Starting as a pirate, he rose to become the strongest Shinigami in Soul Society.

Chapter 456 Double Release: Fallen Star and Moon, Star Forger Dragon King!

It seemed to sense that its spiritual pressure was about to dissipate.

With his last breath, Kenpachi Kuruyashiki said, "It seems there's no way to turn the tide. Oh well, even though I didn't die at the hands of a successor worthy of my name, it was still a satisfying end."

"Who do you take me for?" Bane said in a deep voice, "Just because the Spirit Hub is destroyed doesn't mean there's no hope. I'm completely different from you ordinary Grim Reapers. Don't underestimate my power!"

As he said this, Bane looked at Saito, who was immortal, once again.

Despite their apparent antagonism, the immortal Saito showed no intention of intervening. Seeing Bane's annoyed gaze, she clicked her tongue and said, "You stubborn fool, then you can try it."

As soon as she finished speaking, she withdrew the spatial power attached to Kenpachi Kuruyashiki. Blood instantly gushed from the wound, making Kenpachi Kuruyashiki, who was already on the verge of death, even weaker. He was just one breath away from dying.

Just before he exhaled, the ghostly light in Bane's hand suddenly erupted.

"Immortal Technique: Self-Reincarnation!!!"

The Reincarnation Technique was obtained by Fubuki when she was wandering around Sunagakure. Bane never studied it afterward.

Until then, after the former captain of the Third Division, Norabei Reiku, was injured and lost an arm, he came to the Shinigami Academy to work as a teacher of academic subjects.

Ben became his colleague, and their relationship gradually improved, eventually becoming quite good friends.

Thinking that he could study it and see if he could cure that guy's condition, Bane began to study the Dao of Reincarnation, and improved upon his study of reincarnation, combining it with his own soul manipulation power to optimize it into a celestial technique.

However, Norabei ultimately did not accept Bane's treatment. He felt that his life was good now. Although his spiritual pressure had plummeted, he had lost an arm, and he could no longer use Bankai, he could openly retire from the team and enjoy his wonderful life, get married, have children, and so on.

Bane didn't insist on anything in the end, and he never had the chance to use the spell again.

To this day, Kenpachi Kuruyashiki was cut in half at the waist by the immortal Saito, his spirit shattered, and he is on the verge of death.

"From today onwards, you owe me a life. You'd better remember to repay the favor, you bastard," Bane whispered.

Immediately, his spiritual pressure began to pour violently into Kenpachi Kuruyashiki's body!

Self-reincarnation is a technique that consumes one's own soul power in exchange for healing the other party.

With the infusion of Bane's spiritual pressure, the spiritual cores within Kenpachi Kuruyashiki's body, which had been shattered by Saito's immortality, began to rapidly coalesce, forcibly torn together, and gradually repaired.

His spiritual pressure, which had been rapidly dissipating, began to rise steadily.

As a price, Bane's terrifying spiritual pressure began to drop sharply!

Unlike Chiyo's Reincarnation Technique, since the power levels of ninjas and Shinigami are completely different, the spiritual pressure that Bane needs to infuse to heal Kenpachi Kuruyashiki is far more than a simple "equivalent exchange." He needs to consume several times the spiritual pressure to do so!

Saito, who had been watching the spectacle from the sidelines, noticed this and angrily rebuked, "You idiot! You're going to be fighting me right now! Are you trying to kill yourself by wasting your spiritual pressure like this? Don't think I'll go easy on you later!"

"Shut up, you flat-chested loli! I'll cut you in two in a minute!" Bane retorted.

"Who are you calling flat-chested?!" Saito, nearly enraged, drew his sword and slashed at Bane, angrily saying, "Can't you see my spiritual pressure? I've transcended the boundaries of a Shinigami! My spiritual pressure has caught up with yours, it's no weaker than yours! And now you're recklessly wasting your spiritual pressure like this, how are you going to give me a satisfying battle later?! I don't want to defeat someone who's not at their peak!"

Bane didn't respond, but instead focused on repairing Kenpachi Kuruyashiki's spirit core.

Just as he said, this is a life-saving grace!

In the future, won't I have to work like a slave to repay them properly?

Bane wasn't without ambition in Soul Society; he just hadn't found the right opportunity yet. At the same time, he wanted to follow the path of the king, become the Captain-Commander, and take over the Soul King Palace!

To practice benevolent rule, one needs sufficient prestige and achievements.

He also needs strong and powerful followers to support him!

Kenpachi Kuruyashiki is undoubtedly a formidable general worth saving!

Seeing that Bane ignored him, Saito, the immortal, cursed a few more times and then fell silent, though his expression was very displeased.

At the same time, he was also somewhat surprised that this guy could actually revive the Grim Reaper whose spirit core was shattered!

No wonder those bastards from the Tsunayoshi family claimed he possessed the power of a Spirit King; he's truly extraordinary.

With most of his spiritual pressure depleted, Bane was able to stabilize Kenpachi Kuruyashiki's injuries and gradually end the emergency treatment.

Kenpachi Kuruyashiki, feeling his own spiritual pressure—which, though weak, was indeed stabilizing—astonished, exclaimed, "Wait, you really can save me?"

