Bits of stone and pavement slashed violently against her skin, cutting more and more tiny nebulae of crimson gashes into the former Captain by the second. There was only one surefire way of stopping the creature's forward momentum, and one shot at making it work.
While the blade of her released Zanpakutou remained locked in an iron grip in one hand, another blade of pulsing abyssal energies flared to life in her opposite. Twisting in the beast's grip just enough to move the limb, Tsubaki thrust the dark blade with unerring speed and reflex towards the monstrous red eye.
She knew the range between them would be too short for it to dodge. Whether it would be enough to stagger the charge still remained to be seen.
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Feat Name: Duskdrinker
Feat Type: Unique
Feat Description: (I'll probably do a more wordy version later.)
The Gist: Activating Duskdrinker grants Tsubaki a greatsword of pulsing dark energy, powered by her own spiritual force. Strikes with Duskdrinker hit with the power equivalent of whatever Tsubaki's pressure would be at after paying the cost of activating the feat. The technique itself does not cost Reiatsu to activate, but instead lowers Tsubaki's Reiatsu pools in Sealed/Shi Kai and Ban Kai forms by 15%. This deduction in Reiatsu remains active until the technique is canceled.
For every 10,000 Reiatsu worth of pressure generated by Tsubaki, the force of her physical strikes increases by 1000 lbs. This increase in strength is calculated only after the initial cost of the technique is paid, and lowers in kind as the Captain uses Reiatsu. Spiritual beings can weather the sheer force, preventing them from being immediately shattered by the blow and instead the effect greatly amplifies the knock-back force. Non-spiritual and mundane objects can be easily destroyed by the ability.
Sooooooooo, roughly three tons of force, right in your eyeball or face. Whichev.
With only moments to react, the beast contorted its neck upwards, attempting to protect its eye in any way possible. The slammed cut cleanly into the beast’s neck, the sudden force being applied laterally to its body. Its reinforced body reacted, as it was suddenly launched to the side. It released its grip, the former captain being dropped haphazardly to the side.
However, in its reaction, the beast instinctively elongated its wings to control its motion. The hefty appendages slammed into the two remaining shinigami, while the noble was eclipsed completely by the massive wingspan, all three viciously being shunted off to the side. Krampus cried out in pain, the rampaging beast flailing back violently.
It landed on the ground with a thud, before righting itself once more. With a shriek, it snapped its tail violently forward, as the immense appendage slammed directly into a nearby freight car. The immense object launched forward at the three, while another familiar buzz filled the air. Two Alps were released from the underside of its wings, as they emerged as polyps from the master creature.
All the while, the orb on the beast’s eye began to glow, another cero being charged outwards. It angled down, the eye pointed directly at the ground in front of him. It reached forward, two heavy claws ripping a garganta open from below it. The energy released itself, as it entered the empty void.
The minions shrieked, flying forwards. They both reached out at the space from directly above Mazou, Ryoujin and the noble. The pairwise garganta opened, the cero travelling through to the exit point. A devastating charge launched downwards, seeking to obliterate the three below.
The raven-haired man made it to his feet after being swatted by the vermin of a Hollow, clenching his teeth as the cuts and bruises riddling his back and arms radiated a throbbing pain. Both onyx eyes remained locked on the beast as it disappeared from sight, and squinted confoundedly as it watched Krampus fire its cero into the emptiness of the garganta. The comparably muted flap of the beast’s much smaller offspring occurring above his head caught his attention and drew his eyes.
The deep emptiness of the world-crossing portal filled his vision as the reality-bending egress opened. That familiar reddish-white glow pierced through the darkness, exploding from a small pinprick to a massive, bulbous spearhead of fatal fire.
The Blitzkrieger acted immediately.
The black flames of Kouken spilled forth once again, coalescing and condensing rapidly into the brawny, scale-ridden, fiery form of the basilisk’s left arm. The massive palm was raised, each talon flaring outward simultaneously to meet the head of the beam first. Red and white light streamed through the gaps between its fingers, a familiar deep and empty growl echoing through the prison gates and the surrounding forest. The black flames of the basilisk raged harder and wilder as it met the Cero’s force nearly equally.
Manzou squinted and groaned harshly as the rays of the blast began to peek through, rapidly overwhelming his hasty defense.
