Chapter 264
"Eye!"
"Enough!!!"
The blue tattoo on the Great Monk's forehead was exposed.
"Can't you just be quiet!"
The Great Monk's roar had no effect whatsoever; instead, it made Aqua jump up from the ground.
"You bastard! How dare you speak to Goddess like that? You mere undead, how dare you use ink to attack the great Goddess Aqua! You've gone too far!"
"Um!?"
The Great Monk was astonished.
Why do you still remember your own name?
Before liberation, if my attack had only severed half of her power and she had recovered it through special means, that would have been fine. But now, even though I have completely severed her name, why is she still alive and kicking, and even remembers my name?
That's impossible!
Everything in the Three Realms has a name, and he possesses the ability to erase all names and give names to everything. It's impossible for this human girl to remain unaffected!
This time, the Great Monk's expression really turned serious.
Completely unaffected by his abilities and rendering all his attacks ineffective, this kind of enemy is practically designed to counter him!
Is it the result of Aizen research?
The Great Monk immediately thought of Aizen, who was watching from a distance high in the sky. Aizen had previously created a mysterious Hollow that controlled and devoured Yhwach. The reason he was able to do this was because Aizen had all the information about Yhwach, which allowed him to make targeted responses. Aizen obviously knew his own information, so it was possible that he would come up with a response that was completely tailored to him.
But how exactly is this thing made?
The human before me must be human, for he has both body and soul, but not a trace of spiritual power.
No! Even the weakest humans in the Human World possess spiritual power, albeit very weakly, because everything in this world is composed of Reishi. Therefore, anyone with a soul absolutely possesses spiritual power.
But the girl in front of me has no spiritual power, which means she is not human!
It has no soul, is not human, not a Hollow, not Quincy, and certainly not Bleach God.
"What... what are you?!"
Looking at Aqua, the Great Monk asked with a solemn expression.
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Ineffective, useless, incompetent.
Hyōsube Ichibē experienced these feelings for the first time. All his abilities were ineffective against Aqua, and all his attacks were useless against Aqua. From Aqua, he only felt his own powerlessness.
In any case, it has no effect on Aqua, a soulless person in a world he has known for millions of years!
The fact that his own abilities were useless meant that he couldn't deal with her by himself.
The Great Monk immediately began to calmly analyze how to deal with Aqua, who was soulless and unaffected by his power.
The attacks from Reishi are ineffective because she shatters Reishi before they even arrive. Is it that she can resist the binding of Reishi, or is it that only her bare hands can shatter Reishi? Being unaffected by any abilities and having no soul is also a specific situation. Does this mean that not only her own abilities, but also the abilities of others, have no effect on her?
After some thought, the Great Monk realized that various abilities might not be applicable to Aqua, and the best way to deal with Aqua seemed to be to engage in close-quarters combat and defeat Aqua through melee!
However, in hand-to-hand combat, the Great Monk's Ichimonji is not enough to pose a sufficient threat or cause enough damage to Aqua. In other words, to defeat Aqua, someone else would be needed to take her down in close combat.
The Great Monk didn't rush to make a move. Instead, he looked at Li Yue, who was watching from a distance. He noticed that Li Yue had his arms crossed and a smile on his face, showing no intention of taking action. Then he looked at Aizen and saw that Aizen was also watching them with a smile, showing no intention of making any move.
In other words, neither of them intended to make a move; they were quite confident that Aqua could take them down.
The Great Monk Wrath after thinking about all this, but at the same time he was also a little relieved. He was relieved that these two guys were so confident that they would never make a move and that they could defeat him with their subordinates.
If that's the case...
"Kikō Kirio! Tenjirō Kirinji Tenjiro! Shutara Senjumaru! Nimaiya Ōetsu! Stand up!"
The Great Monk activated his power, calling out the names of the members of the Royal Guard reviving them.
"Oh? He's not hiding his abilities? It seems he's under a lot of pressure."
Aizen was watching from the sidelines, saw the four Royal Guards, whom he had just dealt with, stand up again and commented with a smile.
It's quite interesting that Aqua put so much pressure on the strongest members of the Royal Guard that they needed help from their teammates. The one who has ruled the three realms for millions of years is nothing special after all. Just like me, I feel immense pressure when facing this stupid Goddess.
Fortunately, Aizen now knows what kind of person Aqua is. He doesn't need to fight her; he can just throw some money at her and that will solve the problem.
