Bleach: Getting Stronger Starting from Teaching at the Spiritual Arts Academy

July drew his Zanpakuto, and the shadow on the Hollow quickly disappeared.

The spiritual pressure of the Hollows is very strong, so controlling their shadows consumes a lot of energy.

After all that, July was feeling a little tired.

Both Hollows had huge holes blasted into their bodies by Cero.

"Awooo!!!" The Hollow let out a piercing wail.

Although the injury was severe, it was not fatal; the real danger lay in the mask.

In July, the Hollow's face was turned hastily, making it impossible to accurately align with the Hollow's mask, and that could also cause the two Hollows to collide.

The enraged Hollow raised its massive foot and stomped down on July.

However, the two heavily injured Hollows were much easier to deal with, as their speed was no longer able to keep up with July's movements.

His large foot stomped on the ground, kicking up countless plumes of dust.

But July had already moved to the back of its head in an instant.

He lunged forward, raised his sword, and pressed his left hand against the back of the blade, attaching his spiritual pressure to the sword.

He took a sudden step forward and thrust out his sword with incredible speed!

Shikatori Style: Instant Strike!

His "Instant Strike" sword technique has reached the advanced level, and he can complete the charging in just one breath!

The blade tore through the air, carrying a powerful impact as it stabbed towards the back of the Hollow's head.

Boom!

The "Instant Strike" at the Great Perfection level generates an even more terrifying impact force using compressed spiritual pressure.

Before the blade even touched the Hollow, a hole had already exploded in its head.

With its mask shattered and its previous injuries combined, the Hollow could no longer hold on and collapsed to the ground with a thud.

Looking up in July, another Hollow had already extended its massive skeletal claw.

But it didn't intend to launch a surprise attack on July!

That giant skeletal claw seemed to grasp the sky.

The sky was lifted up like a curtain, and the giant skeletal claws gripped the curtain, slowly concealing their bodies.

It's running away!

The Great Hollows are not without intelligence; they are also conscious individuals.

After witnessing July's overwhelming slaughter of three of its kind, the Hollow lost all will to fight and began to consider retreating back to Hueco Mundo.

Suddenly, a spiritual arrow shot rapidly from afar.

"Ow!!!"

The Great Void's skeletal claws were pierced by the spiritual energy arrows, causing it to loosen its grip on the sky curtain.

The curtain of sky slowly dissipated, revealing the body of the Hollow.

In July, seizing the opportunity, he once again lunged forward, raised his sword, quickly gathered his strength, and thrust forward to strike!

Shikatori Style: Instant Strike!

Boom!

The blade tore through the air, and the powerful impact blew the Hollow's skull off.

boom--

The Great Void collapsed to the ground with a thud.

July slowly exhaled, her vigilance remaining unwavering.

The spiritual arrow that interrupted the Great Hollow's movements was incredibly fast.

He had barely realized it when he had already hit the Hollow.

In other words, if that spiritual arrow had been aimed at him, he would probably be seriously injured.

July focused her gaze on the direction from which the spiritual arrow had been shot.

On a rooftop not far away stood a young woman holding a spirit bow.

Her long, wavy orange hair reached her waist, and she wore a white dress with long white gloves that reached above her elbows. Her long legs were encased in white boots that reached her knees.

Looking further down, she saw several masked, black-clad grim reapers lying at her feet, clearly also members of the Covert Task Force.

These covert mobile units responsible for secretly protecting Yoruichi Shihouin, after discovering the Quincy's whereabouts, did not transfer all their manpower to deal with the Quincy, but instead left some people to continue secretly protecting Yoruichi Shihouin.

However, they clearly did not discover that there were three Quincy in Karakura Town.

The remaining part of the Covert Force was defeated by this young woman, leaving Yoruichi Shihouin to face the Hollows alone.

However, in July, she discovered that besides the Grim Reapers from the clandestine mobile unit, there was also a baby at her feet.

But the baby lay motionless on the ground, seemingly lifeless.

shhh-

Two figures in white appeared beside the young woman.

July's heart sank; the worst-case scenario had occurred.

These two figures in white were the Quincy they had encountered outside Karakura Town.

Yujiro Kurumatani was defeated by his opponent.

However, it seems they didn't win easily, as they had some injuries.

Even so, they should still have full combat strength, which is the combat strength of two officers at the level of a commander!

The Quincy wielding the spirit bow asked, "Have you found the source of the aura?"

The young woman replied briefly, "It's 'bait'."

"Tsk tsk, it definitely wasn't one of our people who put it there. It's a pity so many innocent people are involved, otherwise I'd really like to see them fight like dogs." The black-haired man sneered.

He sensed the spiritual pressure fluctuations in the distance, raised his right hand to his forehead, and gazed into the distance, but it was too far away to see anything.

He turned to the young woman: "Kurosaki, how come those brats are still alive?"

The young woman said, "They are not the Grim Reapers; there's no need to add to the bloodshed."

The black-haired man questioned, "What are you thinking! You're not the Grim Reaper now, but you will be in the future, and then their blades will still be turned against us!"

"Also, don't think I can't see it. None of these Grim Reapers lying on the ground are dead!"

The young woman's face was somewhat pale: "I just don't want the hatred to continue and spread!"

The Quincy wielding his spirit bow interrupted his companions' argument: "Stop arguing, let's go. The Grim Reapers' reinforcements should be arriving soon. If we don't leave now, we won't be able to leave at all."

The black-haired man glared defiantly at July, who was watching the spectacle, before leaving with his companions.

