A black rain began to fall from the sky. It was the body of the Great Hollow, turned into countless charred, carbonized fragments.
Yoruichi Shihōin stared blankly at the sky, her heart shaking violently.
She had fought a Great Hollow—though she had mostly just been on the receiving end—and had truly felt its terror.
Yet, that overwhelmingly oppressive Great Hollow had been vanquished in an instant at her professor's hands.
"So strong... is this what a truly powerful person is like..." Yoruichi stared at the figure in the air, her eyes sparkling with a strange light.
High above—
Sora stood poised in the air. The lightning that had been coiling around his body and Zanpakutō quickly dissipated.
He slowly exhaled a puff of white smoke, and steam also rose from his body. The heat radiating from him made the surrounding air seem to shimmer and distort.
"Raikiri" could stimulate the body with lightning, giving him greater speed.
But Sora's "Raikiri" was only at the Beginner level; he couldn't yet avoid the damage the berserk lightning caused to himself. After use, it would cause greater damage to his own body.
And he had just used it twice in a row: once to rush to the scene, and a second time combined with his shadow manipulation ability to slay the Great Hollow.
However, he dared to use it this way because he could rely on his Kaidō Self-Healing.
A faint healing glow soon appeared on his body, repairing the accumulated damage. At the same time, an ability that was previously dim on his panel began to flash rapidly.
[Born Berserker (Activating): Glory belongs to the born berserker! Reduces the impact of injuries on actions. You will fight with increasing courage until death!]
Four Gillians had descended on Karakura Town, but only the one Sora had killed had headed this way. The other three had gone in different directions.
However, the commotion Sora had created had already drawn their attention, and they were now converging on his position.
He used this brief gap to perform emergency treatment on his students' injuries.
He sensed that Kīta's Spiritual Pressure had completely vanished, Rii's was on the verge of dissipating, and even Yoruichi's was in a precarious state.
SWISH—
He used Shunpo to appear in front of Rii Hoshino. Among the living, her injuries were the most severe.
She was unconscious and near death. Sora checked her condition and, after confirming he could save his disciple's life, felt a small measure of relief.
"Professor Katori!" Naoko cried out. "Rii is unconscious!"
"It's alright," Sora comforted her gently. "The Great Hollows will be here soon. I have to take you all to a safer place first. Naoko, can you still use Shunpo?"
"I can... Rii shielded me from the main blast of the Cero. My injuries aren't severe," she said.
"Then go north and wait for me," Sora said, lifting Rii with one arm while using his other hand to apply Kaidō. He then used Shunpo to appear before Yoruichi.
Seeing the unconscious Rii, she asked, "Is Rii okay?"
Sora set the two students down, saying, "Her life is safe, but she may need a long time to recover."
"That's good... Professor! That move just now was absolutely incredible... you have to teach me someday... cough, cough—" Yoruichi got too excited and started coughing.
"I will teach you. Don't talk now. I'll take you to a safer place first," Sora said. He put one arm around Rii and the other around Yoruichi, and vanished from the ruins with Shunpo.
His speed far surpassed Naoko's, and he quickly caught up to her, leading the way north.
Sora did not choose the direction of the outpost; there were two powerful Quincy there. According to his observation, those two Quincy should be elites among the Quincy, far stronger than the Gillians.
The outpost was south of the town, and the Gillians were to the west, so he chose to take the students north.
He performed emergency Kaidō on Rii and Yoruichi. There wasn't enough time to heal them completely, only to stabilize their injuries so they wouldn't worsen.
Fortunately, his current Kaidō level is very high, which is why he could perform emergency treatment on the students' injuries in such a short amount of time. The external wounds soon stopped bleeding.
Sora's eyes flickered. He sensed a terrifying Spiritual Pressure gathering in the distance.
The closest Gillian had found their position. And it was charging a Cero!
The Cero formed quickly, a massive, blackish-red orb of energy gathering in the mouth of its giant white mask. But Sora's sword was faster.
He drew his blade in a flash.
Katori Style: Ryūkō!
—A stream of light shot across the sky, reaching the Gillian's mask in an instant.
The light had crossed over a hundred meters, and by the time it struck, the "Spiritual Pressure blade" could no longer maintain its sharpness, only managing to create a few cracks on the mask.
Even so, it achieved the effect Sora wanted.
BOOM!!!
The blackish-red flash shot out, but its trajectory was off. It flew towards a small mountain outside Karakura Town. BOOM!!!
The people in the town could feel the intense tremor.
Sora sheathed his sword and sank into the shadows.
If one were to look down from the sky, they would see the shadows on the ground rapidly changing. The shadows of trees and buildings stretched out, connecting to one another.
In the next instant, Sora crossed a hundred meters and appeared behind the Great Hollow.
He lowered his stance, his muscles tensed, his Spiritual Pressure gathering in his right arm, waist, and legs.
Shadow Raid: Shunpo Iaijutsu!
His figure vanished and, in the next moment, appeared above the Gillian's head. The Great Hollow seemed to be frozen in time, completely still.
CRACK—
A gash appeared at the edge of its giant white mask. CRACK, CRACK—
The gash quickly widened, spreading to the other side of the mask. Then, half of the Great Hollow's head slowly slid off.
CRASH—
The Gillian's massive body fell to the ground, slowly dissolving into spiritual particles.
After slaying another one, Sora did not stop. The remaining two were very close and had already locked onto his position.
They were charging their Ceros at almost the same time! Two massive, blackish-red orbs of energy rapidly took shape.
Sora landed on the ground, flipped his Zanpakutō, and plunged it into the shadow beneath him.
Shadow Bind!
His shadow shot out, connecting to the shadows of the two Great Hollows. The massive shadows then crawled up their bodies, wrapping around their necks and heads.
As the shadows tightened, their faces were forcibly turned.
BOOM!!!
BOOM!!!
Two blackish-red flashes shot out simultaneously, but not at Sora. They each shot towards the other Great Hollow.
—BOOM!!!
Both Gillians were struck by the other's Cero.
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