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[Adam C. POV.]
Grinning, I felt my fingers tightened around my Zanpakuto, its hilt slick with sweat, before taking a step forward with a burst of reiatsu, charging at Yhwach, closing the distance between us in the blink of an eye, bringing my blade down on him. Our blades clashed, the tal ringing out as we both struggled against each other's strength.
The force of our collision sent shockwaves rippling through the air and shaking the ground beneath our feet like waves in the sea, waves that extended as far as the Seireitei.
Yhwach, with that unnerving calm that seed to be his permanent state of being, barely batted an eye as he deflected my blade with a sharp turn of his wrist.
I smiled, a feral grin splitting my face, as I felt a surge of exhilaration pump through my veins. This was it! The battle I had been yearning for, a fight where I could give my all!
"Let's keep this going!" The words left my lips in a growl as I mustered every ounce of my soul's energy, channeling it through my Zanpakuto, before releasing it in a crescent wave of dark energy erupted from the blade, an black cot racing towards Yhwach with the fury of a thousand storms, an attack of pure concentrated void, one that would consu anything in its way.
Yhwach's eyes glead with a mix of amusent and acknowledgnt of my resolve, the faintest hint of a smirk playing on his lips. "Blut Vene Anhaben!" A do of blue energy erupted around him, radiating a pulsing glow that absorbed the impact of my attack, dispersing my crescent wave as though it was nothing more than a gentle breeze.
Undeterred, I leapt back, landing lightly on my feet and skidding across the rubble-strewn ground. "It seems soone prepared themselves to deal with my void, I wonder why..." I chuckled, cracking my neck.
Yhwach's low chuckle echoed through destroyed landscape. "It was only natural, brother... after all, I can't use my eyes with you, as you cant use yours with , besides... we are at war."
He was right, just like it was against Lille... Gerard... and Pernida, my eyes seed to be ineffective against him, though I suppose the fact he couldn't use his own eyes against made served as a consolation price.
Taking a deep breath, I moved forward once again, blurring in and out of sight with a series of flash steps, before coming to a stop in front of him, my arm extending as my sword sliced through the air silently in a swift upward arc, aid directly at his chest.
Yhwach sidestepped, his cloak billowing as he evaded death by a hair's breadth. But I didn't stop there, I imdiately spun on my heel, anticipating his counter-attack even before it was launched, blocking his blade, before kicking him away. He coughed blood, his eyes widening slightly in surprise at the strength of my attack. His feet skidded against the ground, cracking the earth beneath as he regained his balance.
He smiled, the smile not reaching his eyes, which were now fixed upon with a newfound intensity. "Impressive," he said, wiping the trickle of blood from his lip with the back of his hand. "It's been ages since I've had to exert myself to this extent."
Giving no reply, I moved behind him with the barest whisper of movent, my reiatsu flaring. "Then let's not disappoint each other, Yhwach," I replied, voice steel wrapped in velvet.
Yhwach spun, his own sword coming up in a fluid arc that t mine with a ring of steel against steel. The reverberation of our clashing blades sent shockwaves through the already fractured landscape. Fragnts of debris lifted into the air, suspended montarily as if gravity had lost its grip on the world.
"You speak of disappointnt," Yhwach began, thrusting forward with renewed vigor. "Yet, you hold back your true power. What are you afraid of?"
My lips curled into a faint, mocking smile as I parried his thrust and pushed back, creating distance between us. "Afraid? You mistake caution for fear, Yhwach. To unleash everything in the opening act would be a poor performance, wouldn't it?"
He was right, I was holding back... but not in the way he imagined. I simply hadn't shown all my cards yet... why? Well, the answer was simple, I didn't want this to end too quickly, I wanted to enjoy this feeling a bit longer, the feeling... I wasn't in control, the feeling of a true fight.
Yhwach's expression changed, the glimr of understanding lighting his features; he was no fool. His laughter, deep and resonant, filled the air, acknowledging the ga between us. "I see... so that's what you seek... so simplistic... Yet... How exhilarating!" he exclaid, the excitent in his voice betraying his usually composed deanor.
I chuckled, it seems the bastard read my mind. "Well, what can I say... it's boring being strong."
