Chapter 7. Black Onslaught.
[Rebellion: https/youtu.be/Ukd19nZdMQ0]
Ichigo and Ragna quickly jump to arrancar and immediately beat him with their swords, but he easily blocks them. Ragna changes the position of his Aramasa and creating a head of seitr above him, brings it down on the enemy. Arrancar easily dodges and hurries to hit the opened opponent. But Ichigo appears in front of Ragna in a split second and parries the blow aside.
- Blood Scythe! - jumping over the shinigami, Ragna grabs his sword by the hilt and pulling it out, transforms the sword into the form of a scythe.
Hitting arrancar with an blade, the last flew away and crashed into the asphalt.
- Can your sword change shape? - Ichigo asked.
- I don't use this form often, but, in some cases, it helps a lot. Get ready. He is now... - Ragna does not have time to finish the sentence, as with all his strength he is sent a powerful blow in the back to the nearest abandoned structure.
Ragna manages to quickly jump back to his feet and parry a sword blow flying straight into his face.
- Not bad for a human. - Arrancar said, looking straight into the Grim Reaper's face with absolute composure. - But unfortunately, your attempts are absolutely useless. I'm much faster and stronger than you. You don't have a chance.
- You know, I've heard this phrase too many times, so I'll ignore it.
Arrancar disappears from his place and appearing on the side of Ragna hitting a quick blow. And then disappearing again, appears already from the back and also strikes another blow. He began to move with high speed, striking from all sides. Ragna barely blocks them with his sword and right hand, at the same time wait counterattack.
With Aramasa and his hand, Ragna pushes his opponent away with his foot and at the same moment a powerful black wave hits him. Ichigo appears next to Bloodedge.
- You weren't in a hurry. What took so long?
- I didn't want to hurt you both. Well? Is there any plan?
- I have an idea.
Having dusted off, arrancar attacks again. Ragna and Ichigo take turns repelling attacks and at one point, Ragna nods to Ichigo, giving a sign. The Substitute Shinigami dodges another attack and Ragna hits his opponent with a vertical blow with a quick blow.
- Try this! – having stunned arrancar by an unexpected attack, Ragna turns around and again, transforming the sword, forms a seitr on its blade and swinging the scythe, releases three blood streams of energy - Seed of Tartarus!
Arrancara throws back and Ichigo appears behind him, raising a sword over him.
- Getsuga Tensho! - Ichigo releases a black wave of energy, sending arrancar with a precise blow to the asphalt.
- Well done. - Ragna said, putting the sword back in its scabbard.
At the place where they launched the arrancar, a small funnel formed and the dust cloud began to gradually dissipate. But there was no one in the middle of the funnel.
- You can't beat me with such tricks.
They don't have time to turn around, when suddenly, Ragna and Ichigo fly away from a powerful explosion. Ironically, Ragna falls into the funnel where Ceniza descends.
- Did you really think to defeat me in such insignificant ways? All you have done is to postpone your deaths and the deaths of those who are dear to you. - Oskura said, towering over Ragna.
- Because no one is going to give up without a fight. It doesn't matter how strong you are. That doesn't mean you can't be beaten. Just need to put a little more effort. - said Ragna trying to get up.
- Unfortunately for you, you won't have the strength for that either. - and with these words, he began to beat Ragna in vital points.
When Ceniza stopped feeling Ragna's life force, he headed in the direction where his main goal was.
~ At the same time~
Orihime treated minor injuries to Chad and Rukia after the battle with the Arrancars. Rukia didn't have too many wounds despite the fact that her opponent was stronger than the one Chad and Uryu fought with.
- You really have become stronger Kuchiki-san! You have mostly shallow scratches, but otherwise you are completely intact. - Inoue said happily.
At that moment, Ichigo, who had fought with arrancar before, landed next to them.
- Ichigo, what happened?! - Rukia asked with concern.
- He's ... too strong. The two of us couldn't handle him. - Ichigo said, spitting out the blood that had gathered in his mouth.
Suddenly, the arrancar suddenly appeared in front of Ichigo and without thinking twice, made a vertical cut. But Ichigo and Rukia managed to repel the attack at the last moment.
- Out of the way, trash, - said Ceniza and with a light wave swept away Isida, Chad and Rukia who approached him.
Unexpectedly, the arrancar disappears from Ichigo's field of vision, but he already knew where he was going.
- Inoue! Get out of here! - Shinigami shouted with all his might.
Hearing Ichigo, Inoue managed to put up a barrier at the last moment, but it was instantly destroyed by a blow from Oskura's sword. Ichigo managed to push between arrancar and Orihime to protect the girl.
«Idiot, if I was stronger, I would have been able to protect her without this sacrifice! What the hell am I supposed to do?!»
~A few minutes earlier~
«I... don't... I'm not going to die here. Come on, open your eyes!»
