Within these Three Realms, whether Soul Reapers, Quincies, Hollows, Bavents, or any other kind, the source of their power could not be separated from reishi.
Even though Bavents could not manipulate reishi on their own and needed Dolls as a medium, they still required spiritual power as their energy source. The other categories went without saying.
Reishi existed outside the rules. Even if Yuko rewrote the rules of reishi so that fighting no longer consumed it, she still could not succeed.
That was because reishi was the foundation of everything. The more rules she rewrote, the more spiritual power she had to expend.
There was no such good fortune as exploiting a bug and stepping on one's own foot to ascend to heaven.
Spiritual power was like physical stamina. Even when Quincies manipulated external reishi to fight, that external reishi was not inexhaustible.
But Ruri's appearance had solved Yuko's spiritual-power consumption problem to some extent, allowing her to use her power more freely.
After all, an opponent's spiritual power was still spiritual power.
Being able to absorb an enemy's spiritual power and turn it to one's own use definitely could not be considered weak.
Faced with the praise, Ruri remained silent, flapped her wings again, and flew back to Yuko's hand, her flaming wings beating the air.
A flash of Red Light appeared, and she transformed into an orange-yellow butterfly tattoo.
Something strange happened inside Yuko once more. With a thought, she raised her hand, and a flame took shape in her palm.
Yoshino looked surprised. "It doesn't just turn the power into its own—it can even copy the enemy's ability!"
"Looks like it. It can even be driven by my spiritual power." As Yuko spoke, the flame swelled slightly. "However, it seems that it can only retain one copied