allendalepharm Chapter 236 Everyone said the same thing
Chapter 236 Everyone said the same thing
Chapter 236 Everyone said the same thing
Intensive training relentlessly squeezed Ichigo's potential, and he repeatedly faced his Hollowfied self in an illusory world, only to be killed time and time again.
Pain consumed his soul, making Ichigo realize that controlling Hollowfication was not as easy as he had imagined.
Ichigo, who attends school during the day, appears listless.
In contrast, Rukia and the others, who were training under Chu Yang's guidance, were very excited and could feel their progress every day.
"You guys look really happy. Is Yang's training going well?" Ichigo asked curiously.
"It was boring at first, but it got better once I persevered. Now I feel like I'm getting stronger every day." Rukia crossed her arms, looking rather smug, and completely forgot to consider Ichigo's feelings.
"Getting stronger every day?" Ichigo scratched his head in frustration, quickly turning his messy hair into a bird's nest.
"Is the special training not going too well?" Orihime asked gently.
"It's not just not going well, it's just..." Ichigo said, then suddenly deflated like a punctured balloon, slumping listlessly onto his desk.
Rukia and Orihime exchanged a glance, both realizing that Ichigo was probably facing great difficulties in his training.
"Just give yourself some more time. Things weren't always smooth sailing for us either," Orihime gently comforted Ichigo.
"Among all the Shinigami, only Shinji Hirako and his companions possess the ability to Hollowen and control Hollowen. More than 100 years have passed since they acquired the ability to Hollowen."
"So, this is not a simple matter. I'm afraid even your older brother can't accomplish it easily." To comfort Ichigo, Rukia even brought up Byakuya Kuchiki as a reference.
"Really?" Hearing both of them say that, Ichigo's mood visibly improved, but he quickly asked again, "What if it's Yang? How long do you think it would take him to master Hollowfication?"
Rukia rested her chin on her hand, pondered for a moment, and said, "He honed the four major techniques of the Shinigami—slashing fist, walking ghost—to such an excellent degree in less than a year. Even most captains are not as good as him. If it were him, it shouldn't take long..."
Orihime tilted her head and said, "For Yang-kun, a week should be enough, right?"
Rukia shook her head and said, "At most three days. He was the only one who made Aizen suffer, and back then he wasn't even a Shinigami yet."
"Three days?" Ichigo, who had just felt comforted, stared at the two in disbelief, his voice suddenly rising.
Hearing this, Ichigo's fighting spirit soared, his eyes burning with a fierce flame. "I will achieve Hollowfication today!"
Ichigo, deeply provoked, inexplicably became fired up...
Seeing his expression, Rukia and Orihime couldn't help but turn away and laugh.
"Single-celled organisms are really easy to fool."
"He really cares about Yang; the two of them have a really good relationship."
"How can you tell they have a good relationship? It's just their competitive nature."
"Besides opponents, the only things that can ignite a man's competitive spirit are his friends."
"An opponent..." Rukia thought of Chu Yang's figure and felt that the other party always seemed unfathomable. Although Ichigo had great potential, it was difficult to compare him with Chu Yang.
It's like the difference between Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni and other Shinigami (death gods).
Go home after school.
Ichigo is going directly to the Visoreds' base, while Rukia has some business to attend to at Urahara Shop.
Chadu did not attend school.
Orihime could only go to Chu Yang's house alone first.
Halfway there, streaks of blue light flashed across the sky, as if a meteor shower was falling.
A powerful spiritual pressure suddenly erupted.
Orihime instinctively ran in the direction where the spiritual pressure was coming from.
Turning into the dark, deserted alley, the surrounding scenery suddenly changed, as if we had entered another space.
Orihime looked around in surprise.
A tall figure suddenly appeared in front of Orihime, like a wall blocking her view.
"Little girl, are you lost?"
With an evil laugh, the giant man dressed in white revealed a ferocious smile to Orihime.
A large hole was exposed in his chest.
It's not human, it's a phantom!
They just look no different from humans.
Behind the giant stood a young man of relatively average height, also dressed in white, with dark green eyes and two tear streaks that drew a vertical line on his face.
His gaze was extremely indifferent, as if all life was insignificant in his eyes.
Two peculiar illusions!
Orihime's face flashed with panic, and she instinctively wanted to run away.
The giant appeared in front of her in a flash, his speed was frightening.
"I'm asking you a question. How can you have no manners at all? People in this world have such poor manners." The giant glared at Orihime with displeasure. "You're a human, not in spirit form, yet you can see me. How interesting..."
After saying that, the giant grabbed at Orihime with one hand.
