"Yes!" Ulquiorra nodded and left.
Simultaneously, taking advantage of Aizen conversing with Ulquiorra, Hitsugaya once again activated Bankai, attacking with the high-speed Hail Flower Dragon!
Noticing Hitsugaya's attack, Aizen drew Kyoka Suigetsu to block.
Clang!
Hyorinmaru collided with Kyoka Suigetsu, producing a crisp sound.
However, just as Aizen intended to withdraw his blade to finish off Hitsugaya, intense cold erupted from the point of contact between the two blades!
Although he retreated promptly, part of Aizen's Kyoka Suigetsu was still frozen.
One could say Aizen was now bound by Hyorinmaru!
Instantly, a petite figure appeared behind Aizen!
"Death in Two Steps!"
Sui-Feng rapidly pressed her Suzumebachi twice onto Aizen's back!
Encouragingly, Aizen offered no resistance to Sui-Feng's attack!
Watching the quickly expanding and then overlapping hornet crest pattern, Sui-Feng was ecstatic!
"Success!"
"My Suzumebachi's Death in Two Steps… two consecutive hits will release a powerful poison!"
"Aizen, surrender now, and we might still spare your life!" Sui-Feng proclaimed triumphantly.
However, contrary to Sui-Feng's expectation of panic, Aizen remained utterly calm.
"Heh, 'Two-Hit Kill'?" Aizen chuckled, shaking his head. "Captain Sui-Feng, do you truly believe this child's play can achieve a 'Two-Hit Kill'?"
"Then let me tell you, Captain Sui-Feng!"
"All Shinigami abilities are built upon Reiatsu!"
"Therefore, if one Shinigami's Reiatsu far surpasses another's, then some Zanpakuto abilities will also fail!"
And just as Aizen said.
Under Sui-Feng's astonished gaze, the butterfly crest pattern on Aizen's back expanded, overlapped, then completely dissipated!
This was the sign the poison had been administered!
The problem was, Aizen's Reiatsu didn't fluctuate in the slightest from start to finish!
Sensing Sui-Feng's shock, Aizen calmly shook his head. "Enough! I'm bored!"
Two sword lights exploded almost simultaneously from front and back!
Squelch!
Instantly, Hitsugaya, who lost one of his ice wings, and Sui-Feng, who suffered a deep slash across her chest, plummeted from the sky!
Subsequently, Aikawa and Otoribashi, who were barely holding on, arrived and were also defeated, one sword strike each!
In just a brief exchange, a group of Captains lay fallen at Aizen's feet!
"How? This is impossible?" Looking at this scene, Shinji was utterly bewildered.
"Clearly, clearly I used Sakanade! Your perception of up, down, left, right should all be reversed!"
"Heh!" Aizen shook his head again, seeming to lament Shinji's foolishness.
"Captain Hirako, your ability is indeed effective!"
"The problem is, whether modifying cognition or perception, one thing remains unchanged!"
"For Shinigami, there is a sixth sense… Reikaku!"
"My sense of direction is reversed, but the Reiatsu emanating from a Zanpakuto remains unchanged!"
"Have you learned, Captain Hirako?" Aizen mocked.
"Damn it, sensing Zanpakuto's Reiatsu Fluctuations, is that it?!"
Provoked by the words, Shinji charged forward with Sakanade!
Concealing his Zanpakuto, Shinji thrust his blade at the Aizen before him!
Squelch!
Surprisingly, Shinji's Zanpakuto indeed pierced the figure before him!
Seeing this, the many Captains on the ground showed hopeful eyes!
However, the next moment, everyone's faces simultaneously paled!
Because, the figure pierced by the blade was no longer Aizen, but Sarugaki Hiyori, holding her own Zanpakuto!
"Baldie!!?" After uttering an incredulous phrase, Hiyori lost consciousness on Shinji's blade.
Looking at Hiyori on his sword, Shinji roared towards the sky: "Aizen! You clearly weren't using Kyoka Suigetsu!"
"Heh!" Aizen gave a faint smile, then said the famous line!
"When did you develop the illusion that I was not using Kyoka Suigetsu?"
"Cool!"
"Cool, cool, cool!"
"'When did you develop the illusion that I was not using Kyoka Suigetsu?' Holy crap, this one line elevates the final boss's coolness to the max!"
"I'm a fan!"
"Me too, really. It has to be this kind of genuine badassery. Where can we see such a cool king in real life?"
"Indeed!"
"But Aizen is so strong. How will Ichigo and the others defeat him?"
"Look at old man Yamamoto!"
Because another of Aizen's famous scenes appeared, everyone was shocked.
But for the Shinigami on the scene, it was far less pleasant!
"Aizen!" Shinji glared at Aizen angrily.
If his Bankai weren't that super self-destruct type, meant for armies not individuals, Shinji would definitely have activated Bankai and charged by now.
But now...
Shinji, pressing on Hiyori's wound, had already lost the courage to advance.
Seeing Shinji like this, Aizen gave a faint smile.
"So you see, Hirako Shinji, my Kyoka Suigetsu can be used at any time!"
Subsequently, with another sword strike so fast it was barely visible, Aizen took down Shinji.
Eyes wide, Shinji slowly fell, scattered messily on the ground of Karakura Town along with Hitsugaya, Sui-Feng, and the others!
Looking at the field of fallen Captains, Hitsugaya painfully murmured: "How... is this possible?"
He couldn't imagine Aizen's power had reached a level where everyone attacking together couldn't defeat him!
Hearing this, Aizen slightly tilted his head. "With your level of strength, it's difficult to make you lose consciousness with such minor injuries."
"You should watch properly!"
"Watch helplessly from the ground, the outcome of this war!"
As he spoke, Aizen turned. "Don't you agree, Captain-Commander Yamamoto?"
"Hmph!" Letting out a cold snort, Yamamoto, holding Ryujin Jakka, rose behind Aizen, an all-consuming pillar of fire erupting!
Within the fire pillar, the terrifying eyes of the old man Yamamoto were faintly visible!
To deal with Aizen, he had made a major decision!