Renji immediately lowered his head in shame. "I am sorry Captain"
Byakuya continued to focus on Saber. "Do not feel sorry for your loss Abrabi, just be grateful you survived and tend to your wounds" He then raised his sword to Saber. "I will be sure to end this quickly"
Saber then readied her blade at Byukuya. "So you are another one of the Captain level shinigami…" she concluded while tightening her grip. "Do not be mistaken that just because I struggled against your comrade. Means it will be easier for you to defeat me"
Byakuya then slightly furrowed his eyes at that statement. "Easy?…it seems you are the one mistaken Servent…" He then pointed the blade of zanpaktou downward much to Saber's confusion. "When I said I wanted to end this quickly, it wasn't because I deem you easy to defeat" his glare then darkened and his voice deepened. "It is the simple fact of crushing you without holding back"
He then let go of his zanpaktou and then it sank into the ground like it was submerging into a puddle of water, while white energy rippled across the earth.
"Ban...Kai"
Then before Saber's eyes, the sky became dark while two rows of a thousand giant blades emerged out of the ground behind Byakuya and immediately she sensed ominous power radiating from all of them.
"Shatter, Senbonzakura Kageyosh"
The two rows of blades then glowed pink before shattering into millions…hundreds of millions of blades. Saber watched on completely memorized and shocked by what she saw and then like a swirling cyclone of deadly cherry blossoms, surrounded Saber…and attacked.
The Heroic Spirit then immediately used Invisible Air to surround her body as a desperate means of protecting herself from the innumerable blades…but it was pointless.
For each of the blades was the equivalent of an A-rank physical strike. Multiplied by several hundreds of millions and surrounding her from every single possible angle. Enabling them to quickly tear the entire wind barrier apart.
Then when all the blades came after Saber even her supered instincts were powerless before an attack that came everywhere at once…
Meanwhile, Archer, Rin, and Shirou winded their eyes in shock and dread when they sensed that Sabor's mana had dropped to critical status. Leaving Shirou is on the verge of panic.
"Saber!" He cried out and immediately tried to rush to save her only to be blocked by Uryu.
"Get out of my way!" Shirou screamed in fury but Uryu remained stoic.
"I am afraid you should worry more about yourself magus" Ishida.
But such a retort just made Shirou go over the edge. "Whenever or not I value my life or not…' the air then became much colder. "Is none of your concern!"
'I know that using this may end up killing me, as my human body might not be able to handle it…but I don't care so long as I can rescue Saber!'
He then raised his sword to the side and uttered one word that Uryu hoped that Shirou would never be able to say.
"Bankai: Daiguren Hyōrinmaru!"
Like Toshiro Hisgtuya Shirou's hands and feet were covered in ice-like claws while two massive matching dragon wings formed out of his back and before Uryu could do anything the magus swung the sword and unleashed a huge wave of ice that was over three times the building length and forced the Quincy back and less than a second later rushed towards were Saber is.
When Archer and Rin saw what Shirou did. The bowman then clicked his tongue in frustration while Rin looked worried about what Shirou had put himself through.
"Well now…" Shunsei commented, "I haven't seen another human wielding Bankai in quite some time…though it is the first time seeing a human using one when in their living body…"
Archer then immediately growled in exasperation. "I don't have time for this" he then immediately projected a bow and fired multiple arrows at Shunsei who was forced to block them and then the Servant retreated down to the street.
Rin seeing that they needed to leave now, flung another jewel at Rukia who raised her zanpaktou in defense but was instead blinded by a bright light. Which gave Archer the opening needed to grab her and rush towards Shirou.
Later up in the sky, Shirou continued to use the wings to fly to his destination, and then when he came upon the two shingamai. He saw Saber's body...
And his heart sank as his face stretched with horror and guilt.
For the once powerful servant was covered with innumerable cuts all over her body. Her silver armor shattered and her bun undone as her main of golden hair covered her bleeding and unconscious face.
Then with unbridled fury, Shirou raised his sword, and the clouds above darkened and thundered. Before charging full force to rescue the Saber.
Seeing this Byakuya then directed the blades of his bankai at Shirou but to his surprise. The Magus countered by launching a huge fully formed ice dragon that forced the captain to instead block the frosted drake with his millions of blades.
But this left an opening that allowed Shirou to snatch Saber and fly away and by the time Byukuya had turned around he was long gone.
A few minutes later Rin and Archer managed to catch up to Shirou and Saber. But by the time they did the latter collapsed to to street and forced Rin to use one of her jewels to create a cushion spell to save Shirou and Saber from the fall.
"Shirou!" Rin called but Archer held his hand in front of her.
But just as Rin was about to shout at her servant for preventing him from helping her command. Her mood immediately changed as she winced and gasped in fright upon seeing Shirou's body.
Which was now covered in frost burns and in just in bad shape as Saber's.
"Shirou…" Rin said almost pleading while fighting back the tears. "What have you done to yourself?"
Meanwhile, Ichigo was busy feeding off against Lancer who had become much faster and more ruthless in his fighting style than when Ichigo last faced him and was just barely keeping up with his speed.
That is until both sense the sudden depletion of another Servent's mana.
"Well…" Lancer said forbiddingly. "It seems Saber has fallen in battle…" he then readied his spear as it began to glow red. "Which means I better end this quick"
Ichigo however immediately rushed at Lancer with a flash step and slashed him with his zanpakuto but Lancer merely smirked. "Sorry kid, but trying to prevent me from throwing my noble phantasm isn't enough to negate it's active-"
Lancer immediately stopped himself when Ichigo charged up another gestua tenshou. But instead of releasing the attack. He kept it charged up within his blade and when he slashed at Lancer the the servant quickly ducked under it and leaped away from the shinigami.
