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"Hello." – Normal talking.
"Hello." – Normal thoughts.
"Hello." – Zanpakutō speaking.
"Hello." – Zanpakutō thoughts.
Ichigo jumped out of the Garganta to see he was in the air. Ichigo dove headfirst toward the ice-covered ground. Ichigo could see the ice beginning to consolidate into a fist, the size of a skyscraper. The giant fist extended itself toward Ichigo. Ichigo allowed his reiatsu to gather into the Zangetsu in his right hand. Ichigo spun in the air, making it where he faced the incoming fist.
"Getsuga…TENGEKI!" Ichigo yelled as he stabbed Zangetsu forward. A black sword-shaped beam with a red outline shot out of Zangetsu towards the incoming fist. The attack pierced through the fist, causing a large explosion that destroyed the fist. Getsuga Tengeki continued descending before it pierced the icy ground below, causing a massive explosion. Ichigo crashed into the ground, forcing all the icy dust and debris away. In the distance, Ichigo could see a pack of a hundred large polar bears charging toward him. All of them were completely white with red eyes. The polar bears were bigger than tanks. Ichigo gathered more of his reiatsu into the Zangetsu in his right hand.
"Mugen Getsuga Tenshō!" Ichigo shouted as he fired his attack up in the air. The incoming polar bears ignored the attack and continued to charge toward him. Then Mugen Getsuga Tenshō turned down and scattered into regular Getsuga Tenshōs, which began to rain down on the polar bears. The polar bears were quickly torn apart by the attacks, staining the white snow with their blue blood. Ichigo could see the blue blood beginning to bubble.
"Don't touch the blue blood. That is energy from the Overlord. It might contaminate you." Shirayuki warned.
"Got it," Ichigo replied. The bloodied snow began to pull itself together, forming a shape.
"Ichigo, there is no point in attacking them. The Overlord can infinitely regenerate them." Shirayuki added.
"Got it," Ichigo said as he quickly shunpō'ed away. "Kyōka, let me know when I am getting closer to the Overlord."
"Ok," Kyōka replied. Ichigo continued to shunpō forward. The ground rumbled as Ichigo saw a pack of two hundred white woolly mammoths walking towards him. All of them were over four meters (13.12 feet) tall with white fur and red eyes. One of the mammoths raised its truck and blew air out of it, acting like a horn. The other mammoths pointed their trucks at Ichigo and blew cold air at him. Ichigo quickly shunpō'ed up, avoiding the cold air.
"Getsuga Tenshō!" Ichigo said as he unleashed a few Getsuga Tenshōs at the woolly mammoths. The attack bisected the animals, staining the white snow with their blue blood. Ichigo could already see the bisected woolly mammoths and the snow beginning to transform. Ichigo quickly shunpō'ed away.
"Are there any signs of the Planetary Core Communicator activating?" Ichigo asked.
"Nothing," Kyōka replied.
"I see… Well, hopefully, the increase in monsters in our way is a sign we're on the right track." Ichigo thought as he stopped in the air. Ichigo could see an army of monsters coming toward him. In the air were flocks of white wyverns, descendants of dragons with wings attached to their forearms. On the ground, large golems slowly walked toward Ichigo. They were about the same size as the mammoths.
"Based on my estimate, approximately four hundred wyverns and four hundred golems are coming towards us," Chishiki commented.
"Getsuga Tenshō!" Ichigo said as he unleashed a few Getsuga Tenshōs at the incoming golems. The golems roared as they were knocked back by Ichigo's attack. The wyverns roared as they began to unleash a whitish-blue beam. Ichigo quickly dodged the attack. The beam hit the ground, forming pillars of ice.
"Mugen Getsuga Tenshō!" Ichigo shouted as he fired multiple attacks up in the air. The wyverns swerved to the side, trying to dodge the falling attacks. The golems roared as the falling Getsuga Tenshō knocked them off their feet. Ichigo shunpō'ed towards the wyverns.
"Zangetsu, coat your blade with reiatsu so the blood doesn't stain your blade," Shirayuki instructed.
"All right," Zangetsu said. Both the blades in Ichigo's hands glowed as he began to slaughter the wyverns. The wyverns tried to fight back but Ichigo killed them before they could react in time. The wyverns' corpses merged with the golems on the ground. Some of the golems now had the wyvern head attached to their body. The wyvern heads turned to Ichigo and began to fire a whitish-blue beam at him.
"This is getting ridiculous." Ichigo thought as he fired a few more Getsuga Tenshōs at the mutated golems. The two attacks collided, causing large explosions. Ichigo used those explosions to hide his escape. "Anything yet?"
"Nothing yet," Kyōka replied.
"But with the unexpected increase in monsters makes me think we are on the right path," Shirayuki added.
"In that case, we should go full speed to the Overlord, so we have enough energy to fight the other two Overlords," Zangetsu commented.
"Aren't I passively generating more reiatsu?" Ichigo asked.
"Yes, you are," Kyōka replied. "But we still need to absorb some energy from the environment to produce reiatsu."
"But the ambient energy is contaminated by the Overlord of Corruptive Frost." Shirayuki began. "If we wanted to use it, we need to use hellfire, holy fire, and Schrift T: The Taiyo to purge all the contamination."
"The process consumes much more energy than how much it produces," Kyōka concluded.
"I see…" Ichigo said. "Then I will pick up the speed." Ichigo shunpō'ed forward, ignoring as much of the enemy as he could.
Scene Change: Other side of the planet
A female humanoid being sat on a white throne made of frozen bones. She has a seductive body. Her skin was bone white with icy blue scales on her body, which emphasizes her beauty. She has long gravity-defying white hair. She has reptilian crimson red eyes, which contrast her primary white body. She was dressed in a black dress with matching black fur on the collar. Beside her was a Dokkaebi with white fur and dressed in a violet parka and pants. Both of them were watching a panel of ice, which was showing Ichigo slaughtering a pack of 1000 white dragons, the size of passenger airplanes.
"So, Eol-Eum Chuwi [Icy Cold], this person is the one who killed the other Overlords?" The woman asked.
"Yes, Overlord." Eol-Eum Chuwi replied in a formal tone, like a butler. They watched as Ichigo shunpō'ed away, leaving the corpses of the saber-toothed tigers. "I would suggest sending out a platoon of your rytsar [knights]."
"How many?" The Overlord of Corruptive Frost asked.
"Maybe 1000." Eol-Eum Chuwi replied. The Overlord waved her hand, creating 1000 knights. All of them wore heavy armor and were armed with a sword and tower shield. They were in a formation of 100 knights per row. She positions them along Ichigo's path, forcing him to encounter them. It took less than five minutes before he reached their location.
"To think he would be able to travel that far in such little time, take out that much of my forces, and still have more power in reserve." She commented.
"Indeed." Eol-Eum Chuwi said. The knights charged toward Ichigo. He fired a Getsuga Tenshō at them. All the knights stopped their charge and slammed their tower shields down, forming a multi-layered wall. The Getsuga Tenshō slammed into the tower shields. The force of the attack disintegrated the first seven rows of knights and pushed back the eighth to fifteenth rows of knights, leaving the sixteenth to the twentieth row of knights unharmed.
"I didn't expect one of his attacks to be that strong." She admitted. Before the knights could recover, Ichigo fired another Getsuga Tenshō at the remaining knights, disintegrating them.
"To think that he could easily fire those destructive blasts without much downtime." Eol-Eum Chuwi added.
