Crossover Anime: Starting with Bankai from Demon Slayer

Chapter 397 A Sudden Intrusion into the Kasumioji Family Residence

Led by Inu-ryu, the group made their way through a maze of turns to a street corner.

After he fiddled with it, the mechanism inside the wall turned, and a hidden door was opened silently.

This is a secret passage that was only used when the head of the Xia Daji family encountered a crisis, leading directly to the inner courtyard of the mansion.

In the darkness, only the deliberately hushed footsteps and soft breathing of a few people could be heard.

When they pushed open the heavy stone door at the end of the tunnel and felt the outside light again.

An unsettling fluctuation of spiritual pressure spread throughout the body along the five senses.

"The air smells... awful."

Shinobu Kocho frowned slightly, gently covering her mouth and nose with her fingertips: "Not only that, but I also feel a slight dizziness. Is it some kind of illusionary barrier?"

"It seems they're taking this very seriously in order to welcome us."

At the back of the group, Kisuke Urahara tapped on his folding fan, his eyes sharpening.

He could sense that the Kasumi family had indeed activated their own barrier, which was even capable of withstanding attacks from high-level demonic arts.

"It's like we're about to go to war," Asuka muttered, grimacing.

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly felt his brow twitch.

Clang!

With a flick of his thumb, he immediately pushed the blade out of its sheath.

Seeing him like this, everyone drew their swords.

"Since such a grand welcoming ceremony has been prepared..." Asuka raised her head and stared at the huge paper door in front of the courtyard: "Don't hide like a rat."

"Heh... I should say, as expected of the Spirit King's agent, his intuition is quite sharp."

It was accompanied by a hoarse, unpleasant laugh.

Dozens of assassination squad members dressed in night clothes suddenly appeared like ghosts on the walls surrounding the courtyard, behind the roof ridges, and even in the shadows of the artificial hill.

Each of them held a standard-issue dagger, the eerie eye on the hilt spinning wildly, greedily staring at the crowd.

"Wearing night clothes in broad daylight? Are you kidding me?" Urahara chuckled as he freed Benihime.

But the encirclement of dozens of people did not cause the bird's eyes to waver in the slightest.

What truly threatened him was what was directly in front of him.

There, five streams of spiritual pressure, distorting the surrounding air, surged into the sky.

Five figures exuding an eerie aura slowly emerged from behind the paper door.

They were dressed in pure black haori, with an expensive silk lining that was faintly visible inside, indicating that they were people of high status.

"Kasumi Rurichiyo, it's been a long time. I even saw you when you were a child."

The leader walked out slowly, greeted Ruri Chiyo, and held a giant Zanpakuto as wide as a door panel in his right hand.

Upon closer inspection, the hilt of the Zanpakuto was covered with hideous, twisted, scarlet tentacles.

Following the vein-like tentacles, one can see that on his shoulder, there is an arm armor-like weapon attached to his body, with constantly rotating yellowish-brown eyes embedded on it.

His eyes bulged, throbbing in sync with his heartbeat.

"I'm sorry, although we have no grudge against each other... but if we hand over your head, the head of the Kumoi family promises to give us even more powerful weapons."

"So your life is over here today."

"You bunch of mad dogs who betrayed Seireitei!" Inuryu roared, "You actually willingly became that old scoundrel Kumoi's lackeys, and even had your minds controlled by this evil cursed sword!"

"Where did this junior come from?!"

A gigantic man, as large as a mountain of flesh, emerged carrying a massive battle axe.

A single, crimson eye, the size of a fist, was embedded in the blade of the battle axe, glaring intently at the dog-dragon before it: "What do you know?! This is true power!"

"With this, what is Kenpachi Zaraki? I'll chop him down with one axe!"

To prove his boast, he slammed the giant axe into the ground.

In an instant, a dark red circular shockwave erupted from him, shattering the hard bluestone slabs inch by inch, shooting out in all directions!

With just the spiritual pressure released by that casual strike, Inuryu and Enryu groaned and, their faces pale, retreated several steps while protecting Ruri Chiyo.

"Asuka-kun, did you see that thing on that guy's shoulder? It's the core of the Baku-Yao Blade." Urahara adjusted his hat brim and assessed, "This is exactly what I was worried about..."

"It looks much more powerful than the weapons those scumbags have... Hang in there, I've already called for reinforcements."

"Hmm... five Seagull-class seagulls, we can handle them." Asuka nodded.

Urahara shook Benihime and looked at the giant man wielding the axe: "Well then, let me handle that big guy who looks like he has thick skin."

Having said that, he transformed into a blur, wielding the Red Princess as he slashed down through the air.

"Wow! Perfect timing!"

The giant roared, snatched the giant axe inlaid with the evil eye, and charged forward with the force to split mountains and shatter rocks!

Then, a tall, thin man holding a curved knife stepped out from the crowd.

His knife was covered in a dense mass of purple growths, each one pulsating rhythmically and emitting gurgling, nauseating sounds...

"Hehe... What an exquisite woman." He fixed his lewd gaze on Shinobu Kocho: "It would be a waste to kill her. I'll cut off your limbs first, so my darling can taste your spiritual power..."

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His words were vulgar and cruel, which made Shinobu Kocho raise an eyebrow, but her smile grew even brighter.

"Oh my, this gentleman's mouth stinks worse than a sewer."

She slowly pointed the knife tip diagonally at the other person's face, her purple eyes seeming to churn with poisonous swamps: "Since your tongue and brain are already rotting, then I'll take pity on you and clean them up."

The moment the words left his mouth, a butterfly fluttered by!

Only a faint purple afterimage remained in place before the real body instantly appeared beside the tall, thin man!

The tall, thin man let out a strange laugh, and the curved sword in his hand swelled up again as he engaged Shinobu Kocho in a lightning-fast attack!

The battle erupted instantly.

Kisuke Urahara and Shinobu Kocho each took away a troublesome enemy.

The Inu-ryu and Enryu fought desperately to protect Ruri Chiyo, dealing with the surging tide of assassination squad members.

Only the birds remained in place.

And the leader in front, and two other grim reapers wielding short swords and long whips.

Three enormous and chaotic spiritual pressures, like three mountains of flesh, pressed down on the bird.

"It's truly an honor to be able to fight against the legendary Spirit King's proxy," the Short-Sword Death God grinned maliciously.

The Grim Reaper with the long whip didn't seem to care, and sneered, "He's just a bastard without even a family crest, a nameless bastard. Get rid of him quickly."

The leader nodded politely.

"A pleasure to meet you. My name is Hojo Masanobu. I am ashamed to say that I come from a once-powerful but now declining upper-class family. May I ask your name?"

"...He's right, I have no name." Asuka held the raccoon up, its markings gradually spreading. "Even if you're dead, you don't need to come to me in my dreams."

"Really? What a pity."

Zhenxin's eyes turned cold, and the veins on his thick right arm bulged as he suddenly raised the giant sword made of a door panel covered with tentacles.

"Then let's see who's the best."

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