Barragan then looked at his wounded hand, which was now missing one of its fingers, and then at Ichigo with an intrigued expression.

'I will admit you are starting to match up to my expectations...' His eyes then glowed red as his Spiritual pressure skyrocketed and shook the entire realm. 'However, you are still far from being able to threaten me!'

He then placed his axe in front of himself.

'Rot...Arrogante'

Barragan was engulfed in dark purple flames from the red eye pendent on his axe that consumed his entire body. He reduced his flesh to that of a skeleton and replaced his leather armor with that of black steel that looked like it was worn by a knight or warlord from an age long past. At the same time, a massive purple cape with a main of dark fur hung from around his shoulders, and the crimson eye of his zanpakuto now hung around his neck like a golden pendant. In his right hand was a slimmer version of his black double axe with a spike in the center, a golden chain hanging between its two blades. At the same time, an elegant golden crown stood on top of his head.

'Now then...' his voice echoing through his expressionless skull. 'Shall we continue?' Then, with a wave of his axe, a massive tidal wave of black-purple Mismia erupted from around his body and stretched high up, so high in the air that it blocked the sky and moon.

'Respira...' he uttered, and soon, the black tidal wave of death rushed at Ichigo to engulf him while he stood calmly at the approaching attack. Then, by combining his blunt Arterie, Fullbring, and shinigami powers, he channeled his Spiritual energy within his two blades and crossed them.

'Getsuga Jujisho!' Ichigo yelled out and fired a blue-crossed Spiritual blast at the massive wave of Respira. With the force it unleashed so great that it canceled the attack and sent a large shockwave to cause the three worlds to shake far more viciously than ever before.

Soundtrack of Choice: Blood and Guts

Meanwhile, Back in the Soul Society, a one-sided battle was fought between the remaining Sternritter and the Zero Espada Grimmijow.

Many of them fought hard against the Arrancar despite their exhaustion and injuries. But in the end, it proved futile as the newly Empowered Espada either brushed their attacks off or overcame them with his own. At the same time, many of the fighters could barely keep up with his overwhelming speed, and soon, the only ones left standing were Pernidia Hashwalf, Stark, Aura, and Uyru.

And even then, they, too, were close to falling.

'Hahahaha!' Grimmjow hollered in joy. 'What is wrong? Are you humans so worn down that you can't even put up a fight anymore!' He taunted the tired and wounded group.

Uryu then looked at his allies and grunted his teeth In frustration. 'This bad...' he lamented. 'Given all the fights we've been through and our injuries, none of us, even working together, can defeat him now.' He then felt his hands in his pocket. 'The best chance we have now is for me to use my Nail against Grimmijow, but given how powerful he has become, even that may not be enough to bring him down.' he then began to narrow his eyes, thinking. 'If only there were some way to...'

'Hey!' The Zero Espada called to Uryu. 'If you are going to use that trump card inside your pocket, I suggest you do it or otherwise...' he looked smugly up to the sky. I might leave you be and assault your precious king up in the clouds!'

Ishida's heart raced, and he immediately began reaching for his Nail.

Soundtrack of Choice: Final Fantasy 16 Eikon boss fight theme

But then, a large hand gently placed itself over his shoulder, much to his surprise, and when he turned around, it turned out to be Genrad.

'Do not let him get you, young prince...' The giant man reassured Ishida. 'Your time to use it will come soon enough.'

Then, another younger, black-haired man walked beside him. 'So until then, leave the rest to us.'

Uryu, Hashwalf, Stark, and Peridnia all gasped at the two remaining imperial guards. Gerard and Askin came to aid them.

'So His Majesty allowed you to join the battlefield?' Hashwalf guessed, and Askin hummed playfully.

'More as he ordered us to upon sensing the current situation,' The Imperial guard said with a slight grin.

'And they are not the only people he called out for help,' another voice called out, who turned out to be Ginjo, As the Vanguard and the rest of the Imperial surrounded the lone Arrancar.

