Chapter 150: Hunt Him Down, Pack Of Wolves!
After defeating Harribel, Toshiro's abdomen was also pierced by her water column, so he didn't rush to support Rangiku and the vice-captains immediately. When he recovered, Rangiku and Hinamori had already been defeated before he arrived.
The two powerful vice-captains, Hisagi and Iba, also fell at the hands of the monster summoned by their opponents. Seeing the three Arrancar's unscrupulous faces laughing at his subordinates' serious injuries, nameless anger burst from Toshiro's eyes.
With the monster's strength before him, Toshiro knew that even if he wanted to defeat it with his own power, it would take considerable effort.
So he intended to directly defeat the three Arrancar who had summoned Ayon.
Mila Rose first glanced at Ayon from the corner of her eye and found he had no intention of coming to support them—still dealing with the Shinigami at his feet. But at this moment, Toshiro's pressure was close at hand, so the three had no choice but to brace themselves and face him directly.
"Hmph, it's just in time for you to come. We planned to find you if you didn't!"
Apache pushed Reinhard's huge body directly toward Sun-Sun, then she, with blade in hand, took the lead in attacking Toshiro.
"Hey! Why did you leave this guy to me alone!"
Reinhard's strong body hit Sun-Sun's form directly. Because of lacking an arm, Sun-Sun had to lean her body to let Reinhard lean on her as smoothly as possible.
"Stop rambling—you're responsible for watching this idiot!"
Apache ignored Sun-Sun's complaints and slammed down on Toshiro with the blade in her hand.
Clang!
Facing the enemy's attack before him, Toshiro remained expressionless, raising Hyorinmaru with one hand to block Apache's strike, then said: "With your current Reiatsu, it's impossible for you to be my opponent."
With that, Toshiro glanced at Ayon and said calmly: "I think that big guy over there must have been summoned by you."
"You can't control him either."
Listening to Toshiro talking about the pain points in their hearts, a sullen look flashed in Apache's eyes. She took a step back, distancing herself from him, and said with a forced smile: "What nonsense are you talking about?"
"Ayon is the child we summoned. How could he disobey my orders!"
Hearing her breathless voice, Toshiro held Hyorinmaru with both hands and smiled: "Really? If that's the case, have him come back to protect you!"
"Ryusenka!"
As Toshiro shouted angrily, he swung the blade in his hand and slashed forward with a wide range of freezing strikes. The direction where Hyorinmaru's tip crossed would be frozen by ice.
"Be careful!"
Seeing Toshiro's attack, Mila Rose fired several Bala in an attempt to help Apache block Toshiro's attack.
As the Bala and ice collided, a small area of ice fog formed, and the three immediately rose toward the sky, intending to leave this area.
"Can you escape? Naive!"
Toshiro's blue pupils looked at the three people above his head, then raised the blade expressionlessly and swung upwards, shouting: "Hyoten Hyakkaso!"
Following the previously launched Ryusenka, Toshiro took advantage and lifted Hyorinmaru upward, and the huge ice blade chased several people and attacked again.
"Not good! This distance!"
A trace of despair flashed in the three's eyes, and a huge icicle instantly froze them.
"Huff... huff!"
After successfully defeating the Apache trio, Toshiro began panting heavily. At this moment, having released his Bankai, there was no cold compress on his body's wound—blood started flowing continuously.
Following the Apache trio's defeat, the summoned Ayon first grabbed Renji fiercely with one hand, about to crush him, but Ayon suddenly seemed to have lost all strength, without any movement.
At this time, Madarame, who came late, held up his Zanpakuto to cut off Ayon's thick arm, then rescued Renji: "Hey, are you okay!"
Renji, who felt as if all his bones were broken, still endured the pain and said: "How is that possible? Even if you didn't come, I would've broken free immediately!"
"Yes, yes, yes!"
Knowing his companion's aggressive personality, Madarame didn't expose him at all but looked at the suddenly motionless Ayon together with Renji: "By the way... what's the matter with this guy? Why did he suddenly stop moving!"
As he spoke, Madarame raised his blade and tentatively stabbed Ayon's thick foot.
However, the moment his Zanpakuto's blade touched Ayon, Ayon's huge body collapsed like a pile of disintegrated building blocks, scattered on the ground, and dissipated in Karakura Town as a pool of spirit particles.
