Chapter 250

From the highest tower in Silbern, Haschwalth surveyed the battlefield.

His brows were furrowed.

The battle situation has completely deviated from expectations.

The Sternritter members on the front line were constantly being routed, and even the Schutzstaffel he sent out were falling one after another.

Pernida disappeared, Gerard was sealed and then killed, Lille Barro's life force was also cut off just now.

Haschwalth couldn't imagine it.

Especially Pernida, the Soul King's left hand.

It was originally supposed to be immortal and indestructible; theoretically, even Shigekuni Yamamoto's Ryūjin Jakka couldn't completely destroy it.

But just now, Pernida's Reiatsu suddenly disappeared, as if it had been erased from the battlefield by some force.

He recognized the Reiatsu emanating from there; it belonged to Aizen.

What did Aizen do with the Hōgyoku?

Haschwalth gripped the hilt of his sword tightly.

Things started spiraling out of control the moment Pernida was taken away, and he was almost itching to take action.

But the deaths of Gerard and Lille Barro later brought Haschwalth back to calm.

Because he sensed it too.

Haschwalth turned and went downstairs, step by step walking to the deepest secret room underground.

The Reishi lamps embedded in the stone wall flickered, their light rising and falling like a heartbeat.

On the stone platform in the center of the secret chamber, Yhwach lay.

He has looked the same for nine hundred years.

The withered skin clung tightly to the bones, motionless, like a mummified corpse sealed in a coffin.

But that's not the case now.

The sound of a heartbeat echoed in the sealed room, steady and strong.

A large amount of Quincy soul power is flowing back, including those Quincy died on the defensive line, and the Knights who were cut to ashes by Yamamoto.

After their deaths, their souls returned to Yhwach's body, and power is gathering from all directions.

Yhwach's withered skin began to plump up, gradually regaining its vitality.

Immediately afterwards, the two most powerful forces returned.

A surge emanated from Gerard, the Soul King's Heart.

Another force came from Lille Barro, the hook of Soul King.

The only pity is that the Soul King's Left Hand, which Aizen took, was never returned.

Yhwach opened his eyes.

Haschwalth could see that his pupils were trembling.

Yhwach's irises were not fully focused yet; his gaze swept stiffly around the room before finally settling on Haschwalth.

"Haschwalth."

His voice was hoarse; his vocal cords were still recovering.

"I sense that Quincy have died, but my thinking is still lagging behind. What has happened now?"

Haschwalth knelt on one knee.

"The Wandenreich has been discovered by Soul Reaper, and they have invaded. Shigekuni Yamamoto is among them."

Yhwach blinked.

"Ninety years remain until the day of awakening as prophesied by the Sacred Text."

He slowly propped himself up, his bones making a series of soft cracking sounds, like rusty hinges breaking in.

"Given the current situation, it seems we have no choice but to move up the schedule."

"Your Majesty, you have not fully recovered."

Yhwach looked down at his five fingers and clenched them slightly.

Nine hundred years of slumber had left his soul stiff and his thoughts sluggish, but he could feel his power returning little by little.

"My mind is foggy right now, I need your opinion."

Haschwalth looked up.

"Your Majesty, the enemy is overwhelming. I suggest we temporarily evade battle, conserve our strength, and launch a counterattack once you have fully recovered."

Yhwach closed his eyes and felt his heart beating.

A moment later he opened his eyes and, with Haschwalth's support, got off the stone platform.

His bare feet stepped on the cold stone slabs, and the chill from his soles cleared his mind.

"Help me up, let me see the battlefield."

Haschwalth helped him up to the top of the tower.

The wind blew in through the broken dome of Silbern, making Yhwach's robes flutter.

He looked down at the entire city and saw only ruins.

Everywhere were scorch marks from the bombardment of Kidō and furrows carved by Zanpakuto.

White Quincy uniforms were scattered on the gray stone floor, some wrapped around bones.

His knights, his soldiers, his people.

Nine hundred years ago, he saved the Quincy bloodline from the clutches of Soul Reaper, and it had finally grown strong again, but now a portion of it had died.

The soul, carrying the power, returned to his body once more.

Yhwach's gaze swept over the ruins, over the scattered battlefields where fighting still raged, and settled on one person.

Shigekuni Yamamoto.

Their eyes met, even though they were hundreds of steps apart.

The moment Yamamoto saw Yhwach, his expression changed.

It was like seeing a dead person crawl out of their grave.

Pure killing intent emanated from those aged eyes.

Yhwach...

Yamamoto gripped his Zanpakuto, the stone slab beneath his feet shattered, and he transformed into a streak of light, hurtling straight towards the tower.

Yhwach's lips curled up slightly.

Upon waking up this time, there was some good news as he took out the Quincy Medallion from his pocket.

The effectiveness of the Quincy Medallion has already been confirmed in Haschwalth's report.

