Madarame Ikkaku only stopped his movements when the dragon-shaped groove on the axe blade was completely filled, then attacked Zaraki Kenpachi with Squad Captain level spiritual pressure.
Meanwhile, Zaraki Kenpachi, not being overconfident, directly removed the eye patch over his right eye.
In an instant, a massive golden spiritual pressure directly surged into the sky, intertwining with another red spiritual pressure, causing the barrier to shake non-stop.
Ito Makoto, who was watching from the side, felt a headache coming on.
"Demons and monsters, all things, gods and saints, all turn to dust, Soumetsu!"
"Soumetsu Ultimate Technique - Four Directions Realm!"
The next moment, a grey-black square barrier, over ten meters in length and width, opened within the original barrier, isolating Zaraki Kenpachi's surging spiritual pressure.
This was Ito Makoto's newly mastered Shikai Soumetsu's ultimate technique, Four Directions Realm.
Its effect is to create a square barrier, within which Ito Makoto himself and those he permits will have their speed and strength increased to a certain extent.
Conversely, the enemy's spiritual pressure, speed, and strength will be suppressed; the degree of suppression depends on the enemy's spiritual pressure. Ordinary Squad Members would find it incredibly difficult to even move within this barrier, while facing an enemy with similar spiritual pressure, it can weaken their strength and speed by thirty percent.
The higher the spiritual pressure of the opponent, the lower the suppression effect will be, but this effect will also increase as Ito Makoto's spiritual pressure strengthens in the future.
Within this barrier, the shock force of Soumetsu will be doubled.
Furthermore, this barrier is centered on Ito Makoto and moves with his movements.
This current Four Directions Realm was cast by Ito Makoto with Squad Captain level strength, after borrowing thirty percent of his main body's spiritual pressure. An ordinary Squad Captain would have their strength and speed weakened by thirty percent just by being within this barrier.
As the Four Directions Realm opened, the two originally powerful spiritual pressures that were colliding were instantly contained within a certain range.
"Clang!"
A loud clang echoed. If Ito Makoto hadn't opened the Four Directions Realm in time, the outer barrier would likely have been shattered by the shockwave from that earth-shattering blow.
Madarame Ikkaku's fully charged attack was directly parried by Zaraki Kenpachi, who had removed his eye patch, with a single hand and sword.
"Is that all the strength you have?"
Seeing his full-power Bankai attack so effortlessly parried by Zaraki Kenpachi, Madarame Ikkaku was initially shocked, then he gave a carefree laugh:
"Heh, as expected of the Squad Captain, I knew you'd be tough to deal with!"
Madarame Ikkaku retreated, knowing now that even with Bankai, there was still a chasm-like gap between him and his Squad Captain.
Just as Madarame Ikkaku was about to put away his Bankai and end the fight, Zaraki Kenpachi slowly spoke:
"It's too boring to stop just like that!"
"Hey, Ito, you and Ikkaku come at me together!"
Hearing this, Ito Makoto looked up at Zaraki Kenpachi in surprise. Then he looked at Madarame Ikkaku.
"Little Ito, then let's go together. Since the Squad Captain requested it, we can't let him be disappointed!"
Madarame Ikkaku looked at Ito Makoto with spirited eyes.
Originally, Ito Makoto was afraid that his sudden participation in Madarame Ikkaku and Zaraki Kenpachi's fight would displease Madarame Ikkaku, but it seemed he had overthought it.
And so, the original Ito Makoto transformed from a spectator into a participant, rushing into the Training Grounds with high battle spirit to fight alongside Madarame Ikkaku against Zaraki Kenpachi.
"Soumetsu First Style - Tremor!"
"Wah!"
A familiar shock force came. Originally, Zaraki Kenpachi didn't take it to heart, but this time the shock force far exceeded its previous power, dislocating Zaraki Kenpachi's internal organs.
This caused him to directly spit out a large mouthful of blood, and even the shallow wounds left from his previous clash with Madarame Ikkaku were torn open by the shock, bleeding profusely.
"Squad Captain Kenpachi, be careful!"
"Within my Four Directions Realm, the shock force is doubled!"
As Ito Makoto joined the fight, he naturally applied the Four Directions Realm's buff to Madarame Ikkaku and himself, and applied restrictions to Zaraki Kenpachi.
Madarame Ikkaku's speed and strength instantly received an increase of about thirty percent.