But Grimmijow just chuckled in Amusement. 'So all the top players finally decided to show up?' he raised his Spiritual to the point that the entire ground began to impact beneath his feet. 'Good...because that means instead of hunting all you bastards down, I get to slaughter every one of you at once!

He rushed at Genrad, hoping to take him out first, but suddenly felt a flash of light from behind, followed by a massive energy field that expanded dozens of miles and trapped him and all the other fighters inside. Upon doing so, Grimmjow felt a slight wooziness in his movements, though the others remained unaffected.

'Well, you certainly live up to your reputation as the Zero Espada, considering that you are barely affected by my Gift Bereich, ' Askin compliments as he stands in his holy form. Which consisted of light purple wings in molecular strand shape, circles surrounding his waist and arms, and a matching Halo. 'Which means I have to start already using my special trump cards to take you out.'

Grimmjow then Sneered. 'Don't get too cocky, you Asshat!' He shouted before lunging his claws at Askin, who then dodged out of the way at the last minute by jumping up in the air. At the same time, the blow itself left behind a massive five-hundred-foot crater that uprooted the earth. 'Because regardless of what you did to me, it wasn't going to change shit!'

The Zero Espada roared out, immediately rushing out at the Imperial guard with one of his claws, but at the last minute. Askin dodged under Grimmjow's arm and flung several small rings of reshi into his chest. Which then exploded from the inside out, and he was forced back to the ground.

'Well, what do you say about that?' Askin taunted as he landed in front of Grimmjow. 'My gift ring concentrates the power of my death-dealing into any part of the body it makes contact with to cause instant death,' he explained to his opponent as he growled in a fury. 'Since it is your fault for being so powerful, I have now no choice but to.'

Suddenly, to Askin's bafflement, he noticed that the gift ring barely harmed Grimmjow aside from slightly bruising his skin and leaving shallow bleeding wounds.

'I thought I told you before, asshat...' Grimmjow said while one of his claws glowed white-blue. 'Nothing you have is going to do shit to me!' He then launched a blue slash of energy so fast that Askin knew that not only would he not be able to dodge it, but it would instantly cut him in half and kill him, too.

But before the fatal blow could strike, Gerard was now in his winged holy form, consisting of a glowing halo and large angelic wings of light. Intercept the attack and sever it in half with his sword. Though it resulted in it receiving a chip alongside its edge, Grimmjow grinned in delight.

Only to receive a massive cut across his stomach, much to his shock.

Hmph' Genrade smirked. 'My sword, Hoffrange, is a blade forged from the hope of the masses, and whenever that hope is turned into despair, it will reflect that on the one who inflicted it.' He then rushed at Grimmjow, sword at ready. 'And through that hope and despair, You shall fall Espada!'

Grimmjow stared at Genrade blankly before a cunning smirk stretched across as he readied his claws. 'If damaging that blade is a problem, then I will just-!?' Suddenly, he felt his entire being restricted by invisible restraints. Then, upon looking from the right corner of his eye, he saw that Aura, who stretched out both of her hands, was the one responsible, and with no means of escaping, Genrade managed to stab his sword into Grimmjow's chest and make him or cough up blood.

'Bastard!' He screamed in fury. 'Do you think that this is enough to finish me off!?'

'No...' a spoke out from above. Who turns out to be Ginjou in his master art form. Which consisted of a black and bone knight-like outfit with a horn skull-like helmet. At the same time, he wielded a massive matching long cross-guard in both hands.

'But this will be!' He shouted as he raised his blade, and a great aura of light purple Spiritual power engulfed the weapon before striking it down on his foe. Unleashing, a gigantic explosion spreads out into the sky, cutting deep into Espada's back and spine while burning through his flesh and bones, making the Panther man scream in agony.

