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Chapter 1127: The Soul King Is Slain!
Chapter 1127: The Soul King Is Slain!
"Is this the Hallowed Separation…?"
Feeling the light column enveloping her, Bambietta and the others, including Mina, watched in disbelief as the strength and life within them rapidly drained away.
The Hallowed Separation, which could steal their lives and powers, could undoubtedly only be wielded by one person: Yhwach.
Yet, despite their unwavering loyalty to His Majesty Yhwach, the Schwarzweiss had now become mere pawns to be discarded at will?
"So it is indeed the Hallowed Separation. It seems the battle at the Soul King's Palace has reached a fever pitch.
But Yhwach, you won't find it so easy to boost your power with the Hallowed Separation."
As Bambietta and the others felt their strength and life draining away, Yecheng suddenly burst with spiritual pressure, and a massive ritual formation appeared beneath his feet.
Under the influence of this vast formation, Bambietta and the others clearly felt the rapid loss of their life and strength begin to slow, and even reverse.
Yecheng had studied the Hallowed Separation extensively when he revived Maki Ichigo and Yae Katagiri. Anticipating that Yhwach would use this ability again in the Thousand-Year Blood War, Yecheng had made the necessary preparations.
At the Soul King's Palace, Yhwach had already regained his omnipotent power, and his eyes now bore three pupils.
With his omnipotent abilities, Yhwach easily defeated Sajin Komamura, who could steal others' powers using their names.
Yhwach's personal guard and Uryu Ishida, who were fighting the Zero Division, also regained their strength and were enhanced due to Yhwach's restored omnipotence.
The other members of the Zero Division, through the sacrifices of Shunsui Kyoraku, Soi Fon, and Tōshirō Hitsugaya, managed to have Senjumaru Shutara unlock her powers and activate her Bankai, Sodatsugara Ibashinokiri.
Under the massive loom of her Bankai, Yhwach's four guards and Uryu Ishida suffered heavy casualties.
However, when Yhwach reclaimed his omnipotent power, their strength was also amplified.
Uryu Ishida's Quincy Cross Blade, which could completely reverse adverse conditions, possessed the terrifying ability to transfer his own negative states to his opponents.
Faced with such an insurmountable ability, even Senjumaru Shutara's Bankai, Sodatsugara Ibashinokiri, was powerless. She was quickly outmaneuvered by Uryu Ishida.
Just as Senjumaru Shutara watched Uryu Ishida raise his Holy Arrow and aim it at her, knowing she could not escape death, his voice suddenly echoed in her mind.
"Shinigami, I will avoid your vital points, but you had better pretend to be dead convincingly, or I won't be able to save you."
Startled by the sudden warning, Senjumaru Shutara was momentarily stunned.
But she quickly whispered, "Why are you helping me? What is your true purpose?"
Seeing Uryu Ishida hesitate to speak, Senjumaru Shutara added, "This is my Bankai space. No one else can hear our conversation."
Upon learning that her Bankai had such a hidden effect, Uryu Ishida slowly lowered his Holy Arrow.
"I have nothing to say to a Shinigami. If it weren't for hearing that you know Yecheng and owing him a great favor, I wouldn't do this unnecessary thing and risk arousing Yhwach's suspicions."
As Uryu Ishida spoke, Senjumaru Shutara couldn't help but freeze, and soon her face showed a look of disbelief.
From Uryu Ishida's words, it was clear that he and Yhwach, along with the other Quincy, were not on the same page.
If Uryu Ishida had spared her because he knew Yecheng, could Senjumaru Shutara interpret this as Yecheng having orchestrated Uryu Ishida's actions, and indeed everything that was happening now?
While Uryu Ishida was speaking to Senjumaru Shutara, Yhwach, who had already defeated Sajin Komamura, also arrived before the Soul King.
Looking at the Soul King, who was reduced to a torso and a head, Yhwach couldn't help but mock him.
As a descendant of the Soul King, Yhwach's desire to seize the Soul King's power was not just because he believed the Soul King was unfair to the Quincy. On another level, he also felt it was a disgrace for the Soul King to be a puppet, serving as the foundation of the three realms.
After clearing all obstacles, Yhwach, without hesitation, plunged his Quincy Cross Blade into the Soul King, who was both his father and the foundation of the three realms.
Just as Yhwach pierced the Soul King, Ichigo Kurosaki, with his newly reforged Zanpakutō, finally arrived.
Ichigo's new Shikai consisted of a pair of Zanpakutō, one short and one long, each representing a different power within him.
One was Zangetsu, the embodiment of his Quincy power, and the other was Hollow White, the manifestation of his Hollow power.
Ichigo had always been strong, but neither Zangetsu nor Hollow White wanted him to face danger, so they had sealed his power.
In this final showdown between the protagonist and the ultimate antagonist, Ichigo, despite his new Zanpakutō and enhanced power—cough, despite his "buffs"—was still consistently outmaneuvered by the omniscient Yhwach.
In the end, under Yhwach's machinations, the Soul King was truly brought to the brink of death.
In fact, while Yhwach had pierced the Soul King, such an attack was not enough to kill him.
Despite the Soul King's lack of limbs and his torso being trapped in a crystal, he was still the apex being of this world.
To defeat the Soul King, one needed to possess the powers of a Shinigami, a Hollow, Human Fullbring, and a Quincy.
Clearly, Yhwach, though omniscient and the progenitor of the Quincy, only possessed Quincy power.
However, Ichigo Kurosaki, who arrived shortly after, was a different story. His existence was unique even in the entire world.
With four powers within him, Ichigo was born to be the executioner of the Soul King.
Under Yhwach's inducement, Ichigo directly cleaved the Soul King in half at the waist!
As the Soul King was bisected, the foundations of the three realms were shaken, leading to massive upheavals in Hueco Mundo, Soul Society, and the World of the Living.
Earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions ravaged the World of the Living, while Soul Society plunged into an eternal night, shrouded in darkness, with the sky above fragmenting like shattered glass.
Seeing the bisected Soul King, Yhwach was overjoyed and moved to quickly absorb the Soul King's power, but he was repeatedly blocked by the enraged Ichigo.
To quickly resolve the battle with Ichigo, who had entered his new Bankai form, and to prevent the Soul King's power from dissipating, Yhwach immediately unleashed the Hallowed Separation.
(End of Chapter)
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