Itami
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Maximiliano was a foe more substantial than any of the Shinigami present have ever fought; this was apparent as Maximiliano met their plan of attack with resistance at every single turn. Eleventh and Tenth seemed to coordinate an attack against Max decently, yet at each end were countered and overpowered.
Yet they still struggled onward.
As if just in the nick of time, Jinnosuke's body was plump and full of his reiatsu, one that rivaled those of the greats in the Seireitei. The attack that Jinnosuke endured was fierce but matched with his maximized Reiryoku, a massive source of ever-growing energy outmatched only by the Captain-Commander. His titanic physical strength and extended lifespan owe themselves almost entirely to this spiritual power, which boosts his immune system and grants his muscles unprecedented abilities.
This, combined with Jinnosuke's innate bodily awareness, Death Sense: Over the hundreds of years of learning about his body while healing and visiting the 4th Division, has left Jinnosuke with an extreme sense of self-awareness regarding his vital organs and inner tissues' condition.
These features prepared Jinnosuke for moments like this, although his bones were cracking under the mighty punch. The increased durability of the bones bought Jinnosuke enough time to allow Jinnosuke to snap his head back and to the side in a way that would nearly decapitate someone with normal biology. If not, sever their spine. This flexibility and speed had to be surprising to Max as The Devil's Reiatsu now visibly shook the area around them.
柳やなぎ, Yanagi: Weeping Willow; The user alters the trajectory of their opponent's attack by redirecting their flow of power. Jinno felt the energy of the Bala explode from the fist as Max followed through. Jinnosuke's body was sent flying to the ground; he rolled with the punch as best he could, mitigating the explosive cero and coming out with only having lost his left eye and a decent portion of his face.
There was no grunt, scream, or noise indicating Jinnosuke was hurt. After mitigating the impact as best he could, the only thing Jinno could remotely register after his bell rang like that was the sound of air and the gouging of blood. Having bought his comrades enough time to launch another attack, Jinno could not hold Max in place any longer; the Bala would have indeed killed him outright.
The only reason he could survive is that he was finally accessing the full extent of the Gentai Kaijo. As if their Head Lieutenant had given them a miracle, Jinnosuke's body was only thrown so far away because of the rapid adjustments the increase in power made for him.
'If I were to tank that entire thing, my head would have been done for by that attack. This Arrancar, he is not like anything I've ever fought.'
The words resonate inside Jinnosuke; as he falls to the crater below, his consciousness starts to wane. Just how bad was the damage?
What felt like too much time had started to pass inside Jinnosuke's mind. He was screaming at his body to move, yet all he could see was the black abyss of his mind. He fell until landing upon the familiar faces of those mocking him inside his Inner Zanpakuto Realm; The Great Roar of the Astral World (大幽界嘯だいゆうかいしょう, Daiyūkai Shiyō)
He lay there half-clothed, ragged tatters for edges, and covered in way too much of his blood. Jinnosuke wearily tilted his head up to face Ikari, Jinnosuke's Zanpakuto Spirit. Without saying a word, She kicked Jinnosuke in the ribs.
He failed to react, and she did it again.
This time hard enough to launch Jinno into one of the stone faces, crushing it.
' Will you stop! I get it; I do. This guy is a freak of nature and way strong. You're excited to fight, but we can't go all in; that's how we get our allies killed.'
Ikari would smile and skip over to Jinnosuke. Placing a hand on his head, in a patting motion, as if telling a dog 'good-boy.'
'Don't be afraid to ask. We are together for this very reason.'
Jinnosuke looked up and smiled at his Zanpakuto Spirit. Jinnosuke reached up as if he needed Ikari's help; the brute would then politely ask Ikari.
' I ask and plead for your assistance, to borrow your power, so that I may defeat our most potent foe yet, Musaboru Ikari! (貪る怒り, Devouring Wrath.)'
Filled now with not only the released reiryoku of his own body, Ikari was freely flowing its spiritual power into Jinnosuke. Without thinking, he ripped his left sleeve off and tied it tightly around his missing eye and pieces of his face before looking up to the battle; even with the single functioning eye, Jinnosuke saw his opportunity. Opening his sole remaining eye, Jinnosuke would instantly gain his bearings and create a platform to catch himself.
The Bankai of his allies activated. Shoumetsu and Shizuka launched their attack on Max, yet Jinnosuke knew this was one of his only chances to finally land critical damage upon the monster known as Maximiliano. Allowing the smoke and explosions to cover him, Jinnosuke would start to funnel his Spiritual energy and pressure, controlling it down to the point of it fading away, as if Jinno was dying. Maximiliano would likely think Jinnosuke was dead or needed more time to recover.
This tactic was the opposite, however. Jinnosuke was instead channeling and focusing his energy into a singular Kido spell.
"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"'
With all of their Gentai Kaijo released and two of the four in Bankai, the area was suddenly disrupted by a massive presence. One that was unlike any displayed here thus far.
"Hadō #91. Senju Kōten Taihō! (千手皎天汰炮, Thousand-Hand Incandent Heaven Culling-Sear; Viz "Thousand-Hand Bright Heaven Cannon") " With no way to feel Jinnosuke below, and with so many attacks ravaging forth and so little time to react to the casting of Jinnosuke's spell, this battle was about to enter its next stage.
Suddenly Max was bombarded by another round of onslaught. Max would be struck down by a devastating pillar of lightning from above, swallowing him whole along with anything within a 40-meter radius of him. This would send him down into the streets of Naruki City, Large buildings, vehicles, and anything else homed in on him from Shoumetsu's Bankai. At the same time, Izanagi set up a counter, hoping that it would work this time around.
Instead of blindly adding to the smokescreen of tremendous damage, Jinnosuke waited as the Kido formed around him. The timing was everything here, and as Fast as Shizuka was, they needed finesse. Jinnosuke had been around Max's reiatsu enough to notice the similar vicious, violent spiral pattern as the core of Maximiliano's reiatsu.
Generating ten pink energy points around himself, Jinnosuke would precisely fire them all at their target, Maxamilliano, The first of the orbs was shot in and down to chase Shizuka's lightning, zipping between the missle-like metal of Shoumetsu's attack, the first energy point would find itself nuzzling into the same area Jinnosuke saw if only for a brief moment, Shizuka attack before with a leg kick. The second energy point wouldn't be far behind, aiming at Max's back. These Kido bolts Jinnosuke cast at such a high level of efficiency and power that they planned to rip through Max's current veil of energy, seemingly mitigating the damage of their previous attacks.
Three of them would fire rocketing this time at much faster speeds. Then from the left, right, and even blindsides. As each orb merged with the other spheres, the spell's power grew and decimated those caught inside the explosion's radius. Which was now isolating Max with a blast that, even if he tried to escape, was an uphill task at best.
The blast painted the horizon, suddenly fading out the colors of his respective comrades' attacks and reiatsu auras and leaving only a pink/purple hue behind as the sound waves blasted back the smoke from the other attacks. Jinnosuke would prepare to continue the assault.
