The Strongest Kenpachi Is a Fan of the Man He Defeated

At this time, the South District 78 of Rukongai in the south could be described as flourishing everywhere.

However, while the wandering souls in District 78 were inevitably affected by this Spiritual Pressure, most of them were not directly destroyed by multiple powerful Spiritual Pressures comparable to those of Captain-level.

The Soul Reaper, including the Artificial Soul Corps, are consciously protecting these poor wandering souls.

But no matter how careful they were, this could only be considered a negligible act of mercy from the lofty "Grim Soul Reaper" to mortals.

In Rukongai, especially in the Rukongai districts, not a single Rukongai would sincerely admit that the Soul Reaper are protecting them.

No one is born to stand in the heavens.

"Call..."

At the northern border of the South District 78, Kaien Shiba, wielding his Zanpakuto Nejibana, faces Tenzō Tenjō.

Although Kaien Shiba's chest heaved violently, showing abnormal exhaustion, he was not injured and acted quite bravely.

Compared to his World of the Living campaign against Tenzō Tenjō, Kaien Shiba's performance this time is several times stronger.

Wielding his halberd, he surprisingly gained the upper hand.

He was facing the Tenzō Tenjō, the complete Tenzō Tenjō!

His combat strength is second only to Captain-Commander Yamamoto and is comparable to that of a regular member of the Zero Division, making him a top- Captain-level.

In the Gotei 13, Kaien Shiba has always been a rather special figure. In terms of status, he is probably similar to Dōsan Hanyū when he was in the Second Division.

Acting team leader.

However, when he was acting as the squad leader, their Thirteenth Division Captain Jūshirō Ukitake, was still in office, so no one called Kaien Captain Shiba.

While Tenzō Tenjō, who was opposite him, did not show any signs of fatigue, he had three knife wounds on his chest.

"The Shiba Clan, who inherited the Soul King's blade, this Miroku has brought endless pain to your Shiba Clan. Why are you unwilling to hand it over to me?"

Miroku.

This is an ancient blade, so ancient that it can be traced back to the time of Soul King.

At that time, the concept of Zanpakuto did not exist, but there were several divine weapons that possessed incredible power.

Miroku of the Shiba Clan, and Nine Heavens Mirror Valley of the Tsunayashiro Clan, are among them.

These five blades, inherited from Soul King, were originally weapons bestowed upon the Five Great Noble Clans ancestors by Soul King, and should have been called "Soul King Blades " at that time.

After the Soul King was imprisoned by the Five Great Noble Clans ancestors, the five swords that had accompanied the Five Great Noble Clans ancestors in their conquests of the world underwent a transformation. The blades seemed to bear the Soul King's curse, which remained engraved on the Five Great Noble Clans.

There is no escaping it.

The Kuchiki Clan and the other three families unanimously sealed the Soul King Blade with a barrier that surpassed even the Ninety-Nine Bakudō.

Even so, the bloodlines of the three families, as well as their closest relatives, are still occasionally plagued by curses.

Just like Kuchiki Ginrei, the Sixth Division Captain, who is now on the verge of death.

Just like Byakuya Kuchiki's father, who passed away early.

Of the Five Great Noble Clans, the Shiba Clan and Tsunayashiro Clan did not seal their "Soul King Blades ".

The Tsunayashiro Clan did not seal the Soul King Blade because the flaws and curses of the Nine Heavens Mirror Valley, or the Enrakyōten, were perfectly acceptable to them.

At the same time, the Nine Heavens Mirror Valley's abilities cannot be considered powerful compared to the other Soul King Blades.

The reason why Miroku of the Shiba Clan cannot be sealed is that Miroku can even curse the barrier that seals him, and even curse the person who set up the barrier.

Since the unification of the Three Realms and the end of the era of the Soul King, anyone who has come into contact with this Miroku has met a tragic end.

Compared to other people who died from contact with Miroku, the curse on this sword was not as strong in the hands of the Shiba Clan.

His ability is complete replication.

To copy any Zanpakuto —no, it shouldn't be called copying Zanpakuto, it should be called copying "a person."

Simply copying Zanpakuto is nothing special, and it's not even as good as the Nine Heavens Mirror Valley.

However, once the copy is successful, the user can even possess the copied Spiritual Pressure and all of the user's abilities when the Zanpakuto awakens.