"A shield formed in three days!"
Threatened, Orihime instinctively summoned the Shield of Shun Rikka, a shimmering orange energy shield that appeared before her and blocked the giant's hand.
"Um?!"
Exclamations of surprise and doubt came simultaneously from the giant and the young man behind him.
"How could a mere human possess such an ability?" The giant was surprised and filled with curiosity. He was no ordinary Void Spirit; even a genuine Grim Reaper might not be able to stop him.
"Fullbringer... no, not just any Fullbringer." The young man, who seemed uninterested in anything, suddenly focused all his attention on Orihime.
The giant was blocked by Orihime, and immediately punched the shield again, causing cracks to appear on the shield, which collapsed completely two seconds later.
"Looks impressive, but actually quite vulnerable." The giant grinned, constantly mocking Orihime.
Orihime ignored him, calmly controlling the Shield of Shun Rikka. The pressure she felt from him was not even as great as a single glance from Chu Yang.
"Four days of resistance!"
The three-dimensional triangular cone shield protects Orihime, forming a solid defense against the enemy.
The shield absorbs the enemy's attack the moment it is attacked, unleashing and spreading the impact, while also allowing for a counterattack using the Tsubaki.
Changes in capabilities that integrate offense and defense.
After undergoing special training, Orihime's control over her abilities is now completely different, and she instantly completed a high-difficulty counterattack form.
The giant, having been thwarted time and again, was enraged and slammed his fist into the shield with all his might.
"Stop it, Yammy!"
The young man seemed to sense something was wrong and hurriedly called out to his companion, but he was a little too slow; the creature named Yammy had already smashed down.
"Ulquiorra..."
The shield absorbed Yammie's punch, while simultaneously unleashing the full force of the impact onto him.
The moment the shield shattered, Yammy was also thrown back by his own immense force. Tsubaki's attacks followed relentlessly, and he suffered considerable injuries.
Yammy, whose arm was bleeding profusely, stared in astonishment at the human girl.
"I'm injured?!"
"It's a success!"
Orihime was so happy she almost shouted out loud. This was the first time she had played a role on the front lines of the battlefield, instead of being treated as a medic.
Only then did she understand why Chu Yang had made her practice the Ghost Path continuously.
The increased speed of spellcasting has fundamentally changed Orihime's combat abilities.
Some are happy, some are sad.
Yami was furious. As one of the Espada, even if he was the lowest-ranking tenth Espada, his pride wouldn't allow him to be hurt by a human!
Only by killing this human can I wash away the shame upon myself!
The thought lingered in Yammie's mind, making his eyes redden and bringing him to the brink of madness.
Just then, the taciturn Ulquiorra said calmly, "You are not allowed to hurt this girl."
Yammy turned around angrily.
Ulquiorra remained calm, seemingly unconcerned by his companion's anger, and said softly, "Her ability is quite unique; Lord Aizen should like it."
Upon hearing Aizen's name, Yammy's eyes cleared somewhat, and he regained a portion of his rationality.
Although he really wanted to kill the girl in front of him, since Ulquiorra said she was useful to Aizen, he couldn't do anything reckless.
Aizen is a terrifying guy...
"Knock her out and take her away." Ulquiorra's lips curled up, as if he had remembered something amusing.
"Don't order me around!" Yammy walked toward Orihime with a cold face. This time, he drew his Zanpakuto (core), and his aura changed abruptly.
Orihime stared blankly. She remembered that Zanpakuto were weapons unique to Shinigami, but she saw them in a Hollow's hand.
In that brief moment of distraction, Yami's burly body vanished once more, abruptly reappearing behind Orihime.
Sensing the howling wind behind her, Orihime turned pale.
Yammy's Zanpakuto was as large as his body; even though he intended to stun Orihime, it looked as if he was crushing her.
Overwhelmed by extreme fear, Orihime's mind went blank. The sound of her Zanpakuto being swung was like a thunderclap, blowing up sand and stones, and plunging her into endless chaos.
when!!!
A sharp, clear clang of metal suddenly rang out, and the muscular arm, with its tightly packed teeth, froze in place, seemingly encountering a strong obstacle and unable to move forward.
As the dust settled, another person appeared in front of Orihime. The newcomer gripped Yammy's Zanpakuto, rendering her unable to move. Yammy's efforts seemed futile.
Ulquiorra's eyes were cold from a distance.
He saw the Shinigami uniform...
Their wide black robes fluttered in the wind, creating a stark contrast with their white attire.
"You're really strong, aren't you? I never knew there were people like that in Bleach." Yammy's eyes flashed with murderous intent as he sneered, "Who are you?"
