parentshiftbook #329 - Opening up a new era! The fusion of the nine powers of the heavens!
#329 - Opening up a new era! The fusion of the nine powers of the heavens!
Luo Fu conjured such a vast number of Zanpakuto from spirit particles, creating a scene akin to a veritable armory.
Even Oetsu Nimaiya, the Zero Squad member who forged the Zanpakuto, wore a shocked expression.
One must know that the Zanpakuto forged by Oetsu Nimaiya were merely the initial Asauchi.
For a Zanpakuto to unleash its power, a Shinigami needs to communicate with the Asauchi; this communication process is more like the Shinigami imbuing their own soul and essence into the Asauchi, using their spiritual will and reiatsu to forge this unique spirit particle weapon with the Asauchi as its foundation.
This spirit particle weapon is what the Shinigami call Zanpakuto.
But now, Luo Fu created something from nothing, relying solely on his manipulation of spirit particles to conjure such a vast number of Zanpakuto.
Even Oetsu Nimaiya felt his worldview shatter.
Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni and the Captain-level Shinigami, bearing the brunt of it, showed a range of reactions to Luo Fu's terrifying methods; while some revealed fear and unease, many more displayed a sense of acceptance towards death.
Luo Fu waved his hand.
In the next moment, as if possessed by Gilgamesh, he perfectly staged an enhanced version of the Gate of Babylon.
Countless Zanpakuto in Bankai state rained down like a torrential downpour upon the Captain-level Shinigami.
Accompanied by a brief period of frenzied bombardment.
When the terrifying attack finally came to an end.
The Shinigami who had originally charged fiercely towards Luo Fu were reduced to not even a single spirit particle; even Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, as the strongest Shinigami, had little room to resist in the face of such an attack.
Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's Zanka no Tachi, Nishi: Zanjitsu Gokui, could indeed create a 15 million degree Celsius high-temperature flame around him, enough to incinerate everything.
But what he faced was more than just an attack that could be solved by the temperature of a mere flame.
Not to mention the Zanpakuto with counter abilities like Hyorinmaru, among the Zanpakuto attacking Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, there were also Ryujin Jakka identical to his own, and not just one.
Yes.
Most of the Zanpakuto conjured by Luo Fu were not just one; Zanpakuto like Ryujin Jakka and Hyorinmaru appeared in multiple numbers.
With such a frenzied bombardment, this one move alone was enough for Luo Fu to sweep through the entire Soul Society.
And now, he undoubtedly staged such a scene in reality.
After one Zanpakuto resolved all the Shinigami.
Luo Fu finally turned his gaze to Yhwach, the substitute for the Spirit King.
Seeing Luo Fu fix his gaze on Yhwach, the Zero Squad, who were just filled with grief and indignation at the annihilation of the Captain-level Shinigami, including Captain-Commander Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, exchanged glances in secret.
Now that the Spirit King had disappeared, in addition to solving Luo Fu as soon as possible, the more crucial point for the Zero Squad was the issue of the Spirit King's replacement after defeating Luo Fu.
Without a Spirit King replacement, even if Luo Fu were defeated, the world would still head towards destruction due to the lack of the Spirit King's support.
As an unofficial Shinigami, Ichigo Kurosaki was intentionally restrained by the Zero Squad during the final desperate charge led by Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni.
After all, it didn't matter how many Shinigami died, even nobles; but the Spirit King replacement was different.
Yhwach was clearly unusable; if Ichigo Kurosaki also died at Luo Fu's hands, wouldn't the Zero Squad have to find an even more unbearable Spirit King replacement?
Being stared at by Luo Fu, who had just annihilated all the Captain-level members of the Thirteen Court Guard Squads.
Especially the methods displayed by Luo Fu were abilities that even Yhwach could not understand.
One must know that Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni's Ryujin Jakka was something Yhwach had spent a great deal of effort to seize from the Captain-Commander.
And Luo Fu? The Ryujin Jakka, which Yhwach valued and cared about, the strongest fire-type Zanpakuto, even the Zanpakuto with the strongest attack power in Soul Society, Luo Fu created countless of them with a wave of his hand.
