(Soundtrack of Choice: Incantation Part E)
Meanwhile, within the Silver City, the battle between the Arrancars and the Quincy was steadily closing to a draw, with massive casualties on both sides, while nearly the entire city lay in complete ruin. Yet both enemies knew that as long as one of their major powerhouses is still fighting, the war was far from over, and as for the Quincies, they now faced the four top Espada in the Arrancar army, whose power was worlds apart from the rest of the Espada they had faced.
Within the Medical District Pernida was still sending waves of earth and debris at Nnoitra who evaded and cut through them easily with his six scythes, while also keeping his distance from his enemies nerves, much to the doctor's frustration, While Giselle tried in vain to heal and revive zombies to overwhelmed the Espada, but the Arrancar just kept gleeful tearing them apart with just the razor shape wind slashes swung by his blades, before eventually cornering and cutting down the Quincy.
'Oh come on!' Nnorita boasted with glee. 'Is that the best you Sternritters got! I'm barely getting winded!' He laughed before sticking out his tongue. 'But maybe I just need to turn up the Pressure!' The battle-crazed man then charged and fired a black Cero Oscuras with a yellow outline from his mouth, which was so wide, that looked like it could level a country in a single shot.
However, when Pernida saw it was heading towards one of the medical domes she immediately shoot out and spread as many of her nerves from her body as possible to raise a huge rockery wall to block the cero, reinforcing it with her blunt vene to increase its defenses and after struggling to hold the wall up against the destructive power of the Cero. She finally collapse to the ground on her knees in exhaustion, Relieved that it was finally over.
Only to suddenly winded her eyes in dread when Nnorita was behind her, with an already charged Cero to fire right at her at point-blank range.
'Goodbye Bitch!' the Espada cursed, but right before he could launch the Doom Blast he was suddenly clocked in the head by a white fist that sent him tumbling across the ground.
'The only one who should say goodbye is you!' Chad declared while raising his Left Arm of The Devil ready to deliver another strike. While Nnorita steadily got himself off the ground and glared right at the Director with a blood-freezing grin.
'Oh, now things are starting to get interesting!' He shouted out before yellow spiritual power erupted from all over his body and shook the entire district around him.
Chad however turns his attention to the heavily breathing Pernida. 'Are you okay Ms?' He asked gentlemanly and the woman smiled at the kind gesture.
'I'll be fine dear Director, However, we need to focus on taking this Espada down, before even more of this city gets destroyed' She then eyed the fractured scar on Nnorita's chest. 'Due you have a history with him?'
Sado nodded his head. 'We have fought years ago and I managed to wound Nnoitra enough to make him retreat' He explained while readying his left fist. 'And I am pretty sure that I can at least, create an opening for you to take him out
Peridia stared at the Hispanic moment and nodded in agreement. 'I will leave it into your hands then'
Nnorita however merely sneered at their conversation. 'Hey, what are you two talking about!?' He snapped at the Sternritter and Director remain silent. 'Don't tell me you are going to come up with a strategy to take me down or something because I can tell you right now...' He then made a lunge at Chad and Peridia with all six of his scythes. ' It an't going to work!'
However, right before the 4th Espada could cut them both apart. Chad raised his arm over the giant and the shield on his arm enlarged to point that it managed to block all six slashes. Yet the blades of the Scyth still drugged through its flesh and shedding blood.
(Soundtrack of Choice: Ace Combat Zero Soundtrack - The Round Table)
'That...' Chad said lowly while rising his spiritual power. 'Is not for you to decide!' His body was then engulfed in a huge explosion that forced Nnorita back and from the smoke and then the Director emerge in his new form.
His body was encased, in black, red, and white skin-like armor, where the arm of the giant and the arm of the devil merged. His face was covered in a fearsome skull-like mask with blacked teeth, white skin, and tall pointed horns, while a crimson outline curved along all its edges. While the white spiritual power radiating from it was just as dark and potent as Nnorita's Resurrection.
'Master Art...' Yasutora Sado muttered lowly. 'Armor of the Titan'
After getting over the shock of Chad's Transformation. Giliga then smirked at the new power that his rival now wielded. 'So I see you have a few new tricks up your sleeve huh?' The Espada then rushed at Sado. 'But as I said before nothing either of your dos is going to work on me!' the Espada loudly declared, bringing down all six of his scythes upon his foe, hoping to cut open his entire body.
However, instead of blades slashing through flesh, all of Espada's blades bounce off harmlessly against Fullbringer's skin. Stunning Nnoitra into utter silence.
'I can't...cut him?' He stuttered, not even fully believing what just happened.
Unfortunately for Espada however this moment of hesitation, left him open to Sado's next attack, as he then launched his right fist into the slender man's gut and making him cough up blood and saliva before a blast of spiritual energy sent him flinging several hundreds of feet into the air while creating a shockwave in the form of a skull. Then just as Nnoitra began to slow down from his ascension. The Director appeared above Espada and slammed him in the neck with a double-fisted punch. Sending his foe plummeting down from the sky at a speed faster than a falling meteor when Nnoitra crashed down on the ground it impacted into a massive two-mile crater that blew apart all the debris that was caught up in the blast.
'Damn it...'Nnoitra spat out in pain, as he slowly caught from the center of the crater, while two of his hands rubbed a nasty bruise on both his stomach and neck. 'Just what the hell was that!?'
Sado then landed a few feet in front of his enemy. 'My Master Art, The Armor of the Titan, takes the abilities of the arms of the giant and the devil and merges them both across my entire body. Which in turn also amplifies them over ten times fold' He explained, which made the Arrancar growl in frustration. 'While in this form you can't even cut me, let alone beat me!'
Nnorita then doubled back at what Sado said to him and realized it was something similar he once said about Hierro when he first faced Sado when he was the eighth Espada and then laughed. 'Don't get too cocky brat...' he warned while rebranding his scythes. Because I am far from done!' he roared out before launching himself at his rival and continuing the battle once more.
Meanwhile within the upper districts. The Third Espada Ulquiorra furrowed his brow in frustration, at James and Orihime making him struggle in his Resurrección form.
Well, another chapter down and another one to go.
Now to go into a bit more detail about Chad's Master Art and Why I named it The Armor of the Titan. It is meant to symbolize a state of origin in were the Giant and the Devil within Chad's arms originated and by melding the two together they once again become that single being that represents Sado's to both protect his friends and destroy his enemies that harm them.
Anyway see you next time.