"Captain of the 5th Division of the Gotei 13, Yang." Chu Yang smiled slightly, and his right hand burst forth with brilliant golden light, unleashing the power of a hundred dragons and a hundred elephants, causing a raging storm.
Click!
Yammy's Zanpakuto was covered in cracks, and it seemed like it would shatter completely at any moment.
"You actually..."
Yammy was furious. His Zanpakuto, like the numerical markings on their bodies, was proof of their status as Espada!
Now that Chu Yang had broken the mark, Yammy's anger reached its peak in an instant.
The Zanpakuto, on the verge of shattering, transformed into a stream of light, broke free from Chu Yang's control, and then rushed into Yammy's body.
Release the blade!
The Hollowfication of the Visored requires wearing a mask symbolizing a Hollow, while the Shinigami transformation of a Hollow involves releasing the Zanpakuto (core) representing the power of a Shinigami.
When the two forces combine and reach a balance, they can break the limits of power and enter a stronger state, which is what Aizen has been pursuing all along.
After his release, Yammy's body suddenly swelled, becoming even closer to the form a Hollow should have.
Its lower body transforms into a reptile with 12 legs, similar to a scorpion, and a tail.
As Yammy entered his Resurrección form, his spiritual pressure began to surge rapidly, so much so that the Soul Society also received a strong signal.
Mayuri Kurotsuchi, the current head of the Technology Development Bureau, immediately sent someone to the First Division to report the situation.
Seireitei was in complete chaos.
"It seems that Aizen has completed the research on the Hogyoku. The Captain-Commander should really listen to that kid's opinion, but it's no use saying that now, since that kid has gone to the human world."
"This is troublesome. Without the Seireitei's permission, a captain-level Shinigami can't unleash their full power. We need to call for reinforcements to help that kid Yang."
After muttering to himself for a while, Mayuri Kurotsuchi suddenly burst out laughing, "He's even less popular than me, so probably no one will be willing to help him, right?"
In the human world, the spiritual pressure of a Shinigami captain is indeed suppressed. This is to prevent the captain's battles from causing too much damage to the human world. Any Shinigami who goes to the human world will be suppressed, and the suppression can only be lifted if permission is obtained in advance.
Chu Yang came to the mortal world to find the reason for the disappearance of the Hollow, so he was not allowed to enter and his spiritual pressure was suppressed.
But it doesn't matter.
What does the suppression of spiritual pressure have to do with my Origin Martial True Body?
The moment Yami returned to his blade, Chu Yang also activated his Origin Martial True Body. The air surged like a tide, or like a lens constantly vibrating.
Ulquiorra's eyelids twitched at the sight; he had never even felt this kind of oppressive feeling from Aizen.
阳？
As he recalled the name, Ulquiorra suddenly remembered something.
"This is the name that Lord Aizen often mentions."
"Thanks to him, Lord Aizen was able to hunt Hollows in Hueco Mundo so frantically. He was also the first person that Lord Aizen hated so much."
"What on earth did this guy do that made Lord Aizen lose his temper just thinking about him?"
Ulquiorra's eyes sparkled as he watched Chu Yang's retreating figure, his heart filled with curiosity.
On Chu Yang's shoulder, the sun and moon slowly rose, their two rays shining simultaneously on his massive, mountain-sized body.
Just as Yammy was about to strike, he suddenly felt excruciating pain as if he were being torn apart by a thousand knives, and immediately let out a mournful howl. He looked down and saw that where the sunlight and moonlight shone, flesh and blood were slowly decomposing.
The two lights intertwined, like a millstone, constantly eroding his flesh and blood.
The steel skin, with its high spiritual pressure, can even withstand the slashes of a Shinigami's Zanpakuto, yet it is utterly powerless against the radiance of the sun and moon.
Yammy retreated sharply, trying to escape the place where the sun and moon could shine, but no matter how he dodged, or even used the spinning top to move at high speed, the dazzling light still followed him like a shadow.
The pain drove Yammie to the brink of collapse, so she gave up on trying to escape, and all that remained in her bloodshot eyes was Chu Yang's figure.
"I'll kill you!"
Yammy, panting heavily, gradually went mad. As his anger escalated, his body rapidly expanded, eventually becoming a colossal creature that enveloped the city.
In the current situation, even if Ulquiorra wanted to teleport him away, he couldn't, because Yammy's body was simply too large.
"Many people like to say this, but they don't usually end up doing well."
Chu Yang smiled politely, his calmness in the face of such a monster was frightening.
(End of this chapter)