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In her spiritual perception, the spiritual pressure of several Grim Reapers had completely disappeared.

When Rukia arrived at the scene of the battle, she saw a Hollow flying rapidly through the air towards Third Seat Shiba.

At Rukia's current speed, it's impossible for her to arrive before the Hollow attacks the third seat in the live broadcast.

In that instant, Rukia's mind raced with thoughts of her own speed, the distance between herself and Shiba Tomokazu, the speed of the Hollow, and its distance from Shiba Tomokazu.

Then, Rukia held her left middle and index fingers together in front of her.

"Binding Spell Number Thirty-Seven - Hanging Star!"

A cool, detached voice came from Rukia's mouth.

A beam of green light shot out from Rukia's hand, instantly flying to the center between Shiba and the Hollow, transforming into a green hammock. Spiritual energy threads scattered from around the hammock, connecting with the surrounding trees.

"Oh!"

The illusory figure crashed into the hammock, the powerful force of the fall causing the hammock to bulge into a concave shape, and the large trees that were holding the hammock were also bent over by the force of the fall.

However, even so, this Void still failed to break through the Hanging Star in the first place.

Seeing a hammock appear above his head, which defended against the Hollow's attack, Shiba was stunned for a moment, but then he didn't hesitate and immediately used Shunpo to leave.

"laugh!"

The next moment, the Hollow tore the green hammock to shreds and blasted it into the spot where Shiba had been standing.

"boom!"

As the flying pebbles flew, Shiba quickly raised her hands to protect herself, and the flying pebbles cut her body in various ways.

At that moment, Rukia approached and drew her Zanpakuto.

"Rukia?"

When he saw the person who had saved him, a hint of surprise flashed in Shiba Miyako's eyes.

As Shiba Kaien's newlywed wife, Shiba was no stranger to Rukia.

Rukia was brought directly to the 13th Division by Captain Ukitake, supposedly through the connections of the 6th Division Captain Byakuya Kuchiki.

Because she hadn't shown any real strength, Rukia was ostracized by some of the team members, but Shiba Kaien took good care of her after seeing her.

As Shiba Kaien's wife, Shiba Miya also frequently interacted with Rukia and often comforted her.

However, to Shiba's surprise, Rukia, who had always been targeted by her teammates, actually had such strength.

Even the binding spell number thirty-seven could be used without chanting.

Moreover, by abandoning the chanting, the Hanging Star was able to defend against the Void's attack, allowing it to react and escape.

Such mastery of the demonic arts is in no way inferior to my own.

How could someone like that let his teammates bully him?

Numerous questions swirled in Shiba Tomo's mind.

But when Shiba saw Rukia facing the Hollow, he still shouted a warning.

"Rukia, be careful, don't touch that Hollow with your Zanpakuto."

"This void energy can obliterate any Zanpakuto that touches its body."

"Oh?"

Hearing Shiba Miyabi's reminder, Rukia nodded slightly: "I understand, Miyabi, Third Seat."

"Since it can only make the Zanpakuto that touches its body disappear, then we can just avoid touching it with the Zanpakuto."

At that moment, Rukia spun her Zanpakuto counter-clockwise in front of her, muttering a low chant—

"Dance, Snow White Sleeves!"

In an instant, Rukia's spiritual pressure increased more than fourfold, but this sudden increase in spiritual pressure was completely controlled by Rukia in the instant it spread, and no longer leaked out in the slightest.

"This spiritual pressure..."

Although it was only for a moment, Shiba still felt the intensity of Rukia's spiritual pressure after her Zanpakuto was released.

Putting everything else aside, just looking at the spiritual pressure after her Zanpakuto is released, Rukia's is already superior to his own.

And Rukia's Zanpakuto is so beautiful.

The blade was snow-white, with a white ribbon trailing behind the hilt. As Rukia swung it, it swirled in the air, as if someone were dancing with the white ribbon.

He tapped the snow-white blade of his sword a few times in front of him, leaving a trail of ice and snow in the air with each tap.

"Eek...eeek...eeek..."

Rukia stood in a bow stance, gripping the hilt of Sode no Shirayuki's sword with both hands, pointing the tip of the sword at the Hollow in front of her.

The four sections of the ice and snow sword in front of Rukia transformed into countless snow-white ice crystals that swirled around the tip of Rukia's sword like a vortex.

"Next Dance - White Ripples!"

