White!
Pure white everywhere!
White air flowing from the freezing cold!
When Rukia Kuchiki spoke, her spiritual pressure turned into pure white cold air that spread out. The entire area inside the barrier slowly turned white.
The ground beneath her feet froze into ice so fast you could see it happening.
The sharp, biting cold surrounded Rukia Kuchiki completely.
Aaroniero had already swung his trident and attacked with a powerful stream of water.
But the moment the cold air spread, the rushing water froze piece by piece. It turned into an ice sculpture so quickly you could watch it happen.
"What!?"
Aaroniero's eyes went wide with shock. Even in his mad state, he felt real fear.
This time the fear wasn't because of Nanaya - it was because of Rukia Kuchiki.
After using her Bankai, she had actually become stronger than him.
Without hesitation, he backed away with his trident in hand.
He didn't stop until he had moved back seven or eight meters. Then he noticed something and looked at the tip of his trident. His face changed completely.
"How is this possible... Shiba Kaien was the lieutenant of the 13th Division. When I take his form, I can not only use his soul-cutting sword, but I also have stronger spiritual pressure than he did.
How could his soul-cutting sword... be frozen!?"
The water that had been wrapped around the tip of the trident had turned into chunks of ice.
If he hadn't moved away quickly, the entire trident might have been frozen by the spreading ice.
At the same time...
The cold air that surrounded Rukia Kuchiki faded away, showing a completely different person.
She was no longer wearing her original Soul Reaper uniform.
Instead, she had changed just like when Kurosaki Ichigo used his Bankai.
Her hair was now lilac-colored ice, with a crystal-clear ice flower pinned at the end. Her eyes had turned lilac, cold and distant.
Her originally long black eyelashes were now lilac, covered with a thin layer of frost.
She wore a light purple dress that seemed to be made of ice. It wasn't see-through and had small spots of light on it, with a few light purple ribbons floating behind her.
Her originally pure white Sode no Shirayuki was now made of ice, covered in light purple frost and filled with unbelievably cold temperatures.
From far away, she looked like a snow goddess from the world of ice and snow. Her personality seemed cold and calm, as if nothing could disturb her peace - not even the sky falling.
"A real Bankai... Rukia, with your level of talent, how could you master Bankai so quickly!?"
Aaroniero looked at Rukia Kuchiki with disbelief.
He had all of Shiba Kaien's memories.
In his opinion, while Rukia Kuchiki's talent was good, it should have been impossible for her to master Bankai this fast.
"Bankai?!"
Rukia Kuchiki slowly raised her ice and snow blade.
She thought about the past.
It was because Nanaya had often brought her to Hueco Mundo to train before. Her spiritual pressure had grown stronger through repeated practice.
With the skills taught by Unohana Retsu, she was able to learn the true name of her Soul-Slaying Sword so quickly.
However, Rukia Kuchiki wasn't going to explain all this to the Menos Grande in front of her. She looked at Aaroniero with cold eyes:
"Menos Grande of the Ninth Espada, stop talking with that face. Let Captain Kaien rest in peace!"
As she said this, Rukia Kuchiki swung the ice and snow sword in her hand downward. The sharp cold formed a chill that spread everywhere.
Wherever the chill reached, everything turned into pure white ice.
"Damn woman! I admit that I died at the hands of that monster, but there's no way I'll die at your hands!!!" Aaroniero roared with a twisted face.
He used the power he had gained from devouring 30,000 Menos Grande and stabbed forward fiercely with his trident.
The water flow and the chill crashed together with a loud bang.
The water froze, but it didn't hurt Aaroniero's body.
He felt relieved and sneered: "What? You said it was Bankai.
I was really shocked for a moment.
I didn't expect it was just this weak ability."
As soon as he finished speaking, his lower body turned into an ugly octopus. He waved his tentacles violently, striking at Rukia Kuchiki with brutal force.
The power of 30,000 Menos Grande made this attack extremely violent.
It even made a sound as it cut through the air.
In response, Rukia Kuchiki's expression stayed calm and cold.
She held the handle of her Bankai sword with both hands and said calmly: "Fool! This is the real Bankai!"
The next second...
Pure white spiritual pressure surged and gathered in the sky. A large disc-shaped white light appeared.
"What... what is that!?" Aaroniero looked up in confusion.
Just as he looked up, a beam of light burst out from the ground, piercing the sky.
At the same time...
A bright wave of light appeared on the ground, surging and dancing like a giant wave.
A strong chill spread from the light wave.
Before Aaroniero could react, his body was already filled with icy cold air. He was frozen into ice inch by inch.
