I'm in Bleach, starting with Unlimited Blade Works.

Once Ginjo Kūgo's spiritual pressure stabilized, some white bone armor appeared on his shinigami armor, and two pairs of red, dragonfly-like wings appeared on his back.

Seeing Ginjou Kugo's current state, Erin fell silent.

Is it a second Bankai, built upon the Bankai form? Bankai Second Stage?

No, this is just a problem with Ginjo Kūgo's perception.

The enhancement this state brought him was similar to Bankai, so he regarded this state as "Bankai" as well.

In fact, this posture should not be called "Bankai" but "Hollowfication".

"I never imagined you'd have mastered even this power..."

“Yincheng, I take back what I said before. You are in no way inferior to my three previous disciples.”

"Without my guidance, you've grown to this level; your talent is second to none."

"Ok?"

At first, Yincheng was also very happy to hear what Erin said. After all, who wouldn't want to get the teacher's approval?

However, to Yin Cheng's surprise, even though he had shown such strength, he could only rank second in Teacher Ai Lin's heart.

"With your current attitude, you might actually surprise me."

"Come on, Yincheng, let me see what you can do in this pose!"

"Whoosh!"

With a flap of his wings, Ginjo Kugo broke through the sound barrier and charged towards Erin, raising his red Zanpakuto high and slashing down at Erin.

"clang!"

Under Ginjo Kūgo's attack, Erin finally drew his Zanpakutō from his waist.

The two-handed greatsword clashed with Erin's Zanpakuto, unleashing a powerful shockwave that spread and completely destroyed Yukio's villa.

It was only because Xuexu's villa was built in a relatively remote area with few people around that no one was injured.

Even Yukio, Tsukishima Hidekuro, and Tsukijima Kiriko were not affected.

As the shockwave reached the area in front of Tsukishima Hidekuro and his companions, Tsukishima Hidekuro plunged his sword into the ground, instantly creating a crater tens of meters deep beneath their feet, perfectly avoiding the damage from the shockwave.

"Sizzle, sizzle..."

The cross-shaped gallows and Erin's Zanpakuto were locked in a fierce struggle, sparks flying between the two blades.

However, no matter how much spiritual pressure Ginjo Kūgo unleashed, he could not move Erin, who was holding a sword in one hand, in the slightest.

"Drink!"

Seeing that he couldn't gain any advantage in strength, Ginjo Kūgo gave up on wrestling with Erin and started wildly swinging the cross gallows at Erin.

"clang!"

"Clang clang clang!"

"Clang!"

"Clang clang clang!"

With the boost from his powerful spiritual pressure, Ginjo Kūgo's attacks were incredibly strong, and the aftershocks of each attack caused damage to the surrounding area.

Unfortunately, no matter how ferocious his attacks were, he couldn't make Erin move an inch.

"Aha!"

"clang!"

Finally, after a series of unsuccessful close-quarters attacks, Ginjo Kūgo retreated, flew into the air, and then pointed the tip of the cross gallows sword at Erin.

A large number of red spiritual particles gathered at the tip of Ginjou Kūgo's sword, eventually coalescing into a sphere, which then erupted and attacked Erin.

This is a technique that only Hollows of Kyrian rank and above can possess—Cero Flash.

Therefore, even if it was just a small amount of spiritual energy taken from Chanju Yanmi, after growing up with Ginjo Kūgo, the level of the Void within Ginjo Kūgo reached the level of a Great Void.

Naturally, after becoming intangible, Ginjo Kugo also mastered this powerful technique.

"boom!"

Cero is the strongest technique of the Hollows.

Its power is related to the spiritual pressure of the void itself.

The stronger the spiritual pressure, the stronger the power of the Cero.

This move has a high floor and a high ceiling.

The crimson torrent of spiritual energy dimmed the sky considerably, carrying immense destructive power as it rushed toward Erin.

Faced with the incoming Cero, Erin raised his Zanpakuto, ready to strike and cut it in half. But in the next instant, the ground beneath Erin's feet suddenly collapsed without warning, and a slender blade pierced through Erin's foot.

"Oh?"

Erin raised an eyebrow and unleashed his spiritual pressure beneath his feet.

"boom!"

Instantly, the immense force shattered the ground, sending flames soaring tens of meters high.

Tsukishima Hidekuro, who was underground, was directly shocked by Erin's attack, causing a large amount of blood to splatter all over his body and be swallowed by the black mosaic.

The long sword that pierced Erin's foot was also pulled into Yukio's game space, but strangely, after the long sword was pulled out, there was no wound on Erin's foot.

Erin naturally knew why.

The stab that Tsukishima Hidekuro just made to himself was not intended to harm himself, but rather to incorporate his own "existence" into his own "existence".