"Agreed." The Overlord replied as Ichigo shunpō'ed away. "I want him." She said giving the image of Ichigo a hungry look. "I want to devour all that energy he has." She stood up and walked away from her throne. Eol-Eum Chuwi sighed as he watched her leave.
"At least I didn't need to bribe her this time." Eol-Eum Chuwi thought as he continued to watch the ice panels.
Scene Change: With Ichigo
Ichigo unleashed multiple Getsuga Jūjishōs at the enemy in front of him. The enemy in front of him were more knights but this time it was 2000 knights. Getsuga Jūjishō destroyed multiple rows of knights. It didn't take long before Ichigo shunpō'ed away, leaving only a couple of hundred knights remaining. As he shunpō'ed across the white snowy plains.
"Strange. There aren't any more enemies." Ichigo thought after ten minutes.
"Isn't that a good thing?" Naamah asked.
"No," Shirayuki replied. "All the enemies we fought were created from the Overlord's energy, who has near limitless energy."
"The Overlord is likely using the time to create an extremely large army to try and crush us," Ichigo replied.
"Ichigo, the Planetary Core Communicator is activating,"Kyōka interjected.
"Good," Ichigo replied. After five more minutes, Ichigo arrived to see an even larger army waiting for him. Ichigo could see thousands of knights, armored polar bears, and wyverns. At the end of the battlefield, Ichigo could see a woman sitting on a throne that was carried on a golem's back.
"Hello, Invader." The Overlord of Corruptive Frost greeted. Ichigo used the memories of the Overlords to learn what she was saying. Ichigo ignored her greeting and shunpō'ed towards her, charging both his Zangetsu with much more reiatsu than before.
"Getsuga Jūjishō!" Ichigo yelled as he swung both of his swords, releasing a humungous Getsuga Jūjishō. The Overlord's eyes widen in shock at the size of the attack. A large portion of her wyverns flew down towards the attack. They surrounded themselves with energy before dove in front of the incoming Getsuga Jūjishō, attempting to stop the attack. Upon collision, there was a massive explosion, kicking up dust, chunks of ice, and blue blood everywhere. Ichigo swung his large Zangetsu down and parted the dust. Ichigo could see the Overlord was unharmed.
"So uncivilized." The Overlord said with an annoyed look. "Beat him until he's almost dead." The red eyes on the remaining knights, polar bears, and wyverns glowed red as they charged toward Ichigo.
"Getsuga Tenshō!" Ichigo shouted as he fired his signature attack. The first few waves blocked the attack, sacrificing themselves in the process. The other waves came out unscathed and continued to charge toward him. The wyverns fired their icy beam at Ichigo."Mugen Getsuga Tenshō!" Ichigo shouted as he fired his attack up in the air. Before the attack could reach the optimal altitude, it suddenly collided with a barrier, causing the attack to prematurely detonate. In the distance, the Overlord of Corruptive Frost laughed.
"You didn't think I would allow you to use that over and over again?" She said. Ichigo glared as he was forced into close combat with the army. Both of his swords were coated with his reiatsu as he slashed down a nearby knight.
"Getsuga Tenshō!" Ichigo shouted as he swung both of his swords, firing two Getsuga Tenshōs toward the incoming enemies. The knights were pushed back by the attacks but were mostly fine.
"Looks like she increased their defensive capabilities." Ichigo thought as they quickly recovered and charged toward Ichigo. Ichigo faced them head-on. Ichigo swung his sword in his right hand down at the knight only for the knight to block it with his sword. Ichigo pointed the Zangetsu in his left hand at the knight's chest.
"Getsuga Tengeki!" Ichigo shouted as he stabbed Zangetsu forward. A compressed beam of reiatsu shot out and pierced through the armor of the knight in front of him. The attack pierced through the enemy behind the knight. Despite being hit by Getsuga Tengeki, they continued to move, as if they weren't hit by Ichigo's attack.
"I think it's time to kick this up a notch," Ichigo said.
"Finally. Which way?" Zangetsu asked.
"Massive destruction," Ichigo replied.
"Soy la furia que destruye el Cielo. [I am the fury that destroys Heaven.]" Ichigo began to chant. Ichigo had his reiatsu form a barrier around him. The knights surrounded him and began to attack the barrier. " Coráge la furia que destruyó los nueve círculos del infierno. [ I am the rage that destroyed the nine circles of Hell.]" Ichigo continued the chant.
"His energy is increasing!" The Overlord noticed.
"STOP HIM!" She ordered. The knights all swung their weapons at the barrier. The wyverns fired their icy blasts at the barrier. The black and red wall of reiatsu stood strong. " Yo soy el que se atreve a desafiar al destino. [I am the one who dares to challenge fate.]" Ichigo continued. Resurrección Luna Nueva! [Resurrection of the New Moon!]" Ichigo shouted as the black barrier exploded, releasing massive waves of black energy all around. Most of the wyverns barely managed to fly away, avoiding the explosion. The knights and polar bears, on the other hand, were mostly wiped out. Only about 1000 remained, as they were the farthest away from Ichigo. The dust and energy settled, revealing the hollowfied Ichigo. Ichigo glanced down and noticed that Zangetsu looks slightly different. Both of them are much longer, matching the length of the large Zangetsu, with the tip being more curved, with three protrusions along the blunt end of the sword close to its tip. The tsuba retained its Manji-like shape, but it became more curved and jagged (1). Ichigo turned his head towards the Overlord of Corruptive Frost and the Dokkaebi. Ichigo took a deep breath he unleashed a loud, intimidating roar.
"RAHAHAH!" The shockwaves shock the entire battlefield, causing avalanches all over the nearby mountains.
"Wh-what is that?" She asked.
"I'm not sure." Eol-Eum Chuwi replied. Ichigo gathered energy in both of his blades as he sonído'ed towards them.
"Getsuga Jūjishō!" Ichigo roared with his distorted voice as he swung down with his zanpakutō, releasing a large and much more powerful cross-shaped blast of energy compared to before. The Dokkaebi quickly teleported away, abandoning the Overlord.
"AHAHA!" She screamed as the attack hit her and sent her flying. All the remaining enemies turned to Ichigo and tried to attack him. Ichigo charged the Zangetsu in his right hand. "Mugen Getsuga Tenshō." He said as he fired the attack up in the air. Unlike before, Ichigo's attack broke through the barrier. Once it reached the optimal attitude, it began to fall toward the enemy. Ichigo sonído'ed where the Overlord landed. Ichigo arrived the Overlord's lower body has been bisected apart. which was leaking blue blood. She immediately spotted Ichigo.
"BASTARD!" The Overlord of Corruptive Frost yelled. She unleashed a wave of icy blue energy. Ichigo stood there, unfazed by the energy. Ichigo could sense the Overlord began to gather energy from the planet. The blue blood began to coagulate and regenerate her lower body.
"Should I stop her?" Ichigo asked.
"No," Shirayuki replied. "She is beginning to reabsorb all the energy from her minions and the planet." Ichigo could see The Overlord was surrounded by the icy blue energy and began to grow bigger. Suddenly fists made out of snow shot out from in front of the Overlord towards Ichigo. Ichigo swung his swords at the incoming fists, bisecting them in half. More fists quickly formed and attacked him. Ichigo continued to attack the fists as he looked at the Overlord of Corruptive Frost. She now is taller than Mount Fuji. She discarded her clothes were covered in thick layers of dragon scale. Her eyes glowed crimson. On her chest was a large glowing orb. In her scaled hands was a large broadsword made out of ice.
"The orb on her chest is the Planetary Core," Kyōka said.
