Chapter 259
Cracks began to appear all over the sky.
Click—
The sound of space shattering echoed throughout the Seireitei. Li Yue's blade had cleaved a thin crack in the entire Soul Society, along with everything in the Soul King Palace above.
The thousands of layers of barriers Soul King Palace vanished completely with this strike, allowing Aizen to see the Soul King Palace suspended high in the sky with his naked eye.
Although the distance was very far, for Aizen, who possessed the Hōgyoku, the area where his Reiatsu could be sensed was the area where his eyes could see!
"Then, Li Yue-kun, could you please open another door?"
"No problem."
Li Yue, who shared Reiatsu with Aizen, was also able to see the Soul King Palace high in the sky. Based on the confirmation of Reiatsu perception, Li Yue directly cut out Portal leading to the Soul King Palace.
A dark blue Portal appeared in front of the two of them.
"Now, let's go see the last Royal Guard."
Aizen stepped into the Portal first, followed closely by Yhwach, whom he controlled. Li Yue glanced at the battlefield between the Espada and the Bleach in the distance, and then stepped into the Portal.
We've arrived at the Soul King Palace!
473. The Demise of Royal Guard
Aizen's serious answer left the four members of the Royal Guard somewhat puzzled. What did he mean? He wasn't lying, which meant that the information he received was indeed told to him by the four of them personally.
But how could such a thing be possible? The Royal Guard hasn't gone down for hundreds of years. The last time they went down, they recruited Kikō Kirio, the former captain of the Twelfth Division, but that was hundreds of years ago. Apart from that, the Royal Guard will never leave the Soul King Palace.
But Aizen's words just now made them wonder. Could it be that Aizen possesses some kind of special ability? But that doesn't make sense. They know very well that Aizen's Zanpakuto is Kyōka Suigetsu, and they are also very clear about Kyōka Suigetsu's abilities.
Because all the Zanpakuto Bleach the Soul Society were forged by Wang Yue, he knows the abilities of each Zanpakuto. Furthermore, Hyōsube Ichibē, who is currently above, knows the name of each Zanpakuto, as he Zanpakuto each one.
In the worldview of Bleach, fame equals power. Names represent power. Hyōsube Ichibē holds the power to name everything in the three realms. After the Soul King was sealed away as a wedge to support the three realms, Hyōsube Ichibē, who has the power to name the three realms, is essentially the true Soul King, because what he holds is the power of the Soul King.
The combination of Hyōsube Ichibē and Wang Yue can directly suppress all the Bleach in Soul Society, because most of the Bleach's power comes from their Zanpakuto. Once the power of their Zanpakuto is lost, their combat power drops sharply.
Therefore, they knew Aizen's Kyōka Suigetsu perfectly well, and were certain that they could not extract any information from Aizen's Kyōka Suigetsu.
But why? Why does Aizen know all the information on my side?
"It seems you're unwilling to tell the truth."
After a brief moment of thought, Wang Yue concluded that Aizen was lying. After all, having mastered the Zanpakuto Kyōka Suigetsu, which could hypnotize the five senses, Aizen himself must be someone skilled at deceiving others.
"In that case, we'll just have to get rid of you. Once we've done that, that monk has plenty of ways to get your information from you."
"Oh? Now that the intelligence has been completely exposed, do you still think you have a chance of winning?"
Aizen's tone was heavy with curiosity.
"Although you already know the abilities of our Royal Guard, you seem to have misunderstood one thing. Knowing our abilities does not mean you can defeat us."
Wang Yue Flash Step appeared in front of Yhwach.
"We are the Royal Guard Royal Guard. Just the few of us possess power surpassing that of the entire Seireitei!"
With Saifuku, the sword, which seemed almost too heavy to be held properly, was aimed directly at Yhwach's head. Yhwach, in turn, drew his long sword and slashed at Wang Yue's blade.
The two swords clashed, and Yhwach's sword was broken in two.
Yhwach immediately retreated, dodging Wang Yue's follow-up slash.
Wang Yue, who had missed his target, did not rush to pursue. Instead, he stood still, holding the knife in one hand in a relaxed posture, while pointing at Yhwach with his left hand.
"Oh dear~~ If you're hoping to use that sword made of Reishi in your hand against my Saifuku, then you're in for a tough time. Anything made of Reishi can be easily cut by this Saifuku. After all, this is the sharpest sword that even the sheath couldn't be made of."
"Indeed, this knife is very powerful."
Aizen also readily offered his praise.
