The moment Shigure's words fell, the surrounding air seemed to freeze solid.
"You... what did you say?"
Yammy slowly climbed to his feet in the distance.
Shigure looked over with a faint smile: "That kick just now shouldn't have made you deaf, right?"
Hearing this, Yammy froze for a moment, then immediately reacted. His face instantly twisted with fury.
"Don't get so f***ing cocky!!"
"I'm gonna... kill you!!!"
Roaring, he opened his massive mouth wide. Deep red spiritual pressure began gathering inside.
That spiritual pressure underwent frenzied compression and concentration, reaching terrifyingly intense levels.
Cero!
Ulquiorra's eyes moved slightly. He immediately used Sonído to position himself behind Yammy.
But Shigure remained standing in place, simply raising his hand slightly and gripping his sword in reverse.
This barrier had absolutely no suppressive effect on him.
Though created by Aizen'sHōgyoku with rule-based power, it wasn't true Anti-Membrane after all.
No matter how terrifying its abilities, its spirit particle density remained relatively low.
Before Shigure's barrier-breaking techniques, he could directly ignore its rules.
This was what he'd instantly understood the moment he sensed the light barrier deploying.
As for what kind of mission Ulquiorra and Yammy actually had, Shigure didn't really care.
But he could confirm that Aizen wouldn't give them orders to kill Segawa.
After all, Aizen should be very clear that with their current strength, they simply couldn't accomplish such a thing.
BOOM!!
The red Cero beam erupted from Yammy's mouth. In an instant, the air seemed to fill with a burning smell.
That Cero column was three or four times wider than Shigure's entire body, seemingly ready to completely devour him.
Hollow spiritual pressure like ocean waves also ravaged the surrounding space.
But just then, explosive golden lightning suddenly blazed forth.
In just one instant, it completely severed that deep red Cero beam!
The next moment, the Cero immediately dispersed, transforming into spirit particles that slowly scattered.
The terrifying momentum from just moments before vanished completely.
All that remained was the lightning crackling from Shigure's hand.
"Wh-what?!!"
Yammy's face changed dramatically.
Though he'd expected his opponent to use a Zanpakutō to block.
He never imagined his charged Cero would be interrupted so easily!
Ulquiorra's expression also shifted slightly once again.
"That is..."
Before his words could finish, Shigure casually waved his hand. Lightning shot from his palm, striking directly toward Yammy.
When the lightning first left his hand, it was just a thin beam of light.
But as it advanced, it seemed to frantically gather surrounding spirit particles, transforming them all into thunderstorms!
The next moment, when they realized what was happening, the entire barrier space was almost completely filled with lightning!
Everywhere they looked blazed with intense golden light!
Yammy's heart jumped violently. He realized there was nowhere left to hide below.
At this moment, Ulquiorra suddenly reached out, grabbed him, and used Sonído to reach high in the air, quickly condensing spirit particles beneath their feet.
But before they could even steady themselves, a sudden bolt of lightning struck down from above!
BOOM!
The lightning column completely enveloped both figures.
A full ten seconds passed before the light began to fade.
By now, Yammy's body was somewhat charred. He gasped heavily, his entire form heaving constantly, his face filled with terror.
Ulquiorra beside him, having tried to block the thunderstorm's impact with his arm, now had his left arm completely gone!
Shigure's eyes moved slightly as he used Shunpo to appear in the air, facing the two.
At this moment, Ulquiorra's hand also began rapidly regenerating.
"High-Speed Regeneration..." Shigure said as if talking to himself.
Ulquiorra's face remained cold as he looked toward Yammy:
"The mission is about complete. Prepare to leave."
He raised his hand and lightly tapped the surrounding air with his index finger.
Sharp spiritual pressure immediately tore through space, revealing a Garganta.
Ulquiorra looked toward Shigure with cold indifference:
"Killing you is not part of my mission this time."
"So I will temporarily preserve your life, until the day Aizen-sama gives the order."
"Farewell, Soul Reaper."
Having said this, he turned away coldly, grabbed the immobilized Yammy, and prepared to enter the Garganta.
But just then, Shigure suddenly lowered his head and chuckled softly.
"Heh."
"You say you'll temporarily preserve my life... that's quite interesting."
"But I'm sorry... I don't plan to spare yours."
The moment his words fell, Shigure raised his head with a cold expression.
Suddenly, spiritual pressure ten thousand times more violent than before erupted along with endless blazing thunderstorms!
In less than a breath, the surrounding thunderstorms instantly enveloped all three. Then all the thunderstorms transformed into lightning swords.
But this time was different—each lightning sword's tip had black energy flowing around it!
Spirit-Collapsing Thunder Sword: Second Form!
Shigure curved his lips slightly upward. When he'd signed in at the Penitence Palace, he'd gained an ability called "Killing Intent Blockade."
At the time, not perceiving its use, he'd temporarily set it aside.
But recently, while training his Bankai in sword meditation state, he'd discovered his Spirit-Collapsing Thunder Sword could perfectly activate this ability!
The second form of Spirit-Collapsing Thunder Sword was born from combining Killing Intent Blockade.
Not only did it have the effect of decomposing spiritual power into spirit particles, it could even potentially permanently sever the spiritual power chain between an opponent's Chain of Fate and Soul Sleep.
But successfully triggering this technique had extremely harsh conditions.
Even though Shigure had trained many times, he didn't have complete confidence.
But at least this time, it had succeeded.
Shigure raised his eyes. With a thought, all the lightning swords struck toward the two simultaneously.
The instant they felt this oppressive force, both Yammy and Ulquiorra's breathing stopped!
This... this kind of power... how is it possible...?!
"AAAAAAAHHHHH!!!"
Yammy suddenly threw back his head, his face twisting as he roared:
"IRA! BEAST!!!"
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