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Bleach: The Two Gods of One Family

Chapter 180 180: The title of Soul Society’s strongest in Kidō had changed hands

Author: Ren_Saga
updatedAt: 2025-08-29

Boom.

At the moment he was stared down by all five dragons, Tsukabishi Tomioka's body trembled.

Before the dragons could even arrive, he had already raised his right hand high, pointing straight at the five Reiatsu golden dragons entrenched atop the sky.

"Five-Elemental Seal."

Wind, fire, thunder, water, earth.

Five massive Reiatsu chains rose into the sky. Each one coiled with terrifying elemental force. Three of them locked directly onto the throats of the dragons.

The wind howled.

The fire burned.

Thunder rumbled.

Water surged.

The earth pressed down like a mountain.

The five-elemental Reiatsu chains released wild, overwhelming, and razor-sharp force, intending to bind or even crush the dragons. But no matter how hard they pressed, they could only weaken them, never destroy them.

Crack—

The suppression and attack of the elemental chains seemed to provoke the fury of the dragons and ignite their primordial rage.

Each of the five golden dragons twisted their bodies, shaking the atmosphere, tearing the skies apart. One after another, the chains snapped with deafening force.

After breaking free from their binds—

The five dragons that had already fixed their gazes on Tsukabishi Tomioka swooped down in unison. Where they passed, the air itself parted, forming five gaping tunnels as wide as rivers.

"Shijū no Saimon."

"Bakudō #81: Dankū."

"Bakudō #99: Bankin."

Tsukabishi Tomioka drew in a sharp breath. In the face of the overwhelming pressure from the dragons, on the edge of life and death, he pushed his mastery of Kidō to its very limits.

Barriers and seals flowed seamlessly from his hands.

Some were ancient techniques. Some were high-level forbidden arts.

However—

The Four Beasts Barrier, formed of a Dragon, Tiger, Turtle and Pheonix, was crushed before it could fully take shape. One swing of a dragon's tail reduced the four beasts to nothing.

Splitting Void's layered walls shattered on contact, like a mantis trying to stop a carriage.

Even the towering Bankin— meant to bind even captains— was like a boulder hurled into a tsunami, instantly crushed by one dragon's headbutt.

Barrier after barrier.

Kidō after Kidō.

Tomioka unleashed everything he had.

But all of it only served as a tragic display for the Shinigami witnessing the scene: what it truly meant to defy a god with mortal hands.

"Hahaha..."

Kidō failed him.

Nothing could stop the advance of the five dragons.

Faced with their roaring descent, Tsukabishi Tomioka abruptly let go of his stance, hands falling to his sides. He tilted his head slightly and smiled. Then he turned to look at Aiyan, far in the distance—

"Aiyan Sōsuke..."

"I admit it. I'm no match for you."

The moment the words fell—

The five dragons collided, vying to be the first to strike.

In a blinding flash of golden light, Tsukabishi Tomioka was engulfed instantly. A towering column of Reiatsu burst from the earth, splitting the sky, sending cyclones of clouds spinning upward, turning the land below into a giant whirlpool of shattered earth.

Dust billowed up, curling like a massive serpent around the pillar of divine light.

Looking at the place where Tsukabishi Tomioka had just been—

Looking at the heaven-piercing Reiatsu pillar that now stood—

All the Shinigami's gazes involuntarily shifted back to the figure who had summoned those five dragons, twisted the skies, crushed the earth, and upended the battlefield with a single hand.

Everyone knew.

The one standing at the end of Kidō—

Had changed.

The title of Soul Society's strongest in Kidō had changed hands.

Just like back in the Shin'ō Academy, where a single duel in the sword hall between Aiyan and Shinji had caused the name of kendo's strongest to shift silently—

Now, it was Kidō's turn.

"Aiyan Sōsuke..."

"Has he reached the very pinnacle of Soul Society's Kidō?"

Even Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni couldn't help but murmur to himself.

It sounded like a question.

But in truth, he already knew the answer.

In the Soul Society—

Who stood atop the peak of Kidō?

Perhaps that question had always been ambiguous.

