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

"Thank you for your help." Chunshui breathed a sigh of relief. "Let's save the formalities for after the battle—Miss Messenger, if you don't mind, we'd like to join the fight too."

In the Soul Society, the logic of "no need to talk about chivalry when dealing with evil spirits, brothers fight side by side" is not popular. Many strong people who are passionate about fighting will be unhappy if others interfere when they are fighting. Out of caution, Shunsui added this sentence.

"This was originally your fight; I was just retaliating after being hit."

Mi Zhen shrugged: "It doesn't matter what you do, just hurry up and finish this job. I haven't even had breakfast yet."

"That's quite confident."

Shihouin Hyakugetsu raised his sword and pointed it at Asamima in the distance: "But how are you going to deal with this move?"

Before the three of them could make any move, a black moon appeared behind Mima's head.

"Oh my!"

Feeling the weakness spreading throughout her body, Mi Zhen chuckled and casually used Flowing Moon to erase the past three seconds of her time.

As expected, the Black Moon Seven Radiant Beacon requires a specific target for its spell. After Mi Zhen removed the time it took to be affected, the feeling of weakness naturally disappeared.

He took a step forward and sneered, "What did you say? Can you repeat yourself?"

Black Moon remained alone in the same spot... like a bewildered child.

This was the first time such an unexpected situation had occurred for Shihouin Hyakugetsu.

"What happened?" Her eyes widened. "What did you do? How could Black Moon..."

"Maybe it's because it's daytime now."

Mima gave a vague riddle: "Don't you know? The sun and the moon usually don't appear at the same time."

"Tsk..." Shihouin Hyakugetsu brandished her sword somewhat impatiently. "Don't get cocky, I can still..."

Before you brag about yourself, don't forget one thing.

Mima interrupted Shihouin Hyakugetsu.

He pointed behind him—to the direction where Yixin had just flown off.

“Now that this thing is empty,” he said, pointing to the solitary black moon hanging in the sky, “guess who will be freed?”

This is the fatal flaw of the Black Moon Seven Bright Illuminations.

Although it is difficult to get rid of once it is released, and it can suppress the enemy's various abilities by about 50% - if the difference in spiritual pressure between the releaser and the victim is huge, this percentage can be even greater.

However, it can only capture one person. "Black Moon" and "Moonlight" are just manifestations. Even if a second person is exposed to the moonlight, they will not receive any debuffs.

When it appeared on Mima's side, the suppression that Isshin had been under was naturally lifted.

Then, a heat wave suddenly erupted in the distant jungle!

Wielding a massive flaming blade, Isshin flew back with a furious expression and unleashed a devastating Crescent Moon Slash without a word!

Shihōin Hyakugetsu glanced at the three villains lurking around her, then chose to use the Bone-Devouring Armor to withstand the Flaming Crescent Blade. At the same time, she mobilized the remaining forty red dragons, splitting them into two groups to attack Shunsui and Ukitake respectively.

As for Mima, she took a different approach.

One by one, the yellow crystals embedded in the Bone-Eating Demon Armor began to glow in a very short time—they no longer played the role of absorbers, but instead did the opposite, starting to extract the spiritual pressure of Shihouin Hyakugetsu and converting it into a fine golden ray that launched a continuous saturation bombardment on Yama!

Bankai: Spirit Sand Crystal has two modes!

One is to extract spiritual energy from plants, trees, soil, and rocks to replenish the master's energy; this is called the "endurance mode" (a name given by Mi Zhen).

The second is to absorb the master's spiritual pressure and blast it out in the form of rays or even light cannons. This is called the radiation mode (a name given by Yama).

Although it is quite powerful, the latter is far less practical than the former.

It can only be used when faced with a situation like being besieged.

"whispering sound……"

Faced with hundreds of uninterrupted rays, Mi Zhen could only temporarily avoid the onslaught, first using a deflection technique to evade the first wave of attacks.

Then immediately move to a different direction, waiting for Shihōin Hyakugetsu to switch the Spirit Sand Crystal back to the endurance mode.

Having become accustomed to the Red Dragon's attack patterns, Shunsui and Ukitake were naturally able to handle it with ease. Using both the Enki and Absorption Counterattack techniques, they quickly cut the dragon to pieces.

Seeing that his first move had no effect, Isshin, high in the sky, immediately began to gather his strength, preparing to unleash a powerful attack.

His ever-increasing spiritual pressure immediately caught the attention of Shihouin Hyakugetsu.

"Don't even think about doing that." With a casual gesture, Shihou Tsuoin Hyakugetsu pointed, and the black moon reappeared behind Isshin's head.

The scorching heat instantly wilted like a frostbitten eggplant.

With a suppression rate of nearly 60%, Yixin suffered a major setback on the spot. The Flame Blade in his hand was shortened by half, and the Crescent Moon Sky Slash he was preparing dissipated midway due to insufficient spiritual power. Even the foothold he created in the air with spiritual particles had problems, and he fell down on the spot.

"...Again?!"

The veins on Yixin's forehead bulged.

Outsiders may find it hard to understand what it means to be forced back halfway through a Crescent Moon Sky Slash – you can imagine reaching the crucial moment only to suddenly hear footsteps outside the room. In short, it's incredibly frustrating, like eating two pounds of feces.

Chunshui and Mizhen exchanged sympathetic glances with each other.

Anyway, someone has to eat this troublesome black moon, so why can't it be you?

With this mindset in mind, the two ignored Isshin who had fallen to the ground and, after dealing with the trouble at hand, immediately launched an attack on Shihouin Hyakugetsu.

Ukitake, of course, wouldn't miss this opportunity.

He immediately released all the dozen or so red dragons that the Pisces Carp had absorbed in one go.

