Chapter 263

"Humans?"

"And it has no spiritual power at all?"

A human girl with absolutely no spiritual power appeared before him, pointing her finger at him and saying he was a vengeful spirit plaguing the world? How could that be?

"You can see me?"

The Great Monk couldn't help but ask out of curiosity. Another person he couldn't understand had appeared. Although he couldn't understand Li Yue, at least she possessed spiritual power and could be seen as someone with the power of Bleach. But he couldn't see through this girl in front of him at all.

"Huh? Isn't that obvious? You, a mere undead, should feel fortunate, for being noticed by the great Goddess of Water is already the greatest honor of your life."

"Goddess of Water? Come on, come on, could this be what people in this era call... chuunibyou (middle school syndrome)?"

Although he had always lived in the Soul King Palace, the Great Monk was still quite up-to-date with the times and knew about some things in the Human World.

"Are you sure you want her to be my opponent?"

The Great Monk, holding a calligraphy brush in his right hand, looked at Li Yue with curiosity.

"That's right, your opponent is the great Goddess of Water, Lady Aqua."

"It's really a headache, they're all acting so recklessly."

The Great Monk still maintained a helpless demeanor towards the junior.

"If this continues, and one or two of them start doing this, especially here at the Soul King Palace, the Soul King Palace will lose all face."

"Stop talking nonsense, you undead!"

Aqua didn't continue speaking. She rushed towards the Great Monk with an excited expression, as if she were facing not an enemy, but fifty million walking figures.

"Let the great Goddess Aqua send you to heaven!"

Aqua clenched her right fist and punched the Great Monk in the stomach. The Great Monk looked at Aqua without any intention of dodging. He simply slowly extended his left hand, preparing to hold down the reckless human girl.

Then, his outstretched left hand collided with Aqua's fist.

Click—

The sound of bones breaking rang out, and the Great Monk looked at his left hand in surprise. His large left hand had been broken by Aqua, and Aqua's fist slammed into his stomach without slowing down at all.

Woohoo—

The Great Monk was sent flying by a punch, crashing into a nearby pillar before falling straight to the ground.

Aqua, the strongest Hyōsube Ichibē of the Royal Guard's Royal Guard, was instantly killed by the great Goddess of Water Aqua with a single punch!

High in the distance, Aizen, who had witnessed the entire process, couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his eye.

Recalling how he was instantly killed by this stupid Goddess with one punch, and then combining that with the fact that the Great Monk was also instantly killed with one punch, only one sentence echoed in Aizen's mind.

Don't go too far!

476. Ichibei, powerless in the face of the Goddess.

The Great Monk never imagined that he would be knocked away one day, and not by Yhwach, not by Captain Commander Yamamoto, not by Aizen, but by an unknown human girl who knocked him down with a single punch from a fist that seemed to have no power at all and that he could not even feel any Reishi particles!

"Cough cough—"

Clutching his stomach, the Great Monk coughed up blood and struggled to his feet, shocked as he examined his body.

As a super ancient relic that has lived for hundreds of years, he knows best how powerful his soul is, but that punch just now almost shattered his soul, turning it into the purest Reishi.

Are you kidding me?! What's up with this human girl?!

For the first time, the Great Monk's expression turned serious. He stared at Aqua and questioned her.

"My left hand was actually broken, but I didn't feel much force. However, I am definitely injured. But you didn't use Reishi. How did you do that?"

"Huh? Are you questioning the great Goddess of Water?"

When questioned, Aqua stood with her hands on her hips, extremely arrogant. She had just punched the Great Monk away, making her feel that she could easily deal with this very fat-looking undead, just like when she encountered undead during other missions and took them all away with a single purification.

"But it doesn't matter, the great Goddess of Water will forgive your sins and let you ascend to heaven in peace. Come, let the great Goddess of Water purify you!"

After saying that, Aqua rushed towards the Great Monk.

"Although I don't know what's wrong with you, since you've already threatened the safety of the Soul King Palace, the only option is to make you disappear from this world!"

The Great Monk propped himself up, looking at Aqua rushing towards him, and said some stubborn words. He would never admit that Aqua was a threat to him. It was all because Aqua threatened the safety of the Soul King Palace. It was impossible for her to threaten him.

