It seems that Inoue Orihime and Chadata Yasutora have found the best partners for training. If nothing else happens, their strength will make a qualitative leap after this special training. What level can they reach?
It's hard to say, but at least this trip to Soul Society will be much smoother than the original situation.
"Okay, Orihime, take a rest. You've reached your limit."
Nilu lightly blocked Inoue Orihime's last, somewhat weak attack, and signaled the other party to stop.
"Okay...ok..."
Inoue Orihime gasped for breath.
Whether mentally or physically, she has reached her current limit.
The next step is to wait for your physical strength to recover and continue this process.
It's okay on her side, at least she still has time to rest, but on the other side...
Inoue Orihime looked worriedly at the still suffering Taitora Sadatori.
This kind of training method is simply appalling.
From the beginning of the special training until now, Chado has never stopped for a moment.
"Don't worry, he will be fine."
Nilu seemed to see the worry in Inoue Orihime's eyes and comforted her.
"Really?" Inoue Orihime was not convinced.
How can a normal person withstand such cruel training? Even if there are no physical problems, the spirit may not be able to withstand it, right?
She didn't doubt Xuanhao's ability, but she was afraid that Chadu's willpower was not as strong as they imagined.
"Why can't we let Sadatari-san take a break?"
"His training is different from yours."
Nilu shook her head slightly helplessly.
She can't say that her eccentric brother deliberately arranged this, right?
In order to make everything go smoothly in the Soul Society this time, Xuanhao used the training method he himself had experienced for Chadar Taihu.
Yes, this is what they see now, constantly wandering between destruction and rebirth.
Balegang's ability of 'aging' is similar to that of destruction. It is the ability to accelerate the aging of objects and cause them to be annihilated.
Fighting 'aging' is just an excuse.
Xuanhao never thought that Chadu Taihu could fight against such an ability with his own strength. He actually just wanted to have a 'vision' or 'hope' in this kid's heart, because humans must have such a thing to be able to persevere.
Go down.
He was not trying to make Chado Taihu really be able to fight against the power of 'aging', because this was simply impossible. The 'purpose' of the special training, that is, 'fighting aging', was not actually important, what was important was the process.
He just planted a one-time 'auxiliary spell' in this boy that would react to 'aging'. As long as Chadata Taihu's body collapsed, it would preserve it and follow the body's strongest state before it collapsed.
Recover at that moment. Keep your physical body in peak condition forever, and then perform 'repeated training' in this state.
Because the technique is a one-time use, it will lose its effect once it is stopped, so Sadatora Taihu's training never stopped from the beginning.
As long as the body remains in an 'incomplete' state, the technique will continue.
This is the cruelest way to temper the body and spirit, and it is also the most effective and quick way.
There are only two conditions for the end of training. One is that Balegang cannot insist on stopping, but this is almost impossible, because Balegang itself is an almost 'eternal' existence. His 'eternity' is to establish
It can only be achieved by maintaining one's own ability. The ability to maintain 'aging' is as simple as breathing for him.
The other way is to wait for Xuan Hao to return to the broken world and call stop.
As for why a 'one-time' technique is used? It can only be blamed on Xuan Hao not having the ability to plant the seeds of the law of 'creation' into other people's bodies like that 'god'.
"It should be over after my brother comes back."
Nilu looked at Taihu Chawata who was still wandering between life and death and sympathized with him, but since this was a training arranged by Xuanhao, there would be no accidents, of which she was convinced.
"Where is my brother? When will he come back..."
Inoue Orihime was a little confused.
Because after their special training started, Xuanhao left the world after cleaning up the thing called ‘Jutu’.
"I don't know, but we must have to wait a long time..."
Nilu shook her head helplessly.
The time in the broken world is separated from the time in other worlds, and the time density inside it is about two thousand times greater than that outside. In other words, 2,000 hours must pass in the broken world before one hour passes outside.
Although Xuan Hao told her before leaving that he was just going out for a while, but who knows how many hours that time lasted?
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"Wow ah ah ah ah -"
Screams of agony came from the dark pit.
