Yhwach's Hymn of Sanctuary was still broken.

Although this move is considered a very powerful one among the many moves mastered by Yhwach, it is a powerful barrier that combines both offense and defense.

But the power of the Zanka-dachi is also the ultimate manifestation of Captain Yamamoto's thousands of years of career as a god of death.

The existence of the Remaining Sun Prison Robe can burn into ashes any attack from the Holy Arrow that approaches it. It is like putting the sun on its body. This is actually an ability that combines offense and defense. However, the attack ability of the Remaining Sun Prison Robe is passive, and it can only wait for the enemy to actively contact it.

Therefore, in order to break Yhwach's Hymn of Sanctuary, Captain Yamamoto took the initiative to use the Rising Sun Blade in addition to the Remaining Sun Prison Robe.

An attack as dazzling as the sun.

In an instant, the barrier of Yhwach was torn apart.

Then Captain Yamamoto flashed and came to the side of Yhwach, and launched an attack on Yhwach again.

Although he used Shunpo, Captain Yamamoto was extremely powerful. Even a simple Shunpo had an extraordinary speed, and its expressiveness was like teleportation in space.

With a slash of the sword, the destructive blade light came towards Yhwach.

Yhwach quickly used his sickle kick to move away.

Then he slashed the black sword in his hand across the sky.

"The Circle of Anguish!"

Arrow-shaped spirit particles condensed out and then flew towards Captain Yamamoto. They rolled up the surrounding ruined buildings and finally enveloped Captain Yamamoto, forming a cage that trapped Captain Yamamoto's body inside.

"Are you trying to trap me with this kind of attack?"

Captain Yamamoto's voice was cold and indifferent.

It's not surprising that Youhabach was able to dodge his attacks and counterattack.

After all, he is the founder of the Quincy, the villain who started the war that engulfed the three realms.

But even so, it could not change Captain Yamamoto's determination to kill Yhwach.

"Of course I know I can't trap you, but it would be nice if I could just restrain you for a moment."

A cold voice came out from Yhwach's mouth.

Large sacred arrow of destruction!

He swung the long sword in his hand in the air, and the arc formed a bow and arrow. On the bow and arrow, an extremely huge sacred arrow of destruction appeared, and then flew towards Captain Yamamoto whose movements were restricted. In the previous battle, he had also used a similar attack.

Although they are all sacred arrows of destruction, there are some differences in their power.

Even if they are both large sacred arrows of destruction, their sizes will be different if the levels of the spirit particles inside them are different.

What really determines the strength of a Quincy is not which sacred arrow of destruction he uses, but the number of spirit particles he can manipulate.

For ordinary Quincy, only when they enter the state of perfect holy body can they do things like holy slavery.

This is not the case with Ühabach.

The ability he possessed from the very beginning was not the ability to gather spirit particles, but the ability to be a holy slave. All spirit particles could be perfectly controlled by him.

So much so that the same moves, in his hands, are more powerful than those of other Quincies.

The same is true at this moment.

It looks like the same move, but because of Yhwach's seriousness, the power is several times or even dozens of times stronger than before.

The huge sacred arrow of destruction fell down, and in an instant, it turned into an extremely dazzling lightsaber. Combined with the ring of depression that restricted Captain Yamamoto's movements, it was about to kill Captain Yamamoto completely.

boom! !

A powerful flame burst out, and the Ring of Anguish and the large sacred arrow of destruction were all destroyed at this moment.

Afterwards, Captain Yamamoto did not come to Yhwach again to attack him.

"Zan Huo Tai Dao - Nan - Huo Huo Ten Trillion Death Burial Formation!"

He stabbed the Zanhuo sword in his hand into the ground.

Because of Bankai, the land where Captain-General Yamamoto stood has turned black and turned into ashes.

As the Zanka sword pierced into it, the ashes began to change.

The remaining souls of those who had died at the hands of Captain Yamamoto, whose souls were absorbed by the Zanka Sword, left the Zanka Sword one after another and then merged into the ashes.

