"Successful!"
Seeing that Grimmjow was shrouded by the Getsuga Tensho, Ichigo thought that Grimmjow would be seriously injured like Dordoni, and thus lose the ability to continue to fight.
As a result, in the very next moment, his instinct made him swing the sword quickly and what he saw a blood-stained arm holding a sword and slashing towards him.
"When did he…?!"
Ichigo couldn't believe it, he didn't even realize that Grimmjow had come to him in an instant.
But he didn't think too much, and then the red and black crescent attack started brewing on the Tensa Zangetsu's blade in his hand, he was about to release it at close range to defeat Grimmjow.
Grimmjow realized this too, and he thrust his arm hard, forcing Tensa Zangetsu away.
At the same time, his body dodged, avoiding Getsuga Tensho, and his figure appeared on Ichigo's side and slashed down with a single but powerful blow. Even though Ichigo tried his best to avoid it, he was still hit by the sword in the opponent's hand, and blood spattered.
"Ichigo!"
Seeing that Ichigo was injured, Rukia and others were no longer in the mood to care about Grimmjow's identity as one of the Espadas, and they immediately attacked him to help Ichigo.
"Roar! Zabimaru!"
"Dance! Sode no Shirayuki!"
Both Rukia and Renji liberated their Zanpakuto at the same time, Uryuu also wielded his reishi bow and arrow, and Sado's right hand also turned into a huge black and red shield-type arm.
They walked all the way from the periphery of Hueco Mundo to this place, and experienced many battles together making their cooperation very tacit.
Renji would extend Zabimaru, trying to restrain Grimmjow's body, Uryuu would shoot his spirit arrows, restricting Grimmjow's movement, Rukia would prepare the next attack to freeze Grimmjow, as for Sado, he does not have a too effective long-range attack , so he could only try to give the frozen Grimmjow a fatal blow with his fist.
It's a good plan…
But pity… that this kind of cooperation had already failed once before with Dordoni, not to mention that they were facing Grimmjow at this moment.
Grimmjow continued to attack Ichigo with sword in one hand, while he stretched out the other hand.
A crimson light condensed in his palm.
Although both Renji's Zabimaru and Uryuu's reishi arrow had arrived near his body, everything was annihilated with the burst of crimson light.
'Cero!'
Of course, Ichigo and others are not unfamiliar with this unique move of Menos Grande, but this was the first time they have seen the Espada-level Cero. Not only was it more powerful, but the speed of release was also incredible.
*Boom*
Rukia and the others had to dodge hastily, and with the outbreak of Cero, their offensive also slowed down due to it.
Ichigo's angry shout was heard again.
"Getsuga Tensho!"
With the small opening given by the others' attacks, he was able to avoid Grimmjow's attack, and instantly a red and black crescent attack was slashed out by him and even though Grimmjow avoided the first one, he didn't care at all, he continued to swing his sword, and in an instant, he slashed out several Getsuga Tensho.
Grimmjow initially tried to block a few hits with the sword in his hand, but gradually he found that the one after another Getsuga Tensho produced by Ichigo Bankai was more destructive than he imagined.
"What a troublesome guy."
Although Grimmjow was arrogant and liked to fight, he had no tendency or inclination towards masochism.
"Now that I've seen your full strength, it's time for you to see mine."
Grimmjow first decided to tackle Ichigo's Getsuga Tensho.
Even if he tried his best to dodge it, Ichigo's reiatsu was too powerful so it would be more difficult to dodge its range.
Moreover, he used this terrifying move more than a dozen times without feeling tired at all, so Grimmjow also wanted to try to break through the Getsuga Tensho from the front, though in the end he still suffered some injuries.
Even so, he didn't show the slightest sense of panic, and even looked Ichigo with a grin.
Ichigo didn't bother too much, and was about to take advantage of the situation to release more attacks to beat Grimmjow.
But before he could, he heard Grimmjow say, "Grind! Pantera!"
The sword in his hand instantly burst into unprecedented brilliance, and then, a terrifying reiatsu swept away the surroundings from Grimmjow's body.
"This is... is he performing Resurrección?"
Uryuu's eyes narrowed, and after Dordoni told them, they also knew what Grimmjow was doing.
They have seen the ritual of Resurrección performed by Dordoni before, and the boost in overall strength after the release was indeed very high, but still, that was only the Resurrección of one of the eliminated Espadas. So the question was, how strong was Resurrección of an active Espada?
They were not sure about that till now.
But soon, they will know.
The blue reiatsu light curtain dissipated, and Grimmjow's figure had changed dramatically.
Grimmjow's appearance had changed drastically to something more feline and predatory. His teeth had become jagged and sharp, his hands turned into black claws and his feet became black clawed paws, similar to that of a cat, along with a slender whip-like tail that's longer than his body. His hair had become very long and flowing, and the markings around his eyes enlarge and extend to the tips of his ears, which became swept back and cat-like. He lost his distinctive jaw mask, which was replaced by a sort of a headgear upon his brow covering his forehead. His clothing had also changed to become form-fitting white segmented armor. He had blades protruding from his forearms and his calves.
He had become like a man leopard and Leopards were extremely agile.
The same was true after Grimmjow.
Even though Ichigo swung Tensa Zangetsu quickly after seeing Grimmjow's Resurrección, and released Getsuga Tensho again, but it only hit the afterimage left by Grimmjow, "I let you attack me so many times, it's my turn now!"
Grimmjow came to Ichigo in an instant, grasped him by the arm that had turned into a claw, a huge blue light streak swept across, and the air seemed to be torn apart under the blue light trace
Although it was more of an illusion of light and shadow, the power of this technique was beyond doubt.
"Desgarrón!" (Spanish for "Laceration/Great Tear", Japanese for "Panther King's Claw")
"Tsugi no mai, Hakuren!"
At the same time as the Desgarrón was swung, Rukia on the other side who had realized the power of Grimmjow's Resurrección, immediately attacked with Sode no Shirayuki to freeze Grimmjow.
Unfortunately, as Grimmjow waved his other hand, the same blue light streaks flew out, and all of the frost was torn apart.
While dealing with Ichigo, he also fended off Rukia's attack.
'Is this the strength of an active Espada?'
Rukia Renji, Uryuu, and Sado felt pressurized by their current foe's power.
But then, their expressions changed again. In their perception, Ichigo's reiatsu changed suddenly, not only it became stronger, but it also even became a little strange.
A mask appeared on Ichigo's face.
"Who are you looking down on bastard?!"
After many days, Ichigo finally displayed the power of his hollow.
Even though the time he could maintain it was short, but the surge in strength at the moment of transformation still caused the Getsuga Tensho released from his hand to slice through the Desgarrón and hit Grimmjow fiercely.
*Boom*
Grimmjow's body flew away, he never thought that Ichigo had kept such a move.
In the boundless white sand, he stood up with difficulty, with blood continuously dripping from his body, his eyes swept over Rukia, Renji, Uryuu, Sado and finally he looked at Ichigo.
"It seems that I really underestimated you!"
While talking, Grimmjow rubbed the blood on his body with his palm, and then, blue reiatsu gathered in Grimmjow's palm, even if it was just reiatsu, it still made Ichigo and others shudder.
"This is a move that only Espada could master, and its name is Gran Rey Cero (Spanish for "Grand King Zero", Japanese for "Royal Hollow Flash")!"
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