Fate in Bleach: Unlimited Blade Works!-Chapter 454: The World’s Greatest Swordsman’s Slash

It was precisely because of this that when Sesshomaru first charged out from the Sword Hill to engage the enemy, Inuyasha immediately followed.

Now, with Sesshomaru unleashing his full power, manifesting the Bankai of his Zanpakutō, Inuyasha naturally had to respond with an even stronger form.

"Bankai—Meidō Tessaiga!"

With Inuyasha's roar, the massive fang-blade in his hand instantly transformed into a greatsword that shimmered like a starry sky.

"Meidō Zangetsuha!"

Inuyasha swung the blade, instantly cleaving a dozens-of-meters-wide Meidō in front of him. Immense suction emanated from the Meidō, drawing in the surrounding soldiers.

While the raw cutting power of the Meidō Zangetsuha might have been slightly inferior to the Meidō Zangetsu, its area of effect was on a completely different level.

The Meidō Zangetsu was a linear, focused attack, while the Meidō Zangetsuha was an indiscriminate engulfing vortex.

"Rider…"

Waver, now carried by Bucephalus to the rearmost part of the battlefield, had escaped the direct fighting.

However, precisely because he had withdrawn from the battlefield, Waver could see the battle between Rider's and Berserker's respective Reality Marble armies even more clearly.

In terms of numbers, the King's Army, with only a little over fifty thousand, was at a disadvantage.

Of course, the black, shadowy soldiers on Berserker's side were individually weaker than the Heroic Spirit soldiers of Iskandar, the King of Conquerors, posing little threat to them.

However, those figures with distinct forms were each immensely powerful. Few soldiers within the King's Army could match them.

Furthermore, in terms of the strongest individuals, Berserker's side far outnumbered the King's Army.

And the power of those individuals was terrifying.

In less than a minute, nearly half of the King's Army's fifty-thousand-strong force had been annihilated.

This was even with the boost from Waver's Command Spells.

Otherwise, Waver believed that Iskandar, the King of Conquerors, might have already been defeated.

There was no helping it; in a war, especially one like this, imbued with supernatural power, the boost provided by a single strong individual was simply too great.

On Iskandar, the King of Conqueror's, side, no more than three could stand against Berserker's captain-level Zanpakutō.

Even Iskandar, the King of Conquerors, with his A+ ranked Noble Phantasm, "Via Expugnatio," was being held back by the Bankai-released Gonryōmaru.

How could the remaining soldiers, lacking Noble Phantasms, possibly contend with the captain-level Zanpakutō?

Even those few individuals whose strength far surpassed Iskandar, lacking their own Noble Phantasms, could only defend themselves and stall in the face of the captain-level Zanpakutō, unable to inflict any real damage.

At this rate, Iskandar would be utterly defeated in no more than two minutes.

"Rider…"

Waver clenched his fists, but with his meager strength, he was utterly useless in this battle.

In fact, if he charged out, he might be killed instantly, forcing Iskandar, the King of Conquerors, to retreat prematurely.

Unlike Waver's anxiety about Iskandar, the King of Conquerors, within Ailin's Reality Marble, Zanpakutō after Zanpakutō were being reforged in blackish-red light, then stepping back onto the battlefield.

Ailin's Unlimited Blade Works was filled with the "sword element" of all "swords."

And the Zanpakutō within it were already recorded by Unlimited Blade Works.

Even if they were broken or destroyed in battle, as long as Ailin maintained Unlimited Blade Works, the "sword" element within it would reforge these broken and defeated Zanpakutō, reviving them.

In a sense, as long as Ailin didn't die, the Zanpakutō within his Unlimited Blade Works were also immortal!

In fact, these Zanpakutō were charging out of Ailin's Unlimited Blade Works, invading Iskandar, the King of Conqueror's, Reality Marble, Ionioi Hetairoi, to fight.

If the battle had taken place within Ailin's Unlimited Blade Works, as long as they weren't instantly shattered, the "sword" element within Unlimited Blade Works would constantly restore their state.

Under these circumstances, even if Ailin didn't deploy the seated officer-level Zanpakutō and above, relying solely on the ordinary Zanpakutō embedded in the ground, he could have worn down and defeated the soldiers of Iskandar, the King of Conqueror's, Ionioi Hetairoi.