Even if Luo Fu simply used the Zanpakuto for a frenzied bombardment, it would be enough for Yhwach to walk down a dead end.
In this situation, the only thing Yhwach could do was to hope to make peace with Luo Fu, or to completely abandon his long-held obsession.
But Yhwach didn't want to choose either option.
What Yhwach didn't know was that even if he took the initiative to surrender to Luo Fu, Luo Fu would not accept it.
After all, the Spirit King was gone now, and Yhwach's abilities were also something Luo Fu was curious about.
Like the Quincy abilities on Yhwach, that was all, but abilities like Yhwach's unique soul division were abilities that even Luo Fu was curious about.
Especially the contact-type healing and Schrift imprinting, the former was simply an enhanced version of Dao Heart Seed Demon, Fuda Guangzhong; the separated soul only needed one soul recovery Auswählen to easily plunder everything from others.
Whether it was knowledge, experience, skills, or even talent, such congenital qualifications could be plundered together, which was really enviable.
And Schrift imprinting was simply like a rule system; each Schrift imprinting was no less than the Bankai of a rule-type Zanpakuto.
In Luo Fu's eyes, Yhwach was simply a huge treasure.
Not to mention that Yhwach also had the special ability to usurp the Sanctuary, which could steal the opponent's power.
Just this move of usurping the Sanctuary, if it were placed in the Campione world, Yhwach could simply skip the Campione's ceremony and perform the Campione's reincarnation himself.
Yhwach's various abilities, although still based on spirit particles, were so complex that Luo Fu could not create them out of thin air in a short time like copying Zanpakuto.
Just like in the Super God Universe, possessing both the Void and Anti-Void abilities at the same time created the so-called Xiongnu core that could break the law of conservation of mass and the law of conservation of energy.
But for Ge Xiaolun, whether it was Death God Karl's Big Clock, Holy Kaisa's Holy Knowledge Treasure, or even Lieyang's Heavenly Dao Pagoda, were all beyond his reach.
In the final analysis, even if Ge Xiaolun mastered abilities with extremely high essence, he still had to improve himself step by step; at most, his abilities would allow him not to have to climb the technology tree step by step like other gods.
Now, Luo Fu, who had mastered the upper-level authority of spirit particles, was also the same.
Yhwach's ability was a special system constructed with spirit particles.
For Luo Fu, plundering directly from Yhwach was much faster than slowly researching and slowly improving himself.
He was able to copy Zanpakuto, mostly because Luo Fu himself was a Shinigami, even a seat officer in the Fourth Division. The special nature of the Medical Division allowed Luo Fu to have contact with almost all Shinigami's Zanpakuto before.
After he mastered the upper-level authority of spirit particles, he was able to complete the copying of Zanpakuto in such a short time.
But Yhwach was different; not to mention anything else, as the existence closest to the Spirit King, many of Yhwach's abilities were closest to the highest authority in this world.
Not to mention that Yhwach had just swallowed almost all the Spirit King's power branches except for Aura Michibane, the leader of the Human Xcution Sect who housed the Spirit King's lock; only the Spirit King's scattered power formed the Fullbring, which had not yet been recovered.
In this situation, it would not be an exaggeration to say that Yhwach was the second Spirit King.
Even compared to the Spirit King who killed the original Void in the past, Yhwach at this moment was not inferior at all.
Although the Spirit King of that year was indeed extremely powerful, time had passed, and the world had been in operation all these years.
If the Death God world of that year was like a newly planted sapling, then now, it had grown into a towering tree.
Even a branch of this towering tree was much larger than the sapling of that year.
It was precisely because of this that Yhwach at this moment had surpassed the strength of the Spirit King of that year.
For Luo Fu, the optimal solution was to directly eliminate Yhwach, seize everything from him and the Soul King, and make this world operate entirely according to his will.
This was also the common path chosen by the vast majority of Luo Fus in other worlds.
The Evil Ghost Luo Fu was like this, and so was Uchiha Luo Fu. Even the Otherworlder Luo Fu and the one from Joy of Life all chose this path.
