"Time upon my body... reversed...?"
Realizing this, Yhwach stiffly raised his head, softly muttering while looking toward Shigure ahead.
Sweat drops like rain slid from his forehead, soaking black hair and white clothing.
As power gradually extracted, deep powerlessness began slowly spreading from his limbs.
He made no movement, yet could clearly feel the void sensation from his entire body.
This void sensation even threatened to suffocate and render him unconscious.
But Yhwach understood—
This was the inevitable result of losing powerful strength.
Even if he deliberately tried suppressing this consequence, it was useless.
Time's passage wouldn't be interfered with by any thought.
Finally, when the last trace of power was extracted, white light departed. Yhwach had already begun gasping.
"Huff... huff... huff..."
While gasping heavily, Yhwach's inner shock grew deeper.
Clearly hadn't moved from beginning to end, yet he distinctly felt thick exhaustion surrounding himself—
Not physical, but mental.
Obviously, though time upon his body was reversed, consciousness and memory remained.
Precisely this preserved conscious memory made him realize two facts: "power being extracted" and "time reversing"...
But just thinking of this, the still-gasping Yhwach suddenly froze.
Immediately, within his pupils, a trace of light flashed.
"Wait... I... I understand..."
Yhwach slowly lowered his head, surveying himself, then violently raised his head, again looking toward Shigure.
Shigure didn't speak, only faintly watching him.
However, this demeanor—in Yhwach's view—seemed to precisely verify his speculation.
Though sweat remained, exhaustion persisted, Yhwach still difficultly grinned, laughing heavily:
"I... finally understand, Segawa Shigure..."
"Nearly misled by you again..."
"So-called Beyond Bankai's power is actually... resetting a past phenomenon..."
Speaking, he slowly straightened his body.
"Just now, you used so-called 'Candle Dragon of Guixu's' power, thereby negating my complete form's existence, making me return to pre-Auswählen state..."
"Originally, I thought you reversed time upon my body to before..."
"But my memory wasn't erased!"
"In other words..."
"Your Bankai didn't truly change time, merely reset phenomena!"
Speaking here, Yhwach again difficultly smiled, sunken eyes staring at Shigure, slowly saying:
"If so, I only need to... activate Auswählen again!"
Speaking, Yhwach again raised his right hand.
Upon it, Reiatsu began slowly gathering. White light surged upward!
However, just then, bizarre events suddenly occurred!
That white light bursting out suddenly underwent strange stagnation!
Next moment, even more like before, again returned to Yhwach's palm!
His Auswählen ritual... again reversed!
This moment, Yhwach's pupils constricted tightly. Smile completely froze.
"No need for further delusions."
Shigure's voice suddenly came from the distance, calm and indifferent.
As his words fell, he slowly stepped forward, walking toward Yhwach, unhurried.
Hearing this, Yhwach stiffly raised his face, looking toward Shigure with shocked gaze.
However, Shigure's gaze—like frozen lake—carried not a ripple.
While walking toward Yhwach, his gaze gazed toward the distance, seemingly casually speaking softly:
"This great war has spanned enough time. Should end."
"So I'll speak plainly."
Breeze came, lifting his white haori and black hair. He slightly paused, continuing:
"My final Bankai—Candle Dragon of Guixu."
"Can forcibly return everything touched by my Reiatsu to a past time point."
"Whether my wounds or your power."
"Yes, manifested... indeed looks like time reversal occurring upon phenomena."
"?!!"
Hearing this, Yhwach's body violently shook. Mind completely blank.
Incomparable shock!
However, next moment, that remaining rationality prompted him to unwillingly speak—
He stared at Shigure, gritting teeth, slowly saying heavily:
"No... impossible...!"
"If... if truly time reversal, why... why do my previous consciousness and memory still exist?!!"
That low voice like a growl.
Shigure paid no mind, only still gazing distance, slowly saying:
"That's because I just chose to reverse only your body and power."
"Your memory—I deliberately abandoned reversing."
"...?!"
Yhwach's pupils constricted again. Long after, he stiffly spoke:
"Why...?"
The instant his words fell, Shigure suddenly stopped, slowly looking toward Yhwach.
His gaze—cold as snow.
After gazing moments, he calmly spoke:
"You'll know soon."
The instant his words fell, from Shigure's right palm center where three-colored patterns gathered, a blade began extending!
That was a blade completely fused with his arm.
No decoration or color.
Merely an ordinary blade.
However, seeing it instantly, Yhwach seemed to feel death-like coldness.
His entire body ice-cold.
Shigure calmly watched Yhwach, raising the blade, tip directly pointing at Yhwach, saying flatly:
"Candle Dragon of Guixu."
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