Roar—"
The Hollow emitted a deafening roar, then the white bone mask cracked open from its mouth, condensing the scarlet energy into a single point!
The familiar scene made Lode's expression change slightly: "This is... a Hollow Flash?"
This is a destructive beam formed by highly concentrating spiritual pressure, and the destructive power can be adjusted according to the size of the spiritual pressure. Generally speaking, only Great Hollows can use this skill.
Whoosh!
The Hollow Flash suddenly burst through the air!
The scarlet light approached, piercing through the entire street, carrying a strong aura of destruction, just like the meaning of the Hollow's existence, the Hollow Flash would destroy all matter within the straight-line range.
Lode didn't plan to face the big move head-on, so he immediately used Shunpo to get away.
Rumble!
The Hollow Flash pierced through the entire street, and the destructive spiritual pressure shattered everything it touched, erupting with a deafening sound and sending tons of dust straight into the sky.
Lode, who dodged the attack, adjusted his figure in mid-air, held the Spear of God in both hands in front of his chest, a hint of cold light flashing in his eyes, his lips moving slightly:
"Spear of God—Dance of the Linked Blades!"
Clang clang clang...
In an instant, the blade of the Spear of God turned into afterimages, actually presenting tens of thousands of blades in the vision at the same time.
The blades shot out at a speed completely impossible to catch with the naked eye, like a torrential rain pouring down, and like mercury pouring down the ground, countless dazzling cold lights filled the entire world in an instant!
The principle of this move is actually very simple to understand.
In layman's terms, it's: extend, shorten, extend, shorten, repeating like this!
Clang clang clang...
The sound of metal clashing rang out one after another, and the Hollow's skin burst out with a brilliant spark under the continuous stabbing of the Spear of God like a torrential rain.
From a distance, it looked like a festival firework, dazzling and eye-catching, and could be called the most beautiful cub in the night!
Thump!
The Hollow roared and stomped on the ground, its entire body soaring straight up like a cannonball, forcibly breaking through the sky full of blades, and throwing a punch at Lode!
Lode blocked with his sword, but was blasted back dozens of meters by this punch.
Chirp...
His feet rubbed violently against the spiritual particles, leaving two white marks in the air, and a wisp of white smoke rose.
"Is it a Steel Skin comparable to a Arrancar?"
In the billowing smoke, Lode brushed the dust off his body and said helplessly: "It's really hard. Well, if Dance of the Linked Blades doesn't work, it seems I can only use that move."
"What a pain..."
Lode sighed and said helplessly: "If possible, I really don't want to use this move."
Crackle~
A series of white lightning bolts, almost invisible to the naked eye, suddenly leaped and danced around Lode's body, and the surrounding spiritual pressure also slowly climbed, like magma about to boil and erupt, filled with a scorching and intense aura!
"Roar..."
The Hollow lowered its body, its scarlet pupils trembling slightly, as if it felt a fatal threat from Lode, and kept making uneasy low roars!
"Good boy, don't be nervous."
The corners of Lode's lips raised slightly, revealing a gentle smile: "It will be over soon, it won't hurt at all."
"Shunko!!!"
Crackling!
Suddenly!
The sound of thunder resounded, and terrifying white lightning, like burning flames, wrapped around Lode's entire body, and the upper garment of the Soul Reaper uniform was directly shattered by the lightning, revealing a strong and muscular body!
The nearby ground was even more under this terrifying spiritual pressure, collapsing inch by inch as if it had been bulldozed, and countless gravel was lifted into the air and crushed by the leaping white lightning!
"Eh..."
A hint of helplessness appeared on Lode's face,
"I knew it, this kind of 'clothing explosion' move doesn't suit me very well."
Shunko—a combat technique that combines Demon Arts and Hand-to-Hand Combat!
The user's back and shoulders will be wrapped by highly concentrated and compressed Demon Arts, and they will fight by combining explosive Demon Arts with their own hands and feet!
In other words.
This thing is the same concept as 'Qi Explosion' in King of Fighters, which can improve all attributes in a short period of time!
But there is a serious drawback!
That is, after using 'Shunko', the clothes on the back and shoulders will be blasted to pieces by the highly concentrated and compressed Demon Arts, so as to achieve an effect similar to 'clothing explosion'.
But as everyone knows.
Only when a beautiful girl 'explodes her clothes' is it worth everyone's appreciation.
Except for fencing maniacs, no one likes to watch a man perform 'clothing explosion'.
Therefore, Lode doesn't like 'Shunko' very much, and rarely uses this move on weekdays. If it weren't for being forced to do so today, he would never use this move.
In fact, there is another way to avoid 'clothing explosion' with this move.
The combat attire exclusive to Yoruichi and Soi Fon in the original work can effectively avoid the embarrassing situation of clothes being blown to pieces by Demon Arts.
It's just that...
This special attire is a deep V backless dress with thin straps on the shoulders. He would rather die than wear that kind of attire!
Moreover, he has reason to suspect that Kubo-sensei is smuggling private goods and openly selling benefits to fans!
Back to the topic.
Apart from the small drawback of 'clothing explosion', the power of Shunko is quite worthy of recognition.
"Fortunately, there's no one nearby..."
Lode's eyes flickered with lightning, and his spiritual pressure radiated several feet away from his body, turning into a violent roar of white lightning: "This form doesn't quite match my image, so I can only ask you to die quickly."
Boom!
Lode, wrapped in white lightning, disappeared from the spot in an instant.
The solid concrete ground suddenly collapsed, leaving a deep footprint, surrounded by dense cracks, spreading out like a spider web!
The next second, Lode appeared in front of that Hollow without warning.
"One! Bone!"
Lode took half a step forward, and the terrifying force caused half of his calf to sink deeply into the ground. Then his spine rose like a soaring dragon, pushing all the power of his body section by section to his right arm, and then he clenched his fist and struck directly!
"Roar~"
The Hollow roared and also threw a punch at Lode.
Boom!!!
The moment the two fists collided, the surrounding space shook violently!
White arcs of electricity leaped and danced in the space, exuding a violent aura of destruction. The highly compressed Demon Arts power was condensed on one point on the fist, and then burst out in an instant!
The power of this punch had completely exceeded the defense limit of Steel Skin, instantly blasting the Hollow to pieces. Its body was like a balloon that had been blown up, turning into severed limbs and flesh flying in the air!
[Obtained: Medium Soul * 1]
"Phew... it's over."
Lode opened his mouth and exhaled a turbid breath, and the white lightning wrapped around his body also slowly dissipated.
Just like the name 'Shunko', the battle ends in an instant.
I have to say, 'Shunko' is indeed a very powerful move. The combat technique combining Demon Arts and Hand-to-Hand Combat has an explosive power almost comparable to a small Bankai.
But he can't perfectly control 'Shunko' yet.
Because the highly concentrated and compressed Demon Arts is extremely difficult to control, it's like dancing on a needle tip. If you're not careful, you may be backlashed and seriously injured by your own Demon Arts, so you must be very careful when using it!
And besides that.
High-speed combat in Shunko mode will inevitably cause damage to the body, such as torn muscles or ligaments, etc.
"I have to trouble Nemuri again to make me a new set of clothes."
Lode glanced at his naked upper body and couldn't help but feel a headache. The setting that his clothes would explode every time he used Shunko really made him love and hate it.