Light burst out, impact roared, and the energy of crazy collision illuminated the entire invisible empire.
Unknowingly, the central area of the Invisible Empire was empty except for Duan Mu and Yhwach who were fighting.
All the members of the Star Cross Knights and the Quincy army retreated to the edge of the invisible empire that was about the same size as the Seireitei, looking at the unimaginable battle at the center of the world.
Fire, thunder, slashes across the sky...
Green flames, blue light, and spiritual arrows pierced the void...
Huge cracks were torn open over the invisible empire, and the heavy suction force sucked in the collapsed wreckage of the building.
And below the crack, streaks of lightning with a thickness of more than ten meters, like thunder snakes, covered the two people in the middle crazily.
The roaring was shocking, and the huge sound spread throughout the invisible empire!
but……
No matter how violent the lightning caused by the tearing of space is, when it arrives, it will be transformed into a spirit child and be swallowed by the two of them before it lands on them, and it will be integrated into their own attacks.
Mumble——!
The sound of swallowing saliva could be heard from time to time, but it was all covered up under the roar.
The intensity of this battle right now has far exceeded the cognition of most people.
But what makes them even more unbelievable is...
Among the gods of death, there is actually someone who can fight His Majesty to such an extent.
wrong.
That……
Is he really the God of Death?
Although whether judging from the spiritual pressure or the Zanpakutō, there is no doubt that the young man is a Shinigami.
But……
A defense even stronger than those Arrancar steel skins they encountered;
An almost ‘miraculous’ resilience;
There is also that strange power that is difficult to describe in words;
Putting aside the ability of the God of Death, the various special features displayed by the other party are simply countless!
Moreover, the spiritual pressure seems to be endless. From the beginning of the battle to the present, the spiritual pressure he displayed has not weakened at all.
Looking from a distance, the sky above the center of the invisible empire seems to be divided into two areas.
Their Majesty, at this time, his whole body was completely wrapped in the condensed blue spirit flame, and his every move revealed an extremely scorching aura.
In front of the assembled Quincy army, the members of the Knights of the Star Cross watched the battle intently.
After escaping from the territory, they thought about joining the battle.
But it was stopped by Hugolan Hasward, because the spirit children in the entire area, as well as their own power, were all under His Majesty's control at this time. Even if they participated, it would be difficult to exert any power.
.
And rashly participating in His Majesty's battle will only result in meaningless sacrifice.
boom--!
Amidst the deafening roar, smoke rose into the air.
Duan Mu's figure shot out backwards. At this time, half of his body was soaked in blood, but Duan Mu didn't care about his injuries. Almost at the same time as he exited, Ju Ming in his hand suddenly turned into a spirit and dispersed.
immediately……
He clasped his hands in front of his chest and chanted quickly:
"The Eighty One of the Binding Dao: Breaking the Sky!"
The blue arrow collided with the transparent barrier, and time seemed to stand still at this moment.
Kakakka~
But in just the blink of an eye, there was a cracking sound from the transparent barrier.
Duan Mu, who was still retreating, had a purple light flash in his eyes, and waved his hands as he retreated:
"Seventy-five of the Binding Dao: Five pillars of iron."
"Seventy-nine Binding Dao·Nine-Yao Binding."
"Sixty One of the Binding Dao: Six Rods and Light Prison."
"The Sixty-Two Hundred-step Railing of the Binding Dao."
"..."
One after another, the binding tunnels burst out of the air and attacked Yhwach within the smoke.
"Are you overwhelmed by despair?"
Yohabach's plain voice came out: "I know clearly that your ghost path cannot fall on me, but you are still making such a useless struggle."
An unknown ripple rippled, and all the ghost paths sent by Duan Mu disappeared in this instant, as if they had never existed. Not even the spirit children that made up the ghost paths were left.
Seeing this, Duan Mu's eyes lit up with purple light.
Sizzling——
Accompanied by a harsh friction sound, Duan Mu drew two streaks of gunpowder smoke in the void and stopped. He raised his right index finger and pointed towards Yhwach.
"Void Pattern·Spiritual Separation!"
Um?
In the smoke of gunfire, Yhwach seemed to have seen something. He raised his brows and showed a somewhat surprised look.
Almost at the same time, purple spirit seeds suddenly appeared where the disappeared binding paths were. These spirit seeds did not gather to attack, but connected into lines in the dark void, forming strange purple spirit patterns.
More strictly speaking...
That should be an imaginary pattern, created by Duan Mu, and is different from the imaginary pattern of the God of Death.
"I see, is it a Zanpakutō?"
Yhwach smiled. His 'change' was to directly erase the ghost path, so not even the spirit children could be left behind.
But now these spirit seeds that make up the virtual pattern are a little special.
because……
These spirit sons were composed of Duan Mu's Ju Ming. The moment he turned Ju Ming into a spirit son, he took the spirit son transformed by Ju Ming into his body with the spirit void pattern, and then mixed it into the ghost path and released it together.
.
Buzz~~
The imaginary lines formed in an instant, shrouding Yhwach like stars.
The spirits in his area disappeared in an instant, causing the green flames all over Yhwach's body to dim.
