Two figures, one tall and one short, stood outside Lifu Mountain. The shorter figure among them said: "Even if you don't carry a Zanpakutō, with the strength of those little devils, it is basically impossible to defeat him in the hollow form.
"
"It's not completely impossible."
Urahara Kisuke shook his head: "Although their research on virtualization has improved a lot compared to when they attacked Mr. Isshin, his current virtualization is not complete...more strictly speaking, it still lacks the final perfect process.
, This kind of incomplete virtualization is not a particularly big enhancement to him."
"and……"
Kisuke Urahara glanced at the girl next to him and said with a smile: "Miss Yoruichi, have you forgotten that the two of us are currently wanted by Soul Society? If it is not necessary, it would be better for us not to interfere at will.
"
"Tsk~~Those old stubborn people."
…
Bang——!
The black cloak retreated again, and just as he stopped, a roar came from his flank.
"Ahhhh~~"
The blade of Shebimaru in Renji's hand extended steadily, and when it flicked, it was like the teeth of a chainsaw. The timing of its appearance was so clever that the black cloak couldn't help but glance at the red-haired man who had not entered his field of vision until the beginning of the battle.
youth.
Are you familiar with the rhythm of battle?
Moreover, this red-haired young man who was a burden not long ago has learned how to cooperate with the other two, and the timing of attacking himself has become better and better.
Shouldn't it be said that he is truly worthy of the talent that the Lord has chosen?
The thoughts in the black cloak's mind were racing, and he used his right forearm to protect the side of his head, and then there was a crisp sound.
So hard~!
Abarai Renji's pupils shrank.
The blade collided with the arm, and large sparks shot out, as if what was struck was not the body, but steel.
However, he was not discouraged.
He moved his feet slightly, twisted his upper body, and drove Shebimaru to tear the forearm that had blocked the attack with a jagged blade.
Zizzizi~~
The teeth-searing sound of metal friction was heard constantly.
At the same time, the figure of Ayase River appeared on the other side at the same time. The vine peacock in his hand cut through the void, and the spiritual pressure on it was wanton, slashing straight towards the neck of the black cloak.
Unlike Renji's attack, Black Cloak did not choose to use his own steel skin to resist Ayase River's attack, but subconsciously tried to dodge.
but……
"The Ninth Path of Binding: Collapsing Wheel."
From the periphery of the battlefield, a soft moan was heard, and a rope with condensed spiritual power was generated out of thin air, directly binding the black cloak in place that was intended to dodge.
This level of restraint is not strong, it can only restrain the black cloak for a moment.
But in this ever-changing battlefield, this moment is enough to be fatal.
Phew~~
Blood spurted out, and the three figures spread out to both sides.
The black cloak's neck was tilted to one side, and there was a blood mark on his neck and arm. Although it was not deep, the combination of Renji and Gongqin was enough to cause him some trouble.
and……
The pupilless mask of the black cloak turned to the periphery of the battlefield. Although the young man named Duan Mu did not enter the center of the battlefield, he existed anywhere on the battlefield.
His grasp of the battle situation is extremely keen.
Every time he strikes, he does not seek to kill or restrain him, but to expose his flaws for a moment.
He himself has terrifying abilities in returning to the realm. From the beginning of the war until now, the attacks he has given to Madarame Ikkaku and the three of them are enough to be fatal when combined. But when one person is injured, the other two will immediately launch a crazy offensive without giving him any chance.
Opportunity to pursue.
The injured person will be treated by Duan Mu and return to the battlefield in a short time!
"Hello~"
Phew~~
A heavy sound broke through the air, Madarame had a ferocious smile on his face, and the big sword in his left hand fell like a giant axe.
Blood spurted out, and the black cloak's body was shot backwards by the knife.
"Um?"
A strange color flashed in Madarame's eyes, why didn't he avoid it?
Although his sword came extremely fast, considering the speed shown by the black cloak before, it was not completely impossible for him to dodge, which gave Madarame a disharmonious feeling.
When he saw clearly the direction in which the black cloak shot out, his pupils suddenly shrank and he said urgently: "Duan Mu!!"
