Chapter 275: Battle, Sanctification and Escape (7K)
A beam of light.
Narrow and fast.
Unlike the "bow" used by traditional Quincy, the weapon used by this guy is a "gun" that is more in line with the current development of mankind.
However, no matter what the medium of power is, the essence of power will not change, and the power will not increase inexplicably if the medium changes.
It's just that some people prefer bows, and Barro only prefers guns.
Bullets and arrows are the same, both of which are the "holy arrows of destruction" of Quincy.
Kurosaki Ichigo raised his sword and tried to stop the bullet. His movements and reactions were also swift. From the naked eye, he did put the sword horizontally before the bullet hit him.
But
He arched his body and staggered.
The sword was held up and became a shield, but the shoulder blade was still hit and pierced by the bullet.
His mind was blank.
What happened?
It seemed that he had stopped it.
"It's so sad." Barro still held the gun and spoke calmly, staring at Ichigo Kurosaki in the mirror, "You obviously have the blood of a Quincy, but you are so reckless."
"Of course."
"Even if you use the Static Blood Suit, you can't defend against my attack."
"My holy word is 'X', and its ability is 'penetration of all things'."
"This is why I choose to use firearms instead of the traditional bows and arrows of the Quincy."
"Any object between the muzzle of my gun and the target will be penetrated by my attack, and nothing can stop it."
Ichigo Kurosaki gritted his teeth.
His face was angry, but his brain was calm enough to analyze.
This ability
To get close and destroy his weapon, from the meaning of what he just said, this ability needs a medium to use.
Then you have to destroy his weapon first.
This time it was the shoulder blade.
Then next time he aimed at the heart, and he couldn't dodge it, it would be a big trouble.
Flash step, slash.
"Crescent moon——"
The signature skill has not been used yet.
Something twisted his body and dragged him forcefully. The deviation and rotation of his body caused his spiritual power to freeze for a moment.
The knife fell, but the slash did not fly out.
Kurosaki Ichigo was shocked and looked down at his waist and abdomen.
Enemy?
But in his spiritual pressure perception, there was no enemy approaching from behind.
It was possible to hide.
Reality ruled out his conjecture. What was wrapped around his waist was the lifted floor.
A huge palm made of the floor was pinching his body. What was visible to the naked eye was that there were black patterns like nerves on the palm.
No, not like nerves, but nerves.
Kurosaki Ichigo looked into the distance.
A Quincy who was dressed differently from the others and was tightly wrapped in a hood was half-crouching with his hands on the ground.
The floor had "vitality" because of him.
Is it also
the strange power called "holy text"?
Barro raised his gun and pointed it at Ichigo Kurosaki's head. He whispered, "Goodbye, His Majesty's Dark Son."
"You have made the greatest contribution to His Majesty."
"The only mistake is standing in the wrong position."
The tone was low, as if mourning.
He exerted force on his index finger and pulled the trigger.
The bullet was about to be fired--
Ichigo Kurosaki widened his eyes and raised his knife to chop at the big hand wrapped around his body.
Ishida Uryuu held his wrist, his expression extremely serious and solemn, staring at that place.
The red light was diffused, and the brilliance flashed by.
Barro pulled the trigger, but the bullet failed to shoot out, and the condensation of spiritual power was forcibly cut off.
He lowered his head.
The gun was cut in half.
After all this happened, a lazy and frivolous male voice came into his ears.
"Scream, Hongji".
Barro turned his head and looked over: "It's the Shinigami."
"After Uzumaki Naruto, they also caught up?"
Kyōraku Shunsui bent his waist and raised his hand to hold down his bamboo hat: "Is Naruto already fighting with Yhwach?"
"Bullying a child, or bullying the minority with the majority, it's really unbearable."
Kurosaki Ichigo was surprised: "Uncle Kyōraku!"
"Manager, and Miss Soi-Fong"
Kutsuki Mayuri sighed and shook his head: "Don't you say hello to me? Obviously I am the most important person in this operation."
"Oh? Is that the Soul King?"
"I really want to."
He subconsciously wanted to go over there, and Kyōraku Shunsui grabbed his collar with a slap.
"The condition is so good." Barro said softly, "It seems that they didn't cause much trouble to you."
"But we are different from those guys."
"We are His Majesty's personal guards."
He waved his hand and gave an order: "Originally, we were going to wait until His Majesty dealt with Uzumaki Naruto before returning to the Soul Society to deal with you."
