Rangiku Matsumoto also sensed the spiritual pressure of Kuchiki Rukia in the distance.
Even the wind carrying across her face carried the trace of ice and snow.
"It seems Rukia has been dealt with... I can't fall behind here," Matsumoto thought.
In front of her, two identical figures appeared.
Zommari Loroux stood with a bald head, skull-shaped earrings, golden eyes, and a solid muscular body. He was a black-skinned Arrancar with spikes across his head and a Hollow hole in his chest. His mask fragment took the form of a skull earring on his ear. His thick lips and overall appearance gave him the impression of a Buddhist statue from India. Among the Espada, he represented intoxication.
At this moment, he had not yet activated his Resurrección, and his feet remained as normal legs. His rapid rotational speed caused his form to blur into two figures.
"How about it?" Zommari said with confidence.
"Can't tell the real me?"
"This technique is called Sonído Gemelo. My Sonído is the fastest among the Espada. By pushing it further, I created this ability that mimics a clone."
"So... are you already out of options?"
"But I'll tell you this-two figures are far from my limit."
His form suddenly split further. Within heartbeats, five images surrounded Matsumoto, each indistinguishable from the other.
Matsumoto saw this and smiled faintly.
"Growl, Haineko."
Her Zanpakutō disintegrated instantly into a cloud of ash-like dust, spreading into the air.
"Do you really think dust has any killing power?" Zommari scoffed. Even standing within the cloud, he didn't take it seriously.
The smile on Rangiku's lips didn't fade. With a flick of Haineko's hilt in her hand, a thin red line appeared across Zommari's body. His brows furrowed in surprise.
"No matter how fast you are, you can't escape my wide-range attack," Rangiku said clearly. "If I can't tell the real one from the illusions, then I'll cut all five at once."
She swung Haineko's hilt again, and several more crimson lines slashed across Zommari's figure.
Pft! Pft! Pft!
Blood sprayed as Zommari's figures vanished back into one form. His body staggered, marked by multiple wounds.
He placed his Zanpakutō upright before himself and released his grip. The blade floated as his head rotated unnaturally to the right, ninety degrees, as though his neck had broken. His golden eyes began to shift.
"Resurrección... Brujería."
As the release command fell from his lips, his golden irises darkened until they turned pitch black, pupils expanding as if to consume everything within view. Spiritual energy erupted outward in thick smoke, clearing to reveal his transformed body.
The lower half resembled a bulbous pumpkin-shaped form while the upper half retained his humanoid shape, his body covered in eyes-each one shifting independently, scanning in every direction. Suspended in the air, his monstrous form gazed down on Rangiku.
Zommari clasped his hands together before pulling them apart. One of the eyes on his right hand turned a solid black.
"Brujería controls whatever my eyes can see," he explained, voice brimming with confidence. "If I see your arm, I can control your arm. If I see your leg, I can control your leg. When I see your head, I can control your entire body. You will become nothing more than my puppet."
His blackened gaze fixed itself on Rangiku.
"Bakudō #81: Dankū!" she incanted.
Before her, a translucent barrier wall manifested. Immediately, a dark mark spread across its surface-a circle at the center with jagged edges stretching outward.
Zommari's confident expression twisted into shock. "What...!?" His face contorted further, black lines across his cheeks flexing violently. "Impossible! How could you know the weakness of my Brujería!?"
Rangiku's expression remained calm as she offered a faint smile.
From the side, Yuta stepped forward, his voice carrying evenly. "Although Brujería is formidable, it functions essentially as a spiritual technique. Bakudō #81: Dankū can block Kidō and spiritual techniques below level ninety. That is enough to counter Zommari's power."
Rangiku's gaze flicked toward Yuta briefly. Her thoughts steadied, recalling that without him reminding her of this weakness, dealing with such an ability would have become far more troublesome.
With Haineko's hilt in hand, she slashed downward through the ash cloud. Multiple cuts tore across Zommari's body, his monstrous form rupturing as blood poured forth.
As his body began to dissolve into spiritual particles, his voice rang out one final time. "Long live... long live... long live! Lord Aizen... long live!"
…
Yuta now found himself surrounded by Ulquiorra Cifer, Nnoitra Gilga, and Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez. Despite the presence of three Espada, his expression remained composed.
He held in his grasp a pure white Zanpakutō. Unlike Kuchiki Rukia's Sode no Shirayuki, whose white blade carried a faint blue tint of frost along with its chilling aura, Yuta's blade was immaculate and uniform in color. It radiated a pristine white so pure it seemed devoid of impurity, a white that resembled fresh paper under the sun, a drifting cloud suspended in the sky. If one placed it against the open heavens, it might vanish into the brightness altogether.
Nnoitra sneered. "So you're Hideki Yuta, huh? Lord Aizen says you're strong. Why don't you show me yourself?" He tilted his head, grin sharp and mocking. "But I'll warn you now-no matter what tricks you try, you can't break my Hierro. I have the strongest defense in the Espada's history. No blade has ever pierced my skin. So despair all you want-"
He never finished.
In one smooth instant, Yuta closed the distance to his side. His blade cut through Nnoitra's arm as easily as paper being split in two.
Nnoitra's eyes widened, his expression frozen with disbelief as he stared at the severed limb. Words failed him as shock left him motionless.
This had never happened before. Not once in battle against other Shinigami had his Hierro been broken. His skin was supposed to be impenetrable-the hardest among the Espada.
Yet here it had been severed without resistance.
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