Only the Luo Fus from the Marvel, and Shrouding the Heavens worlds were unable to follow this path step by step, because the worlds they were in were truly too powerful, so powerful that even after several sharing sessions, it was impossible to achieve a state of dominance in their own worlds.
On the other hand, the Bleach world was different.
When the core and source of this world, the Soul King, was no longer Luo Fu's opponent, then this world was equivalent to being at Luo Fu's disposal.
Right now, he was merely taking back what belonged to him.
Yhwach, being stared at by Luo Fu, felt a chill run down his spine.
Just as he was about to say something, Luo Fu didn't give him any chance at all.
Between heaven and earth, spiritual particles suddenly surged violently. The entire Hueco Mundo was like an unprecedented doomsday. Coupled with the desolate, Gobi Desert-like scenery of Hueco Mundo itself, the apocalypse was vividly unfolding.
When surrounded by this vast spiritual particle power, Yhwach despairingly discovered that under this simple and brutal spiritual particle suppression displayed by Luo Fu at this moment, all his methods were meaningless.
Whether it was the Almighty, Blut, or any of his other relied-upon abilities, they were all meaningless under this pure crushing force of spiritual particle surge.
This was complete and pure violence, the most fundamental power of the world.
Especially when simple power was combined with the foundation of spiritual particles, it had reached a level where it was impossible to resist.
No matter how profound Yhwach's methods were, they were just like possessing powerful martial arts techniques and exquisite force exertion skills.
But Luo Fu didn't care about martial ethics at all.
It was like two people agreeing to a martial arts competition, but Luo Fu drove a road roller over to crush him.
No matter how exquisite and powerful Yhwach's martial arts were, what could he do? Could he withstand the crushing force of a road roller?
Watching Yhwach visibly begin to disappear under the spiritual particle storm.
The members of the Zero Squad sighed in despair.
Yes.
When Yhwach, who had mastered most of the Soul King's power, was easily crushed by Luo Fu, the members of the Zero Squad could no longer think of any way to resist Luo Fu.
Perhaps each of them possessed a method that had reached its limit.
For example, Ichibei Hyōsube's ability to name all things, Shutara Senjumaru's creation of Shihakusho, Nimaiya Ōetsu's ability to forge Zanpakuto, Kirinji Tenjirō's spiritual pressure hot spring.
These kinds of abilities that had reached their limit might be more than enough to deal with ordinary Shinigami, Hollows, etc.
But against a powerhouse like Luo Fu, who already had the strength to crush the Soul King, they were no stronger than those Captain-level Shinigami who were taken away by Luo Fu in one wave.
"What exactly do you guys want to do?" Kurosaki Ichigo, who was being imprisoned by the Zero Squad, almost under guard, saw Luo Fu dealing with Yhwach with such a grand display. After struggling again without success, he angrily said to the members of the Zero Squad, "Are you in cahoots with this Luo Fu? Are you going to destroy this world with him?"
Clang.
The sound of a sword rang out.
The power imprisoning Kurosaki Ichigo was shattered by a flash of sword light.
Kiryu Hikifune waved her hand and said like a friendly neighborly aunt, "Now, the hope of saving the world rests on you. You've already seen Luo Fu's strength. Before you have the confidence to deal with him, don't seek your own death."
As if truly placing their hope on Kurosaki Ichigo, Kiryu Hikifune and the other members of the Zero Squad began to constantly urge Kurosaki Ichigo.
Whether it was in terms of power enhancement or the various secrets of the world, the members of the Zero Squad imparted everything to Kurosaki Ichigo!
Kurosaki Ichigo was completely stunned, his mind even more chaotic.
When the Shinigami, led by Captain Commander Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni, launched a desperate charge against Luo Fu, all the Captain-level Shinigami.
In Kurosaki Ichigo's heart, he completely regarded the people of the Zero Squad as bad guys.
After all, the battle had already progressed to this extent, but the people of the Zero Squad had not taken any action.
With Kurosaki Ichigo's intelligence, he naturally regarded the Zero Squad as villains.
