Chapter 117: The Destructive Power of a Natural Disaster

As the flame "Fire Dragon" bit, the strongest Shinigami had already made his move.

With a slash of his sword, the tyrannical spiritual pressure and powerful strike turned into a terrifying flame that covered the sky and sun, like a dragon heading out to sea, burning everything in its path.

A massive dragon-shaped flame swirled and danced, wrapping Shiroha tightly.

This scene resembled a volcanic eruption, like witnessing the end of the world.

The burning flames, the impact of spiritual pressure, the slashing waves, and the extreme heat made the world change color.

Nothing else existed in the world except the sky full of flames and unparalleled spiritual pressure!

Once entangled by this terrifying flame, there was no way to escape.

In the end, one could only watch as their body burned to ashes.

And this was just a casual move from the strongest Shinigami.

Seeing the flames and spiritual pressure more terrifying and hotter than in his memory, Jushiro Ukitake thought to himself with a worried look on his face:

"Master, are you going too far? Is Commander Uehara okay? He should have dodged it!"

He knew the lethality of this move, which was why he worried.

Licking his dry lips, the normally optimistic Shunsui Kyōraku was also a little concerned:

"Brother Shiroha, you better be careful. You're facing a monster that could destroy the world... But I haven't seen old man Yama this serious and excited in a long time!"

When he was very young, Shunsui had seen a painting of a monster bathed in flames.

At that time, old man Yama told him the monster was terrifying and could even destroy the world. It had caused countless deaths and injuries.

But it would never appear again.

Later, Shunsui Kyōraku realized the true face of the "monster." It was actually old man Yama after releasing his Bankai.

And old man Yama had fulfilled his promise. From then on, he would not take action if he could avoid it.

Not to mention Bankai, even Shikai would not be used easily.

Gradually, the "monster" that could destroy the world was forgotten.

But today, Shunsui Kyōraku saw a trace of that terrifying "monster" again.

He didn't expect that fighting Uehara Shiroha would make old man Yama so serious, almost breaking his oath. Shunsui was curious about what kind of terrifying strength his little brother possessed that could force old man Yama, who had been dormant for hundreds of years, to panic.

"So, the gap between us is that big?" Shunsui Kyōraku adjusted his bamboo hat, and despite his shock, a hint of joy appeared in his eyes.

With a powerful ally to count on, he could easily maneuver in the future.

Now let's see how Brother Shiroha will deal with this move!

Facing the flames that resembled a natural disaster, Uehara Shiroha remained calm and composed, his body not moving at all.

It could only be said that Ryūjin Jakka was worthy of being the strongest heat-type Zanpakutō.

This move of engulfing flames was enough to kill ordinary Bankai Shinigami captains in seconds.

As soon as they were hit by this flame and spiritual pressure, they would become drowsy and suffer burning damage.

And this kind of injury would become more serious as the intensity of the flame increased.

Anyone facing this flame, powerful enough to destroy everything, would understand that Ryūjin Jakka truly had the power to destroy the world.

The strongest Shinigami wielding the strongest fire-type Zanpakutō was truly terrifying!

The destructive power was unrivaled among Shinigamis.

With Bankai, the temperature would become unimaginably high, evaporating the moisture in the air and even igniting the blood in the enemy's body.

In such an environment, even Hyōrinmaru, the strongest ice-type Zanpakutō, couldn't activate its Bankai.

However, the perfect-level White Album was an existence that surpassed Hyōrinmaru.

Uehara Shiroha's strength was not comparable to Tōshirō Hitsugaya's.

His ice power didn't rely on the environment, didn't require the cooperation of celestial phenomena, and was endless, freezing everything in its path.

In an instant, Uehara Shiroha, who had always been low-key, burst forth with powerful spiritual pressure.

The golden spiritual pressure soared into the sky, then immediately transformed into extremely cold air that froze everything around it.

Under the terrifying cold air, the atmosphere around him turned into the most solid ice armor.

Layers of flames collided with the thick ice armor but couldn't move forward at all. Even the terrifying heat couldn't penetrate.

The terrifying flames didn't even touch his universal barrier and were blocked outside.

Spiritual pressure collided with spiritual pressure, flames competed with ice, and extreme heat collided with freezing cold!

When the two fought, the whole world was divided into a strange sight of half extreme cold and half raging fire.

"Hot, hot, hot! Cold, cold, cold!" Under the ravages of the cold current and high temperature, Shunsui Kyōraku danced and retreated repeatedly.

In a short period of time, his spiritual pressure and physical strength had been heavily depleted.

This was more than the drain from fighting in person.

This was merely the aftermath of the battle between the two.

If one were at the center of the battle, it would be even more deadly, probably like being in hell itself.

"It's unbelievable that even retreating to this distance isn't safe."