"At this point, it seems that we can only deal with you troubles first."
Ishida Uryu pushed his glasses: "Leave Kurosaki Ichigo to me."
"You go deal with the Shinigami."
Barro glanced at him.
The restlessness, uneasiness, and the little thoughts that were ready to move and had already revealed their heads were too obvious.
But
"Okay." He agreed without hesitation.
No matter what this person was thinking, maybe he just missed the old times and didn't want to see Kurosaki Ichigo die, or maybe there were other more complicated thoughts. But he couldn't stir up any waves. The Shinigami was destined to die, and Kurosaki Ichigo was also destined to die.
His Majesty gave him power and identity, and he could take it back at any time.
The battlefield was immediately divided.
Jingraku Shunsui picked up Barro, the guy who seemed to be the Quincy's young leader, and took him away from the Soul King's Palace to other places.
Kisuke Urahara wants to continue the unfinished battle with Yaskin in this world.
Maybe it needs to be explained.
His swastika is not suitable for use in crowded places.
Others also relied on intuition to choose their opponents.
In the blink of an eye, only two teenagers were left at the entrance of the hall.
"Uryū!" Kurosaki Ichigo was surprised, "Great, they have all left."
"No one is watching anymore."
He was sitting loosely on the ground, and there was constant pain from the injuries on his shoulder blades, waist and abdomen.
The words were not finished.
The arrow shot out and nailed him between his legs.
"How naive." Uryū Ishida raised his hand and pushed up his glasses, "What gave you the illusion that I wouldn't attack you unless others were present?"
Kurosaki Ichigo was stunned.
"Your knife seems to have been changed." He continued, "Now hold it again."
"Let me see if your skills have improved after changing the knife."
His tone was cold and emotionless, as was his expression.
Kurosaki Ichigo stood up and gritted his teeth: "You idiot!"
To this day, he still believes in his initial judgment that Uryu Ishida did not really become a member of the "Invisible Empire", but only for some special reasons.
As for now
There were no other Quincy present, and Yhwach was fighting Uncle Naruto.
However, he still "stubbornly" stood in the position of the "Invisible Empire". The reason for this was obvious. He felt that Uncle Naruto had no way to defeat Yhwach, so he continued to hide.
Waiting for the opportunity to realize his unknown plan in his heart.
"Uncle Naruto will not lose to Yhwach." He held the knife, endured the pain on his shoulder blades and waist and abdomen, and slashed away in an instant, "And you, this guy, are really too much, you don't say a word ”
Uryu Ishida holds a bow.
Just like Kurosaki Ichigo did when Uryū Ishida invited him to a duel when he had just obtained the power of the Shinigami.
Fighting breaks out.
only.
No matter where the battlefield is.
Kyōraku Shunsui's opera, Urahara Kisuke's huge machine doll, and Nirvana's huge fetus, these things still seem very small compared to the battle high in the sky with the Soul King's great work.
The battle between Naruto and Yhwach tore the sky apart, and chaotic dark matter spilled out.
The blond boy had some injuries, which were healing quickly.
Opposite him, the long-haired man in black robe was missing an arm, a leg and a foot.
"This kind of power is not enough." Youhabach stretched out his hand and pressed it on his chest, "You did cause a lot of harm to me."
"Can"
"Give me a 'healthy and sound' body."
The traces left by the Uzumaki on his body disappeared immediately, and his spiritual pressure and body were all compensated.
"Aren't you still giving up? Uzumaki Naruto." Yhwach sneered, "Even if you can cause harm to me now, how long can it last?"
Naruto held the Nine Lamas: "I'm just testing the limits of your abilities."
"If you really die."
"There's nothing you can do about it."
"Otherwise, you wouldn't have been protecting your vitals during the battle just now."
“So, it’s not that my method is ineffective, it’s just that the intensity is not enough.”
Yhwach narrowed his eyes: "Of course you can say that."
"It's just that you are now the strongest god of death in the world besides me, no matter how strong you are."
"Swastika?"
Naruto responded to him softly: "I prefer the title monk and the others use."
"What a beating."
"Three evils, three virtues, and the six paths of Maha."
The power on the mask is mobilized and integrated into the body of the "Nine Lamas" in the inner world.
Golden light surged and covered him.
"I have to admit your talent." Yhwach spoke in a cautious tone. These eyes cannot peek into Naruto's future. Things about him can only be speculated in conjunction with other things. "Similar to the Quincy's Complete Holy Body ability?”