Kurosaki Ichigo fell to the bottom of the pit again.
He tried to climb out of the pit again and again, but his hands were blocked by the binding path and he could not move. In addition, the pain that seemed to penetrate his soul when the chain of causality eroded made it impossible for him to climb out from here.
But he still didn't give up. After resting for a while, he used all his energy and rushed up the rock wall towards the entrance of the cave.
"boom--"
There was another muffled sound, and Kurosaki Ichigo fell to the bottom of the pit again.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk... This guy is really messing around." Urahara Kisuke shook his fan gently and squatted at the entrance of the cave to watch the show.
"He is so stupid..." Xiao Yu also looked into the pit and didn't know how to describe Kurosaki Ichigo's behavior at this moment.
"It's not just stupid. There's no need to be so tactful. This is simply an idiot..."
Jinta also looked at Kurosaki Ichigo who fell to the bottom of the pit with some disdain, "How can such a foolhardy person possibly climb up from this nearly vertical pit? It is simply a waste of effort."
"hateful!"
Kurosaki Ichigo felt uncomfortable listening to the sarcastic remarks made by the people above him.
The cliffs of these guys were intentional. The entire deep pit was like a loudspeaker. Even if he spoke in the direction of the pit, even a low voice could be clearly heard in his ears.
Of course he knew there was no point in doing so.
But what else could he do?
After all, no one ever told him how to become a god of death!
What's the use of saying that people can only unleash their potential when there is no way out? If he continues like this, he will feel like he's going to burp before his potential is unleashed!
"Hey, stop complaining, kid."
Jinta lay at the entrance of the cave and looked down with a smile, "You'd better think of a way quickly, you don't have much time left."
"You are the little one..."
Kurosaki Ichigo stopped mid-sentence.
Although this little boy did look like a kid, he met so many guys who were pretending to be young that he didn't know how to describe it for a while.
And now is not the time to curse. He looked at the chains on his chest that were gradually being eroded, and the erosion was getting faster and faster!
"By the way, are you hungry?"
Jinta suddenly asked.
Kurosaki Ichigo felt confused, "How can I be hungry? I am a soul now!"
"That's good." Jinta chuckled, "Let me tell you something, if you still feel hungry in the soul state, it is a dangerous sign, it means you are about to become hollow!"
"!!"
Kurosaki Ichigo was shocked when he heard this.
Yes, he remembered.
Hollows are creatures that are in a state of hunger all the time. Only by constantly devouring souls can they relieve their never-ending hunger.
"Oops."
Kurosaki Ichigo felt bad for a while.
He was already beginning to feel thirsty.
That guy Urahara said that this pit is filled with gas that can accelerate the erosion of the Chain of Cause and Effect. Although this place is underground and there is no way to know the changes between day and night, but even so, he knows that he has very little time left.
Taking the time to get up from the ground, Kurosaki Ichigo tried to climb up from here several times, but still ended in failure.
"Damn it! How on earth can we climb out of here..."
Kurosaki Ichigo, who was lying on the ground, struggled to get up again, but for some reason it felt extremely difficult this time.
"What? You don't have the energy to get up anymore?"
Jinta didn't know when he jumped into the hole with a dinner plate. He placed the food in front of Kurosaki Ichigo and asked with interest, "Are you hungry? It doesn't matter. Look, I'll give it to you."
The food is here."
"Humph, stop talking nonsense, who will be hungry!"
Kurosaki Ichigo retorted stubbornly, "Look carefully, my Karma Chain is still there..."
"Oh, is it so?"
Jinta didn't take it seriously, "Well, forget it, I've left the food here anyway, you can do whatever you want. But I would like to kindly remind you that a full seventy hours have passed during your fearless struggle.
"
"What did you say?"
Kurosaki Ichigo's pupils shrank sharply.
"In the soul state, you don't feel hungry, and you don't get sleepy as easily as a living person. Plus, you stay in a place like this, so it's natural that you don't feel it, right?"
