Chapter 44: One strike and one kill! The battle is over!
After a Shinigami gains Bankai, his spiritual pressure will surge five to ten times compared to his original Shikai. Although this state cannot be maintained for too long and the consumption of spiritual energy is far greater than before, Bankai is indeed a Shinigami's biggest trump card.

The skyrocketing spiritual pressure gave the Grim Reaper great power in every move.

Spiritual power, or spiritual pressure, is extremely important to the god of death.

Zanpakutō, Zanpakutō, and Zouki, these four basic abilities of the Shinigami, all more or less rely on spiritual pressure. In addition to this, the activation of the Shinigami's Zanpakutō abilities is also related to the Shinigami's own spiritual pressure.

It is precisely because the improvement of the God of Death is so great after Bankai that only those who master Bankai can serve as the captain of the Gotei 13.

After Xia Mu repeatedly hurt him, Gui Yancheng finally couldn't control the anger in his heart, and he chose to use his most powerful method, which is Bankai.

After his Bankai, not only did his spiritual pressure surge, his body size also increased dramatically, and he became a giant.

"Die, bastard!"

Gui Yancheng swung the sword in his hand, which had become bigger. As he swung the sword, the black flames lingering around his body poured into the sword and enveloped it. As he swung the sword, an extremely huge black slash attacked Xia Mu.

"too slow!"

Xia Mu used instant step and easily avoided it.

Gui Yancheng does not have the ability of the Quincy to control spirit particles, so he cannot affect Xia Mu's Shunbu. Moreover, Xia Mu's Shunbu has been trained hard and honed for a long time in battles with Quincy. Even for ordinary Quincy, it is difficult to interfere with his Shunbu.

He dodged the attack easily.

Gui Yancheng's slashing attack continued, instantly passing through the place where Xia Mu was previously, and landed on the building of the 11th Squadron.

boom! !

The buildings shattered, making a loud noise and bringing up clouds of smoke and dust.

But at this moment, no member of the 11th Division cared about this matter.

All they care about is the battle on the field.

……

When Kiyomizu performed his Bankai, the Twelve Division, which was near the Eleventh Division, also detected a powerful spiritual wave reaction.

The captain of the 12th Division is Hikifune Kiryu, also a female captain who has served as captain for many years. In this era, the Technology Development Bureau has not been established. What it has is its predecessor, the Seireitei Research Institute. In the Seireitei Research Institute, its functions are not like the Technology Development Bureau of the future. It has also been divided into several departments, such as a special department for monitoring spiritual waves.

But they are indeed responsible for monitoring the spiritual waves in Soul Society and even some areas of the human world.

When they discover hollow or abnormal spiritual waves, they will report them to the first team immediately.

As the headquarters, the First Division is responsible for summarizing and processing reports from other divisions, and then distributing tasks to other divisions.

"What on earth are those guys from the 11th Division doing?"

Discovering that a powerful spiritual wave reaction had occurred on the part of the 11th Division, the Shinigami of the 12th Division muttered to themselves and immediately drafted a report. Although normally those guys from the 11th Division also liked to fool around, this was the Soul Society, so things were still a little different.

……

On the training ground of the 11th Squadron.

The battle is still going on.

Xia Mu used the instant step to easily avoid many of Gui Yancheng's attacks.

This angered Gui Yancheng even more.

He took a step forward, and although he was tall, he moved quite fast, and quickly came towards where Xia Mu was.

Xia Mu did not choose to hide all the time, and occasionally he would fight with Gui Yancheng head on.

boom! !

The broadsword surrounded by black flames touched the scarlet Zanpakuto in Natsuki's hand.

Xia Mu suddenly felt an enormous force coming at him, causing his legs to sink towards the ground. After all, he was not a god of death who was good at strength. In a pure strength contest, he was still at a disadvantage facing a reckless man like Gui Yancheng.

"Die!"

When Gui Yancheng saw that Xia Mu was suppressed by his own power, he became more and more proud and let out a roar.

The members of the 11th Division had not known since when, but had focused all their attention on Xia Mu and were worried about his safety. Seeing this situation, they immediately became anxious.

They've already lost Gosuke Kenpachi, so are they now going to lose Vice Captain Natsuki who stood up for them?
Kenpachi Kiganjo has a violent personality. If this continues, who knows what kind of harm will happen to the 11th Division.

Just as Gui Yancheng was about to use his powerful strength to completely break Xia Mu's block and tear Xia Mu's body in half, suddenly, an extremely powerful red spiritual pressure burst out from Xia Mu's body.

boom! !

The terrifying spiritual pressure, like a beam of light, shot up into the sky, and then, the physical spiritual pressure spread in all directions.

Even though Kiyomizu's spiritual pressure increased several times after using Bankai.

Its body shape has changed and it possesses extremely powerful strength.

