The Quincy Emperor vs. the Soul Reaper Leader (continued)

Whether it's Aizen or Yamamoto, he actually has ways to deal with them.

However, there was one particular individual whom he felt was not the right time to act, he said again.

"It won't be long before that unknown entity arrives at the Soul King Palace. What do you think it will do?"

"The unknown? I see. It's the Tokoyo Misao you fear. In that case, you're still human, Yhwach." The monk said, "Only humans define the unknown and fear it."

Unfortunately, I am different from you; I know everything about Soul Society.

A smile played at the corners of his lips, revealing two rows of pearly white teeth. "Because I named everything in Soul Society."

Then Ichibē placed the brush on the wooden board at his feet, Riden.

Although this Riden is made of wooden planks, these planks were named by him and are very sturdy.

He held a huge calligraphy brush in both hands, the tip of which was dipped in black ink. He pressed it against the ground, and as he moved it, he drew a straight black line.

"From here to here," the monk said as he drew, then stepped back ten meters and drew another line. "I will kill you between these two lines."

His expression showed no doubt, only absolute certainty.

Yhwach landed on the floor, looked at the distance between the two horizontal lines, and decided to accept the challenge, replying, "That distance is a bit too far; you'll die within three steps."

Having said that, he gradually approached the other party, addressing him by his Ichibē name again, completely ignoring the other party's threats.

This move and address made Ichibei's face turn away, and he no longer looked smiling. He waved the brush in his hand, quickly drew a circle in the air, and wrote a seal in the middle.

"I told you, don't call me by my name so casually." Ichibē's voice turned somber as he turned his head slightly, staring at Yhwach with angry eyes.

He waved his left hand, and Reiatsu burst forth from his palm, transforming into a giant hand that slammed towards Yhwach.

Faced with such an attack, Yhwach seemed to have no time to react at all, and was truly like a mosquito, easily swatted away by this giant hand.

His body was propelled by this immense force, flying rapidly backwards into the sky. He tried several times to steady himself, but to no avail.

What a strange power. Yhwach had a brief encounter with Ichibē Hyōsube a thousand years ago.

However, his abilities were quickly sealed by the opponent using the Soul King Left Arm, leading to his defeat.

This was the first time I'd seen the opponent use any other methods in this battle.

He suddenly looked up and saw that in the Wandenreich, none of the Soul Reapers could use Shunpo, but Ichibē Hyōsube had managed to do so.

They appeared behind him, arms crossed over their chests, looking completely at ease, and spoke.

"The Thousand-Mile Heaven-Piercing Palm will send anything it strikes flying a thousand miles away."

Yhwach narrowed his eyes and instantly understood.

That palm strike just now wasn't a technique simply using Reiatsu.

If it were just Reiatsu technique, he would have been able to stabilize his body long ago.

However, Ichibē Hyōsube named this move "Thousand-Mile Heaven-Piercing Palm".

Therefore, his palm strike contained other forces, which is why he was still flying backwards.

Yhwach's brow twitched twice more.

At this moment, Ichibē Hyōsube raised his left hand, and another giant hand appeared.

"Now go back a thousand miles and reflect on yourself properly." Ichibē Hyōsube suddenly swung his Thousand-Mile Return Palm and slapped Yhwach on the body.

Bang! A crisp, loud slapping sound rang out, seemingly with tremendous force, yet it caused no damage to Yhwach.

But at this moment, he was rapidly falling towards Soul Society.

This is the strange power that comes from giving names to techniques.

Moreover, he had noticed from the beginning that his throat seemed to be sealed by a strange force, and he was unable to speak.

Recalling what Ichibē Hyōsube said earlier about tearing his throat apart, that must be what he meant.

He reached out his right hand and dug into his throat, his fingers pressing directly against the skin and muscle, causing blood to spurt out.

Then, azure Reishi floated out from his two wounds.

"I have given myself a voice." He reclaimed the right to speak from his throat once more, "Great Holy Bow!"

A colossal Quincy Spirit Bow appeared beneath him, loaded with arrows, drawn, aimed, and fired five enormous arrows.

The middle one pierced directly through Yhwach's body, using the force to bring his flying body back into the sky.