But now, as Luo Fu was eliminating Yhwach, and these members of the Zero Squad were imparting so much to him, Kurosaki Ichigo was completely confused.
He could no longer distinguish whether the people of the Zero Squad were good or bad.
Good?
Then why didn't the Zero Squad take any action when Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni led all the Captain-level Shinigami to launch a desperate charge against Luo Fu just now?
Bad?
Then why are they now so… so hopeful towards him?
Although Kurosaki Ichigo was easily impulsive, he was not stupid.
The Zero Squad indeed regarded Kurosaki Ichigo as their last hope for a comeback.
Even in order to prevent Kurosaki Ichigo from dying at Luo Fu's hands so early, the people of the Zero Squad, while imparting everything to him, even told Kurosaki Ichigo all the information about Aura Michibane, the leader of the Xcution.
After explaining all the secrets of saving the world to Kurosaki Ichigo.
The members of the Zero Squad looked at each other.
Finally, they worked together to send Kurosaki Ichigo out of Hueco Mundo.
As for Kurosaki Ichigo's departure, Luo Fu, who was meticulously resolving Yhwach, saw it, but didn't take any action at all.
Perhaps, in the eyes of the Zero Squad, Kurosaki Ichigo was the Soul King's substitute, someone who might become the one to defeat Luo Fu and save the world.
But the fact was that even Yhwach, who had obtained most of the Soul King's power and was even stronger than the original Soul King who defeated the Original Sin, was easily eliminated by Luo Fu.
So, what else could Kurosaki Ichigo do?
Don't forget, Kurosaki Ichigo could at most only obtain the Soul King's power, and even then, it would only be a portion of a portion, a minority of a minority.
Luo Fu, on the other hand, not only deciphered all the mysteries of spiritual power and mastered the upper-level authority of spiritual power, but his own foundation was a product of the localization of the Nine Heavens' powers.
It could be said that Luo Fu was a * 9+1 Soul King.
He was an existence with more than ten times the strength of the Soul King at his peak.
This tenfold was merely an unquantifiable generalization. In fact, he was likely a hundred times, a thousand times, or even ten thousand times the Soul King! Moreover, as time passed, Luo Fu would become stronger and stronger.
Eventually, he would completely replace the Soul King with his own path and create a brand new era.
In the new era, the spiritual particle system would still exist, but it would definitely only be a part of the new system, and it would not be able to occupy an absolute position.
Compared to Luo Fu's foundation, which could easily interfere with the future trends of the world, even if Kurosaki Ichigo gathered the power of the entire Bleach world now, he would not have the possibility of overturning Luo Fu.
Under this circumstance, how could Luo Fu possibly take Kurosaki Ichigo seriously?
Just a small fry, even if he escaped, it would at most add a little fun to Luo Fu's future.
Moreover, to have the possibility of defeating Luo Fu, Kurosaki Ichigo must concentrate the Soul King's power as much as possible.
Perhaps it's not quite appropriate to say this, but in essence, the concept of the Soul King is actually inseparable from the world itself.
Don't forget that even the birth of the Soul King was when the world was like a cancer, giving birth to an Original Sin that could devour everything.
And the Soul King was completely an existence born in response to the situation. To some extent, the former Soul King was like being ordered by heaven, and the purpose of his birth was to solve the Original Sin.
But after the Soul King was tricked by the five great noble ancestors with despicable calculations and turned into a human stick wrapped in amber in the Soul King Palace, even his limbs and internal organs were separated, this inappropriately described mandate of heaven was completely dispersed.
This was also why there were so many substitutes for the position of the Soul King.
Anyone who accepted the Soul King's limbs or power theoretically had the possibility of becoming a Soul King substitute.
Yhwach was the most typical one, and Kurosaki Ichigo was the next best.
Apart from the two of them, even the artificial humans created by Urahara Kisuke in the Urahara Shop, Tsumugiya Ururu and Hanakari Jinta, had the possibility of becoming Soul King substitutes. It's just that, compared to Yhwach, Kurosaki Ichigo, and others, these two artificial human lolis and shotas were obviously far behind in the ranking.
