Starting with Naruto, I'll become stronger through my own efforts.

Chapter 204 The Chaotic Path of the Demon

Honestly, Xia Zuo never intended to make such a big splash; he was forced into it.

Kenpachi Zaraki's attacks were too unrestrained, and soon exceeded his own control.

Judging from the general outline of "The Nine Swords of Dugu", this is a typical example of a person being enslaved by the sword, turning from the master of the sword into the servant of the sword.

Under such circumstances, one cannot expect Kenpachi Zaraki to show mercy. If Natsume can't hold on, he will be torn to pieces by Kenpachi without his consent.

The captains knew that Retsu Unohana, the captain of the Fourth Division, could revive the dead, but Natsuko did not.

Because he had watched Bleach for too long, he only remembered that Retsu Unohana was the first Kenpachi and had a close relationship with Yachiru and Kenpachi Zaraki, but he didn't remember what her Zanpakuto's Shikai and Bankai abilities were.

Because Xia Zuo didn't know that he could be revived even if he was killed, he had no choice but to fight with all his might because he didn't want to die. He was forced by Kenpachi Zaraki to constantly show stronger strength and suppress him completely.

However, Xia Zuo and his group have a problem: their swordsmanship skills are relatively weak.

Using the "Nine Swords of Dugu" to fight against Kenpachi Zaraki, Xia Zuo's limit was being able to suppress this beast, since there was a gap between his strength and Kenpachi Zaraki's.

As the battle continued, under Xia Zuo's suppression, Kenpachi Zaraki first learned to restrain and control his spiritual pressure, instead of releasing it indiscriminately, relying on the natural force to overwhelm his enemy.

As a result, Kenpachi Zaraki's spiritual pressure continued to rise, gradually overwhelming Natsume, and he could no longer reverse the disadvantage.

Then, Kenpachi Zaraki gradually adapted to the attacks of the Nine Swords of Dugu, and quickly became familiar with defense and parrying. His performance became less flustered, and he was able to more effectively wield his long sword to parry Xia Zuo's attacks.

This gave Kenpachi more and more room to counterattack, and the situation in the battle was gradually turned around.

Clang—clang—clang—!

As the sounds of Zanpakuto clashing grew more frequent, Natsume, whose rhythm was disrupted, became increasingly vulnerable, and Kenpachi Zaraki seized the initiative to counterattack.

But the madman immediately stopped fighting and laughed loudly, "That's great, Xia Zuo, you're amazing! You forced me to learn how to control spiritual pressure, and you also forced me to learn how to defend. I have to thank you."

"But I didn't get enough of a fight today. Instead, I got really into it, so it can't end so easily."

Kenpachi Zaraki thought for a moment, then suddenly had an idea: "Xia Zuo, I'm a captain who doesn't even know Shikai, but you should know Shikai, right?"

Xia Zuo replied, "Yes, Captain Zaraki, I can use Shikai."

Kenpachi Zaraki nodded in satisfaction: "Very good, show me, or I'll lose control and cut you down."

Xia Zuo took a deep breath, stepped back, and said, "Shatter all things, all phenomena!"

The soaring spiritual pressure dispersed Kenpachi Zaraki's golden skull. This spiritual pressure possessed astonishing oppressive power and vigorous vitality, but more importantly, it had a chilling sharpness.

Strangely, this feeling of sharpness that cuts through everything is not pure; instead, it is mixed with a complex and eerie sensation that is difficult to understand.

The longsword in Xia Zuo's hand became even thinner and more delicate, like a straight, translucent ribbon.

Kenpachi Zaraki said with a sigh, "The strength of this spiritual pressure is really satisfying, but why does this aura feel so strange? What's even more annoying is that your Zanpakuto has become so effeminate, it makes me feel like I can't fight properly."

"Well, you've already released your Zanpakuto, so let's see what you're really made of."

He shouted, "Come on, strike me! Let me see what your Zanpakuto's Shikai effect is!"

Kenpachi Zaraki told Natsumi to cut him, but he actually swung his sword at Natsumi instead. Since Natsumi could attack while defending, he would definitely experience the feeling and effect of being cut.

Xia Zuo shook his head slightly. His Zanpakuto originated from the existence of Xia Zuo and all Xia Zuo had a unified desire for space and time.

Strangely enough, the one who had the greatest impact on Natsuzo's Zanpakuto's Shikai was Nanto Natsuzo. His understanding of the idea that nothing is uncuttable was so profound that it caused Natsuzo's Zanpakuto to undergo a reverse awakening.

The power of the Banshou Zanpakuto is to slash through space!

Xia Zuo raised his Zanpakuto, Banshou, and swung it lightly. The distance between the long blade and Kenpachi Zaraki suddenly disappeared, and the Zanpakuto silently struck him.

