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The message was already sent meaning the beast that found himself lurking beneath the surface was far too late to the party to even be of relevance. However if it felt so inclined to burst onto the scene Hibiki was going to be more than happy to oblige as he hadn’t truly gotten his fill either way. He knew there were far more pressing matters occurring on the surface. Rumblings of a battle forged in hellfire soon to come as the stench of hell seeped out from the gate mentioned in his message. Just as the same as his message was delivered came the bursting forth of the beast that dwells below. Yet it was clear that Hibiki in his haste was well aware of its approach regardless of how it hoped to hide itself. This wasn’t from his innate ability as a shinigami to sensing on the most basic level, but the fact that the beast stopped to greet its departing compatriots. His lips grew into an almost chaotic grin, toothy almost cartoonish by design as the sand below became disturbed and Hibiki’s form went straight in the air. One last momentary slip into his delusion with his zanpakuto spirit right there next to him almost tangible. Its form bestial garbed in the flesh of a beast as if a caveman. Hibiki’s body leaping into the air as if propelled by a spring board with haste to boot meaning this beast was in for quite the rude awakening upon its arrival. Nothing about its arrival was subtle let alone its departure, the result? Hibiki, still on the move yet alert with the message already delivered. Had things gone frame by frame one could find underneath that boar head Hibiki uttering the same words his zanpakuto spirit soon came to utter in his ear.
”Feast Inoshihi…”
”Feast Inoshihi…”
The beast jaw would’ve snapped upward and no sooner found itself clamping down upon Hibiki. However the end result was going to be far more devastating than the beast hoped for. Its massive maw coming for a snack would’ve been met with Hibiki being perfectly nestled within. However not in the sense that he would end up defenseless, but instead standing nearly upright. Had one taken a close look during the frame by frame moment they would find that Hibiki’s zanpakuto was no longer a single object but two. This beast was going to have neither the bite force or the strength to merely devour Hibiki and as a result was going to likely end up paying the price. Its maw would come down only to be met with abrupt and brutal riposte, Kagamibiraki. However this was a slightly altered form of the technique as a whole as Hibiki was the very embodiment of strength, speed, and Hakuda as a whole. One of the things that made him stand out however was the level footwork he possessed when he slipped into his delusion as the best boxer in the seireitei. His feet slammed down into the lower jaw of the beast while his fist slammed into the upper section of the jaw, while his legs rushed downward with the help of his skill in shunpo. This would result in the beast being met with the unadulterated well of strength that resided within Hibiki’s legs as a boxer. His legs was easily one of the most physically capable portions along with his upper body. They received the most training right alongside his fist. They were sides of the same coin working hand in hand to create a deadly weapon.
One might find themselves asking what made this technique more devastating than the normal technique and it was the fact that what made contact first was Hibiki’s shikai. The blade formerly known as Eikou had revealed its true name to its master as they functioned in unison in these moments. They had come to better terms with one another in their brief time in hueco mundo which resulted in the eye opening confrontation of using one's weapon as an extension of themselves. While Hibiki and Eikou functioned well together prior to this trip to Hueco Mundo they had grown closer. Hibiki’s delusion was fading and becoming something far more primal as a result this was the evolution of Hibiki. His weapon no longer merely a pair of brass knuckles, but instead a pair of trench knives seemingly clad in bandages like his blade before. The knuckles themselves raised and the blade of the weapons jagged like stones at the bottom of a rushing waterfall. His weapon could in turn be found lodged knuckle first into the roof of this beast mouth just the same as his feet would be slamming into its jaw. If Hibiki had anything to say about it this was beyond the most optimal situation. A near perfect counter blow had his opponent not been capable of retracting their attempt at devouring Hibiki whole they would find so much more lying in wait for them. In fact in the event the beast tried to resist Hibiki would release a pulse of his own serrated reiatsu right down the beast throat expanding outward from his form with haste. It was merely going to be a test of brute strength and skill, the latter of which the beast clearly lacked given its poorly timed attack.