But now— after this battle— it was clear.

Whether it was the anti-Kidō clash that dissolved the fully chanted Senju Kōten Taihō into reishi dust in an instant—

Or the chantless Goryūtenmetsu that shattered mountains and sundered sky with a single command—

They all made one truth undeniable:

Aiyan now reigned as the king of Kidō.

Even the strongest Shinigami in a millennium, Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, dared only compare with Reiatsu— but not with Kidō itself.

Hearing the head captain's murmur, Kyoraku Shunsui, Jūshirō Ukitake, and even the first attacker Muguruma Kensei, all fell silent.

They didn't object.

They accepted it.

[Your Kidō is extremely talented. You have now unlocked the self-created Forbidden Kidō · Susanoo.]

[Since you've inherited the title of Soul Society's strongest Kidō master, it's time you had a technique worthy of that crown. The Kidō Forbidden Technique · Susanoo—has now been gifted to you.]

Feeling the new spell awaken within him, perfectly understood without instruction, a subtle smile flashed beneath Aiyan's glasses.

There were very few Kidō techniques with both offensive and defensive power. Among the known examples:

Chibaku Tensei was pure sealing.

Sensory Trace was for tracking and detection.

And among them, only the Golden Light Spell balanced attack and defense.

But even that spell's true purpose was spiritual cultivation and Reiatsu amplification—combat was just a byproduct.

Yet even as a side effect—

Its offense and defense were equivalent to a fully chanted Hadō #90.

Normally, once a Shinigami—or even a Gotei Captain—reached a certain stage, their Reiatsu would Bottleneck. Progress would stall for hundreds of years.

But Aiyan was different.

His innate talent and explosive growth rate, coupled with the Golden Light Spell's amplifying nature, allowed him—within just one year of holding a Zanpakutō—to develop Reiatsu equivalent to fifty years of mastery.

And now.

With the arrival of a new Forbidden Technique—

Susanoo, a Kidō dedicated solely to absolute attack and impregnable defense.

No amplification, no perception. Just destruction and invincibility.

This made him even more eager to see it in action.

"I'll say it only once."

"Put down Hikifune Kirio and Shutara Senjumaru."

"Return to your posts."

Having just accepted the gift of his own self-created Susanoo, Aiyan was in an exceptionally good mood.

He didn't bother worrying if Tsukabishi's body had been destroyed or if he was even alive.

Instead, sword in hand, he calmly walked toward Ōtoribashi Rōjūrō, Muguruma Kensei, and the rest:

"I can pretend none of this ever happened."

He didn't use Shunpo. He didn't flash-step or move at light speed.

He simply walked.

One slow, deliberate step at a time.

But with each step, it was as though he tread directly on the hearts of the future Visoreds.

Making it harder and harder to breathe.

"Lisa, Hiyori, Mashiro—get out. Don't look back."

Muguruma Kensei's expression shifted. For a moment, it seemed like he was swayed.

But remembering Tsukabishi Tomioka's words—

He couldn't allow Hikifune Kirio or Shutara Senjumaru's lives to be gambled on another man's whim.

The flicker of hesitation vanished.

His resolve solidified.

"Bankai · Tekken Tachikaze!"

With the roar of a hurricane, he stood tall.

A blade in each hand. Twin weapons crackling with power.

Rail-tracks wrapped his arms and spine like coils, his back armored.

More importantly—his Reiatsu soared.

"Bankai · Kinshara Butōdan!"

Ōtoribashi Rōjūrō made the same choice.

He raised his baton. Golden dancers appeared around him, spinning with grace—and menace.

"Bankai · Bakuren Jin Tengumaru!"

Not to be outdone, Love Aikawa finally revealed his long-hidden Bankai.

His giant cactus-mace vanished.

In its place, flames erupted over his entire body. He burned like a scaled-down Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni.

With their Bankai unleashed—

The three moved as one.

Shunpo flashed.

They encircled Aiyan in a pincer formation.

And before even making a move—

Three overwhelming waves of Reiatsu surged toward him, roaring like a tidal wave.

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