At this moment, thinking of the potential scene where Aizen and Ichigo Kurosaki might team up to fight their mutual "relative" Yhwach, the audience didn't know what to say. That scenario... would this be a battle for the father? It was beautiful just to imagine...
[Hitsugaya Toshiro]: Come on, Aizen, stop talking. Soul Society has been devastated to this extent, and you still haven't emerged. I suspect you're dead! You've already been defeated by Ichigo Kurosaki.
[Aizen Sosuke]: It's hard to say. Perhaps I'm still fighting on other battlefields. I would certainly not remain indifferent while watching Yhwach destroy my Soul Society.
[Gerard Valkyrie]: By the way, our Majesty has appeared, but where is your Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni? I suspect he was also eliminated by our Quincy!
[Kyoraku Shunsui]: Nonsense! The Captain-Commander must be on another battlefield, or en route to Yhwach...
[Lille Barro]: Is this all you weaklings who can't even take the stage can say?
While everyone argued, the projection continued.
[Ichigo Kurosaki finally confronted the Quincy King, Yhwach! Yhwach's lieutenant Jugram Haschwalth moved to engage, but Yhwach decided he must handle this personally and stopped Haschwalth.
He began questioning Ichigo:
"Though I don't know how you broke through The Jail, do you intend to fight me with that battered body?"
Ichigo ignored his question entirely, simply asking:
"Are you the enemy's leader?"
Yhwach shook his head slightly.
"Enemy? Yes... but no..."
Ichigo: "???"]
After hearing this, the audience erupted in massive discussion.
[Hirako Shinji]: My goodness, has he admitted it? He's not Ichigo's enemy, but they're truly closely related?
[Abarai Renji]: Won't the battle between Ichigo and Yhwach be like the fight with Aizen, where they let the opponent win without really trying? Another teaching match?
[Ichimaru Gin]: Hmph, are you trying to use words to make Ichigo's heart lean toward the Quincy side?
[Kaname Tosen]: Though I don't know what role he plays in Ichigo's body, Ichigo, who has always stood with Soul Society, won't defect to him.
[Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez]: Good grief! Could it be that the middle-aged Yhwach inside his body also resonates with the real external Yhwach? Even wants to usurp control of Ichigo?
Thinking of this, their minds raced with possibilities. The scene where the bull-headed Hollow controlled Ichigo and killed Ulquiorra remained vivid in everyone's memory. If there was a scene of Yhwach versus Yhwach, it would definitely be legendary!
[Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni]: Don't overthink it! Ichigo will never be deceived by him—he'll definitely control the power within his body.
[Unohana Retsu]: Even if the Yhwach inside him connects to the real Yhwach, it will continue weakening under Ichigo's influence.
[Kyoraku Shunsui]: Yes, Ichigo must be using it merely as a power source... Though I don't understand why it disguised itself as the Quincy King inside Ichigo's body...
[Gerard Valkyrie]: You relied on our Majesty's power to grow stronger, yet dare challenge our true Majesty. Let the real one teach you a lesson!
[Mayuri Kurotsuchi]: Hmph, though I don't understand what's happening, perhaps your Yhwach used some method to alter Ichigo's Zanpakuto spirit into his appearance to seduce him?
[Urahara Kisuke]: After all, Ichigo is such a talented and powerful individual that everyone pays attention to him. Maybe your Yhwach sensed his potential and made arrangements in advance! What a schemer.
Both sides constantly competed for the position of "Yhwach" within Ichigo! Especially the Shinigami! Even without understanding the situation, they had to pull this "Yhwach" to their side and prevent him from helping these Quincy.
In the scene, upon hearing Yhwach's ambiguous words, Ichigo shouted angrily:
["Don't give me riddles! I'm asking you—are you the one who made Soul Society like this?"
Yhwach admitted plainly:
"That's correct!"
After hearing Yhwach's confirmation, Ichigo knew who the culprit was. He wasted no time on conversation and immediately engaged in battle.
Perhaps because of his tempering through the previous battle with Aizen, Ichigo no longer wanted to listen to enemy nonsense! Just fight!
A massive battle quickly commenced.]
After seeing the battle between Ichigo and Yhwach begin, the audience was once again on high alert. The previous battle between Ichigo and Aizen had been so intense the audience could barely endure it. This time, they couldn't repeat that mistake!