In response, Yohabach smiled contemptuously and called softly:
"Self-gift·Spirit Son."
This short sentence seemed to contain some kind of rules, making it seem as if a well of spiritual power appeared in the area around him, from which countless spiritual sons spewed out.
With a wave of the Annihilation Cross Knife in Yhwach's hand, the huge spirit bow condensed in an instant.
Seeing this, Duan Mu was not surprised, but took a breath.
"Spirit Void Pattern·Spirit Son Transformation."
"oh?"
Yhwach looked up and saw that the condensing giant bow of spiritual beings was suddenly stained with a layer of darkness, revealing a kind of spiritual pressure fluctuation that was different from that of the God of Death and the Quincy. That was...
False spiritual pressure!
Duan Mu rarely uses phantom patterns in battle, but he used to turn the entire phantom into phantom patterns to hide the aura of the god of death. Now, it was created through the fusion of phantom patterns and developmental spirit patterns.
The spiritual void pattern converts two types of spiritual pressure out of thin air.
Duan Mu has never tried this kind of transformation before, and he completely created it in this battle.
However, if you want to do this, you need the support of Ju Ming, who can turn into a spirit at will and can contain all energy.
"For the Quincy, the energy of the void is indeed a kind of energy that can be called a 'poison'."
Yhwach paused:
"But it's a pity that that's for ordinary Quincies!"
Whoosh~~
The half-blue, half-black arrow shot out of the air the moment Yohabach's words fell.
No?
This scene made Duan Mu frown.
The battle has continued until now, and he can be said to have used all his methods, but except for high-load direct attacks, they have not been able to have the slightest impact on Yhwach.
"Broken Dao No. 78: Cutting the Hualun."
With thoughts running through his mind, Duan Mu suddenly condensed a Kidō blade in his hand and slashed at the incoming black and white arrows.
However--
At the moment when the sword was swung to its extreme, Duan Mu's hand suddenly became empty.
Rumble~
As the smoke filled the air, Duan Mu's entire body shot out like a cannonball, and his upper body was scorched black by the high concentration of spirit fire.
Too careless!
Duan Mu never expected that even the Kidō Blade condensed in his hand would be erased by Yhwach.
Moreover, the timing was also extremely clever, leaving him no time to react and could only choose to resist the incoming attack at that moment.
However, this also made Duan Mu certain!
Yhwach cannot break his own Zanpakutō. Although Jumei is now in the state of a spirit son, he is still essentially a Zanpakutō. If Yhwach can break his own blade, he can completely form the void pattern.
The influence brought by Ju Ming is erased.
But from the beginning to the end, Yhwach chose to ignore the void patterns condensed by Ju Ming.
But in this way, it is still difficult to cause harm to him.
Although high-load direct attacks at close range are effective, the gap between them means that instead of fighting at close range, one's own injuries will be more serious.
And although it cannot be changed, Yhwach can still see that at the last moment he will often choose to accept his own attacks at the smallest cost, while attacking himself with the strongest ability.
Huhuhuhu~~
Duan Mu pressed his right hand and both feet into the void together, letting his body stand still in mid-air.
Troublesome——!
From the beginning of the battle to now, Duan Mu's brain has been running at high speed, but he still has not thought of any technique that can be effective against Yhwach.
However, his own body could no longer bear it, and even his self-healing power became extremely slow due to overload.
Blood dripped downward along Duan Mu's bare feet.
The crystal formed by integrating the black coffin into the instant cocoon between his eyebrows has disappeared, but it was he who completely released the black coffin from his body before, because his body is already close to the limit, and continuing to merge into the ghost path will only make him lose faster.
Even the wings behind it, which were composed of two ghost paths with different attributes, became extremely dim at this time.
In his right hand, Ju Ming, who turned into a spirit son, gradually condensed.
The next second, the gray mist spread, and the shielding field completely enveloped the area where Duan Mu was.
"Have you reached your limit?"
Yohabach was high up in the sky, looking down at Duan Mu who was hiding in the gray mist, with a strange smile on his face.
But I couldn't help but feel relieved in my heart.
"Your performance has been outstanding enough. Before I opened my eyes, I didn't expect that you could last in my hands for such a long time."
after all……
At the moment, Duan Mu can be said to be fighting against the entire invisible empire on his own.
However, this kid, who was less than fifty years old, persisted.
Various moves and various techniques.
Even during the battle, in order to deal with himself, he temporarily created many abilities against the Quincy.
Thinking of this, Yhwach's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and he disappeared directly from the spot.
When he reappeared, he had already entered the scope of the gray fog and headed straight towards Duan Mu hiding in the center of the gray fog.
Duan Mu looked at the approaching Yhwach, and the wings on his back completely turned into spirit seeds and collapsed. The high concentration of spiritual pressure inflammation on his body also receded, and the violent spiritual energy fluctuations in his body gradually calmed down.
As all the energy in Duan Mu's body was dissipated, blood emerged from the various knife wounds, arrow wounds, and cracks caused by the overload of his body that were originally hidden by Duan Mu, causing the gray fog around him to become faintly a bit...
scarlet.
