The Adjuchas broke free from the shadow's restraints. Sensing that more than half of the Menos outside had been wiped out, it became enraged.
"How dare you ruin my plans!"
The Adjuchas's body rapidly transformed, soon taking on a humanoid shape.
After devouring the spiritual bodies of Shinigami, although it did not gain the power of their Zanpakutō, it did acquire their memories, mastering their 'Zan-Ken-Sō-Ki' arts.
The Adjuchas took on a human form to better utilize these skills.
A blade coalesced from the black shadow in front of Sora.
He grasped the hilt, using the shadow on the ground in place of his fingers to gather power, and instantly unleashed a stream of light.
Don—
With a faint drumbeat, the Adjuchas's figure vanished on the spot.
The stream of light hit empty air. This was a rare occurrence; the Shunpo of most Shinigami was not fast enough to dodge Sora's "Ryūkō."
The Adjuchas's Sonído was extremely fast, a notch faster than even Sora's Shunpo.
The next moment, the Adjuchas appeared at Sora's side.
The instant it appeared, Sora lifted his right leg, twisted his waist, and aimed a fierce kick at it.
At the same time, the upper part of Sora's shihakushō exploded, and a torrent of spiritual pressure erupted from his back.
As the torrent burst forth, arcs of lightning simultaneously flickered across his body.
Shunkō: Raikiri Form!
After Sora's Hakuda level had improved, he could use "Shunkō" much more effectively.
He now required very little preparation time to activate 'Shunkō: Raikiri Form,' able to use it almost instantly.
The Adjuchas's pupils constricted violently. The speed of the Shinigami before it had suddenly surged. This kick was so fast that even it didn't have time to use Sonído again to dodge.
—BOOM!
Sora's kick landed on the Adjuchas's chest. The terrifying force caused its entire chest to collapse inward.
The Adjuchas was sent flying by the immense force.
The scenery before it rushed backward, and in an instant, it was blasted out of the camp.
CRASH—
After flying out of the camp, the Adjuchas crashed through a stone pillar before finally stopping.
It was buried under the collapsed and disintegrated pillar.
Whoosh—
Sora pursued relentlessly, his figure appearing in front of the fallen pillar.
However, a bright red light flared from beneath the rubble.
A powerful Cero shot through the broken rocks, speeding towards Sora.
But Sora was still maintaining his 'Shunkō: Raikiri Form,' and his speed was even greater than the red Cero's.
Whoosh—
The red Cero pierced through Sora's body, but it was only an afterimage left behind by his incredible speed.
The Adjuchas pushed aside the pile of rubble and burst out.
Strangely, its chest, which should have been caved in by Sora's kick, had returned to its original state without a single trace of injury.
Sora appeared behind the Adjuchas. A flash of blade light passed, and its body was sliced in two.
"Useless!" A bone blade grew from the Adjuchas's hand. It laughed loudly. "I can already split my body. Even if you cut me into ten pieces, a hundred pieces, you can't hurt me!"
Its ability to divide, combined with the 'Zan-Ken-Sō-Ki' it had acquired from Shinigami memories, gave it terrifying combat power. Even among 'Adjuchas'-class Menos, it was considered one of the best.
"I see. So physical attacks only cause you to divide and cannot eliminate you..." Sora realized that this Hollow with its splitting ability was very special. Even its mask could be divided. To destroy it, he would probably need to completely annihilate its body.
However, Sora was not worried. He had already thought of a countermeasure. It was a good opportunity to test his Bankai's ability.
They were outside the camp, where no one could see them. Sora could use his full power without restraint.
The Wandenreich possessed reishi technology that could absorb a Shinigami's Bankai, but they first needed to collect intelligence on it.
Sora wasn't sure what year this technology was completed, so before dealing with the Wandenreich, he had no intention of fully revealing his Bankai's abilities.
After drawing its bone blade, the Adjuchas quickly advanced, showing Sora its swordsmanship.
Having absorbed the skills of many Shinigami, its mastery of swordsmanship even surpassed that of the vice-captains of the various divisions.
But trying to suppress Sora with swordsmanship was wishful thinking.
The Adjuchas's bone blade danced through the air in a relentless barrage of attacks, but Sora blocked every single one.
The clash of bone and Zanpakutō created a continuous, clanging sound like a blacksmith's forge.
Clang clang clang clang clang—
"Shinigami, your swordsmanship is very high, the best I've ever seen. But soon, it will be mine!" the Adjuchas sneered. "I will eat you, and I will thoroughly digest your memories!"
The Adjuchas firmly believed that its splitting ability gave it a huge advantage. As long as it could exhaust this Shinigami's stamina and spiritual pressure, it could seize the opportunity to devour him.
"The chariot of thunder, the gap of the spinning wheel, this thing has light, splitting it into six..." Sora raised his left hand. "Bakudō #61: Rikujōkōrō!"
Six yellow bars of reishi light locked the Adjuchas's body, temporarily immobilizing it.
Over the past year, many of the skill rewards Sora received from teaching his disciples were Kidō, and "Rikujōkōrō" was one of them.
A thought flickered in Sora's mind, and he activated his shadow ability.
Behind him, a black shadow holding a sword slowly emerged.
The shadow figure had shoulder-length hair. Being a shadow, its features were completely obscured.
But Sora was very familiar with its silhouette—it was the shadow of Kana Azashiro.
Kana's shadow took a step forward, pressing up against Sora's back.
Then, the shadow merged with Sora's body.
The shadow attached to Sora flickered like a dancing black flame.
Sora grasped the shadow's Zanpakutō.
"Enter the Shadow, Follow the Form: All Manifestations Shadow Garment!"
Sora was now clad in a shadow garment, holding a shadow sword, his presence overwhelming.
He could now use the ability of 'Shishoku'!
After releasing his Bankai, Sora could control others' shadows within the space, and these shadows could replicate a portion of their owner's abilities, including that of their Zanpakutō.
But the shadow could only exert a fraction of the original's power.
The replicated power was about one to five-tenths of the original's, depending on the target.
But besides that, Sora had another way to use the replicated shadow abilities—
To transform the shadow into a garment and personally wield the replicated power himself.
Doing so did not change the power output; the 'Shishoku' he replicated still wouldn't exceed five-tenths of the original's power.
But he could now integrate the ability of 'Shishoku' into his own swordsmanship system!
"Taste it, Shishoku," Sora softly recited the release command.
The shape of the 'Shishoku' shadow blade did not change, but it now possessed the ability of 'Shishoku.'
"What is that you're wearing... it doesn't matter. You cannot defeat me!" The Adjuchas broke the six bars of light on its body. Seeing that Sora hadn't used any devastatingly powerful moves, it grew even more arrogant.
The Adjuchas gathered another red Cero. "Die—meddlesome Shinigami!"
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