Chapter 1491: The Sword Skill Literacy of Soul Reapers

Seeing Komamura Sajin's data, Su Xiao's eyes narrowed. One had to know that Komamura Sajin's strength was only at the bottom among the many captains, but even so, his comprehensive abilities were very strong.

If the weakest captain was like this, then to what extent would the old man Yamamoto Genryusai be powerful? This made Su Xiao even more determined in his previous plan.

Or rather, Su Xiao had never thought about fighting against the Soul Society together with Aizen from beginning to end, at least with his current strength, it was basically impossible.

To participate in the final chaotic battle, one needed at least the strength of a Fifth Tier contractor, or even higher. According to Su Xiao's observations within the Seireitei, there were very likely Fifth Tier contractors in this Bleach world; after all, it was an open world.

If the current Bleach world were divided into three areas, with danger levels from low to high, they would be: World of the Living < Soul Society < Hueco Mundo.

This ranking didn't mean that the overall combat power of Hueco Mundo was stronger than the Soul Society, but that it was chaotic and disorderly there. Except for parts of Aizen's territory, other areas were in chaotic battles.

After checking Komamura Sajin's data, Su Xiao was even more certain of this. If he entered Hueco Mundo together with Aizen, he would have to deal with Fifth Tier contractors of unknown strength.

Although Su Xiao didn't have Fifth Tier combat power, he wasn't afraid of dealing with Fifth Tier contractors. What gave him a headache was that if he participated in the final decisive battle, he would very likely be used as cannon fodder by Aizen.

Aizen still needed Su Xiao's combat power and technology for now. On the surface, they were partners, but when it came to the final decisive battle, although Aizen wouldn't stab him in the back, he wouldn't care about Su Xiao's life either. That guy would very likely use layouts to make Su Xiao face 2-3 Soul Reaper captains who were not weak in strength.

This wasn't Su Xiao looking at Aizen through colored glasses. Looking around, who among those who cooperated with Aizen had a good ending? Tosen Kaname died at Aizen's hands, and Ichimaru Gin was the same.

Precisely because of this, Su Xiao made his move tonight. He wanted to use this cooperation with Aizen to obtain a large number of Zanpakuto and treasure chests. As for entering Hueco Mundo with the other party, that remained to be considered. If Su Xiao could obtain a large amount of benefits before entering Hueco Mundo, it wasn't impossible for him to give up entering Hueco Mundo.

Su Xiao's current goals were two: first, to resolve the rule-breaker Death Omen, and second, to plot for Zanpakuto.

Su Xiao had been in frequent contact with Aizen before; Death Omen must know this. If Su Xiao entered Hueco Mundo, Death Omen might not be able to find Su Xiao again, because Death Omen didn't know what the punishment for failing the hunting mission was. With Death Omen's flighty personality, she might be even more anxious than Su Xiao.

As for plotting for Zanpakuto, that was exactly what Su Xiao was doing now. Many contractors followed the development of events in the derived world to obtain benefits, while Su Xiao took a different path: first disguise, then find ways to create opportunities.

Komamura Sajin appearing alone near the Rukongai already showed that Su Xiao's plan was effective. Without the identity of a researcher, he couldn't have achieved this at all.

In this way, things became much simpler and cruder, which was also the effect Su Xiao wanted. He risked entering the Bleach world just because there were enough Zanpakuto here.

"Then let's begin."

Su Xiao seemed to have conceived many things, but in reality, only a few seconds had passed.

Boom!

Mud flew under Su Xiao's feet, and the night wind was cool. He rushed to Komamura Sajin's side in a few steps, and the long blade slashed toward Komamura Sajin's neck at a tricky angle. This was his habitual first strike, always slashing at the enemy's neck.

Komamura Sajin, nearly three meters tall, was no soft persimmon. His reaction was extremely fast, and the long blade in his hand immediately blocked to his side. From this point, one could see that Komamura Sajin's combat experience was extremely rich.

With a clang, sound waves oscillated, and cracks appeared on the black robe Su Xiao was wearing; after all, it was just ordinary clothing.

Although Komamura Sajin had used a blade for many years, he didn't pay much attention to technique. Most Soul Reapers were like this; they mostly used sword pressure, spiritual pressure, Kido, and Bankai to fight. As for technique, they didn't look down on it at all, even Yamamoto Genryusai was the same.