"Good," Ichigo said. He pointed his right sword at the ground below the fists. Black reiatsu began to concentrate in front of the tip of his sword.
"Cero!" Ichigo shouted as he fired a black ball of energy. The attack flew down and destroyed the ground the fists were coming from. The fists all stopped, allowing Ichigo to sonído'ed towards her. "Getsuga Tenshō!" Ichigo shouted as he swung his sword down, releasing his attack.
"NOT THIS TIME!" She screamed as she swung her sword at the Getsuga Tenshō. Ichigo's eyes widen as her sword bisected his Getsuga Tenshō, forcing the two halves to explode behind her. The giant greatsword continued to fly toward Ichigo. Ichigo sonído'ed to the side, avoiding the blade.
"Getsuga Jūjishō!" Ichigo yelled as he swung both of his swords down. The Overlord turned around and barely had enough time to raise her broadsword to block the attack. The Getsuga Jūjishō shook her entire body. The Overlord raised her broadsword and tried to attack Ichigo. Once again, Ichigo sonído'ed to her blind spot and attack her with either a Getsuga Tenshō or a Getsuga Jūjishō.
"Stop running!" The Overlord yelled as she quickly became frustrated at Ichigo hit and run tactics. Ichigo suddenly increased the speed of his sonído, creating clones of himself. All of them began to bombard the Overlord with a Getsuga Tenshō or a Getsuga Jūjishō. "METEL [Snowstorm]!" She yelled as she swung her sword around her, sending a circular wave of ice around her. The attack destroyed all of Ichigo's speed clones. She looked around, trying to find where Ichigo went. Ichigo stood above the Overlord. He brought up his white blade and used it to cut himself. Red blood stained the white sword's blade. He pointed the sword below him, towards the Overlord. He held the black sword up, ready to swing it. A black cero with a royal blue outline formed in front of him.
"Gran Ray Cero," Ichigo said as he fired his attack. Immediately after he swung his black sword down. "Getsuga Tenshō!" The two attacks combined and flew toward the Overlord. The Overlord looked up to see the powerful attack descending towards her.
"NO!" The Overlord yelled. Her broadsword began to glow. "Lavina! [Avalance]!" She yelled as she swung her broadsword up. She fired her own crescent-shaped energy beam. The Gran Ray Getsuga Tenshō pierced through the Overlord's attack. She raised her broadsword and tried to block the attack. When the Gran Ray Getsuga Tenshō hit her broadsword, there was a massive explosion, even greater than before. Ichigo stood in the sky as he waited for the dust to settle. The explosion from Ichigo's attack knocked the Overlord of Corruptive Frost off her feet and caused her to fall into the snowy ground, being buried in the snow. Her body was severely damaged from the attack.
"I will not fall." She growled. The planetary core in her chest glowed as she absorbed even more energy from the planet. "I WILL KILL THAT BASTARD!" She screamed as she began to transform. The remaining ice on the planet began to transform into raw energy and was pulled towards the buried Overlord.
"We need to get off the planet. She is slowly absorbing everything." Shirayuki warned.
"How? I can't breathe in outer space." Ichigo replied.
"Not to worry," Yhwach replied as he activated Schrift V: The Ventus. Ichigo felt as if he had an oxygen mask on his face. Ichigo used sonído to escape the planet. Ichigo used his reiatsu to form a platform on him to stand. He watched an icy blue metallic orb float out. More of the planet was being absorbed by the orb and causing it to grow bigger. In a few moments, the planet was gone, replaced by the metallic orb, which was slightly smaller than the planet. The orb began to release icy blue energy as the orb transformed. In a few moments, the orb turned into a giant icy blue metallic bird-like dragon. It has a saurian posture and bird-like features; its head and neck are sculpted to resemble that of a bird of prey, with feather-like ornaments on each side of its head and at the elbows, and a jagged cone surrounding its neck. Its wings have the appearance of being feathered. Behind its head, there is a large arch connecting its shoulder pauldrons (3). The creature looked up, immediately spotting Ichigo.
"To think you would force me to use my full power." She arrogantly said. Icy blue energy gather around her neck and flowed to her mouth. "Polnyy nol' [Absolute zero]!" She fired a large icy blue energy beam at Ichigo. Ichigo quickly sonído'ed out of the way. The beam hit a nearby asteroid belt, instantly freezing the asteroids in their attack range. Ichigo quickly cut his hand and smeared blood on his right horn. Ichigo immediately gathered his reiatsu into both of his swords and his horns.
"Gran Ray Cero," Ichigo said as he fired his attack. Immediately after he swung both of his swords down. "Getsuga Jūjishō!" The two attacks combined and flew toward the Overlord.
"Lavina," The Overlord said as her claws glowed icy blue. She swung them at the Gran Ray Getsuga Jūjishō, sending the attack off course. Ichigo's attack exploded behind her.
"That was my strongest attack and she swatted it away like a fly." Ichigo thought.
"Not so strong now." The Overlord fired another icy blue beam at Ichigo. Ichigo dodged her attack and fired another Gran Ray Getsuga Tenshō. She ignored the attack and tried to hit Ichigo with her attack. Ichigo was forced to dodge again.
"Should I use Schrift Z?" Ichigo thought.
"We still have one trick left," Zangetsu replied.
"We do?" Ichigo asked as he dodged another attack from the Overlord.
"Ichigo, do you trust me?" He asked.
"I do," Ichigo replied. Ichigo's eyes widen as he felt something change in him. Suddenly Ichigo stopped moving. The Overlord turned her head to him. Black, red, white, and blue energy began to gather around him.
"I didn't expect him to have so much energy left." The Overlord thought.
"Chōzetsukai [Transcendent Release]," Ichigo said. Suddenly there was an explosion of black, red, white, and blue energy. The explosion forced the Overlord to move away.
"What is he?" The Overlord thought. The energy died down to reveal Ichigo's new form.
Ichigo now stood about 213.36 cm (7 feet) tall. Ichigo's long orange hair has turned black. Ichigo's golden yellow eyes are replaced by crimson eyes. Ichigo's hollow mask disappeared except for his horns. His skin turned back to normal. Ichigo's chest is covered in blueish-gray bandages around his chest areas. Ichigo gained golden flame-like tribal markings around his forearm. Below his waist is a clean pair of black kimono pants. Ichigo's fingers and toes now had black claws. On his back were five pairs of black angel wings. In Ichigo's hands were two large weapons that were about the size of Ichigo. For the sword in his right hand, the handle and the inner portion of the sword are crimson red with the base of the sword is black. As for the one in his left hand, the handle and the inner portion of the sword are blue while the base of the sword is white. Both blades' bases are slanted and continue with a section jutting out from the underside as a guard. There is a golden chain attached at the bottom of each sword.
"Eien Zangetsu no Atarashī Yozora [Eternal Slaying Moon of the New Night Sky]," Ichigo said.
"What is this new form?"Ichigo thought. To his surprise, he didn't hear anyone reply from Zangetsu or anyone from his mindscape.
"Even with your new form, you're no match for me!" The Overlord said as she opened her mouth and fired another Polnyy nol' at Ichigo. Ichigo suddenly disappeared from his spot. Ichigo silently reappeared behind the Overlord.
"That was different." Ichigo thought. Even though this was the first time Ichigo used the technique, he already knew its name of it. "Fukemachigetsu [Waiting Late Into the Night for the Moon]." Ichigo thought. The Overlord turned her head and spotted Ichigo.