Almost at the moment when his voice came out, the black cloak that seemed to have been chopped off stepped on the void, whirled, changed from passive to active, and rushed straight towards Duan Mu on the outside of the battlefield.
Of the four people present, the person who posed the greatest threat to him was undoubtedly Ikaku after the swastika.
The other two people only played a restraining role from beginning to end, helping the extremely heavy Ikkaku to make up for his lack of mobility. But except for Ikkaku... among the remaining three, the one who caused him the most trouble was actually
The black-haired young man who had been on the outside of the battlefield.
Breaking the Dao, binding the Dao, returning to the Dao... they are all proficient in it, not only comprehensively, but also extremely accomplished in every skill!
Many ghosts, even if they give up singing, can still exert the full power of ghosts. This alone has surpassed most of the vice-captains and even captains in the Gotei Thirteen Team.
If you want to end the battle as soon as possible, you must first deal with this black-haired young man.
With the sound, the black cloak appeared above Duan Mu's head in just an instant, and one leg carried the fierce wind and smashed down towards Duan Mu's head.
Duan Mu's expression darkened, and he could no longer care about the burden on his body at this moment. The fabric on the shoulders and back of the black overalls was torn instantly, and dazzling lightning burst out from his body.
"——Shuanghu!"
boom!!
Thunder rumbles.
The sudden burst of lightning made Black Cloak feel surprised.
The lightning that shot up into the sky collided with the black cloak's kick. Duan Mu felt an extremely heavy force spread throughout his body, and his whole body shot out uncontrollably.
Even though his feet were firmly buried in the soil, he still fell back dozens of meters under the blow. Just as he stopped, his face turned red for an instant, then turned pale again, and a trace of blood seeped out from the corner of his mouth.
Is it still too much?
Duan Mu gritted his teeth and directly added the remaining 5172 experience points to his body.
Physique: Advanced (5172/100000)
Although the physical enhancement cannot heal the core of spiritual pressure, it can temporarily adjust the disorder of one's own spiritual body and reduce the burden of forcibly releasing Shunhuo.
Even if it doesn't help much, it's still better than investing in other items that won't help your own situation at all!
Almost the moment he finished all this, Duan Mu felt his eyes go dark. The black cloak appeared again. The originally dark iron mask on his face had completely collapsed, leaving the pure white bone mask under the iron mask completely exposed to Duan Mu.
In front of you.
The mask was extremely weird. There was only one vertical line on the entire mask, and there were no pupils at all, which made people feel chilled.
An astonishing pressure hit his face, making Duan Mu's nerves tense, but his body's reaction was not slow. Almost at the same time that the black cloak appeared in front of him, thunder and lightning roared all over him, and he kicked the black cloak directly in front of him. go out.
Seeing this, Black Cloak kicked him out without hesitation.
Bang!
Amidst the dull impact, the invisible impact spread from the junction of the legs, lifting up the soil on the surrounding ground.
But this stalemate only lasted for a moment. Even in the instant coaxing state, Duan Mu's foot was instantly swung away, and his body turned uncontrollably in the opposite direction.
The black cloak sneered. He originally thought Duan Mu's kick would be so powerful, but he didn't expect it to be so vulnerable.
While sneering, he formed a sword and slashed directly towards Duan Mu's neck, which was spinning like a top under the impact.
However……
Zheng!!
The sound of the blade being unsheathed was heard, and the long knife drew a crescent moon in the void. Driven by the twist of Duan Mu's body, it appeared like a bolt of lightning in front of the black cloak.
This is……
If there were eyes on the mask, Black Cloak would definitely have a look of surprise in his eyes.
Because this knife was so clever, almost at the same time that his legs were bounced back from the impact, it rotated with the force of his own kick, combined itself with his own strength, and struck straight at him.
Can't be hardwired!
With a flash of thought in his mind, the black cloak immediately gave up the pursuit and retreated towards the rear.
Huh~
Even though the knife struck the air, the cold and sharp energy still left a shallow mark on the bone armor on his chest, which made the black cloak feel more strange.
If he had just chosen to hit him head-on, even with the steel skin acting as a defense, this knife would still cause him some damage.