In the original storyline, Wang Yue used this Saifuku to slaughter Yhwach's royal guard. However, Yhwach later resurrected the royal guard with Auswählen and then killed them. Even so, they did not truly die.
Their souls have merged into their territory. As long as their territory exists and the Ley Lines within it remain, they can be resurrected continuously with the help of Hyōsube Ichibē. Therefore, they can fight with peace of mind and are not afraid of death, since they can be resurrected at any time. Hyōsube Ichibē only needs to call out their names to summon them from the Ley Lines.
"But unfortunately, no matter how powerful the knife is, it's useless if it can't cut a person."
"Huh? Are you saying I can't cut down your puppet?"
Wang Yue looked at Yhwach in front of him with disdain. Not to mention that the current Yhwach was just a puppet, even if Yhwach himself had consciousness and faced him, he would not be afraid.
"Although he is indeed a puppet, underestimating this puppet can lead to injury."
Just as Aizen finished speaking, flames suddenly erupted from Yhwach's body, and Wang Yue quickly retreated.
"Hey, hey, is that Genryusai's Zanka no Tachi? This is really giving me a headache."
The Royal Guard naturally knew just how powerful the Zanka no Tachi was, especially since they had just watched from above as Old Man Yamamoto Bankai his Bankai and Kamui below.
But now, the Zanka no Tachi is aimed at their Royal Guard, which is a bit of a headache.
"Tenjirō Kirinji!"
Wang Yue chose to cut off the group without hesitation; they weren't just one person.
"Hey!"
Before anyone from Tenjirō Kirinji appeared, the sound came first, and what followed was not a person, but a massive surge of hot spring water.
Indeed, it was not Tenjirō Kirinji himself who impacted Yhwach, but rather his hot springs.
Known as the Hot Spring Oni, he is skilled at using hot springs to heal various injuries and illnesses, but his hot springs can also be used for attacks!
The Heat hot spring rushed directly towards Yhwach. Even if it was the Zanka no Tachi, he would extinguish it with the hot spring!
The Heat hot spring gushed forth, but Yhwach swung his Zanka no Tachi, instantly evaporating the hot spring.
"It's no use, my hot spring can produce an endless stream!"
The hot spring evaporated, forming a thick fog on the spot. Then, equally massive jets of hot spring water erupted from all directions, enveloping Yhwach and seemingly trying to wash him away.
"I'll return those words to you, Tenjirō Kirinji."
Aizen looked at the surrounding hot springs but showed no sign of rushing to make a move; instead, he stood still.
"Your hot springs are useless in the face of the Almighty and omnipotence."
The hot springs that were gushing suddenly disappeared.
"What?!"
Wang Yue was somewhat surprised to see the entire massive hot spring disappear.
"Although Yhwach is currently a puppet, that doesn't mean his the Almighty are unusable. All you Royal Guard generals, please take this seriously."
Aizen's smiling face annoyed Wang Yue, who felt looked down upon.
"Tenjirō Kirinji!"
But the shouts coming from behind made him turn around and look.
Yhwach, who should have been beside Aizen, suddenly appeared behind him and stood in front of Tenjirō Kirinji. This Hot Spring Oni had a huge wound on his body, which ran diagonally from his shoulder to his waist, as if the knife was meant to cut him in two.
The massive wound caused Tenjirō Kirinji to collapse to the ground.
"This is!?"
"The Almighty and omnipotent, Yhwach's the Almighty."
Aizen was very cooperative in explaining, and the way the Bleach world took turns attacking and explaining their moves was something you really had to experience.
"They can even use Yhwach's the Almighty?"
"You know that Yhwach is a puppet controlled by me, but you don't know what kind of control I have prepared for Yhwach."
"Yhwach's control methods?"
Wang Yue looked at Aizen, waiting for Aizen answer, and Aizen cooperated by providing his explanation.
"There is one thing I must praise, that is, Yhwach is indeed more difficult to deal with than Captain Commander Yamamoto Yhwach. Captain Commander Yamamoto is just stronger. Even Zanka no Tachi is just an enhanced version of Ryujin Jakka. I can completely modify a few special Hollows in Hueco Mundo to target him. But Yhwach is different because Yhwach's the Almighty allow him to see the future."
"I did a lot of research in order to deal with Yhwach, but I found that no matter what, it was not very effective to deal with the Almighty and omnipotence, especially to fight against him with Reishi, no matter what kind of void it was. But fortunately, I found another way to fight against him."
