User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 567 (Rukia be like "I ain't even scared though")/@comment-8669536-20140205110610/@comment-1268838-20140205152921

I don't think As is quite down for the count yet... at the very least, we know he's not dead. And if what Rukia said holds true, she may not be able to keep the most extreme version of this technique in effect for too much longer.