They have already paid attention to the young people in front of them.
But neither he nor the adult took it seriously.
But the strength and fighting talent that this young man has shown now are far beyond Black Cloak's expectations, and he is still seriously injured. If he is in good condition... he poses no less of a threat to himself than after the swastika. A corner!
Thinking of this, Black Cloak restrained his initial contempt and began to pay attention to the young man in front of him.
To his surprise...
After Duan Mu made a slash, he did not pursue him, but instead showed a smile on his face.
"You don't seem to understand Ikkaku's swastika."
Ikkaku’s swastika?
The black cloak was startled. Before he could understand the meaning of Duan Mu's words, he felt a burst of extremely powerful spiritual pressure suddenly emerge from his back. Its intensity had reached a level that even he did not dare to underestimate!
Boom~~
The black cloak turned around suddenly and looked behind him, only to see Madarame Ikkaku rushing over.
At this time, the spiritual pressure around him was much stronger than before. Each giant blade was filled with rich spiritual pressure, especially the ax blade that was carried on his back, and even more materialized energy emerged from it. The terrifying spiritual pressure, and the originally dim dragon pattern in the center of the ax blade, I don’t know when...
It also turned red!!
If Madarame Ikkaku's spiritual pressure after the previous swastika was only the top level of the vice-captain, and his ability to stand up to him was entirely dependent on his sharpness after the swastika, then now Madarame's own spiritual pressure has completely become A captain-level existence.
How could he suddenly become so powerful?
The black cloak felt solemn in his heart, and he didn't care to attack Duanmu again. At this time, Madarame had already dealt with Ikkaku with all his concentration.
Duan Mu looked at Madarame Ikkaku who was soaring with spiritual pressure, and couldn't help but feel speechless. There was no doubt that Ikkaku after the swastika was at the captain level.
But as a captain...
But it came too slowly. If Gongchen and Renji hadn't been there to restrain him, he might have lost his ability to fight before he could unleash the full power of the swastika.
However, the real battle also begins at this moment.
Bang!
The two figures collided, and terrifying force was unleashed, causing Renji and Gongqin, who had originally planned to participate in the fight to help Ikkaku, to step back involuntarily.
Because the power and speed of the collision between these two people are too tyrannical, rashly participating in it may disrupt the rhythm of Ikkaku's battle.
…
At the same time, outside Lifu Mountain.
"Did he just say Shuncou?" Urahara Kisuke looked at the dark-skinned girl next to him with a strange expression, and asked: "Isn't this a move you created yourself, Yoruichi?"
The girl called Yoruichi did not speak, but looked at the young man in the distance with lightning flashing around him.
After a while, he said in a strange tone: "In your opinion, is that instant coaxing?"
"Isn't it?"
"Yes, but not entirely..."
When Ye Yi said this, his eyes were full of weirdness: "This kid is simply a lunatic."
"The instant coax is indeed a technique of integrating high-concentration compressed ghost into the body, but..." Ye paused for a moment and continued: "Integrating the ghost into the body is just to master the basics of instant coax. If you want to truly To master Shunkaku, you also need to constantly change the nature of your own spiritual pressure during the application process, thereby reducing the burden of highly concentrated ghost energy on the body."
"Even in the most basic situation, it is necessary to make the spiritual pressure in the body change several times in one minute. In extreme cases, it even requires the nature of the spiritual pressure in the body to change dozens of times in one second, and only release high concentration at the moment of attack. The maximum output of Ghost Road."
"This requires constant trial and error over a long period of time before we can master the changes."
The corner of Yoruichi's mouth twitched slightly: "But this kid's Shunhu went beyond this step. Not to mention the change in spiritual pressure, he didn't even gather the highly concentrated ghost path on his shoulders and back, and then poured it into his hands only when attacking. ; Instead, he directly integrated the highly concentrated ghost path into his body in one step, and completely withstood the burden brought by the highly concentrated ghost path with his physical body."
"This also saves him from having to fight with bare hands."
"But instead of calling it 'instant coax', it's better to call it 'instant explosion', which will self-destruct instantly..."
"He doesn't look like he's going to blow himself up," Urahara Kisuke said with a smile.
