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Chapter 197 A Half-Day Trip to the Emptiness of the Universe: Spirit Binding and Spirit Subduing

"Wow, Pineapple! Thank you, Brother Guan Yi!"

At Urahara Store, Jinta received the pineapple from Sekii and immediately called him "brother" in a sweet voice. He also tapped Xiaoyu on the head so that Xiaoyu would quickly thank him as well.

"Xiaoyu doesn't like pineapple, she's not as greedy as you." Guan Yiqu flicked Shinta's forehead, ignoring Shinta's instantly changed expression, and looked at Woling Tiezhai, asking, "Is the shopkeeper back?"

"Ah, he brought back a shallow sword, saying he wants to make a scabbard for it," said Tetsuzai Wakabi.

"Okay." Guan Yi nodded and said, "Help me ask him for half a day off. I want to go out for a walk."

"A request for leave?" Tsukasa Rin was taken aback. Did Urahara Store even have such a thing as leave?
Shen Tai then instantly switched to his obedient child mode and said, "Brother Guan Yi, where are you planning to go? Can you take me and Xiao Yu with you? We're so bored staying in the shop all day!"

"No, you can't go."

Can't go? Where can't we go? Fine, don't bring it! What's the big deal?! Shen Tai grumbled and made a face at Guan Yi's back before happily running off to eat pineapple.

After leaving Urahara Store, Seki boarded an intercity bus and traveled from Karakura Town to Naruki City, the city where Fullbringers gather.

However, Guan Yi's purpose for this trip has nothing to do with the Fullbringers. His goal is simply to get away from Karakura Town, away from Kisuke Urahara and the Visoreds. What he plans to do next must not be noticed by anyone!

On the outskirts of Naruki City, in an open space, Guan Yi calmly gazed at the space before him.

He was 'observing'.

Although one cannot directly master the Great Luo Insight in the world of Bleach, the dimensional elevation of thought and the methods of observing the essence of things brought about by the Great Luo Insight can be directly inherited.

After her consciousness regressed to the world of death, Guan Yi immediately realized that the world before her was different.

The flow of spiritual particles, the stacking of space, and the mysteries of the Ghost Path's Words of Power became clearer in his eyes. His mastery of the Ghost Path greatly improved, and more importantly, he achieved another breakthrough.

"It should be possible."

Qimen, unfold!

With the technique extended, he stepped into the central palace, manipulated the four plates, and released his spiritual pressure to stir the space before him and dispel the fog!

Back when Guan Yi successfully used the Eight Gates Technique in the Bleach world to create the Wuhou Qimen, he had already considered this: since the Eight Gates Movement can open spatial channels and allow for spatial movement, is it possible for him to use the Eight Gates Movement to travel between the human world, Hueco Mundo, and Soul Society?

But after a brief attempt, he realized he couldn't do it. The power of the Eight Gates Transport wasn't enough, and he couldn't pinpoint the spatial coordinates.

Once such a thing goes astray, it is doomed to eternal damnation. If it falls into an unknown crevice, death is the only outcome awaiting it!

But it's different now.

Under the "view" of the Great Luo Cave, the three intersecting circles—the mortal world, the Soul Society, and Hueco Mundo—were already incredibly clear in Guan Yi's eyes.

The strength of the Eight Gates Transfer also reached a new level after he expanded the Wuhou Qimen to a new realm. He could even move ten living people at the same time without any difficulty.

With combined support...

Guan Yi's gaze was calm as he focused the impact of his spiritual pressure on a single point. Suddenly, a pulsating, pitch-black passage tore open in front of him, its edges jagged and its interior filled with a high concentration of turbulent spiritual particles, appearing extremely dangerous.

The Black Hole! In the Bleach storyline, this is a passage from the human world to Hueco Mundo that only powerful Hollows and Arrancar can tear open!

Even Kisuke Urahara, a member of the Shinigami faction, needs technological assistance—the 'Transcendental Device'—to travel to Hueco Mundo.

Guan Yi stared at the dark cavity for a moment, then used divination to determine the level of danger before stepping inside!
...As if crossing some kind of barrier, the unstable spiritual turbulence tore his body open with wounds, but under the effect of the Reverse Regeneration, it quickly recovered and returned to its original state.

