Chapter 81: Combating Ulquiorra

Loud explosions echoed by way of Las Noches as Ichigo and Ulquiorra’s blades met many times, each collision inflicting a shockwave to ripple by way of the air.

Though Ichigo was struggling to maintain up with Ulquiorra’s velocity, to this point, he might nonetheless deal with himself, which was an enormous enchancment from his earlier encounter with Ulquiorra, the place he did not also have a likelihood whereas sporting his Hole masks.

Because the duo was repeatedly clashing, Orihime stood distant from the battle, spectating it whereas probably not understanding what she ought to do.

Nevertheless, whereas Orihime was considering her subsequent step, a pair of fingers appeared behind her, holding her mouth shut and dragging her away.

“You rattling bitch, it is over for you now. Aizen-sama stated that he’s not involved in you, so I can do what I would like with you now.”

“Orihime!?”

Naturally, Ichigo observed Orihime getting dragged away, however his path was blocked by Ulquiorra, who could not care much less no matter occurred to her.

“Yo, you actually are good at getting kidnapped, Orihime.”

Earlier than anybody else might react, a fist descended on the black-haired Hole that attempted to tug Orihime away, knocking her out immediately.

“N-Naruto!?”

“Yup, the one and solely.”

“Sup, Orihime, I am right here as properly.”

“Hehe, Nel is right here as properly!”

Wanting on the trio in entrance of her, Orihime wore a considerably bizarre expression because of the bizarre household on a visit feeling they have been exuding, however ultimately, she shook that feeling away and smiled on the trio.

“It is good to see you might be properly. By the properly, what’s with the weird garments, Tatsuki?”

Tatsuki, who nonetheless wore her lava garments, went right into a body-builder pose, flexing her lean muscle groups.

“Hehe, I acquired a greater understanding of my energy, and it turned stronger. Frankly, I anticipated to be stronger than Ichigo now, however that fool acquired like half a dozen power-ups within the span of the final two days, so I am nonetheless behind him.”

“Don’t be concerned; you may quickly surpass him.”

“Sure, sure, Tatsuki can be suuuper sturdy!”

Whereas Orihime widened her eyes in shock as a consequence of Tatsuki’s phrases, Naruto and Nel merely cheered her on, inflicting Tatsuki to smile on the duo.

‘They actually appear like a household. What occurred whereas I used to be away, and who’s that little Arrancar?’

Earlier than Orihime might ponder the state of affairs any additional, a close-by wall broke, revealing a large Arrancar.

“Yo, you need assistance, Ulquiorra.”

“No, that is none of your corporation, Yammy. If you wish to battle, take care of these different people, or battle the Captains downstairs.”

Whereas the duo was chatting, Yammy persistently tried to get one other shot in opposition to Ichigo; Naruto and Tatsuki have been speaking as properly.

“Ohh, that is one of many guys who briefly got here to our city some time in the past.”

“Proper, there was somebody like that, wasn’t there?”

“I will take him on Naruto. I have not had a good battle but.”

“Wait, Tatsuki! That is one of many Espa…”

Whereas Naruto merely nodded his head, Orihime tried to cease Tatsuki, however earlier than she might even get the total sentence out, Tatsuki had already vanished, smashing her fist into Yammy’s face.

Clearly, Orihime knew that these two had fought earlier than, however that occurred after Ichigo had fought Yammy and even lower one in all his arms off. Moreover, this was Hueco Mundo and never the world of the dwelling, giving Hole a bonus in opposition to people.

“Naruto, should not you assist her?”

“Nah, Tatsuki is robust. I belief her to win that battle.”

Orihime was shocked by Naruto’s phrases and was much more shocked when she noticed a gaze of unwavering confidence on his face.

Realizing that, in contrast to Naruto, her confidence and help for Ichigo have been consistently wavering, she could not assist however clench her tooth.

‘Why cannot I be this assured in Kurosaki-kun?’

Seeing Orihime’s temper, Naruto’s gaze lingered on her briefly earlier than wandering again to the still-fighting Ichigo.

“You aren’t going to ask me to assist Ichigo?”

Orihime’s physique briefly shook as her eyes landed on Naruto but once more. She opened her mouth to say one thing, however no phrases got here out, inflicting her to shut it once more. She did so a number of occasions earlier than she steeled herself, dedication repairing in her eyes.

“No, I believe Kurosaki-kun can w… No! I do know he WILL win.”

“[Resurreccion Segunda Etapa]”

Ulquiorra opened his mouth and began talking, telling Ichigo what sort of state he was at present in whereas additionally telling him that he was the one Espada that unlocked a second stage of the Resurreccion, stunning him tremendously.

Following Ulquiorra’s second transformation, Ichigo was so outmatched that it could not even be thought-about a battle anymore, and never even a full minute later, Ulquiorra raised the hardly acutely aware Ichigo up by his neck with Ulquiorra’s tail.

Having Ichigo principally defeated, Ulquiorra allowed his sense to unfold and observed Orihime, watching what was occurring in horror.

“So you might be right here, girl. Excellent. Simply in time so that you can see the person you place your hopes in to die.”

As quickly as Ulquiorra stopped talking, he raised his arm and pointed his finger at Ichigo’s chest whereas gathering black Non secular Energy at his fingertip.