From the ashes, bodies stood up one after another.

Their bodies were badly broken, some were even in the shape of skeletons, but one could still vaguely make out what they were in life. Among them were Death Gods, Hollows, and more of them were Quincies.

"Yamamoto, you really surprised me!"

Looking at these figures struggling to stand up from the ashes, Yhwach showed a strange expression at the corner of his mouth.

Captain Yamamoto did not respond to Yhwach.

These are all the dead who died at his hands. After being killed by him, their remaining souls will be sealed in the Zanka Sword. When necessary, he can wake these guys up and let them fight for him.

And because these people are already dead, there is no such thing as death during the war.

However, Captain Yamamoto did not use this trick simply to use the human wave tactic to pile up his friend Habach to death.

But it is to use another ability of this move.

Soul level abilities.

At a previous meeting of the Gotei 13, Natsuki pointed out one of Yhwach's weaknesses, which is his soul.

After the death of all Quincies, their souls will return to Youhabach's body and become the nourishment for Youhabach to become stronger.

That's why Urahara Kisuke worked day and night to develop weapons targeting the soul.

And now, in the process of fighting with Yhwach, Captain Yamamoto suddenly had an idea, can he use soul-level attacks to completely kill Yhwach?
Countless dead bodies rushed towards Yhwach one after another as Captain-General Yamamoto swung the Zanka-dachi he pulled out from the ground.

Yeah, ...

He was ready to swing the black sword in his hand to kill all these dead.

Just when I raised my hand.

He suddenly found himself unable to move.

The dead who were originally in front of him had somehow appeared on all sides of him.

The dead surrounded him.

A sense of oppression specifically targeting the soul enveloped him.

"how come……"

Yhwach's expression changed drastically, finding it hard to accept.

His soul trembled.

He wanted to use his power to destroy these guys, but found that it was impossible to do so.

Physical attacks were simply unable to destroy these beings. Instead, his soul began to be eroded by the power of these dead.

Yhwach only felt that countless hands were constantly pulling him, making him sink and sink.

He was about to fall from the high and mighty god into the mire.

“No!” “No!”

"how so……"

Panic, fear, and all kinds of emotions grew in Youhabach's heart.

Logically speaking, as a guy who possesses omniscience and omnipotence and claims to be a god, Youhabach should not have such emotions. However, such emotions filled his heart and even appeared on his cheeks.

Captain Yamamoto naturally noticed this, but he didn't take it seriously.

He was very sure that the person in front of him was the real Youhabach.

Perhaps it was because the souls of those dead Quincies did not return to Youhabach's body, so Youhabach's power did not reach its peak and was not as powerful as imagined.

At the same time, after a thousand years, Yhwach must have consumed a lot of energy in order to be resurrected, and it is impossible for him to be stronger than before.

Therefore, it was only natural that he could defeat Yhwach.

After strengthening his belief, Captain Yamamoto used his final move.

"Zanka no Tachi - North - The world is reduced to ashes!"

This is an extremely fast move that can be launched from a very long distance.

Under normal circumstances, it is a move that is difficult to dodge, not to mention at this moment, in order to restrict Yhwach, Captain Yamamoto first used the Zankai Tachi Nan. Countless dead surrounded Yhwach and continuously launched soul-level attacks on Yhwach. Yhwach's soul was greatly affected, and he could not organize any effective counterattack at all.

Ashes from heaven and earth fell on Yhwach's body.

In an instant, Yhwach's body was annihilated.

It directly evaporates into mist, and even the soul is destroyed under this terrifying power.

This is an absolute killer move.

So far, only one person has survived the Ashes of Heaven and Earth, and that was the former Sosuke Aizen. But even Aizen's body was destroyed after the Ashes of Heaven and Earth. If Aizen had not mastered the power of Hollows and had countless Hollow souls in his body, and had not avoided the death of his own soul through the method of dying in place of others and sacrificing himself, he would not have been able to survive the Ashes of Heaven and Earth and get rid of the restrictions of those souls.

