The soundtrack of choice: Ooki na ken
Lille Barro had faced many things over his long post as captain of the Imperial Guard, oh sure there have been the occasional corrupt Noble or rebellious knight and even a few hollows and souls, that proved more than a little trouble. But regardless of it all, he knew that if he managed to shoot someone with his X-axis in a vital area like the brain, they were dead, unless they had a second life or were incapable of truly dying.
So when Cien still stared down at Lille, even after he shot him in the cranium and had no hole in his skull at all. The Imperial captain was understandably at a loss.
'What...but...how?' Lille asked with fear in his voice, while the alchemist looked at him dismissively.
'Isn't it obvious? I negated it in the same way the room you just destroyed did, though I can only negate your attacks now' Cein explained calmly.
Lille then growled. 'No, that is impossible, there shouldn't be anything for you to negate, the X-axis, simply pierces through anything between its barrow and the target, rendering any defenses useless and even dodging near impossible!' He then again aimed his gun at Cein, 'So you must be using a trick!'
The Alchemist then raised an eyebrow. 'No more of a trick than what I did with that room' His eyes then narrowed and darken as he stared down at Lille. 'Or did you honestly believe that my skills of negation wouldn't operate on a conceptual level?'
Lille then widens his eyes in disbelief and to an extent denial. 'What the hell...you are not making any use-'
'Lille Barro' Cein interrupted him by saying his full name. 'Spiritual power by its very nature works on a conceptual level as it flows through all of space, time, life, death, and the very fabrication of meaning and existence itself' He then places his right hand and fingers through his pink and yellow hair and flips it up. 'Cheesy and cliché as it may be it is the truth'
Snapping Lille then shot his X-axis again, only this time, Instead of it merely phasing through the Arrancar, Cein managed to block it casually with his right hand.
'From what I have studied, your X-axis works by negating the space between it and its the target, while also puncturing through it. Which then allows your spiritual energy to pierce and also damage the target, all of which happens simultaneously' The Alchemist explained while twiddling his fingers along the blast. Which Lille continued to fire in vain. 'And by knowing that and the structure and density of your spiritual power. I naturally was able to negate it' He then smiled menacingly at Lille. 'If anything I would say it is no different than how your majesty negated our King's Respira with his Almighty when they first fought'
Lille then snapped.
'Don't you dare diss my king like that!' He roared in fury as he open his left eye. Which then glowed brightly before engulfing the Imperial Guard Captain in a shining Quincy Zeichen and when the light faded. Lille Barro was in his radiant angelic Vollständig Jilliel.
The man's short white hair spiked up, while his face had two stripped markings that came down over his eyes, and his sleeveless vest was replaced with a long white robe with golden encrusted designs, and on his back, were eight feathery wings that shine with ethereal power, with each of them having three hollowed out holes.
'If shooting you through my X-axis isn't enough to destroy you...' All twenty-four of the holes of his wings then began to charge with energy. 'Then I will just crush you with God's overwhelming might and power!' He declared loudly and then fired the combined charge blast at the Alchemist, which was large and powerful enough to completely vaporize the very tower the destroyed pillar room stood on and unleash a massive explosion in the far distance. Forcing both of the Quincy to create reshi platforms to prevent themselves from falling.
Yet when the smoke settled and also standing in the air was Cein, who was completely unharmed. Rendering both Lille Barro and Royd utterly speechless.
The unfazed Scientist then playfully dusted him off. 'Oh don't be so discouraged, you had the right idea' He contemplated. 'Using overwhelming power would indeed be enough to bypass my negation technique, but unfortunately...' Cein then used Sondio to appear right behind Lille, who just barely was able to turn around to face him.
'You are still weaker than me'
The Alchemist then struck Barro with his zanpaktou and to the latter's further disbelief, the sinister man managed to cut right through his chest, sending Quincy's blood flying everywhere.
'WHAT!' Lillo screamed in his head. 'He is now able to cut me even when I merged with the X-axis!?
Cein then chuckled a bit. 'Oh come now Quincy, surely you haven't forgotten what I have said about your ability?' He then hold up his Zanpaktou and Lille then realized that its blade was engulfed in an eclectic torrent similar to a...
Grand Ray Cero.
'For surely if the folded space around your body can be disrupted, then by logic it can be bypassed' Cein explained, while Lille fearfully backed away. Which made the insane man grin in delight. 'Am I right?' he asked mockingly while readying for another attack.
But then Royd suddenly blocked the enemy's sword with his own and pushed the Alchemist back much to the latter's surprise.
'Don't lose heart, Sir!' The Sternritter shouted out to Barro. 'Even if he managed to negate your Schrift, we can still bypass his defense by overpowering him together!'
Lille then looked at Royd in shock before regaining his composer and nodding, before flying next to his comrade to continue on the fight.
The soundtrack of choice: Owari No Seraph - Battle theme
Later in the courtyard, Ichigo and Gremmy were still busy battling the General together, yet neither of their attacks seemed to have much effect on the man. For whenever the Visionary slices him apart with his spear of Mars, which left behind burning slashes, the Arrancar quickly heals from them and retaliates, and when the Shinigami tried to cut him open with a Getsuga Tenshou the General counters it with that Furia Del Viento attack of his all the while keeping his distance away from the teen.
Eventually, after a few minutes of struggle, both Quincy and the Death God retreat from their enemy to give themselves some air.
'Heh...' Gremmy smirked. 'It would seem this guy is still a hell of an opponent to beat even when working together' He then looked towards Ichigo. 'Unless you have anything else that might take him down?