"Now I got you!" She screeched as she fired another Plynyy nol'. Ichigo used Fukemachigetsu to disappear again. "It doesn't feel like shunpō or sonído (4)." Ichigo thought as he reappeared behind the Overlord. Ichigo raised his black sword in the air. Black reiatsu began to gather around the sword. The Overlord turned around as Ichigo opened his mouth, ready to say the name of his signature attack but something else came out of his mouth.
"Mikagetsu Tenshō [Crescent Moon Heaven Piercer]!" Ichigo roared as he swung the sword down. An energy slash, resembling Ichigo's signature attack flew out of Ichigo's new sword. The attack was completely black except for the edge, which was white.
"Lavina!" She shrieked as she swung her arm down, trying to break the attack. To her shock, the Mikagetsu Tenshō broke her Lavina and hit her arm.
"RAHAHA!" She screamed in pain as blue blood oozed out of the wound.
"I'm not done yet," Ichigo said as he pulled his black sword back. It glowed with black reiatsu. "Jougen Tengeki [Waxing Moon Heavenly Strike]!" Ichigo said as he stabbed the sword forward. A compressed linear energy blast shot out of the sword. The attack was also completely black with white edges. The attack hit her right leg, piercing through her metallic icy blue skin.
"AHAHA!" The Overlord shrieked in pain. Ichigo pulled his white sword back. It glowed with white reiatsu.
"Jougen Tengeki!" Ichigo shouted as he stabbed the white sword forward. A compressed linear energy blast shot out of the sword. This time, the attack was completely white with black edges. The attack hit her left arm. Ichigo quickly used Fukemachigetsu to get behind the Overlord. He charged both of his swords with his reiatsu. "Mikagetsu Jūjishō [Crescent Moon Cross-Shaped Piercer]!" Ichigo shouted as he swung his swords down. The Overlord turned around and raised her arms as a black and white cross-shaped attack flew to her. She tried her best to block the attack.
"RAHAHA!" She continued to scream as she struggled against the attack. Ichigo quickly fired another Mikagetsu Jūjishō at the Overlord. The two sets of attacks combined and caused a massive explosion. Ichigo used Fukemachigetsu to appear closer to the Overlord, parting all the extra dust. Ichigo could see the many wounds all over the Overlord's bloody. Ichigo could tell she was defeated. Ichigo tried to summon Shirayuki or Kōsetsu, but nothing happened.
"Looks like I need to leave Eien Zangetsu no Atarashī Yozora." Ichigo thought as he left his form. Ichigo was surprised when return to normal while holding Kokugatsu. Suddenly Ichigo could feel the air in his body trying to rush out. Before Ichigo could react a bubble of air surrounded Ichigo. Ichigo looked to see Yhwach, Kyōka, and Shirayuki appearing beside him. Kyōka and Shirayuki tackled and hugged him.
"Are you ok?!" They asked.
"I am," Ichigo replied. Kyōka and Shirayuki looked at Ichigo one last time before letting him go. Ichigo turned to Shirayuki. "Go finish her."
"Very well," Shirayuki said as she summoned her blade. She shunpō'ed towards the Overlord. She summoned a copy of her zanpakutō. Suddenly Eol-Eum Chuwi appeared in front of the Overlord. Ichigo snapped his figures. Chains of Hell quickly shot out and bound the Dokkaebi before it could react. Shirayuki stabbed her sword directly into the Overlord's core.
"AHAHAH!" The Overlord screamed as icy blue energy rushed out of her and was slowly absorbed by Shirayuki. As it happened, Ichigo turned to Kyōka and Yhwach.
"So, what happened when I used Eien Zangetsu no Atarashī Yozora?" Ichigo asked.
"The first thing was that Zangetsu disappeared from your mindscape," Yhwach said.
"Disappeared?" Ichigo asked.
"We couldn't find him at all in the mindscape," Kyōka added. "We tried to ask you if you knew anything, but you couldn't hear us. We tried to appear outside your mindscape, but something prevented us from leaving your mindscape." Suddenly Suzumebachi appeared out of the mindscape.
"We found Zangetsu!" She shouted in joy.
"Where is he?" Ichigo asked.
"He is sleeping in a black coffin," Suzumebachi said.
"WHAT!?" Everyone shouted. The icy blue energy settled. They looked to see Shirayuki as she pull her zanpakutō out of the Overlord's body, which lost its icy blue sheen.
"I'm done absorbing her energy. She ready for you to finish and take her Planetary Core." Shirayuki said with a yawn as she returned to the mindscape. Ichigo sent Kokugatsu into his mindscape.
"Let the world witness your rise. Let my allies feel your warmth. Let my foes feel your fury, Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi!" Ichigo chanted, activating Schrift T: The Taiyō. Ichigo pointed Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi at the remains of the Overlord. He shunpō'ed towards her and stabbed Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi into her chest, beside the Planetary Core. The Overlord let out a weak cry. The metallic skin began to sizzle from the heat as Ichigo began to cut around the Planetary Core. In a few moments, Ichigo finished cutting around the Planetary Core. He grabbed the Planetary Core and used both hands to pull the large orb out of the Overlord's chest. He sent the Planetary Core into his mindscape. He pulled out Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi from her chest. He shunpō'ed up in the air. He held Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi with both hands as he raised the sword over his head.
"Kokuen," Ichigo said. Black flames surrounded the blade. "Nichibotsu [Sunset]." Ichigo swung Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi downwards, releasing a straight wave of black flames. Kokuen Nichibotsu flew down and hit the Overlord. The black flames began to burn her body. In a few moments, Schrift O: The Oversoul activated and absorbed the Overlord. The black flames quickly extinguished themselves as Ichigo sealed Schrift T: The Taiyo.
"Let's get out of here," Ichigo said.
"You should take a brief break before we fight the next Overlord," Yhwach suggested.
"Good idea. We still need to talk about the side effects of Chōetsukai." Ichigo added. Yhwach, Kyōka, and Suzumebachi returned to Ichigo's mindscape. Ichigo opened a Garganta and jumped in. Ichigo activated Tengan and used Haōgan to send himself into Haō Zaimushō.
Scene Change: Haō Zaimushō
Ichigo opened his eyes to see he was in his bedroom that the Evernight Drows, Evernight Demons, and Dragons built for him. Kyōka, Suzumebachi, Katen, Kyōkotsu, and Yhwach appeared.
"How are you feeling Katen? Kyōkotsu?" Ichigo asked.
"We are fine," Katen answered. Kyōkotsu silently nodded her head.
"Good," Ichigo said. "Katen, can you answer some of our questions regarding Chōetsukai?"
"I can tell you the basics." She replied as she sat down in a chair. Kyōka summoned a notepad. "As you learned previously, a Zanpakutō is a fusion with a portion of the Shinigami's soul and an Asauchi." Katen began. Ichigo nodded his head. "Shikai is the beginning of your understanding between yourself and your Zanpakutō. True Bankai is achieved when you and your zanpakutō harmonize with each other. Chōetsukai takes that idea and takes it further. The user and their zanpakutō completely merged as one, similar to what you experienced when you used the Saigo no Getsuga Tenshō." Ichigo turned to Yhwach.
"Is Eien Zangetsu no Atarashī Yozora stronger than Saigo no Getsuga Tenshō?" Ichigo asked.
"It depends…" Yhwach answered.
"Why?" Ichigo asked.
"The Saigo no Getsuga Tenshō you used was weakened due to you not being aware of the true Zangetsu."
"In this case, how would you rank all three of them?" Ichigo asked.
"The strongest would be the True Saigo no Getsuga Tenshō if you learned the truth about Zangetsu."
