The ultimate explosion and the ultimate slash clashed at this moment.
This was the final blow released at the last moment by two strong men who surpassed the Spiritual King.
They all tried their best for this. The unprecedented power shook the laws of the universe. The infinite power stirred up endless energy turbulence. The space fell like a broken mirror. Finally, they entered the deep world. In nothingness.
This is the world after the space is broken. There is no matter, time, space and energy. There is only the most basic "nothing" here. And this nothingness was broken by two people at this moment, because the two "haves" It appeared, but was quickly assimilated, and new matter, time, space and energy were reborn.
However, during this process, there was also a kind of annihilation that crazily eroded the bodies of Ichigo and Luke. Ichigo's body was covered with scars, bursting flames, cutting winds, paralysis with thunder, freezing ice, and light. and darkness stand side by side at this moment, releasing different powers.
There was a significant knife mark on Luke's body, and huge spiritual pressure was attached to the mark. Their mutual strength and the emptiness destroyed their bodies together.
"..."
Ichigo wanted to say something, but he couldn't say a word at this time, because all kinds of forces were eroding his body and destroying his soul crazily. He only felt that his soul was being tortured. What tearing.
In the dark, he seemed to have come to a higher world. He seemed to have seen a stone tablet, a stone tablet recording the ultimate destiny of the universe. That was...
Genesis Prophecy!
'Sacrifice is sacred, but we cannot bring about each other's destruction'
'All trials are to forge the soul. Only the sharpened edge can pierce our heart and return our soul to the great will'
These two lines of text are the core of the Genesis prophecy. However, at this moment, a huge force seems to have directly broken all limitations of time and space. The power of light and darkness is blasting towards this colorful light. These two lines of text are crumbling?!
Kurosaki Ichigo's pupils suddenly shrank!
He knew that Luke would never be able to kill him, because an apostle could not kill an apostle. However, at this moment, Luke's power seemed to break the iron rule between the apostles!
That overwhelming power was tearing apart his soul, the power that could truly kill him!
Why? Why is Luke able to do this?
Of course it's because he's strong!
Strong, and how strong is it?
The two of them have now far surpassed the conventional apostles. Perhaps the power that originally bound that realm cannot restrain them well, or perhaps Luke is already powerful enough to break the Genesis prophecy?
Is it really...possible to break the Genesis prophecies head-on?
Ichigo looked at the stone slab emitting colorful light in this colorful world, and felt a little dazed for a moment.
No, there is actually another reason.
At this moment, Ichigo seemed to deeply understand Luke's power.
Originally, apostles were unable to kill apostles, which had nothing to do with any strength. Even the strongest apostle, Kahn, could not kill the weakest apostle because they were one!
The power of the apostle comes directly from God Terra, and God Terra is originally one with the Darkness of the Beginning, so how can the Darkness of the Beginning destroy the Darkness of the Beginning?
They are the same person!
However, Ichigo sensed a hint of power in Luke's power that was different from the Darkness of the Beginning.
He was very familiar with this power. He was familiar with it from two people, one was Yhwach and the other was Rosh.
Only then did he suddenly think of a question.
The Apostles possess such powerful power because they were reincarnated from the god Terra, so...
Where's Rosh?
He seemed to have been ignoring the leader of the cosmic demons. Although he was devoured by Luke, no one could deny that he possessed power comparable to that of the apostles, and even among the apostles, he was not a weakling.
Moreover, when Held was dealing with Luke before, he also found the realm of nothingness in another dimension, where he stole the power of another Rosh to make the power in Luke's body chaotic.
This means that Rosh has the power of an apostle without absorbing other dimensions to make himself unique. Isn't this very special?
Like others, even Uncle Stark, after devouring so many things, still has to accommodate Kenpachi Ukitake Xilan's other self in order to reach the level of Roshi. This is almost reaching their limit.
So why does Rosh?
Why does Rosh's power give him a sense of familiarity with Yhwach?
"Roshi...is the negative side of the light of the beginning."
Luke's voice suddenly entered Ichigo's mind.
"Light and darkness cannot be completely separated. The most good things still have evil, and the most evil things also have a trace of pure goodness. The light of the beginning splits the evil in one's heart, and that is Rosh."
Ichigo was slightly stunned. No wonder Luke had the ability to impact the Genesis prophecy. It turned out that he had swallowed some kind of power that represented the light of the beginning. The light and darkness of the beginning merged in his body, improving his essence and bringing him close to his original greatness.
will.
It’s no wonder…
At this moment, he is relying on this essence to break the rule that "apostles cannot kill apostles"!
But, how can Ichigo be a weakling?!
boom!
His body burst into glory, and a lily of glory bloomed in the depths of his soul. The originally torn soul stabilized again at this moment, but the intense pain did not disappear.
He endured the pain, broke away from the colorful light world of Genesis, and looked at Luke in front of him.
He had been in the colorful light for a long time, but in reality, not even a tenth of a second had passed. He looked at Luke, and the apostle of light and darkness didn't feel well either.
A huge wound and ravine appeared on his body, and the absolute destruction was killing his life.
Compared to Luke who needs to break the Genesis prophecy to kill Ichigo, Ichigo himself will not be hindered by this rule because he is a trial blade. Not only will he not be hindered in killing the apostle, but he will also get an increase!
However, it can be seen from this that Luke is now stronger than Ichigo, because even under these conditions, both of them are in a lose-lose situation.
Who can survive and who will fall?
Ichigo gritted his teeth, and Luke also wanted to survive desperately.
And at the end, Luke suddenly spoke.
"Kurosaki Ichigo...you win."
He is dead because the Genesis prophecy wants him to die here, so now it is equivalent to Kurosaki Ichigo attacking him together with the Genesis prophecy.