The other arrows were aimed at Ichibē Hyōsube Ichibei, who was somewhat surprised that Yhwach had such courage. As a result, he was a moment too slow to dodge and was slashed on the back by the Reishi arrows, from which a trickle of blood flowed out.

Ichibē Hyōsube seemed somewhat helpless as he reached out and scratched his bald head.

"I've told you so many times not to call my name, but you still do. I'll send you back to Soul Society so you can reflect on your actions, but you'd rather hurt yourself than not come back."

He's over a thousand years old, yet he's still a mischievous little devil.

Yhwach was indeed over a thousand years old, but compared to Ichibē Hyōsube, who was born from chaos, he was nothing more than a little devil.

Yhwach remained expressionless, reached out and grasped the arrow piercing his chest, and with a sudden squeeze, the arrow vanished.

He was now puzzled as to why Ichibē Hyōsube only wanted to send him back to Soul Society instead of killing him.

In fact, this question has existed for thousands of years.

At that time, he had already been sealed by the Soul King's arm, and had almost completely lost his power.

But after Ichibē Hyōsube finished doing all that, he left Soul Society and returned to the Soul King Palace.

He remained unconvinced and continued to lead the Quincy in their attacks on the Soul Society, which led to the Thousand-Year Blood War.

A thousand years later, when he returned to this place and faced Ichibē Hyōsube, the other party was still the same as he had been a thousand years ago.

This is really upsetting.

"Since you refuse to listen, there's nothing I can do," Ichibē said.

He turned his head, his eyes now devoid of pupils, only the whites remaining. His expression was like that of an angry Buddha, his face fierce and menacing, bearing no trace of the kind monk he once was.

His voice, filled with murderous intent and resolve, rang out. "Then I have no choice but to kill you."

Yhwach instantly drew his greatsword and attacked, striking the writing brush, only to find it incredibly sturdy and impossible to break.

However, seeing Ichibē Hyōsube's current murderous intent, instead of the dignified elder he had been a thousand years ago or just now, he felt a surge of pleasure and spoke with a mocking tone:

"Your expression changes quite a bit. You seem pretty happy."

"Your expression turned so ferocious after deciding to kill me. It seems you didn't truly intend to stop a thousand years ago, did you?"

Yhwach's guess was correct.

Whether it was a thousand years ago or not so long ago, Ichibē Hyōsube was not incapable of killing him, but rather, due to Soul King, he was unwilling to lay a hand on him.

After the two exchanged blows several times, Yhwach discovered that Ichibē's fighting skills were extremely powerful.

Although the other person was using a calligraphy brush, he always felt a sharp and fierce aura towards him.

He thrust his greatsword straight out, but Ichibē easily dodged it. Seeing the brush coming at him, he could only block it with his right hand.

Yhwach struck the brush sharply with his right hand, then stepped back.

He had originally intended to test whether he could deliberately create an opening to find an opportunity to kill Ichibē Hyōsube.

Unfortunately, his opponent was far too experienced; even if he had risked his life to strike, he would have died before Ichibē.

At this moment, Ichibē stood still, his hands firmly planted upside down on the ground, looking completely at ease, and spoke:

"You blocked with your arm just now, didn't you? Let me tell you something: the brush in my hand can't cut flesh; it can only sever names."

Yhwach, who was preparing to continue his attack, suddenly found his hands hanging limply at his sides, as if they had been severed.

His pupils widened in disbelief.

"I just cut the name on your arm in half," Ichibē said. "From now on, those two things that grew on your shoulders will only be wrists."

Do your arms feel very heavy? Your muscle strength is only half of what it used to be, and your mobility is also only half of what it used to be.

"Your two arms can only do half the things you used to, isn't that hard to get used to? Isn't it uncomfortable?"

Yhwach once again struggled to raise his greatsword, and charged forward as if risking his life.

However, the speed, power, and accuracy of his sword swings were all significantly worse than before, and Ichibē easily dodged them.

As he dodged, Ichibē raised his brush in his right hand and with a single stroke, cleaved Yhwach in two from head to toe in black ink.

If he had been wielding a sword, Yhwach would probably be broken in two by now.

