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

Mima casually made a joke, putting Aizen on the spot.

Now that the atmosphere has reached this point, it wouldn't be appropriate for you not to continue, bro, would it?

Aizen, of course, readily agreed.

"Yamamoto Genryusai and Unohana Retsu need not be mentioned. If you ask me, if it weren't for protecting the Seireitei from destruction, the two of them would be enough—not to mention that Kuchiki Ginrei is also assisting them this time," Aizen said. "The ability of 'Amagi's Decree' is to issue a 'forced order' to the world regarding 'prohibition' through 'words.' In other words, as long as Kuchiki Ginrei speaks 'prohibit' something, such as wielding a sword or using Kido, no one within his power can do so."

It sounds like... words become law?

After reflecting on what he had seen before, Mima suddenly understood a lot.

“While not everything you say will work,” Aizen added, “as a support character, even just slowing down the enemy’s sword swings is of immense value.”

“What’s more, he also has Bankai,” Mima said. “Compared to ‘Word of Judgment,’ ‘Amagi Imperial Decree’ is just child’s play.”

If he didn't add that sentence, Aizen would inevitably become suspicious—how could a core member of one of the four great noble families not even know what the head of the noble family's abilities are? That's incredibly suspicious.

Chapter 114: Nothingness

"Indeed."

Aizen sighed with some emotion: "After being identified as a 'demon' by 'Word of Judgment,' nothing I do goes smoothly."

Based on Aizen's words and Kuchiki Ginrei's actions, Mima roughly guessed the ability of "Word Judgment".

It really is a buff machine.

In other words, Kuchiki Ginrei's Bankai, Kotodan, can identify a certain object as a "demon," and teammates within its range can deal more damage to the "demon" with less effort, while the enemy will have to expend more effort to harm teammates.

Simply put, it's about giving teammates a set of buffs that include, but are not limited to, increased damage and reduced damage taken.

It's practically a golden crutch, even better than Orihime Inoue's in some ways.

It's unclear what An Cang Yu Shou's mood is right now.

In fact, An Cang Yu Shou still maintained his indifferent poker face.

He seemed to have no concept of breaking through defenses. Although he was clearly at a disadvantage in the situation, he did not panic or show any useless emotions. Instead, he calmly observed the situation and had no thoughts of "giving up the goal".

The enemy has unleashed some kind of area-of-effect ability. As long as you stand within its range, the attacks you receive will be more severe, the healing of your injuries will be slower, and if I'm not mistaken, you'll need to expend more stamina to achieve any results.

The only saving grace is that the blockade on Xiangzhuan seems to have been lifted.

An absolute disadvantage...?

In this situation, how could one kill Yamamoto Genryusai?

Dark Azure Guardian lowered his eyes and calmly made a decision.

“It seems…” he muttered to himself, “that’s the only option!”

Just as the old man and Unohana were about to launch another offensive to secure victory, Dark Azure Mitsuru suddenly raised his healing left hand and then stabbed it hard into his own chest!

The fingertips touched the skin in the center of the chest in the next instant, but the bloody scene of blood splattering everywhere did not occur.

The circular piece of skin that had been chiseled into collapsed silently and turned to ashes.

Then... a hole appeared right in the center of his chest.

The pale white spiritual pressure that was spreading everywhere suddenly disappeared without warning.

wrong……

To be precise, it was Dark Azure Mage's spiritual pressure that disappeared!

Although his physical form was still standing there, if one observed it from the perspective of spiritual pressure perception, there was nothing there.

But... how is this possible?

In this world created by the Soul King, anything with a soul possesses spiritual pressure.

From the smallest paramecium to the largest void, whether their bodies are composed of spirit particles or vessels, as long as they can think and possess a soul, they will inevitably generate spiritual pressure, whether large or small. This is a matter of course, a basic law similar to 1+1=2.

The only exception is the "Kutu" in the barrier, but that thing is not a living being at all, but a "mechanism" that behaves like a living being, used to prevent foreign objects from staying in the barrier.

However, there is no spiritual pressure on the Dark Azure Mage at the moment.

He was like a hollow human form, brazenly appearing in the world of order as an alien entity.

So... what would happen if an empty hole suddenly appeared in a pool?

The answer is simple: water will flow into the hole until it is filled.

And the current situation is similar to this.

The free spiritual particles in the air, the flames unleashed by the old man, and even the matter itself were all disintegrating.

It transformed into its most basic spiritual particle form and surged towards the void in Dark Azure Hand's hand.

It's almost as if... the world itself is falling into a "void"!

Moreover... after the "fall," these spiritual particles seemed to be directly annihilated, disappearing from the very foundation of their existence.

The Quincy's servants merely "control the spirit particles," while this fall is "annihilating the spirit particles"!

The "cave" itself is nothing but emptiness, a stillness.

The old man of the mountain, the flower of the island, the rotten wood ginkure, and Mima, who was watching all this, were suddenly horrified.

They all thought of that ancient legend, the one about why the Spirit King was born.

