I'm in Bleach, starting with Unlimited Blade Works.

This is because Byakuya Kuchiki's control over condensing Senbonzakura's blade into a sword body is not yet sufficient, causing a portion of Senbonzakura's blade to be shattered by the Thousand Blades each time.

However, condensing tens of thousands of blades into a sword body did indeed greatly enhance the attack power of Byakuya Kuchiki's every swing.

At least, before his Shikai, Byakuya could only be overwhelmed by Erin, but after his Shikai, the Senbonzakura blades that were re-formed could withstand Erin's attacks when his strength was suppressed.

As their battle continued, Byakuya's control over condensing the blade into a sword body increased. Eventually, when the blades clashed, Senbonzakura's blade would no longer be knocked away by the thousand blades.

"clang!"

The Thousand Blades and the Thousand Cherry Blossoms clashed once again, the cherry blossom-colored Thousand Cherry Blossoms blade meeting the blue-green Thousand Blades with its blue veins.

Erin held the sword in one hand, his upper body straight.

Byakuya gripped his sword with both hands, leaning forward.

"Very good, Byakuya. The fact that you can re-condense the blades of tens of thousands of Thousand Cherry Blossoms after your Shikai into a sword to enhance the power of your slashes shows that you have reached a certain level of control over the Thousand Cherry Blossoms' abilities."

"But don't forget, Senbonzakura's greatest strength lies in its countless number of blades!"

"This move is a technique that prioritizes you and uses Senbonzakura's abilities as a secondary element."

"Have you ever thought about what a battle would be like if you were the assistant and Senbonzakura was the main character?"

Erin grinned, and then, to Byakuya's astonishment, the lines at the intersection of Senjin and Senbonzakura suddenly broke, making it look as if Senjin had been cut off by Senbonzakura.

However, the Thousand Blades, which had been broken into two pieces, returned to their whole form after passing over the blade of Senbonzakura and continued to slash downwards at Byakuya.

"laugh……"

……

"Hey, Byakuya, you've gotten a lot smarter."

Having recovered once again from the power of Void Bandage, Byakuya Kuchiki approached Erin to continue the second phase of his training.

However, Byakuya had clearly learned another trick this time.

"Scatter, Senbonzakura!"

As Byakuya uttered the release phrase for Senbonzakura, the Zanpakuto in his hand transformed into countless tiny cherry blossom-colored blades that danced in the air.

Under Byakuya's control, half of the tens of thousands of tiny blades returned to the hilt and reformed into the Zanpakuto's blade, while the other half of Senbonzakura's blades, under Byakuya's left hand's command, attacked Erin like mist.

"Whoosh whoosh..."

On the other side, this time Erin did not engage in close combat with Byakuya. Instead, he transformed the Thousand Blades in his hand into a thousand fragments of varying sizes, and under his control, launched a barrage of attacks on Byakuya.

The previous close combat was mainly to let Byakuya know the weakness of Senbonzakura after its Shikai release, and to let Byakuya complete the means to reassemble the released Senbonzakura.

Now, Erin is teaching Byakuya the correct way to use Senbonzakura.

Chapter 70 The Thousand Blades of the Swastika Demonic Sword

Chapter 70: Swastika - Demonic Sword Thousand Blades

"Whoosh whoosh..."

"Whoosh whoosh..."

Erin stood still, and under his will, the fragments of the Thousand Blades transformed into afterimages, launching an attack on Kuchiki Byakuya.

"Boom boom boom..."

With such a dense barrage of attacks, it was impossible for Byakuya Kuchiki to completely dodge them.

At that moment, he could only use Shunpo to get away while using the sword formed from Senbonzakura in his hand to cleave the incoming Thousand Blade Fragments. On the other hand, he used his left hand to control the other half of Senbonzakura's blade to intercept other Thousand Blade Fragments.

"Chichichi..."

Even so, Byakuya could not completely defend against all the Thousand Blade Shards. Some of the Thousand Blade Shards bypassed his defenses and cut wounds on his body.

It is impossible to completely block these attacks with only the sword in hand and part of the Senbonzakura blade.

After running around Erin dozens of times, Kuchiki Byakuya, having observed and understood Erin's attack methods, also stopped.

By channeling spiritual pressure into the hilt of Senbonzakura's sword, a large amount of spiritual pressure was transformed into tens of thousands of blades through the hilt.

Then, Byakuya Kuchiki gathered these blades into a spherical shape, firmly protecting himself within it.

"Boom bang bang..."

The power of Senbonzakura (Thousand Cherry Blossoms) increases with the number of blades.

The power of the blade made of 100,000 cherry blossoms is at least twice that of the blade made of 500,000 cherry blossoms.

Moreover, Senbonzakura has an extremely powerful characteristic: when Byakuya Kuchiki uses both hands to control Senbonzakura, the speed of the blade will increase by two times!

Hundreds of thousands of cherry-colored blades revolved around Kuchiki Byakuya, forming an absolute defensive circle more than three meters in size.

