Infinite: Start as a ghost

Regardless of its correctness, just having this kind of thinking puts Jiang Jiu hundreds of miles ahead.

At this moment, Jiang Jiu was so shocked by the news that she almost forgot that she and Aizen were currently fighting.

However, Aizen's next words brought him back to reality from his reverie.

"So, how should I deal with such an enemy?"

"Huh?" Jiang Jiu replied blankly, "I don't know."

“Create a new Zanpakuto, a Zanpakuto that breaks free from their control,” Aizen laughed. “And a fighting style that transcends their understanding.”

"Oh, oh, please continue." Jiang Jiu hadn't fully recovered yet.

"So, this is my trump card, my final trump card." Aizen's spiritual pressure suddenly increased, causing Jiang Jiu to shiver and instantly regain her senses.

"A new combat technique that combines the ways of the devil and the way of the sword, called Oni-giri."

Jiang Jiu's expression turned serious. He was gradually losing his sense of Aizen's spiritual pressure: "Since you possess such abilities, why didn't you use them when you were alive?"

"Fool, I really overestimated you." Aizen looked at Jiang Jiu with a hint of disappointment after hearing this: "Indeed, the only one whose IQ surpasses mine is that man."

"Didn't I tell you? This is my trump card, the means I use to deal with Hyoninbe Ichibei."

Chapter 237 Liberation

"Using it in advance is tantamount to telling the Zero Division about my ability."

"Besides, you need to use your trump card to deal with anyone other than the Zero Division, so why should I be able to deal with the Zero Division?"

Aizen's spiritual pressure gradually stabilized, and it was impossible to detect his spiritual pressure without careful observation.

"Then why are you using this move on me now?" Jiang Jiu asked.

Aizen sighed: "So, why don't you all listen carefully to what I have to say?"

"Didn't I say this was a technique used to deal with Squad Zero?"

"If I use this on you beforehand, I will no longer be able to use this move against the Zero Division."

"So did I ask the wrong question?" Jiang Jiu asked, puzzled.

"What do you think?" Aizen said, "The prerequisite for dealing with Division Zero is that I can kill everyone except Division Zero without using my trump cards."

Jiang Jiu understood less and less as she listened.

Aizen said, "Since conventional techniques can't kill you, how am I supposed to break into the Soul King's Palace and deal with the Zero Division?"

Jiang Jiu seemed to understand a little.

"So, we can just treat this move as a regular technique," Aizen said. "We can think of another way to use our trump card."

Jiang Jiu: "..."

He thought it was some novel idea, but it was actually a fallacy of misrepresentation.

Aizen was quite adept at this trick; even Yamamoto fell for it before.

"Hahaha, I see." Jiang Jiu laughed heartily: "You could have just said you were giving up on using this move as a trump card, instead of making it sound so mysterious and saying all this."

"Hahaha."

"But thanks to you, I have a new direction for my future growth."

"You're not the only one with this trump card; I have it too."

After saying that, Jiang Jiu took out his own heart.

This heart is a deep, purplish-red color, beating strongly, almost indistinguishable from a human's.

Jiang Jiu held his heart in his hand and slowly said, "My self-healing ability is very strong, extremely strong, unbelievably strong."

"But there is currently a technique that can temporarily suppress my self-healing."

"That is the humanization technique of the werewolf clan."

"After I kill you, I will study your so-called Demon Slash carefully."

"Come on, Aizen."

"Let's witness together whether you have a slight edge or I have the last laugh."

After saying that, Jiang Jiu clenched his fist tightly and crushed the heart in his hand.

Suddenly, a sharp pain erupted from the depths of Jiang Jiu's soul.

What followed was the long-lost feeling of flesh and blood.

The art of humanization is useless to humans; it serves no purpose other than to sacrifice one's life in vain.

The so-called humanization technique is to transform oneself into a human, and the essence of its power is to overdraw the life force of the sacrificer.

But the "overdraft" is limited.

Its effect is a lifespan of a thousand years and a vitality of a thousand years.

The lifespan of a Shinigami is measured in millennia, and apart from Yamamoto Genryusai, very few Shinigami can live past a thousand years.

