Chapter 614 - 614 Espada Annihilated!

Squelch—

The blade that had pierced Starrk's body was slowly withdrawn.

"Ungh..." Starrk grunted in pain and turned his head. "What is... this?"

After being withdrawn, the blade that had pierced Starrk's body actually burrowed into his shadow and disappeared.

"..."

Then, to everyone's shock, Kyoraku's body slowly rose from Starrk's shadow.

"Hey, hey, hey! What... kind of move is this... to be able to lurk in a shadow... isn't that a bit too exaggerated..." Starrk said with difficulty, his face pale.

"This move is called [Kageoni]. It's not that I deliberately kept it hidden, but Katen Kyokotsu doesn't cooperate with me, so I can't use it anytime, anywhere..."

Kyoraku raised his Zanpakuto to eye level. The pitch-black, bright blade reflected a weathered face: "Playing with her is really tiring..."

"My Zanpakuto, Katen Kyokotsu's ability is to materialize children's games into reality. Katen Kyokotsu sets the rules. Then anyone who steps into Katen Kyokotsu's Reiatsu Field must obey the rules, including me."

"[Takaoni] means the person who climbs higher wins. [Kageoni] means the person whose shadow is stepped on loses. The winner lives, the loser dies. How about that? Isn't that capricious?"

Kyoraku continuously explained his Zanpakuto's abilities to Starrk. Of course, this wasn't because Kyoraku was arrogant and liked to explain his abilities like a villain boss to show off, but because this was also part of the 'game rules'.

If you're going to 'play a game' with someone, you have to let them know at least a little bit of the rules, right?

Of course, the rules of this game are actually not fair. Although it seems Kyoraku must also follow the rules while playing the game, the enemy can only learn a little bit of the rules from Kyoraku's fragmented words, far less than Kyoraku's familiarity with the rules. Not to mention that Kyoraku can also change the type of game at any time.

"Yeah, they really are quite capricious rules..." Starrk said with a wry smile after hearing Kyoraku's explanation.

"Right? Although Katen Kyokotsu are indeed very cute, being played around by them... is really tiring!"

Kyoraku suddenly shouted and unexpectedly swung his sword at the shadow on the ground.

As if realizing something, Starrk quickly covered the wound on his chest and leaped upward to dodge.

Whoosh!

Kyoraku's Zanpakuto stabbed out from the shadow Starrk had left on the ground. If Starrk hadn't dodged upward in time, he would definitely have been hit again.

"Oh, pretty impressive! You figured out the rules so quickly!" Kyoraku also leaped into the air, chasing after Starrk.

Seeing this, Starrk raised his right hand, condensed a Reishi blade, and slashed at Kyoraku.

"Irooni!"

"Grey!"

Kyoraku shouted softly, then ignored Starrk's attack and slashed directly at Starrk's right arm.

Stab!

Kyoraku's Zanpakuto cut into Starrk's arm, adding another wound. Meanwhile, Starrk's Reishi Blade had no effect on Kyoraku whatsoever. Kyoraku was completely unharmed!

"..."

Starrk grunted in pain and quickly retreated.

'What's going on? I clearly hit him, but why am I the only one injured, while he's completely unharmed...'

'And... judging by the power of his attack just now, it would have been normal for him to cut off my arm. But why did it only leave a shallow cut...'

'Irooni... Grey... I see! The clothes on my arm are grey... while he doesn't have any grey on him...'

"Hey! What's wrong? Now it's your turn... so say the color you want to cut. Other than the color you say out loud, cutting any other color will have no effect," Kyoraku explained.

"White!" After glancing at Kyoraku's attire, Starrk said without hesitation.

Kyoraku's pupils contracted, and he quickly retreated. Wearing his Captain's Haori, Kyoraku was almost entirely white from head to toe, with attackable areas everywhere.

Although the white area on Starrk's body was also the largest, for the person who decides the color, the more disadvantageous the color is for oneself, the more damage it can inflict on the enemy. That meant that at this moment, even if Starrk just scratched Kyoraku casually, it would create a huge wound.

So for safety, Kyoraku's best move was to try his best to dodge Starrk's attacks.

Whoosh!

Kyoraku flashed, avoiding Starrk's incoming slash. However, Starrk turned his blade and slashed at Kyoraku's back.

Stab!

Blood bloomed. Kyoraku's back bled profusely.

"Sigh, how troublesome. You guessed correctly. With [Irooni], even if the opponent cuts the color that was named, they themselves may also get injured. And the more disadvantageous the color is for you, the more damage it inflicts on the opponent. I was going to give you hints slowly, but I didn't expect you to see through the rule immediately. You really are..."

"...very impressive!"

Before he finished speaking, Kyoraku suddenly swung his sword at Starrk again.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Kyoraku's Zanpakuto and Starrk's Reishi Blade clashed continuously. For a moment, blades flashed, sparks flew, blood bloomed, and both were occasionally cut by the other.

However, Kyoraku's 'game experience' was clearly more abundant, so he inflicted more damage on Starrk. Moreover, due to Kyoraku's earlier ambush, Starrk was already severely injured. So as time passed, Starrk's disadvantage only grew.

Whoosh!

Starrk's blade came down, but Kyoraku suddenly bent his body, dodging the attack. However, his Captain's Haori was knocked off by Starrk's Reishi Blade.

But seeing this, Starrk showed no sign of happiness. Instead, he exclaimed in shock: "Oh no!"

"Black!" Kyoraku's face showed a triumphant smile.

With his Captain's Haori knocked off, Kyoraku, wearing his Shihakusho, was almost entirely black from head to toe. In this situation, every part of Kyoraku's body was attackable, extremely dangerous.

But the more dangerous the situation, the greater the attack power. It also meant that at this moment, even if Kyoraku just scratched a wound the size of a fingernail on Starrk, it would cause tremendous damage to Kyoraku.

"It's over..."

Kyoraku's Zanpakuto slashed cleanly upward through Starrk's body.

Stab—!!!

A blow enhanced to its extreme landed on Starrk, who was already severely injured. Crimson blood gushed out like a spring.

Then Starrk closed his eyes, a look of relief on his face, and fell straight to the ground.

With Starrk's defeat and death, not counting Harribel who was frozen by Toshiro, all the Espada on the battlefield were now completely annihilated!