Chapter 704 Makoto: All Things In The Universe, Turn To Ashes, Ryujin Jakka

Against Kirinji, Pochi's battle was never about fancy techniques.

Kirinji's Zanpakuto, Kinpika, burst with blinding lightning upon release.

His fighting style was as flashy as his exaggerated pompadour. Lightning arced across the battlefield, leaving smoking craters in its wake.

But Pochi couldn't even be bothered to dodge.

Those lightning strikes, capable of killing Adjuchas or even Vasto Lorde-class Hollows, only left barely visible scorch marks on his absurdly thick fur, which he shook off with a flick of his body.

Back in the Anomaly Association battle in the real world, the Eight-Tails had admitted that in terms of sheer toughness, Pochi was even above Kurama.

And that was before he gained the power of Arrancarization.

Although Kirinji was a member of the Zero Division, his abilities were largely geared toward support and healing.

His White Bone Hot Spring could instantly heal injuries, pulling people back from the brink of death as long as they still had a breath.

But the problem was, Pochi's damage output far outpaced his healing speed.

Pochita's attacks weren't flashy... Heat Blast, continuous Heat Blasts, and even bigger Heat Blasts.

Dark red energy balls poured out like machine-gun fire, each precisely landing where Kirinji tried to dodge, cutting off all his escape routes.

When Pochita's sixth Heat Blast turned his pompadour into a smoking, blackened chicken nest,

Before Kirinji could even curse, Pochita's tail whip swept across the entire ruins, sending him crashing into a pile of debris in the corner of the Seireitei.

Senjumaru's fight against the Four Gay Bros was dragged into a rhythm she least wanted from the start.

As the Zero Division's [Great Weaver], the countless hair-thin Reishi Threads extending from her sleeves were as fine as silk yet tough as steel, capable of turning an entire division's Shihakusho into binding clothes that sealed Reiatsu in an instant.

She didn't need to face the enemy head-on. Just touching their clothing with her threads could turn their armor and even weapons into restraints.

But the four old partners of the Four Gay Bros had been working together for nearly a century. Their coordination was far more troublesome than any enemy she had faced alone.

The Teddy Devil stepped forward, grinning, "Women shouldn't be on the battlefield."

With that, the Four Gay Bros swarmed, surrounding Senjumaru.

The battle on Yu and Beam's side was much more deadlocked.

After his Resurrección, Beam transformed into a giant shark-man covered in shark bone armor. His Resurrección form's [Shark Fin] covered his body in shark scales that could actively devour Reiatsu.

It was like a Hollowfied version of Kisame and Samehada's fusion.

His opponent, Hikifune Kirio, was also skilled at absorbing and converting Reiatsu.

Her Zanpakuto could continuously absorb surrounding Reishi to enhance her defense and recovery, while also creating a protective barrier of Reishi to block enemy attacks.

In terms of ability attributes, the two were indeed similar... both absorption types with strong endurance.

But when it came to variety, Beam, who had traveled through many worlds with Makoto, far surpassed Hikifune.

Beam deliberately left an opening in the battle, allowing Samehada to actively 'feed' some Reiatsu into Hikifune's Zanpakuto.

Hikifune instinctively activated the ability to absorb this foreign Reiatsu, but that was exactly Beam's trap.

This Reiatsu wasn't pure energy... it contained Samehada's independent will.

As part of Beam's Resurrección form, Samehada itself had devouring and counter-devouring properties. Those contaminated Reiatsus darted around inside Hikifune's body like loaches, disrupting her originally orderly Reiatsu Pathways. Her protective ability turned from an asset into a burden.

Her Reishi Barrier began to show uncontrolled cracks, and her recovery speed dropped at a visible rate.

The moment those cracks widened, Beam unleashed a Water Release: Great Exploding Water Colliding Wave, blasting her into the rubble.

After his victory, Beam hefted Samehada onto his shoulder, turning to mock Yu, who was still locked in battle with Nimaiya: "Still not done? Need my help, you dead weight?"

Yu was furious.

This rapper wasn't easy to deal with.

Nimaiya, the [Sword God], was the forger of all Zanpakuto prototypes in the Soul Society.

The unassuming blade at his waist, though he called it a 'failed creation', had no Shikai or Bankai, but its sharpness and Reiatsu conductivity were already beyond belief.

No flashy abilities were needed. The blade alone could cut through most defenses in the world.

After his Resurrección, Yu transformed into his full Gun Devil form, his sky-covering body looming over half the Seireitei. Countless gun barrels simultaneously rained down Cero-level barrages.

But Nimaiya, with that unfinished Zanpakuto, weaved through the barrage, blocking left and right.

He could predict the landing point of each shot based on the barrage's density and frequency, precisely deflecting the Ceros.

Just as Yu was gritting his teeth, preparing to blow the rapper and the entire Seireitei sky-high together,

A wave of scorching heat suddenly swept across from the edge of the battlefield, forcing both of them back.

Yu and Nimaiya turned simultaneously to see Makoto standing on a nearby ruined tower.

In his right hand, he held a classic-style Zanpakuto, its blade wreathed in roaring crimson flames that no one could believe... Ryujin Jakka!

Yamamoto had already retreated to the edge of the battlefield, sitting against the wall, his head bowed in a dormant state.

"All Things in the Universe, Turn to Ashes... Ryujin Jakka."

Makoto held Ryujin Jakka horizontally before him, reciting the release command of this Strongest Fire-type Zanpakuto word by word.

As the words fell, endless fire tornadoes burst from the ground, one after another, trapping Nimaiya in a cage of tens of towering pillars of flame that pierced the sky.

This was the Shikai's strongest technique, Ennetsu Jigoku, which had been erased from existence a hundred years ago by Pochita's ability.

Now, it was returned to the world by the very one who had erased it, burning even more fiercely than before.

"Go, Ishigami."

Yu, in his Resurrección form, instantly understood.

Countless gun barrels merged into an unprecedented massive main cannon under the grinding of mechanical gears.

Though Nimaiya swung his blade to cut through the Ennetsu Jigoku's Reishi, even as they were severed, new flames continuously coalesced.

Trapped in the Ennetsu Jigoku and unable to move, he looked up at the steel god that blotted out the sky and the devastating hand cannon aimed at him.

"Damn you..."

Before he could finish, an ultimate Cero capable of erasing a city from the map pierced the sky, striking the center of Ennetsu Jigoku.

Boom!!!!

When the smoke slowly cleared, Nimaiya was nowhere to be seen. His broken Zanpakuto lay in two pieces on the ground nearby.

Seeing that Makoto could wield Ryujin Jakka, all sides on the battlefield were stunned.

'Although Zanpakuto could change owners with the Zanpakuto's spirit's approval, wasn't this a bit too fast?'

Think of how Tosen had spent decades just to gain Suzumushi's approval.

How long had Makoto taken to master Ryujin Jakka? A few minutes?

Makoto rested Ryujin Jakka on his shoulder, the flames reflecting off his Arrancarized face. "I told him, if he didn't agree, I'd use him to clean the toilets."