"Generally speaking, it should explode..."
There was a flash of light in Yoruichi's eyes: "I'm just like you now, I'm a little curious about the structure of his body."
She was not surprised by the word 'instant coax' that came out of Duan Mu's mouth, because Yoruichi already knew that this black-haired young man should have some relationship with the Shiba family from the last time he saw him in the present world.
As for the general concept of Shunxu, she had also told Konghe...
But what is this suicidal moment?
After decades of not seeing each other, has Kung He become so heartbroken and crazy?
What she didn't know was that when Shiba Kūkaku taught Duanmu Kidō, although he did train Duanmu in the direction of 'Shunkaku', he only followed the general ideas left by Yoruichi.
And Duan Mu...
When I first understood Shunku, I was in the middle of a life-and-death fight and had no time to think about whether my understanding was correct. After the war, although I felt that my Shunku was a bit heavy on the body, I never thought about it. No, I just think Yoruichi's physical strength is extremely high.
Because even the system recognized it, Duan Mu had never researched on changing the nature of spiritual pressure to reduce the burden on the body caused by instantaneous coercion.
In the end, with the support of a high-level physique, the 'active skills' released instantly after the attack were changed into 'passive skills' that persisted after the instantaneous coax was released.
…
Outside the battlefield.
Duanmu had put away Shunku and sat on the ground with a pale face. In front of him, Renji and Gongqin stood there, guarding Duanmu while watching the changes in the center of the battlefield.
Although the man in black robe is strong, it is not that easy to deal with Madarame Ikkaku with full swastika without Zanpakutō.
And unlike Duan Mu, he himself is not very capable in white fighting due to his habit of using Zanpakutō; this is not revealed when his own spiritual pressure strength has an absolute advantage, but when this advantage is , but it is no longer so absolute, this has become his shortcoming.
For a time, there was nothing that could be done about it, and the situation was evenly matched!
That's not the worst part.
He could clearly feel that there was an extremely powerful aura coming towards this direction at an extremely fast speed.
But under Yi Jiao's entanglement, even if he wanted to leave, he had no choice.
Ikkaku was also aware of this, which stopped his offensive attack.
"Hold him!"
Seeing this, Duan Mu, who was on the outside of the battlefield, instantly realized Ikkaku's thoughts and hurriedly shouted: "I promise you, I will definitely let Captain Zhanfei keep it secret for you."
Hearing this, Ikkaku gritted his teeth, released all his spiritual pressure, and launched another crazy offensive against the black cloak.
Buzz~
Finally, a black shadow appeared at the end of the mountain range, approaching the battlefield in an instant.
In the black shadow was an extremely petite figure, but the whole body revealed an extremely powerful spiritual pressure. It was none other than Sui Feng who rushed here after receiving the news.
Seeing this, Black Cloak felt a sudden surge of regret in his heart.
If he had come with his Zanpakutō from the beginning, he wouldn't be in such a passive situation now.
This operation was quite unexpected.
First, it took longer than expected to separate the Soul King fragments, and then Duan Mu noticed it too early, and the strength of the four people...especially Ikkaku's Swastika, far exceeded his initial judgment.
"Yes, come back."
At this moment, a gentle voice came into Black Cloak's ears, causing his body to tremble.
puff--!
Without any warning, Madarame Ikkaku, who was rushing towards the black cloak, suddenly felt as if he had been slashed with a knife on his back. Blood spattered and he fell to the ground involuntarily. The spiritual pressure on his body also disappeared quickly. He was cut down by the attack and was released from the swastika state.
This is?
Seeing such a strange scene, both Duan Mu and the others present, as well as Sui Feng who had arrived at the outside of the battlefield, couldn't help but shrink their pupils.
But before they could understand what was going on, the void suddenly twisted and opened like a big mouth, swallowing the black cloak directly.
Buzz~~
The afterimage flashed, and Broken Bee appeared in the place where the black cloak disappeared with a gloomy expression, and the metal knuckles on his right hand touched the empty space.
