Bleach: From the moment I was invited by Squad Zero

Chapter 77 Tempeh VS Lijer Barrow

The next day, as planned, Amagai Shusuke left the expeditionary camp alone and headed toward the reconnaissance area he had discussed with Yanagawa the day before. He chose a route that avoided the most open sandy areas.

They used the undulating sand dunes as cover as possible.

However, Tenbei Xiuzhu's inner tension remained constant.

He believed Yanagawa's judgment that since the Quincy had made a fuss, he wouldn't easily back down.

Sure enough, as he ventured deeper into a narrow sandy valley, a strange change occurred!

A white beam of light, moving at an incredible speed, shot out as if directly from nothingness.

The beam of light tore through the air, carrying the absolute penetrating will of "all things being connected," and aimed directly at Amagai Shusuke's chest!

Amagai Shusuke's fighting instincts exploded instantly! His premonition of danger, honed through years of fighting Hollows and tackling life and death, saved his life.

He sensed that he was being locked onto by something, so he activated his Instant Step in advance, leaving a trail of afterimages in his wake.

laugh-!

Even so, the white beam of light almost grazed the outside of his left arm, tearing the fabric of his Shinigami armor as if it were made of paper.

A searing pain shot through the skin below, and blood gushed out instantly, staining the sleeves red.

Even a mere scratch can cause a tearing sensation in the muscle tissue at the edge of the wound, and the flow of spiritual energy will briefly stagnate near the wound.

"Damn it!" Tenbei Shusuke grunted, his figure stabilizing several feet away, his right hand already drawing the Zanpakuto from his waist with lightning speed.

Eyes and intuition locked onto the direction from which the beam of light was coming, and anger and fighting spirit ignited instantly.

The opponent was indeed still nearby, and their first move was a deadly attack!

In the distance, the tall, slender figure of Lijie Barrow slowly emerged, the muzzle of his sniper rifle still retaining a trace of almost invisible white energy.

His golden vertical pupils peered through the crosshairs, indifferently "looking" at the barely scratched Tenbei Shusuke, a hint of extremely subtle surprise flashing in his eyes.

According to his calculations, this strike should have pierced the opponent's heart directly. However, the Grim Reaper's reaction speed and combat intuition were higher than he had anticipated, and he actually dodged the attack before he could launch a sneak attack.

"Since the sneak attack failed—let's just eliminate them directly."

Lijie Barrow coldly made a judgment in his mind: his primary target was Liuchuan, but eliminating a capable expeditionary force commander as a side objective to reduce variables was also part of his plan.

He slowly moved the muzzle of his gun, locking it back onto Amagai Shusuke.

"This time, I won't let you get away again!"

With a low roar, before the opponent could fire again, the sand beneath his feet exploded, and his figure transformed into a streak of crimson light, charging headlong towards the direction where Lijie Barrow was!

He knew that against such a long-range sniper, keeping distance was tantamount to suicide; he had to get close!

At almost the same time, inside the expeditionary force camp, Yanagawa was analyzing data from another area in the intelligence room, while Vice Captain Kibune was adjusting the camp's defenses.

At the same time, I felt the brief but extremely strong spiritual pressure collision wave coming from the east, as well as the burst of spiritual pressure from Tenbei Shusuke, and another unfamiliar spiritual pressure!

"It has appeared!" A flash of silver light appeared in Liu Chuan's eyes, and his figure disappeared from the spot in an instant.

"Captain has encountered the enemy!" Kibune's expression changed drastically. Without hesitation, he dashed out at full speed in the direction from which the fluctuations came, while simultaneously sending the highest alert signal to the camp.

In the sandy valley, the battle instantly intensified.

Facing the onrushing Tenbei Shusuke, Lijie Barrow remained expressionless, firing a series of shots with his sniper rifle!

Tenbei Shusuke, with his rich combat experience, used the Binding Technique No. 26 - Curved Light to conceal his figure and continuously used Shunpo, leaving behind several afterimages to disrupt the opponent's aim.

