Fierce Battle

"Shinigami, Muyang, I'll be taking your life."

Muyang said with a solemn look on his face as he held his Zanpakuto. Even with their distance, Vladimir could vividly feel as if he was already cut by Muyang's Zanpakuto.

"My name is Vladimir Eric, Shinigami. You may be somewhat capable, but all forms of struggle are futile before my presence."

Vladimir spread his hand, and Reiatsu was concentrated on his palm.

"Shūmatsu no Ken!"

A purple crystal-clear energy sword suddenly appeared on the top of Muyang's head. It was such a beautiful and elegant sword that no one would think it could kill anyone.

swish~

As Vladimir waved his hand, the energy sword was plunged down at a speed that was invisible to the naked eye.

Muyang reacted in time and used Shunpo, instantly disappearing from the spot.

swish~

The moment Muyang dodged the attack and looked back at the place where he stood earlier, his pupils dilated as there was a huge hole there.

Muyang turned towards Vladimir and realized that he had underestimated him. Although he had never seen him in the anime in his previous life, his strength was the real deal. Even judging from the move just now, it was impeccable in terms of speed and destructive power. Not to mention his enemy was capable of concentrating the Reiatsu to such a level that not a trace of it leaked out.

"Sonata, Kaze no Sora."

Muyang immediately released his Zanpakuto as he acknowledged his enemy as a threat.

"A Shinigami's Zanpakuto." Vladimir glanced at the Zanpakuto in Muyang's hands and said solemnly.

"However, you're still no match for me even if you release your Zanpakuto."

Just like earlier, Vladimir spread his hand, and immediately waved it.

swish~

Seeing this familiar movement, Muyang was startled and immediately used Shunpo. Sure enough, another bottomless hole was formed below where Muyang used to stand.

Unlike most big moves, Muyang couldn't feel any concentrated Reiatsu even after Vladimir launched this attack, which made it tricky as he had to observe him thoroughly if he wanted to dodge the attack.

Muyang let his guard down when he managed to dodge Vladimir's attack that he failed to notice that the flame that Vladimir controlled with his eyes was ready to strike from behind. He barely managed to dodge the attack, but he suddenly had a bad feeling. Sure enough, right after he dodged the flame, the purple energy sword was already waiting above his head, ready to pierce his head.

Muyang's survival instinct kicked in, and he immediately twisted his body and repelled the purple energy sword with his Zanpakuto that was covered in azure Reiatsu.

Bang!!

As soon as Muyang's Zanpakuto came into contact with the energy sword in the air, he could feel a powerful force coming from the edge of the blade, which turned out to be the energy that was stored in the energy sword that exploded upon impact.

Muyang was genuinely impressed by this move as it released all of its stored energy upon impact.

"Hangetsu!"

A semicircular azure compressed air blade came out of Muyang's Zanpakuto as he swung it.

Boom!

The impact lit the sky with bright light, and the purple energy sword was reduced to nothingness when the compressed air blade hit it.

Muyang slowly turned towards Vladimir while holding his Zanpakuto. He had to admit that this Hollow was really an interesting opponent.

"I have to admit that you are the most powerful opponent I have ever met, Shinigami." Vladimir said with a hint of joy in his tone, "to think that a mere Shinigami can block my Shūmatsu no Ken head-on, the world is vast indeed."

"However, don't think you have a chance just because you block my Shūmatsu no Ken. Get ready if you don't wanna die, Shinigami! Don't blame me for not giving you a chance later."

"Then again, you can prepare all you want, but it'll be futile before my absolute power."

Vladimir said condescendingly as more and more energy sword started to materialise, pointed toward Muyang.

Although Muyang couldn't feel the slightest Reiatsu from the energy swords, he now knew it had stored energy inside. Even one energy sword stored quite a lot of energy, and this time, there were numerous swords

"Get ready, Shinigami! Make sure to make the most of your last moment."

Vladimir said with a proud smile as he was surrounded by the energy swords.

"Sorry, I forgot your name."

Harribel was worried about Muyang when he saw the purple energy swords in the air. Although she didn't feel a trace of Reiatsu coming from it, she saw how deadly it was earlier and immediately knew that it was far stronger than her strongest Cero.

However, Muyang just chuckled as he stretched his left foot from his right foot and raised his hand, pointing it at Vladimir with steadily rising Reiatsu.

"Limit of the thousands hands, respectful hands, unable to touch the darkness. Shooting hands unable to reflect the blue sky. The road that basks in light, the wind that ignited the embers, time that gathers when both are together, there is no need to be hesitant, obey my orders. Light bullets, eight bodies, nine items, book of heaven, diseased treasure, great wheel, grey fortress tower. Aim far away, scatter brightly and cleanly when fired."

The sky seemed to turn almost instantly, and terrifying Reiatsu was exuded behind Muyang, followed by several balls of light.

"Hadō #91. Senjū Kōten Taihō!!"

As Muyang finished his chanting, the balls of light behind him immediately flew straight at Vladimir.

Vladimir's complexion slightly changed as he felt the threat from the ball of lights aimed at him. In response, he flapped his wings, and one of his energy swords intercepted Muyang's Hadō.

Bang bang bang!!!

As the attacks collided, a loud explosion occured, blowing everything nearby away.

"That's the first time I can use #90s Hadō in actual combat. That feels pretty good."

Seeing the massive explosion due to his and Vladimir's attack, Muyang nodded in satisfaction. He couldn't help but remember the first time he used Senjū Kōten Taihō more than a hundred years ago during his fight with Yamamoto. Back then, he thought it shouldn't be that hard to master #90s Hadō, but the first time he used it in combat turned out to be a failure.

Seeing how much progress he had made, considering he successfully used Senjū Kōten Taihō just now, he just couldn't contain the smile on his face.

"What are you grinning at? It's not that powerful anyway."

Vladimir's displeased voice came from in the sky as he descended with a grumpy face.

"Shinigami, you really annoyed me! Unforgivable!"

Unfortunately for him, he took a little bit of damage during their last exchange as he couldn't completely dodge the impact of their attack.

Vladimir spread his hand once again, and a translucent energy sword appeared once again, but the color was clearly different this time as it was a dark-purple energy sword this time. Even though the difference was just in color, Muyang could feel that it was more powerful than the last one.

"Shūmatsu no Ha!"

The aura around Vladimir suddenly changed as he held that particular energy sword in his hand.

"Scorched earth."

Vladimir waved the energy sword in his hand, and a scorching flame suddenly sprang out from the ground.

Muyang used Shunpo to escape to the air. He was surprised when he saw the devoured everything on the ground as if it were alive

"Doomsday."

Another flame was ready to devour Muyang from the sky.

Muyang was about to use Shunpo as he saw this when suddenly...

"Hametsu no Jigoku!"

A circular Reiatsu wave suddenly spread out with Vladimir as the center, instantly covering the entire area.

Dong!

Muyang gasped as he looked at the translucent wall of light in front of him in disbelief. It turned out to be a barrier that prevented him from escaping or even used Shunpo.

"Scorched Earth, Doomsday, Hametsu no Jigoku."

Vladimir walked slowly toward Muyang. During everything that just happened, the minor wound on his body had already healed, and the usual condescending look was plastered on his face.

"As you can see, everything within 100 meters around me will be caught in this 'Hametsu no Jigoku'."

"This is my territory, and you can't escape. Meeting me is both your greatest luck and misfortune."

As Vladimir rose the energy sword in his hand, the flame around him rampaged and headed straight toward Muyang from all directions.

"It's over, Shinigami."