Jushiro Ukitake, who possessed the Soul King's right arm, was also stunned and exclaimed:

"This is just their Shikai! This power is too strong!"

He even questioned whether his own Shikai and captain's strength were genuine.

His Shikai and strength were not remotely comparable to these two.

Because they were watching the battle at close distance, the two looked a little embarrassed and somewhat comical.

Due to the influence of Ryūjin Jakka, half of their bodies were hot with sweat flowing down their foreheads.

The other half of their bodies were covered with frost and shivered constantly.

At first glance, the two seemed to be standing on the dividing line between the tropics and the frigid zone, weird yet magical.

In fact, it wasn't just the two who were affected by this. Whether other captains or ordinary Shinigamis, they all felt half their bodies cold and the other half hot.

They had experienced hot days and cold days.

Whether severe cold or scorching heat, they wouldn't be surprised.

But it was their first time experiencing both cold and hot weather simultaneously.

Of course, this would only shock and puzzle them, not frighten them. However, the terrifying spiritual pressure that came with the cold and hot currents made them fearful and even hallucinate.

Sometimes they felt like they were in the deep ocean, with cold, loneliness, despair, and fear like dark blue water completely drowning them, leaving no escape; sometimes they felt like they were in a volcanic furnace, every inch of their bodies on fire until they burned away.

This top-level experience of "ice and fire" made the group of lesser Shinigamis feel like they were in torment.

They either flew back and used spiritual pressure to resist, or drank water or covered themselves with quilts.

This was the so-called "when gods fight, mortals suffer!"

"What strong defense! What powerful ice ability! Your spiritual pressure is also impressive. But you can't beat me if you just defend!"

Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto praised while urging Ryūjin Jakka to release an even stronger flame.

After thousands of years of fighting, he had encountered opponents who could take on Ryūjin Jakka head-on.

However, there were only a few who could do it as effortlessly as Uehara Shiroha.

Before he finished speaking, his figure disappeared again.

With the perception of Observation Haki, Uehara Shiroha clearly captured the opponent's Flash Step trajectory.

He didn't fall for the old man's provocation.

The strongest Shinigami alone wasn't scary; what was scary were the few old veterans watching from outside.

Even though Uehara Shiroha was confident in winning, he would act cautiously.

The world of Shinigamis would only punish the reckless. He would never make that mistake.

"Soul King Yhwach" who absorbed the power of the Soul King was powerful enough, nearly becoming the God of Creation.

But because he accidentally misread the future, he was killed by Ichigo and the others.

In the original timeline, old man Yama was defeated again and again because he was too reckless.

Although old man Yama's combat power was very strong, and the attack power of Ryūjin Jakka was unparalleled in the world, he never fought with proper strategy.

After a series of miscalculations, the strongest Shinigami could only die in a very frustrating way.

Uehara Shiroha would not repeat the same mistake.

Anyway, with the system, as long as he kept completing tasks, he could become infinitely stronger.

He was destined to be invincible. This world would be his sooner or later.

So, he wasn't in a hurry at all.

After Yamamoto closed the distance again, he slashed with his sword once more.

The spiritual pressure and flames on his body became even more terrifying.

As the strongest Shinigami, his Zanpakutō was also strong to a level that ordinary Shinigamis could hardly imagine.

The flames combined with the slashing technique directly cut through everything in front.

Whether it was the rock icicles or the flowing clouds in the sky, or even the spiritual pressure pathway, all were broken by this sword.

And under the influence of Ryūjin Jakka, the cut objects instantly disintegrated and annihilated, with even the Reishi that made up the objects burned clean.

The temperature of these flames was more terrifying than before.

And they seemed to have their own life, endless, powerful, and able to last for a long time.

But such powerful flames and slashes were once again in vain.

The strongest killing move of the strongest Shinigami couldn't even break through Shiroha's ice armor defense.

Helplessly, Yamamoto could only continuously release spiritual pressure to swing Ryūjin Jakka and increase the power of the flame.

He only now realized that the surrounding ice and frost were a bit of a hindrance.

Ryūjin Jakka was strong enough to destroy celestial phenomena, but facing the home advantage created by Uehara Shiroha, it was actually suppressed.

Therefore, he could only increase his strength.

"If the battle goes on like this, old man Yama will be exhausted to death." After thinking about it, Shiroha didn't want to be known as "the one who defeated the old man through exhaustion."

The perfect-level White Album could freeze the air, and after adding his spiritual pressure, it formed an indestructible defensive armor.

Moreover, this defense had no blind spots.

Unless it was a rule-based ability and absolute power suppression, it was impossible to break this defense.

Old man Yama's Ryūjin Jakka was indeed very strong, and its attack power might even exceed the limit of the Shinigami.

However, Uehara Shiroha's White Album wasn't weak either.

