Training Bankai (2)
Tulu gripped his knife tighter, a satisfied glint in his sharp eyes. "Alright, the probing is over. We need to get serious."
Life-Taker nodded, his gentle expression turning unusually serious.
Then, almost simultaneously, the three spoke, uttering that mysterious Spirit Speech used only during Complete Shikai: "Fate Is but a Plaything in the Palm— "
"Life-Taker Tulu!"
The moment the words left his mouth, the knives in the hands of the three men underwent a strange transformation.
The blade transformed into countless shimmering dust particles, which swirled and coalesced above the three men's right hands, eventually reshaping into a brand new, longer, and more perfect Tang Dao.
The blade is about five feet long, with golden patterns flowing across its dark red base, and a black halo shimmering along its edge. The entire blade exudes a breathtaking beauty, as if it were a weapon, a work of art, or something beyond the mundane.
More importantly, the moment the sword was fully formed, the Reiatsu of the three people surged simultaneously, more than doubling in intensity. The immense Reiatsu even caused the entire space to tremble violently, and the Runes on the walls flickered wildly, emitting piercing alarm sounds.
"It's coming..." Kisuke Urahara's voice became unusually solemn, "This is the complete form of Mr. Liu's Zanpakuto. Before, it was only... 'Half -Shikai'."
The members of the Visored looked at each other, their faces filled with shock and disbelief.
[The previous battle was just a test? He didn't even fully unleash his Zanpakuto, and his Reiatsu wasn't at its maximum? Is this really the Liu Ziyun we know?]
This thought echoed in everyone's mind. They suddenly realized that if Liu Ziyun had displayed such power during their previous battle, they probably wouldn't have even had the courage to draw their swords.
While everyone was still in shock, the battle inside the space had entered a new phase.
The fully unleashed Life-Taker Tulu was far more powerful than imagined. Liu Ziyun, Life-Taker Tulu clashed again, this time faster and stronger. Every collision caused the space to tremble violently, and every exchange caused cracks to appear in the Runes on the walls.
What's even more chilling is that during this fierce battle, all three were constantly injured—by swords, fists, and by Kidō... but each time they were injured, those wounds would heal in an instant, as if they had never existed. That healing speed even surpassed the Hollow's "High-Speed Regeneration."
"This is..." Yoruichi Shihōin's eyes widened, "The power of Zanpakuto?"
Kisuke Urahara: "It should be the power of 'Life-Taker' —changing fate and reversing damage. But this ability should have limitations... it can't be used without limits."
As he expected, this rapid healing came at a price. As the battle progressed, although Liu Ziyun's Reiatsu continued to rise, his face grew paler and paler, and his breathing became rapid.
Clearly, each "damage reversal" consumes a huge amount of his Spiritual Power and mental energy.
The battle reached its climax.
After a fierce clash, the three separated again. Liu Ziyun seized the opportunity, his hands rapidly forming hand seals: "Hadō #90-- "
His voice echoed through the space, each syllable containing immense Spiritual Power.
"Black Coffin!"
The light in the space suddenly dimmed, and countless black substances emerged from the void, rapidly coalescing around the Life-Taker and Tulu, forming a huge, coffin-like black cube. This is Hadō #1 in the Kidō, possessing terrifying destructive and binding power.
However, just as the Black Coffin formed, a clear, cold female voice came from inside. "Broken Wall."
The moment the words left his mouth, a crack appeared on the surface of the Black Coffin. Then, countless cracks spread out, and the entire Black Coffin shattered with a crash, turning into black fragments that dissipated into the air.
They stood unscathed, Life-Taker and Tulu.
Without Tulu, he launched a counterattack the instant he broke free. He raised his sword high, dark red light condensing on the blade. "Flying Blade, Shattered Blade Slash!"
A massive, dark red, crescent-shaped slash flew from the blade, then shattered in mid-air into hundreds of smaller crescents, Liu Ziyun like a storm.
Liu Ziyun's pupils contracted slightly, but his reaction was swift. He also raised the knife in his hand, its blade gleaming with a platinum-gold light. "Flying Blade!"
An equally massive platinum-gold slash shot out, severing the smaller crescent-shaped blades in mid-air. But Liu Ziyun's attack was not over. "Shattered Blade Slash!"
The platinum-gold slash shattered instantly, transforming into countless small crescent moons that recoiled towards Life-Taker and Tulu.
Faced with this fierce counterattack, Life-Taker a step forward, holding his sword horizontally in front of him. "Abyssal Wall."
A pale golden wall rose before her. The platinum crescent-shaped slashes struck the wall without making a sound, only creating ripples like pebbles thrown into water, and then... disappeared.
It looked as if it had been "swallowed" by the wall.
Without Life-Taker, after deflecting all attacks, she gently plunged her blade into the wall. "Abyssal Shatters."
The pale gold wall shattered with a crash, but the broken fragments did not dissipate; instead, they transformed into countless golden arrows, raining down on Liu Ziyun.
Liu Ziyun a deep breath and clenched his fists in front of him. "Fate Shield."
A transparent, vortex-like circular shield formed before him. The golden arrows that shot into the vortex did not penetrate it; instead, they were drawn in by the vortex, their direction altered, and they were all eventually sucked into the center of the vortex.
"Fate Attraction."
Liu Ziyun's voice rang out again. The arrows that had been sucked into the vortex suddenly shot out from the other side of the vortex, rushing back towards Life-Taker and Tulu with greater speed and power.
Faced with this sudden counterattack, Tulu made the simplest response. He took a step forward and lightly swung his knife. "Fate Slaughter."
There was no sound, no light, only a barely perceptible distortion in the air. The golden arrows that bounced back vanished silently upon contact with this distortion, like snowflakes meeting sunlight.
Liu Ziyun's pupils contracted sharply. He could sense that this attack of Tulu contained a more essential and dangerous power—it was not simple destruction, but a kind of erasure that approached the level of "concept".
He dared not be negligent, and swung his knife in response. "Thought Severance."
The blade collided with the invisible distortion in mid-air. There was no loud noise, no explosion; only a certain area of space suddenly blurred before returning to normal.
But just as Liu Ziyun was dealing with the "Fate Slaughter by Tulu" with all his might, the Life-Taker figure suddenly disappeared.
The next second, she appeared beside Liu Ziyun, the knife in her hand gleaming with a holy yet deadly light as she slashed down. "Fate Slash!"
Liu Ziyun to turn around and block, so he could only instinctively unleash the Kidō: "Bakudo #81, Dankū!"
A transparent barrier instantly formed beside him. The Life-Taker blade struck the barrier, producing a piercing cracking sound—although Dankū had blocked the attack, he himself was also covered in cracks and could shatter at any moment.
Just as Liu Ziyun dealing with the Life-Taker attack, Tulu moved again. He rushed in from another direction, his knife aimed straight for Liu Ziyun's back.
Liu Ziyun turn around and parry with the knife in his hand.
The moment the twin blades clashed, a cold smile curled at the corner of Tulu's lips, "Chain Blade Slash."
Countless blades of light erupted from the blade of the Tulu, like blooming flowers of death, all striking Liu Ziyun. Liu Ziyun's body was struck as if by a heavy hammer, and he flew backward, crashing heavily to the ground, kicking up clouds of dust.
Without Life-Taker, the instant Liu Ziyun landed, she swung her blade at the dust cloud. "Flying Blade!"
The dark red slash disappeared into the dust, and then...
"Boom--!"