At the same time, Yhwach passed through the gray fog and appeared in front of Duan Mu.
"After you die, I will help you take care of Hueco Mundo as you said."
Yhwach was not in a hurry to give Duan Mu the final blow. Instead, like a conversation between friends, he slowly said: "I feel honored that the ten blades you created can be used by me."
"Haha~~"
Duan Mu, who was covered in blood, smiled when he heard this: "To be honest, I quite like your arrogance."
"oh?"
"You don't think I've given up struggling, do you?"
Duan Mu looked at Youhabach and said softly: "I am different from you. I have never encountered a smooth battle along the way. I have even been the loser in battles with many people and survived by luck.
.”
Every time he said a word, blood would flow out of Duan Mu's mouth.
"Even if we win, most of them are won with difficulty."
Yhwach did not speak or interrupt, but looked at Duan Mu quietly.
Because he could see that Duan Mu was now at the end of his strength, the spiritual pressure in his body was gone, and if the injuries on his body were placed on other people, they would die directly.
That is to say...
Right now, no matter how unwilling he is to admit defeat, he can no longer pose any threat to himself.
"but……"
Duan Mu raised his head and grinned, revealing his teeth stained red with blood.
Yhwach, who had been observing him, frowned slightly, and for some reason an ominous premonition suddenly emerged in his heart.
"No matter how strong the opponent I faced, I survived in the end, and from then on, no matter the opponents who defeated me or the opponents who won with difficulty, they no longer aroused the slightest interest in me."
Yhwach did not speak, but directly slashed Duan Mu with the Annihilation Cross Knife in his hand.
Although he didn't know what was going on with the premonition in his heart, Yhwach didn't intend to let Duan Mu talk any more.
"It's already too late. When you came to me and didn't kill me directly, but listened to my nonsense, it was already too late."
Buzz~
As Duan Mu spoke, the blade that Yhwach cut out stopped and rested between Duan Mu's neck. As long as it went down a little, Duan Mu's head could be chopped off under the knife.
However……
Can’t move!?
Yhwach's pupils shrank, looking at Duan Mu who was smiling ferociously in front of him, a look of disbelief flashed in his eyes.
Because he actually didn't know what happened!
Um?
At this moment, the strong smell of blood assaulted his nostrils.
Is it blood?
A flash of surprise flashed in Yhwach's eyes, but more of it was confusion.
The blood flowing in Duan Mu's body blended into the surrounding gray fog, and he didn't care, because in his opinion, it was just a useless struggle.
Because before entering the gray mist, he could clearly feel Duan Mu's aura spreading through the gray mist as his blood merged into the gray mist, so he just assumed that this was Duan Mu's attempt to hide his location.
But now he discovered...
The blood that merged into the gray mist actually condensed around him at some point, forming sealing spiritual lines composed of blood.
It is this sealing spirit pattern that limits his movements.
If Urahara Kisuke were here, he would find that the lines imprinted on Yhwach's body are almost exactly the same as the effect when he used Duan Mu's blood to seal Bengyu, but they were presented in the form of spiritual lines.
"I'm looking forward to seeing you next time in Soul Society."
Duan Mu looked at Yhwach who looked in disbelief. Although his expression was calm, he was relieved in his heart, because he was not sure whether his blood could seal Yhwach like Bengyu.
It seems now...
I won the bet.
Unfortunately, this method can only be used once.
Moreover, the time is very short.
Duan Mu could clearly see that the blood spirit patterns condensed around Yhwach's body were quickly disappearing.
But that’s enough!!
Boom~!
An extremely sudden explosion sounded suddenly in the void, and those dim purple eyes completely collapsed.
But at the moment when the purple eyes collapsed, shadow flames with purple light burned on Duan Mu's body.
From analyzing the realm of shadows with Jumei to integrating Swastika into this space, what Duan Mu did was to control the shadow flames at this moment, so as to transmit himself back to Soul Society with the shadow flames of the invisible empire.
This is the retreat he has been preparing for himself from the beginning!
In the blink of an eye, the shadow flames completely enveloped Duan Mu.
But just then...
"Remember what I just said?"
Yhwach's voice suddenly reached Duan Mu's ears, making him slightly startled, but he was not too worried because, being unable to move, Yhwach could no longer stop himself from leaving.
"Although I don't know what method you used to hide from my 'eyes' and restrict my actions in this way, I just said..."
"Before I opened my eyes, I never thought you could last in my hands for such a long time!"
When this sentence reached Duan Mu's ears, his pupils suddenly shrank.
immediately……
The shadow flames gradually retreated, but what caught Duan Mu's eyes was not the streets of Seireitei, but... Yhwach!
And there is still an invisible empire all around.
"After opening my eyes..."
Facing Duan Mu's gaze, Youhabach smiled slightly: "I have already seen the future of your departure, I just wonder how you did it."
"That is to say..."
"From the moment I opened my eyes, the future without you no longer exists!"
…
Recommend the boss’s new book: “Death: Studying Medicine Can’t Save Soul Society”
Introduction: Medical skills and healing are my interests...
But if it really can't be cured, just cut it off with a knife.
