Infinite: Start as a ghost

"If it weren't for you, this guy's obsession wouldn't be so strong, and I wouldn't have almost been attacked!" Aaroniero roared. "The root of all this is because of you!"

"Really?" Jiang Jiu nodded, feigning understanding. "Then what do you plan to do?"

"Die, die, die!" Aaroniero drew his Zanpakuto: "Eat him up, O Ghoul!"

"Ghoul?" Jiang Jiu was surprised to hear this. "Your Zanpakuto is called Ghoul?"

Under the influence of the plum needles, Aroniro went mad and attacked Jiang Jiu as if he had lost his mind.

"Appear, Demon Fang Blade..."

"Sever all things, Demon King's Fang..."

Jiang Jiu barely managed to block the attack after unleashing both Fullbring and Shikai.

Aroniro combined the Plum Needle, making his power incredibly strong.

Although it is still Aronilo's consciousness, the body is Meizhen's body.

"Swastika..."

With a loud roar, the familiar iron plate was once again covered over the original steel skin of the Arrancar.

Although it is a sheet of iron, it is much harder than steel itself.

"Iron sheet" is just a descriptive term; it doesn't refer to an actual piece of iron.

To be precise, if the skin of the broken surface is steel, then the iron sheet of the plum needle should more accurately be called an alloy steel sheet.

Jiang Jiu slashed down with his sword, but the recoil caused his palm to ache slightly.

"What?" This time it was Jiang Jiu's turn to be surprised. Although he had also tried his best last time, he had at least managed to cut it down.

Unexpectedly, this time he couldn't cut through, and was instead pushed back a step by the recoil.

"Hahaha, hahaha." This time, Mei Zhen's consciousness took over.

"Last time, I had just broken the seal and my spiritual power was less than a third of what it used to be. This Hollow not only restored me to my peak condition, but also helped me take another step forward. This is the kind of toughness I should have originally!"

"Let's see what you can do this time!" Mei Zhen laughed loudly. "I also have a way to deal with your strange breathing technique. I won't allow the same failure to happen to me a second time!"

"Is that so?" Jiang Jiu said nonchalantly, "You seem to have forgotten something."

Meizhen... began to lose her mind again, falling into a frenzy.

"Heh..." Jiang Jiu sneered: "Breathing of the Mist, Fourth Form, Horizontal Flow Slash..."

Wielding his Zanpakuto, Jiang Jiu stirred up dust and concealed himself within it, launching attacks from all directions.

"You can't even maintain basic awareness, yet you dare to try and break my breathing technique?"

Chapter 171 Changes in Plum Needles

"Sound Breathing o Third Form o Wheel Wheel Words"

"Wind Breathing, Third Form, Sunny Breeze Tree..."

"Thunder Breathing, Fourth Form, Far Thunder..."

Each attack landed on Aaroniro, sparking bursts of sparks.

Jiang Jiu holds absolute control, but so far he hasn't harmed the opponent in the slightest.

"Hey, are you still awake?" Jiang Jiu teased as he attacked.

"Shut...shut up." Aaronilo endured the attacks while also wrestling with Meizhen for control of his consciousness.

"Heh, I'm not playing with you anymore." After teasing him for a while, Jiang Jiu got bored and decided to show his true strength.

"Swastika! Sever the world! Demon's Fang..."

Jiang Jiu suddenly unleashed a spiritual pressure even stronger than that of Plum Needle.

"What?" Aroniro was shocked and immediately abandoned the battle for consciousness.

If consciousness is hidden away, there might be a chance to reclaim it later, but if you die now, you're truly dead.

Mei Zhen has experience dealing with Jiang Jiu, so he has a better chance of defeating his opponent than he does.

"Hahaha, hahaha, finally, I'm finally back, hahaha."

Meizhen laughed wildly.

"Being suppressed by this kid, I haven't been able to unleash my full power."

"Let me show you what it'll be like when the power of the Masked Ones is combined with the power of the Arrancar, hahaha."

"Come out, my mask."

Mei Zhen roared and reached for her face.

Instantly, his mask was restored to its original state.

Jiang Jiu immediately became serious. Mei Zhen's spiritual pressure erupted once again, surpassing his own once more.

"The masked transformation of the Arrancar?" He was extremely surprised: "What's the principle behind this?"