Obviously, he could barely gain the upper hand against Kurosaki Ichigo, but when faced with the superposition of the two powers, he had failed.
Kurosaki Ichigo looked at Luke and said nothing.
"Bakar is right. I did give you a trial to make you stronger. I pride myself on being the smartest apostle under Held, but I didn't expect that I would be worse than the one who was defeated by me thousands of years ago.
A tyrannosaurus that you don’t look down on.”
Luke said mockingly, "He saw through Hayid's identity thousands of years ago, but he used it to pave the way for you, and now he and you have succeeded."
"maybe……"
Ichigo said noncommittally, "Uncle Bakar, he is actually a very thoughtful person, right?"
Known as the Tyrannosaurus King, his style also sweeps away everything with strength, but so far Bakar has shown extremely delicate thinking and layout ability, and his level may only be comparable to that of Held.
To be honest, no matter what Bakar did to the Three Realms, no matter what Bakar did to him, at least now Ichigo actually admires him in his heart.
"Actually, I still don't think you can defeat Kahn." Luke looked at Ichigo and said, "That is an existence in a completely different dimension than us. When you really see Kahn, you may understand
What is despair?"
Without waiting for Ichigo to speak, he continued, "But I don't want to lose to that guy Held, so no matter how much she laughs at my overestimation, I will at least make it a little more difficult for her to complete her plan."
"?"
Ichigo was about to ask, but the next moment a huge power was released from Luke.
That is……
Kurosaki Ichigo narrowed his eyes slightly. At this moment, his body was rapidly recovering from the previous trauma. After Luke's failure, the power of light and darkness in his body had begun to dissipate.
At this time, he looked at the power released from Luke.
That is……
A strange phenomenon that occurs when every apostle dies.
The death of the apostle will lead to the emergence of "transfer". Since Bakar's death, the phenomenon of transfer has become more and more intense in the universe, and at the same time of death, extremely huge power will spill out.
The most obvious thing is the death of Lotus at that time. His overflowing power directly filled Aizen's Bengyoku and completely awakened it.
And now, the power released by Luke has triggered the strongest transfer phenomenon.
In an instant, three golden gem-like substances appeared.
There was an unusually huge power shining in these three substances, and Ichigo couldn't help but ask, "What is this?"
"I gathered all the technology in my hometown of Hyperion and the 'embryo' created by the demonic power after devouring Rosh."
Luke said lightly, "As long as the 'Apostle Power' generated when I die is contained, they can be completely completed. By then, the three of them will have produced two forces, which will be absorbed by you and Keyatei Stark respectively."
in vivo."
He said with his last strength, Kurosaki Ichigo looked at him, and Luke's image became different again.
he……
Not that stubborn?
This thing requires his death to be completed, so does that mean that he has actually been prepared to die to break the prophecy?
"Thanks."
Ichigo said
Luke didn't reply, because at this moment he could no longer hold on to the injuries in his body. Death was quickly approaching. With a bang, he turned into countless brilliance. An equal amount of darkness floated out from the brilliance, and the two forces merged at the same time.
Arriving at the three golden 'jewels'.
In fact, it would be incorrect to say that they are all gemstones. At least one of them is a pair of earrings.
At this moment, a set of earrings appeared on Ichigo's ears, and the two gems slowly merged into his Zanpakutō.
Then he understood what it was.
The crown is not a crown, the dark ritual, and the origin of the throne. This is the most powerful artifact created by Luke. It is a powerful piece of equipment that combines the mechanical technology of Hyperion and the power of the cosmic demon.
Now these three powers are connected with each other, forming two abilities. One ability is "Hyperon's Dark Honor", and the other ability is "Hyperon's Holy Light Honor".
The Dark Honor remained in Ichigo's body, while the Holy Light Honor left his body and entered the body of Stark who fell in the Silent City.
Luke disappeared, but didn't seem to disappear.
Because this power is equivalent to Luke's continuation, Ichigo looked ahead, and there was only a kind of silence left in the empty world.
Luke's strength had dissipated, and his remaining body had no support left, so he fell helplessly as early as that moment.
He turned his head again and saw the twisted demon world, where was the end of the world and their ultimate goal.
From birth to now, all his battles have been for that last moment.
His body arrived in the Silent City in an instant, and at this time he arrived even earlier than Luke's body.
"Zhan... Zhanyue?"
Becky looked at the sudden appearance of Kurosaki Ichigo and said with some fear.
Ichigo looked at Becky and said softly, "Sorry, I am not the Zangetsu you know. He is unconscious now. I am..."
He was about to say his name, but Luke's body fell.
With a roar, the huge body fell heavily in front of Ichigo and behind Becky.
Becky's pupils shrank instantly. She turned around and saw Luke falling behind her...
Ichigo stopped talking and didn't continue to say his name.
What is Luke's mentality towards Becky?
He said he didn't care, but at the final moment of the decisive battle, his mentality fluctuated because of Becky.
Although he said he cared about it, he ignored it for hundreds of years and even allowed the creation of a large number of clones.
"Luke...Grandpa?"
Becky's voice was mixed with a bit of disbelief, and the next moment all the disbelief turned into howling. She quickly rushed over and cried Luke's name loudly.
The entire Silent City was filled with her cries. Ichigo watched her cry without saying a word.
Desolation, desolation and silence, an atmosphere that should not belong to this mechanical country replaced the cold world of the past.
However, no matter how much he cried and changed, Luke could no longer speak.
Because he is already dead...
There was also some vague sadness in Ichigo's eyes. He didn't know who he was grieving for.
For the Three Realms? For Luke? For Becky? Or for Bakar? Or for myself?
"Kahn..."
he said softly
Then, he looked at the entrance to the demon world.