Crossover Anime: Starting with Bankai from Demon Slayer

Chapter 211 Machiri's Otherworldly Adventure

"One day, while I was studying insect magic alone, my consciousness suddenly fell into chaos."

Zang Yan's voice became erratic: "When I opened my eyes again, I found myself in a world that seemed familiar yet was completely foreign."

"My magic loop is still there, but the magic no longer works."

As he recounted his story, Fei Niao slowly loosened her grip on her sleeve.

Zang Yan straightened his disheveled collar and continued, "What's even more terrifying is... my memories there became confused over time, even my name became blurry..."

"I lingered there, thinking that my life would end there, until I met that man—Kisuke Urahara."

Mentioning this name, a glint of light flashed in Lie Yan's eyes: "That day... I was being chased by a monster called Xu..."

'

Time unknown, present-day Fuyuki City.

Matou Ryogen's heart pounded like a war drum.

His legs were heavy with age, but the monster behind him, named Void, roared closer and closer, its red eyes beneath the mask flashing with a hungry, ferocious light.

The magic circuits within Lieyan's body were like torches in the night, continuously emitting unusual spiritual pressure fluctuations.

Such fluctuations are an irresistible lure for the virtual.

He desperately tried to use magic, attempting to summon even the slightest bit of protection, but nothing happened.

The power of this world was beyond his control; the world's restraining force was like an invisible shackle, stifling every act of resistance he made.

Sweat soaked through his clothes, and it looked like that giant mouth was about to swallow him whole.

A sense of despair flashed through Zang Yan's mind: Is this how it ends, and everything is reduced to nothing?

Whoosh!

A swift sword light slashed in from the side, and the monster let out a heart-wrenching scream before its body disintegrated into pieces in mid-air.

"Oh dear, old man, you must have fallen down on your own."

The man in the white haori chuckled and reached out to him, pulling Zang Yan up with a tug.

But the moment the man touched Lieyan's palm, his expression changed several times: "Old man, you... something's very wrong with you."

This is Kisuke Urahara, who had not yet betrayed Soul Society and was the head of the Technology Development Bureau.

He was originally collecting some rare sample in the mortal world, but was attracted by this unusual spiritual energy fluctuation.

"This is unbelievable... How can an ordinary person who isn't a Shinigami possess such strange spiritual pressure..."

Urahara secretly brought the stained inkstone back to Soul Society, a place filled with flickering instruments and strange tools, like a chaotic laboratory.

Out of curiosity about the unknown, Urahara began to examine Zangen's body after obtaining his consent.

After several hours of testing, he finally concluded: "...This feeling of fluctuation, old man, perhaps you are a Fullbringer."

'

Zang Yan pulled himself out of his memories, a smile playing on his lips.

"That man... proved to me... the existence of God!"

"God? You mean Death? That thing is..."

Asuka was about to continue speaking when Lieyan interrupted her: "No... I can still understand the difference now. Young man, you know I use Fullbring, but do you know the essence of Fullbring?"

He held up a finger, looking excitedly at the bird: "The power of a Fullbringer comes from the remains of the Creator God!"

"Urahara is an extremely intelligent person, but even he can make misjudgments... There's no way I could have any fragments of a god's remains on me, yet I still awakened the Fullbring he spoke of under his guidance."

As he said this, he stretched out his withered hands and made two grasping motions in the air, as if trying to grasp the power that had long since vanished.

"Now I understand that it was the world responding to me."

"What's called Colorless Fullbring is actually the realm of 'magic' I've been pursuing for so long!"

"It's just a pity... Every time I use that power, my memories of the past fade... Eventually, I completely forgot who I was and truly lived as a Fullbringer..."

'

"Until your arrival."

Asuka thought about it carefully and realized that when she first met Matou, he was indeed very different from how he was now.

Although her appearance has not changed, her inner temperament is vastly different.

The current Matou Ryouken is like a sinister ghost, making people feel uncomfortable no matter how they look at him. He is a completely different person from the somewhat indifferent old man.

That night, the enormous magic circle, the all-consuming black hole, and the malice capable of tearing dimensions apart...

"I only remember the entire city disappearing in the black light, and my consciousness being crushed by that force... When I woke up again, I found myself still sitting in this dark basement, with the unfinished insect magic experiment in front of me, as if time had never passed..."

""

At this point, Zang Yan suddenly became hysterical.

He suddenly stood up from the chair, frantically scratching his face with both hands.

The fingernail scratched the dry skin, but no blood flowed out; only a few tiny insects scurried in and out in a panic.

"Gone!! All gone!!"

"That magical power that can interfere with cause and effect! That spiritual energy overflowing within me! That feeling of being full of vitality!!"

"As soon as I returned to this body, they all disappeared!!"

His roar echoed through the hall, frightening Sumire Kamado and Haruto into clinging to each other, and even Kariya covered his ears in pain.

As the bird looked at the old man who had gone mad, it felt no sympathy whatsoever.

But he also realized one thing: the old monster wasn't lying.

That kind of despair and greed at the loss of power cannot be acted out.

"I tried countless times! I tried to recreate that power using magic! I tried to simulate the flow of spiritual particles using insects!"

"Failure! Failure! All failures!!"

Zang Yan slumped back into his chair, panting heavily, as if his outburst had exhausted all his strength.

He turned his head to look at the berserker standing in the shadows, and a greedy flame reignited in his eyes.

"How could I accept this! I am Machiri Zorgen!"

"Five hundred years have corrupted my soul, making me forget my once great ideals, leaving only an ugly obsession with immortality."

"But now! Things are different!" Lieyan suddenly looked at Feibiao, his eyes like those of someone grasping at a straw: "I had Kariya use the Shinigami Cloak I found that night as a relic, and it actually worked!"

"And things are even better than I expected! Not only have powerful Death Gods been summoned, but you, the shop assistant, have also appeared in this battle!"

"The two worlds are connected... they are a reachable other shore!"

"That world! That world full of magic! There, true immortal souls reside! There, the power to transcend the boundaries of life and death!"

"That's the magical path I've been searching for! The final destination leading to the Root!"

"Avengers! Whatever your name is!"

Lie Yan extended his hand to Fei Niao, his withered fingers trembling slightly: "Join forces with me!"

"We don't need to fulfill any vulgar wishes! It doesn't matter what the world is like!"

"Our goals should be the same! You need to return to that world, and I need to go to that world!"

"As long as we utilize the immense magical power accumulated during this Holy Grail War, and with you and the Berserker serving as living coordinates, we will definitely be able to reopen that passage!"

"Not only will it allow you to return, but it will also free this old man from this decaying body, granting him a true new life!!"