When light filled the area again, Guan Yi found himself standing on barren sand.

At the edge of the horizon, the sun blazed fiercely. The air was thick with highly concentrated and active spiritual particles!

"Success, Hueco Mundo."

Guan Yi's first thought was to look into the void before him, to ascertain whether he could successfully return. Only after receiving a definite answer did he turn his gaze to his surroundings.

Without needing to perceive it specifically, Guan Yi could sense seven or eight illusory spiritual pressure fluctuations within a radius of several miles. None of them were particularly strong; they were just ordinary illusory entities. However, it seemed that they were gathering towards Guan Yi because they instinctively sensed the fluctuations of his unusual spiritual pressure.

Guan Yi stood still, not moving, simply waiting quietly for the illusions to arrive.

At the edge of the field of vision, the first thing to appear was a huge Hollow, as big as a small building. Its spiritual pressure fluctuations were also the strongest, probably close to that of a Gillian. When its scarlet eyes saw Guan Yi, it immediately burst out with a silent roar, and the oppressive spiritual pressure directly affected the soul!
Then, several bizarre, twisted lizard-like phantoms emerged from another direction, their bodies filled with madness, chaos, and an instinctive desire to devour souls.

Guan Yi did not unleash his full power, nor did he prepare any ghost techniques. He simply faced the lizard-shaped void, his five fingers forming claws, aiming at one of them.

"Soul Binding and General Command - Soul Binding!"

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As Guan Yi used spiritual particles as the driving force to unleash the Spirit Binding Technique, an invisible, extremely concentrated spiritual pressure instantly enveloped the lizard-like phantom. The phantom's forward momentum abruptly froze, as if it had crashed into an invisible wall. Then, its entire body trembled violently, emitting a painful and terrified hiss.

The core of spirit control lies in finding the weakness of spirits lacking a physical body and using this weakness to make spirits unconditionally obey you.

The void is also the spirit.

As the binding force of spirits and generals envelops it, the core of this existence—the illusory soul filled with negative desires and impurities—is being forcibly pulled and driven by a tyrannical force!
If it were a spirit from the Under One Person world, it would already be obediently driven by Guan Yi at this moment, but the Hollow from the Bleach world seems to be somewhat different; its soul composition is more insane and disordered.

A few seconds later, the void seemed to be shaken apart by Guan Yi's spiritual pressure, its body collapsing and disappearing into nothingness as if it had been emptied!
"Is it because I'm not skilled enough, or because I can't do it, or is it because only those sentient beings can be controlled by spirit summoning?" Guan Yi wasn't sure.

So he continued trying until all the Hollows that had surrounded him died. The remaining Hollow, which was approaching, instinctively sensed the danger and turned to run away, but was frozen in place once again by Guan Yi's spiritual pressure.

Guan Yi took a deep breath. The next attempt was a bit risky, so she decided to test it out first.

"Appease the spirit!"

The next moment, the spiritual pressure that Guan Yi emanated from the void became even more fierce and predatory. It was no longer about enveloping and pulling, but instead transformed into countless sharp blades that ruthlessly tore the void apart.

This time, the torn void did not completely dissipate and return to Hueco Mundo. A small portion of its soul was restrained by Guan Yi using the Spirit Binding Technique, transformed into spiritual energy, and entered Guan Yi's body!

This is another, even more dangerous, way of using spirit control: consuming spirits to permanently enhance oneself, even if the increase in strength is small. It is still a shortcut to cultivation, a kind of "demonic art"!
When Guan Yi absorbed the illusory fragment, his soul strength and spiritual pressure both increased subtly. However, the price he paid was that his mind was assaulted by a frenzied will.

Fortunately, Guan Yi absorbed very little on his first attempt, and the Hollow's will was quickly extinguished, leaving only a faint, dark red spiritual pressure swirling in his palm to prove the Hollow's existence.

"It can be completely digested in about half a day, but it's uncertain if more illusory souls are ingested."

If I were to ingest a very strong Hollow soul, it might even interfere with and affect my sanity, but perhaps... I could use it to gain the ability to Hollowfly?

Guan Yi continued to wander within a small area of ​​Hueco Mundo, testing his new skills. It wasn't until half a day later that he ended his first trip to Hueco Mundo.

(End of this chapter)