Having accomplished all this, Bambieta didn't stop. She immediately waved her right hand again, and an ice dragon appeared once more.

"This attack can be used continuously!?"

Sasuke stared wide-eyed in shock as he watched Bambiata unleash her ice dragon attack, freezing over a dozen people with a single strike.

"That's right, for Daiguren Hyōrinmaru, this is just the most basic attack."

"Is this the power of Bankai?"

"Yes, but also no."

"What do you mean?"

"Hyorinmaru is the strongest ice-type Zanpakuto in Soul Society, but the current Daiguren Hyorinmaru is not its strongest Bankai form. Although Hyorinmaru's owner can use Bankai, his spiritual pressure is not strong enough to fully control it. Therefore, the current Daiguren Hyorinmaru is an incomplete Bankai. The truly complete Bankai can instantly freeze everything in the scene, and that is Hyorinmaru's true power."

"Freeze everything..."

Sasuke clenched his fists. While he was shocked, he also longed for Bankai. He had even begun to imagine what his Bankai ability would be like.

Li Yue ignored Sasuke and instead looked at Hitsugaya Toshiro, who was fighting Bambieta on the projection screen.

Because he had his Bankai stolen when he entered the Wandenreich before, Toshiro Hitsugaya trained hard and mastered the complete Bankai. However, this time, time was too tight, and it is unknown whether Hitsugaya has mastered the complete Bankai.

"Oh, things have changed."

In the projection, the battle began to shift.

The Grim Reapers, who were initially at a disadvantage, suddenly became powerful, and the reason for this sudden rise in power was that one by one, they made their move.

"Captain-Commander Yamamoto has made his move."

"what."

Aizen's lips curled up slightly.

"Because the strongest Quincy at present is standing in his way to prevent him from getting close to Yhwach."

Yugran Haschwald, the Grand Master of the Sternritter, who was regarded by the Quincy as the next emperor and served as the regent for the Wandenreich emperor, stood before Captain-Commander Yamamoto, holding a sword in one hand and a shield in the other.

The man with long blond hair faced Captain-Commander Yamamoto without fear and spoke in an extremely cold tone.

"Sorry, this passage is closed."

Faced with the obstruction of Yugran, Captain-Commander Yamamoto clicked his tongue and drew his Zanpakuto.

The oldest and most powerful Zanpakuto, Ryujin Jakka, has begun its liberation.

A terrifying heatwave and spiritual energy surge erupted from Captain-Commander Yamamoto, sweeping across the entire battlefield.

As Captain-Commander Yamamoto unleashed his spiritual pressure, the Shinigami captains also began to go all out. After all, since Captain-Commander Yamamoto had made his move, they could no longer hold back and had to go all out to eliminate the enemy in front of them!

"Alright, Li Yuejun, the Shinigami are about to go all out. As long as the Quincy King Yhwach hasn't woken up, they can't stop Captain-Commander Yamamoto. But Yhwach will never wait for death; he will activate Sanctuary to revive himself ahead of time. It's our turn to step in."

"no problem."

Aizen turned off the projector and started walking towards the conference room. At the same time, Ulquiorra in Las Noches began to quickly notify each Espada to gather in the conference room.

The Espada and their subordinates quickly gathered in the conference room to meet Aizen and Li Yue, who had arrived earlier.

"Gentlemen, the time for our final battle has come."

Aizen looked down at the Espada.

"The throne of heaven, which has been vacant for so long, is waiting for us."

Having been spared Li Yue's antics for a while, Aizen has started spouting witty remarks again.

"Follow me, and I will take you to see the view from the highest point."

"We have no opponent ahead of us!"

458. Captain-Commander Yamamoto makes his move.

Within the shadowy, invisible empire, Captain-Commander Yamamoto brandished his Ryujin Jakka, flames spilling from the blade and falling to the ground. Instead of extinguishing, the flames, as if fueled, raged and spread across the ground, quickly transforming into a massive volcano behind the old man Yamamoto, undulating like a tsunami of fire and releasing terrifying heat in all directions.

"Kid, I don't have time to waste here with you. Get out of my sight."

The muscular old man, who had lived for over a thousand years, issued a command to Hasward, who was standing opposite him.

Stealing Bankai? This ability is completely meaningless to old man Yamamoto, because he doesn't even need Bankai to kill the brat in front of him.

"I'm sorry, but as His Majesty's advisor, I will stop anyone from harming His Majesty."

Facing the towering flames, Haschward coldly replied while raising his shield. He showed no fear in the face of Yamamoto's terrifying spiritual pressure and flames.

"Then use your soul to bear the flames, brat!"

Captain-Commander Yamamoto wielded Ryujin Jakka and slashed directly at Haschward.

Facing the incoming Ryujin Jakka, Haschwalth fearlessly swung his sword back.

The two swords collided instantly, flames erupted, and a violent explosion, like a volcanic eruption, was triggered at the point of impact.

"That's the Captain-Commander's spiritual pressure."

The Grim Reapers all looked toward the direction from which the flames erupted.

"Hey, is Old Man Shan this ruthless right from the start?"

Captain Kyoraku Shunsui of the Eighth Division looked in the direction the flames exploded and couldn't help but sigh.

"That makes sense, after all, that was Old Man Shan's enemy a thousand years ago. If you're not careful, you could easily mess things up."

"However, the spiritual pressure on the ground doesn't seem weak either. I didn't expect there to be such a good spiritual pressure besides Yhwach."

Flames erupted, and Captain-Commander Yamamoto's spiritual pressure raged outwards, but Haschwalth's spiritual pressure remained intact in front of him. This attack did not kill his opponent outright.