Sensing the opponent's spiritual pressure, Jiang Jiu thought to himself, "This level of spiritual pressure is already comparable to the 4th Espada, isn't it?"

Meizhen's body continued to grow larger, eventually becoming about the size of an Adjuchas.

"How did you do that?" Jiang Jiu asked. "You're just a remnant of consciousness, and your spiritual pressure is basically supplied only by this Espada. How can you be this strong?"

"Are you afraid of me for asking such a question?" Mei Zhen roared. "It's too late to regret it now, even if you mastered the power of Bankai while I was asleep!"

"Afraid?" Jiang Jiu's eyes turned cold: "I'm just curious."

"Since you think I'm scared, then let me show you what despair is."

"You...are destined to have no hope of revenge."

As he spoke, Jiang Jiu muttered a few words to himself.

"Blood Demon Art: Extreme Speed..."

"Blood Demon Art: Explosive..."

"Blood Demon Art: Purification..."

"Blood Demon Art: Silence..."

"Blood Demon Art: Mad Demon..."

"Blood Demon Art O Evolution Stage 2..."

After unleashing all his Blood Demon Arts, Jiang Jiu coldly said, "I still have two trump cards that I haven't unleashed. Since you're so confident, let's see if you can force them out!"

"What did you do?" Mei Zhen asked curiously. "Your spiritual pressure didn't increase. Were you just bluffing?"

"Whether it's a bluff or not, you can try it yourself," Jiang Jiu said. "Didn't you say you could break my breathing technique?"

"Come on, let's see how you deal with this!"

"Star Breathing O Second Form O Star Speed..."

This move is Jiang Jiu's fastest technique, even faster than Zenitsu's modified version of Thunder Breathing.

The only move that can rival it is Jiang Jiu's final strike.

Mei Zhen didn't try to block the attack head-on; instead, iron plates flew from her body, forming an iron shield in front of her.

"Hahaha, your breathing techniques are ever-changing, and so are mine," Mei Zhen laughed. "No matter how many breathing techniques you have, their variety is ultimately limited, while my variations are limitless!"

Jiang Jiu's blade struck the iron shield, shattering it into countless fragments, but Jiang Jiu's attack was also blocked.

"Oh?" Jiang Jiu said dismissively, "I didn't expect you to have such perfect control over the iron sheet. Is this your trump card?"

"Yes, this is my trump card. What can you do about it?" Mei Zhen controlled the iron plate, which transformed into a pair of wings and flew into the air.

“Now it’s my turn to attack.” Mei Zhen looked down at Jiang Jiu with one hand, and the iron wings on her back gradually shrank, turning into countless flying blades that shot towards Jiang Jiu.

"Every single one of my attacks is stronger than a Cero. Let's see how you handle it!"

"Cero?" Jiang Jiu asked expressionlessly. "Is that all?"

"Water Breathing O Eleventh Form O Nagi..."

Jiang Jiu remained motionless, letting the flying blades hurtle towards him, but none of the attacks could reach him.

"Any attack that can be seen is not a problem at all unless the gap is too large."

"Is that so?" Mei Zhen once again controlled the iron sheet, forming a flying weapon that was two people long and half a person thick: "Try this move again."

"This move is even stronger than Wang Xu's Flash!"

Mei Zhen used all her strength to manipulate her spiritual power and threw the flying spear forward. The enormous flying spear was unstoppable, as if nothing could stop its advance.

This time, Jiang Jiu finally sensed the danger.

However, it was only its power that made Jiang Jiu aware of the danger; it did not mean that it could actually pose a threat to him.

"Earth Breathing O Third Form O Earth Blessing Wheel..."

Chapter 172 Ichimaru Gin

Spiritual pressure is the power of the soul.

Jiang Jiu's spiritual pressure was at a disadvantage, but his power was not only in terms of the soul, but also in terms of the physical body.

Sensing danger doesn't mean he can't withstand this attack.

Earth Breath o Form Three o Earth Blessing Rotation;

It was Jiang Jiu's most defensive move among all his breathing techniques, and he didn't believe that the plum needles could break through his strongest defense.

Jiang Jiu used all her strength to barely block the attack.

I haven't felt this strained in a long time.

The first time I used my full strength was when facing the plum needles.

It was him again this time!

It seemed as if their fates had been arranged by heaven.