Rukia vs As Nodt Fight !!! Bleach

Äs Nödt manifests his Reishi thorns and attacks Rukia. She evades the initial attack and, seeing something is spreading from where the thorns make contact, wonders if the substance coming from the thorns is the fear she has heard about. As one of the thorns rapidly approaches her, Rukia releases Sode no Shirayuki and forms an ice shield to block the attack, but the substance comes through and strikes her. Äs states fear cannot be stopped by ice and laughs menacingly before saying Rukia cannot move because she has been infected by fear. Unaffected by Äs's power, Rukia calmly asks him if this is fear and wonders what Äs fears before asking him if he is afraid of meeting someone whom his ability does not work on. Äs says fear cannot be ineffective, prompting Rukia to state he should attack her again to see if this is correct. As Rukia holds out her sword and tells him to fear the true Sode no Shirayuki, Äs launches his thorns at Rukia again and mocks her about running away from them earlier. Rukia blocks the thorns, which are frozen by her very touch, and reveals she had to run away before so her body could adapt to her Shikai's true power. Äs claims freezing his weapon will not help because the fear enters through initial contact rather than wounds before claiming Rukia will always feel fear as long as she is alive. This is footage Happy Watching