BOOM!

In the sky, Iskandar driving the Gordius Wheel, was still locked in fierce combat with Gonryōmaru.

But compared to Gonryōmaru, Iskandar was already beginning to pant heavily.

Although he was being restrained by Gonryōmaru, with his keen "kingly" battle sense, Iskandar had naturally noticed the crushing defeat of his soldiers.

"Truly a miscalculation…"

Seeing his soldiers being slaughtered, Iskandar couldn't help but sigh.

If he had known that Berserker's Reality Marble could actually grant those powerful swords human form, allowing them to perfectly exert their power, he would have definitely waited. He would have waited until he had defeated the Heroic Spirit Gilgamesh, plundered the King of Heroes' treasury, and then come to fight Berserker.

There was no helping it; a Heroic Spirit's greatest strength lay in their Noble Phantasm.

This time, he was at a disadvantage because the Heroic Spirit soldiers under his command lacked suitable Noble Phantasms.

At this moment, Iskandar suddenly noticed a powerful green slash flying from Berserker's Reality Marble.

Its target was, shockingly, himself.

Seeing this slash, Gonryōmaru's expression instantly changed. He immediately retreated, moving far away from Iskandar.

At this point, the red glow on Iskandar body, from the two Command Spell boosts, had already begun to fade.

It went without saying that Iskandar knew that, without even needing anyone to tell him, with the two Command Spell enhancements he could barely withstand the powerhouse controlling lightning. But now that the powerful powerhouse was fleeing, it was more than enough to suggest the power of this slash.

Or rather, the power of the individual who had unleashed this green slash.

Seeing this scene, Iskandar roared, "Hahahaha, my old friend, let's charge one last time!"

"Ooooooooorrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Lightning flared. The Divine Bulls seemed to understand Iskandar's words. They exerted all their strength, igniting all the lightning within their bloodlines, charging towards the green slash like a comet.

SHING!

There was no contest.

This green slash, after colliding with the Gordius Wheel, paused momentarily, then sliced right through it.

BOOM!

The green slash passed through the Gordius Wheel, striking the sky of the battlefield, instantly shattering the thick thunderclouds that Gonryōmaru had gathered, revealing the blue sky and scorching sun once more.

Sizzle… Sizzle… Sizzle…

Countless droplets of blood splattered from the Divine Bulls.

"Moooo…"

After letting out a cry, the two Divine Bulls, pulling the Gordius Wheel, plummeted from the sky.

CRACK! CRACK!

Not only the Divine Bulls, but even the Gordius Wheel began to emit sounds of unbearable strain.

The next moment, it disintegrated in mid-air, scattering along with the Divine Bulls, which had been cleaved in two.

With even the Divine Bulls and the Gordius Wheel shattered by that single slash, Iskandar who had been riding in the Gordius Wheel, was naturally not unharmed.

As Iskandar fell headfirst from the sky, countless wounds erupted on his body. Red blood sprayed from these wounds, quickly soaking his clothes.

It was fortunate that Iskandar's clothes and cloak were both red. Even soaked in blood, the change was barely noticeable.

Otherwise, if his soldiers had seen Iskandar so severely wounded, they might have fallen into chaos.

But even so, seeing Iskandar fall from the sky, many soldiers were anxious.

"Your Majesty!"

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

More than a dozen figures broke away from their opponents, rushing towards the spot where Iskandar was falling.

These soldiers were the strongest group of Heroic Spirits within Iskandar's Ionioi Hetairoi.

In terms of ability values, each one surpassed Iskandar. If they had entered the Throne of Heroes, obtaining Noble Phantasms sublimated from their legends, their strength would have been no weaker than Diarmuid's.

But unfortunately, they chose to follow the King of Conquerors. Without the support of Noble Phantasms, even though their ability values were high, they lacked powerful offensive Noble Phantasms.

This allowed them to remain undefeated against the Zanpakutō under Ailin's command, with their higher ability values, but they had no means of slaying the powerful Zanpakutō.

In fact, around Zanpakutō like Tenken, Gonryōmaru, Sesshomaru, Inuyasha, and Sode no Shirayuki, who possessed powerful abilities, they couldn't even approach.

