"My Zanpakutō is up there. It seems there's another level above this one. We must be underground," Shinji Hirako said, looking up.
"Let's get our swords back first," Sōjun Kuchiki nodded.
After a Shinigami communicates with their Zanpakutō and learns Shikai, an inexplicable connection is formed. At such a close distance, they could clearly sense the location of their swords.
Just as Shinji and Sōjun emerged from the dungeon, they felt a strong tremor from above.
Rubble and dust shook loose from the walls.
"That's Akane Saitō's spiritual pressure... but it's strange. It seems to be mixed with something else..." Shinji's eyes narrowed. "It's a bit like... those white-robed souls."
"It seems Akane Saitō is in a very dangerous state..." Sōjun also sensed that something was very wrong with her condition.
After finding a staircase and leaving the dungeon, they discovered it was built into the base of a rocky mountain, with more structures built up along its slopes.
The location where Akane's spiritual pressure was erupting was at the very peak.
Many green-armored Shinigami were gathered there. Akane was trapped on a stone pillar, her eyes lifeless. A crack had opened on her collarbone, and a multicolored jewel was embedded in it.
At the same time, countless white-robed souls floated in the air, rotating around her. The jewel on her collarbone continuously absorbed the souls that drew near.
A massive white vortex, a sea of souls, had formed over the mountaintop, an exceptionally spectacular sight.
Shinji and Sōjun could sense that the spiritual pressure fluctuations within Akane were abnormally violent, as if she had become a spiritual bomb on the verge of detonation.
The attention of the green-armored Shinigami on the peak was entirely captivated by the vortex, and they failed to notice Shinji and Sōjun escaping from the dungeon.
"The Zanpakutō are in the building halfway up the mountain. Do we get the swords first or save her?" Shinji was conflicted. He had wanted to retrieve their swords first, but if they didn't disperse the souls gathered at the peak, Akane's spiritual body could explode at any moment. Yet, without their swords, the two of them were not strong enough to rescue her.
"There are too many of them. We can't save her without our swords. I'll draw their attention, you sneak over and get them," Sōjun said, raising his hands and beginning an incantation. "Ye lord! Mask of flesh and blood, all creation, flutter-thou, gather-thou! Denial, paralysis, a flickering light, the impeding slumber. The steel princess who governs, the mud doll which ever crumbles! Unite, repel, fill the earth, knowing your own powerlessness!"
Sōjun directly used the most powerful Hadō he had mastered: "Hadō #63: Raikōhō!"
Lightning sparked in Sōjun's hand, and a bolt shot towards the soul vortex in the sky.
BOOM—
The 'Raikōhō' struck the vortex, blasting a gap in it and drawing the full attention of the green-armored Shinigami.
After releasing the Kidō, Sōjun immediately bolted. Eight of the green-armored Shinigami left the mountain structure and gave chase.
This made it much easier for Shinji to infiltrate the building. The three remaining Shinigami on the peak didn't notice him entering the warehouse.
Shinji quickly found his Zanpakutō in the warehouse. Sōjun's was placed next to his. He grabbed both swords and quickly left.
However, before he could celebrate, he walked out of the warehouse and ran right into the white-haired man, who was returning with Sōjun slung over his shoulder.
"That idiot Kuchiki was defeated too fast! Couldn't he have held out a little longer!" Shinji's face fell. "It's over now!"
Without his partner, even with their Zanpakutō, it would be difficult to deal with so many enemies!
Just then, a flash of lightning arrived in an instant.
Shinji was overjoyed. This was a spiritual pressure he was most familiar with. "The professor is here!"
Whoosh—
Katori Sora, sparking with lightning, appeared in front of the white-haired man.
He was holding Sōjun, and a severed arm was still hanging from Sōjun's clothes.
The white-haired man was stunned. The severed arm looked abnormally familiar. He glanced down and his heart leaped in terror. A clean cut was left on his arm; his own was missing.
He had lost his arm before he could even react!
The white-haired man searched his memory for intelligence on the Soul Society but couldn't place such a powerhouse, and this person wasn't wearing a captain's haori. "A rising star from the last hundred years... which division is he from?"
Sora smiled and said, "I am a Professor at the Spiritual Arts Academy."
"With such strength, you are more than qualified to be a captain. Yet you are still a Professor at the academy?" The white-haired man frowned. "I am Ganryū Ryūdōji. I wonder if you've heard of the Ryūdōji clan."
Sora nodded. "I've heard a little. A noble family that was exiled in the past."
The white-haired man attempted to entice him. "For a powerhouse like you to be just a Professor is too much of a waste. Why not follow my Ryūdōji clan? In the future, we will counter-attack the Soul Society together, and you will be the Head-Captain of the 1st Division!"
"That won't be necessary," Sora scoffed. If he could conquer the Soul Society with this bunch of weaklings, why wouldn't he just do it himself?
Whoosh—
Four figures appeared behind Sora.
Kana Azashiro, Kensei Muguruma, Jin'emon Tsubaki, and Nozomishin Ōmaeda had also arrived.
Jin'emon had been lucky; he hadn't encountered any enemies on the way and ran right into Sora's group.
The commotion from the white vortex was huge, and its spiritual pressure could be sensed from far away.
Sora had immediately rushed over after sensing it.
"You go and disperse those 'Blanks'," Sora said, glancing at the surrounding green-armored Shinigami. He tossed Sōjun to Ōmaeda. "Leave these guys to me."
"Don't even think about it!" A green-armored Shinigami holding a large hammer tried to block their path but suddenly felt a searing heat from behind.
His chest exploded violently!
BOOM!
Sora's hand had passed through the man's chest. Not a single drop of blood flowed from the wound; it had all been vaporized by the raging flames on his arm.
A terrifying aura emanated from Sora.
Shunkō: Sekichō Form!
This form was not as fast as 'Shunkō: Raikiri,' but its power was greater, second only to the explosively powerful 'Raihi Ryōgen' form.
Sora ducked slightly, dodging a swinging scythe, then immediately spun around with a lightning-fast kick.
The green-armored Shinigami holding the scythe's chain watched with wide eyes.
He saw one of his comrades, who was holding a greatsword, get kicked so hard that both man and sword exploded.
BOOM!
The greatsword was shattered by the terrifying force. Countless fragments shot out in all directions, forcing the other green-armored Shinigami to scramble for cover.
The fragments that hit Sora were deflected by the fearsome spiritual pressure surrounding him.
The momentum of Sora's kick did not diminish. It struck another Shinigami in the abdomen, and the terrifying force tore his body in two.
Faced with Sora's incredible explosive power, these green-armored Shinigami couldn't even withstand a single blow.
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