User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 542 - THE BLADE IS ME/@comment-11051098-20130619142823

I agree, a good chapter, and a nice power display. I didn't understand what happened until Nimaiya said the sea dried up. But "real world"? Isn't this taking place in a lower level of Nimaiya's palace? Or did I miss something?

Anyway, it will be interesting to see more, to find out how Ichigo's new Zanpakutô works, and what Yhwach has to tell the Stern Ritter.

Will-O-Wisp:

I can't remember Ichigo killing any Stern Ritter, but the unnamed Stern Ritter with the mohawk that ambushed Yamamoto alongside NaNaNa Najakoop and Äs Nödt, apparently survived. As for the 2 named ones, it seems they died. So that gives Kenpachi 3 kills and Yamamoto 3 kills, at least.