In just the blink of an eye, he was frozen into an ice sculpture by the cold air.
The ugly octopus with the purple lower body even kept the attack pose of waving its tentacles, about to strike Rukia Kuchiki.
Aaroniero's face was still looking at the sky, and there was still a puzzled expression on it.
But he had been frozen into a lifelike ice sculpture.
Rukia Kuchiki pulled back her soul-slaying sword with a cold expression and said quietly: "Captain Kaien, your family is all well. Please rest in peace."
The moment she put away the blade...
The ninth Espada Aaroniero, who was frozen into an ice sculpture, had his pure white ice body shatter like broken glass.
Countless ice pieces fell with a crackling sound.
Aaroniero stayed frozen until his death.
Looking at the ice scattered all over the ground, Rukia Kuchiki seemed to remember something and said quietly: "I forgot that Nanaya seemed to need these Menos Grande bodies, but it doesn't matter. This guy's corpse isn't good enough to become one of Nanaya's Six Paths of Pain."
As she said that, Rukia Kuchiki turned around and left the barrier, still in her ice goddess form.
It seemed that because of her Bankai, her thinking now leaned more toward ice - cold and ruthless, like a high and mighty ice goddess.
Present world, above Karakura Town.
"Hey, hey, hey, what? Female Soul Reaper, is this all you've got!?"
An Arrancar Menos Grande wore a saber-toothed tiger skull mask, had a black braid, golden eyes, and wore a martial arts uniform.
He kept swinging the soul-slaying sword in his hand, laughing and mocking Sui-Feng's weakness.
After swinging the sword many times...
He waved his right hand, and a purple-red light burst out.
"Cero!"
Sui-Feng's face became slightly serious. She quickly stretched her arm forward and shouted:
"Hadō Number Thirty-three: Red Fire Cannon!"
The fireball that formed in her palm suddenly collided with the purple-red Cero.
But it only lasted for two or three seconds before the purple-red Cero swallowed the fireball of the red fire cannon and hit Sui-Feng's shoulder.
Her slender figure flew backwards and hit an empty building in the distance.
"Boom!!"
The wall of the building cracked from the impact.
"Damn it! He's just a subordinate officer. How can he be so strong!?" Sui-Feng ignored the pain in her shoulder. Her eyes were cold as she flew back into the sky.
She looked down again and saw her lieutenant Omaeda being chased and beaten by another large subordinate officer Arrancar.
He looked extremely embarrassed, running and crawling while shouting for help.
Sui-Feng's face darkened. She gritted her teeth and said: "Omaeda, if you can't kill that guy, you'd better be ready to die when you get back."
"Hey!" Omaeda almost cried: "Captain Sui-Feng, spare me! This guy is really strong!"
The Arrancar Menos Grande named Ggio Vega, after seeing this scene, sneered with contempt as he held his soul-slaying sword:
"Female Soul Reaper, do you think you still have a chance to go back!? We are subordinates of His Majesty the Great Emperor Baraggan Louisenbairn!"
"Although we are only subordinates, our strength is not weaker than those Espada."
"It's just because we are loyal to the Great Emperor that we are too lazy to fight for the name of Espada..."
"Heh!" Sui-Feng sneered, interrupting Ggio Vega's words. She swung the soul-slaying sword in her hand like a queen bee's sting and said with disdain:
"What Great Emperor! Now isn't Aizen Sōsuke the only emperor of Hueco Mundo!?"
"Even his position was taken away by a Soul Reaper, but he still claims to be the emperor and thinks he rules Hueco Mundo."
"It's ridiculous, like a clown."
After hearing Sui-Feng's words, veins gradually appeared on Baraggan's forehead as he sat on his bone throne in the sky. He clenched his fists tightly, and his eyes showed a piercing murderous intent.
"..."
As the former emperor of Hueco Mundo, having his position taken away by Aizen Sōsuke, a Soul Reaper, was the most humiliating thing for him.
Now, he was not only no longer the king of Hueco Mundo, but not even the first Espada.
Sui-Feng's mockery was like a sharp blade piercing his heart, making him want to kill this woman himself.
Sensing Baraggan's anger, Ggio Vega's forehead was covered with cold sweat. He looked at Sui-Feng furiously and didn't dare to be careless anymore. He shouted:
"Woman, you can only talk big now. I will kill you for daring to disrespect the emperor."
As he spoke, he gripped his Soul-Slaying Sword tightly. A trace of disgust flashed in his eyes as he roared loudly:
"Bite it to pieces! Tiger Fang Swift Wind!"
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