The "Perfect Holy Body" he spoke of did not mean the "Perfect Holy Body" used by the Quincy in the Invisible Empire.
But it refers to thousands of years ago
Including the "Perfect Holy Body" used by the Quincy before the birth of the Invisible Empire, an ability to sacrifice one's own talents in exchange for a momentary burst of spiritual power.
Naruto shook his head and smiled slightly.
He didn't answer directly.
Instead, he stretched out his hand, used more powerful spiritual pressure, and used the endless spiritual seeds around the Spirit King Palace as material to blow a mighty wind towards Yhwach.
on several other battlefields.
Although the "Uzumaki" never attacked them, the impact it had was very significant.
It has little effect on the gods of death.
After all, except for Naruto, who is an outlier, only Hitsugaya Toshiro among the others may rely more on some outside spirits. The God of Death is a creature that circulates internally and accumulates spiritual power. What he uses in battle is the spiritual power he possesses in his body.
And the Quincys.
The impact is huge.
Originally, the Quincy was a group that used external spirits as a means.
The Uzumaki sucked away most of the spiritual beings around the Spirit King's Palace, almost draining the place dry.
Yaskin stood opposite Urahara Kisuke, standing enchantingly, his arms seemed to be holding something, and his index finger pointed forward: "As you can see."
Behind him, there were wings condensed with the same molecular formula, a pair of goggles for chemical experiments appeared on his face, and a star-cross-shaped halo of molecular formula emerged on his head.
"This is my Holy Body."
"The poisonous view of God."
Urahara Kisuke's face was heavy.
Yaskin snapped his fingers: "Be careful."
"I won't be as merciful this time as I was in this world."
"Let me introduce you to its capabilities."
But before he could say anything, the wings, mask, and some ornaments that appeared due to the concentration of souls on his body were all flickering brightly and darkly.
Yaskin was startled.
He could feel that his control over the spirit son suddenly weakened.
Did His Majesty take away his ability?
This is the first reaction. But soon, he corrected his thoughts.
No, it's not that the ability has become weaker.
It's because the spirits in the surrounding air that can be controlled by him become thinner.
With such a small base, even if you have outstanding abilities, what's the point of using them?
But why?
The Spirit King's Palace can be said to be the place with the highest concentration of spirit children in the Three Realms. It was obvious that when I and Your Majesty came here just now, the situation of Reiko Neng and Seireitei was really like that in reality - one was in the sky and the other was under the ground.
suddenly.
It's because.
"Naruto's sword?" Urahara Kisuke looked up. This obvious change could not escape his perception.
Although he was not affected too much as a god of death, the shock in his heart was no less than that of Askin.
Most of the Shinigami's Zanpakutō are just like the Shinigami themselves with "introverted spiritual power". Even the swastika is mostly limited to changing itself.
Whether it is Komamura's left formation's "God's Punishment King", his own "Guanyin Kaihong Jikai", or Nirvana's "Golden Boiled Killing Ksitigarbha".
The few knives that can affect a certain range open a fixed area.
"The Enma Cricket" by Tōsen Kaname, and "The Heart of the Wild Bones and Dry Pines" by Kyōraku Shunsui.
Before this, only two Zanpakutō were able to escape these restrictions and spread their influence unscrupulously.
A flowing blade like fire and a Hyōrin pill.
Now there is a third one.
And it's even more extreme than those two.
Ryukenwaka will remove moisture from the air, and Hyōrinmaru will freeze elements in the air.
The Uzumaki sucked away the spirit seeds.
But why?
Urahara Kisuke was puzzled.
The "Uzumaki" is obviously just a "wind type" Zanpakutō, so why is the spirit child taken away?
What made him most incredible was that he could feel that although Naruto's spiritual pressure in the sky had many weird changes, the "Uzumaki" in his hand still maintained its original state.
"What's the skill of the man who fought against His Majesty?" Yaskin repeated the name "Naruto Uzumaki" and grinned, "If he hadn't been so powerful, Your Majesty would have dealt with him long ago."
"but."
"Your name is Urahara Kisuke, right?"
"Why do you look more surprised than me?"
Urahara Kisuke scratched his hat and shook his head: "If your information is as sufficient as you said, then you should know it."
"It's been a long time since I've met Naruto, and it's been a long time since I've understood his true strength."
