LEFTARM OF THE DEVIL

With the demonic half of his Fullbring now bared on his left arm, Sado catches Gantenbainne's combined Rugir del Dragón bare-handed and lets it scatter around him. As the Arrancar rushes in with an energy-charged uppercut, Sado parries using his right arm and drives his crackling left fist forward in La Muerte, a blow so heavy it shatters the released Dragra and brands a grinning skull into the wall behind his opponent. Gantenbainne is flung, barely conscious, onto the open sands.

Kneeling beside him, Sado credits the ferocity of that fight for unlocking his power, thanks his foe, and vows to spare him. Rising, he is unsettled to find a bright blue sky overhead where Hueco Mundo should hold only endless night beneath a motionless moon. Gantenbainne's warning comes too late: Nnoitra Gilga looms between them, his huge blade slung over one shoulder. Determined not to wait on so obvious a threat, Sado throws everything into a single left-handed strike, yet Nnoitra stands untouched, sneers at the effort, and turns on him.

Sado finishes Gantenbainne Mosqueda with La Muerte, destroying the Arrancar's Resurrección while choosing to let him live. He notices the artificial sky Aizen has raised inside the dome of Las Noches just before Nnoitra Gilga arrives. Sado's strongest blow leaves the new opponent completely unharmed, and Nnoitra begins his own assault.

LEFTARM OF THE DEVIL, the 261st chapter, opens volume 30, THERE IS NO HEART WITHOUT YOU, which carries Kaien Shiba on its cover. Viz Media published it under the title LEFT ARM OF THE DEMON. The scene continues the Hueco Mundo arc and was adapted in episode 158, Right Arm of the Giant, Left Arm of the Devil.