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Chapter 441 Halibel VS Retsu Unohana (The End)

Unohana Retsu cut out a manta ray because she was most familiar with this type of fish.

After all, her Shikai Zanpakuto can transform into this kind of magical fish.

Moreover, it's a fish that can fly, making it perfect for dealing with Halibel in the air.

Well, as a manifestation of a sword technique, it doesn't really matter what form it takes. Even if it's a brick, as long as Retsu Unohana believes it can fly, it can fly.

Unfortunately, Retsu Unohana's will was not strong enough to be certain that the brick could fly. She could only use an animal that she believed could fly to launch an attack on Halibel.

When the manta ray takes flight, it carries away all the moisture on the ground. Its size is terrifying, and it can be described as blotting out the sky.

Faced with such terrifying sword skills, Halibel had no way to dodge.

Unohana Retsu looked at her with a smile, wondering with interest how she would respond—whether she would grit her teeth and fight back, or simply run away.

Actually, neither of these are true. Halibel used the shark sword as a vessel to transform into a giant blue shark, which then entered the manta ray's body.

Then, she swam freely inside the manta ray, as if she were in her own water, not only unharmed but also very happy.

Retsu Unohana was amused by Halibel's decision, and her fierce killing intent and even more terrifying gloomy aura dissipated considerably as a result.

"Alright, as expected of the third Espada, he's not someone you can take down so easily."

Unohana Retsu brandished her Zanpakuto and used Shunpo to rush into the sky.

The giant manta ray collapsed with a crash, and the strongest female Shinigami and the strongest Arrancar faced off head-on, engaging in a brutal close-quarters sword fight.

Their battle was so fierce that they quickly dominated the skies above Karakura Town.

The two figures clashed fiercely. Although they were moving too fast to see their faces clearly, their tall and slender figures still stirred the imagination.

Yes, it's Xia Zuo!

While pretending to fight with Gin Ichimaru, he kept a close eye on the battle in the sky.

Xia Zuo wasn't nervous at all. He had absolute confidence in Unohana Retsu's strength and wasn't worried about her getting hurt.

He simply admired the powerful and beautiful swordswoman, whose astonishingly well-proportioned and slender figure.

nice!

"Hey! You've gone too far!" Gin Ichimaru snapped angrily. "I'm the former captain of the Third Division! You should at least give me some respect!"

Xia Zuo curled his lip: "So what if I'm the captain of the third division? I can take this position anytime I want."

Gin Ichimaru retorted defiantly, "I also possess the power of Hollows!"

Xia Zuo scoffed even more: "You don't have the Hogyoku. As a Shinigami forcibly grafting Hollow power onto yourself, you have absolutely no future."

Gin Ichimaru didn't care at all: "I don't care. As long as I can get stronger now, that's enough for me to beat you up!"

Xia Zuo coldly sneered as he brandished his Zanpakuto: "You think you can defeat me?"

Gin Ichimaru drew his Zanpakuto: "How will you know the outcome if you don't try?"

"Aren't you afraid to try turning into death?"

"Xia Zuo, the fourth seat, I'm not that fragile."

"Ridiculous! Watch how I strike at your fatal weakness!"

Come on!

Xia Zuo pointed his finger at Ichimaru Gin's heart: "Matsumoto Rangiku never loved you. She only considered you a good friend, and at most, she cared about you!"

"?!" Gin Ichimaru was stunned, his eyes almost widening in disbelief. "You, you bastard—I, I don't like her, whether she loves me or not is none of my business—"

Xia Zuo squinted at Ichimaru Gin's pained expression as he clutched his heart, and let out a chilling laugh: "You have no idea what the most terrifying attack is?"

"A heavy sword cannot pierce the heart armor; a whispered word in the ear is the most effective weapon!"

Gin Ichimaru panicked: "No—"

Xia Zuo didn't give him a chance, reciting in rapid-fire delivery, "Once you're dead, Rangiku will be pursued by other men!"

"Twenty years from now, she won't even remember your name!"

"Thirty years later, she'll be nestled in someone else's arms, acting all cute!"

"Forty years from now, your existence will be a joke!"

Xia Zuo looked at Ichimaru Gin lying on the ground crying and said disdainfully, "Hmph! The outcome is decided!"

The battle between Jushiro Ukitake and Ulquiorra was reaching its climax. They were highly focused and oblivious to everything around them.