Although he couldn't aim accurately, Lijer Barrow continued firing.

Several pure white beams of light intertwined to form a net, blocking all angles from which Tenbei Xiuzhu could move forward or dodge. Each beam of light carried the characteristic of "penetrating all things," as if it could ignore all obstacles.

Tenbei Shusuke mastered the Shunpo technique to its fullest extent, daringly weaving through the gaps in the beams of light.

What alarmed him even more was that the opponent's attack seemed to have a "defense-ignoring" characteristic, and his spiritual pressure shield and defensive Kido were ineffective.

"This can't go on!" Tenbei Shusuke realized that he was at a disadvantage in a ranged attack, as his opponent's abilities were too strange.

A fierce glint flashed in his eyes, and he slammed his Zanpakuto into the sand in front of him. His hands moved rapidly, forming hand seals, and a powerful crimson spiritual pressure surged into the sky!

"Bankai! Raiha: Karasu Shell!"

boom-!!!

The intensely hot spiritual pressure of the flames erupted suddenly, and the form of the Zanpakuto in the Tenbei Embroidery Assistant underwent a dramatic change!

The blade lengthened, becoming wider and heavier, its entire body turning a dazzling crimson gold color, as if forged from flowing lava and lightning.

At the tip of the blade and the shield-shaped nozzle, crimson-gold lightning and fire blazed fiercely, radiating high temperatures and an aura of destruction.

"Burn away! Karmic Flame!" Tenbei Shusuke roared, wielding his blazing giant blade, from which several thick, crimson pillars of fire crackling with golden lightning shot out.

He blasted towards Lijie Barrow! At the same time, he swung his sword horizontally, and the shield-shaped nozzles also spewed out large fan-shaped flames, covering a large area, trying to restrict the opponent's movement.

However, faced with this terrifying lightning and fire capable of incinerating metal, Lijer Barrow simply raised his sniper rifle and aimed the muzzle at one of the thickest pillars of fire.

"All things are interconnected."

A pure white beam shot out, not colliding and exploding with the flames, but like a red-hot iron shovel piercing into butter, easily penetrating the crimson-gold lightning fire containing violent spiritual pressure!

The pillar of fire was split in two, and the pure white beam of light continued to shoot toward Tenbei Shusuke without slowing down!

Immediately afterwards, several more beams of light shot out, piercing and disintegrating his remaining fire attacks!

"What?!" Tenbei Xiuzhu's pupils shrank suddenly, his heart filled with horror.

His own Bankai flames were so easily "penetrated"?!

The opponent's attack seemed to carry some kind of "absolute penetration" rule, ignoring energy form and defense?

He awkwardly used the Instant Step to dodge, his figure moving at high speed through the sand valley, leaving behind afterimages.

But Lizzie Barrow's sniping was even faster.

Although Amagai Shusuke used curved light to conceal his figure, he was still constantly grazed by the beams of light.

Soon, he had several more wounds on his body, his robes were stained with blood, his breathing became heavy, and his spiritual pressure was being rapidly depleted.

"Damn it—what kind of ability is this?!" Tenbei Shusuke gritted his teeth and persevered, but the disadvantage became more and more obvious.

He could hardly defend effectively against the opponent's attacks, while his own attacks posed no real threat to the opponent, and he could not even get close.

Despair and resentment gnawed at his heart like venomous snakes.

The flames of revenge have not yet reached the enemy, so must he fall in Hueco Mundo, at the hands of this inexplicable Quincy?

No! He still has—he still has a final trick up his sleeve!

A flash of mad determination crossed his eyes, and Tenbei Shusuke suddenly retreated, putting some distance between himself and Lijie Barrow.

His left hand swiftly reached into his robes and pulled out an object wrapped in a special spiritual cloth—it was the strange Mo Yao Blade!

scoff!

The curtain was torn open, revealing the sinister blade, purplish-black in color, covered with writhing patterns and a dark red "core".