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

Indeed, not everyone has the courage to accept Erin's three months of special training.

Thousands of near-death experiences.

The helplessness of trying one's best thousands of times, only to suffer a crushing defeat.

Thousands of growth experiences have failed to bring the two sides any closer.

And the despair of facing an abyss-like, powerful being for an extended period of time...

Who among the average person could do that?

It can be said that the three months of hellish training that Erin gave Byakuya a complete transformation.

Despite having the same ability, Senbonzakura was actually suppressed by Byakuya.

Who dares to believe this?

The Shinigami (death god) gives birth to a Zanpakuto (soul-piercing sword), enters the spiritual world, converses with the Zanpakuto, learns its name, and learns the ability to use it from it.

In some ways, a Zanpakuto is like a Shinigami's teacher.

But this battle opened the eyes of Yoruichi and Kisuke Urahara.

Byakuya uses some of Senbonzakura's abilities more smoothly than Senbonzakura herself does.

It's as if, if their positions were reversed, Senbonzakura would be the one learning.

……

A large number of cherry blossoms formed a rotating sphere more than two meters in size around Byakuya, swirling away the blades that were attacking from Senbonzakura.

Sensing the power of the numerous blades, a hint of disappointment flashed in Byakuya's eyes.

Since learning how to condense the blade of Senbonzakura into a sword during his battle with Uncle Erin, Byakuya has developed several more techniques that can maximize the power of Senbonzakura.

Byakuya had high hopes for this battle with Senbonzakura, hoping to find the shortcomings in her techniques and work together to improve them.

But Senbonzakura's performance was extremely disappointing to Byakuya.

Her moves were rigid; she could only command Senbonzakura's blades to fly and attack her.

This is very similar to myself when I fought with Uncle Erin.

"You're too weak, Senbonzakura."

"In your initial state, you use all your blades to attack, making your defense weak."

"You are completely vulnerable to my attacks!"

At this point, Byakuya had a thought, and the spinning cherry blossom-colored sphere transformed into a raging cherry blossom tornado, completely enveloping and shattering the blades that Senbonzakura was attacking.

Chapter 81 Byakuya Hajime VS Senbonzakura Swastika

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Then, a small portion of the blade separated from the tornado and transformed into a cherry blossom-colored dragon that attacked Senbonzakura.

Faced with Byakuya's attack, numerous cherry blossom-colored blades emerged from the hilt of Senbonzakura's sword, rushing towards the cherry blossom dragon like a waterfall of flowers.

However, Senbonzakura's straightforward attacks are far inferior to Byakuya's spinning, accelerating storm dragon.

"boom!"

The cascade of cherry blossoms was directly shattered by Byakuya's cherry-colored dragon, which carried immense power and swept the cherry blossoms away more than ten meters.

"Chichichi..."

After the cherry blossom-colored dragon dispersed, blood gushed from all over Senbonzakura's body, spraying far and wide. Senbonzakura's body swayed a few times before collapsing to the ground.

"Huh? You won already?"

Senbonzakura's fall surprised both Kisuke Urahara and Yoruichi. They exchanged a glance, both seeing the astonishment in each other's eyes.

"Isn't this too fast?"

Although no one outside of Kisuke Urahara had ever used this Transcendental Body, less than ten minutes passed between Byakuya inserting his Zanpakuto into it and Senbonzakura being defeated by Byakuya.

How could Urahara Kisuke and Yoruichi not be shocked?

The Transcendent Body was invented by Kisuke Urahara, and he deliberately created its advantages and disadvantages.

For Zanpakuto, following a powerful master is their instinct.

Only by winning their submission will they completely surrender their power to their master and assist them in achieving Bankai.

Using the Transcendental Body means that the Shinigami's spiritual pressure is insufficient to materialize the Zanpakuto.

A Shinigami who doesn't train properly and tries to take shortcuts will undoubtedly be despised by his Zanpakuto.

The Zanpakuto materialized through the Transcendental Body will fight against Shinigami with a higher standard than it would in the spiritual world.

However, Yoruichi and Kisuke Urahara never expected that Byakuya's development of Senbonzakura's Shikai ability would actually extend beyond Senbonzakura's physical form.

In the battle just now, Byakuya and Senbonzakura both unleashed their Zanpakuto. The cherry blossoms in the sky clashed, and Senbonzakura was easily defeated, having no chance to fight back at all.

"To be able to achieve this level, Erin must have given Byakuya special training."