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My 4,200 Rei barrier ain't blocking this Cero, y'all. Help!
Her eyes forced open just in time to see the portal into the black abyss open above her friends, as well as the prim and proper pain in the ass. Tsubaki sprang to a pesudo-starting position and burst into shunpo, appearing just beside Manzou and his barrier. She wanted to scream, to tear into the whole lot of them for continuing to stand in some bunched up little group while their adversary continued to rain down (and upwards, for that matter) death and destruction.
Sadly, there just wasn't time.
"Flesh, bones, souls, weapons, buildings, plants... all of life and all of mankind's innovations; existence itself, nothing more than ashes!" Her hands pressed quickly against the ground below, which began to pulse a warm crimson color. "Hadou ninety-six, Ittou Kasou."
In front of the assembled Shinigami a bright blade of living fire erupted from the ground, climbing slowly but inexorably towards the bolt of Cero that was descending upon them.
Titanic forces clashed as the devastating flame fought viciously against the monolithic force of the cero. They hungry flames continued to eat away at the oncoming beam, though within moments the devastating hollow force smothered the fires. The trickle of the beam shot forward, before it once again met a new obstruction. It smashed into the barrier, though the stalwart shield stood strong against the lingering force. Through the unbridled destruction, the area around the fighters was ripped apart, the sheer force overwhelming the structures of man.
The violent beat of wings launched forward once more, diving into a newly ripped garganta. Two more opened up around the shinigami, the bloody eye peering out of each as it flew through the void. It surveyed its prey, as the delightful madness began to ascend.
Diving from back, it launched outwards at an immense speed, as thick claws dove into the ground, tearing it apart with easy. It picked up speed, threatening to demolish the group as a whole. At the same moment, the two surviving Alps reacted, reaching out towards the unarmed nobleman. Each grabbing a single arm, they threatened to pull him cleanly in two.
Acting without so much as a moment's warning, Tsubaki brought the blade of dark energy about in a lightning fast radius, hitting both Manzou and Arashi in the blink of an eye and sending both of them flying unexpectedly out of harm's way just before the makeshift wave of broken stone and debris slammed into her diminutive frame.
"I...I get it now..." The former Captain slowly clambered out of the pile of rubble, covered nearly head to toe in new cuts and gashes and boasting what would surely in time be nothing short of a galaxy of bruises. Her gaze fell upon the nobleman in the grip of the beast, once again finding him much, much too close to a combat zone for her liking.
"I feel like I owe you an apology, monster." The blades that had sang through flesh and ether were now held idly at her sides, not striking against anything for a change. "You see, I hadn't realized we were fighting a giant pansy." She smirked at her own remark, walking slowly forward on unsteady legs.
"I mean, it must be really, really frustrating for you...right? I mean here you are, this big dragon-lookin' bastard with all those muscles and horns and claws...and someone goes and gives you a vagina and the heart of an eight year old bed wetter!" She shrugged, letting the swords follow in the motion then fall back to her sides. "It must be tough. Tough going up against someone one hundredth your size, a woman even, who has bigger balls than you."
The ebony-clad eyes remained fixed on Krampus without the slightest hint of fear.
"But this? Really?" She halfheartedly pointed to the nobleman in the creature's grip with the blade of her Zanpakutou, nodding while she did it as if to bring further accusation to the current predicament. "This is the move of something with no pride, no self-worth at all. A worthless, gutless sack of garbage who means nothing to anyone." A faint voice echoed in the still reeling mind of Arashi, a somber warning if ever there was one.
Boys, I sincerely hope you're ready for this.
"It's strange." Her tone leveled out, carrying a quiet sincerity to the words despite their inherent cruelty.
"I kind of pity you."
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Used Buzei, Ketch and Shun you aren't hurt just knocked back. Enjoy. Meanwhile, I'm gonna see how deep pride-boy's ego is seeded as it seems like 40% of the people in this collab aren't paying attention anymore.
Hiren, dear?
It would be 'tearing it apart with ease.'
Kago
I would really, really post within the next day, because with how much you are needlessly putting yourself in danger I'm kinda okay with this judge guy not walking away from this. And if Tsu finds out what he is, I doubt she'll much care either.