With these thoughts, Ragna found himself lying on the ground, unable to move even a finger.
«He gave me a good beating. Damn, I didn't fully appreciate it. He was MUCH stronger than me from the very beginning.»
- Kha... Khhaaak! - spitting out the blood stuck in his mouth, Ragna began to move a little.
Every bone in his body was ruthlessly broken and ground into mush. All the internal organs wanted to vomit out. But even such wounds didn't stop Ragna. He felt that Ichigo couldn't handle the arrancar.
Little by little, he began to move in the direction where the rumble was heard.
~Now~
A red spot suddenly flashed in front of Ichigo, which, standing in front of him, shielded him from the blow. But instead of blood or groans of pain, he heard the sound of hitting something hard.
Arrancar jumped back after the blow he made. He felt that he had hit something very strong. Alive Ragna appeared before him, covered in bruises and bruises, holding a blue barrier with incomprehensible symbols in front of him.
- Weak. - Ragna said with a smile.
- Are you still alive? I thought I killed you. You have no life reatsu left. How could you survive? - Tseniza asked, a little surprised.
- Secret. I have my own tricks up my sleeve. Literally. - Ragna said and stepped forward, pulling out his sword. – Let's get this over with.
- You can barely stand! How do you think to fight him in this state?! - Ichigo asked, discouraged. - It's better to let Orihime heal your wounds. I'll finish him myself.
- Said the one who can barely stand on his own feet? Go to hell! - Ragna roughly pushed Ichigo away, while a characteristic crunch was heard.
- All your bones are broken! How are you going to beat him?
- Tch, stuck. - Ragna said, turning his stare to Ichigo. Seeing his confidence in victory, Ichigo began to lead his friends away. – Take a good look, you bastard! I'll show you the power of darkness!
And with this phrase, Ragna raised his right hand in front of him, showing the back side on which there was a seitra limiter.
- Restriction 666 released! - the limiter opened and a swirling seitr, which contained a grimoire, came out of it.
Ragna grabbed his right hand with his left hand and shrinking continued:
- Dimensional Interference Field Deployed! - a circle formed under the Ragna, consisting of the same symbols as the barrier earlier.
- Idea Engine… linked! - A white sign appeared in front of the Grim Reaper, which is the emblem of his Azure Grimoire.
- BlazBlue activate! - the white sign abruptly light up with a bright blue light and the seitr surrounding Ragna began to glow with a bright blue glow. - Take this, you son of a bitch! - sharply arching, four seitra streams formed behind Ragna, which resembled black wings.
After completing the activation, all the wounds that Ragna had received earlier healed, leaving a reminder of them only in the form of bruises and scratches on his clothes.
- Unfortunately, this is still not enough to win. - With these words, arrancar attacks again, trying to hit Ragna with a horizontal attack of his sword.
The Grim Reaper easily catches the blade with his right hand and sends Ceniza flying with a kick.
- The games are over. I'm tired of holding back on a freak like you. Get it in full!
Ichigo still couldn't believe his eyes: this man had just been on the verge of death, and now, he had effortlessly repelled the Espada attack.
Taking his Aramasa, which is in a large number of cracks and scratches, Ragna went straight to his enemy.
Oskura didn't have to think long. He decided to activate his strongest form: Vasto Lorde. The horns on the head changed their shape, becoming similar to goat's. The jacket completely disappeared, exposing his hole on his stomach, and his legs became like eagle paws. The mask came back again, covering the face completely this time. His swords merged again, this time forming a small sword that is great for lightning attacks.
- I see it didn't take you long to prepare, masked freak. - Ragna came up and said. - And these are the Vasto Lords that everyone is afraid of?
- Soon you will feel real despair when you see what I am capable of.
- Tch, I'm sorry, I've been desperate enough times that I don't care anymore. Come on! Bring it on! - The Grim Reaper shouted at the top of his voice.
[Black Onslaught I: https/youtu.be/lVDbXSaaNtM]
Vasto Lorde disappeared from his seat and appeared in front of the Grim Reaper, began to make quick attacks. Ragna, without thinking twice, put up a barrier that blocked every attack. Arrancar continued to strike until he realized that each subsequent attack was slower than the previous one. But he realized it too late.
Disabling the barrier, Ragna kicked Ceniza, thereby stunning arrancar. After pulling out his sword and covering it with seitr, he hit his opponent's legs, causing him to fall.
- Inferno Divider! - changing the position of the sword in his hand, Ragna covered it with even more seitr than usual and lifting the sword up, threw his opponent into the air.
Hitting him with his hand, Ragna turned over in the air, formed a purple flame on his leg and hit Oskura with all his strength, sending him back to the ground.
- Die already!
Not having time to fall to the ground, Ragna pulled out his sword from behind his back and, forming a huge claw of a Black Beast on the blade, attack his enemy again.
