User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 554 - Desperate Lights/@comment-5695542-20131024123543/@comment-11051098-20131024161539

4 ice lotuses, was that in the manga or the anime? I don't recall seeing 4, I only noticed 3 in the anime when he fought Shawlong.

Either way, he was injured by Bazz-B before he got his Bankai back, and ice covered his wounds while he fought Cang. He was in a weakened state this time too, maybe the ice lotuses still appear when he's in Bankai in a weakened state.