The Supreme Soul, Starting with Death

"Uh, actually I don't know what happened either. After I sent that child back to the mortal world, I had just entrusted the Grim Reaper there to heal her when she suddenly lost consciousness. Her injuries began to heal rapidly, and she even unleashed a spiritual power that was very similar to that of a Void."

Asido himself didn't understand what had happened, and could only describe what he had seen.

"Then, the Shinigami over there concluded that the child had become Hollowfied and needed to be killed as soon as possible. I felt that the child was clearly still alive. How could a Hollowfied have a living body? This couldn't be Hollowfied, so I tried to stop them, and that's how we ended up fighting."

"Then the child woke up. She didn't seem to have completely lost consciousness. She heard the Grim Reaper say that he was going to kill her, and as soon as she woke up, she wanted to fight the Grim Reaper."

"Originally, neither I nor that Grim Reaper intended to break off relations. We were dealing with the fight and arguing at the same time, trying to persuade each other. Suddenly, that kid intervened, and the other party probably felt that there was some danger, so he got serious and even released his Zanpakuto."

"When I saw that if the fighting continued like this, there would definitely be casualties, I quickly took the child and retreated back to Hueco Mundo. I'm completely confused now and have no idea what happened."

Since entering Hueco Mundo, this was the first time Asido had spoken so much in one breath. His throat was a little sore, so he rubbed his throat, coughed twice, and then looked at Gu Shi with a puzzled expression.

"Gu Shi, can you figure out what's going on?"

Spending so much time together day and night has given Asido a lot of unrealistic confidence in Gu Shi. He always feels that no matter what the problem is, as long as he consults Gu Shi, he will definitely get an answer. When he has doubts, he subconsciously chooses to seek answers from Gu Shi.

Gu Shi didn't hold back at all. Apart from overly sensitive information like the fragments of the Spirit King, he revealed all his conjectures about Fullbring.

The group of Soul Reapers and Hollows nodded repeatedly as they listened. The girl in Gu Shi's fist also heard their conversation and nodded vigorously, regardless of whether Gu Shi could see her or not.

"So my ability is called Fullbringer, Uncle Gu Shi. You know a lot!"

...Uncle...

With a twitch at the corner of his mouth, Gu Shi, who considered himself to be in the prime of his life, rolled his eyes. Feeling that the girl should have calmed down, he released his grip and disdainfully placed her on the desert.

The wounds from when the girl hit Gu Shi with her claws had completely healed, with only a few traces of blood remaining on her hands, proving that she had been injured just a few minutes earlier.

The girl rubbed her hands on the sand to remove the sticky, annoying blood, then examined her smooth, new palms, a wide smile spreading across her face.

"So, the medium through which I used my ultimate technique was..."

"stop!"

Before the girl could finish speaking, Gu Shi immediately stopped him.

"Don't reveal your medium. Intelligence is a crucial factor in determining the outcome of a battle. The medium and ability are the greatest secrets of a Fullbringer. You keep them to yourself; there's no need to tell us."

"It's okay. The red light that saved me before was emitted by Uncle Gu Shi, right? You and Uncle Asiduo are both my saviors, so it's definitely okay to tell you."

The girl looked up and met Gu Shi's gaze. Her thin face was full of trust, a pure kindness and reliance that even made Gu Shi feel a little uncomfortable. He unconsciously looked away and muttered a complaint.

"You little brat, you're definitely not a normal person either."

When Gu Shigang first came into this world, he was only about five meters tall. The first living person he encountered treated him as a legendary monster, and his words were full of awe for non-human beings.

Now Gu Shi has become a giant, over thirty meters tall, nearly six stories high. His mere size is enough to intimidate most people, yet the girl shows no fear and casually calls him "Uncle."

This can't be simply described as "nervous"; this girl has some issues.

However, since Fullbringers are people who can feel "deep love" for "objects," most of them are not so normal. Therefore, this girl's behavior is perhaps not so strange.

While Gu Shi was still trying to think critically about whether the girl was normal, the girl had already started revealing her information with a bright smile.

"My Fullbring medium should be my life, or rather my body? After all, I'm terrified of dying, and what I love most is definitely my own life."

"As for my abilities, they are life-saving abilities. After I am killed, I can immediately revive to the moment before I died, and the factors that caused my death will no longer be able to kill me."

As she spoke, the girl suddenly paused, scratching her face in a panic.

"Wait! What if I'm resurrected when I die of old age, and then live on as an old woman forever? That would be too tragic!"

Thinking about a future where she could barely walk, had lost all her teeth, yet couldn't die no matter what, the girl couldn't help but feel a little frantic. She kept muttering words like "unlucky" and "awful," and kept pulling at her hair.

The girl thought she was unlucky, but after hearing the introduction of her abilities, Tianpeng and the others were filled with disbelief. They felt that the Fullbringer was too outrageous, that she could even resurrect easily. Compared to her, weren't the Shinigami and the Hollows a bit too mediocre?

Only Gu Shi remained calm. After all, since Fullbring was related to the Spirit King, the biggest bug, it couldn't be considered outrageous no matter how absurd it was. Although the girl's ability was special, it wasn't that special compared to the Fullbringers who could control time and luck hundreds of years later.