Thousand-Mile Heaven-Piercing Palm!

As Aqua charged towards him, the Great Monk waved his left hand, and a giant palm appeared out of thin air, slapping directly at Aqua.

The person struck by this giant hand will be sent flying thousands of miles away, continuing to fly into the distance.

"You dare to use such a petty trick in front of Goddess? Let me feel the power of the Goddess!"

Facing the enormous hand, Aqua clenched her fist, and a seven-colored light shone from it, transforming her entire fist into a seven-colored fist.

"Take this! The Goddess's ultimate strike!"

With a single punch, the small fist collided with the enormous hand, instantly shattering the huge hand.

"Huh!"

The Great Monk somewhat surprised, but at the same time felt that he had seen through Aqua's attack method.

"Can it directly revert a creation made of Reishi back to its original Reishi state? This ability is truly a natural counter to Bleach. No, not just counter to Bleach, it's the ultimate counter to Quincy!"

In the Great Monk's vision, the giant Reishi hand he had summoned was shattered by Aqua's punch, directly reverting to its original Reishi state. Combined with the feeling that his soul was about to be scattered after being punched earlier, he deduced that Aqua's ability was to shatter Reishi creations. Any creation or attack composed of Reishi would be shattered by her fist.

This is quite effective against Bleach, because Bleach's Kido and many Kido-type Zanpakuto rely on Reishi for attacks. However, it is not a complete counter, because there are also many Bleach who use melee slashing techniques. In close combat, this kind of attack method that shatters Reishi is greatly reduced in effectiveness.

However, it is a 100% counter to Quincy, because Quincy's ability is to control Reishi. All their attack methods rely on Reishi. Once the Reishi lose their function, Quincy are truly useless.

"That's quite an ability. It's a pity you're not Bleach. If you were Bleach, you might be able to join the Royal Guard with this ability."

Great Monk understood what Aqua's abilities were, he knew how to deal with her.

"Although your abilities are quite good, you are my enemy. As my enemy, such abilities are not enough."

The Great Monk did not summon any more Reishi to attack. Instead, he swung the giant brush in his hand and instantly appeared in front Aqua. He swung the brush directly at Aqua's face.

However, Aqua suddenly displayed an unexpected agility, instantly retreating from in front of the Great Monk.

She took a step back, barely dodging the Great Monk's attack, and then immediately started cursing Great Monk him.

"Hey! You've gone too far! If you're going to fight, then fight! But attacking the Goddess's face like Goddess? Don't you know how adorable I am? If you hurt such a lovely face, it's not just me who suffers, it's the entire Axis Cult! This is the face that every believer in the Axis Cult loves the most! Do you want to become the sinner of the entire Axis Cult?!"

"I'm sorry, young lady, I know absolutely nothing about the Axis Cult you're talking about."

As the Great Monk spoke, he once again swung his brush and attacked Aqua.

"Wow!!"

Aqua dodges the Great Monk's attacks with various contorted poses, leaping left and right.

"You can't hit me! If you want to defeat the Goddess, you're still 20,000 years away! Don't think I've wasted my time in the mortal realm!"

As Goddess, Aqua actually has no combat experience, but things changed after she came to the human world with Kazuma. She had to personally fight monsters, and sometimes she would be thrown out by Kazuma as bait, being chased by monsters everywhere. Don't underestimate the monsters in the Konosuba World; their chasing ability is extremely strong!

Therefore, Aqua also mastered a unique escape technique!

Snap—

As soon as Aqua finished speaking, she was caught up by the Great Monk because she was too proud of herself, and he hit her on the head with a writing brush.

"Ouch... Oops, it doesn't hurt at all."

Aqua, who had been hit, clutched her head, ready to scream, but then realized that although her head had been hit, it was completely different.

The Great Monk looked at Aqua, who seemed puzzled, and explained with a smile.

"To cut off the name but not the flesh is the ability of my brush. Just now I hit you, and your power has been cut in half. Now you only have half of your power left."

"What!? You've reduced my power by half!?"

