Wu Biao, Famished to the Point of Fainting

Chapter 50: The Starving Wu Biao

"..."

Mayuri Kurotsuchi remained silent for ten seconds, then pointed his Zanpakuto directly at Wu Biao: "I am quite interested in your body!"

I don't know what words to use to describe the series of poses from this chuunibyou combat idiot, so he just cut straight to the point... and that sentence is so ambiguous, Uryu Ishida thought to himself.

"I am truly curious!" Mayuri added: "How can a mere human with no spiritual power be this strong? Come to my laboratory. I will grant you a much higher grade of treatment than that woman with the strange abilities!"

Recalling the punch Wu Biao had thrown when he first appeared, the desire for discovery in Mayuri's eyes grew increasingly intense. To a mad scientist, the unknown was the most precious treasure of all!

"Ah, I'm so hungry, I'm going to starve to death." Wu Biao clutched his stomach, his face twisted in conflict. Looking at him... it seemed like this guy hadn't heard a word Mayuri said.

"..." Mayuri's mouth twitched.

"Right!" Wu Biao rubbed his stomach, tilting his head to look at Mayuri: "What did you say just now, Nie-zi? I didn't hear you clearly, please say it again!"

Mayuri's mouth twitched: "I said I am..."

"Forget it, too much trouble, let's just fight!" Wu Biao picked his ear with an expression of disdain: "I'm super hungry right now. If we aren't fighting, I'm leaving."

It wasn't just Mayuri; even Uryu and the others watching from afar were speechless. Did this guy come equipped with a taunt aura? If they were in his shoes, Uryu didn't know about the others, but he felt he would definitely release his Sanrei Glove and shoot this guy dead!

As for Mayuri... the hand holding his Zanpakuto was trembling!

"I've decided!" A gloominess never before seen appeared on Mayuri's face: "You will become the most important material under my command. I will study every inch of your body, and every experiment will be performed on you!!!"

"Blah blah blah, you're so annoying. Let me tell you a truth... villains die because they talk too much!"

Before the sound of his voice had fully dissipated, Wu Biao's figure had already vanished.

Mayuri let out a cold snort, a sneer appearing on his face as he stood his ground, neither dodging nor parrying.

Whoosh!

When Wu Biao's figure reappeared, he was already in front of Mayuri, throwing a punch at the man who seemed not to have reacted yet. He easily pierced through the chest of the person in front of him, yet there was no explosion of flesh and bone, nor was there any blood flowing!

The 'Mayuri' under Wu Biao's fist was punched into a large hole, and then, like a deflating balloon... it flew away!

"The same trick won't work on me twice. This kind of brute-force fighting style is truly laughable. Without spiritual power, you can't even tell it's a Gigai!" Mayuri's voice suddenly rang out from behind Wu Biao.

As he spoke, Ashisogi Jizo slashed out, aiming straight for the back of Wu Biao's neck. If this blade connected, even if it only broke the skin, the poison of Ashisogi Jizo would instantly sever the signals sent from Wu Biao's brain to his limbs.

Unless this brat also possessed a forced combat ability similar to Ransotengai!

But Wu Biao didn't fall for it. Possessing formidable combat instincts, the moment he sensed the texture was wrong, he leaned forward, ducking his head to dodge the assassination attempt by the Zanpakuto.

He then braced one hand on the ground, using the momentum to spin his body horizontally, and threw a punch at Mayuri behind him!

"So you're a Saint Seiya too!"

A flash of surprise crossed Mayuri's eyes; clearly, Wu Biao's combat instincts had caught him off guard. However, his movements were not slow; he held the hilt with his right hand and braced the blade with his left.

Clang—

After a crisp sound, Wu Biao's punch slammed directly into Ashisogi Jizo, and Mayuri used the force to distance himself from Wu Biao. Unlike the fight with that Quincy, the strength of the kid in front of him was too terrifying.