Old man Yamamoto stared at the shield in the other man's hand, his gaze narrowing slightly.

"You used that shield to block my flames? But how many times can your shield withstand that?"

The Scapegoat Shield is the name of the shield that Haschwalth carries; it is a special defensive piece of equipment used to complement his abilities.

As the emperor's advisor and the grandmaster of the Sternritter, Haschwalth possesses the power to harmonize all things.

By directly inflicting misfortune upon the opponent with his sword, the things imbued with misfortune become extremely fragile in the face of his power. For example, a powerful Zanpakuto becomes fragile due to misfortune and can be cut in two with a single sword strike. Powerful Kido attacks also become ethereal due to misfortune and can be shattered with a single sword strike.

When a sword cannot bring misfortune to the other party, it means that the other party possesses a certain degree of good fortune. By collecting misfortune from around the world to offset the other party's good fortune, the balance is corrected. Therefore, the good fortune that the other party bestows upon you to cause harm will be forced to bear an equal amount of misfortune.

At the same time, the misfortune that befalls him will be borne by the [Scapegoat Shield], and the damage will be reflected back to the opponent, putting them in the face of annihilation.

Just now, he used his sword to collide with Yamamoto's Ryujin Jakka, trying to bring misfortune upon Ryujin Jakka, but unfortunately he failed, because the amount of misfortune that Yamamoto's luck needed to offset was too great, and the flames that erupted from Yamamoto's slash were also blocked by his Shield of Sacrifice.

To his surprise, after the Shield of Scapegoat blocked one attack, a third of its surface was covered with cracks.

In other words, if it takes two more blows, the shield will break because it can no longer withstand enough misfortune, and then it will be he who suffers the misfortune.

"It's truly astonishing; your power is far greater than I imagined."

Although they had been observing and collecting data on the Shinigami, Yamamoto's data was still far more terrifying than what they had collected; the very first strike had brought him such a profound shock.

"Hmph, you can already be proud. Being able to withstand my flames head-on is something that no one in the Gotei 13 can do."

Even his proud students, Kyoraku Shunsui and Ukitake Jushiro, could not easily withstand Ryujin Jakka's flames without using their Zanpakuto abilities.

Old man Yamamoto didn't know what Haschwalth's abilities were, but the fact that the other party had actually swallowed his flames showed that he was indeed quite capable.

"However, this means we can no longer continue to confront them head-on."

Haschward gripped the Shield of Scapegoat and charged at old man Yamamoto once more.

"Hmph~ Instead of running away, you're charging at me again. Your courage is commendable!"

The old man Yamamoto uttered words similar to those of that man, and swung his sword at Hasward. Hasward also swung his sword, but this time, the instant his sword collided with Ryujin Jakka's, he immediately activated Hiren-kyu and disappeared from Yamamoto's sight.

The flames still erupted, but Haschward used his Bloodlust Gear to block them and dodged them with a timely Flying Kick. This time, he didn't take the flames head-on.

"Ok?"

Old man Yamamoto looked at Hasward, who had suddenly rushed up and retreated immediately after a simple collision, with some confusion. However, he did not care. He was good at overwhelming people with force and did not care what tricks the other party had. No matter what tricks they had, he only needed to swing his sword and kill them.

Old man Yamamoto took the initiative to step forward and swung Ryujin Jakka at Hasward. On the other side, Hasward, just like before, rushed up again, quickly swinging his sword to collide with Ryujin Jakka, and then quickly leaving, repeating this continuously.

After several attempts, old man Yamamoto finally couldn't hold back any longer.

"I've lost interest in your boring, time-wasting tricks!"

He slashed the ground with his right Ryujin Jakka.

"Burn the city walls!"

The massive wall of fire spread out from Yamamoto, drawing a huge circle tens of meters high, encircling Hasward and Yamamoto.

"Kid, you have nowhere to run now!"

No, I don't need it anymore.

Haschward's expression was indifferent. Behind him appeared a huge scale, with the left side pressed down and the right side raised high. Haschward stood on the right side of the scale.

"The reconciliation is complete, and the scales of fortune have tipped in my favor."

As Haschward spoke, the scales began to shift, slowly regaining their balance before accelerating their tilt toward the right side where Haschward was.

His numerous clashes with Ryujin Jakka have allowed him to successfully infuse Ryujin Jakka with the misfortune he collected from the world, and now he believes he can cut through Ryujin Jakka!

"Now, it's your turn. I will cut the blade in your hand!"

Hasward charged at the old man Yamamoto, wielding his sword and slashing directly at Yamamoto's Ryujin Jakka.

"Shameless talk!"

Faced with Haschward's sword, the old man Yamamoto's eyes widened, and his already terrifying spiritual pressure surged again. He swung Ryujin Jakka directly at Haschward.

Swords clashed with blades, and Hasward's eyes widened.

The expected severing of Ryujin Jakka did not occur; instead, flames erupting from Ryujin Jakka shot straight towards his forehead.

Unable to withstand the attack, Haschward hurriedly used the Scapegoat to defend himself. However, the cost was that after retreating, the Scapegoat was covered in cracks. It didn't even need a third attack; the second attack was enough to break the shield. It would shatter if it took any more damage!

"The scales have been tipped once again..."

Hasward's face finally showed a solemn expression, and the scales behind him, which had originally tilted to the right, now tilted directly to the left.

The scales that had initially tipped in his favor tipped back in favor of old man Yamamoto.

"You brat, prepare to die!"

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