This shows that he no longer needs to fear Shigekuni Yamamoto's Bankai.

Unfortunately, he did not know whether Shigekuni Yamamoto had further developed his abilities in the nearly one thousand years that had passed.

If he has enough time, he will find a way to retest Shigekuni Yamamoto's abilities before engaging him in battle.

But now, his condition doesn't allow him to fight Yamamoto again.

Yamamoto was flying toward him, but Yhwach was in no hurry.

Pernida and Gerard's power has returned.

The Soul King's left hand and the Soul King's Heart —two forces coursing through his body and merging into his soul.

But what puzzled Yhwach was that the weight of these two spiritual forces always seemed a bit off.

Pernida's power was somewhat diminished, as was Gerard's.

It's as if something stole a little bit of it along the way.

But who can steal anything from the flow of Auswählen power?

Yhwach couldn't understand it, but he stopped thinking about it.

He raised his hand.

"Auswählen!"

As Yhwach's power was activated, countless rays of light scattered in all directions.

Soul Society, within the Seireitei.

The remaining Soul Reaper are locked in a fierce battle against the sudden attack by the Quincy.

A small squad of Quincy emerged from the shadows; though few in number, they were formidable in combat.

Led by several members of the Sternritter, who unleashed a variety of abilities, the Soul Reaper's forces were forced into a series of defeats.

The Fourth Division's temporary medical station was forced to retreat twice, while the other divisions' soldiers drew their swords and fought back as they retreated.

Jūshirō Ukitake and Kaien Shiba led the charge at the front, barely managing to stabilize one defensive line after unleashing their Shikai.

Ginrei Kuchiki led his men to guard the noble mansion, carrying out the mission of protecting the nobles.

The other divisions fought amongst themselves, Quincy, like madmen, stormed into the Seireitei and attacked anyone they saw.

A Quincy wielding Reishi Bow rushed through the gap in the defenses, aiming an arrow at a Soul Reaper soldier lying on the ground.

The soldier's left leg was pierced by Reishi Arrow, and he was dragged on the ground, unable to crawl. He could only hold his sword horizontally in front of him for a final defense.

As the arrow fell, the soldier closed his eyes in despair.

The next moment, a collision sound rang out.

The Reishi Arrow was deflected by a slash, grazing the soldier's shoulder before embedding itself in the stone pavement.

Chōjirō Sasakibe pulled him up from the ground, threw him to the medical team behind him, and then drew his sword to press against the gap.

"Can we still fight?"

Sasakibe's voice was hoarse, and his robes were covered in blood, making it impossible to tell whether it was his or his enemy's.

Several team members behind him gritted their teeth and got up.

"Able!"

"Then let's hold the line," said Sasakibe drawn. "The Captain-Commander entrusted us with the task of defending Seireitei; we must hold out."

As soon as he finished speaking, a torrent of water fell from the sky, instantly engulfing the Quincy in front of him.

In the light, his Reishi longbow slipped from his hand, and his body suddenly began to shrink.

Not only him, Quincy on the street exhibited strange behavior at the same time.

Beams of light continued to fall, and the Quincy struck by the light clutched their heads and screamed in agony, their skin visibly withering away as if something was being drained from their bodies.

A Quincy lay on the ground, reaching for his weapon.

The moment his fingers touched the ground, the fingertips shattered into grayish-white powder, followed by his palms, forearms, and within moments, his entire body collapsed into a pile of bones.

Bones lay scattered on the ground, making a clattering sound.

The whole street gradually quieted down.

On the battlefield where they were just fighting, all the Quincy have been turned into skeletons.

Only a few members of the Sternritter were still able to stand, but their faces were deathly pale and their Reiatsu was collapsing.

Sasakibe, panting heavily, looked at the pile of white bones on the ground and suddenly realized what had happened.

He had seen this ability thousands of years ago.

"Auswählen..."

He looked up at the sky.

That torrent of Reiryoku is flowing into the distance.

Yhwach, is he still alive?

The Wandenreich.

Yhwach floated in mid-air, his Auswählen light radiating outwards from his body, enveloping the entire battlefield.

All the Quincy's power on the Soul Society battlefield is flowing back.

Countless fragments of souls converged into a blue torrent, surging into Yhwach's body from the battlefield between the Soul Society and the Wandenreich.

Yhwach's spirit is being restored.

But the next moment, Yhwach suddenly stopped moving.

Someone is stealing his Auswählen.

He had previously felt a loss of power, and that was not an illusion.

The Auswählen Reiryoku is now flowing into his body, but a slight force is flowing in another direction.

It's like a small hole has been poked in a water pipe, and a thin stream is leaking out.

At this moment, Wang Xun stood at the edge of the battlefield, watching the visible torrent of Reiryoku.

Kyōraku sat on the pile of rubble behind him; his wounds had already been given a simple treatment by Kaidō.