Unless the opponent activated Bankai, it was impossible to break this defense.

Therefore, the battle had become a competition of physical strength and spiritual pressure.

In terms of spiritual pressure, old man Yama wasn't inferior.

But physical strength... as far as the stats panel was concerned, all of old man Yama's data were 100, absolutely the peak of the Shinigami.

But only his physical strength was merely 60 points, just passing.

Therefore, Shiroha could defeat the opponent by standing still. It was just that this seemed a bit unfair, and even if he took the initiative to attack, the opponent still couldn't break his defense.

In other words, no matter what, he had no risk.

Considering that Aizen's side was almost done, Uehara Shiroha decided to speed up the pace of the battle.

So, fire and ice clashed again.

The earth was torn apart, the air was trembling, and even the sky was covered with fire and ice.

This magnificent scene was both awe-inspiring and dangerous, like the end of the world.

The two tacitly used their abilities and slashing techniques to fight.

Uehara Shiroha's Zanpakutō spirit was also at the level of a top captain, and his physical strength was more advantageous.

The endless power of extreme cold and the cold blade gradually engulfed the flames and figure of Yamamoto.

"Master Yamamoto..." Jushiro Ukitake was shocked.

He did not expect that the teacher who opened the Shikai would be suppressed.

Originally, he thought that the teacher would suppress Uehara Shiroha.

Ukitake did not underestimate Shiroha's strength, but he knew how terrifying Yamamoto was.

In his opinion, even if he and Shunsui Kyōraku combined their strength, they were no match for the teacher.

Under normal circumstances, Shiroha should have been crushed by the teacher, and then lost without any suspense.

In other words, he had actually overestimated Uehara Shiroha's strength.

But unexpectedly, the real situation was just the opposite.

Shunsui Kyōraku was slightly stunned, and then exclaimed with interest:

"It turns out that Brother Shiroha can move while maintaining defense! Offense and defense are integrated, no flaws! This Zanpakutō ability is too perfect! It seems that the title of the strongest Shinigami will be replaced!"

He was a typical spectator who didn't mind making trouble.

Anyway, it didn't matter who won or lost. They were all family members, and it was no loss to have the meat rot in the pot.

What was there to worry about?

Moreover, losing this battle might not be a bad thing for old man Yama.

...

On Sokyoku Hill, the battle between Ichigo Kurosaki and Byakuya Kuchiki had reached a fever pitch.

Both sides had activated their Bankai.

However, after seeing Ichigo Kurosaki's Tensa Zangetsu, Byakuya Kuchiki was very dissatisfied:

"Yours is not Bankai at all! Such a tiny Bankai does not exist! Normally, it takes a hundred years to complete the final release of Zanpakutō, you can't be so fast!"

This was not necessarily true.

However, he always felt that the other party's Bankai wasn't right, but he couldn't tell where the problem was.

Anyway, there was a problem.

Ichigo Kurosaki was also very dissatisfied with this.

Can't he be thin and fast? After a disagreement, the two sides fought again.

After the tempering of the Five Elements Barrier, Ichigo Kurosaki's strength had increased greatly.

Since being crushed by Uehara Shiroha, Byakuya Kuchiki had been training hard over the years.

After a few exchanges, the two fought evenly.

However, over time, Ichigo Kurosaki's lack of combat experience and soft-heartedness became apparent.

In the spiritual space, White was already eager to come out.

He couldn't beat Uehara Shiroha, and couldn't handle the perverted Five Elements Barrier, but why couldn't he kill a mere Shinigami Captain?

...

In the dense forest, Yoruichi Shihōin and Suì-Fēng once again engaged in a fierce battle.

With her superb hand-to-hand combat skills and Flash Step, Yoruichi gained the upper hand.

However, her moves were very restrained, without any killing intent.

Suì-Fēng's mouth was very harsh, but her actions were also very soft, and she never tried to seriously harm her former mentor.

It was not long before the two of them decided the winner.

...

At this time, in the underground meeting hall, Tōshirō Hitsugaya was lying on the ground, gasping for breath.

He was defeated, completely defeated.

In terms of intellect, strength, and even eloquence, Aizen was far superior to him.

His last thought before his consciousness fell into darkness was:

"Fortunately, Commander Uehara is there to protect Hinamori! Thank you, Mr. Uehara!"

Gin Ichimaru next to him smiled and said:

"The captain of the 10th Division Bankai is so vulnerable. Captain Aizen's strength is really terrifying."

"It's just that the opponent is too weak." Aizen didn't even look at Tōshirō who fell into a coma due to excessive blood loss, but said softly:

"If it were those two people, they would be able to do the same thing. What a fierce battle!"

While saying this, he focused on sensing the battle between Uehara Shiroha and Genryusai Shigekuni Yamamoto.

Aizen was very concerned about the strength of these two people.

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