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Chapter 228 Escape with Ease
"What's this?!"

"Such strong spiritual pressure! It's a Hollow?!"

"There are still enemies?!"

Although battlefields have sprung up everywhere in Seireitei, the deafening roar of the exploding power of the will is still the most jarring sound in Seireitei at this moment.

Blazing white lightning and dark red Cero tore and merged in mid-air, transforming into a raging energy tide that swept in all directions. Even Captain-Commander Yamamoto's fiery spiritual pressure, which enveloped the heavens and the earth, was torn open with a fleeting crack. Ordinary Shinigami trembled with fear.

The fighting across the battlefield came to a halt.

Kenpachi Zaraki's sword-wielding motion froze in mid-air, the serrated blade still dripping with Quincy blood. He looked up at the direction of the energy explosion, his frenzied eyes surging with excitement and greed. Almost without hesitation, he threw aside the Quincy in front of him and ran wildly toward the explosion.

Ace Nott, trapped by Senbonzakura Kageyoshi's countless blades, looked extremely pale. Hollow power was a deadly poison to Quincy, and the strange power that mixed Hollow and Shinigami made the Quincy power within him tremble instinctively. He, who wielded the power of fear, was actually gripped by fear.

Cang Du had just broken free from the ice seal of Daiguren Hyōrinmaru when he was shaken by this shockwave, causing his blood to surge. He cursed inwardly, "Damn it! When did Soul Society discover us? And how could they have been hiding such a dangerous monster?!"

"First-class spiritual power, two first-class spiritual powers!"

"One of them should belong to a Vasto Lord-level Void King, Captain, what do we do?!"

The members of the Technology Development Bureau, who were closely monitoring the spiritual pressure of the entire Seireitei, exclaimed in surprise. Turning around, they discovered that Mayuri Kurotsuchi was surrounded by a twisted and sinister low pressure.

It was him, that human!

Compared to when he was in Hueco Mundo, his power has grown by leaps and bounds again?!

Damn it, I really want to capture him and study him, but given the current situation... did you already guess he would appear? But Urahara Kisuke, you idiot, you had such a top-quality product by your side for two years and didn't know how to cherish it, but now you know how to deal with him.

"Hmph, I failed twice, do you think you can succeed?" Mayuri Kurotsuchi gritted his teeth, cursing Kisuke Urahara in his heart.

On the other side, the location where they were stationed happened to be near the battlefield. Rukia Kuchiki had already heard the sounds of Sekii fighting Urahara Kisuke and Yoruichi, and assumed that some Quincy had appeared in the shadows. Two minutes earlier, Rukia and several officers and soldiers began to rush to the battlefield.

When the shockwave destroyed everything around them and swept over them, they were less than a block away from the battlefield.

Rukia barely had time to make her most instinctive defensive move before she and several officers behind her were violently thrown away by the shockwave!
"Binding Spell Number Thirty-Seven: Hanging Star!"

In her haste, Rukia only had time to set up a makeshift spiritual energy buffer in front of her, barely managing to block the incoming debris and energy turbulence. However, the residual spiritual pressure, a mixture of Hollow and Shinigami power, washed over her body like a cold, viscous tide.

"Uh-"

Even these minor aftershocks damaged Rukia's internal organs, and her body was thrown like a rag doll, crashing heavily into a still intact wall in the distance.

Barely retaining her consciousness, Rukia turned her head and found that the officers and soldiers accompanying her were bleeding from their mouths and noses and had fallen into a coma. The spirits of the Shinigami were showing signs of collapse. Although Rukia was only a soldier, it was only because Byakuya Kuchiki had prevented her from advancing that she already possessed the strength of a senior officer.

Therefore, her injuries were the least severe.

"Oh no... We need to get everyone to the Fourth Division quickly, what's going on there..."

Using her sword to support herself as she sat up, the sandstorm in front of her had just cleared up. In the still lingering spiritual energy turbulence and the streets now completely ruined, Rukia saw three figures.

Although she didn't recognize any of them, Rukia's eyes were immediately drawn to Guan Yi in the middle.

On the same face, two completely different expressions; on the same body, two completely different spiritual pressures and auras. This chilling feeling was instantly and deeply imprinted in her mind!
Her body felt as if it were frozen solid, and her soul seemed about to disintegrate. This feeling, this spiritual pressure, was several times stronger than what she had experienced from Byakuya Kuchiki! What kind of monster was this?!
Was that attack just now...?
Compared to Guan Yi, Urahara Kisuke and Yoruichi both looked rather disheveled.

