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Chapter 246 Come and add fuel to the fire
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Shrouded in the indescribably heavy air, the orange-haired Shinigami gripped his Zanpakutō tighter and tighter, and more and more sweat flowed down his face, so much so that his breathing became a little rapid.

He was a Shinigami who changed his job halfway through his career. After being endowed with spiritual power by Rukia Kuchiki, his talent exploded and he began to embark on an unusual path.

Although he was born with powerful spiritual power and possessed extraordinary strength once he became the God of Death, as a God of Death who changed his career late and came from an informal channel, he didn't know much about God of Death, or even very little.

In his opinion, everything Mr. Ye Yi said was difficult to understand, and he had no idea how talented and outstanding the other party was.

But he could still feel the minimum difference in strength.

He also knew that in the Gotei 13, the strongest Shinigami were the captains of each division. Byakuya Kuchiki, who had come to the human world before and took Rukia away, was one of them.

In his understanding, Byakuya Kuchiki is indeed the strongest person he has ever met.

Facing that man, he couldn't even withstand a single move from him and was killed instantly.

However, the person in front of him was able to defeat a captain decades ago, and now Mr. Yoruichi has evaluated him as the opponent who will result in the worst outcome in the future, proving that the person in front of him is even stronger than Byakuya Kuchiki whom he met before!
As I am now, there is really no way I can defeat him!
"Huh...huh..."

Before he knew it, the orange-haired Grim Reaper's breathing went from rapid to heavy.

Even though the other party hadn't released his spiritual pressure yet, he felt like he was about to be crushed, which terrified him.

Aize acted as if he didn't see it all. He first glanced at the black cat, and then looked at the orange-haired Grim Reaper with interest.

"You are the human who was given spiritual power by Rukia and became the god of death, right?" Aize asked with a half-smile: "Remember your name is...?"

Hearing this, the orange-haired Grim Reaper took a deep breath and managed to regain his composure.

"Kurosaki Ichigo."

He spoke his name in a deep voice.

"I'm Ichigo Kurosaki, and I'm here to rescue Rukia."

That's right, I came here to save Rukia.

Rukia committed a great crime and is about to be executed because she gave herself spiritual power.

If I collapse here, won’t I be unable to save Rukia?

By then, Rukia will die because of me!
This... is absolutely not possible!
Thinking of this, Ichigo Kurosaki's eyes became much firmer, and the spiritual pressure on his body rose and fell unconsciously, and suddenly became much stronger.

"what?"

The black cat was trying to find a way to escape, but it discovered that Ichigo Kurosaki's spiritual pressure had changed, which made it suspicious.

"Wow?" Aize also raised his eyebrows and said, "As expected of the protagonist of this world, he has exploded his potential after feeling the pressure. Has he become stronger all of a sudden?"

If Ichigo Kurosaki's spiritual pressure just now was at the level of third or fourth seat, then his current spiritual pressure is probably at the vice-captain level.

He actually became stronger just like that. This is even more outrageous than the original protagonist that he met in the other two worlds.

But that's normal. Compared with those two people, Kurosaki Ichigo is a more special existence.

He was not like Amagiri Ayato, who was sealed by others, nor was he like Hyoudou Issei, who had a powerful divine weapon in his body. Instead, he possessed some of both.

His bloodline is naturally extraordinary, and there are many kinds of power in his body. He is definitely not an ordinary human being.

The spiritual power given to him by Rukia Kuchiki is just a trigger, a trigger to bring out his own power and potential.

After this introduction appeared, Ichigo Kurosaki has been in a state of potential explosion. Every time he fights, he can turn his potential into strength. Every time he encounters difficulties, he can turn pressure into motivation, making himself stronger almost all the time.

In the future, five people in Soul Society will be recognized as special combat forces, and these five people will have unknown and terrifying factors.

Among them, Kenpachi Zaraki made the list because of his "unknown combat power", becoming one of the five special combat powers, and Sosuke Aizen also made the list because of his "unknown spiritual pressure".

Ichigo Kurosaki is also one of the five special combat powers, and the reason he was on the list is his "unknown potential ability."

In terms of potential and uniqueness, Ichigo Kurosaki is definitely the best in this fantasy world, and almost no one can match him.

In the original work, this substitute Shinigami experienced many life-and-death battles in Soul Society in order to save Kuchiki Rukia. In the end, it only took him about ten days to rapidly grow from the initial combat power of only three or four seats to become a captain-level Shinigami.

