The scene when from bad to worse fairly quickly. Giovanni continued to fight cautiously among the fellow fighters. There was no reprieve when the Menos fell, as if it was meant to be a second wave of hollow poured out of the sky. With all the ‘allies’ on the ground the sky was clear to blast large Kido, He wasn’t the only one with that idea either. a large volley of Kido erupted into the sky in an attempt to stave off the swarm of hollows. Giovanni fired off several Raikoho’s before his senses picked up movement. What ever was hiding around here was moving, so gio sought out the strongest spiritual pressure in the group he was fighting alongside and shunpoed in that direction. As he arrived he sensed a spike in the mysterious energy, which usually meant a cero but it also made it easier to pin point where it was coming from. The man also sensed it but was already engaged in battle so he was un able to react. “Bakudo 73, Tozansho. x3” Gio multi-casted the bakudo, trapping the man in three layered protective barrier in the shape of an upside down triangle. Almost instantly he was inveloped by a Cero from beneath that completely obliterated the hollow the man was fighting but when the blast cleared one barrier remained, roughly eroded but the man inside was unharmed.
“BELOW!” The man shouted, informing his men that the enemy was subterranean. Gio watched as several of the men and women, instantly used their earth type zanpakutoto cause a fissure to form in the ground. Gio would have kept watching but he had more hollows to kill. All those low flights through the forest were paying off. Ever since he learned to fly the real way he made sure he could fly well. It offered a edge in combat when his areal reflexes were as honed as his sword reflexes. It allowed him to use his inhale ability while attacking at the same time to cover up the fact that he was actually charging up for an attack. Unfortunately being airborne made him a target for the aerial hollows. Thankfully he had no qualms about engaging them. With Sorareo-O in his hand and the wind carrying him through the skies Giovanni cain had little to no worries. He was even using some of his hakuda skills in mid air. With a dropping axe kick he descended to the grounded landing right on a hollow about to take out a fighter. There was no time for thank you’s the woman simply turned around and saved Gio’s ass in return. And just like that they separated into the fray, Gio flipped over a hollow, and cleaved another in two before bifurcating the first with a spinning slice. He ducked another hollow, and rose into a spinning high kick that send it flying. He pointed his sword toward the flying hollow and wordlessly fired off a Hado 4, Byakurai from the tip of the blade, killing the beast. He turned around and caught a fist with his bare hand only to move it out the way so he could quickly stab the hollow it was attacked too about 12 times in the face.
When he looked up again the man in charge was fighting a small hollow. Well, small isn’t the best word to describe it. compact works better. The thing was sporting the spiritual pressure of a menos and tossing people around like rag dolls. Giovanni could tell he had no place in that battle, so he continued with the hollows, blasting them out of creation in a myriad of ways. Until the commander of the Sect came crashing down beside him. He was live, clearly it would take him a moment to get back up but it but Gio in the cross fire, Literally. The insanely strong hollow was already charging a Cero and prepping it for firing. Gio stepped between the two and held out his hands. “Bakudo 81 Danku” the thin but sturdy barrier was erected immediately, Giving Gio enough time to make sure he was directly in front of the Sect commander. “Bakudo 32 Tozashin. Times 5” a five layered barrier formed around Giovanni firmly a second before the Cero broke through his Danku. This cero was stronger than the last one, Gio had anticipated that, but he underestimated how much stronger. When his 4th barrier shattered he was forced to waste his Inhale charge on a lightning barrier and even that didn’t defend him completely. When the blast cleared the commander was unharmed, but Giovanni was standing in front of him, shirt torn and body wounded by the blast, he held his sword up defensively “with all due respect sir….fuck him up.” He said as he dropped to a knee.
“it will be my genuine pleasure. “ the commander replied while placing a hand on Gio’s shoulder before he shunpoed back into his battle. Another person came over to Gio and started healing him with something similar to kaido. It was clearly modified for Combat situations but Gio of course was not complaining. It only took a couple minutes for gio to be able to go back into the fight, he had to take it easy on kido but his body was fixed up enough to fight physically.