In Soul Society, love and bond begin

Hearing this, Yhwach seemed stunned, frowning as he looked at the petite but extremely fierce girl in front of him.

"First, I'll give you a finger."

However, before he could come to his senses, Saito's calm voice had already fallen.

"laugh!"

The wind blew past, and a tiny stream of blood wrapped around the girl's slender white little finger of her left hand, tearing and strangling it like a whirlwind. The finger joint was wiped out from the flesh to the bone in an instant.

The limbs disappeared, and the blood that had just crushed her knuckles quickly climbed and coagulated, fixing itself into the shape of her fingers and appearing bright red.

The crazy smile on Saito's face became even more intense, and he looked straight in the direction of Yhwach.

Almost in an instant, the originally dim spiritual pressure glow on the girl's body suddenly burst into astonishing brilliance. The spiritual pressure cyclone that was swaying like a stream of smoke suddenly straightened, as if it had expanded several times in that second.

"This is...?!"

Yhwach sensed this clear change and his gaze suddenly changed.

Before he could come to his senses, he saw Saito Bulaobusi suddenly take a step forward.

"Soon-"

His body is as swift as the wind and as fast as lightning.

The sharp blade light was beyond the ability of the eyes to capture, and in the blink of an eye, it slashed towards his neck from the side and back.

Yhwach's pupils were slanted, and he was obviously a beat slower than that, but his body followed the dangerous instinct and took the lead in swinging the Annihilation Cross Blade.

So fast.

The Blood Sacrifice Luo and the Cross Blade retracted as soon as they touched, but the collision lasted only a blink of an eye, leaving behind an expanding pure white hole in the air, making a sound like muffled thunder.

"It's not over yet!"

Saito seemed to want to return all the pressure that the guy in front of her had just put on her. The amazing speed she burst out by sacrificing a finger seemed to have no limit. Her already petite figure further enhanced her flexibility. She spun rapidly around Yhwach like a phantom. The speed at which the blade fell was getting faster and faster, and dozens of sounds seemed to be connected into one.

"Zhengzhengzheng——"

However, simply being fast is useless.

The longer the time went on, the calmer Yhwach became when facing Saito's super-fast slash.

After taking dozens of blows in one breath, he was completely certain.

This woman's knife is merely 'fast'.

If the force was limited to this extent, even if it was struck directly on him, it probably wouldn't cause any substantial damage to him.

But this is just the beginning.

"Next, a whole arm!"

As Saito finished his words, his originally free left arm was suddenly wrapped in a stream of scarlet blood, and then it shattered and exploded into a ball like powder.

The girl's cold expression didn't change at all, only her teeth were clenched tightly, without making any sound.

Almost at the moment when the 'sacrifice' was presented, when Saito swung the blood blade in his hand, there was suddenly a dull whistling sound like a huge rock falling from the sky.

Yhwach was unable to react at first, and simply used the force he had just used to hold the cross sword across his chest.

Saito's mouth curled up

The next moment, the bloody blade mercilessly hit the horizontal blade, making a very dull sound.

"laugh--"

The blade swung across, the force penetrating the spine.

A white wave like flowing water passed straight in the direction of the Annihilation Cross Sword. Yhwach, who had been calm and composed from the beginning, was smashed into the air like a stone by this terrifying force, and rolled in an arc in the air.

He struggled to control his body, and even his eyes widened.

This power...? !

However, Saito did not give him any chance to hesitate.

Her entire body shot out at a speed only faster than before, her dark purple twintails were pulled into a pair of parallel straight lines in mid-air. Her left arm, made entirely of blood, stretched out and grabbed his collar. Her seemingly petite body suddenly spun around, erupting with terrifying force, and with a shrill whistling sound, she threw Yhwach's body, which was more than a head taller than her, to the ground.

"Boom!"

Amidst a deafening explosion, large tracts of land were lifted up at the moment the dark meteor fell. The sound waves transmitted by the explosion spread in all directions, carrying dust and cyclones with it.

"Hey Hey hey!"

"Is this all you have, Yhwach?"

Saito shouted loudly while stomping his feet on the air, as if he had stepped on a pedal. With the reaction force, he flew towards the direction of the crack, and the blade made of blood in his hand seemed to be extended as well.

However, just as she rushed to the ground, a clear blue light suddenly shone from the depths of the smoke and dust, bursting out with dazzling brilliance.

"Great Holy Bow!"

In the blink of an eye, an extremely long crossbow, as if wielded by a giant, was formed in the depths of the smoke. Arrows as large as siege crossbows were woven one by one, and the arrowheads were locked onto Saito.

"stretch!"

The string vibrates and the arrow flies out.

A solemn look first appeared in Saito's one eye, and then his petite figure immediately flew away at high speed in the empty sky like lightning.

However, those giant crossbow arrows seemed to have locked onto her soul, drifting at a speed even faster than her, with no possibility of losing the target.

Until the last moment, Saito's pupils constricted and he suddenly threw the captain's haori towards the direction of the arrow.