But this undoubtedly proved that the Soul King substitute was actually a combination of rules, destiny, and power, and did not come from bloodlines or anything like that.
If Kurosaki Ichigo really gathered the power of many Soul Kings on himself, it would instead benefit Luo Fu.
When the time comes, Luo Fu will only need to eliminate Kurosaki Ichigo, and then he can completely take this world into his grasp.
Facing the power of Luo Fu's steamroller-like crushing force,
Yhwach, no matter how much he struggled, ultimately followed in the footsteps of Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni and many Captain-level Shinigami.
Not only was he obliterated by Luo Fu, but even his abilities were completely dissected by Luo Fu.
Of course, this doesn't mean that Luo Fu can easily create another Yhwach out of thin air.
To be precise, Yhwach's many abilities are like building complex systems based on Reishi.
Whether it's the Quincy's abilities or Yhwach's own methods, such as soul gifting, soul retrieval, including the Seizure Shrine and Almighty, all these abilities are like complex systems constructed from Reishi.
With Luo Fu's ability to control the higher authority of Reishi, he can indeed create the same abilities out of thin air, just like Luo Fu previously used countless released Zanpakuto to bombard and solve all the Captain-level Shinigami.
But the key to Yhwach's powerful abilities lies in their complexity. Even for Luo Fu, understanding the essence of these abilities is already quite an achievement.
But to say he could recreate them is far inferior to directly taking the ready-made ones from Yhwach.
After resolving Yhwach, Luo Fu finally turned his attention to the Zero Squad.
"It's our turn," Kirinji Tenjiro smiled in resignation.
Shutara Senjumaru nodded slightly and said, "I will do my best to buy time, hoping that Kurosaki Ichigo can truly become the second Spirit King."
The moment the words fell, Shutara Senjumaru's Zanpakuto instantly transformed into a slender sewing needle.
For the Zero Squad to fight Luo Fu is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.
Even if all the Zero Squad members were added together, the time they could hold out against Luo Fu wouldn't even be a tenth of what Yhwach could.
More importantly, Luo Fu doesn't care about anything on the Zero Squad.
Whether it's their Zanpakuto abilities or each individual's methods, Luo Fu can easily reconstruct them through Reishi.
When the Zero Squad also perished.
In this world, apart from Kurosaki Ichigo, who was specially sent away by the Zero Squad, there is no longer anything that can threaten Luo Fu's existence.
But next, Luo Fu was not in a hurry to hunt down Kurosaki Ichigo.
On the one hand, Yhwach almost inherited more than 70% of the Spirit King's power. In this case, he would still be easily crushed to death by Luo Fu. As for Kurosaki Ichigo, even if he found Aura Michibane and obtained the power of the Spirit King from her, what could he do?
With Luo Fu's strength, he is now almost equivalent to the Spirit King who killed the Primordial Void in the past. If the original Spirit King hadn't been schemed against and actively sacrificed himself, then the order of the Soul Society, Hueco Mundo, and the Human World would all be under the control of the Spirit King.
Instead of the so-called Five Great Noble Clans.
After Kurosaki Ichigo escaped. Over in Hueco Mundo, Aizen Sosuke, regardless of what he was thinking before, now he only has one choice.
That is to follow Luo Fu wholeheartedly.
Who told Luo Fu to be truly invincible now?
In Las Noches.
When Luo Fu brought Unohana Retsu, Aizen, and those Arrancars under Aizen's command to Las Noches.
He was immediately greeted by the welcome of Inoue Hao, Inoue Orihime, Arisawa Tatsuki, and others.
You should know that although Arisawa Tatsuki didn't show it before, in fact, her heart was really uneasy. The enemies Luo Fu faced were too powerful, and even they almost became hostages in the hands of the Soul Society.
From this, it can be seen that Luo Fu and the Soul Society have almost no bottom line in order to defeat each other.
Fortunately, Luo Fu won now.
The victorious Luo Fu, of course, would not stop there.
After integrating the power of Hueco Mundo, Luo Fu immediately led a small number of subordinates, but enough to crush the current Seireitei, and directly opened the door to the Soul Society.