- Gauntlet Hades! - turning over in the air again, Bloodedge gathered a seitr in his hand and hit his enemy, and after that, he formed several huge claws on his leg, which sent arrancar flying again.
Landing, Ragna pulled the sword from his belt, threw it up and catching it with his other hand, formed a huge head behind him, which, hitting arrancar, forced him to fall back to the ground.
- Devoured by Darkness! - Putting the sword back, Ragna's right hand transformed into a huge paw with five long claws. Grabbing Ceniza, Grim Reaper lifted it high above him and a huge amount of seitr, which was released by the Grimoire, began to break out of the ground. It dealt a huge number of blows to arrancar.
- Consume you! - the hand explodes abruptly and Oskura is thrown back. Ragna manages to catch the hand that was thrown away by the inertness of the explosion.
Arrancar quickly gets to his feet, but it was difficult for him to stand on his feet.
- Why am I weak? What have you done to me?! - Ceniza said.
- Nothing like that. I just... - with a devilish smile, Ragna paused. - ...took some of your life force.
- How did you do that? You're human! People can't use this level of power!
- Let's just say… I'm not an ordinary person. - Ragna brushed the dust off his jacket. - You may be strong, but I'm not going to lose to someone like you! Give up and get back to where you came from.
- Surrender to a man? I'm sorry, but I'm following orders. And the order agrees with my decision to kill the Substitute Shinigami. - arrancar said, getting ready to fight again.
- You're an idiot. - Removing the sword from his hip, Ragna prepared for the next round.
[End of topic]
~ Not far from the battlefield~
The group had already left the battlefield and they stopped to catch their breath. Uryu broke the long silence.
- Rukia, are you sure Ragna is human? With such wounds, I wouldn't be able to lift a finger! And now he is fighting on a par with arrancar, who is not inferior to Ulquiorra in strength! Who is he, Rukia?
Rukia herself couldn't give an answer to such a question: Ragna all this time seemed not an ordinary person, with his secrets
- I'm surprised at his strength myself. And we already know people who survived and saved us, being on the verge of death. - Rukia said, glancing in Ichigo's direction. - He won't stop yet... - Rukia doesn't have time to finish, when suddenly, a wall explodes behind her and something heavy crashes into another.
Ragna comes out of the second wall, again covered in abrasions and bruises, from which a small smoke was coming.
- Ты в порядке? - воскликнула Рукия, осматривая Бладейджа.
- Tch, I just forgot one important rule: if you are strong, it doesn't mean that you can't be outwitted and defeated. - Ragna said, spitting blood from his mouth.
- It's time to die, human. - said the arrancar who appeared and fired a powerful cero.
Ragna threw Rukia aside, grabbed a sword from his belt and raised it in front of him.
Cero hit the place where Ragna had just been. When it stopped, a Grim Reaper emerged from the wreckage of the wall
- What's the matter? I can do this all day! - Ragna said, adjusting the collar of his jacket.
- Why are you still standing? Broke all your bones. Tore up your vital organs. Why are you still fighting?!
- Do you think you're the first one to do that? -. Ragna said. - I've met stronger opponents who would tear you to pieces with a grin without blinking an eye. - Ragna slowly went to meet the enemy. - I won't back down. I'm not running away. Even if you break my whole body, I will get up and continue the fight. Everything will end now only with your death.
- Then just die. - arrancar jumped and disappeared from the spot, starting to move all over the street, so that it was difficult to keep track of him.
- The games are over.
Ragna grabs the hilt of his sword and closes eyes.
- Black Onslaught! - behind the Grim Reaper appears the emblem of the Grimoire painted in blood color. The whole space around darkened, as if night had fallen.
- What's going on?! - Ichigo was looking around at the black space trying to figure out what was going to happen now. There was a strong thirst of blood in the air.
Arrancar appeared in front of Ragna and hit him with a vertical punch. But to Oskura's surprise, his strike didn't cause any damage to his opponent.
[Astral Heat BBCPEX: https/youtu.be/A1vk7FtUG9c]
- Sorry, but you need to die! Black Zagan! - opening his eyes, Ragna hits Ceniza with a sharp blow, stunning him. Releasing the sword, he launched the transformation of the sword into a scythe and catching it with the same hand, begins to strike at the target. Each blow took the life force from his enemy, gradually draining him. - Nightmare Rage! - abruptly lifting the scythe up, Ragna's entire body and his weapon were covered in darkness.
- Destruction! - after absorbing the remaining energy, the Grim Reaper hits Arrancar's body, turning it into dust.
Ragna puts the sword in the scabbard and raising his hand, turns around sharply, and with his hand creates a huge red wing behind his back, which disappears as suddenly as it appeared.
- It's over, you bastard. - said Ragna.
[End of theme]
Everyone was amazed at what they saw. In front of them stood a man who had defeated one of the strongest Arrancars they had ever met.
"Who the hell is he?!" thought Uryu.