But at this moment, after Xia Mu burst out his spiritual pressure, Gui Yancheng still felt an irresistible force coming at him, which forcibly lifted his tall and burly body aside.

In the red spiritual pressure, Xia Mu slowly stretched his body. He first pulled his feet out of the sunken ground, and then looked at the somewhat horrified Kiyomizu Kenpachi in front of him, and said casually: "It seems that after your Bankai, apart from the surge in spiritual pressure, size, and strength, you don't seem to have any more abilities." "But it's good, this way, I also know all your trump cards, and I can kill you without any scruples."

"You bastard, do you know what you are talking about?"

Upon hearing this, Kenpachi Kiyomizu roared in anger.

He then burst out with spiritual pressure, and his whole body was like an evil ghost that had escaped from hell and came into the world. The black spiritual pressure enveloped his body. He then used both hands to swing the sword, and the huge black sword pressure flew through the air.

As soon as the sword pressure appeared, a crack appeared on the ground. An extremely powerful sense of oppression swept in all directions, causing many members of the 11th Division to tremble slightly. Even the chief officer felt frightened when Kenpachi Kiyomizu made a full effort.

Xia Mu looked at the sword pressure coming towards him and took a deep breath.

The crimson spiritual pressure still enveloped his body.

He thought back to the time when he studied kendo and slashing techniques with Unohana Retsu.

Although it is not a particularly long period of time for the god of death.

But Unohana Retsu did teach him a lot.

Among them, the most profound secrets of the sword-killing technique also flashed through his mind.

The most profound art of beheading does not involve too many techniques, or rather, it abandons all techniques and returns to its original simplicity, which lies in just one word, that is, "beheading"!
By concentrating all the strength of the body into the sword in the hand, it turns into one cut!
The thought flashed through my mind.

In an instant, all of Natsuki's spiritual pressure poured into his Zanpakutō.

The red, substantial spiritual pressure that originally enveloped his body disappeared in an instant.

Facing the terrifying sword pressure from Gui Yancheng.

Xia Mu swung his knife.

Between heaven and earth, a red thread flashed.

Xia Mu's body suddenly disappeared and reappeared. He had already appeared behind Gui Yancheng's tall body.

Compared with Gui Yancheng, who has become as tall as a giant after his Bankai, Xia Mu, an ordinary person, looks particularly short and small.

But under the gaze of many death gods, at this moment, Xia Mu was filled with an aura that even the contemporary Kenpachi, Gui Yancheng, could not match.

However, they couldn’t tell what kind of momentum it was.

The next moment, under their gaze.

First, the terrifying black sword pressure that Gui Yancheng was flying in the air dissipated and annihilated, and then, an expression of extreme pain appeared on Gui Yancheng's face.

A thin line of blood appeared on his throat.

puff!
The blood line split open, and then blood gushed out like a fountain.

"My uncle..."

Gui Yancheng seemed to want to speak, but the words of reluctance in his heart remained silent.

boom!
His body fell to the ground. Because of his huge size, it made a very dull sound when it fell to the ground, and smoke and dust were stirred up. Then, the scarlet blood dyed the ground beneath him red, and even his white captain's feather robe turned into a blood-stained shirt.

His breath quickly dissipated until it disappeared completely.

It was also after the aura of Kiyomi Castle disappeared that he ended his Bankai state, his body returned to its original form, and his Zanpakutō also degenerated into the original Shōdachi.

"Whoosh..."

Xia Mu still stood behind Gui Yancheng and took a few deep breaths.

After confirming that Gui Yancheng was dead, he suddenly felt bored.

He thought Gui Yancheng would be a very tough opponent, so he made a lot of preparations.

Even though Kenpachi Zaraki easily defeated Kigenjou in the original work, Kigenjou had served as Kenpachi for nearly a hundred years before that. In that era, many captains died in battle. He must have been strong enough to stay in the position of Kenpachi for so many years.

During the battle, Kiyomizu also used Bankai, which verified Xia Mu's guess.

I didn't expect that it would be such a rubbish Bankai.

Apart from the surge in spiritual pressure and strength, there are no other strong points.

No wonder in the original work, Zaraki could easily kill Kiyomizu.

As long as the spiritual pressure can exceed that of Gui Yancheng, it doesn't seem difficult to kill him.

Natsuki's current spiritual pressure may not be comparable to Zaraki's, but over the years, relying on the passive power of his Zanpakuto, especially in the wars in the real world, those Quincies would gather spiritual particles from time to time and give him some gifts.

Even though Xia Mu did not master Bankai, his spiritual pressure had reached an extremely powerful level.

In terms of strength alone, even Kiyomizu Kiyomizu after his Bankai is still inferior to him.

　The battle is over in one go, and from tomorrow on, it will be my daily routine as Kenpachi.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)