'Well, I'll be…' The Celtic hero muttered. "That kid is keeping that Gestua Tenshou of his within his blade to amplify his attacks…' The child of light then narrowed his eyes. 'To the point that he could break my Gea Bolg in a single strike if he lands a hit on it and with that speed technique of his. It would be practically impossible to give myself enough distance and breathing room to call out my noble phantasm name' he twirled his spear. 'At this point, I'll just have to wing it'
On the other side of the battlefield, Kisuke was busy dodging Berserker's attacks, and then when the mad servant got close within The shopkeeper was forced to conjure a red shield to block the Servant's strike. Which was so powerful that it indented a twelve-meter crater into the earth with a depth that was half as deep. The red shield Urahara covered himself with was splintered into countless cracks and on the verge of collapsing in on itself.
"It's over shinigami!" The Magus taunted him. "Without that sword-wielding shinigami to stall for you. You helpless before my Berserker!"
Urahra then raises his head. "Is that what you think?" He then raises his hand.
"Bakudō #61. Rikujōkōrō!"
Six beams of light then hit the servant's midsection and froze Beserkar in place. Much to Illyasviel distress. To the point that when Kisuke was about to cast another spell. The young magus then cast two white glowing birds from their hair and all of them shot a blast of white magical energy at shingmai forcing him to dodge out of the way.
"I am not going to allow you to cast another one of those spells!" Illyasviel shouted and then manipulated the wires from her hair to create a huge great sword and hurled it right at Urahara. But the latter without even charging his shikai with crimson energy slashed the great blade in half with a single shot. Stunning the Magus.
And before she knew it the Shingmai was right in front of her.
"Sorry about this…" Kisuke apologized while holding out his left hand in front of the Magus face and Illyasviel could only stare at him in confusion and fear. "But I need you to sit tight for a bit"
Suddenly Illyasviel saw a white flash before her eyes and found herself completely unable to move her body. However, Berserker sensing that his master was in danger instantly broke out of the kido placed on him and immediately rushed towards Urahara while swinging his stone axe down at him.
But the lone shopkeeper stood still, raised his palm then uttered another spell.
"Bakudo Sixty-Three Sajō Sabaku!"
He uttered before closing his palm and less than a second later thick yellow energy chains appeared from the sky and warped around the massive servant's arms holding him in place, yet before he could break off them with his unrivaled strength. Kisuke then clasped his hands together and cast another spell.
"Bakudō Seventy-Five. Gochūtekkan!"
Five balls of orange energy emerged from the openings of his hands before circling above his head while Kisuke raised them above his head before slamming the five balls into the ground. Then up from the sky once more a bright orange light shone above Servant and when it faded away five huge steel pillars fell on top of Berserker and pinned his body to the ground.
Urahara then began casting another spell. Only this time he announced another incantation.
"Limited of the thousand hands, respectful hands, unable to touch the darkness. Shooting Hands unable to reflect the blue sky…"
The sky began to darken once again as ten pink points of energy appeared around Urahara. While Illyasviel could sense the enormous concentrated power behind each of them and it filled her with dread.
"The road that basks in light, the wind that ignited the embers, time that gathers when both are together, there is no need to hesitate to obey my orders"
Berserker as if sensing what was coming struggled to break through the kido that bound him and slowly, but surely he managed to break through to first Bakudo by shattering the yellow energy chains and even managed to slowly topple the five pillars that held him down slowly.
"Light bullets, eighth bodies, nine items, book of heaven, diseased treasure, greet wheel, grey fortress tower. Aim far away, scatter brightly and cleanly when fired.."
The mad titan finally managed to overturn the pillars and lunged at Urahara with all his speed and agility…
But he was too late.
"Hado Ninity-One: Senju Koten Taiho!"
The ten energy points then fired all at once at Berserker and upon hitting their mark they unleashed a humungous explosion so huge and bright that it rivaled that of Soifon's bankai. When the smoke cleared, it revealed a twenty-meter scorched crater that leveled or uprooted dozens of trees around it, and in the center laid Berserker…or rather his remains.
For the once huge servant was reduced to a half-disintegrated bodied skeleton. With skin and flesh barely attached to his bones, searing and steaming with heat and ash. Yet despite all of this, the Heroic spirit continued to regenerate while Urahara looked on stoically.
'No way…' Illyasviel thought in terror. 'That spell that shingmai cast was over twice as powerful and it ended up taking five of Berserker's lives…and now he only has two left!'
Urahara then slowly walks towards the recovering Heroic spirit.
"I will admit Berserker…or rather Hercules that you could very be the strongest servant in this entire holy war, with astounding speed, god-like endurance, immeasurable strength, and a noble phantom that makes you all but immortal and indestructible. Even most of the captains of the gotei 13 likely wouldn't stand a chance against you…" Urahara then lowered his gaze at Hercules. "But unfortunately by sacrificing your sanity for the sake of power, you end up becoming limited, predictable, and exploitable"
Berserker growled in response but Urahara continued.
"I can imagine you would be a lot more difficult to defeat had you retain your sanity…or rather not being part of the Berserker class" he gets into a fighting stance. "But either way…I am pretty sure the next Hado I hit you with…" he said with a tone harsher and sharper than any blade. "You'll stay down for good"
However, before Urahra could do anything else he suddenly sensed a projectile coming after him and immediately swung his Shikai to deflect the blow…only to miss.
And before the shingmai realized it the cursed spear had pieced right through his heart.