But Stark and Kyoraku Shunsui, those two lazy bums, had long since stopped and were focused on listening to the gossip, only to hear nothing but hurtful words.

The two were so frightened that they broke into a "fierce" fight and quickly moved away from Natsumi and Gin Ichimaru.

At this moment, the battle between the two women on the battlefield was the most intense, with sparks from the clashing of blades flashing in the sky from time to time.

Ding!

Unohana Retsu deflected Halibel's greatsword with a single strike, then aimed a finger at her snow-white flower mud and unleashed a [White Lightning] attack.

With the spiritual pressure of the fourth division captain, this lowest-ranking Kido directly unleashed a lightning bolt as thick as a bucket, aimed directly at his heart.

Unfortunately, Death's white lightning is not true lightning and does not possess the speed of light.

Retsu Unohana abandoned her incantation and used a Hado technique, aiming to catch the opponent off guard, but she still missed by a little and was sent flying, grazing Halibel's cheek.

Halibel suffered minor abrasions on her cheek, but half of her golden hair was charred by the white lightning. Still shaken, she immediately responded with a Cero and took the opportunity to retreat quickly, putting distance between herself and Retsu Unohana.

She had really suffered a great loss in the previous sword fight.

Retsu Unohana is well-versed in all sword techniques. No matter how Halibel strikes, she can anticipate his moves and strike first despite being the one who attacks last.

However, Halibel's resilience was also unexpected. No matter how hard Retsu Otome exerted herself, she was able to persevere and continue fighting.

Unohana Retsu praised, "Very good swordsmanship. Where did you learn it?"

Halibel replied warily, "Hmph, I am a Hollow, and I have never learned any swordsmanship!"

Retsu Unohana praised again, "So it all started with animal instincts and eventually developed into its own unique style—truly remarkable."

She glanced at the greatsword with shark gill patterns; like Nnoitra, this sword should also be part of the original body before Helibel broke through.

Based on shape and function, the most likely possibility is a fish head containing gills, followed by a dorsal fin for cutting through waves, and only a very small possibility is a shark tooth.

After all, this sword's attack power is only average, but its sturdiness is extremely strong, and it can also manipulate water flow.

Sharks have very sharp teeth, but they are also very fragile.

Having read and speculated, Unohana did not receive a reply from Halibel.

Halibel watched Retsu Unohana's every move with caution. In just a few exchanges, she realized the obvious difference in strength between the two.

She was well aware that there was a significant gap between her and her opponent in terms of raw strength, and an even greater gap in combat experience; her defeat was already a foregone conclusion.

Retsu Unohana spoke to Halibel with the intention of easing the pace of the battle and giving her a chance to surrender.

But Halibel didn't respond, and Retsu Unohana also stopped talking, unleashing her full spiritual pressure, which surged forth from her body, stirring up a terrifying storm.

Moreover, she deliberately exuded a suffocating aura, which, mixed with terrifying spiritual pressure, gave everyone on the battlefield the illusion of being in hell.

Even Stark, who was contemplating suicide, couldn't help but feel his eyes twitching. If he were to go to such a hellish place after death, he would rather hang there like this, neither alive nor dead.

Immediately, a strong wind arose, and Unohana Retsu's figure faded and disappeared; she was fighting seriously.

[Afterimage]

Suddenly losing sight of the enemy, Halibel was naturally shocked. Without thinking twice, she swept her greatsword around, creating countless splashes of water as she prepared for battle.

The surging water clung tightly to her exquisite body, spinning at an extremely high speed, while constantly generating sharp water blades that splashed outwards like arrows.

Helibel didn’t expect to be able to resist powerful enemies, but she hoped that the water blades she unleashed would hit them, giving her some advance warning.

In addition, Halibel stirred up waves of spiritual pressure, which spread out like radar, and we focused intently on sensing the feedback from the spiritual pressure.

Having done everything she could, she stood there, quietly waiting for the attack to come.

Suddenly, a sharp killing intent appeared out of nowhere and pierced her body before Halibel could react.

This faint killing intent is illusory and unreal; it can only startle people and cannot cause any real impact.

But when it's wrapped around killing intent, it's different from the bloody, malevolent energy that invades the body.

Halibel was horrified to discover that he could no longer move his body.

Immediately afterwards, the rotating water curtain around him went out of control, not only ceasing to generate water blades but also attacking itself.

The sharp water blade pierced through the water curtain, and the surging sword energy condensed into a chilling killing intent. The water curtain instantly disintegrated and dissipated, transforming into a ring of blue light.

