Fantasy Library

Chapter 256 "Thousand-Handed Bright Sky Cannon"

“Cry!!!”

When the announcement of Aize's arrival resounded throughout the Double Killing Hill, the huge firebird flying in front of the gallows let out a sharp cry.

The cry was so loud and violent that almost anyone could hear it.

Obviously, King Hui was enraged.

In a rage, the huge firebird actually abandoned the sinner who needed to be punished in front of it, turned to Aize who was slowly walking up the stairs, flapped its pair of flaming wings, and flew straight towards Aize.

As it flew, strong winds arose, heat waves surged, and the slowly burning flames on the firebird seemed to evaporate towards the surroundings as it flew, becoming extremely fierce.

"not good!"

When the captains saw this scene, their faces suddenly changed.

The aftermath of the power of the King of Destruction, who is said to possess the destructive power of a million Zanpakutō, is something that cannot be underestimated even for them as captains.

This is a power that can indeed pose a danger or even a fatal threat to the captain-level Grim Reaper.

Facing this power, Aize still had a smile on his face and his eyes were extremely calm. He slowly raised his hand on the hilt of the Zanpakuto on his waist and faced the flying King Hui.

"The edge of a thousand hands, the unreachable dark hand, the unreachable archer in the sky."

The solemn spell was chanted by Aize.

"The path of light shines, the wind that fans the flames, when you gather together, do not be lost, just follow my instructions."

Spiritual power gushed out of Aize's body, its force like a storm and its power like an ocean wave, causing all the captains to change color again.

"That spell...!?"

“Could it be…?!”

“Oh no!”

Some captains who were good at using ghost arts had already recognized the ghost art behind the chant, which made them look shocked.

Aize, however, seemed to have abandoned all unnecessary emotions and sang solemnly and heavily.

"Light Bullet·Eight Body·Nine Articles·Tian Jing·Ji Bao·Big Wheel."

"The gray turret drew its bow into the distance and disappeared brightly."

The huge spiritual power gushing out from his body followed the unprecedentedly solemn spell and twisted around Aize.

The next moment, countless cones of light formed around Aize, shining brightly and emitting a terrible sense of oppression, causing the huge firebird flying over to cry out in shock and anger.

Aize then released his ghost art with all his strength towards it.

"Ninety-first of the Way of Destruction: Thousand-Handed Bright Sky Cannon!"

The countless light cones that appeared around him suddenly turned into flashes of light and shot out suddenly, heading towards the attacking King Hui, causing a violent collision with him.

"boom!!!"

Suddenly, a terrible roar occurred.

Countless light cones hit the incoming giant firebird in an instant, and like cannonballs, they instantly exploded on its body, causing a shocking explosion that blew the King of Destruction into pieces.

It was an extremely shocking explosion, which not only completely engulfed the huge body of the Ruined King, but also completely covered up his screams with the sound of the explosion, shaking the entire Soul Society and causing countless Death Gods to look in this direction in astonishment, with panic on their faces.

A light, or rather a light explosion, appeared in the sky above the Double Killing Hill, which was enough to illuminate the entire Soul Society, and it was still spreading.

“Boom…!”

Under this astonishing explosion, the entire Shuangji Hill shook like an earthquake, and many cracks appeared as if it could not bear the weight, giving people a feeling that it might collapse at any time.

The captains on the Double Killing Hill seemed to be in a violent hurricane, as if they were hit by a typhoon of level 10. They all began to retreat violently, and were almost blown away. They had to raise their hands one by one to block the force of the blast, and release their own spiritual pressure, trying their best to keep their bodies steady in the blast.

Of course, the captains were able to keep their bodies steady in this violent storm, but the vice-captains who came to watch the ceremony did not have such ability.

As a result, all the deputy captains were either blown away with screams, or tried their best to stay on the Double Killing Hill, looking as miserable as possible.

"The broken path above number ninety..."

"That guy, can he actually use this level of Hado!?"

"This power is too amazing!"

"hateful……!"

All the captains and vice-captains became shocked and angry after destroying the King of Heron. Only a few of them had solemn looks in their eyes, and no one knew what they were thinking.

"Captain Ai!"

As for Rukia on the crucifixion, she was not affected too much.

