Help! I am bound to Aizen!

Chapter 166

Chapter 166

The speed was incredible!

The instant the Zanpakut? spirit flung out the chain blade, Kaelith had mentally prepared himself, yet its speed still exceeded his expectations.

The short blade, attached to its long chain, seemed to possess a stand-like ability, cutting out the space between them in an instant and arriving right before him.

By instinct, Kaelith tilted his head slightly.

The short blade wreathed in blue flames streaked past his ear, flying off into the distance.

He raised his hand and grabbed hold of the chain’s middle. With flexible weapons like this, you just had to catch them at a point without force to easily neutralize them.

Seeing that his Zanpakut? had taken on such a strange shape, Kaelith felt a bit regretful.

In his view, having the Zanpakut? change form wasn’t necessarily a good thing. A new form meant a new combat style. He already had swordsmanship and Hakuda as his main combat methods. Now wielding dual blades on chains would be overly complicated and slow him down in battle.

With that thought, he prepared to yank the chain and drag the Zanpakut? spirit over to pummel it on the spot.

But before he could act, a sudden alarm went off in his mind.

It was as if a giant, invisible “danger” symbol rose above his head with a shrill alert.

Kaelith released the chain and vanished from his spot with Shunpo.

Almost simultaneously, the flame-wreathed short blade passed right through the air where he’d just been, streaking a line of blue fire behind him.

Watching the chain blade’s trajectory, Kaelith was surprised.

A moment ago, he’d grabbed the chain. Logically, the spirit shouldn’t have been able to transmit any directional force to the blade with the chain held mid-length.

Unless…

Seemingly guessing his thoughts, the Zanpakut? spirit caught the returning short blade with a snap. She curled her lips.

“I’m not a sword you can judge by normal logic.”

“Oh, impressive!” Kaelith raised his hand and applauded his Zanpakut?.

The spirit frowned at his reaction.

“You think that was everything? We’ve only just begun!”

As she spoke, she flicked both arms, sending out two short blades simultaneously.

From two different directions, the chained blades cut through space and charged at Kaelith.

Just like before, they tore through the air as fast as lightning, closing in on Kaelith’s position in an instant. The roaring flames dyed the sky a dazzling blue.

In midair, Aizen raised a Kid? barrier to block the incoming heat.

Watching the battle not far away, his eyes gleamed.

Kaelith’s figure flickered repeatedly in the sky, appearing and disappearing. Each time he used Shunpo, the blades pierced the position he’d just vacated.

“Going all out, aren’t you? Feels like you’re really trying to kill me,” Kaelith commented intermittently as he moved.

By the time he spoke the last few words, the two blades had cornered him into a spot where dodging was nearly impossible.

Seeing the blades rushing toward him, Kaelith raised his arm.

An immense surge of Spirit Pressure instantly flowed through his body.

Due to their physiology, even with immense Spirit Pressure, Shinigami had difficulty forming a strong defense purely on their skin’s surface.

Kaelith was different.

He could first have Gikon adhere to his body’s surface, then violently inject Spirit Pressure into it. With the Gikon as a medium, his defensive power rose dramatically.

Previously, he’d relied on this method to remain unharmed in Mayuri’s explosion and to endure Kuchiki S?jun’s Kid? barrage. It had never failed him.

Yet the instant he raised his arm, another uneasy feeling surged in his heart.

In Kaelith’s sight, the short blades stabbed into his Spirit Pressure defense. The layer that could block seven or eight tenths of Kuchiki S?jun’s Kid? offered no resistance, as if it were butter under a hot knife!

Surprised, Kaelith reacted instantly.

He abandoned his defensive posture and switched to dodging… huh?

The arm he intended to retract seemed to be caught on something.

A tremendous force pulled through the chain behind the blade.

Kaelith’s entire body was yanked violently upward and flung high into the sky.

“Woooaaahhh!”

As he soared, Kaelith shouted loudly.

From the ground looking up, one would see Kaelith’s body tracing a huge arc of over a hundred meters in radius. Within a few seconds, he’d been thrown from one end of the “screen” to the other.

Boom!!

Under the chain’s pull, Kaelith smashed headfirst into the ground.

Rubble and dust erupted skyward.

Under tension, the two short blades snapped back into the spirit’s hands. The remaining chain links swiftly rewrapped around her arms.

She watched the billowing dust calmly.

Before long, Kaelith emerged from the haze.

As expected, he didn’t look too different. He only had a shallow wound on his left forearm and another on his right shoulder.

Such a devastating attack should have put a normal Shinigami in bed for months. Yet he acted as if nothing had happened.

Though he was her master, the Zanpakut? spirit couldn’t help feeling complicated about it.

Kaelith shook his body, using Shunk?’s surge to blast away all the dust clinging to him.

He rolled his neck, confirming nothing was seriously injured, then nodded in satisfaction.

Raising his head, he looked at the spirit hovering midair.

“I see. I think I understand now.”

“At first, seeing those blue flames, I assumed you were a fire-type Zanpakut?.”

“Now I see that the flames are just a misdirection.”

“Just now, I tried two kinds of defense against your blades. One was a combination of Spirit Pressure and Gikon, and the other was a Kid?-based defense.”

“Both types of defense were instantly broken.”

“Your ability must be to break through defenses or negate energy-based protection.”

Hearing Kaelith’s analysis, the Zanpakut? spirit revealed a look of surprise.

She hadn’t expected that after only a few exchanges, Kaelith would nearly guess her ability. Though he was an annoying guy who looked down on others, his insight was sharp.

Just as she was thinking this, Kaelith shook his head and continued:

“Too bad, though. Your ability is decent, but you’re not using it very well.”

“?”

The spirit froze, anger flaring in her eyes.

She was the Zanpakut? spirit, the one who understood the sword’s abilities better than anyone. For him to say she wasn’t using it properly after seeing it only once was outrageous.

Sensing her reaction, Kaelith grinned:

“What’s wrong, not convinced?”

“If you’re not happy about it, then give your power to me. Let me show you how this power should really be used!”

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