This was deliberately provoked by Halibel. Taking advantage of this collapse as cover, she regained control of her body and recklessly wielded the shark sword, blindly launching attacks around herself.

The wildly swung giant sword created powerful sword energy, clearing away the surrounding environment inch by inch.

In just a few seconds, a Zanpakuto appeared out of thin air. Its curved blade blocked the nearly two-meter-long shark-shaped sword and suppressed it completely.

When Halibel saw the Zanpakuto appear, his expression changed drastically, because the timing of the sword's appearance was too perfect, pressing down on the critical point when she had exhausted her old strength and had not yet generated new energy.

A faint, almost imperceptible force traveled through the shark greatsword, forcefully suppressing her entire body, locking her limbs and bones, rendering her completely immobile.

It seemed as if the blood-red blade was rapidly sliding along the spine of the shark greatsword, leaping and bounding along the spine, clearly aimed at Halibel's neck.

The feeling of death enveloped No. 0.3 Arrancar, causing her to involuntarily unleash her last bit of power.

[Wang Xu's Brilliance]

Halibel opened her red lips and fired a golden flash.

Because her entire body was suppressed, she couldn't turn her head and couldn't see Unohana Retsu's figure, so [Wang Xu's Flash]

It was also impossible to aim at the enemy.

Therefore, Helibel deliberately controlled the flash, making it out of focus, so that it spread out in a fan-shaped arc.

The violent energy of the Cero unleashed a raging hurricane, finally affecting the unseen enemy, who then fled from her with that terrifying Zanpakuto.

Then, Halibel regained control of her body, and she couldn't help but gasp for breath, which triggered a violent cough.

"Cough cough cough————"

Helibel stood awkwardly in mid-air, bent over and coughing violently.

Accompanied by rapid coughing, bright red blood was coughed up from his body.

It turned out that her throat had been injured by Retsu's Zanpakuto, and it almost severed her cervical vertebrae and neck.

Blood was coughed up not only from his mouth, but also from the side of his neck, dripping down his body into the sea where the manta rays had regrouped after their collapse.

The more she coughed, the more frightened Halibel became. Her wounds didn't look horrifying, but the residual spiritual energy on them was extremely troublesome, forcing her to fight with spiritual pressure in order to avoid being beheaded bit by bit.

In fact, the outcome was already decided at this point. Halibel was no longer able to unleash his spiritual pressure and was completely unable to resist Retsu Unohana's attack.

But Halibel looked at the suddenly appearing Retsu Unohana with a stubborn gaze; she had no intention of surrendering.

If she were fighting a male Grim Reaper, he would definitely be moved by her gentle yet strong demeanor and would hold back somewhat.

For example, Xia Zuo would feel affection and pity for him.

Of course, Xia Zuo will not stop fighting. His opponent's spirit of fighting to the death is worthy of respect, but it is not worthy of any affirmation.

After all, Shinigami and Hollowborn are mortal enemies. Their most basic positions are different, and there is no reason for them to let the enemy go.

So-called respect means leaving Halibel with a complete corpse.

However, Halibel's stubbornness only fueled Retsu's anger.

"You shameless, slutty bitch, you're asking for it!"

Sister Hua snorted coldly, raised her knife, and was about to step forward to finish off this damned, vicious woman, tearing her to pieces.

He's even older than her! Unforgivable!

Unohana Retsu used [Shunpo] and suddenly appeared beside Halibel, raising her hands high in a decapitation pose.

Just as she was preparing to deliver the final blow to Halibel, alarm bells went off in her head.

Subconsciously, Retsu Unohana raised her head and looked at the spatial rift that had suddenly torn open in the air.

An ominous spiritual pressure erupted from that crack, instilling a strange hatred in all the Grim Reapers.

After a burst of spiritual pressure erupted from the spatial rift, black spiritual pressure that had completely solidified flowed out.

Then a pair of enormous bone hands emerged from the spatial rift, tearing at it with all their might. Accompanied by the dull sound of fingernails scraping against glass, the spatial rift was forcibly opened.

An unusually large phantom emerged with its head, followed by its shoulders and two arms.

Even with only the upper part of its body exposed, it is as large as a mountain, and its two bloated arms supporting its upper body are like giant pillars supporting the sky.

The giant Hollow's single eye stared intently at the fireball in the sky, and black spiritual pressure began to gather in the pupil of the single eye.

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