Another of those inhuman growls left the Vizard as the twin cero blasts left his hands and lanced towards the Shinigami. The blasts proved to be a bit less destructive than he would have hoped, though he had to conserve some of his reiatsu. Though his Vizard state did allow him much more than a standard Shinigami, he had also been using much more reiatsu for each attack than a standard Shinigami would have. By his estimate, he had used close to one-half of his original reiatsu before donning his Vizard mask. With the boost granted by that mask, he calculated that he had close to three-quarters his original amount. It was a rough guess, but not that far off. He had to conserve energy, though. That was a must.
A laugh tore itself from his chest, which was quite uncharacteristic of the normally cool and collected Shuyin, making him shake his braided head. His hollow, while dominated, did enjoy making itself known, sometimes sending him into a berserker rage. He forcibly restrained the insane side of himself once more, his inner hollow a mirror image of himself. He did not need the thing sending him into a rage now, though if pressed, he may just tap into that well of limitless rage. Reiryoku may have been in limited supply, yet his inner hollow’s rage at the world in general had no limits.
The bakudou he had used, while powerful, did not drain reiryoku from his reserves as a hadou did. Hadou spells were, by design, a greater drain on reiryoku than bakudou spells, for hadou spells were destructive by nature and therefore required more energy. A bakudou like Danku took a bit, true, yet it was still less than even that of a thirtieth level hadou. The reason for the bakudou’s high number did not always constitute to the energy required, but also the complexity.
The rain pounded down upon his head as he stood witness to the shunting of his cero to each side, his feet planted firmly upon the spirit particles beneath them. He would not be caught with his pants down, so to speak, however. Even as his opponent lifted his hands to use his weapons to block out his own twin ceros, his right hand dropped to the zanpakutou at his side. With a quick motion of his hand, he yanked it from the confines of his belt, holding the walking stick in his right hand.
Drawing the sword out iaido-style, he swung through an invisible opponent even as the cero impacted with the second sword of his opponent. He drew the sword back, though not with blade towards sheath…instead, the hilt impacted with the sheath of his zanpakutou. He had developed an affinity with his zanpakutou over the years and thus did not require a release command audibly anymore. As the hilt slammed into the sheath, a flash of light enveloped the Vizard for a split second.
He paid no mind to the blocking of his cero or their destruction of much of the ground below, the two craters joining to form a single, oblong fifty-meter wide crater. In his right hand now rested a shakujo, the single golden ring at the top that possessed the smaller rings accentuated by two points reminiscent of horns on the right and left sides of the top. Those blackened eyes tracked his opponent even with the use of Shunpo, for, being a master of it himself, he could follow his opponents. His head did not turn to follow, merely tracing upwards with his pupils dilating as a result of the darkening of the sky by the rain clouds. He knew when his opponent paused above him…that was inevitable when rain stopped falling upon his form, blocked out by his foe’s body.
With the proximity of his foe to his body and the sword’s path clear, Shuyin was left with little time to truly react. His steps proved automatic, for once listening to his inner hollow as he danced a half-step to the left and a half-turn to be facing towards the foe above. His left hand rose, slapping the flat of Kizyora’s blade and tracing his fingers quickly up the blunt back portion of it. His fingers then curled around the guard that separated the hilt and blade from each other, fingers brushing the Shinigami’s. With the way he had locked his hand, it would prove nigh impossible to turn the blade and cut his hand, for even if the entire sword was turned, his hand would merely rotate with the guard and his body would likely follow if he deemed it necessary. As it were, the blade descended past his shoulder, the blunt back of the blade passing within an inch of his flesh.
He snorted somewhat at his foe’s words, not even dignifying them with an answer aside from his next actions. With his grip on Viant as it were, he rotated his right hand so that the golden hoop and its horn-like protrusions faced towards his opponent. With a quick grunt, he jabbed upwards with the shakujo, the twin horns atop it intent for his foe’s eye sockets. Should they impact as such, the force would likely gouge out each orb and leave the male quite blind. To add a bit of force behind the blow, he gave a quick tug with his left arm, pulling himself up just slightly. The fight had gone from exchanged blasts from afar to an up-close brawl, it seemed.