Chapter 6 - The Essence of Power
However, Shin'etsu Kisaragi had clearly underestimated the defensive might of the Kasumiōji Clan.
After sneaking into the clan's territory, their group of five was swiftly discovered. While Shin'etsu Kisaragi might have fled under the warriors' assault, his companions would have become the Kasumiōji Clan's captives.
To rescue his comrades, Shin'etsu Kisaragi had no choice but to reveal his true strength and fight his way into the Kasumiōji Clan's base. Yet Shin'etsu Kisaragi still underestimated the prowess of the Kasumiōji warriors.
Although the Kasumiōji Clan had no one who could match Shin'etsu Kisaragi, they possessed even more sinister Bakkōtō Blades.
After over twenty warriors had perished, the Kasumiōji Clan's remaining fighters finally managed to shove a powerful Bakkōtō Blade into Shin'etsu Kisaragi's hands.
The Bakkōtō Blades were weapons the Kasumiōji Clan had forged through unique methods. They once competed with Asauchi to become the Shinigami's standard armaments. But due to their overly malicious side effects, the Bakkōtō Blades were rejected in the end.
When dealing with Shin'etsu Kisaragi, the Kasumiōji Clan had staked everything by taking out the strongest Bakkōtō Blade in their possession.
This Bakkōtō Blade that the Kasumiōji Clan had sealed away for hundreds of years naturally wouldn't let slip an opportunity upon encountering someone with Shin'etsu Kisaragi's immense Reiryoku reserves.
Thus, the rampaging Shin'etsu Kisaragi fell. Nearly all his Reiryoku was drained by the Bakkōtō Blade and he collapsed within the Kasumiōji Clan's territory.
In the end, while fully commandeered by the Kasumiōji Clan's Bakkōtō Blade, Shin'etsu Kisaragi was manipulated into charging at the First Division and slashing at his own teacher.
Everyone believed this incident had concluded at that point. Yet Ailin was aware that this matter's aftermath also marked the start of the Kasumiōji Clan's decline.
Over two hundred years later in the future, the Kasumiōji Clan heiress had nearly lost the entire family to a treacherous vassal.
If not for Shin'etsu Kisaragi's son who changed his name to Shūsuke Amagai two hundred years later to take revenge on Captain-Commander Yamamoto by embroiling Kurosaki Ichigo and friends, the Kasumiōji Clan might have truly fallen.
During this period, Ailin had successfully forged replicas of both Shin'etsu Kisaragi's Zanpakutō and the youth's spear. Substantially reinforced by their power, Ailin's own strength rose tremendously.
Especially after manifesting Shin'etsu Kisaragi's Zanpakutō, a Bankai-wielding blade, the feedback elevated Ailin's Reiryoku all the way to Third Seat-class.
In other words, vice-captain level.
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"Boom!"
"Whoosh Whoosh Whoosh..."
"Boom Boom Boom..."
Beneath the fiery red sky, hundreds of swords rained down under Ailin's manipulation, crashing thunderously into the earth and detonating with tremendous force.
Along with Ailin's soaring power, the projectile speed and might of these swords had also increased significantly.
From what he could tell, the damage inflicted by each sword when it smashed into the ground was now comparable to a level 30 Hadō spell.
In other words, Ailin's single attack just now was equivalent to simultaneously unleashing hundreds of Hadō #30 spells.
At most, only around a hundred individuals in the entirety of Soul Society could safely withstand such an onslaught. And that was with Ailin generously counting those hidden guards of noble families.
"With my current abilities, I should rank among the stronger vice-captains."
Within his inner world, Ailin nodded in satisfaction at the destruction caused by his move just now. Next, Ailin shifted his gaze towards the sword hill on the other side.
Right now, fifteen blades were stabbed into that hilltop. At the very center stood Ailin's own Zanpakutō - Unlimited Blade Works. One level below was Shin'etsu Kisaragi's recently forged sword. Another dozen or so blades were scattered midway up the hill.
Compared to Shin'etsu Kisaragi's Zanpakutō, these thirteen swords were far more inferior. But the fact that they could be mounted onto the hill was proof that none of them were ordinary.
And that was indeed the case. Every single one of those thirteen swords had achieved initial release. However, due to Soul Society's "rules
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