"It's over, the mature blonde woman is chasing us!"
Looking at the gray mist in the sky, Bai Ye's expression tightened. He had heard other Shinigami call that woman the vice-captain!
Even though she was only a vice-captain, a vice-captain was still a captain, and not someone easy to deal with.
As Bai Ye was thinking, the gray mist had already descended from the sky.
It fell like a waterfall, looking incredibly spectacular.
Bai Ye shouted at the man, "Move aside!"
As Bai Ye shouted, he also pushed the man aside.
This guy couldn't die; he hadn't gotten what he came for yet!
Boom!
As the two of them dodged to the side, the gray mist that descended like a waterfall hit the ground with a loud bang, and then spread out in all directions like waves.
Bai Ye quickly leaped onto the wall to avoid the impact of the black smoke.
But at this moment...
"Hadō #4!" the mature blonde woman attacked from behind, pointing at the man's back and saying, "Byakurai!"
Sizzle!
A sharp sound of crackling electricity suddenly appeared, followed by a white current surging from the fingertips of the mature blonde woman, shooting towards the man's back.
The Byakurai was incredibly fast. The man's pupils constricted; it was clearly too late to dodge.
Bai Ye quickly intervened, leaping in front of the white lightning!
"Phoenix!" Bai Ye raised his fist and said, "Fenghuang Yan!"
Boom!
As Bai Ye unleashed a punch, the surrounding temperature began to soar, and then a giant pillar of fire appeared at Bai Ye's fist, shooting forward and colliding with the Byakurai with a deafening roar.
In an instant, the flames and lightning arcs scattered, drifting in all directions.
The mature blonde woman, with a grim expression, stepped forward and waved her hand, "Capture these two!"
The surrounding Shinigami quickly swarmed forward, closing in on the two of them.
"Ning Shuang, Bing Lei!"
Bai Ye quickly called out, and then the Ning Shuang sword flew forward.
Crack, crack!
The sound of ice forming echoed continuously, and then an ice wall suddenly rose from the ground, sealing off the street.
Bai Ye retreated a few steps, coming to the man's side and saying, "Let's exchange things now. I promised to help you hold them off, otherwise, I'll have to run for my own safety. You figure out if you can handle it."
The man gritted his teeth, thought for a moment, and then took out the black military-style uniform and threw it to Bai Ye.
Without any further ado, Bai Ye took the item, removed his golden chainmail, took out the contaminated cross, wrapped it into a ball, and threw it to the other.
"Oh, by the way, there's one more thing I need to tell you." Bai Ye casually put away the items and then said to the man, "I feel very guilty right now."
The man looked confused and said to Bai Ye, "What do you mean?"
Bai Ye turned and ran, "I just tricked you!"
The man froze for a moment, then burst into a torrent of curses, "Damn it!"
Boom!
At that very moment, the ice wall collapsed with a thunderous crash, and the Shinigami from behind rushed forward.
The man didn't dare to delay, raising his gun as he turned to flee forward.
However, as soon as he started, Shinigami appeared on the wall to his side, leaping down and tackling the man to the ground.
The mature blonde woman advanced with her sword and said sternly, "There's still one more, chase him!"
Bai Ye glanced back at the dense crowd of Shinigami chasing him and wiped a bead of cold sweat, "Don't chase, I'm not with him. I'm just passing by..."
Before Bai Ye could finish speaking, the mature blonde woman had already reached out in his direction.
"Kōtotsu, Kūetsu, Kakuai, Kyōran! Kōtetsu! Kūsō! Shōjin! Kagari! Yōkō!" the mature blonde woman chanted rapidly, then held her palm in front of her and said, "Hadō #31, Shakkahō!"
Boom!
A massive ball of fire condensed in her palm and flew towards Bai Ye.
Bai Ye looked back. Fire?
This stuff didn't scare him!
In an instant, flames ignited around Bai Ye, enveloping his body, and he punched backward.
Boom!
As Bai Ye's fist collided with the ball of fire, a huge explosion occurred, and shockwaves rippled outward in layers.
With the ability of the Phoenix, fire wasn't of much use to Bai Ye. By wrapping Fenghuang Yan around his body, he could block the opponent's flames.
Moreover, as far as Bai Ye knew, with the Phoenix's abilities evolving and growing, he could devour and absorb other flames, even use flames to strengthen himself, and even achieve rebirth from fire!
On the other side, the mature blonde woman was stunned to see Bai Ye emerge from the flames unharmed. However, she quickly realized that fire was useless against Bai Ye.
Therefore, she resolutely swung her Zanpakutō again!
Seeing large swathes of gray mist surging towards him, Bai Ye quickly turned and ran.
That Zanpakutō was quite ferocious. Wherever the gray mist enveloped, there were traces of slashes. In other words, the gray mist was like thousands of swords, and even more troublesome was that it was undefendable!
Smoke, how could it be defended against?
What could be used to block it?
"Right!" Bai Ye's eyes suddenly lit up. "I still have this move!"
Thinking to himself, Bai Ye quickly took out a Dao charm.
"Wind Spell!"
Bai Ye threw out the Dao charm. Soon, the charm burned, and a stream of green wind rapidly rose from the ground.
The Wind Spell could form wind blades for attack, but at this moment, whether it attacked or not was not important; what mattered was the flow of wind itself.
Almost instantly, as the wind flowed and swirled, forming a tornado, the gray mist that had just reached Bai Ye was blown away.
"Bye-bye!"
Bai Ye waved his hand backward and continued to run forward.
With this momentum, the Shinigami behind should not be able to catch up to him.
But just then...
Bai Ye suddenly sensed something, instinctively stopped, and looked up at the sky ahead.
The next moment, Bai Ye looked puzzled and said, "Cherry blossoms?"
At night, pink cherry blossom petals suddenly began to drift, scattering in the air, bringing a touch of clear beauty to the dark night.
The sudden appearance of cherry blossoms turned this long street into a breathtakingly beautiful scene, but Bai Ye had no intention of appreciating it at all; instead, he was extremely tense and vigilant!
It felt very dangerous...
Extremely dangerous!
Then...
Amidst the dancing cherry blossoms, a long-haired man slowly walked forward. Judging by his attire, he was also a Shinigami, but compared to other Shinigami, the long-haired man wore a white haori.
Bai Ye immediately gasped. The white haori the man was wearing was...
The symbol of a captain!
At the same time...
The long-haired man looked at Bai Ye with cold eyes, then slowly reached out and gripped the hilt of the Zanpakutō at his waist.
"Scatter, Senbonzakura!"
A faint chant sounded!