The Shinigami then sighed. 'I think I have one technique that can at least do some damage if I managed to land a hit. But that guy is keeping his distance from me and has that whirlwind attack that could counter it' Ichigo then eyed the Visionary. 'Mind giving me a hand here?'
Gremmy then grins with anticipation. 'Do you need to ask?' The Young man then swirled his Spear of Mars around himself.
'Storm of The Crimson Dust' He uttered and soon the General found himself engulfed in a massive swirling red dust storm that completely obscured his vision. But the old man immediately growled in annoyance.
'Foolish child' he muttered bitterly. Do you honestly believe that this mere smoke screen can-!?'
Suddenly the General found himself unable to breathe and nearly collapsed to the floor as a result. While Gremmy senses his enemy's distress. Smirked in satisfaction.
'My Soloeatic Teir Four Mars, Isn't limited to just creating mere dust storms. But also the properties of the Atmosphere itself and as of right now, you are now breathing more carbon dioxide than oxygen right now!'
The General then slowly got himself up. 'Don't you dare think...' He struggled to speak as his lungs burn from the gas. 'That this is enough to finish me off!'
Gremmy then chucked. 'What makes you think that I was done?' The Visionary then struck his spear into the earth and several glowing cracks then formed around its pummel before quickly spreading under the General's feat.
'Olympus Explosion!' The Quincy called out and in the next second a volcanic eruption was set off beneath the Arrancar's feet. Engulfing the massive Hollow, in burning hot ash, fire, and molten lava, that singed and burn his skin. While the shockwave of the explosion sent him flying hundreds of feet into the air.
Ichigo was waiting for him and raised both of his zanpakuto as they glowed with spiritual energy.
'Gestuga Jujisho!' He roared and then unleashed two Gestsuga Tensho from his blades. This then fused into a single cross of spiritual energy that then rammed itself into the General and sent him plummeting back into the courtyard below when he and the blast crashed down, it unleashed a huge, pillar explosion that can be seen throughout the fortress. While leaving behind a massive pit dug over half a mile deep in the ground.
'Well...' Gremmy perked up as Ichigo flash stepped next to him. 'That has to do at least some real damage to him right?'
The teen then narrowed his eyes. 'I sense that it did...' He then glared toward the darkened pit. 'Though I think we just pissed him off
Then no sooner than Ichigo said that a massive spike of spiritual power surged out of the deep crevice. For the Shingmai it was to be expected. As he held no illusions that even one of his strongest attacks could take that Monster down in one hit.
But for Gremmy the very nature of that man's aura ended up striking him with a Primal-like dread that he had not felt since forever.
And then a terrifying realization suddenly hit Quincy as the giant man finally rose out of the pit. His shirt was completely burnt off, leaving his heavily muscled upper body bare. Yet any injuries, he did gain were already healed.
'Arturo Platedo...' Gremmy muttered with dread, much to Ichigo's confusion and the general's amusement.
'So...' The breaded man said cheekily. 'The child finally recognizes me' He then rested his sword on his shoulders. 'But of course, any prey is bound to remember the presence of their predator' He then bared a menacing grin at the young Quincy. 'Right... The mind of the Reio!?'
Gremmy then suddenly began to hyperventilate at the man's words. Before forcing himself to calm down while Ichigo looked on in concern.
'Hey, what is wrong do you two have a history or something? The Shinigami question and Gremmy strains to regain his composer.
'Let's just say...that Barragan was not the first insanely powerful menos that invaded the Soul Society' The Visionary explained grimly. 'And unlike him, he was not dismissed as a joke
Ichigo then furrowed his brow in confusion. 'There was another one?'
The Older Man then laughed in vicious joy. 'Oh, How I love this...'He boasted. 'Not only did the Mind of the Reio come back to face me himself, But also the so-called black prince has come to join in as well, and since the both of you have proven more than enough to be a worthy challenge...' He then raises his zanpaktou. 'I believe it is time to show all of you a real glimpse of my actual power!'
'Rise...Fénix'
Arturo's Body then began to glow with green and yellow-like spiritual pressure, before surging into a massive column of spiritual energy that shook all of Las Noches and when the blast died down. The man emerges from smoke in his Recceccion form.
He grew twice in size from his already giant sealed human form, Though he was now nearly naked saved for a long silver tunic that was wrapped around his waist and covered his legs. His Skin was bleached white and seem to glow against the red light of the crimson moon, his head was covered in black hexagon markings, with orange circles in the middle that looked like eyes and his hands and feet became gray sharped, and clawed. While his Face sported a long green beard that split off into two ends and two yellow eyes that radiated power.
'Now then...' He bellowed while stretching out his claw-like hands. 'You two brats will now experience what a True Hollow is actually like!
That is right. The Commander is a composition character of Ikomikidomoe from the can't fear your world Novels and Arturo Platedo from the Bleach video game Shattered blade.
Now the reason why I made this decision. Is many because I want Ikomikidomoe in my fan fic as an Arrancar due to his history with Barragan. However, since Ikomikidomoe isn't his real name. I knew that I have to either make up one or use one from another material.
And Arturo Platedo seemed the most natural choice.
For not only did both characters have a similar history to one another as being extremely powerful hollows that attacked the Soul Society in the past and were sealed away but even have similar abilities to evolve infinity.
The main difference was that Arturo had light-based powers and was young looking and manipulative while Ikomikidomoe was more of a beast that focused more on raw power and was prideful of his power.
Anyway, see you in the next chapter.
