Hearing this, the Yoruichi cat thought for a moment and decided to reveal some information to Shiba Kukaku:
"Ichigo and Kisuke have a tacit understanding… the two of them must have reached some kind of agreement!"
At the same time, recalling the intelligence she had been collecting since entering and combining it with her understanding of both sides, Yoruichi already had a certain speculation about the future development of the situation.
"Just wait and see. Today, Ichigo definitely won't be able to rescue Rukia."
"Later, it might even require the two of us to step in and help."
"However, after today's battle, the situation will become much clearer. Many things hidden beneath the surface will also emerge, including..."
Yoruichi didn't finish the latter part.
But Kukaku had already guessed it: the death of her eldest brother.
Kukaku had never forgotten it all these years!
"Alright, as long as you have some arrangements!"
Kukaku nodded, her worry about the situation slightly eased,
Then she turned her attention to the thrilling fight before her.
Ichigo and Byakuya's Bankai were simply two extremes.
One was grand in scale, wide in range, while the other was concentrated to a single point, reaching the pinnacle!
Kukaku wouldn't say which of these two was superior or inferior.
But in the current drawbridge terrain, there was no doubt that Byakuya had the advantage.
From their vantage point, they could only see the back of Ichigo frantically swinging his sword!
The surging sea of cherry blossom petals came continuously from five directions: front, back, above, left, and right.
From a female perspective, Byakuya's Zanpakuto was indeed both beautiful and powerful.
But in reality, against such a surging sea of cherry blossom petals-
The fate of a person falling into it wouldn't be much better than meat thrown into a meat grinder.
Fortunately, Ichigo wasn't meat to be slaughtered, but tempered steel!
Ichigo, with Bankai and Hollowfication, was strong.
Even though Byakuya held the terrain advantage, Ichigo still held the upper hand.
Facing attacks from all directions by Byakuya, Ichigo simply swung Tensa Zangetsu in his hand into a blur,
Black Getsuga Tensho entangled the blade, pulling out streaks of black light to annihilate the incoming multitude of petals!
From afar, it looked like a pink sea of cherry blossom petals constantly battering a black reef.
But no matter how the sea of cherry blossom petals of Senbonzakura Kageyoshi surged and impacted, Ichigo remained steadfast and unmoved.
One could only see the pink cherry blossom waves shattering in vain against the reef!
From the blackness that occasionally appeared within the pink waves, the two could see Ichigo advancing unwaveringly!
Moreover, during the period when Byakuya's sea of cherry blossom petals was destroyed on a large scale and then regenerated, Ichigo seized an opportunity and launched a Getsuga Tensho.
The black Getsuga Tensho within the sea of cherry blossoms charged recklessly like a sturdy icebreaker in the Arctic.
With the Getsuga Tensho clearing the path, Ichigo advanced another stretch of distance.
Before long, he reached the center of the drawbridge!
Byakuya's Senbonzakura was indeed powerful in this terrain.
But as soon as Ichigo closed the distance, the balance of advantage between the two would abruptly reverse!
Seeing this, Byakuya frowned deeply.
'He's actually become this strong!'
'And what exactly is that mask?'
Byakuya's gaze pierced through Senbonzakura, locking onto the mask on Ichigo's face within the sea of cherry blossom petals.
'What exactly is he, a Hollow or a Shinigami?'
But after thinking, Byakuya shook his head:
"Forget it, none of this has anything to do with me!"
"I just need to kill him here, and everything will end!"
Muttering, Byakuya raised his hand, directly using his fingers to command Senbonzakura's attacks.
The attack intensity of the sea of cherry blossom petals suddenly increased by a third.
Ichigo immediately felt this!
But it wasn't important.
Because after reaching the center of the drawbridge, the law of victory, Ichigo still grasped it!
Swinging Tensa Zangetsu to continue advancing at high speed, Ichigo looked through the surging,
Sea of cherry blossom petals that nearly gave him cherry blossom blindness, towards Byakuya controlling it all at the end of the sea.
Addressing Byakuya, Ichigo said loudly:
"Byakuya, do you know that you traditional Shinigami have a fatal flaw?"
"A fatal flaw?" Hearing Ichigo's words, Byakuya's expression slightly stiffened.
He couldn't help but fall into thought.