However, the members of the Royal Guard below were clearly unaware of this.
The four resurrected individuals immediately began discussing the matter.
"Oh dear, dying is such a terrible feeling."
"Tch, who would want to die if they had no other choice?"
"Senjumaru, you're a bit slow at taking down the enemies."
"Sorry, I didn't finish off the enemy. I died even faster than you."
The initial conversation between the four clearly indicated that they believed Senjumaru had defeated Aizen, but Wang Yue and Senjumaru knew that it wasn't Senjumaru who killed Aizen.
Aizen had already seen through their plans and eliminated Senjumaru ahead of time. He even used Kyōka Suigetsu to create the illusion that Senjumaru had not been killed.
However, the fact that they were able to be resurrected means one thing: the enemy has been defeated. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been resurrected by the Great Monk. Senjumaru's explanation also helped the remaining two understand the general situation.
"But this time it was really embarrassing, all four of them were wiped out."
"The Great Monk is still steady. He truly deserves to be the oldest member of the Royal Guard."
"If you're sober, then don't talk about me in front of me."
The Great Monk, speechless at the four's conversation, began to shout.
"Come on, let's take care of the enemy together."
"Um?"
The four turned their heads and saw that the Great Monk was facing away from them, holding Ichimonji in his hand.
Opposite the Great Monk, a blue-haired human girl was brandishing her fist in Great Monk. But that wasn't the point. The real point was that they saw Aizen Yhwach, and Li Yue around the Great Monk.
"Weren't the enemy eliminated?"
Wang Yue immediately picked up the Saifuku and flew towards the Great Monk. The remaining three also acted quickly, and soon all four of them were by the Great Monk's side.
"Hey, monk, is the enemy so strong that you can't handle them?"
"That's right, she's a very troublesome one. All my moves are ineffective against her."
Although it was embarrassing, the Great Monk had to admit it.
"Aizen that strong? Is Kyōka Suigetsu really that powerful? Or is it Yhwach's ability?"
Wang Yue watched Yhwach and Aizen warily in the distance. In his opinion, the only ones who could make the Great Monk so worried were Aizen and Yhwach.
"Neither."
"Um?"
Wang Yue was somewhat puzzled.
"It's this thing in front of me, but to be honest, I don't know what it is."
The Great Monk's words made all four of them look at Aqua, who, because of the Great Monk's words, Aqua and brandished her claws in Wrath.
Hey! Baldy, who are you calling a thing?! I'm not a thing!
The four of them immediately looked at the Great Monk, expressing their doubts with their eyes.
Are you serious? This girl who says she's worthless is someone you can't handle? Just because of this girl who doesn't seem to be very bright?
"I'm serious. Don't underestimate her. She can easily shatter any attack method composed of Reishi. She can directly negate my Ichimonji Slash ability and even render my Name-Slaying ability after Ichimonji is released useless. Moreover, her attacks are very effective against our Reishi -based bodies."
"Able to shatter Reishi? And ignore your Ichimonji?"
The Great Monk's explanation made everyone's expressions turn serious. If these things were true, then they would indeed be a very troublesome enemy.
But that's what the Great Monk said. He wouldn't be idly fooling everyone at this time. This is a matter of life and death for the Soul King Palace. Where would he find the time to play around?
So what do we do next?
"I'm not very good at killing her using physical means, so I need you guys."
The Great Monk turned around, turning his back to the four of them, while he faced Aizen and Yhwach alone.
Ichimonji's power is useless against Aqua, but he believes it would be very easy to deal with Aizen and Yhwach. One uses a Zanpakuto, and the other is Quincy; both possess their own true names and souls. He could directly use Ichimonji to sever their names, turning Kyōka Suigetsu into a nameless sword, and Yhwach into a nameless being—in short, making them lose their names and then completely lose their power.
Even after cutting off their names, you can use Bankai Ichimonji rewrite their names, such as ant.
They can be reduced to the level of ants, making them easy targets for defeat.
This is the Great Monk's true power. This world is like a large-scale 3D online game, and his power is equivalent to the administrator of this large-scale 3D online game. He can directly change the names and abilities of all players from the backend. Making someone stronger or weaker is just a matter of him wielding his pen!
However, he doesn't intend to make a move right now. He wants to observe from here and wait for his companions to take care of Aqua, an enemy he can't handle. While his companions are dealing with Aqua, he will be watching Aizen and Yhwach from behind to prevent them from making a move.