The spiritual pressure gathered in just over ten seconds could not have the same effect as before, so Mima's slash only made a small nick in Honebami before being parried, and the same was true for Shunsui's high-ranking demon.

After deflecting the attacks of the two, the red dragon launched by Ukitake arrived, but Shihouin Hyakugetsu once again cut the Spirit Sand Crystal into a radial pattern, and dozens of tiny rays easily shredded the red dragon.

Then, she raised her arms and manipulated the Bone-Eating Armor to transform into three ferocious mouths, each lunging at Mima, Shunsui, and Ukitake. Their enormous size left the three with no room to maneuver and they could only be forced back far away.

Shihouin Hyakugetsu seized the opportunity, leaping high into the air and escaping the encirclement.

"This is a bit tricky for you two."

After standing together again, Mi Zhen frowned and said to the other three, "This senior is obviously not afraid of a war of attrition. If he has any big moves, he'd better use them now—otherwise, none of us will likely come out on top."

Shunsui sighed: "That's true, but my Bankai isn't really suitable for use when there are allies around."

That's right, if you were to release the Flower Heaven Mad Bone Black Pine Heart here, everyone would have to sit in a row and have their throats slit, so let's just forget about it.

Ukitake frowned as well: "Although my abilities might be better suited to deal with her, if we don't deal with that Black Moon, I'm afraid even if we release it, it will be weakened, and thus won't achieve the desired effect."

With a black moon hanging behind his head, Isshin managed to say, "Although I have a way, it's something that can only be used in a truly desperate situation... I'm afraid it won't work now..."

You're not talking about the final Crescent Moon Strike, are you...? That thing isn't allowed to be used.

"It seems none of us are confident of making a final decision," Mima shrugged. "That's really unfortunate."

For him, Shihōin Hyakugetsu was much more troublesome than expected.

Don't be fooled by how easily he seems to be fighting so far; it's just because Shihouin Hyakugetsu is using the wrong methods.

She's the type who likes to unleash a massive attack and scatter the enemy's ashes in one fell swoop. She doesn't really know how to control the rhythm of her skills, let alone what a combo is.

For example, if she makes the red dragons self-destruct one by one, she can force Mima to use the Displacement technique continuously.

After all, Mikoto is a grim reaper. He doesn't know how to use steel armor or blood-retaining armor, and his defense has always been his weakness.

Chapter 123: Ghostly City - Super Brave - Kenpachi!

The situation is a bit awkward. Shihouin Hyakugetsu can't do anything about this, and neither can they.

Although they all have trump cards—Shunsui and Ukitake's Bankai, Isshin's special skill, and Mima's swaying technique.

But don't forget, Shihouin Hyakugetsu hasn't used "Spirit King's Torrent" yet.

Even Mi Zhen didn't know what that thing did, since she was defeated by the monk and the sword god before she could even use it last time.

This is precisely the drawback of historical exploration: you can only look, but you can't learn anything further.

Just when everyone was having a terrible headache, a friendly force that had been almost forgotten finally came back online.

Suddenly, a wave of earth erupted from the forest not far away, and a huge figure shot into the sky, filled with unparalleled rage.

"Don't underestimate me... I am Kenpachi! The strongest Shinigami!"

Oni Yancheng flipped and landed on the ground, his crimson spiritual pressure surging with unprecedented intensity—it was about to reach Kensei Yagura.

Clearly, the humiliating treatment of being buried in the ground at the very beginning of the battle and then seemingly forgotten enraged Oni Ichijo!

Then, holding the sword in both hands, the surging spiritual pressure formed a hideous, demonic face, and then rose even higher.

Bankai: Eight Hells Death Scythe!

The four watched as the ghost-headed broadsword in Gui Yancheng's hand swelled up, transforming into a curved, sickle-like structure.

Then he leaped high into the air and delivered a powerful split-hit attack to Shihouin Hyakugetsu, who was in mid-air.

I, Watanabe, only knew that you, Oni Ichijo, were an easily angered fool, but I never imagined you would be this angry!

They didn't even bother with reason, rushing in to go it alone without giving their teammates a chance to cooperate.

Good, that's brave!

Because of this, the four people on the ground had no choice but to set off immediately, hoping to complete the encirclement of Shihōin Hyakugetsu before Oni-Ichijo was counterattacked.

After all, this guy's Bankai is actually quite strong, so he shouldn't be able to be killed in one move.

There's still hope!

Chunshui unleashed a "Unrefined Solitary Joy" attack, Yixin unleashed a "Crescent Moon Sky Slash," Fuzhu reached out and fired a "Thunder Roar Cannon," and Mizhen followed up with a "Thousand Hands Bright Heaven Cannon."

But none of these movements were as fast as Gui Yancheng's sprint!

His enormous body displayed a speed akin to a cannonball.

The curved sickle in his hand came crashing down on Shihōin Hyakugetsu—but as expected, it was blocked by her horizontal sword.

Only then did a hint of smugness appear on Gui Yancheng's rough face.

At the same time, Shihōin Hyakugetsu frowned and suddenly felt a strange chill. Then, the strength in her grip on the sword weakened, and she was forced back a step by Oni Genjō.

A chill shot up her spine and quickly spread throughout her body. Shihouin Hyakugetsu glanced sideways and saw that several deep red lines had inexplicably appeared on her palm. These lines twisted and gathered on the back of her hand, vaguely resembling a ghost face.

Moreover, the deep red lines that outlined the demon face seemed to be still moving—they gradually thickened, staining more of Shihouin Hyakugetsu's skin red, and the shape of the demon face became more and more precise.

During this process, all sorts of strange sensations surged from all parts of her body—cold, burning, like being cut by a knife, squeezing, and so on, as if eight different forms of torture were being inflicted on her.