So all viewers prepared in advance, mobilizing their spiritual pressure to the extreme as if facing the most powerful enemy. They watched with full concentration. The powerful captains, Espada, and others also used their spiritual pressure to protect the weak, allowing them to barely continue viewing.
This time when the audience watched, they were no longer as overwhelmed as before. After tempering through several earth-shattering battles, the Three Realms Projection seemed more stable, allowing smooth broadcast so audiences could thoroughly feel both combatants' power. The overflow of spiritual pressure from the projection was reduced.
[In the projection, Ichigo's red spiritual pressure and Yhwach's blue spiritual pressure began continuously colliding!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
For a moment, both sides seemed to transform into lightning bolts, moving at high speed while clashing blades. Flashing steel and shadowy metal! The sound of metal striking metal!
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
Weaker audience members could only see constant bombardments of light on screen, unable to distinguish who was who. Countless blue and red shock wave-like halos swept across the earth, nearly crushing and flattening everything in Soul Society ahead.
The strength and speed of both sides once again amazed the audience. They held nothing back, going all out from the start. Ichigo also thoroughly demonstrated his power several years later!
Though his performance seemed far inferior to his peak self, at least he could fight Yhwach back and forth, not disgracing his reputation as a Special War Power.]
In the chat group:
[Byakuya Kuchiki]: As expected. Ichigo retains both his strength and the immense Shinigami power he had when he fought Aizen.
[Kyoraku Shunsui]: It seems this Quincy King's power cannot be underestimated—he can fight Ichigo on equal terms.
[Gerard Valkyrie]: Haha, if the fight goes back and forth, we'd be the surprised ones! Our Majesty isn't using real power—he must be testing Ichigo.
[Jugram Haschwalth]: After all, Ichigo shares an inseparable relationship with His Majesty, so there's no need for ruthlessness.
[Äs Nödt]: If our Majesty were serious, even if Ichigo, Aizen, and Genryusai Yamamoto joined forces, it would be useless.
[Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni]: Hmph, as expected, after years of lurking, this insidious Yhwach isn't much weaker than before.
[Yhwach]: You're no longer the terrifying killer you once were, old man. Even if you survived the battle with Aizen, you can't threaten me.
[Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni]: Really? Am I truly old? Haha, if I get the chance, I want to see if you're qualified to say such things!
As everyone argued, the battle on screen slowly reached its conclusion. After fierce clashing, Ichigo's red spiritual pressure was smashed directly to the ground! He seemed increasingly weak, lacking strength to continue fighting.
This scene surprised the audience. The Shinigami couldn't accept it.
[Komamura Sajin]: No way! Ichigo appeared as our savior... Is there still no way to save the situation?
[Kuchiki Rukia]: Even he can't defeat Yhwach? How is that possible?
[Äs Nödt]: Haha, what did I say? You, Ichigo, are just a weakling to our Majesty.
[Jugram Haschwalth]: Being able to have His Majesty personally act is the greatest honor.
[Lille Barro]: I think if Haschwalth took action, he could easily kill him.
[Nakk Le Vaar]: If our Schutzstaffel entered the field, we'd definitely have a chance to eliminate him. Stop struggling—your Soul Society will definitely be destroyed by us.
The Shinigami were all demoralized, unable to conceive any chance of reversal. If even their top fighter Ichigo couldn't save the situation, was their Soul Society truly doomed?
[Urahara Kisuke]: Don't be so quick to conclude. Didn't we see Quincy defeat Byakuya before? But then Byakuya was revived and had opportunities to fight the powerful "M" The Miracle. The Quincy's actions this time definitely won't completely destroy us.
[Suì-Fēng]: That's right. Even if they steal our Bankai, we'll definitely have chances to respond and turn defeat into victory.
[Madarame Ikkaku]: And our Captain Zaraki and others haven't even made official moves yet—how could we fail so quickly?
[Abarai Renji]: The meteorite that nearly destroyed Soul Society was eliminated by Captain Kenpachi. There will definitely be more scenes of our captains performing.
[Senjumaru Shutara]: Besides, we Royal Guard definitely won't ignore this catastrophe.
[Nimaiya Oetsu]: It seems you Gotei 13 aren't very useful. We have to take the stage! Maybe when we dealt with Aizen before, we also had to appear to handle that invincible Aizen.