"But I would still lose my spiritual powers," Ichigo asked.
"You would still lose them,"Yhwach replied. "Eien Zangetsu no Atarashī Yozora is the next strongest."
"And I don't need to worry about losing my spiritual powers," Ichigo said.
"Correct," Yhwach replied.
"So, what happened to Zangetsu?" Ichigo asked.
"I'm not sure," Katen answered.
"Well, I'm going to rest for the time being," Ichigo said as he closed his eyes and immediately went to bed.
Scene Change: Unknown Location
Eodum, Palgan Bul, Yeong-Wonhan, Yeogbyeong, and Saibeo sat around a table.
"Eol-Eum Chuwi and Jeonsa are late." Saibeo said as he looked at his watch.
"Has anyone received a reply from them?" Eodum asked. No one replied to Eodum's question.
"Then we have to assume the worst has happened," Yeogbyeong said.
"I agree with Yeogbyeong," Saibeo said. "We need to assume the worse has happened."
"Then Yeogbyeong's and Saibeo's Overlord are the last ones," Eodum said.
"So, what is the plan?" Yeong-Wonhan asked.
"Have we figured out anything about the killer?" Palgan Bul asked.
"According to the information we gathered, I believe the killer is someone from Planet-42016." Saibeo started as he clicked a screen showing the evidence from the Overlord of Destruction's office.
"But the Contract hasn't been broken." Yeong-Wonhan pointed out.
"I agreed," Saibeo said. "But I would like us to focus our attention on clause nine of the contract." As he pulled out a copy of the contract. Everyone could see the clause Saibeo was referring to.
"Clause nine, at the start of the invasion, all beings on the planet will become members of the Defenders."
"I believed that Earth sent the killer away from the planet before the contract was signed." Saibeo theorized.
"But why would they do that?" Eodum asked.
"Training," Yeong-Wonhan answered as he summoned a chart. It has two different color lines on it. "This is a chart with the death count and the average power level of the Defenders from the beginning of the War till now."
"The data shows that the initial death count started in the middle before it hit the low level. When the line began to go down, the average power level immediately went up." Saibeo concluded. Yeong-Wonhan nodded his head.
"So, they used us to train their people." Palgan Bul growled in anger.
"But why would they send the killer out now, when the contract is almost over?" Eodum asked.
"Maybe the Earth was aware of how the Overlords obtained their 'flawless' victories?" Palgan Bul suggested.
"That makes possible sense," Saibeo said. "Earth used us to train her forces and used the killer to attack the Overlords in the end."
"I have something else to show," Eodum said as he snapped his finger. He showed a chart. They could see all the values dramatically shoot up. "This chart showed the active people in the dungeons. The dates circled are the ones where the Overlords have died. I believe that the Defenders are aware of what the killer is doing and are pushing everyone to milk the dungeons as much as they could before they are destroyed."
"So, what can we do now?" Palgan Bul asked.
"There is nothing that we can do now," Yeong-Wonhan said. "We can only inform the Overlord of the Killer and his abilities. We can't directly interfere beyond that."
"So, you are saying that we call it quits and let the killer go free!?" Palgan Bul yelled.
"For now, we must," Yeong-Wonhan said. "But remember that this is not over. There are other worlds with other beings we can cultivate into mighty Overlords, those even stronger than these. We can use them as revenge against this world."
"So, we should look for new Overlords while we abandon Querehsha and Intelligentsia," Yeogbyeong said, summarizing Yeong-Wonhan's statement.
"Both of you should," Yeong-Wonhan admitted. Saibeo glanced at Yeogbyeong who nodded his head.
"Thank you for the concern but both of us are loyal to our partner," Saibeo said.
"Very well." Yeong-Wonhan accepted their decision. All the other Dokkaebi disappeared.
Scene Change: Haō Zaimushō
Ichigo opened his eyes he looked to see Kyōka sitting on a nearby chair.
"How long have I been out?" Ichigo asked.
"About two hours," Kyōka replied.
"I see…" Ichigo replied as he got out of bed. "Anything I need to know right now?"
"Both of the Dokkaebi are secured and unable to escape," Kyōka reported.
"Good," Ichigo said as he activated Tengan.
"Are you planning to attack the Overlord of Pestilence?" Kyōka asked.
"I am," Ichigo said.
"Good luck," Kyōka said as she returned to Ichigo's mindscape. Ichigo used Haōgan to send himself out of Haō Zaimushō.
Scene Change: Outside World
Ichigo opened his eyes to see he was standing on a reiatsu platform in the void between dimensions. Ichigo resumed running towards the exit. Ichigo soon spotted the exit.
"Let the world witness your rise. Let my allies feel your warmth. Let my foes feel your fury, Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi!" Ichigo chanted, activating Schrift T: The Taiyō. Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi appeared in Ichigo's hand. "Taiyō no Hikari [Light of the Sun]," Ichigo said. A transparent veil of heat surrounds Ichigo, protecting him from any harm. Ichigo exited the Garganta. Ichigo arrived in space, looking at the Overlord of Pestilence's planet. The planet was primarily green and purple. There is a black and green ring that surrounds the prime meridian of the planet. In the middle of the planet, there is a large circular mouth with immense, horn-like crushing mandibles.
"Kokuen," Ichigo said as the flames around Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi turned black. "Enryūsei [Burning Meteor]!" Ichigo said. Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi's black flames engulfed Ichigo as he launched himself down toward the planet. All the flames from entering the planet's orbit turned black due to Kokuen. Green and black vines shot out of the ring towards Ichigo, likely trying to stop his descent. As soon as the vines got close to Ichigo, they caught on fire. The flames quickly traveled along the vines, burning everything along the way. Ichigo, surrounded by the black flames, continued to fly down. In five minutes, Ichigo crashed onto the surface of the planet. Black flames flew all over the area, setting anything they landed on fire. Ichigo calmly walked out of the large crater his landing caused, unharmed by the flames due to Taiyō no Hikari and his immunity to heat.
"Anything from the Planetary Communicator?" Ichigo asked as he took a deep breath, breathing in the toxic air.
"Nothing so far," Kyōka replied. Ichigo could feel his body quickly evolving to combat the toxic air.
"Keep an eye on it," Ichigo replied. Ichigo shunpō'ed forward. He arrived at a spot in the forest that wasn't on fire. Ichigo spotted a large swarm of car-sized red fire ants. They turned to Ichigo and began to charge toward him. Black flames gathered on the edge of Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi.
"Taiyō Furea [Solar Flare]!" Ichigo yelled as he swung his sword around him. He released a black circular wave toward the incoming ants. The ants screeched in pain as they were engulfed in flames. Some of the ants dropped to the ground and began to roll around, attempting to put out the fire.
"I'm surprised that these ants are aware of 'stop, drop, and roll',"Kyōka commented.
"Same," Ichigo said. "Anything from the Planetary Communicator?" Ichigo asked.
"Still nothing," Kyōka replied. Ichigo watched as the surrounding area began to burn. Ichigo shunpō'ed forward and continued to attack the planet with his black fire. Ichigo encountered armored scorpions, the size of military tanks. The scorpions swung their black tails at Ichigo, trying to sting him. Ichigo a step to the side, avoiding the stingers.
"Taiyō Furea," Ichigo said as he swung Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi, unleashing a wave of black flames. The scorpions raised their armored claws, trying to protect themselves. Taiyō Furea easily sliced through their armored claws and killed them. The black flames began to devour their bodies and began to burn the rest of the area. Ichigo looked forward and spotted a swarm of mosquitoes, the size of helicopters. They flew towards Ichigo.