However, this girl's abilities unconsciously reminded Gu Shi of a name—

Stone staff fire jar.

Chapter 107 Cruel

During Gu Shi's rebellious teenage years, he was obsessed with all kinds of villains, and the more insane and crazy the villain was, the more he liked him.

That strange contrast—that appearance was no different from that of a human, but the inner world was completely different from that of ordinary people—held an incredibly alluring and unique beauty in Gu Shi's heart when he was young.

It was during that time that Gu Shi learned about characters such as Kawakami Tomie, Misono Mayu, and Ishijiro Kata.

Among them, Shi Zhang Huo Ta left a deep impression on Gu Shi. Besides her naive, chaotic, and obsessive thoughts, her unique abilities were also an important bonus.

In simple terms, Shi Zhang Huo Ta's ability is complete immunity to "death". After being killed by any means once, she will gain an antibody against that method of death, making that method of death completely ineffective against her. If her blood is extracted and injected into someone else's body, that person can even temporarily share her immunity to death.

At first glance, the ability of "immortality" is not unusual in various stories. If an ordinary person had this ability, they would definitely try to commit suicide in various ways to make themselves immune to all ways of dying, thus becoming "invincible".

But the silly Stone Staff Firethroat didn't have such complicated thoughts. She was only focused on training her muscles to prepare to kill the guy who "bullied" her in the future. She never thought about developing her ability. As a result, she accidentally developed this ability to an incredible effect.

What if you can't beat the bad guys? The single-minded Stone Staff Fireball doesn't think about anything else, only about desperately training his muscles to become stronger.

Then, she trained herself to the point of muscle overexertion, organ failure, and death from exhaustion. As a result, she acquired an antibody against "death due to lack of endurance" and became a monster with limitless endurance.

If she wasn't strong enough, she continued to train. Then, with unlimited endurance, her body reached its limit through exercise, causing her muscles to dissolve and die. She then acquired an antibody against "death by reaching the limit," thus becoming a super monster with unlimited potential.

Originally, it was simply immortality, but the stubborn Stone Staff Fire Thresh turned it into an ability with infinite endurance, infinite potential, and even no limit to lifespan. As long as it continues to train, it is destined to surpass the abilities of the entire world.

Now, this girl who has mastered the ultimate technique, in Gu Shi's opinion, her ability is actually very similar to the "death antibody" of the Stone Staff Fire Thresh, which is an ability with unlimited potential.

"If you're worried about not being able to die when you get old, then go exercise. As long as you exercise until all your organs fail and you die, you can become immune to 'failure.' Aging is actually the manifestation of the gradual failure of the body's organs as you get older. If you become immune to failure, you should not get old."

With a mix of envy and anticipation, Gu Shi interrupted the girl's frantic mutterings and offered a somewhat cruel suggestion.

Upon hearing this, everyone present was stunned. "Go and work yourself to death," these words sounded extremely harsh. Asi chuckled a few times, worried that the girl couldn't accept it. He was about to explain a few words to let the girl know that Gu Shi had no ill intentions when he saw the girl, who had just been frustrated and frantic, suddenly light up.

"That makes sense! Uncle Gu Shi, you're incredibly smart! From today onwards, you're the person I admire most!"

The girl rolled over and got up, excitedly starting to run laps around the crowd, thanking Gu Shi loudly as she ran.

"Thank you so much, Uncle Gu Shi! By the way, I heard them talking and I know your name is Gu Shi, but you don't know my name, do you? My name is Bai! Ah! But you're my savior, so you can call me whatever you want, brat, brat, money-loser, anything goes!"

Bai ran around in high spirits, her smile still bright, but after hearing her last words, Gu Shi couldn't smile anymore, and Asido's expression also stiffened.

From the unfriendly way Bai used the term of address as an example, it's not hard to imagine what kind of environment she had lived in before. Ashido had originally been thinking of finding an opportunity to secretly send the child back to the real world so that she could return to her family. But upon hearing this, he immediately abandoned the idea of ​​sending her back to the hellhole.

Gu Shi paused briefly, then waved his hand dismissively.

“A name is meant to be called. You already have the name Bai, why would I need to call you in any other way? Don’t think too much, just go run.”

Bai's smile widened, and he let out a spirited "Oh!" before running even faster.

From their conversation, Tianpeng realized that the girl intended to follow them, and Gu Shi seemed to intend to take care of her for a while, so he made a timely suggestion.

"We've been walking for quite a while today, so why don't we set up camp here and rest?"

Although less than half an hour had passed since they left the previous camp, no one objected to what Tianpeng said. Erlang looked down to make sure Bai hadn't run up to his feet, and immediately sat down.

"Perfect timing, I'm a bit tired too, time to rest! Rest!"

The big rabbit was stunned for a moment, then quickly showed its support by sitting down as well. Bai ran up to her side, and the big rabbit hesitated for a moment. Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, she quickly whispered a few words of comfort to the girl.

"We won't be leaving for now, so don't worry about getting tired and falling behind us. You, you can do it!"

