Chapter 179
Hearing Aizen’s words, Kaelith couldn’t help but roll his eyes.
The Hollow opposite them wanted to take him back for experints.
His own ally wanted to capture that Hollow for experints.
He often felt that he just wasn’t twisted enough to fit in with people like them.
The mont Szayelaporro called out his release command, a violent wave of Reiatsu blasted outward in all directions.
In the skies above, the heavy spiritual pressure poured down like a torrential flood.
Under its onslaught, the air trembled fiercely, and everything in view seed to warp and distort.
Kaelith felt as if every bone in his body was creaking. This Reiatsu was truly terrifying—far stronger than what he’d experienced even when Kuchiki Kōga used Bankai in the past.
Was this really the Szayelaporro he rembered, the one who could barely handle Ishida Uryū?
Suddenly, he recalled the release command Szayelaporro had spoken. If his mory served him right, Szayelaporro’s original release phrase should have been “Sip, Fornicarás.” What was this “Drink deep and dance madly” supposed to be?
It seed the Szayelaporro before him was quite different from the one in his impressions. The Szayelaporro he knew of could only serve as a reference, not sothing to rely on fully.
As both Kaelith and Aizen watched, the swirling spiritual energy around Szayelaporro dispersed, revealing his transford body.
He now looked nothing like before. Initially, he had resembled a Shinigami more than a Hollow. Now he had fully reverted to a Hollow form.
A pale mask covered his face, and two long white horns jutted upward. Four thick, wing-like appendages oozing viscous fluid swayed behind him. His white robe had transford into flowing liquid, and his long, sleeve-like fingers had beco ghastly white claws, their tips a dark purple. Each ti they flexed, Kaelith thought of creatures like undead skeletons.
With his release complete, Szayelaporro grinned beneath his white mask. “Consider yourselves honored, Shinigami. Witnessing a Hollow perform a sword release… it’s a once-in-a-lifeti opportunity!”
Kaelith’s eyes went wide, stunned.
Aizen glanced at him from the corner of his eye. “What is it, Kaelith?”
“It’s… it’s a minotaur! Look at those horns!” Kaelith pointed in astonishnt at the white horns on Szayelaporro’s head.
Aizen looked at Szayelaporro’s horns. There were indeed a pair of horns—so what? He had no idea what Kaelith was on about, but he was used to it by now. He calmly ignored Kaelith and began an incantation:
“Ye scattered beast bones, spire, crimson crystal, steel wheels…”
Without needing prior discussion, as Aizen chanted, Kaelith sprang into action. He leapt high, swinging both of his short blades wreathed in blue flas. The blades whirled through the air from different angles toward Szayelaporro. At the sa ti, blue flas erupted from Kaelith’s shoulders and back.
“Flash Roar: Hell Chariot!”
With a shout, Kaelith drove forward, fists raised, rushing straight at Szayelaporro.
Two of Szayelaporro’s wing-like appendages lashed out to intercept the incoming blades, while the other two lunged at Kaelith’s body at a speed too fast for the naked eye to follow.
Boom!
A flaming blue fist slamd into one of Szayelaporro’s appendages, splitting it open. But another appendage struck Kaelith, breaking through his Reiatsu defense and shattering his collarbone. Since becoming a Shinigami, Kaelith had never faced an enemy with such destructive power.
Yet he didn’t pause even for a second. Within his body, a shadow-like power extended, bracing the broken bone and pulling the pieces back together. The pain was excruciating, but at least it wouldn’t hinder his ability to fight.
Kaelith had suffered far worse injuries before. This level of pain barely counted as anything.
Seeing Kaelith continue his charge without slowing, Szayelaporro was surprised. He was certain he’d just crushed one of Kaelith’s crucial bones. Was this guy so kind of battle maniac?
anwhile, the other two appendages t Kaelith’s twin blades. Protected by a thick layer of Reiatsu, the appendages ford a sturdy defense, intending to catch the blades. But the mont they touched the blade edges, they were sliced apart with ease, as if that defense didn’t exist at all.
Szayelaporro took note of this from the corner of his eye. Although two appendages were severed, he remained calm. It seed his guess was correct: Kaelith’s blades had a special property, likely sothing like ignoring defenses. A troubleso ability, but if put to good use, it would make Kaelith a fine laboratory assistant as well as a test subject.
Ah, now he was daydreaming. If the blades could bypass defenses, then there was no point trying to block them. He decided to use all the appendages for direct attacks instead.
Kaelith stepped forward, riding the storm conjured by Ikkotsu, crossing the short distance in a flash until he was right in front of Szayelaporro. The twin Rixiang Jimie blades, chained to him, swung back at his command to deal with Szayelaporro’s appendages.
anwhile, Kaelith himself unleashed a punch.
At the mont he struck, the power of the shadows rged into his arm.
Sōkotsu!
Bang!
The punch landed squarely on Szayelaporro’s face. Szayelaporro tilted his head slightly and focused his Reiatsu to divert so of Kaelith’s strength, but the blow still tore off a chunk of his face and knocked out half of his molars, leaving him looking like a horror movie character.
Without waiting for Szayelaporro to react, Kaelith darted aside. From behind him ca a roaring blast of golden Reiatsu:
A fully-incanted Raikōhō, cast by the Kido prodigy Aizen!
A golden tidal wave of Reiatsu instantly swallowed Szayelaporro, rushing across the distant sky.
Kaelith halted in midair not far away. He didn’t wait for the Raikōhō to dissipate. He imdiately flung out his chain-bound twin blades once more, slicing toward Szayelaporro’s position. Without a doubt, such an assault wouldn’t be enough to finish Szayelaporro off. Aizen knew this well.
After launching Raikōhō, Aizen began chanting again without hesitation, raising a single finger and reciting his favorite Kido:
“Veiled by murky crests, the unyielding and arrogant prowess…”
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