Meanwhile, Zaraki Kenpachi clearly felt that his speed and strength seemed to be somewhat restricted.
Just as Zaraki Kenpachi, tormented by the shock force, was squatting on the ground, vomiting blood, Madarame Ikkaku again raised Dragon Crest Hozukimaru and slashed at him.
"Hahahahaha!"
"Satisfying!"
Zaraki Kenpachi struggled to raise his left hand, blocking the sudden attack of Dragon Crest Hozukimaru with his sword.
"Yah!"
With a loud roar from him, Zaraki Kenpachi's spiritual pressure around his body surged again, forcefully reducing much of Ito Makoto's shock force, and his dislocated internal organs instantly began to reset themselves.
And as his muscles writhed, the wounds that were still bleeding were forcefully stopped.
"I knew it!"
Seeing Zaraki Kenpachi's terrifying spiritual pressure outburst, so easily resetting his internal organs and stopping the bleeding from his wounds.
Ito Makoto was already used to it; after all, Zaraki Kenpachi exuded a beauty of pure power.
Just Zaraki Kenpachi alone was like this.
With his current strength, he couldn't even imagine how high the power levels of Aizen Sōsuke and Kurosaki ichigo must be.
The moment Zaraki Kenpachi's spiritual pressure burst forth, Ito Makoto didn't give him a chance, directly throwing out Soumetsu. He, meanwhile, held onto the constantly extending iron chain at Soumetsu's tail.
Soumetsu, carrying the shock force, was thus flung out by Ito Makoto. At the same time, Madarame Ikkaku also leaped high, raising Dragon Crest Hozukimaru and bringing it down with a cleave.
"Clang!"
And so, Zaraki Kenpachi raised his left hand, holding his sword, to parry this incredibly powerful axe blow, while his right hand directly gripped Soumetsu, which was about to pierce his chest!
Completely disregarding the increased shock force from touching the blade and the palm cut by the blade, he gave a strong pull, directly yanking Ito Makoto over.
"Holy crap!"
Feeling a huge force transmit through Soumetsu to his entire body, Ito Makoto hadn't expected that even with the Four Directions Realm's buff, he was still outmatched by Kenpachi in terms of strength.
And so, he simply went with the flow, using the momentum to get close to Zaraki Kenpachi.
Upon reaching Kenpachi, he directly pointed his left hand.
"Hado Number Four - White Lightning!"
At close range, a White Lightning bolt pointed directly at Zaraki Kenpachi's chest.
Conversely, while Zaraki Kenpachi raised his sword to meet Dragon Crest Hozukimaru, he shifted his body sideways. The White Lightning narrowly grazed his arm, leaving a bloody mark on Zaraki Kenpachi's arm.
And as Zaraki Kenpachi dodged the White Lightning, Ito Makoto also successfully stabilized himself by bracing his hand on the ground. Using the speed buff from the Four Directions Realm, he used Shunpo to get behind Zaraki Kenpachi.
He directly slashed at his back. Zaraki Kenpachi brought his sword behind him to block the slash, then turned around and clashed head-on with Ito Makoto.
Even with the strength buff from the Four Directions Realm, clashing swords with Kenpachi, who had removed his eye patch, still made Ito Makoto's hands numb!
Meanwhile, Madarame Ikkaku, seeing this, once again widened the distance from Zaraki Kenpachi, and began spinning Dragon Crest Hozukimaru again, intending to push its power to the extreme.
"Hmph, still trying to charge up?"
No sooner had he spoken than Zaraki Kenpachi flashed forward, intending to interrupt the charging process of Dragon Crest Hozukimaru.
"Soumetsu Three Styles - Mustard Net!"
A small black dot appeared on Soumetsu's blade, and then this small black dot rapidly split, quickly forming a dark black net that ensnared Zaraki Kenpachi from behind.
And as the net tightened, it left blood marks all over Kenpachi's body.
At the same time, Madarame Ikkaku's Dragon Crest Hozukimaru also completed its charge, descending with mountain-splitting power.
Just as the axe blade was about to strike Zaraki Kenpachi, who was caught in the net, Zaraki Kenpachi changed his grip on the sword.
From holding the sword with one hand, he switched to holding it with two hands, and then swung it fiercely.
"Bang!"
A dazzling golden sword pressure flashed, directly shattering the Mustard Net that was suppressing him, and sweeping away Madarame Ikkaku in mid-air and Ito Makoto behind him.
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