Achievement Unlocked: The Strong Must Be Self-Disciplined!

The captains could not help but marvel at the terrifying scene before them.

Countless sharp blades descended like a torrential rain, blanketing the space before Su Feng and seeking to swallow him whole.

Yet when his spiritual pressure erupted, the materialized pillar of light blocked them all, leaving them without the slightest threat.

Even Tosen was stunned by the sight before him, disbelief surfacing on the face beneath his mask.

No one understood the destructive power of Benihikou better than he did.

Even an Adjuchas-class Menos would have its limbs, or even its body, severed.

Its prized Hierro would be as fragile as paper before countless blades.

Kaname Tosen had tested this himself.

Yet before Su Feng's materialized pillar of spiritual pressure, it was utterly useless...

"Oh my, how frightening."

Shunsui Kyoraku chewed on a grass stem he had pulled from who knew where, mumbling indistinctly, "Spiritual pressure of this level has already reached captain class."

A trace of surprise flashed through his eyes. Su Feng's performance had clearly caught him completely off guard.

As one of Soul Society's veteran captains, Shunsui Kyoraku had seen many exceptionally talented Shinigami.

But compared to Su Feng in the dojo, they seemed to be on entirely different levels.

Even that one who had married into the Kuchiki Family was no exception.

After all, Su Feng had graduated from the Shinigami Academy only three years ago.

If even veteran captains felt this way, there was no need to mention the newly promoted ones.

Soi Fon's petite, delicate face was filled with gravity, her sharp gaze fixed firmly on Su Feng.

Even Aizen wore an expression of shock and admiration, with no sign that it was feigned.

Only Sajin Komamura, due to the mask he wore, gave no indication of any change in expression.

Kaname Tosen's full-force strike had failed. Stirred by the materialized spiritual pressure, the countless blades fell one after another onto the ruined dojo, burying themselves amid rubble and dust.

Su Feng gripped the hilt with his right hand while his left gently brushed the blade. Rings of light rippled outward from him like waves.

He had already roughly gauged Kaname Tosen's strength.

Now was the best time to end this battle.

Just as he had said before.

This battle ended here.

Kaname Tosen sensed Su Feng's presence through spiritual pressure from not far away, and alarm surged in his heart. He immediately gathered his own spiritual pressure at an even faster pace.

Another massive pillar of light filled the dojo.

The already wrecked grounds were crushed directly into powder.

But just as his vigilance reached its peak—

Su Feng, who had been standing in place, shattered and vanished in the wind like a mirage.

"When did...?"

Kaname Tosen was abruptly shocked. The piercing blade had somehow already reached him.

Strands of wind light coiled around the gleaming white blade.

Su Feng's Shunpo was so fast that it had even surpassed Kaname Tosen's spiritual-pressure senses.

At the sight of this, Soi Fon instinctively widened her eyes, disbelief flashing deep within her pupils.

"The Shihoin Family's secret footwork?!"

The Shunpo technique Su Feng displayed reminded her of the person she had once admired.

"So it was this?"

Shunsui Kyoraku scratched the stubble on his chin and said thoughtfully, "If I remember correctly..."

"With Su Feng's rank as third seat, obtaining the method to practice the secret footwork shouldn't have been difficult."

Only after his reminder did Soi Fon realize that the wind-like figure in the dojo was the chief heir of the Tsunayashiro Family, head of the Five Great Noble Clans.

At that thought, she gritted her teeth in unwillingness.

Even now, Soi Fon still found it hard to let go of someone's departure without a word all those years ago.

As the two spoke, Su Feng's blade had already torn through Kaname Tosen's spiritual-pressure defense.

Kaname Tosen's expression turned grave. He raised his blade in a backhanded motion, trying to block the attack.

But something unexpected happened again.

Su Feng's figure vanished from before him once more, and Kaname Tosen's blade merely cut apart an afterimage.

Shihoin Third Style: Utsusemi.

A calm voice sounded behind Kaname Tosen at some point, and Su Feng slowly sheathed his Zanpakuto.

Click.

The faint collision between the guard and sheath played the final note of the battle.

Splat—

Everyone stared at Kaname Tosen in shock, only to see a massive gash split across his Shinigami Uniform.

The sound of torn cloth and sliced flesh merged as blood burst forth in a brilliant spray like blooming flowers!

Kaname Tosen stumbled, then dropped to his knees. His entire bearing instantly wilted.

Su Feng, on the other hand, remained as calm as ever.

It was as though the one who had just fought was not him at all.

Even his expensive noble attire had not picked up so much as a speck of dust.

The gap between their strengths was plain to see.

Su Feng was not surprised in the slightest.

After all, aside from spiritual pressure, he was practically an all-rounder.

Facing a Kaname Tosen who had not yet fully matured, crushing him with ease was only natural.

The watching captains were not particularly surprised by the outcome of this Assessment Battle for the captain's position.

After all—

Su Feng's reputation as a genius had been thoroughly established the moment he joined the division.

Yamamoto Genryusai's half-closed eyes slowly opened as well. Gazing at Su Feng in the distance, he announced in a deep voice:

"The Assessment Battle is over. The victor is Tsunayashiro Su Feng."

The captains nodded in agreement, acknowledging the result of the battle.

Only when Aizen looked toward the dojo did an imperceptible trace of regret flash through his eyes.

Then—

He looked at Su Feng with a gentle gaze, as though offering congratulations.

As if sensing Aizen's attention, Su Feng responded with the same smile.

For a moment, the atmosphere became remarkably harmonious.

Before long—

Under Seinosuke Yamada's instructions, members of the Fourth Division carried the nearly critically wounded Kaname Tosen away from the dojo.

Examining the wound across his chest, one that nearly ran through his entire body, even Seinosuke Yamada, who was accustomed to treating the injured, could not help clicking his tongue.

"What a chilling fellow..."

He glanced sideways at Su Feng beside him. "For some reason, I always have a rather bad feeling about him."

Su Feng paid no mind to those looks.

However, after receiving Yamamoto Genryusai's acknowledgment, the system unexpectedly issued a new prompt.

Achievement Unlocked!

The Self-Disciplined Captain of the Ninth Division!

As the captain of the Prison Guard Squad, you ought to bring Soul Society's criminals into prison and create a harmonious Soul Society!

Looking at the light screen before him, Su Feng's smile widened further.

He was quite satisfied with this so-called achievement mission.

From this day onward—

A self-disciplined Captain of the Ninth Division was born...