On the other side, just as those Bounts had said, Ichigo was indeed intercepted!
The ones intercepting him are the Bounts, Yoshi, with coffee-colored skin and abilities quite similar to the champion Irelia from League of Legends, the elderly-looking Sawatari, who could control mud whales, and Koga Go, who controlled a steel doll, intercepted Ichigo.
"Halt, Kurosaki Ichigo. You are strong, but we won't let you pass either!"
"Our thousand-year endeavor as Bounts is nearing completion. We don't need additional obstacles!"
Looking at the three ahead, Ichigo gave a cold laugh. "Oh, is that so? I don't see much skill, but your mouths are big enough!"
"What's your confidence based on? That trash over there who can't even hide his Reiatsu properly?"
Ichigo suddenly looked to the side.
On his flank, there was an area where light seemed distorted, appearing empty but quite incongruous!
"Hado #4, Byakurai!"
Suddenly, Ichigo fired a Kido spell!
Whoosh-
Ichinose Maki tore off the optical camouflage from his Zanpakuto, using Shunpo to dodge.
He looked at Ichigo in disbelief. "Impossible! My concealment allows me to move freely even within the Seireitei. How did you notice me?"
"Do you even need to ask?" Ichigo was utterly disdainful. "Mere optical camouflage. Can you erase your very existence too?"
"The Seireitei didn't detect you simply because they've become rigid!"
"Speak! Which Division are you from? And why are you mingling with these people?"
Ichigo interrogated sternly.
Hearing Ichigo's words, Ichinose clearly felt awkward.
His past was his most painful memory, so Ichinose didn't want to talk about it.
So he said quite stiffly, "That's none of your business!"
"Interesting!" Ichigo raised an eyebrow.
To be honest, he truly didn't understand these Bounts.
He had been wondering how the event would start, but hadn't expected their way of starting was to directly come after him?
"Aren't you people afraid of me?" Ichigo asked in surprise.
"Have you all gotten too cocky, or have I lost my grip on my sword?"
With that, Ichigo released his Reiatsu, which was considered strong even among Captain-level!
Under the pressure of Ichigo's Reiatsu, a group of Bounts whose strength topped out at Lieutenant-level actually all had their faces darken, as if bearing a thousand-pound weight, and half-knelt on the ground!
Thud thud thud thud-
On the ground, dense spiderweb cracks spread out from where these people's iron knees impacted.
These Bounts were still okay… at least they were human, albeit a special breed, with their souls still within their bodies.
But Ichinose was different. This person wasn't wearing a gigai and was directly facing Ichigo's Reiatsu.
Now, struggling to support himself with his Zanpakuto planted on the ground, Ichinose gritted his teeth. "You bastard, damn it, why? The data in the Research and Development Institute clearly didn't say you were this strong!"
"Heh!" In response to Ichinose's question, Ichigo gave a cold laugh...
Of course, the data in the Research and Development Institute didn't show him being this strong.
But who told Ichigo had awakened his own Zanpakuto?
Though he hadn't achieved Shikai or learned its name, Ichigo's current Reiatsu was a superposition of his own and Kurosaki Ichigo's, naturally extraordinary!
Never mind these Lieutenant-level foes, even if a pseudo-Captain like Ikkaku, who had achieved Bankai and whose combat power could touch the threshold of Captain-level, came to face Ichigo, they would be pressured like these people!
Watching this, the audience in Ichigo's live stream laughed.
"Hahaha, you were just saying there's no entertainment, and now here it is?"
"No, I don't get it. Don't these people do any research before going out to cause trouble?"
"Smashing headfirst into Ichigo, this steel plate, feeling good now?"
"This must be like stubbing your pinky toe on the corner of a table!"
"Ugh, stop, I'm already feeling the pain!"
Regardless of the Bounts' plans beforehand.
Now, encountering Ichigo, they were completely unable to proceed!
Seeing this, the Bount's leader, Kariya Jin, had to appear to salvage the situation!
