"Wait—Sui-Feng, calm down...!"
"Don't listen to that troublemaker! I'm your captain!"
"Traitor—let me go!"
Yoruichi's furious screams echoed across the sky.
She was forcefully dragged into the ancient forest by Sui-Feng and the writhing tree roots.
"…Did I just see Sui-Feng get a nosebleed?" Nanaya touched his own nose, silently sending thoughts and prayers for Yoruichi.
That outfit of yours, Yoruichi… way too seductive. And your 'traitor' seems a little too eager.
Many of the nearby Shinigami twitched visibly, veins popping on their foreheads. Their expressions were a mix of awkwardness and disbelief.
"Are you seriously messing around right now!?"
Even Kyoraku Shunsui facepalmed, though he secretly felt more at ease.
In fact, all the Shinigami present let out a breath of relief.
The fact that Nanaya was still joking in a situation like this meant something important—he had the strength to back it up. He wasn't afraid of Aizen Sōsuke. He had the upper hand.
"Crack... crack..."
The black cube formed by the Kurohitsugi spell began to crack and then shattered completely with a loud bang.
Aizen Sōsuke emerged. With three eyes, pure white wings, and a terrifying presence, he looked like a fallen angel.
He stared coldly at Nanaya. "Human... It seems you really have gotten stronger. You actually managed to switch places with me."
Aizen didn't fully understand Nanaya's "Heavenly Power Hand" ability.
But he knew one thing—if the gap in spiritual power had been too large, Nanaya could never have pulled off such a swap.
In the world of the Shinigami, everything comes down to spiritual pressure.
If your power is high enough, you can even resist Sui-Feng's two-hit kill technique.
"Don't get the wrong idea."
Nanaya spoke calmly, spinning his Tennenuma Spear in one hand. "I was just testing my new form... That wasn't even serious."
After becoming the Ten Tails' Jinchūriki, Nanaya had gained every ability of the Sharingan and Rinnegan.
But having too many powers at once was... kind of annoying.
Aizen's brow twitched. His forehead veins throbbed with anger, but he kept his cool and said coldly, "I hope you're still this arrogant later."
With that, he raised his hand and pointed at Nanaya.
"Hadō #4: Byakurai!"
Aizen had long moved past the limits of a Shinigami or Hollow. After fusing with the Hōgyoku, he could no longer wield a Zanpakutō in the usual way. All his attacks now came from Kidō and raw spiritual power.
But Aizen's Kidō was unlike anyone else's.
In one second, he launched hundreds of white lightning bolts.
They rained down like a storm, turning the entire sky into a sea of crackling thunder.
Nanaya closed his eyes, feeling the abilities now flowing through his body. Then he opened them and calmly muttered:
"Sage Art: Stormlight Fang."
Swish!
A flash of white light shot out.
BOOM!!!
All the lightning attacks shattered instantly.
Before Aizen could even react, one shot of Stormlight Fang pierced his shoulder and sent him flying.
Down below, in the ancient forest, dozens of thick trees were smashed as Aizen crashed through them, carving a long trench into the ground.
Before he could even get up, Nanaya clapped his hands again and chanted:
"Wood Style: Advent of the Wood Hands!"
From the ground, dozens of massive wooden arms burst out—giant hands like something from a monster movie. They came crashing down on Aizen with unstoppable force.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The world seemed to shake with every impact.
Nanaya looked down at Aizen, who was now half-buried in dirt and debris, and muttered to himself:
"Now that I'm the Ten Tails Jinchūriki, I guess I have access to Wood Style too... and maybe more."
His mind started racing.
The way his Sharingan kept evolving…
The abilities of the tailed beasts he created…
His power was growing at a terrifying pace.
Aizen had spent hundreds of years to become as strong as he was now.
In the original story, Kurosaki Ichigo achieved power beyond the dimensional level—but it came at a price. He lost all his Shinigami abilities.
Even the youngest captain, Hitsugaya Tōshirō, was already over a hundred years old.
Yamamoto, the Head-Captain, had lived for over a thousand years.
And yet Nanaya had reached—or surpassed—all of them in under a year.
"…It must be the dimensional power."
Nanaya shook off the thought and looked back down at the forest.