However, the brush in his hand has the property of killing names but not flesh, so Yhwach still maintains his human form, but only that. He looks like a fool, just standing there in a daze.

Ichibē kicked him straight, sending him flying back into the Deiden. The force was just right, so that he landed in the middle of the two lines that had been drawn at the beginning.

Ichibē Hyōsube looked down at him. "Yhwach, it seems a thousand years of reflection is a bit short. But never mind, I won't make you reflect forever; even I get tired." With that, he raised his brush again. "You just need to reflect forever."

Just then, Yhwach let out a soft snort.

Immediately afterwards, even the reinforced Riden, which had been specially reinforced by the Squad Zero, and the Reishi in the surrounding space all gathered in his hand.

He raised his right hand and read in a deep voice:

"Rise, silver emblem, grey plains, circular road hidden by light. Agate eyeball, golden tongue. Skull monument, coffin of the gods. What is held high is your heart."

Yhwach suddenly crushed the Reishi that were constantly gathering in his hand, which exploded and shot into the sky as a storm, eventually coalescing into a huge Reishi ring.

"Auswählen."

The Reishi ring instantly sprouted branches like tree forks and rushed towards the Quincy's location in Soul Society.

In just a short time, these branches enveloped the Sternritter fighting in Soul Society and the surviving Quincy soldiers, continuously draining their power.

Just as the roots of a large tree absorb nutrients from the soil, these branches Quincy completely before disappearing in an instant.

At that moment, a massive surge of Reishi energy erupted from the ring above the Riden, slamming into Yhwach.

Bathed in the power of Auswählen, Yhwach's Reiatsu was now at an overwhelming level.

And on this Riden, even Reishi rain began to fall.

However, this rain was different from the dark, sticky rain of Ulquiorra.

These falling raindrops are pure Reishi particles; there is nothing else in them.

Even Ichibē Hyōsube Squad Zero, does not have the ability to directly manipulate external Reishi; this is a talent belonging to the Quincy.

Of course, an unknown entity with what is described as having super-class combat power also possesses the ability to directly manipulate external Reishi.

Having regained his strength, Yhwach coldly looked at Ichibē Hyōsube ahead. "No one can take anything from me."

"All beings in the Three Worlds were created so that I could take them away, even the Soul King."

Ichibē Hyōsube sighed, "You really have no sense of other people's kindness."

Now that the opponent has regained their strength, the only way to defeat them is with even greater strength.

Golden light emanated from his right hand, and he charged towards Yhwach, casually swinging his right hand while shouting, "Hyapporankan!"

"Blut Vene Anhaben." Facing the descending Bakudō, Yhwach actually unfolded the Quincy's Blut Vene around his body in a semi-circular shape.

Indeed, the Blut Vene, which originally only worked on the body, greatly increased defense, but it had no effect on Bakudō, and the user would still be trapped.

However, this externally projected Blut Vene can block binding skills from entering.

But Ichibē didn't take this change seriously; his eyes widened in anger, and he waved his hands:

"The Reverse Hadō No. 3, Teppūsatsu!" As he chanted, a golden Qilin head composed of Reiatsu suddenly appeared.

The Qilin's head suddenly bulged its mouth and then spat out a huge beam of golden light.

The golden beam shattered the externally emitted Blut Vene instantly, without the slightest obstruction.

In that instant, Ichibē Hyōsube used Shunpo and suddenly appeared in front of Yhwach, reaching out his left hand to grab the other's throat.

Yhwach remained completely calm. At that moment, the patterns of the Blut Vene appeared on his body, and he climbed up his throat to Ichibē Hyōsube's hand.

This Blut Vene, like a venomous snake, spread along the arm toward Ichibē's head.

The Blut Vene is Quincy technique, but I never expected Yhwach to have developed so many uses for it.

If his Blut Vene could truly cover Ichibē Hyōsube's head, he might be able to kill him instantly.

Since this power is already controlled by Yhwach, it means that Ichibē's head will also be controlled by him.

Ichibē Hyōsube also noticed something was wrong. At that moment, his arm suddenly swelled up, and the veins on his head bulged.

The Reiatsu within his body instantly converged towards his arms, shoulders, and neck, and with a sudden jolt, bang!