It was difficult to gain an advantage in close-quarters combat; Mayuri had analyzed this the moment he felt that punch.

After all, he was one of the top thirteen in the Seireitei; how could he be so easily dealt with!

"Nie-zi, you dare run after I hit you!"

Wu Biao had no intention of letting him off so easily. Utilizing his jumping steps, his entire body turned into a blur as he charged out, catching up to Mayuri's side in an instant!

So fast!

At such speed, even Mayuri's pupils couldn't help but constrict slightly. One had to know that he had utilized Shunpo the moment he landed, yet even so, this brat was sticking to him like a piece of dog-skin plaster!

Seeing Wu Biao's fist already flying toward him, Mayuri's eyes turned cold: "Since you're looking for death, I'll grant your wish!"

Mayuri moved his Ashisogi Jizo, but instead of attacking Wu Biao, he held it out horizontally in front of him.

"Bankai..."

As the words left his lips, the area within a hundred meters around Mayuri and Wu Biao suddenly distorted, and countless purple mists appeared. One didn't even need to smell it to know the toxicity must be immense.

This poisonous mist shrouded the area, and from the outside, it was impossible to see anything inside at all.

"This is..." The pupils of Sado and the others constricted.

"Impossible, that Zanpakuto has already been released once!"

"Bankai..." Beside them, Makiuzo Aramaki began to tremble, his eyes filled with nothing but terror: "A Zanpakuto has two forms. That is the final release that only a captain-level officer can master!"

"What?" Sado didn't have an intuitive sense of it, but Uryu, who had faced Mayuri head-on earlier, felt a chill rise in his heart. He knew that even the first release had forced him to use all his strength, yet he still had no power to resist.

Under this Bankai...

As Uryu Ishida thought of this, he focused his mind, his peripheral vision glancing at the Sanrei Glove on his arm. If it became necessary, he would release it without hesitation!

As for whether he could defeat Mayuri after the release, that was not within his considerations. However, the moment the Sanrei Glove was released, he would temporarily obtain the power of the highest-level Quincy.

Even when facing a top-tier Shinigami, Uryu Ishida would not fear in the slightest, even though it would only last for a few minutes, or perhaps even less!

But as long as he found the right moment, utilized Mayuri's arrogance, and combined it with the Quincy's powerful long-range attack capabilities, he could perfectly avoid the poisonous mist of Mayuri's Bankai. Under these various circumstances, he did indeed have a high probability of killing him.

It seemed like a long time had passed, but in reality, it had only been a few sentences' worth of time, and the situation on the field had once again undergone a sudden change!

Within the poisonous mist, an astonishing aura erupted. This aura was filled with an ominous quality, and as it dispersed, it caused the mist to churn while simultaneously spreading toward the surroundings!

"Quick, get back! I once heard the lieutenant mention that this poisonous mist contains a potent neurotoxin!" Makiuzo Aramaki could no longer worry about leaking the secrets of his captain's Bankai; after all, he could be considered to be on a sinking ship now.

If these Ryoka were all to die, he didn't think for a second that Mayuri Kurotsuchi, a captain as sinister and cruel as he was, would let him off the hook!

The group's eyes narrowed sharply, and with worried glances toward the area covered by the poison, they all retreated into the distance.

Just then, the sound of Mayuri Kurotsuchi's sinister laughter echoed once more.

"Konjiki Ashisogi Jizo!"

Suddenly, a massive golden baby's head with gray eyeballs, a hollow ring similar to an angel's halo above it, countless blades beneath its neck, and numerous pillar-like insectoid bodies resembling the legs of a centipede burst forth from the poisonous mist, soaring into the sky.

"Are you kidding me!!!"

Wu Biao's voice rang out again. When the group followed the sound, they discovered that Wu Biao was embedded right into the forehead of that giant baby-like insectoid, his fist, which had been smashing toward Mayuri Kurotsuchi, buried directly into the baby's head!