'I don't care if you are Cero Espada or whatever,' Ginjo sneered as he dug his sword further into the Arrancar's back. 'It was suicide if you thought you could take on both the Imperial and the Vanguard at the same time.' He then began to charge his sword again. 'And now, because of that arrogance, you will die for it.'

Soundtrack of Choice: Cast To Damnation

Grimmjow growled in anger before shifting to smug laughter. 'I wouldn't be the one to call myself arrogant!' He shouted out then before any of the other combatantments could do anything. The Cero Espada was then engulfed in a tremendous aura of Spiritual power that pushed them back. Which had so much force and intensity that the very ground beneath his feet was reduced to dust, and everyone's horror, Grimmjow's supposedly fatal wounds quickly began to heal.

'Let me tell you all something else about the rank of the Cero Espada, ' Grimmjow explained while his Spiritual pressure continued to rise. 'It's not just the fact I gain the combined Spiritual power of all the Espada...' he began to say until he noticed Ginjou trying to cut him down while he was monologuing, but instead of stopping the attack. The Arrancar flat allows the Vanguard to cut his neck with his sword engulfed with the same power level.

And to Ginjou's bafflement, his slash not only did no damage to the Espada, but it didn't even phase him.

'But all of their abilities as well...' Grimmjow finished before flaring his Spiritual pressure and proceeding to vaporize Ginjou's sword and his arms by the intensity of his cheerio, Just like Nnotitia's in his Segunda Etapa form and making him scream in unimaginable agony. 'Along with all of them being amplified by their combined Spiritual power!'

Seeing how dangerous the enemy had become, Aura waved out both arms, and from the ground, heat, moisture air, and the scraped alloy from the ruined buildings. She conjured five majestic eastern dragons, each composed of fire, water, earth, wind, and metal elements. All of which had the power to level the entire Silver City several times over.

Yet the very moment The chair-woman launched her dragons at Grimmjow, he sprouted five serpent heads out from his back. Which then lunged themselves at the ones Aura conjured, much to her horror. Before, all of them clashed against one another and exploded. She was canceling both of the attacks.

'It's kinda degrading, really,' Grimmjow lamented while casually blocking five of Askin's on Gift rings with a quick mentally casted water shield. Not even bothering to look at his opponent. 'Because I rather not use techniques from a bunch of losers who couldn't cut this rank, but since all of you guys have pissed me off so much...' He suddenly grabbed Genrad's sword when he attempted to stab him from behind, and then Grimmjow lifted his other hand as its palm began to glow.

'I am willing to make an exception.' Then, a moment later, Grimmjow fired a massive beam out from his hands that was an empowered version of Patro's Blast Fourth and completely obliterated Gerard's upper body. His face, flesh, and bones vaporized into dust while the rest of him fell to the ground.

'So punk, try saying that again that I am the one being arrogant!' He challenged, While Aura, Askin, and Ginjo stared at him defiantly, though the latter slyly smiled despite missing both of his arms.

'I am afraid it is still you...if you honestly think that was enough to do in that big lug in' The Cero Espada, raise an eyebrow, wondering if the man became delusional after losing both of his limbs Only to then notice that a gigantic foot stepped beside him, and when he turned around, his mouth nearly dropped in sheer disbelief.

Foe, the once half-blown apart man, was now a mountain-sized giant who towered over all the buildings around him by his knees. His Spiritual power had increased to the point that it rivaled Grimmjow's own.

Ginjo then grins delightfully at The Cero's Espada expression. 'Because you will find out that going all out on him is the biggest mistake you could ever make.'


It's a brand new year with a brand new chapter.

Now, in regards to the naming of chapters 110 and 111, each is a shout-out to My Hero Acadmia regarding the two main quirks wielded by the main hero, Izuku Midoriya, and the main villain, Tomura Shigaraki and a form of symbolization in how both the Hero Ichigo and the Villain Grimmjow uses multiple powers in their fights. The former gained them by training himself and others by allowing the other Espada to die.

Anyway, there are only a couple more chapters until this arc ends, so stay tuned!