Bleach: New Generation

Chapter 43: Gates of Hell

Kazui's POV:

"Kokoryu Shunko, Jigoku"

The black energy around my arms hummed and swirled, wrapping around me like a chain. Two dark blades were held in my hands. I looked towards the enemy that I had just taken the hood off from. He was really ugly with those many dozens of arms sprouting out of his pale body. The energy in my blades sparked with my unstable reiatsu. I could tell that this new technique would be kinda unpredictable, which was perfect against this opponent.

I instantly rushed towards the many armed man and clashed my blades at him. The pale opponent held grabbed the swords and held it firmly. It was troubling that the enemy also had an advantage, since the number of arms he has gave him better defence. And not only that, the length of the arms was also a trouble since I felt them about to hit me at the back of my head.

Dodging the sneak attack swiftly, I dematerialised the two blades and pulled it out of his grasp. Instead, I threw the chain-like that were wrapped around my arms towards the enemy. As expected, he also grabbed my obvious attempt at restraining him. Manipulating the reiatsu around my feet, I immediately appeared in front of its face. It was a battle of who could keep up with each other as I summoned my blades once again and struck.

The rapid slashes from my sword following the blocks and counterattacks coming from the multi-armed enemy continued. Lots of blood was spilt from the both of us as we continued to slash each other without a single thought in our minds. The blazing fury coming from our attacks never died down nor our exhaustion holding us back. Our fight felt like it was personal in some way. Due to my additional speed supported by Shunko, I was able to keep up with multiple hands using my two blades.

After what felt like a few seconds, the process finally started within my soul. A quick surge of power rushed into my veins as my blades met the flesh of my opponent. I could feel the Spiritual energy and reiatsu seeping into my hands every time I landed a hit. Unfortunately, I also got hit since we were fighting in close quarters. I hadn't noticed it until now, but another change was happening inside of my body. Without a second to waste, I hybrid dashed out of the way. I felt fire burning in my lungs.

I could barely breathe as the flames burned higher and higher until it erupted out of my mouth. Meanwhile, the pale man laughed at my pain.

"My nails are able to inflict poison to wherever it touches. You've only been able to withstand a few of my attacks, which is impressive if I do say so myself, but it's over"

Collapsing onto the air, I tried to breathe and drown out the fire. Damn it. How do I feel weaker now than when I fought the captains. It was something about that Spiritual Pressure residing inside of that beast of an enemy. The feeling of pain and anger was overwhelming my own power instead of mine overwhelming his. I couldn't put my finger on it, but my body felt like it was both rejecting and trying to grasp the power that it's been fighting.

Suddenly, I was hit again with another wave of visions. Familiar images flashed through my mind yet again, though they were clearer this time. Tons of knowledge exploded into my brain; things I've never seen somehow became common knowledge. I felt the black chains of power tighten around my arms, squeezing out all the fire inside my body. Smiling, I slowly stood back up as I recognised this feeling.

The Spiritual Pressure I used to be overwhelmed with was now on even ground with mine. And along with that, I knew how to handle the situation:

By doing nothing at all.

"Nice trick you got there. But I know what you are now and where you come from, if that wasn't obvious enough", I say smugly.

"And who may I be?", the pale man smirked, but I could see the beads of sweat on his forehead. He was getting nervous that the time was running out for himself, and he hadn't succeeded in taking me down yet.