"You Shinigami have the most bizarre abilities one after another. It's just a sword, do you really need to change so much..." Complaints were complaints, but Wu Biao's movements were not slow; he pulled his arm out of the baby's forehead, bringing with it a whole sheet of strange, deep purple liquid.

When this liquid landed on Wu Biao, it immediately caused a stinging, burning sensation. It was clear that even the blood contained some kind of corrosive toxin!

Mayuri Kurotsuchi stood beneath Konjiki Ashisogi Jizo, looking at Wu Biao, who had detached himself from the creature and landed, with cold, sinister eyes. He sneered, "It's too late even if you escaped. Konjiki Ashisogi Jizo is covered in lethal toxins. It will soon make you lose the ability to move, and then it will swallow you whole into its belly."

Pausing for a moment, Mayuri Kurotsuchi looked at Wu Biao's body and sighed, "It's a real pity that a body like yours cannot become research material."

As the words fell, a roar erupted. At that instant, the body of Konjiki Ashisogi Jizo, accompanied by the deep purple poisonous mist, charged directly at Wu Biao to kill him!

Seeing this, Wu Biao frowned slightly, but then his expression relaxed as he brought his wrist to his mouth.

So, I really can't avoid using it after all. But that's fine; at least I've adapted a bit from the previous battles. After recovering, my body should be able to hold up!

Ichibai Kanon Ken was the method originally conceived by Kannonji to allow someone with Wu Biao's special constitution to possess spiritual power, utilizing the principle of Kannonji-dan to forcibly gather spirit particles and then violently force them into Wu Biao's body.

The original intention was to allow Wu Biao to temporarily possess spiritual pressure, but he had underestimated the terrifying nature of Wu Biao's constitution.

Not only was it impossible for spiritual pressure to enter his body from the outside, but even the spiritual pressure forcibly gathered within him was completely isolated. In other words, it could not be vented and could only circulate endlessly within his blood vessels.

Because of this, by comprehensively compressing his blood and accelerating blood circulation to a speed that would cause an ordinary person to burst instantly, Wu Biao's constitution was improved in every aspect, hence the Ichibai Kanon Ken.

However, this technique required an incredibly terrifying physique to support it, and in this entire world, perhaps only a freak like Wu Biao could achieve it.

Yet, even with the terrifying toughness Wu Biao's body possessed today, it was not strong enough to perfectly withstand the intensity of this internal impact, which is why Kannonji had told him not to use this move easily unless it was a critical moment!

However, after the battle with Kenpachi, Wu Biao could feel that his physical strength had increased slightly; he shouldn't faint as quickly as he did before.

Returning to the matter at hand, Wu Biao sighed and bit down on the blood vessel in his wrist!

"The son can't beat the father, so you call out your own son to fight your grandfather? Today, Grandpa is going to beat both of you into a pulp!"

Muttering, Wu Biao bit down hard, and spiritual pressure flooded into his body. Blood-colored mist erupted from Wu Biao's pores; his blood was constantly squeezed by the spirit particles, evaporating at an extremely rapid rate within his body.

It should be said that it was fortunate Brother Biao's recovery ability was strong enough; otherwise, anyone else would have died from blood loss in less than a minute. As for Wu Biao... he could only say he urgently needed food to replenish himself. He was so hungry... so hungry that he didn't even want to fight!

"Grandson, today Grandpa will teach you a lesson!"

Accompanied by a roar, a thunderous sound surged into the sky. The place where Wu Biao stood exploded, and his figure vanished, leaving behind only blood-colored mist and the ground, which had crumbled under the impact!

"What!"

This scene caused Mayuri Kurotsuchi's pupils to shrink, and he subconsciously shivered as a terrifying sense of crisis struck his heart.

The afterimage formed by Wu Biao pierced directly through the range of the poisonous mist, seemingly traversing the void and space. In the blink of an eye, he rushed before Konjiki Ashisogi Jizo, his body transformed into a heaven-shaking spear, attacking the massive body of Konjiki Ashisogi Jizo within the poisonous mist without a moment's hesitation.