In the past, countless Hollows existed in the world. If they were allowed to fight and devour each other, creating new ones of their kind, the world itself would fall into the mouth of the last Ultimate Hollow born, and everything would fall into complete stillness. So the world gave birth to the Soul King, preventing such a future.

Mima once thought that the so-called "complete stillness" was just a lifeless silence devoid of living things, but now it seems...

That's not true at all!

In that instant, Mi Zhen understood why the Spirit King wanted to exterminate the ancient Hollows.

These are a group of... true monsters whose very existence would destroy the world!

The rumor seems to be true—the Soul King destroyed "some function" of the Hollows, and the existing Hollows are not the same as those terrifying beings from ancient times!

"So next up is... round two."

An Cang Yu Shou spoke in a voice so calm it was almost deathly still: "Now, your tricks won't work on me!"

He did not swing the divine sword again to unleash a crescent-shaped slash. Instead, he slowly moved forward step by step in mid-air, heading straight for the old man.

Instead of rushing forward rashly, the old man asked the now pale-faced Rotten Wood Silver Ridge, "How is it? Can the effect of the judgment still be maintained?"

"Do not……"

Kuchiki Ginrei's hand gripping the gohei was bulging with veins, and beads of cold sweat appeared on his face: "It's still in effect... but the effect has been weakened to a negligible level!"

Unohana, sword in hand, watched the approaching Dark Azure Mage warily, and asked, "Do you know why?"

“…I’m starting to get a clue,” Kuchiki Ginrei said with difficulty. “The ability to identify an enemy as an ‘evil spirit’ requires me to maintain it with my spiritual pressure, but right now…my spiritual pressure gets…swallowed up as soon as it gets close to that monster? That’s why…it becomes ineffective.”

Yamamoto frowned and pondered for a few seconds, then decisively issued the order:

"Release your Bankai. Since it's useless now, there's no need to waste your spiritual pressure."

"Yes……"

Kuchiki Ginrei gritted his teeth, casually waved the gohei in his hand, and transformed it back into the form of a zanpakuto.

The vast domain that had enveloped half of Seireitei naturally vanished without a trace.

"If the opponent can absorb spiritual pressure, then I shall step forward and give it a try."

The old man with a solemn expression swung his sword, then walked up to An Cangyu.

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As for those below... Mima, who was crouching in the shelter, had already jumped up.

He pressed the live stream screen against his retina and then sprinted frantically toward the Technology Development Bureau.

While distance can cause signal interruptions, this problem can be solved by reducing resolution.

Anzang Mitsu was displaying abilities far beyond what he had expected, and he was beginning to doubt whether the old man's Shikai could defeat this guy.

But that's just the initial explanation.

Don't be fooled by the intimidating concept of devouring worlds. Didn't those ancient beings following the Spirit King slaughter the ancient Hollows like pigs? Is Old Man Mountain really any worse than them?

From Kuchiki Ginryo's words, we can also know that Ansou Mitsu's absorption of spiritual pressure was not something that could be achieved overnight. Mi Zhen did not believe that he could withstand the old man of the mountain wielding the Remnant Fire Katana and slashing him in all directions.

Can the old man's Bankai be used casually?

Ryujin Jakka might only burn a few houses at most, but if it were replaced with Zanka no Tachi, and the enemy couldn't be taken down immediately, the entire Seireitei would be burned into a pool of lava!

If anyone could quickly find a solution to the problem, it would undoubtedly be that group of amazing scientists with holes all over their necks!

Urahara isn't here, and Aizen is in Rukongai researching the Soul King's torrent, so the only remaining candidate is Mayuri Kurotsuchi!

To maintain his image, he had to run while simultaneously electrocuting himself until he was sweating profusely, making him practically the leading veteran actor in Soul Society.

If he could, he would like to directly launch a Heavenly Sky Pierce and make a server-wide broadcast, but the Gotei 13 is, after all, a workplace. How can he, as a department manager, arrange things without consulting the CEO when the CEO is fighting on the front lines?

Although the matter was urgent, the old man probably wouldn't hold this overstepping of authority against him, but it's best to avoid doing things that don't follow the rules.

After all, he'll still have to slack off in this workplace in the future.

So let's move around a bit, it won't take much time anyway.

After running halfway, panting (pretending), he suddenly felt a familiar spiritual pressure.

And it's rapidly advancing towards him.

Half a second later, a petite figure suddenly appeared beside him.

"Are you OK?"

Soi Fon concealed her relief by frowning.

"It's nothing, my clones dying is commonplace for me."

As Mima ran, she said, "It seems you've relayed the situation to Captain Unohana well. Well done."

"This is nothing serious..." She looked at Mima with some concern, "Compared to me... what are you doing?"

Mi Zhen glanced back at her, and a sudden idea of ​​using live grass flashed through her mind.

To be honest, it's really tough to keep running and charging while maintaining a state of spiritual pressure depletion. The pressure is immense, both physically and mentally. Most importantly, I'm running very slowly and my efficiency is extremely low.