She was tied there, unable to move. The blast swept over her, causing pain all over her body, but failing to blow it away.

She could only stare at the scene happening before her eyes with her eyes wide open and shout in the direction of Aize.

She didn't know why Aize came.

But she knew that Aize's arrival was not a good thing.

Unfortunately, she was already in the situation and had no idea what was happening to her, let alone why she had ended up like this, so her opinion was no longer important.

It's not that Aize didn't hear Rukia's scream, but he didn't look at Rukia. He just retracted his raised hand and let the huge explosion bloom above his head. His haori and Shinigami suit kept rising and falling in the blast, but it couldn't shake his body.

"Souji, who claims to possess the destructive power of a million Zanpakutō, is nothing more than that."

A huge firebird named King Destroyer was blown to pieces by the explosion above his head.

"Bang!"

A spear appeared in the explosion and shattered into countless pieces as if struck by lightning.

Its fragments turned into light specks, falling from the sky, just sprinkling on the area where Aize was, making Aize, whose clothes were rustling, look like a heavenly general.

"Double execution has been abolished. The so-called double execution no longer exists."

Aize's voice rang out again, reaching everyone's ears.

"I wonder if you are all satisfied with this gift for meeting again?"

It was still that half-smiley voice, but it made the captains angry.

“Swish!”

A figure took the lead and stepped in front of Aize, raised the Zanpakuto in his hand high, and slashed it down heavily, cold and sharp.

“clang!”

Aize drew his sword from its sheath and deflected the incoming Zanpakutō with one blow, then repelled the opponent with a sound of metal clanging.

"You were the one who attacked first?" Aize said calmly, "Are you so eager to send your sister to death?"

The person who appeared in front of Aize was none other than Byakuya Kuchiki.

"You are too presumptuous, Aize." Kuchiki Byakuya held his Zanpakutō and said coldly, "This time, I won't let you do whatever you want."

It seemed that Byakuya Kuchiki was serious and released all of his spiritual pressure without reservation. Judging from the power, it was even stronger than any previous time he released spiritual pressure in front of Aize.

"This spiritual pressure is really good." Ai Ze stood in the spiritual pressure released by Kuchiki Byakuya like a spring breeze, and said: "But, your opponent this time is not me."

As soon as Aize finished speaking, a voice sounded behind Byakuya Kuchiki.

"Roar! Snaketail Maru!"

A sharp sword suddenly appeared behind Byakuya Kuchiki, like a python jumping out of the grass, stretching its body and shooting towards Byakuya Kuchiki.

“clang!”

Byakuya Kuchiki was already alert, and he thrust his Zanpakutō backwards, immediately blocking the incoming sword.

Looking closely, it turned out to be a large sword extending like a whip.

The sword is a double-edged serpentine sword with multiple sections and blades. Half of the area between the back of the blade and the blade is black, and the rest of the blade is silver-white. There are also numerous protrusions on the blade.

No mistake, just one song, one post, one content, one look!

The blade of the sword was now divided into sections, each section connected by silver steel cables and steel chains, making the blade extremely long. The front end of the blade chopped on Kuchiki Byakuya's Zanpakutō, but the hilt was ten meters away, tightly held by its owner.

"……What are you doing?"

Kuchiki Byakuya directed his cold gaze towards that person.

That was his adjutant, and the vice-captain of the Sixth Division who had mysteriously disappeared recently—Abarai Renji.

"Captain!" Abarai Renji held the double-edged snake belly sword in his hand, extending it, and shouted with a firm look: "I am here to save Rukia!"

"No!" Kuchiki Byakuya still ordered with a cold expression: "Back off!"

“I won’t retreat!” Abarai Renji was bathed in the terrifying spiritual pressure of Byakuya Kuchiki. Although his forehead was sweating, he was not intimidated. Instead, he said firmly: “Don’t stop me, Captain, otherwise I will defeat you even if you are the one!”

"Defeat me?" Kuchiki Byakuya did not show any contempt, and even his tone did not change, but he said: "Just you?"

If the opponent is Aize, Kuchiki Byakuya will need to be extra cautious.

But since his opponent was Abarai Renji, Byakuya Kuchiki really didn't take him seriously.