At this moment, the Shinigami barely regained some confidence and continued watching carefully.
In the scene, Yhwach walked before Ichigo, ready to attack him.
[Ichigo struggled to stand again and launched a decisive move against Yhwach:
"Getsuga Tensho!"
BOOM!
A red orb exploded like a nuclear bomb! Tremendous momentum spread outward, filled with murderous intent! This was Ichigo's attack filled with grief and rage!
However, Yhwach easily blocked and deflected his ultimate technique. Then he pressed Ichigo's head down heavily, smashing his body to the ground.
BANG!
It was the favorite method used by the strong against the weak—head-crushing execution!
Ichigo continued struggling on the ground, but Yhwach had quickly drawn his sword and struck him hard on the head.
Under the Shinigami's unbearable gazes, Yhwach seemed to have killed Ichigo.
Afterward, Yhwach said indifferently to Haschwalth:
"He should still be breathing. Take him back to Silbern! I want him as my subordinate."]
After seeing this scene, the Shinigami were all pale with terror, as if witnessing Soul Society's end! Was Ichigo going to be eliminated as soon as he appeared? How should the Shinigami deal with such a powerful Yhwach?
[Hitsugaya Toshiro]: Damn it... This Yhwach is truly strong. After all, he lurked for so long before emerging—he must have made complete preparations.
[Ukitake Jushiro]: Ichigo's power is still somewhat immature at this moment!
[Kyoraku Shunsui]: But we shouldn't give up so quickly. After Ichigo was beaten initially, weren't there many scenes of him fighting back? I believe he'll definitely explode again.
At this moment, only Ichigo's previous various miraculous performances could give the Shinigami confidence. They hoped Ichigo could continue his miracles! If not, let the Yhwach in his body emerge and fight the real Yhwach! This would be very Ichigo-like!
Though relying on human power, or even Yhwach's own power, somewhat embarrassed Soul Society's Shinigami... under the crisis of Soul Society's destruction, they couldn't care about such things.
In Hueco Mundo, Aizen was also disappointed and surprised, looking at the projected Ichigo.
Is it true that Ichigo can no longer resist? Must Ichigo join Yhwach's forces? Otherwise, Yhwach wouldn't spare him, right? But then again, this Yhwach is indeed just like me—very interested in Ichigo, so he'll give him various advantages and even opportunities for continued growth! Additionally, when Ichigo was just born, how did a Yhwach get into his body?
Aizen was deeply confused. He had arranged for White Hollow to fight Ichigo's mother, and through various coincidences created an unexpected product like Ichigo. But what was Yhwach doing then? How could he have taken interest in Ichigo? With these thoughts, Aizen could only continue watching.
When everyone thought Ichigo had reached his limit, Yhwach in the projection suddenly discovered that Ichigo didn't seem to have lost consciousness.
[A blue emblem flashed on his neck! Yhwach, familiar with Quincy power, naturally recognized this as Blut Vene.
Ichigo quickly began counterattacking and forced Yhwach back a considerable distance.
Yhwach could only express admiration:
"It seems I miscalculated..."
However, Yhwach's expression didn't seem particularly pained...
Ichigo asked sternly:
"What miscalculation?! I just blocked one of your attacks—what's so surprising about that?"
Yhwach continued rushing forward with another attack! Though Ichigo tried his best to resist his blade, Yhwach still slashed his arm.
CLANG!
However, despite being directly hit by Yhwach, Ichigo didn't seem to suffer much damage.
Yhwach understood perfectly:
"As I thought! I wasn't mistaken—this is Blut Vene!"
"Having Quilge stop you was a failed decision..."
"You must have taken advantage of the prison state, continuously releasing your spiritual pressure to the extreme to break it!"
"After explosive spiritual pressure release, when these residues returned to your body, part of Quilge's spiritual pressure was also mixed in!"
"Quincy spiritual pressure entered the depths of your soul and awakened your soul's memory."
"Quilge's jail was meant to trap enemies, but it can't trap you—a Quincy!"
Yhwach revealed his hand at this moment! That's right! Ichigo Kurosaki, you are a Quincy!
Facing Yhwach's words, Ichigo was simply shocked and asked:
"What are you... talking about?"]