"Enryūsei," Ichigo said as he was surrounded by black flames. He shunpō'ed toward the swarm of mosquitos. Most of the swarm scattered and avoided Ichigo's charge. The others began to burn. The burning mosquitos crashed on the ground, starting small fires all over the place. Ichigo continued to charge at the mosquitos, lighting them all on fire. In a few moments, all the mosquitos were burning on the ground.
"Anything yet?" Ichigo asked.
"No," Kyōka replied.
"Ok," Ichigo said. Suddenly the ground began to rumble. Ichigo shunpō'ed up in the air as he watched the burning ground begin to curve up. The ground burst open as a gargantuan dark purple centipede creature shot out. The centipede looked at Ichigo. Its face has three sets of glowing yellow eyes, long antennae, and a large mouth with sharp teeth. The centipede creature roared at Ichigo as it lunged toward him with its mouth wide open. Ichigo held Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi with both of his hands as he twisted his back as if he was about to thrust a spear. Black flames gathered around the sword's blade.
"Taiyō Purominensu [Solar Prominence]!" Ichigo shouted as he thrust Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi forward, at the incoming centipede. A compressed beam of black flames shot out of the thrusted sword. The centipede closed its mouth and turned away. Taiyō Purominensu punched through the centipede's teeth. The centipede screamed in agony as the black flames began to burn it. The gigantic centipede dove towards the unburnt ground and began to devour it, trying to suffocate the flames. Ichigo raised Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi up. "Nichibotsu," Ichigo said as he swung Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi downwards, releasing another wave of black flames at the gigantic centipede. Nichibotsu slammed into the centipede's exoskeleton, breaking it and spreading the flames further. The gigantic centipede let out another loud screech as the black flames made their way through its body. Cracks began to form around the centipede's exoskeleton, where more black flames escaped out of the insides of its body. The gigantic centipede finally collapsed on the ground, as the black flames continued to consume it.
"Anything?" Ichigo asked.
"Still nothing," Kyōka replied.
"At this rate, I might have to light the entire planet on fire." Ichigo thought. Ichigo continued to travel across the planet, burning everything with his black flames. After an hour, Ichigo finally lit the last spot on the planet on fire. "Finally." Ichigo thought. Suddenly the planet began to shake.
"We're getting a reaction from the Planetary Core Communicator," Kyōka reported. Ichigo watched as the planet began to transform. Ichigo shunpō'ed into outer space, using Schrift V: The Ventus to help him breathe. The planet unleashed a dark green light, extinguishing Ichigo's black flames. The planet began to transform into a female humanoid shape. She has glowing red eyes, pale skin, long flowing black hair, purple lips, and insectile hands and feet. She also wore greenish-black armor that left her upper cleavage and shoulders exposed. Ichigo used the Overlords' memories to understand the Overlord of Pestilence's language.
"So, you're the one who has been harming my children." The Overlord of Pestilence asked.
"I am," Ichigo answered. "And you are?" Ichigo asked.
"I am Querehsha, the Overlord of Pestilence and the Queen of Insects." She said.
"I see…" Ichigo said. He held Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi with both hands. The black flames were absorbed by the blade, causing the blade to glow primarily white with a blue edge. "Chōshinsei [Supernova]," Ichigo said as he swung down. Querehsha's eyes widen as she felt her body move. She looked to see the left side of her body, from her left shoulder to her left pelvis, began to float away.
"Impossible!" She screamed as she used her right hand to grab her floating body. She pushed the portion back together, trying to reconnect them together.
"There is no use," Ichigo said as he raised Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi up.
"No!" She screamed as she raised her right hand and fired a blast of dark green energy.
"Chōshinsei," Ichigo said as he slashed down. The attack bisected through Querehsha's energy beam and sliced off her right hand.
"AHAHAH!" She screamed in pain as her right hand began to float away. As for Querehsha's energy beam, it continued to move toward Ichigo. Ichigo's slash gave him enough room to avoid the attack without dodging it. The dark green energy beam dissipated, revealing Querehsha without the left side of her body or her right hand. "I WILL NOT BE STOPPED!" She screamed as her body began to violently shake. Insect parts began to forcedly grow out of her body.
"Suzumebachi, are you ready?" Ichigo asked.
"I am." She replied as she appeared beside Ichigo, with her stinger on her right arm. Ichigo raised Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi.
"Chōshinsei," Ichigo said as he swung diagonally downward, aiming at Querehsha's limbs.
"NO!" She screamed as she tried to dodge the strike. Suzumebachi shunpō'ed towards her. Chōshinsei slashed her waist, leaving her head and chest unharmed. Querehasha screamed in pain as Suzumebachi stabbed her stinger into the planetary core. Waves of dark green energy erupted out of her chest. "NOOO!" She screamed as dark green tentacles burst out of her back, trying to crush Suzumebachi.
"Keep it up Suzumebachi," Ichigo said as he shunpō'ed in front of her. He deactivated Chōshinsei. Ichigo incinerated the tentacles by unleashing waves of fire from Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi. It didn't take long before all the attacks stopped. Ichigo turned around to see Suzumebachi dislodging her stinger, beginning to fall. Ichigo shunpō'ed towards her and caught her. Suzumebachi looked at Ichigo.
"Thanks for catching me." She said.
"No problem," Ichigo replied. "You should go back and rest."
"Good idea," Suzumebachi replied with a yawn. She returned to Ichigo's mindscape. Ichigo stabbed Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi into Quereshsha's body. She let out a weak painful cry. Ichigo ignored her as he began to move Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi, cutting the planetary core from her body. It took a few minutes before Ichigo was able to remove the planetary core from her body.
"Kill me now." She mumbled as Ichigo pulled Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi out of her body.
"Very well," Ichigo said as he raised Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi while holding the nodachi with both hands. "Kokuen," Black flames erupted and surrounded the blade. "Nichibotsu," Ichigo said as he swung Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi downwards, releasing a large wave of black flames at Querehsha, incinerating her. Ichigo watched as the black flames extinguished themselves. Ichigo sealed Schrift T: The Taiyō. Suddenly Chishiki appeared in front of him. Ichigo stopped in front of her.
"Master, I believe we must establish a plan before we attack the last Overlord." She said.
"I have a plan." He replied as he opened a Garganta and entered it. Chishiki quickly followed behind him. As Ichigo traversed through the void, he told her his plan.
"But that is insane!" She replied as she heard Ichigo's plan. Ichigo looked at her.
"I know it is an insane plan, but do you have any other suggestions?" Chishiki sighed.
"Very well," Chishiki replied, accepting the plan.
"Master, if you're going to follow your crazy plan, then let us give you something that might help,"Kisara said. Ichigo stopped running and activated Tengan. He used Haōgan to pull Kisara and Valiona out of Haō Zaimushō.
"How are you two?" Ichigo asked.
"Good." They replied.
"I'll go first," Kisara said as she snapped her fingers. A pair of large Latin crosses appeared in her hands. The crosses were colored platinum with a sharp axe head with a chisel grind on each end of the cross. Kisara flipped it over to reveal white dragon leather handles at the intersection of each cross.
"Do you have a name for them?" Ichigo asked.
"No. I believe you should have the honor of naming them." She replied.