In the Soul Society, apart from those wandering souls who didn't know what was happening.
Inside the Seireitei, it was already on high alert.
Reishi cannons and other special weapons, and even weapons similar to Sokyoku Hill, have been fully charged, and they are waiting for Luo Fu's arrival, preparing to use these weapons to make a final desperate fight against Luo Fu.
It's not to say that all the Shinigami in the Seireitei are really so loyal to the Seireitei.
On the contrary, it is the Five Great Noble Clans of the Seireitei who are truly dominating everything.
After all, it was their ancestors who schemed against the Spirit King and established the foundation of the Seireitei with despicable means.
Now, when Luo Fu, this epoch-making victor, appeared, these vested interests of the old era, of course, could not take the initiative to surrender to Luo Fu.
On the one hand, Luo Fu may not be able to accept it, and on the other hand, even if they surrendered and Luo Fu accepted it, they would lose their current high position, power, and strength.
Don't forget that in the Gotei 13, there is a special squad exclusively for nobles.
This does not mean that the nobles only have one squad in the Gotei 13. On the contrary, the 6th Squad, which is exclusive to nobles, is not allowed to be joined by ordinary Shinigami, but this rule does not have any restrictions on the nobles themselves.
In other words, the 6th Squad can only belong to the nobles, but the nobles can also join other squads, and even become the captain of them.
Kurosaki Ichigo's father was once the captain of the 10th Squad. Shihouin Yoruichi was even the captain of the 2nd Squad.
Just from here, it is not difficult to judge that it may be an exaggeration to say that the Gotei 13 is the Five Great Noble Clans' plate of food.
But in the Gotei 13, the nobles hold absolute power, which is certain.
Even with Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, the Captain-Commander, the nobles still have a huge influence on the Gotei 13. This influence is even decisive.
When Luo Fu brought Unohana Retsu, Aizen, Inoue Hao, Inoue Orihime, Arisawa Tatsuki, and others to the Seireitei.
What greeted them directly was a devastating bombardment.
It's just a pity that Luo Fu has long passed the stage of competing for Reiatsu and Reishi intensity.
Now, Luo Fu has completely mastered the higher authority of Reishi.
These Reishi cannons and other weapons, which were regarded as the last resort by the Seireitei.
Before they could attack Luo Fu, they were directly disassembled into pure Reishi by Luo Fu.
Reishi itself is the foundation of the Seireitei.
It can be said that every plant and tree in the Soul Society is constructed with Reishi as the basic unit.
And the Seireitei is the place with the highest Reishi concentration.
Now Luo Fu just restored the means used by these Shinigami of the Gotei 13 to attack him to pure Reishi.
Seeing that the Reishi cannons and other equipment, which were regarded as the last resort, were so powerless in front of Luo Fu.
The nobles who regarded these equipment and large weapons as the last resort fell into unprecedented despair.
And those who climbed up from the bottom and joined the Shinigami Academy, and even those who were selected from the Rukongai.
Were immediately struck by Luo Fu's terrifying strength and completely lost all fighting spirit.
In addition, Luo Fu has Unohana Retsu, the former captain of the 4th Squad, and Aizen Sosuke, the captain of the 5th Squad.
For those Shinigami of the Gotei 13 who have lost their teammates and captains.
Surrendering to Luo Fu is not something absolutely unacceptable.
Although there were some twists and turns in the middle, such as those unwilling nobles, on the whole, Luo Fu forcibly suppressed the entire Soul Society with absolute strength.
In just less than a month, the Gotei 13 was rebuilt again. Of course, in terms of strength and high-end combat power, it is definitely not comparable to before.
Who told that after the previous battle in Hueco Mundo, the current Seireitei almost suffered a generational loss of all high-end powerhouses.
For Luo Fu, rebuilding the Gotei 13 is just an expedient measure.
After he solves Kurosaki Ichigo and completely retrieves all the power of the Spirit King, he will eventually have to reconstruct his own power.
While Luo Fu was re-establishing an order in the Soul Society with himself as the leader.
In the Human World, Kurosaki Ichigo finally reached a consensus with Aura Michibane.