In the sky, Ren had already taken his position.
He didn’t get too close, keeping a distance of about 10 meters.
The Menos Grande moved very slowly, still not fully emerged from behind the torn sky.
But that suited Ren just fine.
He wanted to test just how much power he could unleash with his current E-Rank Reiryoku Reserve and E-Rank Reiatsu Control.
The Menos Grande before him was the perfect test subject.
Without hesitation, Ren extended his right hand, pointed it at the Menos Grande’s white mask, and formed a gun gesture with his fingers.
Ichigo Kurosaki and Rukia Kuchiki both recognized the gesture.
They knew Ren was about to use his self-created technique—Rei Gun (Spiritual Bullet).
Rukia’s expression darkened.
She gritted her teeth.
“Idiot!
Does he really think his Reiatsu can handle a Menos Grande?” Beside her, Yasutora Sado was completely lost.
From his perspective, he couldn’t see the Menos Grande at all, only Ren standing in the sky.
Kisuke Urahara, hidden in the shadows, watched Ren’s gesture.
He remembered the Rei Gun Ren had used last night, and his eyes narrowed slightly.
In Soul Society, the strength of a Shinigami’s Reiatsu was typically measured using a custom Reiatsu ranking system from 1 to 20.
Rank 20 roughly corresponded to an ordinary Gotei 13 member.
Ranks 6 to 10 corresponded to a Seated Officer.
Ranks 4 to 5 corresponded to a Vice-Captain.
Rank 3 or above was a Captain.
Though Ren’s Reiatsu rank hadn’t been precisely measured by any instrument, Urahara estimated it was around Rank 10, the level of a low-tier Seated Officer.
A Menos Grande’s Reiatsu was far above ordinary Shinigami and closer to Vice-Captain level pressure, but its true danger came from its overwhelming spiritual density and destructive output rather than rank alone.
The gap between them was enormous.
Urahara silently ran a precise internal analysis, simulating possible outcomes in seconds.
Adding up all the power Ren had displayed so far, he concluded that Ren’s chance of defeating the Menos Grande was virtually zero.
He reached up and adjusted the brim of his hat slightly, his eyes sharpening.
“Oh my, oh my.
Looks like I might have to step in this time…” Urahara and Yoruichi Shihouin had both taken a liking to Ren’s potential.
To that end, Yoruichi was even willing to go to Soul Society, to the Shinō Academy, where Asauchi were most plentiful, to steal one for Ren.
So Urahara absolutely would not let anything happen to Ren.
Elsewhere, Uryu Ishida had also arrived at the scene.
He didn’t recklessly appear beside Ren.
Instead, he stayed hidden, looking for an opening.
He watched Ren standing in the sky, frowning slightly.
He had no idea what Ren was trying to do.
In his view, Ren fought similarly to a Quincy, using a bow and arrows.
So what was Ren doing making a gun gesture with his hand?
Could his finger actually fire bullets?
To Uryu’s bewilderment, a golden Reiatsu sphere, invisible to ordinary people, began to condense around Ren’s pointed finger.
Shock crossed his face.
He truly hadn’t expected that aside from Ichigo, Ren also possessed Reiatsu.
Though it wasn’t as overwhelmingly powerful as Ichigo’s, it was still considerable, enough to make him take notice.
As Ren continued to condense the golden Reiatsu sphere, Uryu gradually sensed something was wrong.
As far as he knew, Shinigami typically manipulated Reiatsu through their Zanpakutō or Kido.
This was the first time he had ever seen someone manipulate Reiatsu barehanded like Ren.
Suddenly, Uryu’s mental stability began to fracture, not in a single burst of panic, but in waves of escalating shock.
What was he seeing!?
Not only was Ren compressing Reiatsu, but he was also making the highly compressed Reiatsu spin rapidly and chaotically inside that tiny sphere!?
And it didn’t explode!?
This is insane!?
Is this something a human can do!?
Is this guy even human!?
Uryu’s mental stability began to collapse under silent shock.
Ren’s Reiatsu had initially only been enough to make him take notice.
But now, looking at that golden Reiatsu sphere, still compressing and spinning chaotically at high speed, Uryu felt a scalp-prickling dread.
He had no doubt that this tiny golden Reiatsu sphere could easily send him to his grandfather in the afterlife.
Not only Uryu, but Rukia and Ichigo, watching that brilliant golden Reiatsu sphere, also felt their scalps prickle.
They realized that Ren had combined the Rasengan and Rei Gun.
But the technique itself was not a simple fusion; it was a hybrid spiritual technique that combined Reiatsu compression, rotational instability control, and burst release.
The power of the Reiatsu Rasengan Ren was now displaying was far stronger than last night’s version, wasn’t it?
Ichigo swallowed hard.
“Rukia…
do you think Ren can beat the Menos Grande now?” Rukia also swallowed involuntarily.
Her earlier certainty had vanished.
She sounded uncertain.
“I don’t know.” “Ren is just too absurd.” “This Reiatsu Rasengan he’s using right now…
it’s like an enhanced Cero.” “Maybe…
just maybe…
he can overcome the gap and defeat the Menos Grande!” Ichigo blinked.
“What’s a Cero?” Rukia explained, “Cero is a high-density spiritual blast used by Hollow-class beings such as Menos Grande and Arrancar.
It is not exclusive to Menos Grande.
Any sufficiently evolved Hollow can use it.
Any ordinary Shinigami hit by it would be completely obliterated.” Ichigo hadn’t known such a technique existed.
He looked at Ren standing in the sky, at the golden Reiatsu sphere condensing around Ren’s pointed finger, and sank into thought.
He was now wondering, after this was all over, whether he should learn Susanoo from Ren first, or this technique.
It was a good thing Rukia couldn’t read Ichigo’s mind.
If she could, she would have shut him down without hesitation.
Because Cero was a technique used by Hollow-class beings, not something Shinigami could naturally replicate or learn under normal conditions without extreme structural modification of Reiatsu pathways.
As for Ren…
Why even compare?
Urahara was also stunned by Ren.
He had thought he was already overestimating Ren, but it seemed he had still underestimated him.
The power of Ren’s self-created Reiatsu Rasengan could rival mid-to-high-level Hadō, such as Hadō #33 to #63 depending on compression stability.
And clearly, the Reiatsu Rasengan’s ceiling was still far off.
Imagine if Ren’s Reiatsu rank reached 3 or above.
How terrifying would this Reiatsu Rasengan become?
With that thought, Urahara’s mind began to race.
If the Reiatsu Rasengan had this much power, then the other techniques Ren had created, the Reiatsu sword and Susanoo, were probably not as simple as they appeared either.
Maybe he could learn them, and catch Aizen off guard one day…
As Urahara daydreamed, the golden Reiatsu Rasengan shot silently toward the Menos Grande.
The next moment…
BOOOOOOM!!!
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