In the Great Monk's view, Aqua was clearly a tool created by Aizen to target him. Aizen definitely needed Aqua to be effective, and Aizen certainly didn't want him to have the other members of the Royal Guard use physical means to eliminate Aqua and render Aqua useless. Therefore, Aizen would intervene at a crucial moment, and what the monk had to do was to stop Aizen at the same crucial moment!
With this in mind, the Great Monk set his sights on Aizen, but Aizen had no intention of making a move, because he didn't think the four people in the Royal Guard could do anything to Aqua. They didn't know what Aqua's true power was!
The four people who were ordered by the Great Monk to deal with Aqua did not hesitate and immediately attacked Aqua. Tenjirō Kirinji summoned scalding hot spring water towards Aqua, and the hot spring water directly hit Aqua's body, causing Aqua to scream.
"Ouch!! It's so hot!"
Aqua turned bright red, like a shrimp steamed in hot water, and then burst out of the hot water.
"He actually ran out! And he only got burns?"
Tenjirō Kirinji looked on in surprise as Aqua emerged from the hot spring.
"No, it's just turned red, there's no burn at all."
Kikō Kirio shook his head, took out a handful of seeds from his pocket, and scattered them at Aqua. The scattered seeds immediately sprouted in mid-air, turning into thick trees that quickly spread towards Aqua, tripping Aqua to the ground.
Senjumaru instantly appeared beside Aqua, his six metal arms on his back waving rapidly, and a string of red threads appeared on Aqua's body, binding her firmly to the tree.
"Wow, Senjumaru, I never knew you had such an interest, that's amazing!"
Wang Yue, carrying the Saifuku, crouched down beside Senjumaru, looking at Aqua, whom Senjumaru had bound, with a look of surprise.
Aqua's current posture is a very typical turtle shell bondage. She has been tied to a tree with red thread in a turtle shell bondage position.
"This is not my interest; it was just that she kept wriggling when I was tying her up. In other words, it was a coincidence."
Under Wang Yue's questioning gaze, Senjumaru tried to explain, but it was clear that her explanation was weak and unconvincing, because Wang Yue simply didn't believe her.
"Fine, whatever. We don't have time to waste now. All I need is one stab!"
Wang Yue slashed at Aqua without hesitation, showing no mercy or doubt whatsoever.
However, Aqua managed to break free of the red rope at the crucial moment.
"Did you tie it so loosely?"
Wang Yue missed with his sword strike and questioned Senjumaru beside him.
"No, I was bound very tightly. It's her problem. Her body can also cause the Reishi creation to collapse."
Senjumaru's metal prosthetic leg picked up the red rope from the ground and found that it was constantly disintegrating. Although it was a red rope, the creation of the Soul King Palace must have been made of Reishi, and things made of Reishi would constantly disintegrate in front of Aqua.
"It seems I wasted my time."
After understanding the reason, Wang Yue threw the knife in her hand at Aqua without hesitation.
"Wow!"
Aqua, abandoning all ladylike manners, leaped to dodge the attack, but Wang Yue had already Flash Step, grabbed the hilt of the sword mid-air, and slashed down directly at Aqua.
Aqua quickly summoned her staff to block the attack.
While Wang Yue was blocked, the others around her did not stop. Kikō Kirio made another move, scattering a wave of seeds. Trees emerged from the ground, surrounding Aqua and Wang Yue, leaving Aqua with no room to hide or escape. Tenjirō Kirinji, without hesitation, swung his oar again, summoning a hot spring that rushed towards Aqua.
Surrounded by trees, bathed in scalding hot springs, bound with red ropes, and then hacked at with knives, this situation was completely different from the previous fight with a fat Great Monk. This situation made Aqua unable to hold back her outburst.
"Ugh!!! So annoying!!!"
Wrath, Aqua pushed Wang Yue backward forcefully, her hands raised, while she stood directly in the scalding hot spring water.
"I'm going to wipe you all out! Leave no one alive!"
As Aqua shouted, a huge crack appeared out of thin air in the sky. The crack widened, and a massive column of water fell from the crack, directly impacting the entire Soul King Palace. Centered on Aqua, the four Royal Guard members around her, along with the Soul King Palace buildings next to her, were all impacted by the enormous water column summoned by Aqua.