"Take away the spirit child."
"It's incredible."
"But I really have to thank him. Your so-called Holy Body looks like a big trouble."
"It will trouble me a lot if you deal with it."
"Although Naruto didn't subjectively want to do this, he did help me a lot by accident."
"I owe him another favor."
He swung the knife and smiled.
"So we'd better be serious, deal with you quickly, and see if we can help Naruto in any way."
Yaskin is not the only Quincy to lose the power of the "Perfect Holy Body".
On the rest of the battlefield.
Without exception.
"Perfect Holy Body" is invalid!
Barrow, who had just entered such a state, lingered on him, and the spirits like the incarnation of an "angel" gradually dispersed.
Even the "Holy Death Arrow" that was just shot was annihilated in the wind, ground into spiritual particles, and blown to the sky.
"What a surprise." Kyoryaku Shunsui exhaled from his mouth, pretending to be relieved.
Barrow raised his head, chasing the whereabouts of Lingzi: "It's your Majesty."
"No, it's Naruto Uzumaki."
Kyoraku Shunsui grinned: "I know that the Uzumaki is a very powerful sword. After all, it has a very powerful master."
"But now is not the time to introduce it to you."
"You don't have time to worry about other people now."
He paused.
"Do you know why I want to take you to such a remote place?" After a short silence, he asked such a question.
Barrow didn't make any move, staring at Kyoraku Shunsui with squinted eyes.
"Because my swastika is very dangerous." Kyōraku Shunsui replied to himself, "Among so many Zanpakutos, my swastika is also ranked at the forefront in terms of danger."
"In order not to affect other people, I chose to bring you here."
"Swastika——"
"The sky is crazy and the bones are dry and the pine trees are in the heart."
He waved his swords.
The spiritual pressure exploded in an instant, and the small domain encroached on this area.
Above the sky.
The wind was blowing fiercely, and they were running towards Yhwach. It could be considered an even battle, but based on Naruto's "Nine Lama" swastika, the scales began to tilt infinitely towards Naruto.
The Uzumaki's attack was unexpected.
Even though Yhwach can see all the futures related to him.
But Naruto knows this, so every attack he makes must hit Yhwach, and then become more aggressive and violent.
Each one may be an insignificant feint, and each one may be a fatal blow.
This makes Yhwach difficult to deal with.
He had to plan every blessing given to himself, and make up for it immediately after his body was injured.
Part of the reason for this was that Naruto wanted to trap his spiritual pressure.
after all
He wanted to make this guy part of the wedge.
The Uzumaki's main attack direction was his internal organs, followed by his brain.
The power of the knife is the main attack.
The sealing technique assists.
When the initiative is completely grasped by one person, the person who is hostile to him will become even more embarrassed.
Youhabach fell into such a situation at this moment.
The future he can see
Ten minutes later, fifteen minutes later, twenty minutes later
If I don't make any changes, I will continue to be in such a mess.
"Naruto Uzumaki." Yhwach stretched out his hand, blue flames surged, "I thought that even to deal with you, I wouldn't need to use such power."
"My original plan was that I would not take back all my gifts unless it came to the most critical moment."
"But now, if I don't get back those powers, it will be difficult to compete with you."
As he spoke.
Blue flames bloom like flowers.
"The Circle of Anguish".
Those petals were like arrows, aimed at Naruto.
Sharp and strong.
In the Spirit King's palace that was destroyed in the aftermath of the battle, stones flew up, mixed with the blue spiritual power, formed a ring, and trapped Naruto.
These stones were given the property of being "indestructible".
This was a simple and small prison that imprisoned Naruto.
The vortex blows in and grinds the stones.
With the blessing of Yhwach's power, these stones are not as easily destroyed as ordinary stones.
It takes three or four times before it disappears.
but
This brief opportunity to imprison Naruto was not used by Yhwach to launch an attack.
He was well aware of his attack and there was no way he could kill Naruto in such a short period of time.
Therefore, he had to master the power that could kill Naruto in such a short period of time.
Yhwach raised his hands high.
The blue spirit flame ignited, and the body was like an altar.
"Come back!"
he called softly.
A gust of "wind" blows, not the actual wind brought by the "whirlpool", but a wind at the soul level.
In front of the Spirit King's palace.
Kurosaki Ichigo felt pain in his body and fell to one knee, his facial features twisted hideously.
Something is leaving the body.
