Crossover Anime: Starting with Bankai from Demon Slayer

Chapter 146 Flying Bird - Over Soul

Urahara's hand trembled slightly as he grasped Benihime's, revealing for the first time the astonishment that his plan had gone awry.

"He wants that boy to detach his soul from his body? To forcibly separate it from the prosthetic body without any spiritual guidance?"

"That will destroy his spirit core!" Yoruichi shouted urgently, "Kisuke, intervene!"

But Kisuke Urahara remained motionless, his eyes flashing with chaotic thoughts as he made his final decision.

...No...this might be the new key to unlocking boundaries.

On the battlefield.

The crimson light from the flash had already turned their faces blood red.

"I see...

'

Yoh Asakura took a deep breath, and his eyes, which were always filled with weariness, became incredibly clear and firm at this moment.

He sensed the bird's resolute will.

"If this is your resolve... Amitabha!"

"exist!!"

"Possession dispelled!"

A stream of light shot out from Yoh Asakura's body, and the towering samurai spirit reappeared behind Yoh Asakura.

Having been possessed and then released twice in a short period of time made Yoh Asakura feel a little dizzy.

But he still reached out his trembling hand and pressed it hard against the bird's chest.

"Mr. Asuka! Bear with it!!"

In that instant, the bird felt an unprecedented, excruciating pain.

Or it can no longer be called pain.

Every cell, every piece of consciousness, was forcibly pulled from the body, and the mind was being torn apart.

"Ugh... Ahhhhhh!"

Even a bird with a will as firm as its wings couldn't help but let out a mournful roar.

His artificial body began to convulse violently, and his originally rosy complexion quickly turned pale and gray, eventually losing all color like a withered tree that had lost all its moisture.

At the same time, a dazzling light burst forth from that ashen body!

It was a spirit so powerful that even Amida Maru felt a chill run down his spine.

He was dressed in a tattered black kimono, and his body was surrounded by a storm of black and red energy.

It was a bird that had transcended the boundary between life and death, shedding its heavy physical body into a spiritual form.

"It's a success..." Yoh Asakura gasped for breath, his eyes bloodshot, the massive consumption of his magical power leaving him nearly exhausted.

But before him, the powerful soul did not dissipate; instead, following his will, it transformed into a stream of light and rushed into his palm.

A soul orb with a cold gaze and a somewhat bad temper appeared in his hand.

"Come on, Mr. Asuka!"

Yoh Asakura opened his arms and let out his final cry.

"Possession and Fusion - Asuka!!!"

boom!

A crimson void flash erupted at that moment, and a beam of destructive light several meters in diameter instantly engulfed the spot where the two were standing.

The earth trembled, and the aftershocks of smoke and spiritual pressure transformed into giant waves that turned the surrounding trees and rocks into dust.

"How could this be..." Yoruichi's breathing stopped.

The two boys' auras were completely covered by the Cero; even a Shinigami at the vice-captain level wouldn't dare to take that level of attack head-on.

"Did I fail...?" she murmured to herself, then jumped down from the tree.

"No, Yoruichi-san."

"Look over there."

The smoke and dust cleared.

Kylian's huge red eyes suddenly flickered.

It seemed to sense that a strange and dangerous aura, unlike anything it had ever seen before, was rising from the ruins.

A figure stood silently in the center of the deep pit.

It was still Yoh Asakura's body, but that languid aura had completely vanished.

The boy's originally fluffy hair was blown back by the strong wind, revealing a pair of cold, icy eyes.

His right hand gripped the long sword that had just been unable to cut through the steel skin of a Hollow.

But at this moment, the blade was covered with a flowing, eerie, and dangerous black-red aura.

The spiritual particles are being highly compressed on the blade.

That was something beyond the scope of ordinary psychics—soul weaponry.

"This feeling..."

'

Yoh Asakura, or rather, Asuka, who was in control of her body, slowly raised her head, feeling the surging power within her like a river.

Without the constraints of the artificial body, the flow of spiritual particles that was once untouchable was now as clear as lines on the palm of his hand.

As the bird felt its body strengthened by witchcraft, it finally experienced a long-lost sense of lightness.

Is this the world of spirits? Asuka wondered.

"Mr. Asuka...you really are a dead man." Yoh Asakura's voice still carried a trace of lingering fear.

Is this... the power of the Grim Reaper? Yoh Asakura, who had gained Asuka's power and some of her memories, was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth.

"Hey, big guy."

Asakura Yoh's lips curled slightly, and his Zanpakuto pointed diagonally at the ground, causing the spiritual particles in the atmosphere to begin spinning wildly around him.

"That last shot, did you enjoy it?"

"Next, it's my turn."

"OMG."

Kisuke Urahara, standing in the shadows, dropped his fan to the ground with a thud.

He watched with his own eyes as that strange being perfectly fused the pressure of death with the psychic power of a medium, his eyes gleaming with unprecedented fervor.

"Using the soul of Death as a spirit holder... even the guy on the throne couldn't have imagined something like that, could he?"

The results of this stress test have far exceeded his expectations.

A brand new, nascent power capable of disrupting the balance of the three realms was officially born on this remote, barren hillside.

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Kylian felt threatened.

For the first time, this enormous monster, which had taken countless centuries to reach its current state, experienced a feeling similar to fear.

It opened its maw once more, and spiritual particles gathered frantically once more.

But this time, the bird won't give it a chance.

"Yo Asakura! Feel my spiritual pressure flowing! Surrender your body to me completely!"

"Oh! I don't know what spiritual pressure is! But since things have already come to this, let's go all out!"

Yoh Asakura's hearty laughter echoed in the mental space.

Two completely different souls achieved perfect synchronization at this moment.

His toes lightly touched the ground.

During his time training hard as a laborer, Asuka's understanding of movement techniques reached a new level.

Now freed from the constraints of the artificial body, even without using spiritual power to perform Instant Step, his speed has already surpassed his original self.

Yoh Asakura's body left a trail of afterimages in the same spot.

The next second, he appeared in front of Kylian's enormous mask.

"Storm Breathing: Fourth Form - Vacuum Buddha Slash!!"

"Ah...that's my word..." Amida Maru on the ground was stunned.

The long sword, covered in spiritual pressure, drew a perfect arc in the air, sucking away the air between the two and instantly creating a vacuum zone!

That wasn't just a simple physical attack.

That was a collision of souls.

Kylian, whose skin was previously impervious to even scratches, developed a huge crack on his pale mask after this attack!

"Awooo—!!!"

The Great Void let out a painful wail.

Amida Maru was completely stunned.

As a warrior who had once roamed through chaotic times, he had never seen such ferocious and swift swordsmanship.

That sword strike seemed to be stripping away the laws of this world.

"Lord Asuka... is this the power of the samurai from your world?" Amida Maru asked with deep respect.

"No."

Asuka's consciousness controlled Yoh Asakura's arm, the hilt of the knife nimbly twirling between her fingertips before aiming at Kylian's throat once more.

"I'm just a lost soul who doesn't want to be controlled by fate."

Rift—Void!!!

puff-!!

Kylian never imagined that he would have his throat slit by a human.

It staggered back several steps, its eyes beneath the shattered mask flashing with terror.

The Great Void let out a long, unwilling roar, and its enormous claws shot straight into the sky.

With a crackling sound, the surrounding space began to emit a crisp sound like shattering glass, and countless cracks appeared from the void.

Finally, a pitch-black portal, the "Black Cavity," officially took shape in mid-air.

Kylian dared not linger any longer and hurriedly crawled into the dark cavity, not wanting to look at the human oddity behind him again.

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