Left and Right Hands, Progress and Stasis
The black flames completely enveloped Jūshirō Ukitake, and after a long while, Ukitake's appearance was revealed again.
The Sogyo no Kotowari's blades returned to Ukitake's hands once more, but this time, instead of red ropes and adjustment tags, a thick hemp rope used in temple worship was hanging from the hilts of the twin swords. The hemp rope floated behind Ukitake like a great sun, with worship decorations hanging on it.
The blueprint of the Impermanence Diagram transformed into a shawl that floated behind him. All of Ukitake's spiritual pressure turned black, Ukitake two black fish leaped up from beneath his feet, slowly swimming around his feet.
The same black spiritual pressure burned throughout Ukitake's body, and this spiritual pressure faintly formed a phantom behind him—a huge arm with one eye.
"Beyond Bankai, double black killing!"
No sooner had she finished speaking than a black slash hurtled toward Pernida. Pernida quickly raised the nerves on the ground, which transformed into Blut for defense.
However, all these nerves froze in place the moment they touched the black slash, failing to provide any defense and allowing Ukitake's attack to fly towards Pernida.
"Snort!"
With a cold snort, Pernida's entire body shone with blue light, and all her evolved nerves left her body. After colliding with the black slash, the spiritual pressure of both sides turned into the most ordinary Reishi in the world and fell to the ground.
"Finally decided to come out? I've been thinking about you for so long since you left this morning! Should I call you 'old buddy' or 'Mimihagi '?"
Influenced by Pernida's voice, a one-eyed black arm appeared behind Ukitake. Ignoring the color, it looked exactly like Pernida.
Like Pernida, the dark shadow behind Ukitake is the Soul King's Right Hand.
Unlike Pernida, Pernida, as the Soul King's left hand, stayed in the Soul King Palace for quite some time until she was used by the Monk as a tool to seal Yhwach's the Almighty before leaving the Soul King Palace.
The Soul King's Right Hand left his side after he Soul King into Rukongai human pillar to support the Three Worlds. It fell into Soul King and transformed into a great god called Mimihagi, receiving offerings from the residents of Rukongai.
While serving as a god in Soul Society, Mimihagi also quietly maintained the stability of the Three Worlds. Occasionally, he would select a suitable person to bear his power, possess them, and grant them the power to protect the world.
Jūshirō Ukitake was one, the first captain of the 13th Division of the Gotei 13, Gyakkotsu Saizo was another.
Unlike Pernida, who used nerves to evolve people, Mimihagi preferred to select kind-hearted people who were about to die and use his power to help them maintain the stillness of life.
As the Soul King's right and left hands, Pernida symbolizes progress and wields the power of evolution, while Mimihagi represents stillness and is more inclined to maintain stability. They are naturally at odds, which is why Pernida was so agitated when she saw Mimihagi coveting her.
Pernida didn't need the power of the other knights anymore. He knew that those abilities were nothing but child's play in front of Mimihagi, who also Soul King's Power. He simply fired arrows and lunged at Ukitake himself.
The nerves carried by the arrow rapidly split and evolved in mid-air, and in an instant, dozens of large hands, identical to Pernida's, appeared around Ukitake. These arms suddenly slammed down on Ukitake.
With a loud bang, it was about to completely flatten the Ukitake.
However, Pernida's idea was too simplistic. His attack failed to work on Ukitake. The two black fish under Ukitake's Ukitake kept circling around him, and a large area of black spiritual pressure gushed out from Ukitake like a spring, instantly freezing Pernida's arms in mid-air.
Pernida can use evolution to split into enough arms. Similarly, Ukitake, which has fused with Mimihagi's power, can use Mimihagi's stillness power to stop Pernida's arms.
Originally, Jūshirō Ukitake couldn't find a way to enter Beyond Bankai. He always regarded the Soul King's Power on his body as an external thing and only focused on comprehending the power of the Sogyo no Kotowari.
Until one day, he saw Mimihagi in the Blade Zen, and after that, Ukitake began to try to integrate Mimihagi's power into himself.
This shows Mimihagi's leniency towards Ukitake, because normally its power cannot be used casually; once used, Ukitake must offer its life as a sacrifice.
Having spent so many years with Ukitake, this person is still quite compatible with Mimihagi's temperament. After witnessing Mimihagi's Beyond Bankai, the creature that was characterized by stillness actively chose to change.
By integrating into Jūshirō Ukitake's Beyond Bankai and placing the power under Ukitake's control, Ukitake in his Double Black Rage state can also use the power of stillness without having to pay the price with his life.
Pernida had already anticipated that its attack might not be effective. Nerves extended from each of its arms, connecting, merging, and evolving. A larger Pernida reached out to grab Ukitake, shouting continuously.
"Come on, Mimihagi, let me see how much you've improved over the years!"