Urahara Kisuke's hat was askew, half of his sleeve had been burned to ashes by the corrosive power of the Cero, his robes were tattered, and his bare arms were covered with fine bloodstains. His expression was heavy and stern.

Yoruichi was in an even more disheveled state. The pale blue aura that had enveloped her had almost completely dissipated, her bodysuit was torn in several places, revealing her dark skin, and there was a trace of blood at the corner of her mouth. She had just stood up from her kneeling position. "Cough cough..."

With two light coughs, Yoruichi wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, glanced at Rukia who had appeared in the distance, and said, "Kanichi, you really didn't hold back. The same Hado, but the power is much stronger than when Tessai released it."

“It’s Hollow spiritual power.” Kisuke Urahara took off his still-smoking hat and said, “On the surface, it seems that Guan Yisang has clearly separated the spiritual power of the Shinigami and the spiritual power of the Hollow into two distinct parts, but in reality, this energy in his body is a ‘spiral structure’, which twists out a meeting point at a certain core.”

This added Hollow-scale destructiveness to his Kido attacks, while Cero added stability.

His expression was grave: "Guan Yisang, you are no longer a Grim Reaper, nor a Hollow, nor a Fullbringer. Even after seeing it with my own eyes, I still find it hard to believe that someone could make such a huge 'modification' to their own soul."

This is too dangerous.

One wrong move and you could lose control and degenerate into a monster more dangerous than pure illusion.

But after facing it in person, Guan Yi's seemingly tempered stability filled him with immense inner conflict.

There were too many things about Guan Yi that even he, a top scientist in Soul Society, couldn't understand. Those things... seemed to come from another world, from a completely different way of understanding the soul and the body.

"I only have one last question." Kisuke Urahara stared intently at Kaneki and asked, "You've gathered so much power into one person, could it be... that you want to become, or even surpass, the Spirit King?"

The Soul King, the creator of the three realms, the wedge that stabilized the three realms, and the first individual in the world to possess power and simultaneously possess the power of the Grim Reaper, the power of Annihilation, and the power of Fullbring!
Compared to the Spirit King, Guan Yi possesses an additional element of Void Power. If Guan Yi could one day perfectly fuse these four energies, even Kisuke Urahara couldn't fathom the extent of his power. At that time, even if his total power couldn't match the Spirit King's, its quality would be enough to catch up with and surpass the Spirit King!
When that day comes, it will be difficult for anyone to stop Guan Yi from doing whatever he wants.

This was Urahara Kisuke's biggest worry and fear, and the main reason he was determined to restrict Kaneki. So after asking that question, Urahara Kisuke stared intently at Kaneki.

Guan Yi remained silent and unresponsive.

"As expected, you even know the secrets hidden by the Invisible Empire, and you also know about the existence of the Spirit King."

Kisuke Urahara had figured out the answer, and his grip on Benihime's hand tightened slightly: "I don't think you'll tell me your source of information, but you should know that what you're doing is an extremely dangerous thing."

Today, Yoruichi-san and I seem to have no way to keep you here, but if you continue to provoke that taboo, you will face a relentless manhunt from the entire Seireitei! Even the Zero Division might take your threat seriously…”

To advise or warn.

Kisuke Urahara rarely spoke so solemnly, but today, facing Kan'i, he spoke at length, yet still received the response he desired.

"Wait, Kisuke." Half a minute later, Yoruichi suddenly interrupted Kisuke Urahara, rushed forward with a Shunpo, and punched Guan Yi in the side of the face.

bang——

The light of the spirit shone brightly, and Guan Yi's figure instantly shattered into a phantom like a bubble. At the same time, the spiritual pressure on his body also disappeared without a trace!
Kisuke Urahara suddenly froze.

He and Ye exchanged bewildered glances. When did Guan Yi leave? How come we didn't notice? So Guan Yi held back during her previous attack?!

So all those things I just said and those questions were just me talking to myself?!
wrong.

Kisuke Urahara suddenly turned around and looked at Rukia, who looked bewildered yet seemed to know something extraordinary—what Soul King? What about becoming a Soul King? What about the Zero Division?

"..." Kisuke Urahara slammed the charred hat down on his head.

What a failure! They still wanted to capture Guan Yi? In the end, they didn't even notice when he escaped.

(End of this chapter)