This outrageous growth rate is only a small fraction of its potential.

In the future, he will grow even faster and more outrageously, which will definitely surprise countless people.

pity……

"You are too weak now. There is no way you can save Rukia."

Aize smiled at Kurosaki Ichigo and said something.

"This opportunity is rare, so let me help you grow."

As he spoke, Aize slowly extended a hand in the direction of Kurosaki Ichigo.

At this time, the distance between Aize and Kurosaki Ichigo was about ten meters.

He extended his hand very slowly, which made Ichigo Kurosaki highly alert.

But in Ichigo Kurosaki's opinion, the distance between them was still far, and the other party's movement of extending his hand was so slow, so even if he wanted to do something, he would have enough time to react.

However, when Ichigo Kurosaki was thinking this, the anxious cry of the black cat reached his ears.

"Idiot! Get some distance!"

As soon as he finished speaking, before Ichigo Kurosaki could react, he felt his vision go dark.

His vision was obscured by a hand.

"Snapped!"

Ichigo Kurosaki's face was grabbed by a hand that suddenly appeared in front of him, and was trapped between five fingers as hard as steel.

"Oh!"

Aize, who appeared in front of Kurosaki Ichigo at some point, grabbed Kurosaki Ichigo's face, leaped up, and a circle of shock waves shook under his feet. He soared into the sky and swept away.

"...?!"

Ichigo Kurosaki felt as if he was being lifted up and flown away, with strong wind whistling in his ears and incredible wind pressure behind him. It was like being on a roller coaster, and he was unable to put up even the slightest resistance as he was carried out of the area where he was originally.

"boom!"

After a while, Aize flew into the air and threw Kurosaki Ichigo to the ground directly with a pitching posture, making Kurosaki Ichigo like a cannonball falling from the sky, making a sound of breaking through the air, and turning into an afterimage, crashing into the ground with a bang, creating a big hole in the ground.

"cough……!"

A mouthful of blood immediately spurted out of Ichigo Kurosaki's mouth, causing his eyes to bulge out and his body to feel severe pain.

Aize stayed in mid-air, walking on the void as if he was walking on flat ground.

Under his feet, the spirit particles in the atmosphere condensed, allowing him to stay in the air and move in the air.

The God of Death, Hollows, and even other extraordinary beings can condense the spirit particles in the atmosphere under their feet and use them to move in the air, so this is a very basic ability.

This is not flying, but it is similar to forming an invisible foothold under the feet to achieve the purpose of walking in the air.

Therefore, Aize was really walking on flat ground at this moment, instead of having a feeling that his body was floating like when he was flying.

"Come, I'll give you a chance to attack." Ai Ze looked down at Kurosaki Ichigo and said, "Hurry up, or the nearby Death Gods will rush over."

"You bastard..." Ichigo Kurosaki struggled to get up from the deep pit, leaning on his Zanpakuto, looking at Aize in mid-air, unable to hide his anger.

He could naturally see that the other party did not take him seriously as an opponent, but was just teasing him. "Don't look down on me!"

Ichigo Kurosaki's spiritual pressure surged all over his body, and he had another breakthrough, becoming stronger than before.

“Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa…!”

Holding a huge and exaggerated Zanpakuto, Ichigo Kurosaki rushed towards Aize in mid-air with enormous spiritual pressure and chopped down at his head.

"Qiang!"

Facing the exaggerated big knife that was chopping down on his head, Aize just flicked his hand lightly and actually bounced the knife away, causing sparks to fly.

"what?!"

Kurosaki Ichigo's eyes widened.

“I blocked Zangetsu with my hand…?!”

Zangetsu is Ichigo Kurosaki's Zanpakutō.

That big sword with an exaggerated appearance could not be an ordinary Zanpakutō in the shallow striking state, but a Zanpakutō that had released its true appearance and completed the Shikai.

Although the time Ichigo Kurosaki spent as a god of death was very short, so short that it should have been impossible for him to reach the level of Shikai, he was born special and underwent special training in the human world in order to rescue Rukia Kuchiki. Finally, with the help of caring people, he completed Shikai and released his Zanpakutō.

Since then, Kurosaki Ichigo's Zanpakutō has always maintained the form of Shikai, which is an extremely rare type of release at any time in the history of Soul Society. It no longer needs to be deliberately called by name to release it, and it is in a released state at all times.