After killing Lille Barro, Wang Xun collected a large number of fragments, and his Schrift Awakening Level has jumped to 50%.

Now, he the Glutton, forcefully cutting off a portion of the surging torrent of Reiryoku in mid-air.

The system notified me that the screen had been refreshed.

Spiritual Might experience is increasing.

The Schrift Awakening Level is increasing.

The Schrift Awakening Level jumped from 50% to 55%, and then broke through 60%.

As the awakening level increases, the amount of food that the Glutton absorbs also increases.

Some of the power that should have flowed entirely to Yhwach was drawn into Wang Xun's body.

Yhwach frowned slightly, sensing the location where the Reiryoku was flowing out, and looked in the direction of the outflow.

His senses transcended the ruins and the piles of bones, settling on a young man.

Shinha armor, Captain's Haori.

It turned out to be a Soul Reaper.

Yhwach's eyes narrowed slightly as distant memories surged through his mind.

For two hundred years after his birth, he fought in the north and south, using his Auswählen power to continuously absorb the souls of others to strengthen himself.

But he has been searching for an individual just like himself.

Like oneself, one can seize the power of others and make it one's own.

He searched for two hundred years and only found Haschwalth.

Haschwalth's Schrift B possesses the ability to bestow power upon others, making them stronger, but it cannot be taken back.

Therefore, Yhwach kept Haschwalth by his side, regarding him as his other half.

But the other half of that ability to absorb the power of others must also exist deep within the soul of a Quincy, it just hasn't awakened yet.

Now, he has found it.

He wasn't Quincy Soul Reaper).

Yhwach suddenly burst into laughter.

"Soul Reaper..."

Yhwach stopped laughing, staring at the white-haired young man in the distance, his pupils filled with disbelief.

"A Soul Reaper, yet he possesses this power."

He turned to look at Haschwalth.

"Haschwalth, do you know who that white-haired Soul Reaper over there is?"

Haschwalth also looked in Wang Xun's direction. He was somewhat puzzled. Shigekuni Yamamoto was about to arrive, but Yhwach suddenly focused on that Soul Reaper.

Haschwalth did have some recollection of him.

"That Soul Reaper is named Wang Xun. Judging from the looks of it, he just became the captain of the 11th Division. I don't know any specific details."

Yhwach laughed again.

This time, the smile was very slight; it barely opened before stopping.

Soul Reaper...

Before he could think any further, Shigekuni Yamamoto had already rushed up to him.

"Yhwach, I've come to end your life."

The Ryūjin Jakka blade shattered the Reishi barrier Yhwach had created, and the intense heat forced him to take a step back.

Yhwach dodged the attack and stared into Yamamoto's eyes.

"Shigekuni Yamamoto, you failed to kill me nine hundred years ago, and now, you won't have the chance."

Yamamoto frowned slightly as he looked at Yhwach, who had taken out the Quincy Medallion.

Will Yhwach steal the ability to obtain Bankai, and even his own Bankai?

The Auswählen of Yhwach continues.

The blue torrent of Reiryoku continued to surge into his body, and Yhwach's aura grew stronger and stronger.

The next moment, Shigekuni Yamamoto unleashed his Bankai without hesitation.

"Bankai, Zanka no Tachi."

Endless flames erupted, only to be completely absorbed into the Zanpakuto in the next instant.

Yhwach looked at Shigekuni Yamamoto, who had completed his Bankai, and stared at the unassuming Zanka no Tachi.

This form has indeed changed from the form it took a thousand years ago.

But the next moment, Yhwach raised the Quincy Medallion and activated Quincy Medallion Transformation.

Yamamoto felt that his Bankai was out of his control, and he was involuntarily sucked into the cross Quincy Medallion in the hand of the person in front of him.

The Zanpakuto in his hand also reverted to its Shikai form.

"What?!"

Taking advantage of Yamamoto's momentary shock, Yhwach knocked Yamamoto and flew to a higher place.

His robes fluttered in the wind as he gazed into the distance, his eyes sweeping across the ruined battlefield before Wang Xun.

Wang Xun, of course, saw him too.

Through this brief interception, Wang Xun obtained a massive amount of Reiryoku Fragment, his Spiritual Might experience points increased significantly, and his Schrift Awakening Level jumped to 70%.

As expected, the person in question noticed it.

Yhwach looked at the young face and the Captain's Haori of the 11th Division, and his brows furrowed slightly.

Something feels off.

He perceived things more clearly.

He then discovered that the kid possessed more than just Quincy power.

It even possesses the power of Hollows and the power of Soul Reaper.

The three forces were mixed together, and he molded them into something he could use.

This was exactly the ultimate form he had always dreamed of.

Yhwach took a deep breath, his voice echoing across the entire battlefield.

"Wang Xun, are you willing to follow me?"