Otherworld! I added Otherworld to the void!
Speaking of this, Aizen was quite pleased. Initially, he was indeed a bit worried about how to deal with Yhwach, because the Almighty were really troublesome. In the future storyline provided by Li Yue, he cooperated with Ichigo Kurosaki to successfully kill Yhwach, but in Aizen's opinion, that ending was simply absurd. Yhwach died too casually; he was really killed by Ichigo Kurosaki sword strike. Before that, he couldn't even be touched; if you touched him, he was gone instantly.
Aizen had considered that the reason Ichigo Kurosaki was able to kill Yhwach was because he possessed the power of both a Hollow Bleach and Quincy, and was a candidate for Soul King. Yhwach was a candidate for Soul King, and Ichigo Kurosaki was also a candidate for Soul King, so he had the power to kill Yhwach. This can also be seen in Ichigo Kurosaki's future son, Kazui.
The most amazing thing is that Ichigo Kurosaki's power can be said to have been created by Aizen. He personally created a Soul King candidate, so it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he was Ichigo Kurosaki.
However, after learning about this future, Aizen no longer wanted to follow this path. Instead, his subsequent exploration of various Otherworld with Li Yue led him to successfully find a completely new path.
That's right, using the power system of Otherworld to fight Yhwach.
Yhwach's power originates from Reishi, from the soul, but all of this is predicated on him being a native of the Bleach world. What if he leaves the Bleach world? And what if he uses a power completely different from the Reishi system to deal with things after leaving the Bleach world?
Thus, the Sage of Six Paths was born as an experimental subject. Chakra, Hollow, and Elemental Power were combined, and various forces were mixed together to create an experiment that completely controlled Yhwach. He successfully used a different dimension that did not use any Reishi to turn Yhwach into a puppet.
Not only that, he also successfully mastered Yhwach's the Almighty.
After all, knowing that Yhwach possessed the Almighty and omnipotence, Aizen couldn't possibly not use it. So he conducted a long period of research to ensure that Yhwach, even when under control, could still use the Almighty.
The Otherworld is full of treasures, with all sorts of things, which Aizen loves.
"Therefore, I am honored to tell the members of Royal Guard that Yhwach's the Almighty and omnipotence can still be used even when he is turned into a puppet."
Aizen looked confidently at the four members of the Royal Guard.
"So, in this situation, what would you all do?"
"This is really a bit of a headache."
The Royal Guard also knows about the Almighty. They can see the future and even directly resolve attacks and their consequences in the future, thereby erasing the causes in the present. This means that all attacks will be useless.
A thousand years ago, Hyōsube Ichibē had fought against Yhwach, so he knew about Yhwach's abilities.
However, at that time, he was cooperating with Yhwach to launch a sneak attack on Old Man Yamamoto, so he did not know the upper limit of the Almighty. In fact, Yhwach a thousand years later is completely different from Yhwach a thousand years ago. Now, as long as Yhwach activates the Almighty, he is an existence that Hyōsube Ichibē can no longer affect.
But the Royal Guard members were unaware of this; they were staring at Yhwach in front of them.
"In that case, we'll have to find another way to solve it."
In their view, although the Almighty are powerful, they are not unsolvable; all they need to do is prevent him from using the Almighty.
Although Tenjirō Kirinji was injured, the remaining three were still fine, and they planned to attack Yhwach together.
"Although I know you want to resolve this, it's a pity you've waited too long."
After Aizen finished speaking, Yhwach disappeared from the three of them and reappeared beside Aizen.
Pfft—
The remaining three members of the Royal Guard all collapsed to the ground, spitting blood.
In an instant, all four members of the Royal Guard collapsed.
Just like the usual commentary after every move in the Bleach world, the instant kill after a move in the Bleach world is also inevitable.
"So, the next one we'll face is the last one."
Aizen looked up at the real Soul King Palace above, preparing to head there.
"Hey, you don't think you can get rid of us like this, do you?"
"Um?"
Aizen smiled and looked at Wang Yue, who was speaking.
"Do you mean you still want to continue fighting?"
Wang Yue got up from the ground, covered in blood.
"They're really impatient. I have to say, we underestimated Yhwach's power. But we haven't even used the full strength of our team yet."
"Oh?"
Aizen looked at Wang Yue with a curious expression.
"Royal agents protecting the Soul King!"
"It would be incredibly embarrassing to be killed by a Quincy!"
Wang Yue suddenly shouted.
"Stand up, everyone from Royal Guard!"