Kisuke said with a wry smile, "If you had something like that, you should have said so sooner."
Mayuri said, "I didn't expect things to escalate to this point."
"Sister!"
At this moment, Yushiro, carrying a large package, sprinted to the Twelfth Division barracks. Inside the package was the Shihōin clan's Divine Armament.
With everything prepared, the gate to the Soul King Palace opened.
Soul King Palace.
"No one can take power from me. Everything in this world exists to be taken by me." Yhwach stared coldly at Ichibe.
Half of his power, which had been cut away, had already recovered.
"Yhwach, I only weakened half of your power so you wouldn't lose too badly. If you were to use all your strength and still be defeated by me, you would have no face to show the Quincy." Ichibe shook his head, feeling a sense of disappointment.
"However, once a person dies, there's no need to worry about face." With that, Ichibe charged towards Yhwach.
Bakudō #62. Hyapporanka!
Several light rods shot out.
Blut Vene Anhaben!
Yhwach extended his Blut Vene outwards, forming a semicircular, patterned shield that blocked the light rods.
Secret Hadō #3: Teppūsatsu!
Ichibe condensed Reiatsu in his palm to form a giant dragon head, which spewed a powerful hurricane from its mouth, scattering the Blut Vene Anhaben.
Then, he moved in front of Yhwach and grabbed him by the throat with his left hand.
Just as Ichibe was about to act, silken patterns extended from Yhwach's neck, instantly covering Ichibē's arm.
This was also a capability of Blut Vene Anhaben, it could erode anything that touched Yhwach.
But Ichibe's left hand instantly erupted with immense power, shattering those patterns and crushing Yhwach's throat, causing blood to spray out.
"As a mortal, you've invaded the Soul King Palace and even eroded the bodies of the Zero Division. You've overstepped. Accept your punishment."
"Blacken, Ichimonji!"
Ichibe released his Zanpakuto. The tip of the brush transformed into a sharp blade, but in Yhwach's eyes, the brush tip was constantly changing.
Yhwach once again summoned his Quincy Cross Blade and engaged Ichibe in combat. He soon realized that Ichibe's blade only splattered ink and hadn't cut anything.
"If you still try to cut away names and power as before, you won't be able to defeat me." Yhwach said, holding up his Quincy Cross Blade, which was stained with ink.
Ichibe chuckled. "Yhwach, do you still remember the name of your blade? No, actually you do remember, that blade has no name."
"Things blackened by Ichimonji lose their names, and existences without names cannot exert power."
Yhwach said, "Is that so? Then I'll take your power too."
Auswählen!
As soon as he finished speaking, Yhwach released multiple Reishi bullets from his palm, forming a giant Quincy five-pointed star array above Ichibe's head.
"Even your 'black' will be taken and become my power."
Ichibe's beard instantly turned from black to white.
Yhwach threw a ball of flames formed from the stolen power, engulfing Ichibe entirely.
Yhwach turned and walked towards the Soul King Greater Palace. Just as he was about to step out of the area Ichibe had delimited, he noticed that Ichibe had regenerated.
"My power is 'black'. Once Ichimonji is released, all 'black' in this world belongs to me."
After saying that, Ichibe, with a single move, turned Yhwach completely black. This strike not only deleted Yhwach's name but also deleted the power, memories, and everything else that the name Yhwach represented.
"Now, I will give you a new name."
"Shin'uchi: Shirafude Ichimonji!"
Shin'uchi are Zanpakuto that existed long before Bankai appeared in the world.
"This blade can give new names to things blackened by Ichimonji."
With that, Ichibe wrote the characters "Kuroari" (Black Ant) on Yhwach.
"Yhwach, how do you feel now? Once the King of the Quincy, now a black ant. Your current power is like that of a black ant, and your life is just as fragile."
Yhwach managed to utter a few words with great difficulty, "To think that..."
"That's right, this is the difference in our power. Now, please be trampled to death on the ground like a black ant."
Ichibe accumulated Reiatsu, and a giant golden foot descended from the sky, heavily stomping Yhwach. Then, he clapped his hands together, and two giant palms flattened Yhwach.
Just like that, Yhwach fell from the sky like a crushed black ant.
However, Yhwach still had the strength to shout loudly, "I never thought I could see so clearly even with my eyes closed!"
Subsequently, a Reiatsu struck Ichibe from behind.
Ichibe quickly turned around, and in the next second, a powerful Reiatsu pierced through his body.
Ichibe looked at Yhwach in astonishment, only to see the character "Kuroari" on Yhwach slowly peeling off.
"Confused, aren't you? With my 'eyes' now open, I can see through the distant future from this moment on. Any power I've known will become my aid. This is my power—The Almighty."
After saying that, multiple pupils appeared in Yhwach's eyes.
But Ichibe did not give up.
"Oh Twilight, and everlasting darkness, come to me, come and have a drink, and once you do, your life will fade. The flowers will bloom along the road to hell. Where are the fish, let me paint them black, cut them into eight, and cook them well atop a flame of black, and then enjoy the meal. All that's left are bones of white, make them a gravestone, and pay respect. May they never be reborn again, so that you won't be sacrificed as food."
"Futen Taisatsuryō!"
Ichibe wielded Ichimonji, and an overwhelming 'black' appeared behind him, finally transforming into a black mausoleum and a cluster of gravestones, absorbing the 'black' from Yhwach and turning their body and everything into nothingness.
But Yhwach remained unmoved, disdainfully saying, "Before me, all understanding and countermeasures are useless. Everything I see will become powerless before me. I am Yhwach, the one who takes everything from you."
The next second, Ichibe's body exploded, fragments and debris scattering everywhere.
Yhwach paid no attention and walked towards the sealed true Soul King Palace.
In the shadows.
Aizen, who had witnessed everything that had just happened, said, "Shin, it's our turn to act."
But there was no response.
Aizen turned to look at Shin.
He saw Shin with his eyes tightly closed, motionless.
At this moment, even Aizen was perplexed.
Ikaros leaned close to Shin, tilting her head and staring at Shin's face, saying, "Master seems to be asleep?"
(End of Chapter)
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