I'm really not the number one slacker in Soul Society.

However, he did not act impulsively. Instead, he drew back the spirit longbow and created an unprecedentedly huge arrow. The high density of spirit particles contained within it even caused the light wings on his back to shrink.

—This shot alone is enough to kill a captain-level Grim Reaper!

This is what Schubert's nearly thousand years of combat experience in Hell told him.

After a ten-second charge, he released the bowstring without hesitation!

A sharp, piercing sound suddenly rang out!

The enormous Holy Arrow of Annihilation broke the sound barrier at its launch, creating a massive shockwave that further churned the beach. Then, in an instant, it traversed the mere tens of meters, entering the range of the Holy Domain's Praise, and struck Mi Zhen squarely—

Blade!

Although it wouldn't have been difficult to catch the arrow under normal circumstances, doing so would have been a bit inelegant. So, Mi Zhen slightly activated the buff of Rage Diversion and used three times the strength of his arm to cleave the more than two-meter-long Holy Annihilation Arrow in two. After losing its physical constraints, the spiritual particles began to dissipate and flew forward for several hundred meters before falling into the sea, creating two tall columns of water and bringing a sudden downpour that lasted for several seconds to the surrounding area.

With a dull thud, Mima once again used the Sound Transfer to move behind Schubert and asked coldly, "Any other moves?"

Schubert was shocked: "How could you..."

"How could everything be alright?" Mima brandished the knife in his hand, completing the sentence that Shubert hadn't finished saying, "If you weren't putting on a convincing act, why would you reveal all your trump cards at once? Right, members of the Shura Clan?"

—To be honest, Mima was completely bluffing him.

After all, how could he know whether these two were members of the Asura Clan or some other group? But logically speaking, a normal person would not hesitate to kill a stranger they had just met. Anyone who could do that must be a bad person, and the only bad people in Hell who could escape seemed to be members of the Asura Clan.

I think... that's right.

Seeing Schubert's pupils suddenly dilate, Mima nodded in satisfaction.

Great, looks like I guessed right.

"Who are you? How do you know this?!"

Extreme fear appeared on Schubert's face, and his voice was almost distorted from screaming.

He couldn't help but be afraid. The Asura Clan's plan to return to the Three Realms was an absolute secret. Even though Kenpachi Kuruyashiki had managed to get the information out recently, he was just jumping out to defend the cause and didn't know the details of the Asura Clan's plan at all. So they felt that this matter was still within their control.

But this guy in front of me is different.

The person who appeared at the exit of Hell was a master, and he revealed his identity in a single sentence—it seemed like he was there specifically to ambush someone, didn't he? Could it be that the Asura Clan's plan was already known to everyone?

It can't possibly be a pure coincidence, right?

—It really is true.

Seeing the changes in the guy's expression, Mi Zhen could even roughly guess what he was thinking, so he intensified his efforts and became a riddle solver.

"Now you know to ask my name?" He sneered. "Too late. If you want to know my purpose, come with me."

But these words seemed to have hit a nerve with Schubert, who immediately flew into a rage and roared, "You're dreaming!"

After saying that, he made the beams of light behind him shine brightly again, as if he was about to do something desperate.

Behind them, Anhe Duotianjing once again unleashed more than a dozen green fireballs, engulfing both Mima and Shubert.

After trying out the effects of this thing, Mi Zhen was unwilling to be beaten up for no reason anymore. So he easily used the sound of the spinning wheel to leave the attack area and casually threw out a hundred-step railing, which firmly trapped An He Duo Tian Jing inside, making him unable to move even half a step.

Immediately afterwards, he lightly swung his knife, cutting the incoming arrow in two.

With his left hand, he snapped his fingers and launched a Nine Luminaries Binding spell, easily trapping Schubert.

Hmm... wait a minute, that was a miscalculation!

The Nine Luminaries Binding spell lasted for less than a second before being broken down into pure spiritual particles by the Holy Servant, which replenished the light wings behind him, increasing their brightness once again.

As Shikatori Hakunsai said, when dealing with Quincy, the Binding Spells aimed at restricting movement usually do not have a good result, because they can easily use their power to control spirit particles to their own advantage.

This explanation seems to contradict the manga's plot, since several Sternritter members were captured by the Binding Spell. However, the answer is probably simpler: the Quincy a thousand years later, because they found the Holy Script and the Holy Body so enjoyable to use, neglected traditional skills such as Holy Script and Holy Chanting, which is why this strange regression occurred.

However, Schubert's basic skills were very solid, and conventional binding techniques seemed to be ineffective against him.

Should we try methods like the Manji Forbidden Sealing Technique? Number Ninety-Nine's Binding Spell can't be broken with such simple methods.

But it seems... we don't need to go that far.

Under Mima's gaze, the wings of light behind Schubert gradually shrank uncontrollably as his spiritual energy was rapidly depleted, and his spiritual pressure also plummeted, soon reaching a level even lower than that of the vice-captain.

It seems the Quincy's final form's cheat card has expired.

That makes it simple. Just go up and give him a couple of punches, then you can pick him up like a chick and take him away.

How do we get information out of this guy? Should we strip him naked and try using historical rewind?

In short, let's catch these two guys first.

"It seems... this is all you're capable of."