"I suppose it is," Yhwach conceded, his eyes narrowing into slits of concentrated thought. "But let us not while away the hours in idle chatter. I have a world to change, and you have a brother to kill, so let's see what ideal prevails."
"Then let us continue," I said, repositioning my sword in a stance that invited the next exchange.
There were three stages to my bankai.
First, the release stage. The one I have always been using. It allows to use the basic abilities of my Bankai, which for most would be enough, seeing they are quite devastating.
Second, the controlled stage... the one I am currently using. It's not necessarily more powerful than the first stage, but it's more versatile. It allows to apply the void into all of my attacks without having to bring everything into the void itself, giving a bigger range of options when attacking.
Third... the final stage, the one I have kept veiled in the shadows until now. A stage where the amalgamation of power and void becos sothing... transcendent. It is a realm unexplored, an apex where I risk oblivion in exchange for absolute dominion over the Void. It short, I beco the void itself... there's a reason why I call it the final stage, and its because its.... quite final for everyone involved.
This stage has a ti limit, as in... there is a certain amount of ti I can use it without dying, one minute.
The explanation behind this is... simple, The Void rejects all, and destroys it all. Including . One minute its just the amount of ti my reiatsu can buy while I use this stage. Any second after that limit, and... I might just disappear into the void.
That was my triumph card.
For now though, I would enjoy this feeling just a little bit more... he would die soon enough, until then, I would just... enjoy.
Yhwach moved forward, closing the distance between us in the blink of an eye, bringing his blade down on .
I shifted my stance, not retreating but advancing, mirroring his speed and attack. Our blades clashed, creating a shockwave that expanded as far as the eye could see, we stood there for a mont, refusing to give an inch, before moving once again, our blades clashing over and over again, each collision shattering the already broken ground around us.
I grinned, ducking under one of his attacks, trying to deliver a deep cut to his back, only to receive an arrow to my shoulder as he turned to face . The arrow, solidified from pure reishi, burned with an intensity I hadn't expected. Dodging his follow-up attack, I repositioned myself a few feet away, shattering the reishi arrow with a burst of reiatsu.
Ti for a test of speed.
Shunpo vs Hirenkyaku.
Without any words, we moved once again, a dark blur against a streak of light. We darted across the skies, our blades clashing faster than anyone could see. Spectators, if there were any capable of witnessing this, would see nothing more than the occasional spark and hear the delayed sonic booms of our passing.
"Heilig Pfeil!" Yhwach's voice cut through the air, the stern command heralding a volley of luminous arrows that rained down upon like a divine judgnt.
I raised my sword, and with a fluid motion that seed to distort the very fabric of reality, I began slicing through each arrow, disintegrating them upon contact. Focusing the void on the edge of my blade for extra power.
As the arrows dissipated into the void, he charged forth, unaffected by the deathly aura emanating from my sword.
I smiled, only to feel... like sothing was off... like sothing was going terribly wrong, sothing that Yhwach himself seed to notice as well, seeing he ca to a stop, his eyes narrowing as if trying to discern the source of this sudden shift. I wasn't sure what exactly had changed... but I could ripple going around, a subtle yet powerful disturbance that neither of us had anticipated.
Was it fear that flashed across Yhwach's face for a brief mont?
"What..." I stopped, just now realizing I was shaking, my hands trembling as if a chill had seeped into my very bones.
Yhwach, too, seed unnerved, his unflappable deanor montarily faltering. aning this wasn't the result of our powers. No, this was sothing else, sothing ancient and foreboding that slithered into our midst like an unwelco shadow.
"What is happening?" I asked.
"I can't keep wasting my ti here," Yhwach replied, turning around to face . "If I don't kill you now... I won't be able to accomplish what I sought out to do."
...
Sohow... I felt the sa way about killing him now, there was a primal part of screaming at to kill him now, or... run away, and it wasn't away from him, which I couldn't understand.
I closed my eyes and inhaled deeply, focusing on the weight of my Zanpakuto in my hands, then with a swift movent, I raised it above my head and plunged it into my chest. It was ti for the final stage, The True Void.
Sixty seconds, from this point on... I would only have sixty seconds to end this.
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