Aizen's voice rang out softly:

"Let's go, the Zero Division has been completely wiped out..."

"You are next, Soul King!"