Mi Zhen shrugged, made a final sarcastic remark, and stepped forward, preparing to knock the man unconscious with the back of his knife.

Seeing the enemy emerge from the smoke and dust, the nearly exhausted Schubert broke out in a cold sweat in an instant.

After uttering a curse, the guy's eyes suddenly became inexplicably determined.

Then he immediately turned his bow around and shot an arrow straight at his forehead, which blew his skull apart.

Mima: "?"

What... what kind of move is this? That's too ruthless!

But he wasn't the only one doing this. A burst of green light flashed from An Heduotianjing's body behind him, and his entire body swelled up like an inflating balloon. Then, with a bang, he turned into a rain of blood, and the bindings that bound him were also blown to pieces.

"Ah this..."

If you can't win, you just self-destruct? Are all the people in hell this reckless?

Or perhaps... they're planning to use this method to do something shady?

Soon, Mi Zhen's conjecture was proven true.

Where the bodies of Schubert and Anhedo Tensei fell, the ground melted. The deep red lava, carrying a pungent sulfurous smell, instantly swallowed their bodies, then bubbled up.

No, it shouldn't be called melting; this scene feels somewhat familiar...

If we were to describe the ground using layers, these suddenly appearing lava layers would be like new layers copied and pasted from another image. They are visible and touchable, yet they remain completely untouched by the ground, as if two worlds have merged together in a wondrous way.

What's the situation?

No, I've seen too many things that challenge my understanding these past two days... I have this feeling that I actually know nothing about this world.

Unsure of the situation, Mima simply stepped back a distance and observed the unfolding events from outside the lava field.

Soon, a scene that left him dumbfounded unfolded...

The lava bubbled and boiled for a few moments, producing several irregularly shaped protrusions. These protrusions quickly transformed into human figures, then cooled rapidly. Within seconds, brand-new Shubert and Anheduotian Crystals appeared!

But she was naked.

Is this fucking okay?

Seriously... these days, if you don't carry two resurrection armors with you when you go out, you're almost embarrassed to call yourself a villain?

Is this some kind of outrageous nonsense?!

Anhe Duotianjing looked at his hand, now fully restored, and was overjoyed: "It's a success... The leader didn't lie! We can be resurrected in the Three Realms!"

"Hmph...then there's no need to cherish your life." Schubert sneered, "As long as we maintain this state, no one can defeat the Asura Clan."

The image of two naked men standing on the beach in the early morning... to be honest, it's a bit of an eyesore. If I didn't have to catch them, I would definitely have turned around and left.

Calm down. In short, don't panic. So what if they're resurrected? Their spiritual pressure is still the same; they can't possibly defeat me.

Huh? etc……

What is spiritual pressure? It's still the same thing.

Holy crap! Their spiritual pressure was completely restored after they were resurrected once!

Coach! I want to report someone! Someone's cheating!

After swallowing very discreetly, Mi Zhen maintained the composure befitting a master, displaying an intrigued attitude, and said loudly, "No one can defeat you? I don't think so."

"Hmph, you are indeed stronger than us, but so what?"

It was as if resurrection had suddenly given him a ton of courage; Schubert instantly became completely calm, his words and actions brimming with confidence: "The power of the living is always limited, but the power of us is limitless!"

—The way he said that line made Mima want to give him a stone mask.

"is it?"

Mi Zhen shrugged, and streams of light gathered in the cracks of his mask, his metallic voice growing stronger: "I was afraid of killing you by using too much force, but now it seems... that was an unnecessary worry."

Chapter 203: Damn it, I want a substitute too!

As soon as he finished speaking, the condensed Hollow Flash was unleashed with tremendous force, traversing a distance of over a hundred meters in an instant before anyone could react, and striking Angato Tensei directly on the head.

The fine head, weighing just over four kilograms, didn't even last half a second before it evaporated instantly.

Then, large swathes of lava appeared on the ground again, engulfing Anhe Duotianjing's headless corpse.

"You see, even if he can be resurrected, he'll just be providing me with an endless stream of targets."

Mi Zhen scoffed, "What 'infinite power'? Even if you weaklings were to start over many times, you would never be my match."

Upon hearing this, two veins bulged on Schubert's forehead, and he laughed angrily, "Heh, then let's try it."

The spiritual pressure surged skyward—

The Quincy's final form is back!

Just as Schubert was gathering spiritual energy and preparing to unleash a new chant, his vision blurred, and Mima's figure appeared before him without warning, swinging the gleaming blade in his hand from top to bottom.

Along with his Bloodstained Armor, Schubert was cut in two with a single stroke!

Having basically figured out the strength of these two, there was naturally no need to deliberately hold back anymore.

In fact, in Shikatori Hakunsai's memory, Yama had seen Schubert—he appeared as a background character during the final battle, leading a group of people to the old man at the mountain, and was then burned to ashes with a single slash.

As a result, nearly a thousand years have passed, and his progress seems to be limited.

Is it that people in hell are "unable to grow"? Or is there some other reason?

Immediately afterwards, the lava bubbles started bubbling again.

The two hellish vengeful beings were resurrected one after the other, with their spiritual pressure fully restored, their injuries completely healed, and their bodies naked.

However, this time Mi Zhen was too lazy to waste any more words and sent them back to the spring with two swift strokes.