Duan Mu took a deep look at the place where the black cloak disappeared, and fear appeared in his eyes. Although he had long known that the opponent's strength was extremely terrifying, he severely injured the corner of the swastika with just a knife from a distance that he didn't know where.
, still made Duan Mu feel deeply fearful and...
The fear I had only felt when I was in front of Unohana Retsu!
"Bring Ikkaku here!"
Duan Mu withdrew his gaze and looked at the two people in front of him: "The knife injured Po Sleep in one corner, and we must treat him as soon as possible."
In fact, when Duan Mu spoke, Gongqin had already disappeared. When Duan Mu finished speaking, he had already brought the unconscious Yijiao to Duan Mu.
Duan Mu immediately started treating him.
Broken Bee appeared next to a few people. He first glanced at a corner of the ground, and a strange color flashed in his eyes.
Before she arrived at the scene, she had always thought that the captain-level reiatsu in the battlefield was the reiatsu of Duan Mu and others when they encountered the enemy. However, when she arrived, she discovered that the person who released the reiatsu was actually the third seat of the 11th Squadron.
Although she didn't see the whole battle, the strength she showed when fighting the black cloak after her arrival was enough to be the captain of the Gotei 13!
Zhifeng withdrew his gaze, turned to Gong Qin and Renji and said, "Tell me the story from beginning to end."
"yes."
After the two heard the words, they directly recounted the incident from beginning to end.
After hearing this, Broken Bee showed a look of deep thought on his face, and then asked: "Can't you determine the identity of the other party?"
"Um."
Ayase River personally said: "The black cloak on his body should be some kind of spiritual tool to hide his own spiritual pressure, and his face and exposed skin are completely covered by the bone layer."
"Judging from his body shape alone, it's impossible to determine his identity."
"But his mastery of slashing techniques and ghost ways is extremely powerful, and he feels very much like a god of death."
Broken Bee frowned when he heard this. It was impossible to judge the identity of the other party based on these points, nor could he be sure that the other party must be the God of Death. After all...
Zhanfeng glanced at Duan Mu.
Here was a person who was clearly not a Shinigami, but was extremely good at slashing, ghosting, and walking. If Duan Mu was not the one who was attacked, she might have thought that the black cloak was Duan Mu.
Because this guy is also very good at concealing spiritual pressure, Suihou has always been wary of Duan Mu, fearing that he would hide his spiritual pressure and go to places he shouldn't go.
Fortunately, Duan Mu also understood this. After entering the Seireitei, he never concealed his spiritual pressure, allowing the supervision team to determine his location at all times, although...
The members of the supervision team have become more and more casual about Duan Mu's surveillance.
"Huh~~"
Duan Mu took a breath and stopped treating Ikkaku.
"How's Ikkaku doing?"
Seeing this, Gongqin and Renji both came over.
Duan Mu looked at the nervous expressions of the two people, and suddenly thought of saying 'I have tried my best', but thinking about his physical condition... he still said honestly:
"The treatment was very timely, and there is nothing serious. I sent him to the comprehensive rescue center for recuperation in a few days and he will be fine."
Hearing this, both of them couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Duan Mu looked at Sui Feng and said: "Zi Feng Captain, regarding Ikkaku's swastika interpretation..."
"I'm not interested."
Zhanfeng interrupted Duan Mu's words directly and asked, "Where is the child who was kidnapped?"
"It should be hidden around here."
Broken Bee nodded after hearing this, then raised his head and said, "Go and find it, and then bring back the secret maneuver to see what's special about him."
"yes."
Sounds came from all directions, and Xing Jun, wearing black clothes and masked faces, centered here and started searching in all directions.
In the end, under the search of many Xing troops, it only took ten minutes to find the unconscious Xiaojie in a cave and brought him to everyone.
"How is he?"
Broken Bee ordered someone to place Xiaojie in front of Duan Mu and motioned Duan Mu to check his condition.
Duan Mu made a general inspection and said, "Nothing's wrong, I'm just a little weak."
He didn't lie, Xiaojie was indeed just a little weak in spirit.
but……
The inexplicable weird feeling disappeared. It must have been that while they were fighting, someone else in the black cloak accomplished the purpose of kidnapping Xiaosuke.