This is Tsukishima Hidekuro's ability: he can insert his "existence" into the "past" of the attacked enemy, growing, training, being happy, and being sad together with the enemy. It is an extraordinary ability that can turn enemies into "friends".

After being interrupted by Tsukishima Hidekuro, Erin failed to intercept Ginjo Kugo's "Cero" and was directly hit by the red Cero.

"boom!"

A massive explosion of spiritual energy sent up a mushroom cloud tens of meters high.

The villa belonging to the Yukio family was completely destroyed by Ginjou Kugo's attack.

The hill where the villa was built was also largely destroyed.

"Ta Ta Ta Ta..."

Amidst the violent explosion, Erin, enveloped in white spiritual pressure, emerged from the flames.

Although Kūgo Ginjō is quite strong after his Hollowfication, much stronger than a typical Captain-level character, he's still far from being able to injure Erin with just one "Cero Flash".

"They're quite alert; have they already escaped?"

After emerging from the ruins, Erin had lost the ability to sense the spiritual pressure of Ginjou and the others.

Chapter 160 Intervention in Existence

Clearly, Kūgo Ginjō knew that his previous attack wouldn't be enough to harm Erin. With the help of Shūkurō Tsukishima and the others, he escaped using Yukio's game space abilities while Erin was being attacked by Cero.

but……

Looking at the body beneath the wall, which had clearly lost all life, even Erin couldn't help but twitch his lips a few times.

Want to laugh!

Who would have thought that in just an ordinary battle, Ginjo Kūgo would fail to properly protect his body?

In the final Cero, Ginjo Kūgo's body was also within the attack range. Although most of the attack hit Erin, even just the aftershock of the Cero was enough to pose a fatal threat to an ordinary person's body.

When Yukio and the others escaped, they were lucky to be able to take Ginjou Kūgo's soul with them, let alone have time to take Ginjou Kūgo's body with them.

Judging from the state of Ginjo Kūgo's body, even if Ginjo Kūgo's soul were to enter it, it probably wouldn't last more than three minutes.

Humanity's greatest advantage is its "growth potential".

Having lost his human body, Ginjo Kugo's potential for growth has been greatly reduced.

In Erin's view, even if he absorbed more Fullbring power and added Hollowfication, his strength would at most reach the peak of the Captain level.

Unless, more than a hundred years later, when Ginjo Kugo absorbs Ichigo Kurosaki's Fullbring power, he keeps it all for himself and doesn't share it with anyone else in the Xcution organization, he will never reach the level of "Captain of a Hundred Years" in his lifetime.

After carefully storing Ginjo Kūgo's body, Erin realized that although he hadn't killed Ginjo Kūgo's soul this time, he had obtained Ginjo Kūgo's corpse, so he could finally report back to Ukitake Jushirō.

Having lost track of Ginjou Kūgo, Erin had no intention of continuing to pursue him and his companions.

Having learned his lesson, Ginjo Kūgo will likely carry a psychological shadow over himself for the next hundred years, and will have to do everything in secret.

Furthermore, in order to better conceal himself, Ginjo Kūgo would definitely not take out the Substitute Shinigami ID card until he figured out how to disable the information transmission problem.

More likely, it would be handed over to Yukio, who would then place the Substitute Shinigami Certificate in the game space to evade the Seireitei's surveillance.

Next, Erin flew into the air and pointed his palm at the already destroyed but still burning villa below.

"Hado #58 - Kennya!"

As Erin chanted, a hurricane flew out from Erin's palm, rapidly expanding into a reverse tornado that extinguished all the flames in the villa.

Of course, the villa, which served as a repository of flames, suffered immense damage once again under the tornado, turning into a ruin emitting wisps of smoke.

Instead of rushing back to Soul Society, Erin found a spot on the ruins and sat down cross-legged.

During the battle with Ginjo Kūgo, Erin was stabbed by Tsukishima Shūkūrō.

Hideki Tsukishima's presence has now begun to intrude into Erin's memories.

Ignoring the extra memories in his mind, Erin used "Sword Zen" to enter his own inherent barrier, and then made a gesture with his hand.

"call out!"

Suddenly, among the pile of "swords" in Unlimited Blade Works that had not yet been appraised by Erin, a long sword rose from the ground and quickly flew into Erin's hand.

"The Book of the End".

Upon grasping the knife, Erin instantly knew its name and its abilities.

The Book of the End allows you to turn a person's life into a book to read. By using bookmarks, you can insert your "existence" into a certain period of life represented by the book, allowing your "existence" to intersect with the protagonist.

Having understood the sword's power, Erin released his grip, and the sword instantly transformed into a golden light, embedding itself in the sword mound.

Although it was only liberated in one stage, the position of this sword on the mound clearly indicates that it is a powerful weapon at the "captain level" stage.