Jinta's face became a little gloomy, "I have to say that you have persisted for a long time. Ordinary people would probably have become a virtual genius by this time... But I think you won't be able to give birth to much."
"Gulu..."
Kurosaki Ichigo swallowed.
It's because of hunger.
Looking at the food in front of him, he really felt a hunger that his soul should not have.
"By the way," Jinta said, pointing to the Chain of Cause and Effect on Ichigo Kurosaki's chest, "even though this thing is still so long, the last 'erosion' was much more violent than the previous one.
so……"
"Ah ah ah ah ah--"
As if prophesied, Kurosaki Ichigo suddenly felt a heartbreaking pain.
The time has come and the final erosion has begun.
He struggled to look at the chain of cause and effect on his chest that was constantly being eroded and collapsed. The chain was collapsing at an alarming speed. It was clearly only tens of centimeters long and had already eroded to the knot on his chest in an instant.
"Click——"
With a crisp sound, Kurosaki Ichigo looked desperately at the hole in his chest.
If he read it correctly, this is a virtual hole.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-"
A heartbreaking scream came from the pit.
Kurosaki Ichigo knelt on the ground and struggled in pain.
Pale bone material gradually condensed on his face, covering half of his face in the blink of an eye.
That is a mask that belongs to the void.
However, the growth rate of this mask seems to be extremely unstable, and it only grows half way before slowing down.
"Prepare...rescue."
At the entrance of the cave, the kind-hearted Yasame couldn't bear to see Kurosaki Ichigo struggling in pain, and was ready to go down and take rescue measures.
But just as she was about to move, she was held down by a hand.
"Mr. Kisuke..."
She turned around in confusion, wondering why this man stopped her.
If this continues, Kurosaki Ichigo will become a Hollow.
"Don't worry, just observe carefully."
Urahara Kisuke had an expressionless face and looked unusually calm.
“Usually ‘whole’ will degenerate into nothingness, and the previous spirit body will explode and be reorganized in another place.”
"Yes..." Wuyu nodded slightly. This was the most basic knowledge, but she was too anxious just now, so she ignored it.
"This kid's transformation is different from that of an ordinary person who becomes a Hollow. His body is still the same as before, but a mask begins to appear on his face. If he really wants to become a Hollow, it only takes a moment. This appearance shows that he is still resisting."
Urahara Kisuke said calmly, "He should still have a chance to become a god of death. Let's see...that man's judgment should not be wrong."
"Oh? I didn't expect you to trust me so much?"
A joking voice came from behind.
"Um? When did you come?"
Urahara Kisuke turned around in shame.
Xuan Hao didn't know when he had arrived behind him, and he didn't even notice it at all.
"I just came here," Xuan Hao chuckled, "Although I am very grateful for your trust, I actually came here to take a look because I didn't know what to do."
Although I have been trying my best not to affect Kurosaki Ichigo's growth, his appearance still has some impact, so I still feel uneasy and can't help but come over and take a look. By the way, maybe I can also meet an 'old friend' I haven't seen for a long time.
.
"Uh...hehehe..." Urahara Kisuke smiled awkwardly, not knowing how to answer, "This shouldn't be a surprise now, right?"
"Fortunately, it's still expected."
Xuan Hao smiled softly, his eyes igniting a trance-like golden color.
His eyes stared at the dark hole, as if staring into the abyss.
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"Ichigo, can you hear me? Ichigo?"
Vaguely, Kurosaki Ichigo seemed to hear a strange voice calling his name.
He opened his eyes and looked in the direction of the source of the sound.
"I'm here."
Finally, Kurosaki Ichigo saw clearly the person who spoke.
A dark figure squatted on an iron pillar not far from him in a very strange posture.
In his sight, the iron pillar was clearly stuck on the ground, but this man squatted vertically on it and looked in his direction as if he was not affected by gravity.
"..."
"You still can't hear me?"
Seeing that Kurosaki Ichigo hadn't recovered for a long time, the figure seemed a little disappointed in his tone, "It's really sad. How many times do I have to say it before you hear me?"