"Ok," Ichigo said as he took the crosses from Kisara. He activated Schrift L: The Luminous Liberator. Ichigo could feel the light energy flowing into the weapons. "I name you Daybreaker," Ichigo said. The pair of crosses glowed white, blinding everyone. The light died down, revealing Daybreaker. Ichigo could see Daybreaker, デイブレーカー, engraved across the long face of Daybreaker. Ichigo sealed Schrift L: The Luminous Liberator, causing Daybreaker to disappear. He turned to Valiona.
"I have finished modifying the weapons from the Asura Machina," Valiona said as she snapped her fingers. Two giant broadswords appeared in front of Valiona. The one on the right has a platinum-white fuller, a perpendicular crossguard, a handle, and a pommel. The edge of the broadsword is gold. The kanji, 白騎士 [White Knight] has been engraved along the fuller in platinum white. The sword on the left has a metallic black fuller, a perpendicular crossguard, a handle, and a pommel. The edge of the broadsword is dark red-violet. The kanji, 黒騎士 [Black Knight] has been engraved along the fuller in dark red violet. Ichigo grabbed Shirokishi [White Knight] and Kurokishi [Black Knight].
"You named these swords?" Ichigo asked as he began to swing the swords.
"I did," Valiona admitted. "Is there a problem with the name?" She asked.
"Not really," Ichigo said as he stabbed both swords down into the ground. He activated Schrift K: The Kūkan-Teki Shihai. He could feel the spacial energy from Schrift K: The Kūkan-Teki Shihai flowing into the saber. He could feel all three of them merged together. Ichigo could feel the schrifts power resting inside Shirokishi and Kurokishi. Ichigo sealed Schrift K: The Kūkan-Teki Shihai, causing Shirokishi and Kurokishi to disappear. "Here is Bismuth's spear drill," Valiona said as she snapped her fingers. Ichigo could see a teal-blue spear drill appear in front of her. Ichigo gripped the spear as he activated Schrift N: The Negate. He could feel the unique energy from Schrift N: The Negate flowing into Bismuth's spear drill. The two quickly began to harmonize.
"I name you, Kūsho Yari [Void Spear]," Ichigo said. The spear drill briefly glowed before returning to normal. Despite the lack of change, Ichigo could feel the connection between Schrift N: The Negate and Kūsho Yari. Ichigo sealed Schrift N: The Negate, causing Kūsho Yari to disappear.
"Next is the chains of Rhodonite," Valiona said as she presented to Ichigo a set of coiled chains.
"Stand before Creation. Fall after The End. Chrónou Génesi." Ichigo chanted as he activated Schrift C: The Chrónou Árchonta. Ichigo grabbed the coiled chains with his left hand while keeping his right hand on Chrónou Génesi. Ichigo allowed Schrift C: The Chrónou Árchonta's energy to flow into Chrónou Génesi and the chains. The chains glowed with the energy before combining with Chrónou Génesi. Ichigo could see the top of Chrónou Génesi now has a sharp spear tip and where four chains split off and surrounded the silver shaft of the scythe. The four chains reunite at the bottom of the scythe's shaft. Ichigo noticed the black leather along the shaft disappear. Ichigo sealed Schrift C: The Chrónou Árchonta.
"Now the last ones," Valiona said as she summoned a pair of black gauntlets. They were primarily black with silver markings along the gauntlet.
"These are made from Kurogane's arms and Hagane's power?" Ichigo asked.
"They are," Valiona confirmed.
"Engulf the light and plunge the world in darkness, Nightshroud." Ichigo chanted, activating Schrift U: The Umbra. Ichigo allowed Nightshroud to fully manifest. Ichigo was in black and gray armor with a few red gemstones on the chest. The was attached to the collar of the suit. Ichigo pulled the hood down. The gauntlets Ichigo currently wore due to Nightshroud disappeared, allowing Ichigo to slip the new gauntlets on. Ichigo could feel the energy from Schrift U: The Umbra flowing into the gauntlets. In a few moments, the gauntlets glowed. Ichigo watched as the silver markings flowed from the gauntlets to the rest of the suit of armor. Ichigo sealed Schrift U: The Umbra, sending the upgraded Nightshroud back to his mindscape.
"Good luck Ichigo," Kisara said as she hugged him. Ichigo replied with a quick kiss.
"Hey, don't forget me!" Valiona grumbled. Ichigo ended his hug with Kisara and quickly hugged Valiona. She quickly kissed him as well. Ichigo ended the hug and kissing and sent them back to Haō Zaimushō. Ichigo continued to traverse the void. It didn't take long before they arrived at the end. Ichigo jumped out of the Garganta to see a gigantic planet. The planet was much bigger than any other planet Ichigo visited. The planet was covered with shining metal. Ichigo could see large metallic towering cities without end and vast metallic plains, spiraling metal mountains, and bottomless neon-lit chasms. Ichigo landed on the ground of the metallic planet.
"The gravity is super strong," Ichigo commented as he felt the effects of the large planet's gravity. Luckily for him, it took a few moments for him to get used to gravity. Suddenly alarms began to go off. Ichigo could see humanoid robots flying toward him. They were about 152 cm (five feet) tall and made entirely of metallic silver (5). The robots landed in front of Ichigo. They all pulled out their guns and pointed them at Ichigo.
"Unknown organic object detected." The robots said in unison. "Submit yourself to the Empress or you will be terminated."
"Vollständig," Ichigo replied. All 25 Schrifts activated at one. There was a massive explosion of energy, destroying the nearby robots. The dust settled, revealing Ichigo, now in his Vollständig. Ichigo glanced to see his red and white dragonic gauntlets gained black scales all over the gauntlet.
"That's likely due to the new gauntlets," Yhwach commented, noticing the new addition to Ichigo's Vollständig. In the distance, more robots flew toward him. They pointed and began firing laser beams at Ichigo.
"Dividing Wall." Ichigo cast. A transparent blue wall appeared in front of Ichigo, blocking all their energy blasts. "Asshuku-ryoku [Compression Force]," Ichigo said as he extended his right palm. Ichigo closed his fists. Suddenly all the robots were pulled together and crushed into a large metallic ball. Ichigo continued to tighten his grip, crushing the large metallic ball even smaller. Ichigo opened his hand, freeing the metallic ball from his control.
"Anyone know where the Overlord might be located at?" Ichigo asked.
"None of the Dokkaebi know the exact location, since she communicates through a screen, but based on the background of the screen, she is in a large tower," Kyōka said.
"Then let's go to that spot," Ichigo said as he pointed to a large tower in the distance. "It appears to also be one of the sources of robots."
"Good idea," Kyōka replied. Ichigo used his wings and flew towards the source of the robots. Suddenly the nearby buildings transformed, revealing large laser cannons. They began to attack Ichigo with beams of lasers.
"Dividing Wall," Ichigo said. A transparent blue barrier appeared around him, blocking all the incoming laser beams. Ichigo could feel Dividing Wall draining the energy from their attacks.
"Dividing Reflection," Ichigo said. All the collected energy from Dividing Wall shot out at the laser cannon, destroying them in the process. Ichigo continued his way toward the source of the robots. Ichigo spotted another fleet of robots flying toward him. They were much larger than the robots Ichigo encountered before. They stood about three meters (9.84 feet) tall and were much more armored. Ichigo raised his hand at the incoming robots.
"Inryoku [Attractive Force]," Ichigo said as he focused on a robot in the back. Suddenly all the other robots were pulled towards the robot. Ichigo could see the robots were stuck together like a ball, with their limbs dangling outwards. All of them were struggling to free themselves from each other.