Simply when he was about to blast a gap into Ichigo’s chest with a Cero, another person appeared, pushing Ulquiorra’s hand away, inflicting him to barely miss Ichigo.

“Properly, sorry to interrupt your battle; I’ve a promise to maintain.”

“I-I c-can st…”

Naruto scoffed in disdain as the just about unconscious Ichigo one way or the other needed to assert that he might nonetheless maintain going.

“Shut up, Ichigo. You’re nonetheless too weak to guard everybody, so I will be taking on.”

“W-Weak?”

That was the final phrase he might utter earlier than his consciousness light away, and he fainted.

“Properly, be an expensive and let him go, would you, Ulquiorra?”

In response to Naruto’s query, Ulquiorra pointed his finger at Naruto, inflicting him to smile wryly as Non secular Energy for an additional Cero shortly gathered at its tip.

“Properly, that is a no~.”

Naruto dodged the assault through the use of Ulquiorra’s arm he was grabbing to tug himself away, flipping over his arm and, whereas doing so, delivering a kick into Ulquiorra’s face, sending him sliding away a couple of meters and forcing him to launch Ichigo.

Catching the falling Ichigo with one hand, Naruto tossed him in direction of Orihime, whose eyes widened in shock when she observed Ichigo’s present situation, leading to her immediately beginning to heal him.

“Properly, that wasn’t very good, Ulquiorra. Guess I will must get a little bit severe. [Ban KAI.]”

Dense Non secular Strain erupted out of Naruto, nearly contesting the strain Ulquiorra was oozing, coloring the black ocean of Non secular Energy with a slight tint of yellow, stunning Ulquiorra fairly a bit.

“Spectacular. I’ve examine you, Bankai, in Tosen’s report, however he did not describe it as this formidable.”

“[Ten-Tailed Wind Demon Fox.]”

Ignoring Ulquiorra’s phrases, Naruto now had a dense layer of Non secular Energy overlaying his physique. Stated layer clearly outlined the type of a fox with ten tails energetically swinging from its tailbone.

“Certainly, except for the strain, it is precisely because the reviews stated. So far as I bear in mind, it grants you nice management over wind.”

Listening to Ulquiorra’s phrases, Naruto chuckled in amusement because the tip of one in all his Non secular Energy tails pointed at Ulquiorra.

“Hee~ Is that what you thought my Bankai did? Sorry to disappoint you, nevertheless it’s not simply that. That being stated, let’s have some enjoyable, we could?

[Bijuudama]”

All of a sudden, a black ball of concentrated Non secular Energy condensed on the tip of the tail, pointing at Ulquiorra, inflicting his eyes to widen in shock. To date, he had by no means heard something about Naruto’s Bankai having the ability to do one thing like this.

The ball was shot at Ulquiorra, however he managed to react in time to barely dodge it. It sailed previous Ulquiorra, barely lacking him by a couple of centimeters, earlier than vanishing within the distance. Seconds later, a colossal explosion erupted within the distance the place the ball of concentrated Non secular Energy was beforehand shot, inflicting the earth to shake as highly effective wind generated from the explosion blew over everybody current.

The second the wind stopped blowing, complete silence reigned on the battlefield. Whereas Orihime might solely stare on the large explosion within the distance, totally dumbfounded, Ulquiorra’s gaze was locked on Naruto.

Frankly, he had an assault with comparable harmful energy, however he didn’t count on to satisfy a Shinigami who might match that form of harmful pressure. Particularly not a Shinigami that had been a human for many of his life.

“You’re sturdy, human. I admit that a lot. Nevertheless, ultimately, there is no such thing as a means for a human or a Shinigami to ever grow to be as sturdy as a Hole. You’re merely inferior.”

“He stated, whereas clearly having adopted a few of the racial traits of a Shinigami. Do not promote your self as an fool, Ulquiorra. Combat me significantly, or I’ll make you remorse ever wanting down on me.”

The second Naruto completed talking, the ideas of all ten of his tales pointed at Ulquiorra, making him take a step again as large quantities of Non secular Energy gathered, lastly forming a black sphere that had 4 blade-like appendages spinning round it.

“It has been some time since I used this, so that you higher do not drop your guard, Ulquiorra. Should you do, you’ll undoubtedly die. Wind Model: Bijuudama Rasenshuriken.”

In the meantime, inside Ichigo’s thoughts, one other battle was happening, as Ichigo was furiously clashing with a color-inverted model of himself.

“Is that this all you need to present, ICHIGO!? Weak, SO WEAK!!! YOU CAN’T PROTECT ANYTHING DEAR TO YOU!!!”

“SHUT UP!!! I’LL DEAL WITH THIS MYSELF!!! I’LL SAVE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF MY FRIENDS!!!”

“NO!!! I DON’T ACCEPT IT!!! I CAN’T ACCEPT IT!!! YOU ARE NOT MY KING!!! YOU ARE NOT WORTHY TO BE MY KING!!! AGAIN, AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN YOU NEED TO BE SAVED AND REMINDED OF YOUR POSITION!!! YOU ARE NOT MY KING!!!”

Whereas that intern battle was occurring inside Ichigo, inside Hueco Mundo, adjustments began to slowly however absolutely seem on his physique. Indicating that he clearly wasn’t successful in opposition to his internal Hole proper now.