Kenpachi Zaraki was completely caught off guard, but he instinctively raised his right hand, using his Zanpakuto to block the Bansou.

However, when the Bansho made contact with Kenpachi's longsword, it silently cut two fingers deep, becoming the deepest wound on this serrated Zanpakuto.

Not only that, the thin, cicada-wing-like blade of Wanxiang trembled slightly, and a phantom sword shadow appeared on the blade, passing over Kenpachi's Zanpakuto and slicing down towards the right wrist holding the sword.

The blade flashed across Kenpachi Zaraki's wrist before being destroyed by spiritual pressure on his chest.

But as Kenpachi Zaraki's spiritual pressure erupted, a long wound suddenly split open on his chest, and blood gushed out as if it were free.

Even more deadly was that Kenpachi's right hand also fell off at the wrist, still firmly gripping Kenpachi's serrated long sword.

Kenpachi Zaraki leaped back more than ten meters, stopping in his tracks. He didn't even look at the wound on his chest, but stared at his right hand and Zanpakuto lying on the ground with an extremely grim expression.

After a long pause, Kenpachi Zaraki complained, "As expected, I shouldn't have let him use his Shikai. This kind of Zanpakuto ability is no match for swordsmanship."

Yachiru suddenly appeared out of nowhere, picked up Kenpachi's right hand, and asked with a grin, "Kenpachi, are you happy?"

Kenpachi Zaraki laughed heartily: "I've gained a lot today, including witnessing entirely new swordsmanship, learning new sword techniques, and discovering a new Shikai for my Zanpakuto. I'm very happy."

Yachiru nodded: "Very good, then let's go find the older sister for treatment."

She turned to Xia Zuo and praised him with satisfaction, "Xiao Zuo, you're amazing! You made Xiao Jian so happy with such a simple thing. Keep up the good work in the future!"

Kenpachi Zaraki agreed, "Yes, we need to practice more from now on."

"Xia Zuo, you shouldn't use Shikai anymore. Your annoying spatial abilities are no match for me."

Even the Banshou Shikai couldn't dampen Kenpachi's enthusiasm, and Natsumi was naturally speechless. He suddenly realized that choosing the 11th Division was a mistake.

He no longer had any intention of avoiding Aizen's gaze, but being targeted by Kenpachi Zaraki and Yachiru Kusajishi seemed to be an even more terrifying thing.

Judging from what I just felt, Kenpachi Zaraki was clearly holding back a great deal of power and spiritual pressure. Once the other captains are no longer watching, the captain will definitely unleash his full power without restraint.

Being dragged by him to practice swordsmanship under such circumstances is no different from a real life-or-death battle, and it is very likely to happen once or even multiple times a day.

This is truly unbearable.

If he had known this would happen, he should have chosen to join the Fourth Division.

The Fourth Division not only has a beautiful captain and vice-captain, but also many female Shinigami among its members, all of whom are very attractive in appearance and personality.

Especially Captain Unohana, who is usually a gentle Yamato Nadeshiko-type beauty, but can also transform into the crazy First Kenpachi in private, which is exciting to think about.

Xia Zuo shivered and banished the chaotic thoughts from his mind.

He can't handle a 1000-year-old woman now.

Not long after, Horiuchi Hisaburo returned from being healed by Unohana Retsu, and Zaraki Kenpachi took over the treatment to recover his severed hand. Meanwhile, the 11th Division's entrance exams resumed.

Xia Zuo patiently waited for all the assessments to finish before following the members of the 11th Division to the division's base.

As the head officer of the 11th Division, Xia Zuo enjoys many benefits.

In addition to basic privileges such as housing and food, he could freely use all the training grounds and challenge high-ranking officials at will.

But what Xia Zuo values ​​most is the right to learn all the Ghost Paths up to number ninety.

Ignoring the administrator's astonished gaze, he borrowed all the ghost-related materials he was authorized to access and began reading them diligently.

During the last dream gathering, the Heavenly Demon Xia Zuo had a special conversation with him. After accepting the remnant soul that had failed its tribulation in her sea of ​​consciousness, Fairy Jin Shunyao had been persuaded by him to begin studying the Ghost Path.

However, the knowledge of ghost cultivation that Death God Xia Zuo could provide was too little. With only a few ghost cultivation methods, the Five Spirit Fairies had no way to perfect the relevant techniques.

So the demon Xia Zuo urged the death god Xia Zuo to master all the knowledge of the demon path as soon as possible.

Otherwise, once the fairy advances to the Void Returning Realm and comes into contact with unknown knowledge related to the void, she might lose interest in thinking about the Ghost Path techniques.

When he was studying at the Shinigami Academy, Xia Zuo had very limited access to and learning of Kido (the way of the demons), and this was the first time he had seen a complete Kido.

