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"Be furious—"

He spoke very slowly, enunciating each word.

But a strong wind was blowing around Sumashi at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the ever-increasing spiritual pressure rose like steam, wrapping him up in a layer of green tornado, highly condensed.

Even the scabbard in his hand seemed to be experiencing countless vibrations, emitting a low-frequency buzzing sound.

Just a tiny bit of spiritual pressure that leaked out made Mako Hirako, who was far away, feel a sense of struggle, even breathing became extremely difficult.

That kind of oppression, that kind of strength, that kind of unparalleled power...

So desirable!

Even though breathing became difficult, the little girl with the hairstyle still tried her best to open her eyes wide and stared at the scene in front of her.

He wanted to be like this too.

Become extremely powerful!

"——Zhi Ge Lan!"

Almost at the moment the name sounded.

Both Hirako Mako and the Hollow standing opposite Sumashi seemed to freeze for a moment at the same time.

The next moment, a straight passage backwards suddenly appeared on the ground where Sumashi was originally standing.

The huge force that ordinary buildings and roads could hardly support created an extreme speed in the opposite direction.

At the moment when the gravel was flying, Suma Shishinichiro's figure had turned into a strong wind that cleansed the world.

"boom!"

The blade wrapped in the fiery green mist formed a thin stroke that outlined dozens of meters. In the blurred picture that exceeded the speed of sound several times, it slashed towards the arrogant figure standing in front of it with an unstoppable force of a thousand pounds.

It seemed that they had not expected that this guy who always kept saying that he had 'limited talent' and was 'too clumsy' and was generally recognized as being in the bottom three in terms of strength among all the current captains could actually make a sword strike of this level. The 'Xu''s parrying action was obviously a beat slower than before.

The pale tentacles that were originally spread out, like a queen of flowers, simultaneously gathered towards the middle.

Try to cover every gap.

However, it was just such a brief moment.

The green blade, like a butcher cutting up an ox, easily cut through the gaps that the tentacles could not cover and slashed towards the mask in the center.

From a distance, it looks like a fish sliding into the water.

The moment they passed each other, Suma Shishinichiro's slightly narrowed eyes fell on his face which was still covered by the hollow mask.

Maybe your talents are indeed better than mine.

However, in battle, the difference is only one life and one death.

This round was his victory.

Suma Shishinichiro thought silently.

The blade cuts across.

“Sizzle!”

The moment he felt the touch, a rare look of astonishment suddenly flashed across the old man's scarred face.

Then, the sound will come late.

That's too late.

"Fuck!"

The tips of the tentacles, which originally seemed to be a beat slower than him, suddenly extended with long bony blades.

Do not!

More than just the top!

The figures of both sides passed each other.

Suma Shishinichiro spun and fell heavily, creating a huge cloud of dust.

"call--"

After a long time, he was seen with his hands pressed on the ground, breathing softly, hunched over, but unable to support his body.

Beads of sweat the size of beans kept sliding down from the temples, hitting the dry and hard stone bricks one by one.

The masseter muscles bulged uncontrollably, as if trying to endure something, and even the expression on his face was twisted into a knot, with only low humming sounds coming from his mouth and nose.

In the distance, Mako Hirako stared blankly at the sudden accident in front of her, her eyes widening unconsciously.

The monster from before was still standing in the same place. On the outside of the ten tentacles that wrapped around his entire body, pale bone blades had extended horizontally from the root to the tip.

Among them, there was a bone blade stained with scarlet blood.

On the floor tiles farther away, a calf broken at the knee still lay there quietly, maintaining the posture it had used in charging.

The sticky blood spots became sparser from near to far.

Captain Sumashi, whose leg was broken, lay there with difficulty.

"How, how could it be?"

He murmured subconsciously, and his hand holding the knife tightened a little. He supported his body with difficulty and took a staggering step forward.

"do not move!"

However, just as Hirako Mako made a move, he heard Suma Shishinichiro, who had been gritting his teeth just now, shout angrily.

Pingzi paused.

Suma Shishinichiro seemed to have finally adapted to the pain and the feeling of weightlessness after breaking a leg. He crawled up from where he was, stood on one leg, and picked up his Zanpakuto.

He looked at the 'Xu' who was slowly walking towards him, his eyes wide open, and reached out to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth.