Including another person's Spiritual Pressure, and even the Zankensōki!

He could even be said to be able to replicate Captain-Commander Yamamoto and possess all of Captain-Commander Yamamoto's abilities.

Of course, as the price of power, if he were to replicate a strongman like Captain-Commander Yamamoto, the backlash from Miroku would be something he absolutely could not bear.

"I should be asking you, as strong as you are, do you need to rely on the strength of others?"

The sarcasm in Kaien's voice was easily discernible.

But Tenzō Tenjō didn't mind. "I am a king, not a strongman. I must say, the geniuses of this era are indeed far more terrifying than those of my time. If acquiring his abilities would allow me to ascend the throne more easily, it's not something I can't accept."

"Dōsan Hanyū? According to records, although this was your only defeat, your fighting strength hadn't fully recovered at that time."

"No, I don't want to make excuses, especially such boring and cowardly ones." Tenzō Tenjō wasn't complacent because of Kaien's triumph. "When Dōsan Hanyū defeated me, I could sense that he wasn't using his true strength."

Raising his eyes slightly, Tenjō Tensō spoke earnestly, "He is far stronger than you imagine."

He is very strong.

Kaien Shiba's pupils dilated. After a slight pause, he twirled the Nejibana in his hand and thrust it towards Tenzō Tenjō.

It was a little awkward.

Jin'ya Tsunayashiro's eyes nearly popped out of his head. He'd said so much, yet Dōsan Hanyū didn't even get a scratch.

Kuruyashiki also in an awkward position; this situation would be quite embarrassing for anyone.

Looking at Dōsan Hanyū in front of him, he had already calmly put his clothes back on.

Kuruyashiki Kenpachi muttered to himself, a glint of light flashing in his dim eyes.

"This is... Ancient Martial Arts?"

Ancient Martial Arts is a general term for the spiritual cultivation methods of the Tenzō Tenjō.

Since Kuruyashiki Kenpachi's Zanpakuto was sealed away because it was too powerful, Kuruyashiki has been preparing to improve himself in another way.

He learned from the book that the ancient strongmen all had extremely powerful spiritual bodies. Among them was Tenzō Tenjō, the former teacher of Captain-Commander Yamamoto and the creator of the "Hakuda" concept, who was Kuruyashiki's idol at that time.

He frantically searched for the records left behind by the Tenzō Tenjō, even consulting Captain-Commander Yamamoto on several occasions. Similarly, Captain-Commander Yamamoto gave him extremely high praise.

In the end, however, he did not obtain the training methods of "Ancient Martial Arts" and could only clumsily increase the strength of his spiritual body by using Spiritual Pressure to bully the weak.

He remembered asking Captain-Commander Yamamoto if his Bankai Gagaku Kairō, could completely devour Tenzō Tenjō.

The premise here is that Tenzō Tenjō does not use offensive abilities to counterattack, nor does it dodge; it only uses defensive abilities.

After being asked several times, Captain-Commander Yamamoto simply shook his head, puzzled. "Hard to say, hard to say."

It's hard to say. Does that mean that in Captain-Commander Yamamoto's eyes, Tenzō Tenjō must be stronger than him?

For once, Kuruyashiki felt no jealousy towards this senior; he simply wanted a fair one-on-one match with him.

However, Tenzō Tenjō Muken because of his various crimes.

He had thought that "Ancient Martial Arts" were like the smoke of history and would never reappear.

Unexpectedly, this spiritual training technique has reappeared in the world today.

Of course, Dōsan Hanyū's execution was very crude.

But this is a process from "0" to "1".

"Who taught you your ability to enhance your spiritual body?"

Patting his clothes, Dōsan Hanyū a little curious. How did we get onto the topic of his own body? And since you can't cause any harm, it has little to do with my body.

"This is something I figured out myself, from an enemy."

In this day and age, does anyone still understand Ancient Martial Arts?

He himself didn't know how many years he had been dead, but judging from the fact that someone like Jin'ya Tsunayashiro had Captain-level strength, it must have been at least 150 years.

Could it be that 150 years later, this technique from a thousand years ago has been revived and popularized?

"Who is it?" Kuruyashiki Kenpachi pressed.

It was somewhat inexplicable, but Dōsan Hanyū had no intention of hiding it.

"Tenzō Tenjō."