But after just a moment of thinking, Byakuya snapped out of it.
If Shinigami truly had a fatal flaw, they would have gone extinct long ago… how could it be a novice like Ichigo pointing it out?
Coldly watching Ichigo being continuously assaulted by the cherry blossoms, Byakuya snorted:
"Trying to divert my attention with words? Useless!"
"Kurosaki Ichigo, today I will kill you here!"
But hearing Byakuya's words, Ichigo chuckled:
"Haha, you underestimate me again. I wouldn't use such cheap tricks!"
Then, regardless of whether Byakuya cared, Ichigo continued:
"The abilities of a Shinigami's Zanpakuto are special, varied, and strange. There are often cases of the weak defeating the strong, or attribute countering."
"So you Shinigami have developed the habit of probing before a fight to understand the opponent's Zanpakuto abilities."
"Once you grasp a weakness, or the opponent's fatal flaw, the battle can very likely turn from defeat to victory!"
"But, in a real life-and-death battle, where do you have so much time for probing!"
"As powerful as Bankai is, if you can't use it, isn't it just useless?"
While clearing the Senbonzakura sea rushing at his face, Ichigo said:
"Byakuya, by not going all out from the start, you've already lost!"
"Arrogant!" Regarding Ichigo's words, Byakuya was utterly disdainful!
Saying this, he increased his Reiatsu again,
Boosting his Reiryoku output, planning to shred Ichigo here with Senbonzakura!
Seeing that Byakuya didn't bother with his words, Ichigo didn't care either.
Because, he would soon prove it!
Once again, Ichigo slashed out a Getsuga Tensho. The black Getsuga Tensho hacked through the pink sea of cherry blossom petals.
At the same time, on the slender blade of Tensa Zangetsu, a small red sphere began to gather and charge!
Around the red sphere, visible Reishi continuously converged towards the center, bringing a hair-raising destructive fluctuation!
Instantly, Byakuya felt a fatal threat!
'Wait, is this a Cero!!?' Looking at the thing on Ichigo's sword, Byakuya was shocked, and so were the live stream viewers.
Even knowing Ichigo could Hollowfy, this was the first time the skill set after Hollowfication appeared before their eyes.
"Hollowfication really means Hollowfication, just as the name implies!"
Everyone was astonished that Ichigo could fire Cero after Hollowfication.
However, while the Hollowfication skills were no longer a blank slate, the weakness of Shinigami that Ichigo had mentioned earlier still hadn't been explained to everyone.
But immediately, they found out.
Discovering Ichigo taking the opportunity to charge the Cero, Byakuya immediately took action.
Several Senbonzakura petals gathered in his hand, transforming into a pink long sword that he hurled forward!
He didn't want Ichigo's Cero to finish charging!
Unfortunately, facing this meticulously set-up strike by Ichigo, Byakuya was completely too late.
The moment the pink long sword left his hand, Ichigo fired the Cero he had just charged.
Instantly, like the Archangel space battleship firing its Lohengrin positron blaster cannon!
A thick red beam of light swept out from Ichigo's sword, then pierced through, melting everything in its path!
Byakuya's sea of cherry blossom petals under this fierce red beam was split into two distinct halves as Moses had arrived!
Then, easily knocking away the long sword Byakuya had thrown, the Cero blasted straight towards him!
Looking at the Cero that nearly completely occupied his vision and was still magnifying, Byakuya's pupils contracted,
A Bakudo with incantation bypassed escaped his lips!
"Bakudo #81, Danku!"
A transparent wall instantly appeared, blocking Ichigo's Cero!
Two high-density Reishi techniques collided intensely.
However, Byakuya was not Aizen.
Aizen's single Danku was an invincible defense.
While Byakuya was also quite proficient in Kido, that was about it!
Assaulted by Ichigo's Cero, Danku didn't last long before emitting a crisp glass-shattering sound!
The Cero, now much diminished but still determined, continued towards Byakuya!
Controlling the last Senbonzakura petals guarding him, Byakuya met it!
His calculations weren't wrong.
Under Byakuya's subsequent attacks, Ichigo's Cero was finally neutralized.
But then, Byakuya understood why Ichigo said that liking to probe was a bad habit!
Because... I was waiting for my ultimate move's range, what were you waiting for?