This is his adjutant, how could he not know his abilities?

It has been decades since he joined the Gotei 13. Although his opponent is quite powerful, he is only a vice-captain after all, and is far from being a rival to a captain.

When facing Abarai Renji, he could easily defeat him without even releasing his Zanpakutō.

Once the Zanpakutō is released, the opponent will inevitably be defeated.

However, what Byakuya Kuchiki didn't know was...

"I am no longer the person I used to be."

Abarai Renji recalled his experience of graduating from the Shinō Spiritual Academy and joining the Gotei 13.

Because of Aize's influence, Abarai Renji joined the 11th Division directly after graduation, intending to become a combat specialist.

Although his talent is far inferior to Aize's, he is no ordinary death god. Soon after joining the 11th Division, he defeated many high-ranking officers and became the sixth seat. Later, he even became the fourth seat. His strength was praised by many predecessors.

Unfortunately, the vice-captain and the third seat of the 11th Division are not ordinary people, and their actual strength does not match their positions, so Abarai Renji can only stop at the fourth seat and cannot move forward.

In order to strive for the top, Abarai Renji had to leave the 11th Division and join the 6th Division. While becoming the vice-captain of the 6th Division, in order to become stronger, he went to ask Aize for advice and let Aize guide him.

For decades, Abarai Renji has been practicing under the guidance of Aize.

Thanks to this, Abarai Renji has mastered the power that countless shinigami dream of.

"Let me show you my true power now!"

An extremely astonishing spiritual pressure was released from Abarai Renji.

That spiritual pressure had surpassed the so-called vice-captain level.

“This spiritual pressure…”

Kuchiki Byakuya's eyes widened slightly.

"Could it be that you..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Abarai Renji shouted something that shocked everyone in the audience.

"卍! Release!"

Astonishing spiritual pressure surrounded Abarai Renji, causing the Zanpakutō in his hand to begin to undergo drastic changes.

The sword that was originally extending forward like a snake whip gradually grew larger and thicker in the light, and in the blink of an eye it turned into a huge monster, entwining around Abarai Renji.

The Shinigami outfit on Abarai Renji also changed. Brown fur appeared on his shoulders. The fur on the right shoulder reached his wrist, while the fur on the left shoulder only reached his elbow. There was also a skull decoration on it, and a necklace with a skull on it was worn on his chest. It was a complete change in his image.

Around Abarai Renji, the Zanpakuto named Jabimaru has transformed into a giant skeleton snake. The snake's eyes are yellow, and its head is covered with bright red fur. The snake's body is made up of countless beige snake bone joints, and at the end of the joints is a snake tail. The snake tail is shaped like a stick and is held in Abarai Renji's hand.

"Baboon King Snake Tail Pill!"

Abarai Renji completed his Bankai, and his spiritual pressure increased several times, shocking and astonishing countless people.

"That's... Vice Captain Abarai?"

"Vice-Captain Abarai... actually completed Bankai?"

“Oh my god…”

All the captains and vice-captains cried out in surprise.

"You actually completed Bankai?"

Even Byakuya Kuchiki was a little surprised, which shows how unexpected this was.

"I've completed this Bankai for a while." Abarai Renji stared at Byakuya Kuchiki and said, "That guy Ai is really amazing. He has never displayed his Zanpakutō before, let alone Bankai. He has never used even Shikai, but he knows my Zanpakutō like the back of his hand and helped me complete the Bankai training easily."

"However, according to that guy, this Bankai seems to be incomplete. I have not yet mastered its true power and true form."

"But he doesn't think it's a bad thing, because imperfection has its advantages, which is that you become familiar with it very quickly."

Originally, even if one had mastered Bankai, an average Shinigami would need more than ten or even twenty years to study it before being able to skillfully use the power of Bankai.

Abarai Renji mastered incomplete Bankai, and although he was unable to display the full power of his Bankai, it also shortened the time it took to familiarize himself with it.

Now, he is able to fully master the power of his current Bankai state.

"Even if it's you, facing me right now, you'll lose if you're careless!"

As he spoke, Abarai Renji raised the snake-tail-shaped staff in his hand.

"roar!"

The skeleton snake roared and rushed towards Kuchiki Byakuya...