Chapter 137: The Sealed Captain Yamamoto, The Rising Conflict
After easily crushing the huge meteorite, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni looked at Harribel with a stern expression and said: "Oh? Truly surprising?"
"After witnessing this old man's strength, why don't you retreat?"
"That Arrancar from before should have been roughly your equal. He was no match for this old man. You should withdraw."
Finally, Captain Yamamoto turned around and faced Harribel directly with Ryujin Jakka in hand.
After listening to Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's words, Harribel didn't surrender, but pointed her giant sword with shark gill patterns at her opponent and said softly:
"Even so, what of it?"
"Hirviendo!"
As she spoke, Harribel's giant sword with shark gill-like ridges produced water streams like cannonballs, firing several shots at high speed instantly. Each shot's power rivaled a full-strength Cero, containing terrifying impact force.
Yamamoto Genryusai looked coldly at Harribel, seemingly paying no attention to her attack at all. He raised Ryujin Jakka with his right hand and whispered softly: "Jokaku Enjou."
Flowing flames scattered like a massive fox tail, devouring Harribel's attack. The water cannon with tremendous impact was instantly vaporized upon contact with Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's flames.
Facing the engulfing flames, Harribel didn't remain passive but raised her shark-patterned giant sword defensively: "Hirviendo!"
The scalding, high-temperature water seemed to boil as it barely defended against Yamamoto Genryusai's attack. After using this technique, Harribel felt something ominous and instinctively swung her shark-patterned giant sword behind her: "Cero!"
Sure enough, in less than half a second, Captain Yamamoto's afterimage appeared behind her instantly. Facing Harribel's close-range Cero, the old man made no dodging movements—simply raising his blade and swinging down in one fluid motion.
Harribel's Cero was split in half instantly. Seeing his blade about to strike her, Harribel had to use Sonido continuously to create distance so she could observe her opponent's next attack.
"What? Does the little girl only want to flee?"
"That won't be permitted, because once I act, I won't distinguish between men and women!"
At this moment, the shirtless Yamamoto Genryusai appeared beside Harribel again. Clearly, her speed was insignificant compared to his.
Harribel snorted coldly, watching him intently. The strength gap between them was like that between Masked Ichigo and Aizen—a peak neither could reach.
"I can't believe the dignified Head Captain of Gotei 13 is someone who talks so much nonsense."
"Truly surprising."
Harribel's words made Captain Yamamoto raise his eyebrows. He moved instantly, swinging his blade directly at Harribel's sword.
"What a sharp-tongued little girl."
Clang!
The moment he contacted her blade, the tremendous force caused Harribel to retreat, struggling desperately to resist.
The massive force pushed Harribel all the way down, then slammed her heavily into the ground.
"BOOM!"
With an explosive sound, Yamamoto Genryusai landed a flame blast with Ryujin Jakka at the moment of impact.
In the large crater were traces of flame burns, and a huge scallop with a scorched shell protected Harribel within it.
Yamamoto Genryusai, standing at the crater's edge with his blade, crushed a spark-bearing stone with his sandals, then walked toward Harribel below.
"It's over, Arrancar!"
Facing an enemy weaker than himself, the old man still didn't kill her directly but offered: "Surrender, and tI will place you in Muken prison, allowing you to preserve your life."
The moment Yamamoto Genryusai approached the scallop, it suddenly opened, and Harribel, who should have been hiding inside, turned into a puddle of water that flowed out.
"An afterimage?"
Just as Captain Yamamoto finished speaking, a massive black void suddenly emerged from the scallop, instantly sucking Yamamoto Genryusai inside.
Then dense cracks appeared in the surrounding space, and a Garganta opened, swallowing the scallop into dark dimensional space.
At this time, Harribel's figure appeared from where Yamamoto Genryusai had stood before. She now had burns covering one hand and one leg, her face blackened with soot.
She held a necklace with mysterious symbols, whispering: "Word Spirit: Dimensional Exile!"
After saying this, the necklace in Harribel's hand instantly turned to powder, falling from her fingers. Obviously, she had just used a trick to lure Yamamoto Genryusai forward, pretending she was hiding in the scallop for protection.
However, the real her had already used her body to withstand his attack and hidden secretly, just to launch this assault.
Yamamoto Genryusai was truly too powerful—so strong she couldn't think of any way to deal with him directly, so she could only use trickery to temporarily seal him. But with his strength, even sealed in the Garganta, he couldn't be contained for long, so she had to decide quickly.
On another front, Kyoraku and Starrk were still testing each other after Shikai. When Kyoraku noticed that Captain Yamamoto's Reiatsu had disappeared, he immediately turned and said: "You people are quite capable—even old man Yamamoto fell for it."
"You're the same. Reinhard is powerful, yet he was still defeated."
Starrk said blankly.
"Really? Aha ha ha, that's mutual then!"
Kyoraku laughed loudly: "Speaking of which, by my estimation, the girl who sealed the old man just now is Espada Number Three."
"Fighting with Soi-Fon over there, the old man commanding your battle should be the strongest—he should be Number One."
"I'd be happy if you were Number Two."
Kyoraku held both swords with a strange smile.
"Is that so?"
With a bitter expression, Starrk extended his right hand to his head, then removed his right glove, revealing the number 1 engraved on his hand's back: "I'm sorry."
"I am Number One."
"Ugh..."
Kyoraku slightly lowered his bamboo hat and sighed: "As expected..."
"If you're Number One, this is quite troublesome."
"Because guys like you are difficult to handle no matter how you look at it."
At this moment, both Starrk and Baraggan released all their Reiatsu, because with their opponent's leader sealed, if they didn't decide quickly on their side, prolonging the battle would only make things more difficult.
From Reinhard's previous battle with Captain Yamamoto, they had been observing the battlefield situation.
At this time, within the flame barrier, Aizen's trio continued observing the battlefield.
"Things have certainly become chaotic..."
Ichimaru Gin chuckled, as if the events outside had nothing to do with him.
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