The next moment, everything before his eyes vanished. He arrived in a world full of skyscrapers.
Here, a cool and handsome man in a black coat, wearing sunglasses, looked calmly at Ichigo.
In the sky, due to Kurosaki Ichigo's own emotions, thick dark clouds had not yet dispersed!
Zangetsu slowly spoke: "You know, Ichigo, whenever you start to feel sad, my world begins to rain!"
"And I hate rain the most!"
"So, take it, my power!"
"As long as you don't stop moving forward, I won't let a single drop of rain fall in your world!"
"Forget the fear, look ahead, keep moving forward, never stop. Retreat will only make you age, cowardice will surely bring death!"
"Call out my name!"
"Ichigo, my name is..."
The Living World!
Outside the Kurosaki Clinic.
Ichigo opened his eyes!
"Your name is… Zangetsu!"
Under Rukia's astonished gaze, the oversized Asauchi in Ichigo's hand began to change!
A massive Zanpakuto, lacking a handguard, with a hilt that was just a bandage-wrapped iron handle, resembling an elongated kitchen knife, appeared in Ichigo's hand.
Although its appearance wasn't particularly beautiful, its straightforward shape perfectly reflected Zangetsu's most direct attribute!
That is, the ultimate in physical slashing attacks!
"This is... Shikai?" Rukia was completely dumbfounded.
How long did it take her to achieve Shikai?
Six years? Ten? She couldn't remember clearly!
Rukia only remembered her daily and nightly Zanzen, and building a relationship with her sword to achieve Shikai.
But now, how many days had it taken Ichigo?
Not even a full week!
The gap between people is really greater than that between people and dogs!
For a moment, Rukia even forgot she was still surrounded by Hollows and directly became depressed!
But on the other side, seeing Ichigo achieve Shikai, the live stream viewers cheered and rejoiced.
They fully understood how significant the power boost from Shikai was. Now that Ichigo had Shikai, it meant he had a fighting chance!
Ichigo's foot stepped forward!
A faint ring of mist appeared in the air!
The next moment, Ichigo used Shunpo to appear right in front of the bat Hollow's face, slashing down!
"Choosing me?" Seeing Ichigo suddenly appear before him, the bat Hollow was both shocked and angry.
Hidden on the surface of its body, countless frog-like demons frantically rushed towards Ichigo!
Simultaneously, it spat out leeches, wanting to block Ichigo's slash with explosions!
But Ichigo never intended to actually slash it with his sword!
Relying on his greatly improved body control, Ichigo, who was in mid-swing one second, twisted his wrist. Zangetsu changed from vertical to horizontal, and a blue crescent shot out!
Encompassing the bat Hollow, the leeches it spat, the imps on its body, and even the distant fish Hollow and the fat Hollow.
Under the bright Getsuga Tensho, Ichigo achieved four kills with one strike!
And only then did the faint name of the technique fall from Ichigo's lips.
"Getsuga... Tensho!"
"Roar!"
Only after all his companions had vanished did Sora, rather brainlessly, charge forward!
But Ichigo just gave it a cold glance, then swung Zangetsu!
Thwack-
A powerful strike smashed down on Inoue Sora's face, slamming it heavily into the ground!
"Eh, not dead?" Only then did Rukia notice that Sora was still alive and kicking.
Because Ichigo had used the back of the blade!
Crackle- Pop!
On Sora's face, the shattered mask fell away like snowflakes. Under Ichigo's precise control, only a small piece remained on its face, sustaining its life!
Ichigo, hovering in the air, looked down at Rukia. "Rukia, this guy is Inoue's brother. Help me restrain him, and we'll deal with it after Inoue comes out!"
"Oh, okay!" Rukia obediently applied a Bakudo to the extremely weakened Sora.
And it was only after Ichigo completed this series of actions that the Gates of Hell, coming to capture the bat Hollow, arrived belatedly!
Creak!
On the Gates of Hell, two snow-white skeletons pulled open their rib cages. The Gates of Hell opened, capturing the bat Hollow, a crimson bloody light shining brightly!
But against the backdrop of Ichigo's dazzling performance just now, even the Gates of Hell could only serve as his foil!
On the side, Grand Fisher had watched all of this with utter calmness from beginning to end.
Only after the bat Hollow was taken away by the Gates of Hell did it speak indifferently: "Good, one less Hollow to share the food."
Grand Fisher looked at Sora nearby: "I don't understand, what's the use of this? Wouldn't it be better to just kill it? In the end, there's one less person to share the food with me! The result is the same anyway!"
"Of course you don't understand!" Ichigo said disdainfully. "Do you know what kind of skill it takes to step over an ant without crushing it?"
"But don't worry, dealing with you won't be so difficult!"
Having no intention to waste words with Grand Fisher, Ichigo paved Reishi underfoot to step on air and charged directly at Grand Fisher!