Nnoitra's body was sprawled on the ground.
The spiritual pressure bearing down on him even made the sandy ground beneath him collapse!
His bones began constantly cracking from the crushing force.
Blood burst from various parts of his body.
"Gaaahhhhh...!!!" This agony made him cry out involuntarily.
Lying on the ground, he gripped his crescent scythe even tighter. His face twisted as he roared: "Don't get too full of yourself!!!"
"Pray!! Santa Teresa!!!"
BOOM!!
As his words fell, violent golden spiritual pressure overflowed from his scythe, then enveloped his entire body.
The injuries his body had just sustained began healing at super speed. In less than a breath, everything was completely restored.
At the same time, crescent-shaped white horns began appearing on both sides of his head.
More bone-crushing sounds came from his back, but this time it wasn't from injury—four arms grew directly from behind his shoulders.
Spiritual pressure gathered, forming four identical crescent scythes.
His spiritual pressure also climbed to its peak, enough to move under Shigure's spiritual pressure.
He laughed wildly as he slowly stood up.
Six arms, six scythes, combined with his towering frame—within these narrow labyrinth walls, he looked extremely imposing.
Though his bodily injuries had healed completely, blood traces from what he'd coughed up earlier still remained at the corners of his mouth.
Now he grinned, making for a particularly terrifying sight.
Seeing this scene, Shigure's expression remained unchanged.
He hadn't expected to kill Nnoitra, an Espada, through spiritual pressure alone anyway. That would be unrealistic.
Moreover, after Resurrección, Nnoitra's spiritual pressure had indeed climbed to a new level—completely different from Yuka the Moonlight Butterfly outside.
"What are you... looking at?!!"
Nnoitra shouted excitedly, "After Resurrección, my spiritual pressure and Hierro hardness... have both reached ten times what they were before!!"
"You can't... defeat me now!!!"
Laughing wildly, he gathered spiritual pressure and hurled the scythes from his top two hands.
The scythes spun through the air, actually creating sonic booms.
At the same time, he suddenly opened his mouth wide, sticking out his long, pointed tongue.
On his tongue was clearly etched a black "5," representing his number among the Espada.
Then from his tongue tip, golden spiritual pressure instantly began gathering, forming into a small sphere.
As light burst forth, the sphere actually caused the surrounding space to vibrate.
BOOM!
The golden orb shot directly from his tongue tip at high speed toward Shigure.
A fully charged Cero!
The two scythes had already reached Shigure's front.
Nnoitra laughed wildly, wanting to see how he'd respond. But at that moment, his expression suddenly froze.
Because Shigure had reached out his hand to grab the flying crescent scythes bare-handed.
"...Is this guy an idiot?! Watch it cut off your hands!!"
Nnoitra thought to himself.
But the next moment, what happened made his pupils contract violently.
Shigure actually grabbed both scythe blades!
Without a scratch!
In that instant, the golden Cero orb had also reached his front.
But Shigure's gaze remained calm. He casually tossed the scythes aside, then reached out and swatted at the orb with his hand.
BOOM!!
The moment the orb contacted his palm, it actually changed direction completely, flying back toward Nnoitra himself!
"Wha... what?!"
He deflected a Cero bare-handed?!!
Nnoitra's expression changed dramatically as he quickly dodged sideways.
The golden Cero orb struck the gray-white sand behind him and slammed hard into the labyrinth wall!
"BANG!"
Sand flew everywhere, kicking up a white storm that made both their clothes flutter wildly!
But Shigure didn't stop there. He raised his right hand, palm facing Nnoitra.
Nnoitra's expression sharpened. He saw Shigure's calm face as he said quietly:
"Hadō #88: Flying Dragon-Striking Heaven-Shaking Thunder Cannon!"
BOOM!!
A massive blue-white beam instantly shot from his palm. This power was completely several times greater than the previous Cero!!
At this moment, the dim labyrinth walls were completely filled with blue-white light, making it difficult for Nnoitra to see the situation ahead clearly.
But he showed no retreat, instead raising four scythes in front of himself.
He shouted excitedly: "Don't... underestimate me!!!"
BOOM!!
The thunder cannon's blue-white light slammed hard into Nnoitra's scythes and body with deafening force!
Sand and dust flew everywhere. The storm obscured everything.
Only after more than ten seconds did everything slowly settle, revealing the situation ahead.
Nnoitra was still standing, but two of his arms had been severed, their scythes fallen to the ground.
Yet the rest of his body was almost completely undamaged.
Seeing this clearly, Shigure's gaze shifted slightly with a trace of surprise.
His #88 Hadō released at eighty percent spiritual pressure without incantation had only caused this much damage.
It seemed after Resurrección, Nnoitra's Hierro was indeed very strong.
Though he'd lost both arms, Nnoitra's smile became even more arrogant and excited as he shouted:
"Perfect, Soul Reaper!! So next, you should... use your own Zanpakutō, right?!"
"Then I'll kill you at full power and let you experience..."
"What true despair means!!"
His words echoed off the surrounding labyrinth walls.
But hearing this, Shigure looked up with a faint smile on his calm face:
"With just this level of strength... you think you can make me use my Zanpakutō?"
"Don't be ridiculous, Nnoitra."
As his words fell, Shigure slightly withdrew his hand. A purple-black orb quickly appeared in his palm, while his spiritual pressure began surging violently.
The moment he saw this black sphere, Nnoitra's breathing stopped abruptly, his expression freezing involuntarily.
Fear began growing uncontrollably in his heart.
"What... what... is this?!" he roared somewhat incredulously.
But Shigure didn't look at him, lowering his eyes slightly as he said quietly:
"Seeping crest of turbidity. Arrogant vessel of lunacy."
"Boil forth and deny, grow numb and flicker, disrupting sleep."
"Crawling queen of iron, eternally self-destructing puppet of mud. Unite, repulse, fill with soil and know your own powerlessness."
"Hadō #90..."
"Black Coffin."
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