Chapter 628 - 628 The Final Trump Card

'This is terrible... I didn't expect Aizen to become this powerful...'

Seeing his techniques either blocked or shattered by Aizen, Toshiro's expression became extremely grave. Clearly, Aizen's power at this moment far exceeded Toshiro's expectations.

"What's wrong, Toshiro-kun? You're not done yet, are you? As far as I know, among the Captains of the Gotei 13, you have the most Zanpakuto abilities, don't you?" Seeing Toshiro stop attacking, Aizen voluntarily spoke.

"Don't hesitate, Toshiro-kun. Use your next technique. To show respect for you, my only recognized enemy, I will shatter your techniques one by one until you have no options left."

Step, step, step...

Aizen walked towards Toshiro across the void. With each step he took, the entire void trembled.

"The techniques you have honed to defeat me are proof of your effort and strength, and they also represent... the number of hopes you have. So, to show you respect, what I should do... is to destroy those techniques together with your hopes… all of them!"

"So, come! Toshiro-kun! Use your next technique! I can't wait to crush it!!" Aizen said loudly.

"Fine, since you're so impatient... I'll show you... my once strongest technique..." Faced with such an arrogant and aggressive Aizen, the proud Toshiro would not allow himself to back down.

Then Toshiro pointed his sword at the sky and chanted softly: "Hyoten Hyakkaso!" (T/N: Frozen Heaven Hundred Flower Funeral.)

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

One after another, ice-blue Reiatsu Pillars shot into the sky.

Then, dark clouds gathered in the sky, obscuring the entire sky.

Boom, boom, boom!

Lightning flashed and thunder rumbled within the dark clouds.

The scale was vast and extraordinary, as if a god was angry and wanted to punish the world.

Then, an ice-blue hole suddenly appeared in the dark clouds that covered the entire sky due to Toshiro's Weather Subjugation ability. The hole continuously expanded, enveloping Aizen below.

And at this moment, Aizen also instinctively sensed a crisis.

Then, countless snowflakes, like an avalanche, fell from the hole in the sky towards Aizen below.

Although he had fought Toshiro several times, this was truly the first time Aizen had seen the technique Hyoten Hyakkaso.

And Hyoten Hyakkaso indeed lived up to its reputation as Toshiro's strongest technique when his Bankai was not yet mature.

Even Aizen, in the second state of fusion with the Hogyoku, felt an extremely dangerous sensation in his heart after being locked onto by this technique.

So Aizen did not calmly wait for Hyoten Hyakkaso's attack to fall like before. Instead, he gathered his immensely powerful Reiatsu into his Zanpakuto and, with a backhand swing, sent a powerful Kenatsu towards the ice-blue hole in the sky from which snowflakes were falling.

Whoosh!

The powerful Kenatsu, accompanied by a howling wind, shot upwards. But before Aizen's Kenatsu could destroy the ice-blue hole, the snowflakes falling from it landed on his Kenatsu.

Crack, crack, crack...

One after another, crystal clear, beautifully moving snowflakes bloomed on Aizen's Kenatsu, until finally completely freezing it.

After freezing Aizen's Kenatsu, the now-unblocked sky-filling snowflakes fell towards Aizen.

Although they were just tiny snowflakes, Aizen felt a great threat from them. Instinctively not wanting them to land on him, he deployed layers of transparent Reiatsu shields around himself as the snowflakes approached.

Crack, crack, crack...

Aizen's Reiatsu shields proved useless. The moment the snowflakes landed, they were frozen, blooming ice flowers.

Bang!

The frozen Reiatsu shields shattered. Finally, the sky-filling snowflakes landed on Aizen, who had lost all protection.

Crack, crack, crack...

Ice flowers bloomed one after another on Aizen's body. Seeing this, Aizen seemed to try to brush them off, but to no avail. Finally, hundreds of flowers bloomed, completely freezing Aizen within.

In the end, a hundred-meters tall spire, covered in ice flowers, pierced the sky, standing in the middle of sky and earth.

Toshiro quietly watched this scene, then murmured to himself: "If this technique doesn't work, then the only thing left is..."

Hum—!!!

Before Toshiro could finish, an immensely powerful Reiatsu, surpassing Toshiro's, emanated from within the ice tower freezing Aizen.

Crack, crack, crack...

As Aizen's Reiatsu erupted, cracks immediately appeared on the ice tower, as if it could shatter at any moment.

Toshiro sighed with some disappointment: "I knew it would turn out like this..."

Boom!!!

The hundred-meters tall ice tower exploded violently, and Aizen's figure emerged from within again.

Then he exclaimed in admiration: "Wonderful... What a powerful technique. As expected of Toshiro-kun. If it were the former me, I might... no, I would definitely have been unable to handle this technique. But unfortunately, my Reiatsu has now completely surpassed yours. This technique can no longer kill me."

"Sigh, are you trying to highlight your own power by praising the enemy's technique?" Toshiro said with some helplessness.

"Well, if that's how you want to see it, then so be it," Aizen said indifferently.

"Well then... let's continue our previous fight, Toshiro-kun. Besides the [Hyoten Hyakkaso] you just used... you should have one more, the most powerful technique, haven't used yet, right?"

"I remember that last time we fought in Soul Society, I almost died from that technique. If the Hogyoku hadn't suddenly erupted with extremely powerful power to protect its master, I wouldn't be standing here now. However..."

"...I also said that the current me is not the former me. Now, I am confident I can withstand that technique head-on!"

"So... Toshiro-kun! Bring out your final trump card! Let me crush your final technique together with your final confidence, and end this last battle!!" Aizen said loudly.

"Heh, you're confident you can withstand that technique head-on now? But... Aizen, unfortunately, I am not the same as before either. If I use that technique now... you may not be able to withstand it either!" Toshiro said in a deep voice.

"Is that so? But... how will we know the final result... without trying?" Aizen said unconcernedly.

"Fine... let me show you... the final trump card I carefully prepared to defeat you!" Toshiro said with an unprecedented solemn expression.

For this final battle with Aizen, Toshiro had naturally made preparations.

In fact, when he was trapped in the Absolute Zero earlier, Toshiro had combined the results of his training with his strongest technique, greatly enhancing its power. If Toshiro used that technique now, it was not certain whether Aizen could withstand it.

Thus, that technique was Toshiro's final means...