Crossover Anime: Starting with Bankai from Demon Slayer

Chapter 168 Death

"Ugh, this stuff just never ends!"

Rangiku Matsumoto wiped the sweat from her brow, her signature long orange hair flying wildly in the wind.

Right at her feet, three mutated Void creatures covered in slime were letting out a shrill roar, looking both disgusting and eerie.

"Whisper, gray cat!"

With Rangiku's sharp cry, her Zanpakuto instantly transformed into a cloud of gray sand.

As Rangiku directed, the sharp, blade-like fragments swiftly sliced ​​through the Hollow's body, splattering a cloud of black pus.

Behind her, the members of the 10th Division of the Shinigami were forming a defensive formation back to back.

Although the oppressive, suffocating energy did lessen somewhat after they retreated to the bridge, it was only enough to give them a slight respite.

In this abnormal city plagued by supernatural disasters, every inch of air seems to carry a deadly poison, constantly eroding the spiritual pressure of the Grim Reapers.

"Sixth seat of the Butterfly Clan, the rear is in your hands!" Rangiku shouted without turning her head.

"Don't worry, Vice Captain Matsumoto."

Shinobu Kocho, standing at the back of the group, responded softly.

Her Zanpakuto, the "Spirit Maiden," had already been unleashed. The Asauchi in her hand had transformed into a rapier pulsating with purple light, more like a conductor's baton controlling a swarm of spirit insects than a sword.

Shinobu Kocho's figure transformed into a series of blurry afterimages, dancing up and down among the spectral masses.

With a flick of his slender sword, he precisely pierced the vital point of the mutated Void.

The monsters that were struggling frantically suddenly froze.

Immediately afterwards, the dark red tentacles attached to their bodies began to turn black and wither rapidly, dying down in the blink of an eye, and were then shattered by the other Death God team members.

"This feeling is really unpleasant..." Shinobu Kocho frowned. "Although the potent poison secreted by the spirit insects shattered these hollow bodies from the inside, they also suffered injuries..."

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The situation on the battlefield was extremely tense.

A Grim Reaper member swung his sword and severed the arm of a Hollow, but before he could catch his breath, the severed arm sprouted countless tiny tentacles the moment it hit the ground, even trying to parasitize the member's leg.

The Death Knight member cried out in alarm, as he was about to be entangled by the tentacles.

Shinobu Kocho immediately commanded the spirit insects to instantly engulf the severed arm: "Back off! Don't let those things touch you!"

Several well-trained team members stepped forward in unison, gathering spiritual pressure in their hands.

"The One Who Reigns! The Mask of Flesh and Blood, All Things, Feathered Beasts, He Who Bears the Name of Man!"

"Amidst scorching heat and strife, separated by the sea, we surge southward, marching ever onward!"

"Hado #31: Red Fire Cannon!!"

Several blazing fireballs struck the writhing remains with pinpoint accuracy.

The flames not only burned the severed limbs, but also completely destroyed the eerie energy, finally preventing further regeneration.

"It's a success!"

"Coordinate with the attacks from ahead! As long as we use the Demonic Path to destroy the remaining tissue the instant they regenerate, we can completely kill them!"

One of the Death Knights shouted excitedly.

With this coordinated effort, the situation finally took a turn for the better.

The front-line warriors used their superb swordsmanship to dismember the Hollows, while the rear-line members followed closely behind, using offensive low-level Kido to sweep them away.

This tactic is extremely taxing on physical strength and spiritual pressure, but in this situation, it is the only way to survive.

Matsumoto Rangiku watched this scene, a hint of relief flashing in her eyes, but it was quickly replaced by deep worry.

"For a spiritual disaster of this magnitude, they only sent the Tenth Division! We need to find a way to request reinforcements!"

She looked up at the sky, where the chilling aura still lingered.

Just then, in the distance, on the outskirts of Fuyuki City, in the direction of the ruins where they had landed, a tremendous spiritual pressure suddenly erupted.

