Naruto: Sasuke Uchiha Returns from Soul Society

With a wave of his hand, black flames blew over.

The shield was gradually eroded, and its edges and corners began to be worn smooth.

However, the damage did not affect Valkyrie in any way.

His body continues to be destroyed and reassembled under the cleansing of "Indra".

It's not a shield.

So it's a sword?

Because it is the core, it has the ability to reflect the damage back to the attacker after it is destroyed.

It doesn't seem to be either.

If that's the case, Valkyrie shouldn't be so indifferent to his weapons.

Sasuke couldn't figure out Valkyrie's weakness; he had spent far too little time with him.

"This is really troublesome."

Sasuke withdrew his gaze, losing patience to continue probing.

I plan to use the simplest and most direct method.

He raised his left hand and stretched it out into the void, his five fingers loosely clenched, while his right hand hooked two fingers and rested them on the non-existent bowstring.

The air began to vibrate.

Countless silvery-white specks of light emerged from the void, cheering and leaping as they frantically surged toward Sasuke's hand.

It is a spirit particle, but it is more than just a spirit particle.

Within that silvery-white radiance, a faint trace of sacred gold flowed.

A giant longbow made of light quickly took shape in Sasuke's hands.

Nine magatama slowly rotated on the bow, radiating a suffocating pressure.

"That is......"

Valkyrie, suspended in mid-air, suddenly froze.

Holy Annihilation Arrow?!

No, that's not right!

Ordinary Quincy, even members of the Sternritter, could never create a Holy Annihilation Arrow with such an aura!

"You bastard..." Valkyrie's voice betrayed a hint of fear for the first time, "How could you use such power?!"

"How could you possibly possess the power of the Spirit King?!"

As the embodiment of "miracle" and the heart of the Spirit King, he was all too familiar with this power.

That's the same aura!

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

"That's the power of the Soul King! How could you, a Grim Reaper, possibly wield such power?!"

Sasuke drew the bowstring taut with his right hand, and an arrow made entirely of high-density spiritual particles was aimed directly at Valkyrie's forehead.

The arrow flew from the bowstring and pierced Valkyrie's forehead.

The enormous body of light rapidly dissolved under the arrow.

The enormous spiritual particles that constituted his body, drawn by that arrow, no longer obeyed Valkyrie's will, obediently returning to their most primal state, joyfully returning to this world.

"No...stop! All of you, come back here!"

Valkyrie's eyes began to distort and blur, revealing an undisguised terror.

In the past, even if his body was blown to pieces, as long as he still had "unwillingness" in his heart, a miracle would happen, and his body would be rebuilt.

But this time, the miracle received not even the slightest response.

"Impossible, you're just a grim reaper... a lowly grim reaper..."

He raised his head, trembling, his voice hoarse and desperate.

How was he able to obtain the power of the Spirit King?!

I am the heart of Lord Spirit King!

Sasuke stepped forward and looked down at Valkyrie from his elevated position.

"You just said that special ability is called 'Holy Script', right?"

Valkyrie froze, staring intently at Sasuke.

What are you trying to say?

"It's nothing, I just think the name is interesting."

"In return, let me introduce this power to you as well."

Sasuke gently pressed his finger down, and a wisp of white flame drifted down, landing on Valkyrie's fading chest.

Valkyrie couldn't scream; she could only watch helplessly as she melted away like snow in the white light.

"The name of this power is the sacred letter 'B'."

"The Bleach, where all things return to their origin."

Chapter 271 The Initiative in War

The Bleach, where all things return to their origin.

It is not destruction, but restoration.

It is to forcibly strip away the disguise of everything that has been given a "name", endowed with "nature", and given "rules", allowing it to return to its most original and purest blank state.

This power was what enabled them to defeat Kaguya Otsutsuki in the past.

"Ah...ah..."

Valkyrie opened his mouth wide, letting out a hoarse, panting breath.

The enormous spiritual particles that formed his body no longer obeyed the commands of the "miracle," no longer maintained the form of a "warrior," and cheered and leaped for joy, returning to the freest state between heaven and earth.

The concept of “M” was erased, and the “miracle” was denied.

Faced with this absolute "whiteness," all fancy rules lose their meaning.

In just a few breaths, the giant of light vanished completely, leaving only a faint trace of spiritual light.

This time, it was utter death.

There is no possibility of resurrection.

But something remained where Valkyrie's body had completely vanished.

That is a physical entity.

Deep within those layers of spiritual energy, a still-beating "heart" floats silently in mid-air.

It looks just like an ordinary person's heart; it's not strong, and it's even a bit shriveled.

The heart, small and weak, hangs in the air, shrouded by the newly fallen moonlight.

Its appearance immediately attracted everyone's attention.

In the sound of the wind, a faint, almost imperceptible "thump-thump" is the heartbeat of the entire world.

The Quincy's aura had completely vanished at this moment.

Only the aura of the Spirit King remained.

"I see."

Sasuke instantly understood.

No wonder this guy has near-immortality.

This guy named Gerald Valkyrie, his true identity is actually the heart of the Soul King?!

Although it is unknown how it gained self-awareness or how it became a Quincy's lackey, this undoubtedly explains its extraordinary vitality.

Sasuke stretched out his hand, palm facing up.

The "heart" that had been floating in the air seemed to have found its home, and it floated down automatically, landing steadily in his hand.

There was no rejection, nor any resistance.

The moment it touched Sasuke's palm, the heart transformed into a warm golden stream of light, flowing smoothly down his arm and into his body.

"..."

Sasuke closed his eyes, carefully sensing the changes within his body.

That power was immense and pure, which boosted his spiritual pressure once again.

However, he did not sense the so-called "miracle" power.

The rule-based abilities of "converting damage into power" and "resurrection" were not transferred to him with the arrival of the heart.

"Why?" Sasuke wondered to himself.

It's normal that the Spirit King's heart power isn't entirely at his disposal, since he wasn't its original host.

But it's not normal that you can't feel that characteristic at all.

"Could it be...?"

Sasuke's mind flashed back to the Fullbringers he had encountered in the human world.

The reason those people were able to gain special abilities is because their mothers had been attacked by "Void," which activated the Spirit King fragments lurking within their bodies.

The power of the void is the key to unlocking the fragments of the Spirit King.

“Then, conversely…” Sasuke looked at his empty palm, “was Valkyrie able to use ‘Miracle’ because he was influenced by the power of the Quincy, which activated some characteristic of this heart?”

If that's the case, then it makes sense.

The heart is merely a vast energy source and vessel, while the "sacred script" is the program that guides it in a specific direction.