A painful roar suddenly erupted from within the poisonous mist. Amidst the roaring, Mayuri Kurotsuchi's Konjiki Ashisogi Jizo sprayed purple blood into the sky, its body twisting as if it were in extreme pain, and finally, with a muffled thud, it collapsed.

A large hole appeared in the tail of Konjiki Ashisogi Jizo; one could clearly see the scenery in the distance through the hole.

It had actually been pierced through. That massive body had been punched through by Wu Biao, who was charging forward, and he was heading straight for Mayuri Kurotsuchi behind it.

"This is impossible!!!" Mayuri Kurotsuchi's expression changed drastically. His body swayed, his face revealing shock and horror: "How can this be? How could a mere human possess such powerful strength? This is impossible!"

"Nothing is impossible!" Wu Biao roared, rushing straight at Mayuri Kurotsuchi with a punch!

With a thunderous boom, Wu Biao arrived in an instant. Even if Mayuri Kurotsuchi wanted to flee, it was already too late!

The impact formed by the punch spread rumblingly in all directions, the sound deafening. The surrounding walls and streets were all torn apart, turning into a pile of ruins as smoke filled the air!

A figure tumbled backward through the smoke—it was Mayuri Kurotsuchi!

He spat out blood wildly. Although he wasn't dead, his chest had already caved in significantly. His internal organs were severely damaged, and his bones and flesh were on the verge of collapse; he was completely spent!!

His body tumbled backward under the great force, finally crashing heavily into a pile of rubble.

The dust gradually settled, and Wu Biao also deactivated the Ichibai Kanon Ken state. After stumbling twice, he collapsed onto the ground!

"Brother Biao!"

In the distance, Ishida and the others were startled at the sight and hurriedly ran over. Upon reaching him, they discovered that Wu Biao hadn't fainted; he was just lying on the ground, gasping for air!

"Brother Biao... are you alright?" Sado asked.

"So hungry, I'm really going to starve to death this time!"

"Huh?" The group was stunned for a moment, then all breathed a sigh of relief. Since he knew he was hungry, it meant he was fine!

"I'm not joking. If there's no food to replenish me, I'm really going to be starved to death!"

Grumble...

As if to punctuate Wu Biao's words, a thunderous rumble erupted from his stomach, and a look of agony involuntarily crossed his face.

This scene left Ishida and the others stunned.

Is he for real?

Is he actually going to starve to death?

"What a pity, brat!" A voice suddenly rang out from thin air, causing the expressions of everyone present to change, for if they hadn't misheard, it was the voice of Mayuri Kurotsuchi, who had been on the verge of death just moments ago.

"How is that possible? Is he still not dead?" Ishida said in disbelief.

But then, everyone froze as a pool of purple liquid flowed out from the ruins and rolled toward them.

Ishida instinctively drew his bowstring.

"It's useless. While I cannot attack in this state, I am also immune to all attacks. Brat... I will come for you again. I have claimed your body!"

As he spoke, the liquid slipped directly into the cracks of the ruins.

The group could only watch helplessly as the liquid gradually diminished, having no idea how to stop it!

"Rice porridge, is that rice porridge?"

Wu Biao's voice, filled with extreme excitement, suddenly rang out, and he was seen crawling past the others, lunging toward the liquid.

"What the hell, you... you... what are you doing?"

Even Mayuri Kurotsuchi couldn't help but curse upon seeing his actions; was this guy actually going to eat a person!

"Brother Biao, you can't eat that!"

Fortunately, Sado reacted quickly, lunging forward to grab hold of Wu Biao...

"Let go of me, that's rice porridge... rice porridge... rice porridge... it's getting away!"

Wu Biao, already hallucinating from hunger, shouted urgently.

That was close, finally made it. 11:59 PM, almost hit midnight. Here is a double-length chapter for you.

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