No matter how powerful Death is, or how long one lives, five thousand years is the limit.

Of course, the Zero Division is an exception.

Jiang Jiu dared to use him because his vitality and lifespan were at least ten thousand years.

Even ghosts have a limited lifespan.

"How long has it been since I transformed into a human?" Jiang Jiu laughed maniacally. "Is this the price of a thousand-year lifespan? Is this the power measured in millennia?"

"Hahaha."

He drew his Zanpakuto again and pointed it at Aizen: "Come on, my healing power has been suppressed during the time limit of the Humanization Technique."

"In other words, this is your only chance to kill me."

"Come on, Aizen, let me see just how far you can go and how much pleasure you can bring me."

Ran Lan stared intently at Jiang Jiu, feeling such intense pressure for the first time.

I had never experienced this kind of pressure when facing Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni.

I've never experienced this kind of lethality when facing any of the captains in the entire Soul Society.

He had never felt this sense of crisis when facing death.

In his subconscious, Jiang Jiu's current level of threat was comparable to that of the Zero Division.

Aizen remained silent, wielding his sword with one hand, unleashing a massive sword strike that hurtled towards Jiang Jiu.

“As expected, your spiritual pressure hasn’t increased to another level.” Jiang Jiu also raised one hand and easily blocked the sword pressure: “Without the Hogyoku, your spiritual power cannot undergo a qualitative change.”

"You are simply condensing spiritual particles into the power of a soul body."

At this point, Jiang Jiu laughed again: "Simultaneously controlling the Ghost Path and the Sword Path has already depleted your spiritual power, yet you still have the audacity to claim that you are developing new combat techniques?"

As he spoke, Jiang Jiu flashed behind Aizen and stabbed him through the chest with a knife.

"Uh..." Aizen exclaimed softly, raising his sword to slash backward.

But when he swung his sword down, he only struck nothingness.

Jiang Jiu had already left.

"I roughly know what you're thinking next."

Jiang Jiu's voice rang out from all directions and reached Aizen's ears: "Next, you plan to integrate the Slash Fist and Oni Walk, or even the Hollow's fighting style, right?"

Aizen knelt on one knee, supporting his body with his sword.

Losing the Hogyoku means he has lost his self-healing ability, and the sword that pierced his chest has already seriously injured him.

Jiang Jiu reappeared, this time taking Aizen's left hand with him.

"I will continue to walk your path."

"Ever since you proposed the Demon Slash and the Instantaneous Rice Dumpling Technique, the industry has been in turmoil!"

"This is your path, and it is my path."

"The difference is that my Way of Slaying is stronger than that of the Grim Reaper, stronger than that of the Hollow, stronger than that of the Quincy, stronger than... the Soul King."

"Thank you for providing me with the ideas, thank you for deciphering the mystery for me."

"If it weren't for the fact that your Bankai is unresolved, I would really like to take you in as my subordinate, Aizen."

Jiang Jiu's voice continues to echo and resonate throughout the world.

Aizen had lost an arm and had a hole pierced through his chest, yet his eyes and expression remained perfectly calm.

It could even be said that I am very gratified.

"It seems this is the end." Aizen chuckled self-deprecatingly. "I never imagined that all my actions would ultimately be for someone else's benefit."

"My Demon Slash is like a child in front of you, it's utterly laughable."

"My ambitions, my efforts, everything I have, all come to an end today."

As he spoke, Aizen's eyes suddenly became somewhat dazed.

He kept staring into the distance, his gaze "piercing" into Jiang Jiu's inner world.

That direction leads to... the Spirit King's Palace.

"I really want to see what the Spirit King's Palace looks like."

"I really want to challenge you after I've mastered the ultimate combat technique in my vision."

"It's a pity, the chance is gone."

"Can you tell me your name?" Aizen smiled with relief. "I was short-sighted to call you a rat before, you strong one."

Jiang Jiu appeared before him for the third time, her gaze calm, and swung her sword toward Aizen's head.

"My name is... Jiang Jiu."

Chapter 238 Destruction and Reconstruction