Aqua was startled and quickly touched her arm, then realized that she seemed... seemed... probably was perfectly fine.

"Was it halved? I didn't feel it."

She blinked and looked at the Great Monk with a puzzled expression.

"Um?"

The Great Monk also looked at Aqua.

"Your power should have been halved by me. You just said your name is Aqua, right?"

"Hey! Don't call me by my name so casually! How dare you call out the Goddess's real name like that!"

Aqua put her hands on her hips, annoyed. She thought this Great Monk was so powerful, but it turned out that the calligraphy brush was completely useless.

"You must address me as: the great Goddess of Water, Lady Aqua!"

"Furthermore, what you just did was a great blasphemy against me, Goddess. Quickly commit suicide to atone for your sins!"

"I can't do that. By the way, are you really okay?"

While refusing, the Great Monk didn't forget to ask Aqua a question.

"Of course I'm fine. Your attack didn't hurt at all, and I didn't feel any reduction in strength or anything."

Aqua put her hands on her hips again, glared at the Great Monk, and showed that she was indeed unaffected.

"You actually ignored my abilities, what did you do?"

The Great Monk was genuinely puzzled.

"I didn't do anything."

Aqua indeed had nothing. In fact, the Great Monk's Ichimonji halving effect was indeed triggered, but what he just cut was the power that Aqua possessed, that is, Aqua's Magic Power. However, because Aqua is Goddess, her Magic Power is infinite. Half of the infinite is still infinite!

So, the Great Monk's power was activated, but it was of no use.

"There's nothing we can do now. Although we don't know what you did, it's too late for you to do anything now."

"Dye it black, Ichimonji!"

Great Monk spoke, he held the calligraphy brush horizontally in front of him, then swung it behind him. A black ink mark appeared in mid-air, swirling around him, while the calligraphy brush in his hand transformed into a combination of a calligraphy brush handle and a cleaver. However, the cleaver quickly disappeared, returning to the shape of a calligraphy brush.

"Now, look at this brush in my hand. Is it a brush or a knife?"

This calligraphy brush is his Zanpakuto. After being released, the tip of the brush will transform into a blade, making it impossible for the opponent to sense any Reiatsu or distinguish between the blade and the brush.

However, this kind of thing is not suitable for Aqua.

"Huh? What's that?"

Sorry, there are no calligraphy brushes in the Western fantasy world; they use quill pens!

Aqua's completely ignorant reaction left the Great Monk, who was originally preparing to show off, speechless for a moment. What's going on? I said this, and you don't respond, so what am I supposed to do?

"What are you doing, spinning that stick around in your hand? Stop wasting time and hurry up and get the Goddess to send you a gift to heaven! As long as you ascend to heaven, this Goddess can get fifty million!"

Aqua didn't care about the Great Monk's thoughts. She had already rushed towards Great Monk, her momentum unstoppable, and her body began to shine with seven-colored light.

"Fifty million?"

The Great Monk naturally heard Aqua's words and then frowned. Even though he had lived in the Soul King Palace for millions of years, he was very familiar with currency. From Aqua's words, he understood that this human girl had been hired for 50 million to fight him. If she defeated him, she would receive 50 million.

This is outrageous! They're only asking for 50 million! Who do they think they're dealing with?! They want to buy my life for such a low price!

The Wrath Great Monk swung his brush knife and lashed out at Aqua.

This time, the attack didn't hit Aqua directly, but the black ink it threw out landed squarely on Aqua face.

"Ah!!! My eyes! My eyes got splashed!"

Aqua, who was sprinting, was splashed with ink into her eyes and immediately fell to the ground. She then covered her eyes with her hands and began to roll around on the ground.

"My eyes! These are the eyes of the Goddess's wisdom! You wretched evil spirit, what have you done?!"

The Great Monk ignored Aqua's shouts and stood still, watching Aqua roll around in pain, Shikai.

"Ichimonji's ability is to cut off names without cutting flesh. Anything that is cut into black will lose its original name. In other words, you have already lost your own name."

"Ah!! My eyes!"

"And if you lose your name, you will lose all your power!"

"My eyes!"

"You will remember nothing and possess nothing."