Chapter 154: Ichigo Lost, Hollow Ichigo Vs Grimmjow
"What a lot of... crap you have, Grimmjow!"
Kurosaki Ichigo was breathing rapidly, his whole body rising and falling continuously.
Although this was their first battle, the two had no choice but to fight because of the instigation of the man sitting on the throne outside the ice prison.
But the atmosphere had reached this point, and both were already angry. However, judging from the current situation, Kurosaki Ichigo was obviously at a disadvantage.
After all, since coming to Hueco Mundo, the long-term high-intensity battle had exhausted Kurosaki Ichigo physically and mentally. Additionally, without Inoue Orihime to heal him, Kurosaki Ichigo had reached his current limit.
"Hey, you're really stubborn!"
Grimmjow sneered, opened his legs, extended his claw blade, and stared at Kurosaki Ichigo: "The final blow—I'll finally defeat you. Go to hell, Kurosaki Ichigo!"
"Leopard King Claw!"
As Grimmjow's voice fell, a huge blue streak of light moved extremely fast through the air, hitting Kurosaki Ichigo's side instantly.
Accompanied by violent noises, flying ice shards filled the air in the ice prison.
Looking at Grimmjow and Kurosaki Ichigo fighting desperately in the ice prison, Fiander gently stroked Nelliel lying in his arms and said softly: "Come on, Kurosaki Ichigo. Let me see where your limit is!"
Fiander was well aware of Kurosaki Ichigo's current physical condition. He'd experienced a full-scale fight with Ulquiorra, plus an evil god trying to take his body, and a fierce battle in his spiritual world.
In such circumstances, it was impossible for anyone else to have energy to continue fighting.
But Kurosaki Ichigo could do it. As long as he could break through that boundary, Fiander knew that even though the Scarlet King—Jilianka—was dead, Kurosaki Ichigo, as his host, would also gain unexpected "wealth" along with it.
This was "wealth" that everyone desperately desired. Even ambitious people like Aizen and Yhwach would covet it greatly.
"Ahhh!!"
Kurosaki Ichigo, pressed step by step, showed no weakness and dragged his exhausted body to fight back against Grimmjow's attacks.
Zangetsu was waved in Ichigo's hands, creating dozens of afterimages. Even when several attacks weren't blocked and hit his body during the process, he still gritted his teeth and persisted.
Splurt!
As time passed, Ichigo's body began spewing blood, and in mid-air, Ichigo's Getsuga Tensho and Grimmjow's blue light streaks interlaced, creating terrifying impacts.
BOOM!!
Finally, following an explosion, the violent vibration caused the entire fifth palace to shake, and thick ice mist instantly overflowed throughout the empty palace.
On the throne, Fiander's blue eyes saw the final result through layers of thick ice fog.
Fiander waved his hand lightly, and the ice fog in the hall quickly dissipated. After a while, the figures of Kurosaki Ichigo and Grimmjow were revealed.
However, after the ice fog dissipated, both figures remained in a rigid state, without any movement from either.
"Cough!!"
Finally, after brief silence, the battle came to an end as Grimmjow spat out blood.
"You lost... Kurosaki!" Grimmjow, who wiped the blood from his mouth corner, said with a slight upturned smile.
At this time, Kurosaki Ichigo seemed to confirm Grimmjow's words. His entire body was covered with frost and mist, but he fell to the ground listlessly without any struggle.
"Haha! Hahahaha!"
"I finally beat you, Ichigo!"
"Hey! Fiander, I did what you asked me to do. Kurosaki Ichigo has lost—what did you promise me?"
Grimmjow suddenly turned to look at Fiander and said with a proud face.
Even though the current Fiander's strength was higher than Grimmjow's by several levels, Grimmjow wasn't the type to surrender because of the strength difference.
"The battle isn't over, Grimmjow!"
Fiander put his hand on the throne, leaned his head and said softly.
"It's not over? How could it be... Kurosaki Ichigo... he's already..."
Grimmjow, who still wanted to say something, suddenly sensed something and turned his head with difficulty to look behind him.
Kurosaki Ichigo, who was supposed to be lying unconscious on the ground, suddenly stood up, and a very strange black flame wrapped around his body.
The liquid-like flame seemed to have no temperature. Even Grimmjow, only a few meters away from Kurosaki Ichigo, never felt any heat from those flames.
But the black flame gave people a very strange feeling. Even Grimmjow, fearless as an Espada, couldn't help feeling his hair tightening.
"Huff... huff..."
After a short breath, a soft voice came from Kurosaki Ichigo's mouth: "That idiot Ichigo is finally willing to let me out!"
At this time, Hollow Ichigo raised his head, showed a very strange smile, stared at Grimmjow and said: "Hello, Arrancar. I am... Kurosaki Ichigo!"
"What?!"
This sudden situation made Grimmjow instantly alert, keeping distance from Hollow Ichigo: "Impossible. Kurosaki's aura is completely different from yours. You can't be Kurosaki!"
"Your eerie and evil aura is even more Hollow than mine!"
Hearing the vigilance in Grimmjow's words, Hollow Ichigo said indifferently: "Who told you I'm not part of Kurosaki Ichigo? I am the strongest force within Ichigo's body!"
"Ahahahaha!!"
Speaking of this, Hollow Ichigo let out a piercing scream that echoed throughout the empty hall continuously.
"Tch! It doesn't matter. Since I didn't kill Kurosaki Ichigo, I'll kill you instead!"
After brief astonishment, Grimmjow quickly came to his senses, fixed his sharp eyes on Hollow Ichigo, and launched an attack instantly.
"Leopard King Claw!"
Grimmjow, who jumped into the air, intended to repeat the same trick and launch his signature attack on Hollow Ichigo below. But Hollow Ichigo simply kept that weird smile, stared at Grimmjow in the air and smiled: "Getsuga Tensho!"
As the hall was covered by black Reiatsu produced by the Getsuga tensho, the sound of the entire palace seemed isolated, with no noise emerging.
This situation lasted more than ten seconds before the black Reiatsu gradually dissipated. At this time, Grimmjow, who was flying in the air, had his eyes turned white, lost consciousness, and was covered in deep scars.
Thuf
As Grimmjow fell limply to the ground, Hollow Ichigo also restrained his Reiatsu. He looked at Fiander on the throne and said coldly: "I won!"
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