"Wow~"
Renji covered his mouth, stared at Madarame with disbelief and said: "You beat him to death! When did you become so strong, Ikkaku?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? I just touched him lightly and he fell down."
Holding up his Zanpakuto, Ikkaku retorted at Renji.
The two's playfulness also meant that Espada Number Three and Number Ten were defeated in the war in Karakura Town...
On the other side, Kyoraku Shunsui and Starrk, who were in battle, felt all Arrancar Reiatsu on Harribel's side dissipate, and both looked in the direction of Toshiro's party.
"Are you still worried about your companions?"
Kyoraku Shunsui, covering his bamboo hat, said to Starrk casually.
Because of Harribel and the others' defeat, Starrk gradually recalled when he was not an Espada, wandering alone in Hueco Mundo's desert. Because his Reiatsu was too powerful, anyone who came close couldn't bear his Reiatsu, and their bodies began disintegrating.
It wasn't until he split his soul in two and Lilinette appeared that he wasn't so lonely anymore. Later, he met Fiander and became an Espada member. In that boring life, because of Fiander's participation, there was such a trace of warmth.
However, the defeat of Harribel, Reinhard and others inevitably made Starrk feel sad for them. They were all people he was familiar with—it was impossible to say he had no feelings.
"Sigh..."
After sighing slightly, Starrk said to Kyoraku Shunsui: "It's nothing. Don't worry about it!"
Looking back at the fire wall that sealed Aizen and others, and the icicle that froze Reinhard and Harribel, he said to Kyoraku Shunsui: "I said, are all your Shinigami Bankai that powerful?"
Kyoraku, who was puzzled by Starrk's sudden question, looked at Starrk bewilderedly and asked: "What do you mean by that?"
Seeing Kyoraku playing dumb, Starrk's eyes became sharper: "I mean, are all your Bankai that powerful?"
"It's not wrong for you to say that."
"After all, Bankai is our signature skill. I think... everyone's Bankai is similar."
Kyoraku smiled but didn't answer Starrk's question directly.
"Is that so?"
Starrk turned his head to look at the icicle behind him and said to Kyoraku again: "In that case, who's stronger—you or that Ice Boy's Bankai?"
"This matter... it's hard to say. After all... Captain Hitsugaya is a genius that's rare in a hundred years."
"If another hundred years pass, maybe I won't be his opponent!"
Kyoraku's words could be regarded as a side confirmation of his own strength.
"Really? That means you're more powerful now, right?"
Starrk's probing words made Kyoraku finally become serious. He threw the pink cloak he'd been wearing all this time to Ukitake, who was playing with Lilinette, and said with eyes firm from laziness: "It seems you're getting serious!"
At this time, Starrk placed his Zanpakuto in the scabbard and said softly: "I just want to see your Bankai, but according to the current situation, you probably won't use it."
"In that case... Lilinette!"
Suddenly, Starrk shouted to Lilinette below.
At this time, Lilinette, who was lying on the ground all dirty, jumped up, came to Starrk's side and muttered: "What are you shouting about? You suddenly scared me!"
"Why did you call the little girl over?"
Kyoraku asked very puzzled.
Starrk looked at Kyoraku Shunsui, put his hand on top of Lilinette's head and said: "Because I am one with her."
"Bear with it a little, Lilinette. Although Fiander said not to let me use Resurreccion, believe me—the battle will be over soon!"
"Arrancar's Zanpakuto seals their respective power cores into blade form. Releasing the blade means Resurreccion, which means Arrancar liberate their true power and form."
"Except for me and Fiander, the other Arrancar are all in evolution's process, sealing their Hollow power into sword form."
"When I evolved, I split the power into two bodies. And Fiander—from beginning to end, I haven't seen his fully Arrancar form..."
At this time, under Kyoraku and Ukitake's surprised eyes, Starrk placed Lilinette's palm and began releasing blue Reiatsu, and majestic Reiatsu began pouring into Starrk's body.
When Lilinette disappeared before the two's eyes instantly, an oppressive voice came into their ears.
"Kick about, Los Lobos!"
A Reiatsu soaring skyward instantly enveloped Starrk in a blue beam of light.
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