"boom--"

An explosion sounded, and a clear blue sea of ​​fog instantly enveloped the entire sky where Saito was.

Yhwach stood where he was, quietly watching the figure fall to the ground and keep some distance from him.

After a few seconds of silence, he slowly spoke:

"Sure enough."

"what?"

Saito wiped the tiny trace of blood from the scrape on his cheek, squinted his eyes and looked at him, spitting blood foam on the ground: "What do you mean, it's really like this?"

Yhwach said calmly, "You are being very careful not to get hurt any more."

"Right?"

"..."

"What do you mean? I don't understand at all."

Saito's voice grew colder, but a dull feeling of depression rose from deep within his heart.

Yhwach continued, "I've been thinking about this since a while ago."

"Your Bankai is a little too powerful."

"By sacrificing just one finger, your strength is almost the same as that of several of your companions at their full power."

"By sacrificing an arm, the total amount of spiritual pressure has leapt to a higher level, approaching first-class spiritual power."

"According to common sense, the amount of blood loss from a severed hand should make you dizzy and almost faint... At the very least, you should lose some balance."

"But you don't show any of these symptoms at all."

"As if it had not been harmed by any of the sacrifices."

"Also, I remember your Shikai ability... seems to be controlling blood, right?"

Hearing this, Saito Bulaobushi realized that his trick had been seen through.

Thinking of this, she almost didn't hesitate at all, and her petite figure suddenly rushed out, slashing the blade towards Yhwach.

"Praise to the Holy Land!"

The clear blue holy chanting field instantly covered the girl's entire field of vision, and suddenly shot out a rain of arrows like a curtain, the dazzling brilliance was so bright that it was almost impossible to get close.

The blood-red blade in Saito's hand almost danced into a circle that was impenetrable to water, and it intertwined with the rain-like light arrows, making a series of fine tinkling sounds. He rushed straight into Yhwach's territory, trying his best to cut him with a knife.

However, the speed was obviously slower than before.

Yhwach's voice continued: "Everything that happened to you proves one thing."

"Great power also means a price that ordinary people can hardly imagine."

"You didn't pay for it."

"It was simply covered up with the 'blood' that should have been spilled on the ground."

"Makes me think you're still in top form."

"In order to maintain this illusion, you dare not allow yourself even a single wound—otherwise, the illusion will be shattered."

"In fact, you've been seriously injured."

"Right?"

As soon as Yhwach finished speaking, the sound of metal clashing so close to him suddenly disappeared.

Saito's immortal figure broke through the siege and arrived in front of him.

The bloody blade swung out.

"so what!?"

The light that burst out from the single eye was so bright that it was a little scary, without even the slightest hesitation.

The blade, wrapped in surging power, drew a path as red as silk, making a clanging sound in the air.

However, Yhwach simply raised the Quincy Cross and looked at her calmly.

"Ring of Anguish."

The blood blade and the cross knife intersected, and just that moment of stagnation inevitably slowed down Saito's movement by three points.

In that very brief gap.

Dozens of arrows that were inserted diagonally into the ground and emitting a bright glow suddenly broke into pieces, twisted into several balls, and suddenly stabbed towards Saito.

"Puff puff--"

Sharp spirit chain arrows pierced through the girl's limbs as she stared in astonishment.

The sudden appearance of a wound on the surface of his body caused Saito's originally solid left arm to suddenly begin to shake and flow, as if it was about to fall apart.

Just as Yhwach had said before.

Blood sacrifice to Luo is a Bankai that exchanges strength for heavy damage to oneself...

but.

Just as Saito herself said.

Bright red blood oozed from the wound on the girl's body. The tip of the snake slowly slid across the corner of her lips, and she smiled again.

so what?

"Left leg."

With extreme decisiveness and willpower, the girl made a choice that put everything on the line in the blink of an eye, and her slender left leg suddenly exploded.

The sudden surge in her spiritual power allowed her to instantly break through the absolute shackles of "first-class" and officially gain the highest power even in the entire Soul Society.

The ring of anguish, like a shackle, only lasted for a moment before suddenly exploding and turning into a ball of spirit dust.

Yhwach's eyes widened.

Saito's speed was even faster than before, faster than ever before!

"Zheng!"

The swinging blade passed through the air, and the bloody trace penetrated the limit of vision's ability to capture. At the moment before the cross knife returned to defense, it cut Yhwach's shoulder, leaving a dark red mark.

Saito Bakusui exerted force at the same time with his arms and left leg, which were re-condensed from his blood, and the roar from his mouth seemed to be able to penetrate the eardrums.

"I have already made up my mind—"

"Even if I die, I will die in the greatest battle in the world!"

The blade continued to move forward with the girl's terrifying force. Under the pressure of this force, Yhwach's footsteps were actually constantly retreating. The tip of the knife was stuck in his shoulder, and the stinging sensation brought by the metal was so clear.

Yhwach couldn't help but open his eyes, and for the first time, the face of the girl in front of him was reflected in his pupils.