The spiritual pressure was so strong that it even dispelled some of the gloom above the bridge in an instant.

"That is..." Rangiku's pupils contracted slightly, she stopped what she was doing, and looked into the distance.

All the Death Knights members looked in that direction without prior agreement.

A huge, deep blue waterspout rose from the ground and shot straight into the sky.

That was not ordinary rain, but a colossal wave formed by extremely concentrated spiritual pressure.

The waterspout roared wildly across the land, as if trying to wash away all the filth in the world.

Under that terrifying impact, dozens of mutated Void creatures didn't even have time to scream before they were instantly shredded into the most primitive fragments of spiritual particles.

What a magnificent yet violent scene it was.

"An attack of this scale... was it Captain Haiyan?" a Grim Reaper murmured to himself, his eyes filled with awe.

"That must be the captain's self-release... Tsubaki..." Rangiku murmured the name of the Zanpakuto.

Even from several kilometers away, she could still feel Shiba Kaien's overwhelming aura, like a tsunami.

Rangiku withdrew her gaze, her expression turning sharp again: "The captain is risking his life; we can't afford to lose face here!"

Her encouragement invigorated the exhausted crowd.

"Oh!! Kill all these monsters!"

However, the mutated Void's attack did not stop despite the shock from afar.

On the contrary, Shiba Kaien's outburst seemed to have triggered some kind of defense mechanism, causing the Hollows on the scene to become even more frenzied.

Shinobu Kocho is squatting on the ground, treating the wound of a teammate whose thigh has been torn.

She fed the other person the panacea while pressing the tip of her knife against the wound, allowing the spirit insects to work together to rapidly repair the other person's spirit body.

"Please be patient, the repair of the spiritual network will be quick," she comforted softly.

Just then, an extremely cold chill crept up her spine.

That was an intuition honed through years of life-or-death struggles.

In her blind spot, in the shadow of the steel beams on the side of the bridge, a slender figure almost blended into the darkness quietly emerged.

It was a mutated Void creature that was extremely small and had no eyes.

It did not roar like its kind, and even suppressed its spiritual pressure to the limit.

Its forelimbs are two jet-black bone blades that gleam with an eerie light.

It was moving with incredible speed and without a sound, piercing Shinobu Kocho's back!

"Miss Butterfly! Watch out!"

A team member nearby spotted the scene, but he was entangled by several fangs and had no time to help.

Rangiku noticed it too, but the gray cat in her hand was in a scattered state and it would take time to reassemble.

"It's too late!!" Rangiku's heart sank.

Shinobu Kocho heard the shouts and instinctively tried to dodge.

But the teammate beneath them was receiving treatment and had no ability to resist.

If she leaves, this team member will surely die!

He gritted his teeth, a resolute glint in his eyes.

"Binding Spell Eight: Rebuke!"

She could only try to block the attack with her demonic arts and then figure out a way to retaliate.

The cold wind whipped up by the bone blade had already scattered the stray hairs behind her neck.

The illusory face was already inches away, and sticky liquid was flowing from its hideous mouthparts.

And those liquids are corroding her bindings!

The scent of death was palpable.

boom-!!!

The sky seemed to be violently torn apart by an invisible giant hand, and the sound of an airburst that could rip eardrums reverberated throughout the entire battlefield.

A streak of black and red light descended from the sky.

Like a falling meteor, it crashed directly between Shinobu Kocho and the Hollow that launched the sneak attack.

An overwhelming force erupted instantly, creating a terrifying shockwave centered on the point of impact.

The mutated Hollow, which had been so determined to win, didn't even manage to make contact before its entire body was shattered by the overwhelming spiritual pressure, and it flew backward like a rag.

Smoke and dust filled the air.

A tall, slender figure slowly stood up in front of Shinobu Kocho.

"Moshi Moshi, are you alright?"

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