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"That's it! Yes! Finish him off! Give that bastard the final blow and blow him to pieces!"
Offscreen, Renji's voice rang out with near-deranged excitement, his eyes locked on the attack about to erupt from him. The Baboon Bone Cannon. His strongest long-range technique, powerful enough to split mountains and shatter stone.
But at the very instant that red spiritual pressure, heavy with annihilation, was about to fire—
The Gunjō moved.
No, calling it "moved" was wrong.
It was a flicker that went beyond human comprehension.
A green afterimage tore through space itself, crossing dozens of meters in an instant and appearing right in front of Renji!
Behind him, the ground was carved with a terrifying, scorched trench several meters deep. A wound burned into the earth by raw speed and violent friction.
Surging green spiritual pressure wrapped completely around Gunjō's body like boiling magma. His aura skyrocketed to its peak, radiating savage, berserk pressure that was in no way inferior to the fully charged Baboon Bone Cannon!
"RAAAHH—!!!"
With a beastlike roar, Gunjō hurled his iron fist, armored in dense green spiritual pressure, straight into the still-forming Baboon Bone Cannon, carrying the will to smash everything in its path!
BOOOOOOM!!!!
Red and green. Two utterly different forces of destruction collided head-on in midair. It looked like two hypersonic missiles detonating at point-blank range!
The shockwave spread outward like a tsunami. Rolling hills were flattened in an instant, crushed into nothing but bare ground. Vast amounts of nether energy were torn apart and hurled skyward in violent spirals.
The earth screamed under the strain. Cracks spread like spiderwebs from the point of impact, racing outward for hundreds of meters!
Even more horrifying, the space where the red and green pressures met began to collapse like fragile glass. Thin black voids popped into existence, signs that the fabric of space itself had been twisted and shredded.
The ferocity of the green power exceeded Renji's expectations.
Just as the red spiritual pressure of the Baboon Bone Cannon was about to be completely spent, Gunjō's fist, still wrapped in green light and dragging fragments torn from spatial rifts, smashed down with a shrill cutting howl onto Renji's Zanpakutō—Zabimaru.
Crack!
The sound of metal breaking echoed across the battlefield. Zabimaru's main body couldn't withstand that brutal blow and shattered on the spot!
Worse still, the force punched through the boundary between layers of space, blasting a massive hole straight through the sea above in the upper world. The bottom was clearly visible through the gaping void!
Evil Wolf (Fenris) stared at the screen, breath ragged. "T-This power… it's completely beyond reason! Way too strong!"
Fubuki's expression had never been so grave. "To punch through the sky itself and leave behind something that terrifying… it's chilling."
Renji grabbed his own hair, his eyes filled with pain, struggle, and barely contained exhilaration. "So this is the kind of enemy I'll face in the future… Strong enough to suffocate you just by existing."
In midair, Zabimaru, once a single whole weapon, had shattered into scattered segments that fell helplessly before clattering across the ground.
Renji was completely stunned by Gunjō's monstrous strength and speed. Every hair on his body stood on end.
"Next… it's your turn!"
Gunjō gave him no time to recover. A devastating uppercut, heavy with terrifying momentum, launched Renji's entire body straight into the sky!
Renji flew like he'd been fired from a rocket, tracing a perfect arc through the air. Then Gunjō caught up and slammed him down like discarded trash!
BOOM!!!
The ground caved in, leaving behind a massive crater over ten meters wide. Dust and smoke billowed everywhere.
"It's over!"
Gunjō sneered viciously. Stepping on Renji's broken body, he raised a fist that looked capable of crushing mountains, ready to deliver the final blow and end the battle for good.
But in the instant before death arrived, Renji, trapped in utter desperation, smiled playfully.
"Over? Nah. You're the one who's finished~!"
Grinding his teeth, he clenched the shattered hilt of his sword and swung it with all his strength. A violent surge of red spiritual pressure shot skyward like a signal flare!
That summoned red pressure moved as if alive, sweeping across the battlefield and wrapping around the scattered fragments of Zabimaru. In a flash, they all shot back toward him at incredible speed!
"Zabimaru—Fang of the Baboon: Final Bite!"
Renji's hidden killing move!
Using spiritual pressure to control the broken blade segments, he unleashed a chaotic yet precise execution, shredding the enemy with merciless efficiency!
Under Renji's command, every fragment of Zabimaru locked onto Gunjō, raining down like a dense storm of crimson blades!
The red spiritual pressure instantly tore through the seemingly indestructible defense surrounding Gunjō!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The air screamed as the blades pierced forward at speeds beyond sound!
In the blink of an eye, Gunjō's body was completely skewered. Blades pierced him from every direction until he looked like a living pincushion!
"AAAAA—!!"
The scream cut off abruptly.
"Ugh…"
Under the relentless grinding of Final Bite, Gunjō's body was reduced to an unrecognizable mess of flesh. His once-arrogant head was smashed into a bloody, pulped ruin.
"Don't you dare underestimate Zabimaru, you arrogant bastard," Renji said coldly, killing intent radiating from every word.
Soul Society
"That was amazing, Renji!" Rukia nearly jumped with excitement when she saw the reversal on screen.
"Nice one!" Ichigo finally relaxed, a relieved smile spreading across his face.
Only then did Renji let out a long breath. Watching his Baboon Bone Cannon get shattered earlier had almost sent him into full-blown panic. But the result was worth it. Final Bite had successfully erased that monster completely.
Las Noches
Grimmjow snorted with utter disdain. "Trash. That kind of power and he still dared to run his mouth? If it were me, I'd have ripped that Renji idiot apart the moment his attack got broken."
Aaroniero spoke in his eerie, overlapping voice. "So that's all the Hell Realm can muster. Send any random Arrancar there and we'd flip their whole world upside down."
"Enough," Ulquiorra cut in coldly, silencing them both. "Lord Aizen's plan doesn't require us to waste time on pointless arguments."
Pirate World
"OHHHH! That was awesome! That sudden counterattack was insanely cool!" Luffy danced around in excitement.
Zoro, however, was deep in thought. Renji's weapon had a bizarre form, but the swordsmanship embedded in his fighting style was undeniably powerful. That wide-open, all-in approach was especially enlightening for someone at his current level.
Mihawk stared at the screen, eyes reflecting the destructive red spiritual pressure. "That power… is anything but ordinary."
Marine Headquarters
From a Den Den Mushi came Kizaru's lazy voice. "Turning a weapon into a beast like that… doesn't it kind of resemble Vegapunk's weird experiments?"
"Making weapons eat Devil Fruits?" Sengoku frowned, old files resurfacing in his mind. "Yeah… it really does."
Demon Slayer World
Inside the Infinity Castle, soaked in bloodlust and madness—
"Damn it! Damn it! Why do monsters like this even exist?!"
Muzan Kibutsuji was on the verge of total insanity. He had always believed himself to be the strongest, only to witness one overwhelming battle after another.
As a creature terrified of death, the earth-shaking clash between Renji and Gunjō utterly shattered his sense of security.
Muzan's body twisted and mutated as he tore apart nearby Lower Moons in a frenzy, venting his boundless fear and rage.
Shinobu Kocho watched with conflicted eyes, filled with sorrow and longing. "If I had power like that… my sister's revenge could finally be carried out by my own hands."
Rengoku Kyojuro's eyes burned, his blood nearly boiling. "Magnificent! Even a demon would be annihilated if it took that head-on!"
Zenitsu cowered in a trembling ball. "S-So scary! Those guys… they're all man-eating super monsters!"
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