Kisuke Urahara remembered Erin's abilities and how Erin had given Byakuya three months of special training six years ago, and he understood.

Perhaps only those who "make swords" have a deeper understanding of the abilities of Zanpakuto than the Zanpakuto themselves.

Perhaps it was precisely because of this that Senbonzakura did not get up and continue fighting Byakuya after being knocked down by him.

Clearly, Senbonzakura felt that Byakuya was worthy of making him submit.

However, Byakuya's thoughts were exactly the opposite of theirs.

"Whoosh..."

Numerous cherry-colored blades danced around Byakuya. Even though Senbonzakura had lost her will to fight, Byakuya remained vigilant.

Byakuya slowly walked up to Senbonzakura, his eyes cold.

"Stand up, Senbonzakura."

"My Senbonzakura is unyielding and is a Zanpakuto that Uncle Erin called 'very powerful'."

"Your performance just now was far too weak, and I was extremely disappointed."

"Get up and continue to fight me. Let me see your true power."

"I just stopped, so I didn't cause you much harm."

"Now, it's no longer about me needing your submission to complete my Bankai training; it's about you gaining my approval before I'll allow you to share in the glory of the strongest Senbonzakura."

"I, Kuchiki Byakuya, have no need for trash!"

As Kuchiki Byakuya spoke coldly, Senbonzakura, who was lying on the ground, slowly got up.

"As you command, Byakuya-sama."

"I will do everything in my power to gain your approval."

Kneeling on one knee in front of Byakuya, Senbonzakura first expressed her loyalty to Byakuya before jumping back to create distance between them.

He turned his Zanpakuto upside down, then released his grip, and the Zanpakuto instantly fell to the ground.

"Swastika-Senbonzakura Kageyan!"

"boom!"

An immense spiritual pressure rose from Senbonzakura's body, transforming the ground around him into his own spatial domain.

The moment Senbonzakura's blade touched the ground, the ground rippled like water, completely engulfing Senbonzakura.

The next moment, with Senbonzakura's main body as the center, hundreds of huge swords formed from Senbonzakura's spiritual pressure rose from the ground, standing side by side on both sides of Senbonzakura like solemn guards.

Then, these enormous blades transformed into countless tiny, cherry blossom-like blades, which, under the command of Senbonzakura, attacked Byakuya.

If the initial release of Senbonzakura was a cluster of cherry blossom blades the size of a vat of water, then after its Bankai, the number of Senbonzakura blades reached the size of a lake.

The number of spiritual pressures that can be converted into blades has increased several hundredfold.

When he is released from his initial release, Byakuya's spiritual pressure can be transformed into tens of thousands of tiny blades through the hilt of Senbonzakura. After his Bankai, the number of Senbonzakura's blades can reach hundreds of millions.

In terms of quantity, it has increased by nearly ten thousand times.

This number of blades is enough to compensate for the lack of attack power of the Senbonzakura blades.

It can be said that Senbonzakura's strongest state is after her Bankai, with her power increasing by nearly a hundred times compared to her Shikai.

"Not bad, this is somewhat interesting."

Although there is a vast difference in the number of blades between Byakuya's Shikai and Bankai Senbonzakura, Byakuya's fighting spirit is actually higher.

It's as if, right now, it's not Senbonzakura who has the advantage, but Kuchiki Byakuya!

……

"Impressive, as expected of the eldest son of the Kuchiki family."

With his Zanpakuto already yielding, Byakuya is now qualified to train in Bankai.

By merging the spiritual pressure of Senbonzakura's true form and achieving unity between the Shinigami and Zanpakuto's spiritual pressure, one can complete the training for Bankai.

However, the arrogant Byakuya actually thought that Senbonzakura's performance was too weak and refused to let her submit, which completely shattered Urahara and Yoruichi's worldview.

For Shinigami, mastering Bankai is an extremely rare opportunity.

Regardless of the Zanpakuto's power, none of the Shinigami who can achieve Bankai are weak.

But Byakuya actually refused!

He refused!

He even turned around and tested Senbonzakura.

He stated frankly that if Senbonzakura could not gain his approval, he would rather not have Senbonzakura at all.

Because he, Kuchiki Byakuya, "doesn't need trash!"

What an arrogant idea!

"Captain Erin, do you think Byakuya's strength is enough to defeat Senbonzakura in her Bankai form?"

Looking at the intertwined cherry blossom waves before him, Kisuke Urahara suddenly asked Erin a question.