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Ulquiorra's legs were slightly bent, like a taut bowstring, ready to spring out at any moment.
His figure suddenly leaped up, rushing into mid-air like a cannonball.
His right hand, holding the longsword, thrust forward sharply.
The incredibly sharp, gleaming light-sword sped towards Aozaki Reiji's chest at an astonishing speed, as if it would tear through the entire space.
In the air, it left a chilling green trajectory.
Screech!!
With a crisp sound, the tip of the light-sword, hitting its target, instantly burst forth with dazzling light.
However, to everyone's great surprise, facing this fatal blow, Aozaki Reiji merely extended his palm with an effortless gesture.
Ulquiorra's pupils sharply contracted, and an indescribable shock surged within him.
The others present were even more dumbfounded, unable to believe what was happening before their eyes.
"Not bad strength, little Ul!" Aozaki Reiji said softly, the corners of his mouth slightly upturned.
He gripped the tip of the light-sword that Ulquiorra had thrust out at high speed, his left hand casually resting on the hilt of Shinra Bansho after its Shikai.
Then he slowly raised his head, gazing at his opponent with a condescending look.
"But it's not enough. If this is all your strength, it's impossible to defeat me..."
"But don't worry, I won't destroy your brain and internal organs, it'll just hurt a little..."
Hearing this, Ulquiorra was stunned.
After his Arrancar, he did not discard his Cero regeneration ability, but his brain and internal organs were vital parts that could not regenerate.
And Aozaki Reiji's words just now clearly saw through this point.
Aozaki Reiji suddenly reached out and grabbed Ulquiorra's arm with a clean, decisive movement.
Just then, Harribel appeared silently like a ghost not far from his side.
"Waterfall Sever!" A loud shout suddenly rang out, as if intentionally reminding him.
Harribel raised her massive shark-patterned greatsword.
The shark-gill-like patterns on the blade spewed out a surging, enormous water column, like a rushing waterfall, sweeping towards him.
Ulquiorra's face instantly changed drastically.
Before he could react, he suddenly felt his vision go black, and the entire world began to spin wildly, as if heaven and earth were inverted in that instant.
The next second, he was like a puppet to be manipulated, easily picked up and fiercely thrown out by Aozaki Reiji!
Under such astonishing throwing force, Ulquiorra's body shot through the air like an arrow released from a bow, flying a distance of more than ten meters.
Finally, like a cannonball, he heavily impacted the thick water column released by Harribel.
The originally imposing, dragon-like water column, upon receiving this sudden impact, immediately became chaotic, losing its original momentum, and exploded with a roar, turning into countless tiny water droplets scattering everywhere!
Ulquiorra's body forcefully passed through the water column, embedding itself deeply into a hard quartz tree over a hundred meters away, a trickle of blood slowly flowing from the corner of his mouth.
However, despite suffering such heavy damage, his eyes remained fixed on the young Shinigami in the distance, feeling an unprecedented sense of threat.
The Vasto Lorde Arrancar's keen sensory nerves clearly felt the Reiatsu within Aozaki Reiji's body escalating at an astonishing speed!
This Reiatsu was so powerful it was chilling; it could be described as "terrifying" without exaggeration!
"Since you have both used your Arrancar, then next, I will return the favor and show you my strength!" Aozaki Reiji said calmly.
"This is my first time performing Bankai in Hueco Mundo, so you'd best be mentally prepared."
Hearing this, Ulquiorra and Harribel were both stunned.
They had already learned the meaning of "Bankai" from Aozaki Reiji's mouth; it was the highest technique, surpassing Shikai, yearned for by all Shinigami.
If Shikai was already this strong, to what extent would Bankai reach!?
Aozaki Reiji calmly reached out and grasped Shinra Bansho at his waist.
His movement was like an elegant and noble knight, steadily pointing the weapon in his hand towards the direction of the two people in front of him.
"Bankai! Shinra Bansho: Muken!"
The moment these few words were softly uttered from his mouth, a scene that sent chills down everyone's spines suddenly unfolded before them—
The instant Aozaki Reiji raised the longsword in his hand high, a pure, flawless, almost tangible white Reiatsu surged out from his body like a bursting flood, as if dyeing the world white.
Its momentum was so vast, like stirring up monstrous waves, fiercely crashing upon everyone present.
Loly and Menoly, whose strength was slightly inferior, found it difficult to breathe under such terrifying pressure, and couldn't help but gasp for air.
Even the Great Hollow Forest seemed unable to bear this unparalleled power, emitting low rumbling sounds that made the ground tremble violently, causing everyone to feel somewhat unsteady.
The next moment, the gleaming longsword in Aozaki Reiji's hand changed!
The hilt began to extend and lengthen as if alive.
The ribbon tied to the end also seemed to gain consciousness, quickly wrapping and covering the entire hilt, transforming into a pure white hilt in the blink of an eye.
The cross-shaped guard connected to the end gradually elongated, finally transforming into a slender, snow-white longsword, identical to Shinra Bansho but with the blade facing the opposite direction.
Shinra Bansho after Bankai had transformed into a double-edged longsword!
The front and rear guards of the double-edged longsword were shaped like the sun and moon respectively!
The nearly two-meter-long, simply styled, entirely snow-white double-edged longsword, emanating a biting cold light, was tightly held in Aozaki Reiji's hand.
The Reiatsu covering the world suddenly contracted sharply, condensing into the longsword and Aozaki Reiji's body.
The shock in Aozaki Reiji's heart was no less than that of the people around him.
The moment Shinra Bansho completed its Bankai, he knew he could use the power belonging to Arrancar!
But no emotional fluctuation was revealed on his face.
He just took a deep breath, then calmly and nonchalantly said:
"I've accepted your power."
In reality, even he himself had not anticipated that things would proceed so smoothly.
Although he knew that Shinra Bansho's Bankai possessed the ability to mimic other Zanpakuto, he wasn't entirely confident about whether it could mimic an Arrancar's Arrancar.
After all, the Zanpakuto used by Arrancar were, in essence, spiritual cores that sealed their own power.
However, unexpectedly, this attempt actually succeeded!
Not only Harribel and Ulquiorra in front of him, but any Arrancar whose Arrancar process he had personally witnessed.
Their Arrancar were perfectly replicated the moment his Bankai was completed!
Aozaki Reiji composed himself, and his affectionate call entered everyone's ears:
"My beloved! Come to my side!!!"
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