Otherwise, their fate would have been no different from that of the ordinary soldiers.

WHOOSH!

THUD!

The fastest figure caught Iskandar before he hit the ground. After rolling several times on the ground, he dissipated the force of the fall before slowly rising.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Afterward, dozens of figures gathered around, protecting Iskandar firmly at the center.

"Your Majesty!"

"Pfft…"

"Ah, I'm saved."

With the help of these soldiers, Iskandar spat out a mouthful of blood and regained consciousness.

…

"Impressive. Is that the slash of the World's Greatest Swordsman?"

On the Sword Hill within Unlimited Blade Works, a young man with a sunny smile spoke to a man in a black coat, who was placing an excessively long black blade on his back, next to him.

The sunny youth was a Zanpakutō Ailin had created based on Ryūjin Jakka, "Ennetsu Jigoku." Its form was the Twelve Round Table Knight, the Sun Knight, Gawain.

And the man with the hawk-like eyes was a Zanpakutō Ailin had created based on his memories of the World's Greatest Swordsman, "Kokutō Yoru."

Its prototype was the World's Greatest Swordsman from the world of One Piece, Dracule Mihawk.

Unlike Gawain, as the World's Greatest Swordsman, Ailin had incorporated all his swordsmanship techniques into Kokutō Yoru, and Kokutō Yoru's ability was singular.

That was, it could unleash a slash fueled by swordsmanship.

The stronger the swordsmanship, the stronger the slash it unleashed.

One could say that, in terms of pure slashing power, even Ailin's own slashes were inferior to the slashes unleashed by the Bankai-released Kokutō Yoru.

In terms of swordsmanship, all the Zanpakutō within Ailin's Unlimited Blade Works were inferior to Mihawk.

After all, every time Ailin's swordsmanship made a breakthrough, he would synchronize it and update it to Kokutō Yoru, making Kokutō Yoru stronger.

Kokutō Yoru was also, aside from the Zanpakutō with the same name, "Ailin," the only Zanpakutō in Ailin's possession that could fully withstand Ailin's swordsmanship.

"Are you not going to make a move?"

After placing Kokutō Yoru on his back, Mihawk asked Gawain.

"Hahaha, my 'King' hasn't spoken yet. How could I possibly act on my own?"

Hearing Gawain's words, Mihawk frowned, turning his gaze to the petite girl standing beside Ailin.

Mihawk wasn't unfamiliar with the appearance of this girl.

However, the girl representing this form previously was stronger than even him, a Zanpakutō that had surpassed the concept of "strongest."

Avalon!

The Everdistant Utopia!

However, that one had now been given by Ailin-sama to Haruko-sama, to protect her safety.

The current one, however, didn't possess that sense of pressure that surpassed his.

After glancing at Artoria, Mihawk stopped paying attention and closed his eyes, beginning his training.

As the "World's Greatest Swordsman," Mihawk naturally had pride.

For so many years, his swordsmanship progress had almost entirely relied on Ailin-sama's synchronization, making Mihawk almost doubt his own talent in swordsmanship.

But occasionally, Mihawk also wanted to rely on himself, to let himself provide feedback to Ailin-sama, to truly become the "World's Greatest Swordsman."

"It seems the outcome is decided!"

Seeing Iskandar cut down by Mihawk with a single slash, Ailin spoke.

Now, the soldiers of the King of Conqueror's, Ionioi Hetairoi, numbered only a little over ten thousand.

If the Zanpakutō on Ailin's side were to unleash their full power, it would take less than half a minute to completely annihilate Iskandar, the King of Conqueror's, army.

However, since he was a king, Ailin would naturally give Iskandar a dignified exit.

Therefore, under Ailin's will, the Zanpakutō began to retreat, returning to Ailin's Reality Marble.

And Ailin, surrounded by the captain-level Zanpakutō, stepped into Iskandar's Reality Marble, Ionioi Hetairoi.

"How is it? Iskandar, the King of Conquerors?"

"Are you going to surrender and relinquish your divinity now, or do you wish to continue fighting?"

At this moment, Iskandar had already steadied himself with the support of his soldiers.