In terms of attack power, Senbonzakura's blade is indeed inferior to the fragments of Senrin's sword.

However, when these hundreds of thousands of blades formed a rotating defensive circle at an extremely fast speed, even the fragments of the Thousand Blades couldn't penetrate it under the same spiritual pressure.

"Not bad, it's starting to look promising."

Seeing that Byakuya was already able to handle the attacks from the Thousand Blade Fragments, Erin stopped.

The thousand fragments, each with a thousand blades, slowly flew back to Erin's side and combined to form a complete sword.

"However, Byakuya, how will you respond when I do this?"

"Only attack, never defend, and you'll be unparalleled in the world."

"Swastika - Demonic Sword Thousand Blades!"

When that enormous demonic sword, hundreds of meters long, descended from the sky, Byakuya Kuchiki was completely dumbfounded...

"boom!"

……

"Haha, just kidding, don't be so stingy, Byakuya."

Inside Erin's Reality Marble, Byakuya Kuchiki sat cross-legged on the ground with his eyes closed, his back to Erin, ignoring Erin's apologies.

As for Erin, he is also paying the price for his perverse sense of humor.

What happened to the promised training in Zanpakuto Shikai abilities? You suddenly unleash Bankai and bully people. What is this all about?

Everyone's having fun playing with small knives, and you suddenly bring out a hundred-meter-long sword? Are you trying to be too much of a player?

"Cough cough..."

Seeing that no matter how much she pleaded, Kuchiki Byakuya still had a long face, Erin had no choice but to resort to her trump card.

Erin coughed a few times and walked seriously to Byakuya.

"Byakuya, you have really disappointed me."

"Once weapons are drawn, it becomes a battle where both sides risk their lives."

"Or, for their own glory and beliefs, they must use every means at their disposal to win the battle."

"Therefore, when facing an enemy, if you can kill them with one blow, then do so."

"If you can't kill with one blow, then you should try to gather as much information as possible about the enemy's capabilities while maintaining your own safety, and then use that information to make your own response."

“In our previous battle, you did well from the beginning, testing the attack speed and power of the Thousand Blade Shards under the same spiritual pressure, and then came up with the idea of ​​using the Thousand Cherry Blossoms to rotate around yourself to break the Thousand Blade Shards’ attack.”

"However, you didn't gather enough information about me and had no idea that under the same spiritual pressure, I was able to use my Zanpakuto in Bankai, which is why you almost died."

“We’ve said this before, haven’t we? When I fight you, I won’t use more spiritual pressure than you. Even the four Shinigami techniques will be suppressed to a level comparable to yours.”

"Tell me, when I used my Bankai just now, did I use more spiritual pressure than you?"

After Erin unleashes his true Zanpakuto, Unlimited Blade Works, the energy required to use other Zanpakuto's abilities is only one-tenth of what it usually is.

This is also why Erin was able to use the Demon Blade Thousand Blades Bankai while using the same spiritual pressure as Byakuya Kuchiki.

"You must remember this lesson well, otherwise you will really be dead if you encounter a similar opponent in the future."

"Humph!"

Kuchiki Byakuya let out a cold snort, but he also knew that according to his uncle Erin, he had not broken the promise he had made to him. He immediately retorted, "Your spiritual pressure before Bankai was indeed not higher than mine, but your spiritual pressure after Bankai is definitely higher than mine."

"Boom..."

"Ouch……"

Upon hearing Byakuya Kuchiki's words, Erin immediately smacked him on the head.

"Are you an idiot, Byakuya?"

"Have you forgotten that my Bankai is this space?"

"If, as you say, releasing my other Zanpakuto after my Bankai can increase my spiritual pressure multiple times, then if I release all of my Zanpakuto, what level will my spiritual pressure reach?"

"..."

Kuchiki Byakuya covered his head, finally snapping out of his daze.

Indeed, if the Bankai of each Zanpakuto could increase Uncle Erin's spiritual pressure by 5-10 times, then perhaps no one in the entire world could match Uncle Erin's spiritual pressure.

Based on Erin's uncle's statement that "the battle of the Shinigami is the battle of spiritual pressure," does Erin's uncle equal invincibility?

This is obviously impossible.

"Alright, don't be angry, Byakuya."

"Didn't I already say that I have two Zanpakuto here with abilities similar to Senbonzakura?"

"What I showed you before was the Demon Blade Thousand Blades, which could only split its blade into a thousand pieces."

"Next, would you like to see how far you can unleash Senbonzakura's power if your spiritual pressure is strong enough?"

Kuchiki Byakuya looked conflicted.

He didn't want to forgive Erin so easily, but he also really wanted to see Erin's uncle's other Zanpakuto, which was similar to Senbonzakura.

In particular, my uncle said that if my spiritual pressure were strong enough, I would know just how powerful Senbonzakura would be.

"Hmph, you begged me to see this, not that I wanted to see it myself."

In the end, Byakuya's curiosity overcame his anger, and he stood up and stood next to Erin.

"Hey, you think I can't handle you?"