Given the size of these Killian beings, even if they were to stroll slowly, their speed wouldn't be that slow. For a human of normal size, without Asido's Instant Step ability, keeping up with them would be a pipe dream. Even if they could catch up with them by sprinting for a short time, they simply couldn't maintain it for long.

However, if Bai can gain immunity to "death due to lack of endurance", he will no longer need to worry about endurance issues and can sprint for a long time, which should allow him to keep up with them.

Bai clearly sensed the big rabbit's goodwill, looked up at her with a big smile, and continued running with all its might.

As a child who was always hungry and extremely thin, Bai's physical strength was actually not very good. When she sprinted at full speed, her strength was almost exhausted in just a short time. Her legs became heavy, and every movement became torture.

But Bai had no intention of stopping. She continued to "run" at a slow pace, even as her lungs became scalding hot, even as her breath carried the unpleasant smell of rust, even as her vision became blurred and overlapping, even as her consciousness became chaotic.

Finally, as that small, thin body took another step, it lost its balance and fell heavily into the pale white dust.

Axido's face was full of reluctance. For Axido, who was wholeheartedly dedicated to protecting others, such a scene was too cruel. Gu Shi hesitated for a moment, but still hardened his heart and woke up the girl who had only fainted but was not dead.

"That's not enough. Whether you want to continue is up to you."

Chapter 108 A Heart in Resonance

"'Young brother, you are truly a god descended from heaven, your skills are superb! Come, come, let me pour wine for you two young heroes,' the snake demon said with a smile, filling the cups of the fourth and fifth brothers. As the master of the cave, the snake demon personally poured the wine..."

Gu Shi's story suddenly stopped halfway through.

Not far from him, Bai, who could no longer stand but still insisted on crawling on the ground, finally fell completely silent.

Even though Bai had said long ago that her Fullbring could revive her, Ashdo still couldn't help but feel nervous at this moment. What if she couldn't revive? What if the outcome after revival wasn't what she wanted?

A middle-aged man who had been single for over two hundred years and had never taken care of a child before suddenly found himself with a child to care for for the first time. His paternal love, which had been dormant for over two hundred years, seemed to burst forth all at once, and he became extremely nervous about the little girl in front of him who was not related to him by blood.

Fortunately, if Bai were a daughter, she would definitely be a sensible child who wouldn't worry her father. Before Asido's unease could fester, he jumped up in a flash.

Before his worried father could ask, Bai began to examine his own body, and then without saying a word, he started running wildly, sprinting in circles at his fastest speed.

Asido knew that she wanted to test whether she was immune to "lack of stamina" and "fatigue," so he didn't disturb her and just watched quietly from the side. Gu Shi was also a little curious about whether her suggestion would be successful, so she stopped telling stories and watched with Asido.

"...It seems we succeeded."

The wait wasn't long. Her pale and thin body meant her stamina wasn't great to begin with. She had sprinted at full speed for less than two minutes before her speed had noticeably decreased. This time, she sprinted for almost five minutes without slowing down. Seeing this, Gu Shi knew that this girl was probably truly immune to "insufficient stamina."

So, if she becomes immune to "physical limits" next, will this little girl really be able to become a super monster with unlimited potential, just like Shi Zhang Huo Ta?

Thinking about it this way, Gu Shi couldn't help but feel a little excited.

“Bai, you don’t need to stop. Just keep running and listen to me. You are no longer limited by endurance. Perhaps you don’t understand what this means yet, so I’ll put it simply—if there really is a god in this world, then you have already obtained the key to becoming a god.”

Upon hearing Gu Shi's words, not only Bai, but even Erlang and the others couldn't help but widen their eyes in surprise. They never expected Gu Shi to have such a high opinion of a little girl.

Ignoring everyone's surprise, Gu Shi continued speaking to himself.

"No matter how wholeheartedly an ordinary person hones their martial arts skills, they cannot spend all their time on this. They must spend a lot of time healing injuries, recovering physical strength, and sleeping."

"Your stamina is now limitless, so you don't need to waste time recovering your strength. You can also be instantly healed by resurrection, and after resurrecting a few times, you should be immune to most damage and no longer get hurt."

"Sleep, to put it simply, is the exhaustion of physical and mental endurance, the feeling of fatigue, and the need to stop activity to slowly recover. Theoretically speaking, you should no longer need sleep now."

As Gu Shi spoke, Bai himself hadn't yet fully grasped the meaning, but Erlang and Asido were already green with envy.

If Gu Shi's words are simplified, they can be understood as Bai having three to four times, or even more, more cultivation time than others every day. One year of hard work in Bai is equivalent to three or four years of others' skills. How could they not be envious?

However, Gu Shi didn't finish speaking. Amidst the envious gazes of the crowd, he continued calmly.

"If you train continuously for a long time, you should be able to reach the limits of the mortal body very quickly. As long as you continue to train at a high intensity, you should be able to die from 'potential overdraft' and become immune to 'potential overdraft', so that your potential will never have an upper limit. As long as you keep training, you can keep getting stronger and eventually become stronger than all of us."