His eyes narrowed.
"Aizen... let's finish this."
He had no intention of dragging things out.
The Hōgyoku was dangerous. It allowed its user to evolve infinitely.
Right now, Nanaya had the upper hand as a Six Paths-level being. But if Aizen evolved even once more... the tide could turn.
He had to end this now.
Nanaya clapped his hands one final time.
"Wood Style: Wood Dragon Technique!"
Inside the forest formed by Wood Style, thick tree trunks twisted and morphed into massive, dragon-shaped creatures with long noses, resembling giant roots. These wood dragons let out deep roars as they rose into the sky.
Dozens of them flew up, surrounding Aizen Sōsuke in midair.
Just as Aizen lifted off the ground, the dragons closed in, wrapping tightly around him, forming a huge wooden sphere.
"Sage Art: Storm Release – Light Fang!"
"Sage Art: Yin Release – Light Beam!"
Qiye activated two different Sage Art techniques from the Six Paths.
A bright white beam of energy, the Storm Release Light Fang, shot from his mouth.
At the same time, a radiant blast of Yin energy exploded from his hands.
The Storm Release, infused with lightning, flew through the sky almost instantly. In the shocked eyes of all the nearby Shinigami, both attacks struck the wooden sphere.
"Boom!!!"
The wooden prison was blown apart in an instant.
"Ahhhh!!!"
Aizen screamed in pain.
The white armor-like material covering his body cracked and shattered again and again—but it also started healing just as fast.
This constant cycle of destruction and regeneration caused unbearable pain, even for someone like Aizen. It was driving him to the edge.
"His regeneration is insane…"
Qiye frowned and raised his weapon—the Tian Numa Spear.
The dark, spiraled blade—shaped like a strand of DNA—extended and slashed straight at Aizen's body.
"Damn you, human!!"
Aizen screamed in rage. The eye in the middle of his forehead bulged with fury.
Behind him, his white, Hollow-like wings began multiplying.
"ABU!"
A flash of black light appeared.
Aizen's entire left arm was sliced clean off.
But only a second later—
White matter squirmed at the stump, and a new arm began rapidly growing in its place.
Qiye narrowed his eyes coldly and stepped forward.
"HUMAN!!!"
Aizen shouted furiously and pointed his right hand at Qiye.
"Hadō #99: Five Swirling Dragons of Destruction!!"
Tremendous spiritual pressure gathered and formed into five dragon-shaped waves of energy, glowing blue, flying straight toward Qiye like divine punishment.
Watching from a distance, the other Shinigami were nervous—this was Hadō #99, the most powerful offensive spell known to them.
But Qiye didn't flinch. Just as the blue dragon was about to strike him, he calmly glanced at a broken chunk of wood near Aizen.
He opened his mouth slightly.
"Heavenly Power Hand."
"DBU!"
In a flash, Qiye swapped places with the broken piece of wood.
The dragon slammed into the wood, vaporizing it instantly.
Aizen's pupils widened in shock—he hadn't expected his most powerful Hadō to be dodged so easily.
He started forming a Bakudō spell, but it was already too late.
Qiye was right in front of him.
His Rinnegan glowed faintly, and with one swift move, his right hand clamped around Aizen's neck like a metal vise.
With a quick lift, he hoisted Aizen into the air.
A faint smirk appeared on Qiye's face.
"Wanna dance?"
Aizen's eyes widened again, blazing with fury.
"NANAYA!! HUMAN!!!"
He roared with hatred, his voice full of rage. He wanted nothing more than to tear Qiye apart.
The humiliation was too much.
How could someone like him be treated this way?
He had always been the genius—scheming behind the scenes, manipulating captains even while still just a lieutenant.
He invaded Hueco Mundo and defeated all the Menos, claiming the throne as its ruler.
He deceived the Central 46, played the entire Soul Society like puppets, and after fusing with the Hōgyoku, transcended even the limits of Shinigami and Hollows.
And now…
Even after becoming something more than a being of this world…
He was getting overpowered by a mere human.
And worse—being grabbed by the neck and laughed at.
"AHHHHHH!!!"
Aizen let out a crazed scream, his eyes bloodshot.
The pale white matter on his body began squirming violently once more…
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