"Jūryoku [Gravitation Force]," Ichigo said as he pointed his fingers downwards. Suddenly the ball slammed into the ground, being crushed by the increased gravity. Ichigo moved his hands together. Two transparent walls appeared on either side of the ball and pressed themselves together. Ichigo repeated this a few times, before stopping at a perfect cube of metal. Ichigo resumed flying.
"This planet is so large," Ichigo thought as he continued to fly towards the tower.
"Based on my rough math, this planet is bigger than Jupiter," Kyōka commented
"I see… then I need to go faster." Ichigo thought as he flew faster. Ichigo quickly spotted more laser cannons. Ichigo raised his right arm. All the rings on his right arm began to clockwise.
"Spiral Magnum," Ichigo said as he punched at the laser cannons. All five rings shot out of his arm, like a missile. The rings easily pulverized the laser cannons. Ichigo raised his left arm, causing all the rings to spin clockwise. "Spiral Magnum," Ichigo said as he punched with his left hand. All the rings on his left arm flew out destroying the laser cannons. "Reload." All the fired rings flew back to Ichigo's arm. The metal ground shook as the ground opened, revealing a hole. A large brownish-orange robot rose out of the ground. The robot stood over 250 cm (8.2 feet) tall. It has a large stomach with teeth-like lines long in the middle (6). The robot turned to Ichigo.
"RAHAH!" The robot's stomach roared. The robot took a few steps before rolling towards him.
"Chained Magnum," Ichigo said as he flicked both of his arms. The rings glowed with transparent silver energy as they flew off Ichigo's arm. Ichigo soon had two 100 meters (109.36 yards) long whips, with each ring being 20 meters (21.87 yards) apart from the other. Ichigo punched his left arm forward, causing the whip to shoot out and slam into the rolling robot. The whip stopped the robot in its place. Ichigo swung his right hand to the side, chasing the whip to shoot out and slam the robot on the side. The orange robot began to spin like a top. Ichigo swung both of his arms together, causing both whips to fly up in the air. The orange robot stopped spinning and tried to regain balance. Ichigo swung both of his arms down. Both of the whips flew down and bisected the orange robot and causing an explosion.
"Reload," Ichigo said. All the rings flew back to Ichigo, blowing the dust away in the process. Ichigo flew towards the tower. The buildings around the tower began to transform into laser cannons. They began to fire laser blasts at Ichigo.
"Dividing Wall," Ichigo said as a transparent blue barrier appeared around Ichigo. "Sky Chaser." Sky Chaser appeared on Ichigo's left gauntlet. He raised his arm out as the bow fully expanded. Ichigo pulled Sky Chaser's drawstring back. A large green arrow appeared. "Five Counter Boost," Ichigo said. The green gem on Ichigo's right gauntlet glowed as the green arrow grew even bigger. Ichigo pointed the arrow up in the air. "Piercing Storm." Ichigo cast as he let go of the drawstring. The large green arrow flew through the transparent barrier, flying high into the air. The large green arrow separated into hundreds of arrows, all of them falling toward the tower and laser cannons. The laser cannons stopped attacking Ichigo and attacked the falling arrows. As the laser cannons dealt with the arrows, Ichigo raised Sky Chaser and pulled the drawstring back. A golden arrow appeared. "Five Counter Boost," Ichigo said. The green gem on Ichigo's right gauntlet glowed again, causing the golden arrow to grow bigger. "Boosted Storm Piercer," Ichigo said as he released the arrow. As the arrow flew, it began to spin and formed a golden cyclone. The golden cyclone arrow pierced through a group of laser cannons, causing them to explode. Ichigo quickly pointed Storm Chaser at another group of laser cannons and fired another Boosted Storm Piercer, once again destroying them. Ichigo fired two more shots before he destroyed all the laser cannons. Ichigo recalled Storm Chaser and summoned Daybreaker, which grew bigger to accommodate Ichigo's larger size. Ichigo flew up, toward the top of the tower. As he flew up, the sides of the building began to transform into more laser cannons. Ichigo spun Daybreaker, so the long blades are facing forward.
"Luminous Edge," Ichigo said. Daybreaker began to glow white. Ichigo rushed towards the laser cannons. The laser cannons began to fire lasers at Ichigo. Ichigo dodged the lasers. When he got close, Ichigo swung Daybreaker, slashing apart the nearest laser cannon.
"This is too slow." Ichigo thought.
"Luminous Breaker." Copies of Daybreaker appeared around Ichigo, floating in the air. "Go," Ichigo ordered. The copies of Daybreakers flew toward the other laser cannons. The laser cannons changed targets, now attacking the incoming copies of Daybreakers. Ichigo charged forward and sliced down the nearest laser cannons. The copies of Daybreaker were able to destroy the higher laser canons. Soon Ichigo reached the top of the tower and broke in with Daybreaker. Ichigo entered an empty office room. In front of him was a monitor. The monitor turned on, revealing Intelligentsia's face.
"Hello, Killer." She said.
"Overlord," Ichigo replied.
"I didn't expect you to know my native tongue." She replied,
"Where are you?" Ichigo asked.
"So, you can kill me?" She asked. Ichigo didn't answer her. "Based on the fact you arrived at this location, I can infer that either the Dokkaebi had betrayed me, or you can forcedly read memories." She said. Ichigo continued to remain silent. "Your silence answers my questions." Intelligentsia chuckled. "Unfortunately for you, I'm not there. Good luck finding me." Suddenly the entire tower exploded, engulfing everything in flames. Remnants of the building crashed to the metallic floor. The area was covered in flames. After a few minutes, the dust and remnants of the tower were blown away, revealing an unharmed Ichigo.
"It was a good thing that I was able to activate Chrónou Stási [Time Stop] as the explosion happened,"Yhwach said.
"It was," Ichigo replied. "I was able to protect us with Dividing Wall before we had to use Chrónou Archí [Time Start]," Ichigo replied as he stepped out of the destroyed tower. "I hope Chishiki has a better time than us."
"Onwards to the next tower," Kyōka said. Ichigo sighed as he flew towards the next tower.
I hope all of you enjoyed this chapter. I decided to include a third release, Chōzetsukai [Transcendent Release]. I hope all of you like Ichigo's Chōzetsukai. Anyways, I hope all of you enjoyed this chapter. See you in two months.
Author Notes
(1) Look up Tensa Zangetsu Version 3, the Tensa Zangetsu Ichigo used against Ginjo.
(2) In the previous version, I used Getsuga Luna Negra in Chapter 30 or listed Colmillo Luna Negro on the state sheet. Moving forward I will retcon this to be the following basic template Cero Type + Getsuga Type = Cero Type Getsuga Type. Example) Cero Oscuras + Getsuga Jūjishō = Cero Oscuras Jūjishō.
(3) Icy blue version of the Winged Dragon of Ra.
(4) I will add this update to the State Sheet at the end of Arc 15. Hirenkyaku requires the user to gather the ambient reishi in the surroundings and have it gather around the user's feet and uses it to push themselves wherever the user wants to go in a linear direction. Hirenkyaku could be imagined like you are wearing socks and sliding on a smooth floor. Shunpō requires the user to gather their reiatsu and use it to jump wherever the user wants to go in a linear direction. Imagine doing a standing position and then jumping. Sonído has the least amount of explanation in lore, so I decided to adapt the Instant Transmission from Dragon Ball. The user needs to visualize the location, and then convert their body into a mixture of reishi and reiatsu and send it to the desired location. This can only be done on the same plane of existence, meaning you can't use sonído to travel from Hueco Mundo to Soul Society, but this is a predecessor of Descorrer.
(5) Excalibur from Warframe
(6) Grendel from Warframe