Therefore, Xia Zuo read and memorized very carefully. Based on the simple concept that "the mage is the strongest", he first looked at the most numerous types of broken paths.

But as he looked, Xia Zuo's brows furrowed.

Only one thought popped into his mind: How could things be so chaotic?

From the first Hadō, Oki, to the fourth Hadō, Hakurai; from the twenty-sixth Hadō, Kyouen-sō, to the thirty-first Hadō, Akahō-ō;

The Azure Fire Fall of the Thirty-Third Path of Destruction.

Even higher-ranking techniques like the Thunder Roar Cannon (63rd Rank of Hakudo), the Flying Dragon Strike Thunder Cannon (88th Rank of Hakudo), and finally the highest-ranking Kido that Xia Zuo could access: the Black Coffin (90th Rank of Hakudo).

The entire Hadou series is characterized by chaos.

The attributes of the 90 Breakthroughs are not in any order, and their power fluctuates as the serial number increases, but it can only be said that they generally show an upward trend.

But in Xia Zuo's opinion, the numbering of the Kido is more like a sequence of development and refinement, rather than a rule of power and attribute.

Xia Zuo irritably tossed the Hadokyu aside and began reading the Binding Spell.

He discovered that the binding spells were even more chaotic.

In addition to restraining and controlling enemies, the Binding Spell also incorporates a variety of other spells for defense, communication, and obstruction.

To put it another way, all the non-purely offensive Devil Paths, as well as the healing Devil Paths, and all the other Demon Paths that don't know how to be classified, were all crammed into the Binding Path, forming an incredibly chaotic hodgepodge.

What devastated Xia Zuo even more was the return passage, because the information on the return passage was completely blank.

After inquiring, they learned that Hui Dao did not have any formally established spells at all.

The Healing Spell System is a complex healing spell system that gradually developed after it was proposed by Retsu Unohana, the captain of the Fourth Division.

Because Hollows and Shinigami in the Bleach world are both spirits, the wounds caused by battle are actually the result of a contest of soul power between the two sides.

The two forces have different attributes, and the wound is a convergence of their forces. The wound only appears when the spiritual pressure of the attack exceeds the spiritual pressure of the defense.

Therefore, seemingly identical open wounds can present completely different injury principles in essence due to the differences between the attacker and the victim.

Therefore, the injuries of spirits cannot be treated with fixed spells. It is necessary to rely on the Grim Reaper, who is skilled in healing, to temporarily call and combine appropriate healing methods based on the specific power attributes and state.

Each use of the Returning Path to Heal damage is only effective on the current wound, making it impossible to form a fixed Ghost Path spell.

That's why Orihime Inoue's shield, Shun Rikka, is considered a treasure by Aizen.

Xia Zuo now fully understood why the 11th Division hated Kido; it was far too complicated, and it was much more direct to just chop down with his long sword, one strike at a time.

But he had no choice but to bite the bullet and hand over the complete Ghost Path data to Tianmo Xiazuo, as he had agreed to.

How could I break my promise to myself?

From then on, the 11th Division, which was full of musclemen, gained a bookworm.

The related rumors spread like wildfire and became the biggest joke in the Soul Court.

The Shinigami within the squad were naturally very dissatisfied with this. Both the Third Seat, Madarame Ikkaku, and the Fifth Seat, Ayakawa Yumichika, had specifically come to see Natsuzo.

Xia Zuo welcomed the challenge; he was suffering so much from memorizing his lessons that it was perfect for him to vent his frustrations by having someone come and fight him.

After a thoroughly enjoyable battle, both sides got what they wanted.

Xia Zuo released his depression and was able to calm down and continue reading, memorizing the chaotic and maddening information about the demonic path.

Madarame Ikkaku greatly admired Xia Zuo's madness and praised his always-attacking fighting style.

Ayasegawa Yumichika was very interested in Natsusa's delicate handling and flawless swordsmanship.

Most importantly, Yumichika Kitsegawa's Zanpakuto is of the Kido type, which is completely opposite to the style of the 11th Division, causing him to feel somewhat inferior and never show his true power.

Now that there's another unconventional member in the squad who's learning Kido, Ayasegawa Yumichika feels a strong connection with him and considers Natsusa his best friend.

Furthermore, Ikkaku Madarame also considers Natsume to be his best friend.

So Xia Zuo joined Ikkaku and Yumichika's small circle, forming the Crazy Trio of the 11th Division.

During work, they would each be busy with their own tasks, but during breaks, they would get together to drink and boast. When they got drunk, they would draw their long swords and have a friendly sparring match.

The sparring between these three officials was exceptionally fierce, a life-or-death battle that continued until only one person remained standing, or all three were down.

The three of them thus became regulars in the Fourth Division.