Chapter 709 Come Forth, My Beloveds!

Also robbed of her Bankai was Sui-Feng, who had been fighting BG9.

After BG9 used the Sternritter medallion to absorb her Jakuho Raikoben, he almost without pause fired the giant golden cannonball back at Sui-Feng herself.

The massive explosion detonated in front of the 2nd Division's barracks. Golden flames shot into the sky.

Sui-Feng had no time to think about why the Quincies could steal a Shinigami's Bankai. She instinctively mobilized her Reiatsu, preparing to use the Shunko taught to her by Yoruichi to evade this strike.

But just as the second giant golden cannonball was about to explode before her, the space in front of her suddenly distorted violently.

A pitch-black vortex silently opened at the center of the distortion.

It slowly absorbed the cannonball, which could have leveled half a street.

Finally, along with all its explosive energy and shockwaves, it vanished completely.

This scene startled both Sui-Feng and BG9.

'That woman had this kind of ability?'

BG9 instinctively suspected it was Sui-Feng's doing.

"Phew... just in time."

A slightly breathless female voice came from nearby.

The two turned to look simultaneously, seeing a stunningly beautiful black-haired woman in a gray-black kimono, wearing a white hairband, with an impressive figure, standing on the edge of nearby ruins.

In her wine-red eyes, a pair of three-bladed pinwheel-shaped Mangekyo Sharingan were slowly rotating.

Kasumigaoka Utaha!

And similar scenes were unfolding all over the Seireitei.

"Bankai: Daiguren Hyorinmaru!"

Just as Cang Du was about to deliver a fatal blow to Toshiro with his ice dragon, another cold female voice came from the edge of the battlefield.

Then, an ice dragon with a darker, more purplish hue than Cang Du's blue-white one roared in from the side, colliding with it.

The collision of the two dragon heads sent countless ice crystal fragments flying.

After less than two seconds of stalemate, Cang Du's blue-white ice dragon was completely devoured. The purplish-blue ice dragon continued its charge toward Cang Du himself.

Toshiro turned in even greater shock toward the direction the ice dragon had come from.

A slender woman with ice crystal wings behind her had silently flown to his rear.

When he saw the Zanpakuto in her hand, Toshiro's eyes widened.

'Another Hyorinmaru?!'

'Could it be... Sojiro's?'

'But... why was this blade in this woman's hands?'

"Not going to steal my Bankai?"

Yukino asked Cang Du in her usual cold tone.

But Cang Du didn't respond immediately. He just stared intently at Hyorinmaru in this woman's hands.

'What was this? The intelligence hadn't mentioned anyone like this in the Seireitei.'

Seeing his silence, Yukino spoke again calmly: "It seems your medallion can only steal one Bankai at a time."

Then, Yukino slowly raised her own Hyorinmaru. The silver ice dragon coiling around the blade let out a low roar, echoing the cold energy from the ice wings behind her.

"Then let me show you Hyorinmaru's true power."

Also drawing massive attention across the Seireitei was a sky-covering purple Chakra Giant.

Complete Body Susanoo!

Kaguya stood with arms crossed behind the diamond-shaped shield at the center of Susanoo's brow, controlling this purple giant, comparable in size to Kokujo Tengen Myo'o, as it rampaged through the Quincy ranks.

Wherever it passed, even the arrogant Sternritter had to give way.

Against this level of destruction, even Sternritter with Blut Vene wouldn't dare to tank it head-on.

This earth-shattering commotion immediately caught the attention of a female Sternritter on another part of the battlefield.

The Sternritter with the Schrift 'E', Bambietta Basterbine, turned around.

"Who the hell are you? There's no one like you in Haschwalth's intelligence!"

Bambietta shouted at the Susanoo's direction, her tone carrying more excitement than wariness.

She had been looking for a worthy opponent to try out her Vollständig.

Kaguya didn't answer her question. She just looked down at this woman in white robes with the large chest.

The next moment, Kaguya swung Susanoo's blade.

The massive Chakra Blade came down with enough force to flip a mountain. The moment it struck the ground, a deafening explosion erupted.

Kaguya muttered coldly to herself, "Coming while Makoto's away... what a bunch of rats."

As soon as she finished speaking, Kaguya's expression changed slightly.

A red-and-white pillar of light shot up from the smoke of the explosion, dispersing the residual force of Susanoo's slash.

Bambietta rose slowly from the still-burning ruins, a pair of crimson wings made of pure Reishi spreading behind her, their edges burning with blazing white flames.

