Ulquiorra's legs tensed slightly, like a bowstring pulled taut, ready to release at any moment.
In the next instant, his figure shot upward like a cannonball, soaring into the air.
With a sudden thrust, he drove his sword forward.
The razor-sharp Reishi blade gleamed with a chilling light as it streaked toward Masatsuki Aozaki's chest at an astonishing speed, as if it were tearing through space itself.
A piercing green arc was left in its wake.
Sizzle!!
A crisp sound rang out as the blade made contact, its tip exploding in a dazzling flash of light.
However, what happened next left everyone stunned.
Masatsuki Aozaki, instead of dodging, simply extended his hand—casually, effortlessly.
Ulquiorra's pupils constricted violently, a wave of indescribable shock surging through him.
The spectators stood frozen, unable to believe what they were witnessing.
"Not bad, Ulquiorra."
Masatsuki's lips curved into a faint smile as he spoke lightly.
His fingers firmly grasped the tip of Ulquiorra's rapidly thrusting blade, while his left hand rested lazily on the hilt of his Zanpakutō, which had already entered its Banshō Senran Shikai state.
Then, he slowly lifted his gaze, looking down at Ulquiorra with an air of absolute confidence.
"But it's not enough. If this is all you have, you'll never defeat me..."
"But don't worry—I won't destroy your brain or your internal organs. It'll just hurt a little."
Ulquiorra's breath caught for a brief moment.
After his Arrancar transformation, he had retained Ultra-Speed Regeneration, but his brain and internal organs remained irreplaceable vulnerabilities.
Masatsuki's words just now had clearly exposed that fact.
Before Ulquiorra could react, Masatsuki snatched his arm in a single, fluid motion.
At that moment, Harribel appeared silently at Masatsuki's flank, like a specter emerging from the shadows.
"Cascada!"
A sharp cry rang out—almost as if deliberately meant to warn him.
Harribel raised her enormous, shark-toothed greatsword.
The gill-like vents along the blade erupted, unleashing a massive surging torrent, a waterfall of crushing force that roared toward Masatsuki.
Ulquiorra's expression changed instantly.
Before he could react—
Darkness.
His vision blurred as the world spun violently, as though the very heavens and earth had been flipped upside down.
And in the next second—He was airborne.
Like a discarded ragdoll, Masatsuki hurled him with shocking ease, sending him flying through the air. freew\e bnovel.com
With such immense force behind the throw—Ulquiorra shot forward like an arrow loosed from a bow, streaking across the battlefield for more than ten meters...
Until he slammed directly into Harribel's oncoming Cascada, striking the raging water like a cannonball.
The once-mighty, dragon-like torrent—shattered.
The impact disrupted the attack completely, the powerful water surge breaking apart into chaotic currents before exploding into a mist of countless droplets.
Ulquiorra's body tore through the dispersing water and was sent hurtling even farther—
until he embedded himself deep into the trunk of a quartz tree, more than a hundred meters away.
A thin trickle of blood slid down the corner of his lips.
Yet, despite the devastating blow, his gaze remained locked onto Masatsuki in the distance.
For the first time, he felt something he had never experienced before—
A true sense of impending danger.
His Vasto Lorde-class Pesquisa picked up on it clearly.
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