"boom!"

Countless snow-white ice crystals suddenly erupted from the tip of Rukia's sword, carrying unparalleled freezing air, instantly freezing everything in front of Rukia completely, and even the moisture in the air was frozen into pale blue icebergs.

Inside this iceberg, the Void creature covered in tentacles was completely frozen and unable to move.

"hiss……"

Seeing that the Hollow had been completely frozen by her, Rukia exhaled a cold breath, then released the Sode no Shirayuki and tucked it into her waistband.

"Du Sanxi, are you alright?"

Rukia walked up to Shiba Miyako and asked worriedly.

At this moment, Shiba looked rather disheveled.

He had multiple wounds all over his body, and was covered in blood.

"It's nothing, just some superficial injuries."

Zhibo wasn't lying about that statement.

After discovering this Hollow, they have been the ones hunting it down.

Perhaps it was precisely because this Hollow was only focused on escaping when it encountered their pursuit that Shiba and his group misjudged its strength. They were less vigilant and allowed the Hollow to seize the opportunity to kill several of their members.

The only injury Shiba suffered was from being scratched by gravel when the Hollow attacked the ground at the end. It looked like he bled a lot, but it didn't cause any serious damage.

Shiba gently shook her head. "Thank you, Rukia."

"If it weren't for you, I'm afraid not only me, but all these team members would probably have been killed by this Hollow."

"No way, even if I didn't come, with the strength of the three seats in the capital, there definitely wouldn't be any problems."

"Do not……"

Faced with Rukia's compliments, Shiba smiled wryly and said, "Rukia, you overestimate me."

"This illusory wisdom is in no way inferior to that of Death."

"If it weren't for you, I would probably be just like Alberto now that I've fallen into your trap..."

"But Rukia, you have such great strength, why don't you show it?"

Looking at Rukia, who had regained her shy demeanor in front of him, Shiba asked in confusion, "I believe that as long as you show your strength, even if it's just a part of it, the members of the 13th Division will accept you."

Although the 13th Division is the third safest division among the Gotei 13, after the 4th and 12th Divisions, it is different from the previous two divisions, which are mainly focused on healing and research capabilities.

Chapter 232 Shiba Tomo

The 13th Division still establishes its status based on its strength.

After all, the 13th Division is a purification squad stationed in the human world. Without sufficient strength, even the Shinigami stationed there would be overwhelmed when faced with multiple Hollows descending.

Shiba had always thought Rukia was weak.

However, judging from the strength Rukia just displayed, although she is still not as good as her husband Shiba Kaien, she is clearly a cut above her.

Therefore, Shiba couldn't understand why Rukia wanted to hide her power.

"This one……"

Rukia gave a wry smile upon hearing Shiba's question.

"It's not that I'm unwilling to show my strength, but rather that I feel the team members' rejection of me hasn't reached the point where I need to use my power."

"Besides..."

Seeing Shiba Toru's concern for her, Rukia felt a warmth in her heart and explained to him, "The swordsmanship I practice is not very friendly to enemies."

"If we directly attack Shinigami from the same squad, I'm afraid they'll be traumatized, causing their strength to decline..."

"Huh? Swordsmanship that weakens the enemy?"

Shiba was very surprised by Rukia's answer.

Although Shiba wasn't very clear about swordsmanship, she knew that it was an extremely advanced form of swordsmanship.

A Shinigami who has mastered the "Way of the Sword" possesses a level of slashing power that is unmatched by any ordinary Shinigami.

Of course, what intrigued Shiba even more was what kind of swordsmanship could leave such a psychological scar, causing someone's strength to decline.

"Rukia is just too kind, always thinking of others, which is why she's so ostracized by everyone..."

Zhibo sighed softly.

"Alright, Rukia, if you want to practice swordsmanship in the future, you can come to me directly, or you can also go to Kaien."

"I think, with our combined strength, we're pretty much ready to be your sparring partners, Rukia."

Rukia hesitated for a moment after hearing Shiba say that.

"Three seats each, wouldn't that be a bit inappropriate?"

“Vice Captain Haiyan has so many things to do every day. If I were to bother her again, it would be a lot of trouble for her.”

"Moreover, my swordsmanship..."

"Rukia..."

Shiba interrupted Rukia with a smile: "Perhaps you don't understand yet, but for a Shinigami, strength is the most basic thing."