Her entire aura was on a completely different level from before.

This was a Quincy's Vollständig.

"Don't just attack without a word, you ill-mannered brat!"

Bambietta shouted in exasperation, her crimson wings flapping violently.

Countless ping-pong ball-sized Reishi Projectiles scattered from her wings, raining down on Susanoo.

Each projectile triggered a violent explosion upon impact with Susanoo's surface. The deep purple Chakra Armor began to show spiderweb-like cracks under the concentrated bombardment.

Other Sternritter around the Seireitei were also encountering opponents they hadn't anticipated at all.

"Zeus! Prometheus!"

Staring at the white-haired woman before her, who stood on a thundercloud wreathed in blazing white lightning and orange-red flames, the Sternritter 'T', whose ability also controlled lightning, Candice Catnipp, widened her eyes.

Her fingers gripped the Sternritter medallion on her chest.

She found she couldn't steal the ability.

That meant it wasn't a Shinigami's Zanpakuto ability.

"Who are you people?!"

But Alice across from her didn't answer her question.

Then, Candice suddenly felt a crisis above her head that nearly tore her scalp off.

She looked up sharply to see a large-chested girl with pink hair and a bow in her bangs, who had somehow leaped above her.

The girl gripped a spiked club with both hands. Berserk red-black lightning coiled around the club as she brought it down with crushing force.

"One Billion Volts: Thunder Bagua—!"

All members of the Sternritter, whether the rank-and-file knights fighting on the front lines or the high-level Schrift knights engaging the Captains, felt an unprecedented unease.

'Where had these women suddenly come from?'

'There were no records of them in any intelligence. It was as if they had descended onto this battlefield from a dimension completely independent of the three worlds.'

Even Yhwach, positioned on the high platform at the rear of the battlefield, and his most trusted aide Haschwalth, frowned simultaneously at the relentless emergence of these unfamiliar combatants.

"They're not Hollows, not Shinigami. Who are they?"

Yhwach's voice was low and dangerous.

He had originally thought that by attacking while Makoto was away, with the Sternritter's overwhelming combat power and the medallions that could steal Bankai, they would sweep through the Seireitei unopposed.

But as soon as they invaded, before they could even take down a few Captains, these unidentified women with strange abilities appeared to get in their way.

Haschwalth immediately knelt on one knee: "My deepest apologies, Your Majesty. During your slumber, we found no intelligence on these people at all. I take full responsibility."

Yhwach was not a magnanimous leader. A flash of malice crossed his eyes as he was about to speak.

But just then, a voice laced with mockery came from behind him, its tone lazy yet clear: "Surprised? This is a special surprise we prepared for you worthless knights."

Yhwach and Haschwalth turned almost simultaneously.

Behind them, two figures approached slowly from the boundary between shadow and light... one on each side.

"Ishigami Yu... Aizen Sosuke..."

Yhwach slowly uttered the two names.

Both had been labeled as 'Special Threat' in the Sternritter's intelligence.

Yu stared calmly at Yhwach. "Senpai's been waiting for you. Attacking while he's away... what a lowly move. You can't even face him directly?"

Hearing this, Haschwalth frowned slightly, his hand resting on the ornate knight sword at his side.

But Yu didn't even glance at him. The next moment, the Gun Devil's complete form descended upon the Seireitei.

Yu's Reiatsu suddenly erupted, enough to shake the entire Seireitei. His body expanded rapidly under the swelling Reiatsu.

Countless gun barrels burst from various parts of his body, fusing together in the grinding of mechanical gears into a sky-covering steel colossus.

The scale of this colossus even surpassed Hashirama Senju's True Several Thousand Hands from the Naruto World.

What made Haschwalth's expression change even more was that this time, Yu displayed not just a fusion of Hollow and Shinigami power, but Quincy's Reishi Markings attached to all those gun barrels.

His Reiatsu composition was exactly like Masaki in her Hollow form, yet even more vast and despair-inducing.

His power had undergone a qualitative leap compared to the three-way melee nine years ago.

After all, Yu was now a member of the Zero Division, having been personally granted the Oken by the new Soul King, Makoto.

Complete Form... no, at this point, Yu had surpassed the category of complete form, entering an unprecedented Ultimate Form.

The Gun Devil's Ultimate Incarnation blotted out the sky above the Seireitei. Countless gun barrels drooped simultaneously, like storm clouds pressing down before a downpour.

Yu's voice emanated from the steel demon's chest, carrying the cold judgment of a trial: "There's no need for Senpai to act. I alone can kill you."