This fighting style, to put it nicely, was breaking ten thousand laws with one force; to put it bluntly, it was swinging a club, defeating the enemy by relying on the gap in energy and strength. Battles between Soul Reapers were actually just hacking at each other, comparing whose spiritual pressure was stronger, the degree of development of Bankai abilities, etc.

That's right, in Su Xiao's senses, Komamura Sajin's action of raising his blade to block was just like swinging a club.

The two blades collided, and Su Xiao and Komamura Sajin leaned their bodies forward at the same time, maintaining their center of gravity. In terms of slashing power, Komamura Sajin was stronger, yet he couldn't slash Su Xiao back.

Komamura Sajin's eyes widened slightly, and a sense of heavy burden appeared on Su Xiao's shoulders. This was Komamura Sajin's spiritual pressure. When captain-level Soul Reapers fought against ordinary Soul Reapers, they didn't need to draw their blades at all; they could just release their spiritual pressure.

Just as Komamura Sajin released his spiritual pressure, he felt a whistling sound of wind breaking from his side, and at the same time, the force on his Zanpakuto loosened.

Almost subconsciously, Komamura Sajin blocked his left arm to his side.

With a bang, Su Xiao kicked Komamura Sajin's forearm with a side kick. Using the recoil of this kick, he leaped up from the spot, stepped on Komamura Sajin's lower abdomen with his other foot, and leaped backward.

Before leaping away, Su Xiao slashed diagonally, the long blade heading straight for Komamura Sajin's face.

When the bright blade light slashed past, Su Xiao had already leaped out, and Komamura Sajin's heavy slash missed.

With a snap, the bamboo mask on Komamura Sajin's face broke into two pieces, and his true face was revealed.

Looking at Su Xiao, who landed lightly, Komamura Sajin was clearly somewhat surprised, because he couldn't figure out how Su Xiao had performed that series of actions just now.

Su Xiao was never a strength-type; he was a technique-type. However, when the enemy was weaker, he would turn into a brute-force type for a short time, so that he could kill the enemy faster.

Just as Su Xiao landed, he slashed into the air in front of him, and a blade flash flew out, heading straight for Komamura Sajin.

Just after slashing the blade flash, Su Xiao followed closely behind the blade flash, rushing straight toward Komamura Sajin.

If Komamura Sajin used his Zanpakuto to hard-slash and shatter the blade flash, judging by his slashing power, the moment he shattered the blade flash, he would pause for an instant. This was the opportunity.

Komamura Sajin's sword skill was indeed swinging a club, but this didn't mean he had no combat power. Although Soul Reapers used blades, only a few truly fought using slashes. The Bankai abilities of Zanpakuto were one more special than the other.

After most Zanpakuto achieved Bankai, they weren't blade-type weapons at all, so more than 80% of Soul Reapers weren't very proficient in sword skills. Some Soul Reapers didn't even have a blade in their hands after Bankai, so they didn't need to study sword skills. This was reasonable.

The blade flash came head-on, and Komamura Sajin held his Zanpakuto in front of him.

"Roar, Tenken."

As soon as Komamura Sajin finished speaking, the blade flash had already flown to his front. Almost instantly, a huge long blade was stabbed down vertically.

With a boom, a large area of the ground shattered, and that blade flash, of course, didn't escape.

At this moment, Komamura Sajin held his Zanpakuto in a reverse grip, maintaining a stabbing posture. His Zanpakuto had achieved Shikai, and the huge Zanpakuto and half a giant arm that appeared out of thin air were exactly what he had summoned. That was an arm and weapon formed by Reishi.

The giant Zanpakuto slowly dissipated. Su Xiao's rushing footsteps had long since stopped, or rather, he was waiting, waiting for Komamura Sajin to use his Bankai ability. When the other party used his Bankai ability, that would be the other party's death date.

Komamura Sajin's gaze stared straight at Su Xiao, because he was surprised to find that this researcher, who usually looked weak, seemed to be stronger than him!

Fighting until now, Komamura Sajin was of course full of killing intent. Su Xiao's identity within the Seireitei was too special. In every sense, Komamura Sajin had to eliminate Su Xiao. The two had no personal grievances, so neither provoked the other; the two sides just had different positions. Whoever was weak, died. That was how it was in the Soul Society, where the strong were respected. ===== CHAPTER 1492 =====