As his words fell, Shigure's blade shattered into spiritual particles.
The next moment, explosive golden lightning burst from his palm, shooting skyward!
Candle Dragon lightning-type complete Shikai!
BOOM!
The blinding lightning pierced Tōsen's black barrier, surging toward the sky.
All clouds scattered instantly!
Thunder roared across the cloudless blue sky!
Gin and the others looked up. Three massive thunder dragons descended!
Before they even fell, overwhelming dragon might locked onto Gin, Tōsen, and Aizen!
Golden mist appeared around all three.
Gin tried to escape with flash step but found his body fixed in place!
Aizen noticed too. His eyes flashed.
A barrier technique restricting spatial movement!
CRASH!
The thunder dragons plummeted down, each targeting one of them.
The first bolt struck the black barrier around Shigure!
BANG!
The elliptical barrier shattered instantly!
Like breaking crystal, Tōsen's Zanpakutō cried out.
The darkness faded rapidly, but the thunder dragon continued straight at Tōsen.
"What the hell?!"
Pure shock filled Tōsen's heart.
His Bankai... broken just like that!
He quickly raised his sword to block.
But the thunder dragon exploded beside his blade, then transformed.
Thousands of lightning swords appeared in the golden mist.
They all shot toward Tōsen simultaneously!
Candle Dragon Spirit-Collapsing Thunder Sword!
Gin and Aizen faced the same attack.
Thunder dragons became countless tiny lightning swords, surrounding them.
Neither expected this. They tried blocking with spiritual pressure.
But their pressure had no resistance against the Spirit-Collapsing Thunder Swords!
The dense swords pierced their defenses, penetrating their bodies.
"Ugh!"
Blood sprayed from both men, instantly vaporized by lightning!
They felt their spiritual power slowly disappearing.
These swords were decomposing their internal spiritual power!
Gin's smile vanished. He stared at Shigure with strange expression.
Tōsen's face showed only horror.
Meanwhile, Aizen used powerful spiritual pressure to cover his surface, successfully blocking the attack.
His eyes flashed as he shouted:
"Gin, Kaname! Sever the chain between your hakusui and saketsu!"
Both froze, then quickly understood and obeyed.
Ding!
A crisp sound came from their bodies.
The lightning swords began disappearing.
But both went limp, dropping to one knee.
Shigure raised an eyebrow, chuckling at Aizen:
"As expected, Captain Aizen. You figured it out so quickly."
Aizen's eyes flashed again.
After a moment of gravity, his expression relaxed.
He shook his head gently, smiling:
"Segawa, I thought I held you in high regard."
"But it seems I underestimated you."
The instant his pressure contacted those swords, he'd realized the truth.
This wasn't ordinary lightning, but carried power that decomposed spiritual energy into particles.
Once hit, to avoid rapid conversion and soul death, the only method was severing the internal spiritual chain.
Though this couldn't stop conversion completely, it slowed decomposition greatly.
That's why he'd told the others to do it.
However, severing the chain meant no spiritual power for some time.
Both had lost their fighting ability.
In under ten seconds, Shigure had defeated two captains with one strike.
Aizen slowly drew his Zanpakutō, smiling:
"Segawa, your power is indeed amazing. Just Shikai has such might."
"But for me... it's merely 'amazing.'"
"Next, I'll show you what a real gap looks like."
Aizen vanished with flash step!
He appeared directly before Shigure.
With a faint smile, he swung a slash wrapped in powerful spiritual pressure!
The air's spiritual particles seemed burned away!
Though simple, its pressure surpassed any attack Shigure had seen!
Aizen smiled calmly, slashing at Shigure's neck with killing intent.
But Shigure's face broke into a smile as he raised his hand.
Lightning exploded in his right hand!
BANG!
Golden lightning formed a spear!
The spear tip shot toward Shigure's rear!
Not forward, but behind him!
Thud!
Fresh blood appeared on the spear in empty space behind him!
The blood vaporized instantly from lightning's heat!
Shigure slowly turned around, gazing into emptiness with a smile:
"Captain Aizen, this 'gap' you mentioned..."
"Is that all?"
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