Now, this Zanpakuto that could be released at any time was deflected by Aize with his bare hands. How could this not frighten Ichigo Kurosaki?
"Don't be surprised, this is normal."

Aize's voice reached his ears at the right time.

"Reiatsu is the density of a spirit. Its strength itself means the strength of a spirit. It not only affects the power, durability, number of uses and consumption of combat skills, but also affects other aspects."

"As long as the spiritual pressure is strong enough, attacks with too weak spiritual pressure won't even be able to affect one's own spiritual body, and even if one uses a Zanpakutō to cut it, it won't be able to penetrate it."

"In other words, the spiritual pressure gap between you and me is too great to cause any harm to me."

"So, I can flick your Zangetsu away with my hands like this."

Aize used the finger that deflected Zangetsu to point at Kurosaki Ichigo, and lightning flashed on his fingertips.

"But my attack can easily cause serious damage to your spirit body. This is the result of the huge difference in spiritual pressure."

As he spoke, Aize chanted the spell.

"Broken Path No. 4: White Thunder."

The lightning flashing on Aize's fingertips burst out, turning into a beam of lightning that shot out.

"Pfft!"

Ichigo Kurosaki had no time to react before the lightning pierced his shoulder.

“Gua ...

Ichigo Kurosaki let out a cry of distress.

Aize reached out again, grabbed his face, and threw him to the ground like before.

"boom!"

A strong wind arose, a loud noise was heard, and Ichigo Kurosaki turned into a cannonball and smashed the ground for the second time, causing smoke and dust to rise.

"Shh!"

Aize appeared in the deep pit with instant step and lifted up Ichigo Kurosaki who was buried in the rubble.

“This is not your full strength.”

Ignoring Ichigo Kurosaki's disheveled appearance and painful expression, Aize said these words mercilessly.

"You can become even stronger, much stronger than you are now."

"Vice-captain level?"

"Among the Gotei 13, this is indeed considered strong, but if you want to rescue Kuchiki Rukia, this level is far from enough."

Aize loosened his hand and let Kurosaki Ichigo fall to the ground due to gravity.

"Oh!"

The next second, Aize suddenly turned around and kicked, kicking Kurosaki Ichigo away.

Ichigo Kurosaki's body kept bouncing and rolling on the ground, turning over a distance of nearly a hundred meters before hitting a wall, smashing it to pieces.

The wall collapsed and countless rubble rolled down, completely burying Ichigo Kurosaki's body, and he could no longer be seen.

The spiritual pressure on Ichigo Kurosaki was also rapidly decreasing and becoming very weak.

Aize took a step forward and was about to activate the instant step to continue chasing, but suddenly he felt a spiritual pressure that was growing from weak to strong.

That was not Ichigo Kurosaki's spiritual pressure, but another spiritual pressure that Aize felt at the beginning, which was hiding something.

The spiritual pressure was no longer hidden, as if it had been liberated, it exploded and reached the captain level in an instant!

"Shh!"

The owner of the spiritual pressure appeared in front of Aize with tremendous momentum and pressure.

"... Enough is enough, little brat."

Along with the appearance of an old-fashioned and cold voice, the cat that was completely black stared at Aize.

“Can’t help it?”

Feeling the amazing spiritual pressure, Aize was not surprised. Instead, he smiled as if to say "I've been waiting for you for a long time".

"Isn't it time for you to return to your original appearance?"

Hearing Aize's chuckle and words, the black cat narrowed his eyes.

"It seems that you know who I am."

The black cat spoke in a deep voice.

"Don't you know who I am?" Aize said leisurely, "I thought the famous Shunshin had left Soul Society for more than a hundred years, and his understanding of Soul Society should not be as good as before."

"But you knew all about my deeds as soon as you saw me. Obviously, you have been keeping abreast of the movements of Soul Society, right?"

Aize turned his gaze to the black cat and smiled faintly.

"What should I call you?"

"I call you the head of Shifengyuan family?"

"Or... Captain Yoruichi Shihouin?"

As soon as these words came out, Black Cat fell into an unspeakable silence.

After a while, the spiritual pressure on its body suddenly increased, and a dazzling light burst out from its body.

In the light, the black cat's body shape changed dramatically, gradually turning into a human form...

(End of this chapter)