As Yammy reveled in his newfound confidence, the video showed Gerard regaining his footing. Wielding his massive sword and shield, he launched a ferocious assault on the Shinigami captains.
"You ants of Shinigami captains…"
Raising a giant finger, Gerard casually uprooted a tower dozens of meters tall, as if snapping a twig, and hurled it at them.
Whoosh!
The falling tower's wind sliced like a scalpel, stinging the captains' faces.
"This is absurd! In his hands, Silbern's buildings are like toys!" Renji gritted his teeth, staring at the tower's enlarging base as it filled his vision.
"Renji, stop complaining and use Shunpo to dodge!" Rukia's urgent voice rang out.
Both vanished in a flash, and the tower crashed, carving a bottomless crater in the ground.
Boom!
The impact shook the earth, kicking up a storm of dust that reduced visibility to zero.
"That was close! A second slower, and we'd be dead!" Renji reappeared in midair, wiping dust from his face and hair.
"I told you not to let your guard down!" Rukia appeared beside him, but before she could finish—
Bang!
Gerard's massive shield, now scaled up to match his size, swept through the dust like a flyswatter, striking Rukia and sending her flying.
"Rukia!" Renji's face paled.
But before his cry could fully escape, the shield struck again, hitting his back despite his attempt to parry with his Zanpakutō. He was sent flying like a ball.
Gerard wasn't done. Opening his massive mouth, he exhaled a hurricane-like gust, targeting Hinamori Momo's delicate frame and blowing her away.
"Peach!" Hirako Shinji shouted, reaching instinctively toward her.
That brief hesitation was his downfall.
"Trying to save someone? Die, you lazy bowl-cut!"
Gerard's giant palm descended like a mountain, crushing Shinji under the horrified gazes of the audience.
The Visored leader was instantly out of the fight.
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"I'm… gone? Just like that?"
In front of the screen, Shinji stared in disbelief, his hopeful expression replaced by confusion and doubt.
He rubbed his eyes, hoping it was a mistake, but the massive handprint and his crushed captain's haori confirmed his fate.
"…"
His comrades fell silent, their hearts sinking. They thought Kensei and Rōjūrō's defeats were humiliating, but this was a new low—slapped to death like a stray dog!
Shinji collapsed, clutching his head and wailing, "My mentality's shattered!"
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Sixth Division
"Captain, it looks like you're the last one standing…" Renji said, too preoccupied to worry about his own uncertain fate. "I didn't expect that giant Quincy to be this terrifying. Not just size—his speed, strength, and explosiveness are all amplified!"
"He's practically flawless!"
Renji regretted his earlier optimism.
"I'm sorry… I underestimated him…"
His pleas couldn't cross time. Gerard swept the battlefield again.
"Found you, you sneaky Shinigami!"
With a thunderous roar, his Hoffnung sword slashed through dozens of towers, flushing out the hiding Visored: Hachigen, Rōjūrō, Hiyori, and Lisa.
"No way! Are we going to die with Shinji?" Hiyori gasped, clutching her hands nervously.
If they were wiped out, the Visored would be utterly defeated in the future.
"We're fighting back!" Hachigen clenched his fist, hoping for a miracle.
In the video, the Visored didn't flee. Instead, they charged from all directions, unleashing their strongest attacks:
"Cero!"
"Dragonfly Slash!"
"Fire-Breathing Hammer!"
"Chocolate Bar Curveball!"
Under countless eyes, their dazzling moves targeted Gerard's head, aiming for a critical hit to turn the tide.
"Can they do it?"
"Come on, you have to win!"
The Gotei 13, despite not knowing the Visored personally, cheered fervently.
Even Madarame Ikkaku hoped, "The head's the weakest spot on any creature. They might pull it off!"
But Yumichika Ayasegawa frowned. "I'm not so sure. Look at that Quincy's expression—he doesn't care at all."
Gerard's lips curled into a disdainful smirk.
Boom!
All attacks detonated simultaneously, the heat and spiritual pressure dispersing in a fiery blast.
The explosion's shockwave shattered the battlefield, but before the smoke cleared, Gerard's mocking laughter rang out:
"Foolish Shinigami captains! Did you really think this level of attack could break me? How pathetic!"
His sword and shield swung, scattering the Visored like leaves. In seconds, their counterattack was crushed, and they fell into the ruins, their fates unknown.
Fear surged through the audience.
"This is insane!"
"He wiped out nearly ten captain-level Shinigami in an instant!"
Looking at the unscathed Gerard, despair gripped the Bleach world.
"He took us all out?! This isn't the exit I wanted!" Lisa's face paled, her glasses reflecting her despair.
"I'm reporting this Quincy for cheating!" Hachigen ranted, losing his usual composure. "How can one Quincy take on ten captains and win so easily? It's absurd!"
"There's no way to stop him…" Hiyori hung her head, defeated.
But then—
"Frost, seal!"
Without warning, a wave of white frost surged through the video. The sky darkened, and the temperature plummeted below zero, as if winter had arrived.
Gerard's massive body was frozen solid in an instant.
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