As Chōjirō Sasakibe's words fell.
The katana in his hand was stained with purple thunder.
In shikai form, the appearance of the katana transformed into a Western sword-like appearance.
At the same time, ten meters in front of Chōjirō Sasakibe, several strange creatures wearing white bone masks and more than 5 meters tall appeared.
Seeing this incomprehensible scene, Nami couldn't help but hide behind Ikki.
She stretched out her little head and looked tremblingly at the confrontation between Chōjirō Sasakibe and the creature wearing a bone mask.
"Don't worry, it's not dangerous, Nami."
"Everything you see here is the environment and will not cause harm to us."
Ikki patted Nami on the head and smiled.
"But...but, this is too realistic."
"Ikki, what kind of monsters are those wearing bone masks?"
Nami asked.
"That's 'Hollow', just think of it as an evil spirit."
"Evil spirit?!"
Hearing this, Nami felt even more scared.
At this moment, Chōjirō Sasakibe pointed the weapon Gonryōmaru in his hand towards the midair where the Hollow was.
In an instant, several virtual heads were covered by a layer of dark clouds.
With a 'bang', purple thunder fell from the dark clouds, directly splitting the Hollow into pieces.
"Amazing?!"
"Can you really control thunder?!"
Nami's beautiful eyes widened, and she couldn't help but start to imagine herself controlling this sword to deal with the Arlong Pirates.
"After Gonryōmaru's Release, it can not only form dark clouds above the enemy's head, but also directly summon thunder to attack."
"You can also wrap thunderbolt around Gonryōmaru's blade to launch a direct attack on the enemy."
"Of course, these are just the preliminary uses of Gonryōmaru."
"If your strength reaches a sufficient level, Gonryōmaru can still show further power."
Ikki patted Nami on the back and pushed her forward.
So that she could more clearly understand the power of Gonryōmaru after Bankai.
After the ordinary Hollow dissipated, ten creatures that were all black except for the white masks on their faces and nearly a hundred meters tall appeared opposite Chōjirō Sasakibe.
Even though she already knew it was an illusion, seeing such huge creatures appearing in front of her.
Nami was still afraid and hugged Ikki's arm.
"Ikki...then, is that also what you call 'Hollow'?"
"Yeah! But that is a more special existence among the 'Hollow', the 'Menos Grande' called Gillian."
"Menos Grande?!"
Nami wanted to ask more about 'Menos Grande', but Chōjirō Sasakibe's next action attracted her attention.
She saw Chōjirō Sasakibe raising his sword Gonryōmaru and pointing it towards the sky, and a huge aura was inspired from his body.
Nami couldn't figure out why Ikki said it was a hallucination, but she could really feel the pressure coming from Chōjirō Sasakibe.
"Bankai, Kōkō Gonryō Rikyū!" [Golden Lightning Palace]
Chōjirō Sasakibe gave a sharp shout and pointed the Gonryōmaru high into the sky. The originally clear sky was completely shrouded in dark clouds.
Golden thunder began to flow among the dark clouds.
Suddenly, the golden thunder in the dark clouds seemed to be pulled by the long sword held high by Chōjirō Sasakibe.
It fell directly on Gonryōmaru's blade.
The golden thunder used the sword body of Gonryōmaru to form a gorgeous roof made of thunder on the top of Chōjirō Sasakibe's head.
After the canopy was formed, Chōjirō Sasakibe's long sword drew a semicircle on the ground.
The golden thunder in the sky seemed to have received an order, forming golden thunderbolts one meter thick and hitting Menos Grande.
It wasn't until eleven thunderbolts fell that the dark clouds gradually let go, allowing the sky to become clear again.
…
"Wake up, Nami, it's over."
Ikki patted Nami's face in front of him and said.
"Huh?!" Nami blinked, and then realized that she and Ikki had returned to the Sword Enlightenment Room where they were just now.
The next moment, she immediately set her sights on the Zanpakutō 'Gonryōmaru' in her hand.
"Captain Ikki, does this...does this sword really have the power to summon the golden thunder just now?"
"When will I be able to summon the power of such a violent golden thunder from the sky like the man in my fantasy?"
At this moment, Nami was extremely excited.
She was sure that if she could summon that golden thunder.
None of the Arlong Pirates would be her opponent.
"It is not an easy task to liberate Gonryōmaru to the 'Bankai, Kōkō Gonryō Rikyū' [Golden Lightning Palace]."
"You need to train and practice hard. Only after your life force levels reach A level and your sword level reaches the mountain-cutting realm can you reach the level you just said you saw."
"But you don't have to worry. To defeat the Arlong Pirates, there is no need to use the 'Bankai, Kōkō Gonryō Rikyū' [Weather Palace of the Roaring Heavens]."
"Even the power after the Gonryōmaru Release is no longer something that the Arlong Pirates can resist."
"How about it, Nami, do you want to start practicing now?"
Ikki took out a bottle of 'E-grade nutritional potion' from the system space and handed it to Nami with a smile on his face.
"Of course, Captain Ikki!"
"Although I don't understand what Life Force levels are and what the sword level of the Mountain-Cutting Realm means, I will try my best."
Nami took the E-level nutritional potion, with a strong desire to become stronger ignited in her eyes.