After he stood up, Mako Hirako saw that the wounds on his body were not only on his calves, but he also had one on his waist, abdomen, forearms, and shoulders, but they were all relatively minor.

Obviously, even he himself could not control the extreme speed just now.

"so..."

"I am a person with no talent."

Suma Shishinichiro muttered softly, but still slowly sheathed the sword and held the hilt with his hand.

His eyes were fixed on the monster in front of him.

The sticky blood flowed down the gap in the calf, dripping onto the ground, breaking into pieces of spreading, scarlet flowers.

He slowly straightened his back.

Complaining is one thing, but doing something is another.

It doesn't matter whether you have talent or not.

There are always things that have to be done.

"Hey."

"Who are you?"

Suma Shishinichiro looked at him and said coldly, "You're the first one to break this trick the first time you see it."

"Or, you already knew my moves?"

The hollow head slowly walked towards him, seemingly completely unconscious, and did not respond to his words at all.

One sharp bone blade after another bloomed along his tentacles.

Like carrying a pale flower.

"Ah."

Suddenly, Sumazhi chuckled.

Tentacle Xu's footsteps suddenly stopped.

The next moment, he saw a burst of green mist suddenly burst out from the ground beneath his feet, shooting straight up into the sky. The dense wind blades were like a waterfall flowing back from the ground to the sky, and the opponent's entire body was contained in the center.

In just a moment, countless wind blades tore through him at the same time, leaving fine marks on his body like a fishing net.

That was a killer move he had hidden for many years and never known to anyone.

At the same time, astonishing spiritual pressure erupted from Suma Shishinichiro's only remaining left foot.

"Soon-"

His figure suddenly disappeared and reappeared, the Zanpakuto in his hand seemed to be wrapped in green light, sweeping towards the direction of the tentacle, as if to cut him in half.

However, the monster completely ignored his blade and shot out ten tentacles at the same time.

"boom!"

The rising green mist exploded completely, and the wind blades swept in all directions, shattering countless earth and rocks.

At the same time, several broken tentacles also flew into the sky.

Suma Shishinichiro's figure flew out of the dust, holding a sword in one hand.

A broken pale tentacle was deeply embedded in his left arm like a tree root.

"Huh...huh..."

Although he still looked strong, his chest began to rise and fall uncontrollably, and a dull buzzing sound could be heard faintly from his mouth and nose.

No matter how strong he was in his prime, he had a broken leg after all.

Because his lower body was not involved in the force, the speed of swinging the sword was 30% slower than usual, so that he couldn't even protect his entire body.

But, what on earth is this thing?

Suma Shishinichiro narrowed his eyes and looked at the monster opposite him.

He saw that the tentacles that he had just cut off were now growing back out of the body easily, just like roots sprouting under a high-speed camera.

Only one place still remains broken.

"Super-speed regeneration...?"

After witnessing this scene with his own eyes, his suspicion that there was an insider behind the crime began to waver unconsciously.

Just as he was thinking this, he heard a look of horror suddenly appear on the face of Hirako Mako in the distance, and she shouted loudly:

"Watch out for the tentacles, Captain!"

Almost at the moment the voice fell, the broken tentacle that was stuck in his shoulder suddenly swelled up.

Suma Shishinichiro's expression suddenly tensed, and the blade in his hand was as fast as an arc of light.

"laugh--"

The severed arm flew out.

Along with it, the beard that was deeply embedded in it also fell far away.

The moment he landed on the ground, Suma Shishinichiro saw with his own eyes that the arm that originally belonged to him was sucked by the tentacles and turned into ashes in an instant.

If it had just pierced me...

Before Sumashi could figure out the serious consequences.

The tentacle Xu standing in front of him, originally tall and skinny, seemed to have suddenly received some kind of huge supply. Even his chest, where he could almost see his ribs, suddenly began to stretch out into muscles. His whole body trembled, and it swelled up almost a circle more than before.

On the back, which originally had only ten tentacles, two small bags suddenly appeared, and liquid shot out with a "puff" sound, squeezing out two thin branches, which then drooped down weakly.

It's not just about body shape.

Even the spiritual pressure...

The moment he realized this, even a veteran like Suma Shishinichiro, who had experienced many battles, could not help but feel a little despair in his heart.

This kind of monster can actually become even stronger?!

Just as he was thinking this, he heard a faint reminder from farther away: