Fate in Bleach: Unlimited Blade Works [Isekai]

Chapter 256 – A Magnificent Rain of Bankai

Chapter 256 – A Magnificent Rain of Bankai

But even a defense of that magnitude was instantly shattered! Of course, what truly troubled Kisuke Urahara was the fact that Aizen's Mod Soul knew that Dankū, practically the "strongest defensive Kidō spell," couldn't withstand Ailin's Mod Soul's attack. Six consecutive Dankū had been necessary to finally block that single strike.

Judging by the five Dankū that had been effortlessly shattered, how powerful was Ailin’s previous attack? At the very least, Urahara felt that even if he were to fully chant Hadō #96, Ittō Kasō, it wouldn't possess half the strength of that attack.

"The murky emblem faintly emerges, untamed and arrogant talent..."

"Surging tide; negation; paralysis; an instant; hindering eternal slumber..."

"The crawling iron princess, the ceaselessly self-harming clay doll..."

"Combine; rebound; extending to the ground; know your own powerlessness!"

Amidst the roaring sounds of battle, Aizen's Mod Soul's voice rang out, chanting a Kidō incantation.

Hearing that chant, Urahara's brow furrowed with worry.

It was the incantation for Hadō #90, Kurohitsugi!

With Aizen's Mod Soul’s Kidō mastery, a fully chanted Kurohitsugi possessed the power to instantly kill most captains.

“Hadō #90—Kurohitsugi!”

Boom! Boom! Boom!

With Aizen's final shout, a black cube over ten meters tall materialized around Ailin’s Mod Soul.@@@@

To Urahara and the others’ surprise, Ailin's Mod Soul didn’t even attempt to defend himself. He was completely engulfed by the Kurohitsugi.

Shhh...

In an instant, the Kurohitsugi’s power erupted. Countless shadowy blades pierced outward from within, forming massive crosses on its exterior. Then, having unleashed its full power, the Kurohitsugi slowly dissipated.

But what shocked everyone present was that even after being struck by a fully chanted Kurohitsugi, Ailin’s Mod Soul’s spiritual pressure remained unchanged.

No, not just his spiritual pressure... There wasn’t a single scratch on his body.

“Impossible! How can Captain Ailin completely ignore a Kurohitsugi?”

For Tessai Tsukabishi and Hachigen Ushōda, this was a devastating blow. Their strength, as former Grand Kidō Chief and vice Kidō Chief, resided solely in their Kidō mastery.

Hadō above level ninety were considered top-tier Kidō. Those above level eighty possessed power comparable to a captain’s Bankai. And those above level ninety could rival the Bankai of even the most powerful captains.

Yet, what they had just witnessed shattered their understanding of Kidō.

A fully chanted Hadō #90 couldn’t even scratch Ailin, who hadn't bothered to defend himself? Was Ailin truly that strong?

Urahara pondered the same question. While he acknowledged Ailin's strength, he couldn't fathom him being capable of completely defending against a Hadō #90.

His gaze swept over Ailin's Mod Soul, and a realization dawned on him.

It seemed that the golden armor Ailin was wearing was a manifestation of his Zanpakutō’s ability.

In an instant, Aizen’s Mod Soul’s body was cleaved into three. Then, the three strikes slammed into the ground, erupting in deafening roars.

However, a moment later, Aizen’s severed body transformed into a tattered Fifth Division captain’s haori.

Shihōin Secret Step, Number Two: Utsusemi!

Yoruichi’s expression hardened upon seeing this. Utsusemi was a secret Shunpo technique exclusive to the Shihōin Clan.

There were four in total. Senka and Utsusemi were two of them.

Over the years, she had only taught Utsusemi to Byakuya Kuchiki and Soi Fon. And she had only taught them those two techniques, nothing else. But now, she was witnessing her family’s secret technique being used by Aizen’s Mod Soul?

Aizen’s Mod Soul’s memories originated from the original Aizen. In other words, the real Aizen knew Utsusemi?

When had he learned it?

Urahara, sensing Yoruichi’s displeasure, quickly understood her thoughts. He hesitated for a moment, then tugged gently on her sleeve.

“Yoruichi, while your family’s secret Shunpo techniques might seem difficult to master for most, for a genius, it’s not impossible to reverse engineer them after witnessing them once. Sōsuke Aizen is the only one whose intellect rivals mine. I was able to understand Utsusemi and Senka. It’s not surprising that Aizen could as well.”

Indeed, in Urahara’s eyes, while Ailin’s strength was undeniable, it was primarily derived from the Zanpakutō he created.

No one knew how many Zanpakutō Ailin had forged, nor did anyone truly understand their abilities.

As far as Urahara knew, attack, defense, healing... As long as one could imagine it, Ailin could create it.

Aizen was different.

He was one of those who sought to transcend their limits through “research.”

Yoruichi glared at Urahara. While his words were true, did he have to make their family’s secret Shunpo techniques sound so insignificant?

Above them, after unleashing its attack, Nine Lives: Shooting Hundred Heads slowly retreated into the spatial ripple.

To Heracles, whose original was a great hero, a group attack was an insult to his pride.

Seeing Nine Lives: Shooting Hundred Heads withdraw, the other Zanpakutō unleashed their attacks, one after another.

Like Heracles, each of these Zanpakutō spirits possessed its own pride.

They refused to participate in a group attack against Aizen’s Mod Soul.

Each Zanpakutō unleashed a single attack, then returned to Unlimited Blade Works.

Thus, the eleven captains and lieutenants who had been exiled from the Soul Society witnessed, for the first time, the unleashed power of so many captain-level Zanpakutō.

And through this display, they gained a deeper understanding of Ailin’s strength.

Bakusaiga’s Sōryūha, a wave of blue energy that obliterated everything in its path, reducing it to dust.

Tessaiga’s Meidō Zangetsuha, a crescent-shaped wave of black energy that tore open a spatial rift capable of swallowing everything.