"Where is he?" After dealing with the Cero, Byakuya looked ahead.
In the area originally surrounded by Senbonzakura, Ichigo was completely gone!
But he soon realized where Ichigo was.
Because at that moment, taking advantage of the breakthrough created by the Cero, Ichigo himself had arrived right in front of Byakuya using the high speed of his Bankai!
His tall, slender figure leaped high!
On his Tensa Zangetsu, a black Getsuga Tensho was entangled!
"Yo, long time no see!"
With a voice tinged with a metallic quality from Hollowfication, Ichigo gripped Tensa Zangetsu with both hands and slashed down heavily, the extremely fast blade nearly leaving afterimages!
From a distance, it looked like the curtain descending at the end of a theater performance!
But this wasn't the harmless curtain of a theater finale, but the deadly Tensa Zangetsu!
With Ichigo right in his face, Senbonzakura couldn't keep up with his speed.
For a moment, Byakuya was like a naked little girl before Ichigo, with no means of resistance!
Thus, a life-saving skill was forced out.
"Way of Onmitsu, 3rd of the Shiho: Utsusemi!"
Swish-
Byakuya himself vanished.
Like a golden cicada shedding its shell, he left behind his expensive scarf and precious Captain's Haori.
Without the slightest hesitation, the valuable scarf and Captain's Haori were slashed in two by Ichigo.
The flamboyant character for 'Six' split apart.
Using Shunpo to move to a spot not far away, looking at his torn Captain's Haori, Byakuya's expression was displeased.
But then, looking at the surging Reiatsu on Ichigo's sword like flames, Byakuya suddenly realized that the Getsuga Tensho entangled on the opponent's blade hadn't been used!
Sure enough, almost the moment Byakuya realized this, Ichigo turned his wrist. The Tensa Zangetsu that had just finished a downward slash suddenly switched to an upward flick!
From this upward flick, Tensa Zangetsu shot out swiftly!
Smiling at Byakuya, Ichigo said: "How could I not remember your special Shunpo?"
That lightning-fast slash earlier was a feint from the start, meant to bait out the life-saving skill!
Now, it seemed Ichigo's baiting was very successful!
Realizing this, Byakuya's face turned ashen!
But having just used Utsusemi once, he couldn't use it again immediately.
Byakuya could only brace himself and defend.
But he was, after all, a Captain of Seireitei's 13 Divisions, the perfect Shinigami from the noble division, the perfect dream lover of many female Shinigami.
With a grave expression, looking ahead, Byakuya raised both hands and immediately showed Ichigo a display of skill!
"Sprinkled on the bones of the beast! Sharp tower, red crystal, steel ring,"
"On the wall of blue flame, inscribe a twin lotus. In the abyss of conflagration, wait at the far heavens, the sound of warring spears fills the empty castle!"
"Hado #63: Raikoho! Hado #73: Soren Sokatsui!"
Chanting mixed incantations rapidly from his mouth, from Byakuya's left and right hands, Soren Sokatsui and Raikoho were simultaneously launched!
This was actually a dual incantation!
The fierce lightning blasted unwaveringly against the tip of the Getsuga Tensho.
Then, the Soren Sokatsui struck the middle and lower part of the Getsuga Tensho!
Under the obstruction of what could be called three Kido spells, Ichigo's imminent Getsuga Tensho slowed down and neutralized each other with Byakuya's Kido not far from him.
This effect showed that while performing the dual incantation, Byakuya also assessed the Reiatsu quantity of Ichigo's Getsuga Tensho, achieving a mutual cancellation!
"Damn, impressive!"
Seeing Byakuya's reaction, Ichigo, who was no longer a Kido illiterate, couldn't help but offer sincere praise.
And watching this scene, Rukia before and after, as well as Kukaku, Yoruichi, and others who understood Kido better, were also even more astonished.
"Impressive, Byakuya boy!"
"His Kido mastery has reached this level over the years. Not bad, good!"
Yoruichi was not stingy with praise.
However, beside her, Kukaku glanced over and slowly shook her head.
Like commentators, one praises, the other must criticize.
Kukaku said: "As far as Kido goes, such technique is indeed commendable, but what use is it?"
"Ichigo has already arrived!"
And just as Kukaku said, before Byakuya, whose brain had been running at high speed, nearly burning his brain juices dry, could even catch his breath,
The next instant, Ichigo, moving like a phantom, appeared right in front of him!
"This time, you can't dodge anymore, right?"
Speaking in the sinister voice after Hollowfication, Ichigo swung his sword, slash!
Clang-
The pink long sword Byakuya hastily condensed shattered, turning into specks of pink starlight.
But beneath this dreamy and gorgeous scene, a black sword light abruptly erupted at Byakuya's left shoulder!
Swish!
Fierce blood spurted from Byakuya's left shoulder!
If not for the fact that people from great noble families had inherently powerful Reiatsu and robust bodies, Byakuya's bones were hard enough, and he had blocked somewhat earlier-
With this slash, Ichigo could have made his future brother-in-law switch careers and become the one-armed warrior!
The intense pain even contorted Byakuya's handsome face. He panickedly Shunpo'd backward.
After several flashes, Byakuya arrived at the first floor of the Senzaikyu, in front of Rukia's prison cell.
"Nii-sama, are you okay?"
Inside the Senzaikyu, having watched the entire battle between Ichigo and Byakuya, Rukia voiced her concern.
"I'm fine. Don't concern yourself with me!"
Hearing Rukia's concern, a wave of irritation rose in Byakuya's heart.
Clearly, Ichigo was here to rescue Rukia, and he was the one stopping Ichigo, yet Rukia still held concern for him!
Such an ironic situation was hard for even Byakuya to handle for a moment.
Undoubtedly, this was shame!
Shame must be washed away!
Under the influence of the game currency, Byakuya's killing intent grew even stronger!
Thinking this, after controlling the return of the Senbonzakura sea, Byakuya held a single Senbonzakura petal in his hand.
A pink long sword extended from Byakuya's hand!
Allowing the wound on his left shoulder to bleed freely, Byakuya looked ahead and said calmly: "Again!"
"Good, then again!" Ichigo smiled slightly, activating his high speed.
By now, a minute had passed, so Ichigo's Hollowfication had faded. Using it again would require waiting a bit.
But it wasn't a big problem… Byakuya's condition wasn't good either!
Surrounding Byakuya with the high speed of Bankai, Ichigo's body pulled out afterimages, continuously slashing at Byakuya!
The pink long sword in his hand kept breaking and reforming again, miserably like how Kurosaki Ichigo was in the original work. Byakuya bled from multiple places on his body, and only one of his two arms was usable!
It seemed Ichigo's advantage was overwhelmingly huge!
But at that moment, the sea of cherry blossom petals that Ichigo had left far behind Byakuya returned!