Crossover Anime: Starting with Bankai from Demon Slayer

Chapter 369 The Rebellion Group from a Thousand Years Ago

The girl, Akane Shizuku, who had been so powerful just moments before, had vanished into thin air!

"?! Where did they go?!"

Yusuke rubbed his eyes incredulously, looking around. "Botan! Did you see where Shizuku went? She was just standing here!"

Peony looked equally bewildered, spinning around in mid-air several times: "I...I didn't see her! My attention was completely on you guys, I didn't notice when that girl disappeared!"

Asuka and his companion were in the same situation, and could only quickly pull out the metal radar given to them by Kisuke Urahara from their pockets.

On the screen, the red dot representing the Bead of Longing did not disappear; instead, it was moving at an astonishing speed into the depths of the thick fog.

"She's gone," Asuka said, staring at the radar screen.

"She ran away? Why did she run away?" Yusuke was completely confused. "Wasn't she just helping me fight monsters?"

"...It's complicated, but now is not the time to dwell on that." Asuka put the radar back in her arms, her expression somewhat grave. "Her movement speed is extremely fast, and her trajectory is very unnatural; it doesn't seem like she's running on her own."

"It's more like they were forcibly taken away by something after escaping from us."

"What?!" Yusuke's heart tightened, and blue spiritual energy surged from his body once again.

Although he had only known Akane Shizuku for less than half a day, he could not stand idly by and watch that bright-smiling girl, who would bicker with him and even stand up for him in times of danger, fall into danger.

"Peony, scout ahead in the heavens for us! We must find Akane Shizuku!"

"Understood! Leave it to me!" Peony twisted her chariot, transforming into a pink streak of light that shot into the gray-white sky.

The group of people sped through the fog-shrouded streets.

As they ventured deeper into the heart of the valley, where the real world overlapped, the surrounding scenery became increasingly bizarre and fantastical.

Modern asphalt roads and skyscrapers are gradually disappearing, replaced by desolate cemeteries, dilapidated ancient shrines, and broken tombstones floating in mid-air.

The space here is so distorted that gravity has lost its effect in some areas, and you can see some ruins and even walls hanging upside down in the sky.

Beep beep beep—!

The radar in Asuka's arms emitted a piercing alarm, and the red dot on the screen stopped less than a hundred meters away from them.

"It's just ahead."

The group passed through a floating ruin and arrived at an extremely empty square.

In the center of the square stands a dilapidated torii gate.

Beneath the torii gate, Akane Shizuku lay on the ground, seemingly unconscious, with the Mirokumaru in her hand lying to the side.

"Akane Shizuku!" Yusuke shouted, and was about to rush over.

"Stop!" Asuka reached out and pulled Yusuke back. "Look around her!"

Yusuke looked closely and discovered that around the area where Shizuku had fallen, there were several figures standing there indistinctly.

The figures were dressed in uniform light green kimonos, with armor bearing ancient aristocratic patterns over them.

They wore various hideous ghost masks on their faces and held knives of different shapes in their hands.

The aura emanating from him... made people feel extremely uncomfortable.

Directly in front of these people stood a tall, middle-aged man who was not wearing a mask.

He had long gray hair and a cold, arrogant face, looking down at the unconscious Shizuku.

"Finally caught you, precious Bead of Longing."

"Who are you people?!" Yusuke roared angrily, "Let go of Shizuku!"

The man raised his head and swept his arrogant gaze over Yusuke before landing on Asuka and Shinobu.

"Oh? A Grim Reaper has actually come looking for us." His tone was full of contempt and mockery. "And, it's just some nobody Grim Reaper whose face I've never seen before."

"I am Ryudoji Genryu, the head of the Ryudoji clan." The man arrogantly announced his name: "You lackeys driven by the Gotei 13, are you ready to face my wrath?"

The Ryudoji clan?

Asuka was completely unfamiliar with the name, but Shinobu Kocho seemed to remember something, and her expression turned grim.

"Asuka! Watch out! I saw this name in Captain Unohana's paper archive!" she said in a low voice. "A thousand years ago, a serious civil war broke out in Soul Society..."

"They are rebellious nobles who failed in their attempt to usurp power from the Spirit Court and were exiled to the Dankai by the Captain-Commander! One of their lineages is the Ryudoji!"

"Rebellious nobles?" Asuka sneered. "Pretending to be something they're not, just a bunch of exiled stray dogs."

"Shut up!" an adjutant beside Yan Long roared. "You lackeys! We already know that your Captain-Commander Yamamoto has been murdered!"

"Our Ryudoji clan has endured for a thousand years in the Dangai, waiting for this opportunity to take revenge on Soul Society!"

"By utilizing the power of this Bead of Longing, we can completely merge the Valley of the Dead and the Soul Society, utterly destroying that corrupt Soul Reich!"

Yan Long raised his longsword and slammed it heavily on the ground.

"Foolish Shinigami! In this anomalous space where spiritual energy is depleted, your power has been greatly weakened, to the point that you can't even fully unleash your Zanpakuto!" Yan Long laughed triumphantly. "But we can turn all of this to our own advantage!"

Yan Long waved his hand.

Suddenly, a large number of mutated souls emerged from the thick gray-white mist around them.

These spirits did not attack the Ryudoji clan members, but instead, like moths to a flame, deliberately rammed into the samurai dressed in light green kimonos.

A bizarre scene unfolded.

Those warriors of the Ryudoji clan actually opened their mouths and directly sucked the charging spirits into their bodies!

As the spirits continued to pour in, the spiritual pressure on these warriors began to surge wildly.

The Zanpakuto in their hands also emitted a dazzling light, and the blades were wrapped in a violent gray-white aura, which transformed into their respective shapes.

"See that? This is the power we wield!" Yan Long roared arrogantly. "In this world, we are invincible!"

"Tear them to pieces!"

"kill!!!"

Several Ryudoji samurai, whose spiritual pressure had surged after absorbing the power of the Soul-Binding Blade, charged toward Asuka and the others, brandishing their weapons.

"Damn it! They're using those souls without memories as food to replenish their power!" Yusuke Urameshi's anger erupted as he watched this scene, completely forgetting how many such souls he had just shattered...

He simultaneously conjured dazzling blue spiritual light in both hands and faced the two warriors charging at the front.

"Double-shot Spirit Ball!"

Two thick beams of blue energy shot out and struck the two warriors directly in the chest.

However, to Yusuke's surprise, the two samurai were not blasted away.

A layer of grayish-white light shimmered on their light green armor, and they actually withstood the impact of the spirit ball!

"Kid, your spiritual power may be unique, but it's utterly useless against the secret armor of our Ryudoji clan!"

One of the samurai grinned maliciously and swung his club hard at Yusuke's shoulder.