It was a blue light that flew out of his head, carrying some of his spiritual power and some of his life force, and flew high into the sky.
Ishida Uryu stopped attacking, raised his hand to push up his glasses, and looked at the sky: "Have you started yet?"
"Do you know what ability that is?" Kurosaki Ichigo gritted his teeth and asked.
"That's holy." Uryū Ishida replied.
Kurosaki Ichigo was shocked. He endured the pain and raised his head to look into the air: "Is this holy?"
When forging your own new knife.
He was sent back to the present world by Nimeiya Wang Yue and learned the truth about the past from his mother.
I know why the relationship between the Ishida family and my own family is so awkward. It seems good, but it seems very contradictory.
Also figure it out
What exactly happened to his mother back then.
This is what Uncle Ishida Ryugen said.
It’s “holy.”
Nine years ago, Yhwach awakened. In order to regain his power, he launched a "holy sanctification" against all half-blood Quincy.
certainly
He himself may not have any intention of killing those hybrid exterminators.
But "losing power" is itself a murder.
Many mixed-blood Quincy were fighting Hollows when they suddenly lost their power, and the only way to end was to be killed by Hollows.
Even Kurosaki Masaki would have died in the "empty mouth" if it weren't for the "Fullbringers" and the "Acting Shinigami".
"Naruto. Uncle Naruto's strength can push His Majesty to this level." Uryū Ishida continued calmly, "Your Majesty is the source of all Quincy, and every Quincy has his spirit flowing through him. Bloodline.”
"So now, he will take back all the Quincy power, accumulate it, and fight Uncle Naruto."
All Quincy.
Kurosaki Ichigo clenched his fists. He knew the reason for the pain in his body. After all, he also had part of the Quincy blood in his body.
etc.
He lowered his head and looked at Ishida Uryu.
This guy doesn't seem to be affected by anything.
"You" Kurosaki Ichigo subconsciously asked.
Ishida Uryu shook his head and did not answer.
But in his heart, one doubt was answered - why did Yhwach take himself away from the world, and why did he list himself as the heir to the invisible empire?
He thought that thing was discovered.
So it was because of this.
Because of his own ability.
In the Invisible Empire, there have always been two opinions about His Majesty's "Holiness".
One is that all the power of the "Holy Words" is bestowed by His Majesty, and the knights have the corresponding power.
There is also a saying that the knights originally possessed the power of the "Holy Words", but because of His Majesty's gift, this power was activated and strengthened to a certain extent.
Now it seems
Ishida Uryu thinks that maybe only the latter, maybe both, but what happened to him is obviously the latter.
He himself has the ability of this holy word "A".
"Completely opposite".
The power of this ability is somewhat beyond his imagination. Not only can it transfer injuries, but it can even oppose Yhwach's "Holiness".
At least, just now he felt Yhwach's "Holiness" imposed on him, and he could easily refuse it.
On the battlefield.
Urahara Kisuke, who manipulated the mechanical puppet, stared at the opposite side mercilessly.
The man who had just suppressed him completely, now collapsed on the ground in a mess, pinching his throat, but no matter how hard he tried, the power still flew upwards in a beam of blue light.
The remaining knights of the Stern Cross Knights.
And the Quincies in the Soul Society
Even.
At the moment when the guy opposite him died, Kurotsuchi Mayuri threw out a scroll.
White smoke exploded, and the scroll spread out.
A body lay on the scroll, stunned, with a dull aura.
It was "Tsunayashiro Tokinada".
This guy who had been made into a "wedge", the "Quincy Power" in his body had also disappeared, as early as the moment when Yhwach launched the Holy Separation, it all disappeared and was sucked away by the King of Quincies.
"Naruto is really foresighted." Kurotsuchi Mayuri said with a sigh.
If he didn't use Yhwach as the "Quincy" part, but chose to use other Quincies at will.
Then I'm afraid that the moment the wedge replaces the Soul King, the wedge will be destroyed by him again.
On the Soul King's Palace.
Naruto has almost removed all the shackles on himself, leaving only the outermost layer of blue soul flame.
Yhwach absorbed all the power of the Quincy and opened his arms.
The spiritual power pierced into the void -
opened a narrow gap, and forcefully destroyed the restrictions of the Soul King's Palace.
It's a "portal".
The portal of space transfer.
"Uzumaki Naruto, you lose." Yhwach still did not launch an attack, but turned around and walked into the portal without hesitation.