The reason why July didn't run away immediately when she saw the three Quincy was because she knew that reinforcements were coming soon.

They had already sent a request for support to the Seireitei when they encountered the Quincy.

The Seireitei takes the Quincy news very seriously, and soon a captain-level Shinigami will lead a team to provide support.

After the Quincy left, July went to check on the Onmitsukido members who had fallen to the ground.

Just as the black-haired Quincy had said, not a single one had died.

"She's really impressive... She managed to defeat so many members of the Onmitsuki while holding back, and she doesn't even seem to be injured." July thought to herself that she might have underestimated the Quincy's strength earlier; now it seemed that she was at least at the level of a vice-captain.

Apart from the captain of the Covert Combat Team, ordinary members generally do not have the strength of a board officer.

A lone stealth squad is not scary, but they are extremely good at teamwork, and when there are many of them, they can even kill high-ranking officers.

In July, I went to check on the dead baby.

Judging from the umbilical cord and the baby's appearance, this should be a newborn baby.

“The soul has collapsed…” July discovered residual spiritual particle aggregates on the baby’s body; these were fragments of the soul that had not yet dissipated after the soul collapsed.

He discovered a strange spiritual particle within the fragments of the soul.

It seems unreal, yet it is not.

My first impression was that it resembled a Void Spirit, but upon closer inspection, I discovered that it was not.

It must be a spirit particle infused with the aura of a void spirit particle through some means.

Chapter 63 Secret Words

Although this was the first time July had seen a spirit particle carrying the aura of a Hollow, based on the Quincy's conversation, she guessed that it was something related to the "bait" they mentioned.

He recalled his memories from his previous life; this "bait" must have been used to lure something illusory.

Therefore, this accident was not an accident, but a man-made disaster!

However, he didn't have time to think about it right now. He instantly left the rooftop and rushed towards where the students were.

Yoruichi Shihouin and Rie Hoshino are seriously injured and need treatment.

During his battle with the Hollow, he was always mindful of his positioning, deliberately avoiding any impact on their side, and none of the three students suffered further harm.

"Even four Hollows are no match for the teacher... Even the vice-captain couldn't do it... The teacher is just too strong!"

Despite being seriously injured, Yoruichi Shihouin was unusually excited.

“Battle is not a simple comparison of combat strength.” A faint light of the Dao shone in July’s hand. “When facing multiple powerful enemies, the best strategy is to create an environment where one-on-one combat is possible for the time being. Just now, I killed two lone Hollows first, which prevented me from being surrounded by multiple Hollows.”

His decision to bring the students in this direction was also based on this consideration.

At that time, the remaining three Hollows were in different directions. The position that July chose was relatively close to one Hollow, but the other two were relatively far away. This gave him a chance to take advantage of the time difference and kill one Hollow first.

A few minutes later, July sensed a fluctuation in spiritual pressure.

Looking up, I saw a faint light appear in the sky, and then two doors appeared in the light.

Go through the gate!

The Seireitei's support has finally arrived.

Two doors in the air opened, and two figures dressed in white haori stepped out, followed closely by more than a dozen Grim Reapers.

"This is utterly reckless. The modern world can't withstand this kind of destruction." Unohana frowned slightly as she looked at Karakura Town, which was almost half destroyed.

Karakura Town in this era was not large; a single Cero by a Hollow destroyed a quarter of it.

“It seems there are no more powerful enemies here, but there are still some ordinary Hollows.” The man next to him raised his hand and said to the soldiers behind him, “Go and wipe out the remaining Hollows.”

"Yes!"

The man next to Unohana is none other than Kenpachi Kuruyashiki, the captain of the 11th Division.

His appearance was somewhat wild, with sharp eyes and a head of black hair that looked like weeds.

Unohana sensed the spiritual pressure in Karakura Town and the surrounding area and found that there were still many wounded people, so she sent the members of the Fourth Division to treat the wounded.

Then Unohana and Kenpachi Kuruyashiki went directly to Nanatsuki's side.

They sensed that July was the month with the best spiritual pressure here, and wanted to come and ask about the situation.

“Shikatori-kun, your student is badly injured,” Unohana said softly.

She had received intelligence before coming that the students of the Spirit Arts Academy were conducting practical assessments here.

"Captain Unohana, you've come at just the right time. There are two seriously injured students here, and I can't handle them all by myself," July said.

"The intelligence we received indicated that there were Hollows and Quincy here. Have all the enemies been dealt with by Shikatori-kun?" Unohana's hand glowed with a faint light as she treated the student.

“I defeated the Hollows, but not the Quincy. They left on their own initiative, probably because they guessed that Kurumatani-kun and I had reported the situation here, so they were in a hurry to leave,” July said.

"Are the requirements for teachers at the Spirit Arts Academy this high now?" Kenpachi Kuruyashiki stroked his chin, sizing up Shichiru Shichiru. "He was actually able to kill multiple 'Gillian' single-handedly!"

The "Ghilian" Hollow is not something an ordinary Shinigami can handle. Even a lower-ranking Seat Officer might not be able to defeat "Ghilian." At least a Vice-Captain or a higher-ranking Seat Officer would be needed to reliably suppress "Ghilian."

"It seems that Shikatori-kun's strength has improved quite a bit again." Unohana's gentle smile seemed to wash away all worries.

However, in July, she inexplicably felt that Unohana's gaze was a little too intense. Thinking of the experience of being slashed down by her before, she couldn't help but feel a phantom pain in her abdomen.

“I encountered three Quincy.” July quickly changed the subject. “Kurugaya-kun and I encountered two Quincy on our way to Karakura Town.”