"I had long heard of a human named Kurosaki Ichigo who charged into the Seireitei and fought five Captains. Seeing you today, your reputation is well-deserved!"
"Young heroes indeed!" Kariya sighed.
But looking at Kariya, who didn't have much facial hair but spoke with an overly mature tone, Ichigo felt displeased.
"And who the hell are you?"
Kariya's Reiatsu barely reached Captain-level, but Ichigo wasn't the nerfed Ichigo from the original work.
Giving no respect at all, Ichigo gripped his Asauchi, "Kenatsu!"
High-density Reishi compressed on the sharp blade, then Ichigo released a proper Iaijutsu draw slash!
A clear sword light instantly bridged the short distance between Kariya and Ichigo!
Seeing Ichigo draw his sword without another word, Kariya's expression changed slightly. "Messer!"
Kariya's Doll appeared, wrapping around his right hand like a hairdryer.
Like a lightsaber, an invisible wind blade gathered above Kariya's hairdryer!
Clang-
Using the wind blade on his hand, Kariya blocked Ichigo's Kenatsu.
After all, this was just an attack using Ichigo's own sword, not Zangetsu.
But that didn't mean Ichigo wouldn't use Zangetsu.
"Getsuga Tensho!"
Almost arriving with the sword light, a mighty and heavy Getsuga Tensho slashed out from Zangetsu.
Kariya, having just blocked the Kenatsu, couldn't react in time and was sent flying by this slash!
The wind blade on his hand instantly dispersed, and the expanding Getsuga Tensho left a deep wound on Kariya's chest!
"Kariya!" Seeing Kariya sent flying, the Bounts were utterly shocked!
Kariya was the strongest among them. No one had expected him to fail to block even a single move from Ichigo!
"Don't look at me, get up!"
Using wind to right himself in mid-air, Kariya looked at Ichigo, his face full of gloom!
"Flicker with Splendor, Nijigasumi!" Bursting out with rare colorful Reiatsu, the very loyal Ichinose, wielding his Nijigasumi, charged first.
Then the petrifying whale doll Baura and the steel doll Dalk arrived in succession!
Looking at the shadow swimming at his feet, Ichigo just released a faint snort.
Completely ignoring the attacks coming from all sides, Ichigo simply held the Zangetsu greatsword vertically in front of him!
"That stance..."
Seeing Ichigo like this, Ichinose's pupils contracted as he remembered.
Immediately, his charging steps slowed, and he loudly warned the others.
"Careful, he's going to use Bankai!"
The moment Ichinose's words fell-
"Bankai: Tensa Zangetsu!"
A massive pillar of Reiatsu exploded with Ichigo at its center!
Under this sky-piercing pillar of Reiatsu, the whale doll Baura, trying to attack Ichigo from underground, had just surfaced when it was blasted away by the Reiatsu.
The steel doll Dalk crashed into the intense wind, unable to advance.
Meanwhile, the substantial Reiatsu pinned Ichinose down, making movement difficult as if stuck in mud!
Looking at the Bounts who were instantly scattered, Ichigo was disdainful. "You crumbling rabble, I can finish you all in an instant!"
With that, Ichigo lightly tapped his toes.
The next second, the figure holding the slender Tensa Zangetsu became an afterimage!
In an instant, huge gashes exploded open on the chests of Koga Go, Sawatari, and Ichinose!
"Guh... Guh..."
Looking at their chests, which were cut open without any resistance, the three were shocked into speechlessness!
At the same time, Ichigo gave a word of praise.
"Among the people here, only you are decent!" Ichigo said to the woman in front of him.
The other party swung the blades arrayed on her hand, blocking Ichigo's Tensa Zangetsu.
"Is that so..." Yoshi gritted her teeth, struggling to maintain against the force transmitted to her arm.
"Then I really thank you!" Yoshi said with difficulty.
"No need to thank me!" Ichigo shook his head and added the next line. "But, it's only your ability that's decent!"
Blut Arterie, activate!
Reishi infused into his blood, and Ichigo's body instantly surged with boundless power.