Looking at the enormous arm above his head, Ukitake immediately received a response from Mimihagi in his mind. Without the slightest hesitation, he pointed his twin swords towards the sky, and a black hand, much smaller than Pernida and formed from Ukitake's spiritual pressure, reached out to grasp Pernida.
With a snap, their hands clasped together, each exerting force in different directions.
Soul King's left and right hands abandoned all fancy attacks and returned to the most primitive form of competition: arm wrestling!
Pernida's muscles bulged continuously. With the support of the power of evolution, he always found a way to become stronger, while Mimihagi's thin arms were like those of a child compared to Pernida.
Yet this childlike arm withstood an attack from a muscular adult's arm, for no other reason than Mimihagi's stillness.
"It's the same old tricks! You only know how to use these boring tricks. If you're so capable, let's have a real fight!" Pernida shouted angrily. This wasn't the first time they had arm wrestled; Mimihagi always used this method to antagonize Pernida.
Mimihagi wouldn't answer Pernida's question, but as his possessor, Ukitake immediately understood.
"Aren't you also using the power of forward evolution? Lord Mimihagi is just using an equal amount of power!"
"What's wrong with evolution! All living things in the world are constantly evolving in order to adapt to their environment. I'm just following my biological instincts!" Pernida's arm swelled up again as he continued to exert the power of evolution.
"Your evolution is selfish, advancing solely for the sake of the Quincy race. Lord Mimihagi does not approve!"
Ukitake gripped his twin swords tightly, and surprisingly, he could move them slightly, controlling the black arm as it pressed down on Pernida.
"And what about him? Will he remain frozen in time, watching the Quincy be destroyed? Don't forget, Mimihagi, you also have Quincy powers!" Pernida shouted in an almost furious voice.
Soul King possesses four different abilities: Bleach, Fullbring, Hollow, and Quincy. However, his most obvious ability is Quincy, which is why Pernida has always identified himself as Quincy.
"Stillness is for stability. The world is not just about the Quincy race; there are many other beings in existence. For the safety of the world, Lord Mimihagi must help Soul King maintain the stability of the world!" Ukitake conveyed Mimihagi's thoughts.
The two sides have different perspectives and goals. Pernida only cares about the Quincy, and all his evolutions are aimed at making the Quincy the strongest. Mimihagi, on the other hand, is different. From the moment he appeared in Soul Society, he was the Soul King's agent in the world, helping the Soul King maintain the stability of the world.
"Only Quincy are worthy of owning this world!"
Countless nerve pathways burst forth from Pernida's body, forming a tree -Blut Vene like arrangement before adhering to Pernida skin. This Blut Vene, made from nerve pathways.
Pernida remained steadfast in her duty Quincy, determined to use her Quincy powers to defeat Mimihagi.
The sudden pressure forced Ukitake to grit his teeth and persevere, but Mimihagi's call made him pause for a moment.
[Are you sure you want to do this, Mimihagi- sama? Okay, I understand!]
After responding to Mimihagi in his heart, a black fish swam across the cloak of the Impermanence Diagram and silently merged into the ground.
Pernida was still excitedly exerting his strength. He had already been able to suppress Mimihagi. He was about to win this arm wrestling match. The thousand-year-old pent-up frustration that Mimihagi had suppressed was finally about to be resolved.
Unbeknownst to Pernida, a dark shadow had already silently appeared behind him. A fish leaped out of the shadow, transforming into a giant Sogyo no Kotowari Zanpakuto the instant it rose, and stabbed towards Pernida's body.
When Quincy use the Blut Vene, they cannot use the Blut Vene for defense. Special cases like Dorisuk's are rare. As the most traditional Quincy, Pernida naturally follows this principle.
The Zanpakuto through her palm, and power rapidly leaked from Pernida's body. Pernida was horrified, "You!"
However, Ukitake had no intention of arguing with Pernida. With Zanpakuto, a black lake appeared before him, from which countless black carp leaped, continuously unleashing flying fish-like slashes at Pernida.
Pernida kept separating nerves at the site of his injury, trying to use the power of evolution to reassemble his body, but these fish were all carrying the power of Mimihagi, and all of Pernida's wounds had the power of stillness, making it impossible for him to continue.
Little by little, all the nerves in Pernida's body were torn to pieces by the black carp released by Ukitake, until only the shape of an arm less than a meter tall remained. That was Pernida's most primitive body, the shape of the Soul King's Left Hand.
Beneath Pernida, a black spring appeared. As the water surged, large, black arm phantoms slowly emerged, transforming the spring into black triangular cones that sealed Pernida within them. The black arm left behind a large eye as the source of the seal's power.
Thus, Pernida was defeated by Ukitake and Mimihagi, but Mimihagi, as the Soul King's Right Hand, did not have the ability to kill the Soul King's Left Hand. He could only use the power of stillness to form a stable structure to seal it.
Inside the seal, Pernida's shouts echoed continuously, "Mimihagi, you have no sportsmanship! How could you launch a sneak attack! Spending so much time with Bleach has corrupted you too..."