Yhwach felt a great deal of emotion in his heart.
They truly deserved to be the two of the Special War Potentials he had identified.
As soon as Kisuke and Ichigo appeared, they had already given him a major surprise.
It turned out that Yamamoto had been rescued.
Although after taking away Yamamoto's Bankai and destroying half of his body, the old captain-commander was no longer a threat in Yhwach's eyes, it was still a great regret that he had not been able to kill Yamamoto with his own hands.
A thousand years ago, Yamamoto had left him a glimmer of life because of his compassion.
A thousand years later, Yhwach had decided to kill Yamamoto completely in order to eliminate this kind of hidden danger once and for all.
But the result had been beyond his expectations.
Therefore, Yhwach was angry which was rare for him.
Ichigo's body contained his blood, and because of this, Yhwach regarded him as his "son". After destroying Ichigo's Zanpakutō, the lesson was already enough, and he did not intend to do anything more to Ichigo.
After all, if Yhwach eventually ruled the world, Ichigo would naturally understand the situation and would take the initiative to acknowledge him as his father.
But Kisuke was different.
It was Kisuke who had ruined his good plan.
Therefore, Yhwach had to leave some painful memories for him.
Who was he?
He was Yhwach, the ancestor of the quincies and the emperor of the Wandenreich.
It was fine to fail to recruit Aizen.
But he also failed to recruit Kisuke.
These people thought too highly of themselves and refused to understand his greatness.
In that case, Yhwach did not have to give them any chances either.
With a casual movement of his hand, reishi gathered one after another.
In an instant, a huge reishi arrow condensed in his palm.
Yhwach held it casually and threw it toward Kisuke.
The enormous Heilig Pfeil immediately shot toward him.
Kisuke's heart trembled, and he immediately prepared to use Shunpo to evade it.
However, the moment he attempted to use Shunpo, he suddenly discovered that the reiatsu beneath his feet had collapsed.
There was no doubt that this was Yhwach's doing.
The quincies could manipulate and dominate reishi, allowing them to interfere with a shinigami's movement in this way. They could even disrupt and break a shinigami's Kidō attacks.
And Yhwach, as the ancestor of the quincies, was naturally more than enough experienced at using such methods.
Kisuke had no choice but to condense another shield with Benihime.
But, even the defensive power of Benihime's shield was somewhat unreliable under these circumstances.
Kisuke abandoned the chant and immediately performed another Kidō.
"Bakudō #81: Dankū!"
BOOM!!
The Heilig Pfeil slammed into the defensive wall of Dankū.
First, the defensive wall shattered.
Then, the red shield was also shattered by the tremendous force of the attack.
After that, the Heilig Pfeil ruthlessly pierced into Kisuke's body.
A piece of clothing flew through the air.
However, with the help of the Shihouin family's special technique, Utsusemi, which he had learned from Yoruichi, Kisuke had managed to barely avoid the frontal impact of the Heilig Pfeil.
Even so, wounds still appeared across his body.
Standing amid the ruins, Kisuke looked at Yhwach with an unusually serious expression.
There was no doubt about it.
This was an unprecedented enemy.
Even Kisuke himself was not confident when facing an opponent like Yhwach.
Because this was not an enemy he could simply deal with through his usual methods.
This was an existence even more terrifying than Aizen.
"Hmph!"
Seeing Kisuke dodge his Heilig Pfeil, Yhwach casually made another move.
Numerous smaller Heilig Pfeil condensed before him.
Then, like a dense rainstorm, they shot toward Kisuke.
At the same time, Yhwach seemed to be casually manipulating the reishi surrounding Kisuke, interfering with the reishi he needed to use techniques such as Shunpo and Kidō.
Kisuke naturally noticed this as well.
He couldn't help complaining internally about just how troublesome the quincy were, but there was nothing he could do about it.
He could only use Benihime in his hand to deal with Yhwach's attacks with difficulty.
PUCHI!
A Heilig Pfeil pierced through his body, bringing out a stream of dripping blood.
Ichigo was already injured and lying on the ground.
Seeing this scene, he couldn't help but shout,
"Urahara-san!"
He did not know where the strength came from.
Perhaps, just as Yhwach had evaluated him as a Special War Potential, he possessed an unparalleled "Potential".
Even after Tensa Zangetsu had been cut apart, Ichigo still tightly held the remaining half of Tensa Zangetsu in his hand.
Then, he resolutely jumped up from the ground and charged toward Yhwach once again.
Yhwach casually waved his hand.
Ichigo's figure was sent flying again.
"You'd better lie down there obediently."
That was what Yhwach said to Ichigo.
He then condensed another Heilig Pfeil, preparing to deliver a heavy blow to Ichigo.
At this moment, a powerful golden sword pressure suddenly swept across the battlefield.
Yhwach's expression changed slightly.
With a thought, a huge wall of light immediately enveloped him, blocking the terrifying sword pressure that swept toward him.
This technique was called Sankt Zwinger, a powerful defensive spell of the quincies that combined offense and defense.
Enemies within ten miles who stepped into its range would be attacked and killed by endless Heilig Pfeil.
However, Yhwach's enemy did not seem to care about this at all.
After discovering that the golden sword pressure had been blocked, the newcomer resolutely stepped into the range of Sankt Zwinger.
Immediately, endless Heilig Pfeil condensed around him and flew toward him.
Faced with the countless Heilig Pfeil, the newcomer wielded the gigantic Zanpakutō in his hand, a weapon that resembled an axe.
Terrifying slashes swept across the surroundings.
The Heilig Pfeil collapsed one after another under those slashes.
Even when some of the Heilig Pfeil still struck his body and caused injuries, the newcomer did not display the slightest hesitation.
There was not even a trace of pain on his face.
Just because he was Kenpachi Zaraki.
The one who was named Kenpachi.
"How unexpected… To think I will face all of you today."
Yhwach spoke softly.
In such a short period of time, four of the six Special War Potentials he had identified had appeared before him one after another.
Aizen Sōsuke.
Kurosaki Ichigo.
Urahara Kisuke.
And Kenpachi Zaraki, who was standing before him.
As one of the Special War Potentials, Yhwach's evaluation of Zaraki was "Combat Power".
His combat power would not attenuate under any circumstances. Instead, it would only continue to increase along with his damage, fighting spirit and battle lust.
Right now, the only Special War Potentials who had not appeared before him were Kyo Mazuru, who represented "Mystery", and Hyōsube Ichibē, who represented "Wisdom".
One of these two was in Hueco Mundo.
The other was in the Soul King Palace.
Even for Yhwach now, reaching the Soul King Palace was not an easy matter.
Therefore, if he wanted to go to the Soul King Palace, the safest method was probably to create enough turmoil within the Soul Society to force the Zero Division to take action.
Once the Zero Division was forced to intervene, they would have no choice but to open the path to the Soul King Palace themselves.
Destroying the Soul Society and killing all the shinigami had never been Yhwach's ultimate goal.
His true objective had always been the Soul King Palace.
He wanted to go there and inherit his father's legacy.
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