Shane watched impassively as the man entered his Bankai, avoiding his swords and yet managing to get hit by several of the arrows he'd let loose. Lifting an eyebrow as his opponent created a large amount of smoke, seemingly waiting inside for who knows what, the Quincy took stock of his situation. Shinigami Lieutenant with Bankai? Check. Lots of rather hot smoke? Check. Injuries to his opponent, Check. Strategy?
Check.
Smirking, the Norwegian began to let loose a massive amount of reiatsu, armor forming around his left arm with a rough wing extending from the pauldron. His power would seem to inflate, then turn even more dense, increasing in size even further as he used one of the simplest, most devastating abilities known to Quincy to advance his Letz Stil to another level. Sklaverei, the ability to enslave the surrounding Reishi, drawing it in and massively boosting one's reserves. On top of all of this, blue energy began to run underneath Shane's skin along his veins, his skill with Blut Arterie showing itself. A dozen more swords appeared at his sides, all held aloft by his Reishi threads as he decided to stop playing around.
Bringing his Zanpakuto-strength sword and the now-three Seele Schneider-variants around to augment his defense, the other twelve swords fanned out evenly, surrounding the foggy area and attempting to make a cage, each one able to react quickly to anything in their area. Holding out his hand, Shane began to form a more solid version of a Quincy arrow, packed with enough energy to blow the entire smoke-covered area to Kingdom Come. Knocking it and drawing it back, he aimed towards the middle and let go, relishing in the explosion the arrow caused.
So what if it didn't stop, and lanced through the skyscraper that Sumoki was still standing on, the one behind it, and the next? It was still awesome.
- Abilities Used:
Ability Name: Improved Reishi Blades
Ability Description: Shane is now capable of forming various swords and daggers out of the reishi he collects at a greater rate. One of them may be Zanpakuto-strength, up to three of them may act as a Seele Schneider (up to ten per thread, shared with the original ability), and the rest are as strong as tool steel. There are now a maximum of fifteen blades at any given time, and each of them are able to be controlled using Ransotengai or fired at Bala-level speed from his bow.
Ability Name: Sklaverei
Ability Description: This technique uses the most basic ability to gather Reishi in the most powerful way: by enslaving it. It can literally tear away the components that make up spiritual objects, such as those that make up Hueco Mundo and Soul Society. While active, the user gains x2 to Reishi Absorption (Reiryoku). This ability is much like a Vizard's mask, being active for 8 posts before a 3 post cooldown.
Charged Spirit Arrow: A quincy is capable of charging up a much more powerful arrow when they enter Letzt Stil. The charged arrow appears noticeably more solid than the standard bolts of Reishi. A charged arrow has enough power to severely injure a combatant of the same tier. This attack is activated, and is equal to an arrancar’s gran rey cero in power and has a 3 post cooldown.
Immense Spiritual Power: After the Letzt Stil is released, the Quincy is engulfed in a tremendous and powerful blue aura, which is actually their Reiatsu being released. Mayuri was shocked at how Uryū's Reiatsu "inflated". Theoretically, the aura can be any color, depending on the character.
Hirenkyaku Augmentation: A practitioner's Hirenkyaku is much faster, allowing Uryū to get a shot on Mayuri with relative ease. Using Hirenkyaku in conjunction with their augmented arrows, a Quincy in Letzt Stil becomes a deadly opponent to all but the most powerful combatants, for they are now at least stronger than a captain.
Ransōtengai: This is a high level technique that allows the user to control their body parts using strings of spirit energy controlled by their brain, forming lines or strings out of countless spiritrons. By using this technique, the user can control their body as one would a puppet, allowing them to move freely despite paralysis, broken limbs, or any other force that would impede normal movement. It was originally created to allow elderly Quincy to fight effectively, and is rare enough that Mayuri had never encountered a Quincy (out of the 2661 that he examined or studied) who could use it before Uryū.
Dislocated joints and broken bones are meaningless against this technique. Mayuri stated it as "the most powerful technique for the Quincy," but he did not know of the Quincy Final Form, which means as far as Mayuri knew it was the strongest.
Blut Arterie: This doubles the power of normal arrows for a Quincy at a reduced fire rate. The fire rate is reduced by half. Be warned, both Bluts have a 7 post duration with a 3 post cooldown. Also note that one or the other can be learned by a single quincy, not both. Also note they cannot be used in fatigue state.
Using every sword possible.
Boosts: x3 All, x5 Reiryoku/Reishi Absorption