However, there is only one Aizen in this world.

Yhwach is not Aizen either.

Even the former Aizen has now been exiled to hell.

Therefore, Yhwach, the founder of the Quincy and another villain after Aizen, will eventually be killed.

And Youhabach and Aizen are different.

Captain Yamamoto will annihilate his soul and not give him any chance to resurrect.

Under the gaze of Captain Yamamoto, Yhwach showed an unwilling expression, and then obediently walked towards oblivion.

"it's over!"

Although he never spoke aloud, these words certainly echoed in Captain Yamamoto's mind.

Yhwach was killed by him in a frontal battle, and the war has come to an end. Next, all that needs to be done is to completely eliminate these Quincies who have invaded Soul Society, and then everything can come to an end.

Just as Captain Yamamoto was thinking this.

The next moment, an extremely cold voice came from the sky.

"Over? No, it's not over yet!"

When Captain Yamamoto heard the voice, his eyes suddenly focused. Without saying a word, he used the Heaven and Earth Ashes move again to slash towards the place where the voice came from.

A devastating slash was sent in that direction.

But it was shattered by another powerful force.

Above the sky, a figure stood. It was Yhwach.

He did not die in the previous attack by Captain Yamamoto.

When he looked again at the remaining body of Yhwach who had been killed by Captain Yamamoto, he was shocked to find that his appearance had changed at some point and he had become another person he had never seen before.

"Compared to a thousand years ago, you have become stronger. If it were me a thousand years ago, I would probably die under your attack."

"But now, I am different!"

A deep voice came out from Yhwach’s mouth.

While he was talking, no one knew what he was doing.

An extremely strange attack broke out.

In an instant, Captain Yamamoto's arm was destroyed.

Even though he burst out with strength at the critical moment and prevented death, the destruction of his arm was the lightest price he had to pay.

If it was any other arm, it would be fine.

It just so happened that what was destroyed was Captain Yamamoto's right hand holding the Zanka-dachi.

As his right hand was destroyed, the Zanka-dachi immediately fell to the ground, and he was then forced to withdraw from the state of Bankai.

When Captain-General Yamamoto's Bankai was released, the terrifying high temperature that had enveloped the entire Soul Society suddenly disappeared.

Hitsugaya Toshiro suddenly discovered that he could use Bankai.

Others who discovered that they could use Bankai included Shiba Kaien and other holders of water-based Zanpakutō.

Correspondingly, the environmental enhancement brought by the Zanpakutō disappeared for those heat-type Zanpakutō.

Looking at Captain Yamamoto who was not dead, a strange look flashed in Youhabach's eyes.

He was about to continue his attack and completely kill his old rival Yamamoto.

Now that Yamamoto's arm is destroyed, he is temporarily unable to use his Bankai. He is in an unprecedentedly weak state. If anyone wants, he can be killed.

Of course, it is still difficult to accomplish this task when many captain-level reapers have already noticed the movement here and are rushing over here.

Just when Yhwach decided to solve all the troubles and completely kill his old rival Yamamoto.
The space cracked, and a figure walked out and came to Yhwach's side.

Many death gods do not recognize this figure.

But there are still some people I know.

It was Haschwald, the leader of the Knights Sterncross, the emperor's assistant under Youhabach and his most trusted subordinate.

On that day in the real world, he wanted to recruit Ishida Uryuu, but ended up being killed. In order to save Haschwalth, Yhwach took action himself and finally snatched Haschwalth's soul from Natsuki.

Afterwards, he returned to the Quincy's base and was willing to sacrifice some Quincies who were of no value to him in order to revive Haschwalth.

After the war began, Hasward did not appear.

Of course it's because he has more important things to do.

War, and the destruction of death, have never been the most important things.

For Yhwach, there was one thing that stood above all else.

That is to go to the Soul King Palace, take back what belongs to him, and inherit his father's throne.

But how to get to the Soul King Palace is another problem.

So, this is also what Hasward is busy with. (End of this chapter)