"I told you, don't mistake me for one of your ordinary Grim Reapers." Bane waved his hand, stood up, and said, "From now on, you're the one who'll be a burden. Get out of here, I'm going to deal with this flat-chested loli now!"

Kenpachi Kuruyashiki looked at Bane's spiritual pressure, which was at its weakest ever. Hmm, even weaker than Captain-Commander Genryusai Yamamoto.

He glanced at Saito Immortal, whose spiritual pressure was as strong as Bane's at his peak, and hesitated for a moment before saying, "How about you two arrange to fight another day? You're not in good condition today, and I'm afraid you might not be able to satisfy Saito-senpai. Saito-senpai probably doesn't want to fight you at this time either."

Although she knew that Kenpachi Kuruyashiki's words were somewhat of a dig at her, Saito, who was immortal, was still somewhat tempted. She wanted to fight Bane and avenge her previous defeat, but she did hope to fight Bane in his prime, not in his current half-baked state.

Letting them go now and arranging a time to fight again isn't out of the question.

"Ahem," Saito, the immortal being, coughed lightly, feigning composure, and said, "Brother Mengjiang is right, you're too weak now, not worth killing. While I'm in a good mood, get lost."

"You think you can get away with this just because I've shown you some skill?" Bane flicked his haori and sneered, "Have you ever seen me at my peak?"

"When we first met..." Saito, who was immortal, instinctively wanted to say something.

But noticing Bane's disdainful gaze, she frowned and said, "Since you insist, then let me see your so-called 'peak glory'!"

"Spirit Lord." Kenpachi Kuruyashiki seemed to be preparing to say something more.

But before he could speak, Bane drew his Heart Ferry from his waist and made a virtual slash in the air beside him, saying, "You've transcended the boundaries of a Shinigami, and your spiritual pressure has caught up with mine? You frog in a well, how dare you speak so arrogantly."

This illusory slash gently tore through the boundary of Hueco Mundo, and Bane opened the crack in the Pure Land.

"The reason I maintain this level of spiritual pressure is that even wearing the haori that Senjumaru claims can regulate and manage spiritual pressure, this is the limit. Any more would affect my daily life in Seireitei," Bane said softly.

As his words fell, the crack in the Pure Land rapidly expanded. Almost in the blink of an eye, a massive crack, even larger than the Bankai of the Hungry Ghost Corridor, opened within Hueco Mundo, shooting straight into the sky.

At the same time, three ethereal moons, emitting a ghostly green hue, broke free from the crack and hung high above Hueco Mundo, radiating a terrifying spiritual pressure that was both chilling and oppressive!

"What is this?" Kenpachi Kuruyashiki stared at the scene with utter shock.

Saito, who was immortal, felt the terrifying spiritual pressure of the moon in the sky, which was identical to that of Bane, and his expression behind the mask became incredulous.

"How is this possible?" She was utterly shocked, but then she became excited: "Hahaha, sorry, sorry, I accidentally became a frog in a well. Is this your full potential? It's truly an eye-opener!!!"

After a slight pause, she grinned and said, "But that's precisely why the fighting is necessary!"

For her, there was a towering mountain in front of her, so what reason was there not to climb it?

Kenpachi Kuruyashiki was also filled with emotion. In the Seireitei, the Soul Lord and the Captain-Commander were always compared and debated about who was the strongest Shinigami. Although he was not ashamed or jealous as a result, he would occasionally think about why he could not participate in the competition.

Now he understands.

Those who cannot see the Spirit Lord in his full glory are like frogs at the bottom of a well, while those who do see the Spirit Lord in his full glory are like ants trying to shake a tree.

Seeing that Kenpachi Kuruyashiki seemed to be struggling to withstand the terrifying spiritual pressure due to his weakness, Bane curled his lip in displeasure and said, "I told you to leave quickly, but you insisted on staying to take a look. Go inside then."

As soon as he finished speaking, he threw the still-dazed Kenpachi Kuruyashiki into the Pure Land and then closed the crack in the Pure Land.

Only then did Bane raise the Heart-Crossing Sword again, chanting softly, "Double Release: Fallen Star and Moon, Star Forger Dragon King!"

With a soft hum, the blade of Xin Du trembled slightly, emitting a low hum, as if calling out to something.

In the sky, the three illusory moons seemed to respond to this call and began to fall downwards, like the flames of meteorites. The terrifying spiritual pressure burned outside the illusory moons, turning into invisible spiritual particles that rapidly merged into Ban En's body on the ground.

When the illusory moon falls to earth, it is also the moment it burns out completely.

It landed silently and instantly vanished into nothingness.

At the same time, Bane's originally "weak" spiritual pressure began to rise steadily. The moment the first illusory moon fell to the ground and turned into nothingness, Bane had already recovered and surpassed the spiritual pressure he had before using the Reincarnation technique. When the second illusory moon fell to the ground, his spiritual pressure became as substantial as a thick liquid, spreading from his feet and adhering to the ground.

When the third round of the illusory moon fell to the ground, just because it was too close to Bane, the mask on Saito's immortal face began to crack slightly.

This forced Saito, who was neither old nor dead, to retreat quickly. With a few flashes, he created a distance of over a hundred meters between himself and Bane. Only then did the mask on his face stop shattering and begin to repair itself.

Saito, who is immortal, finally understands what it means to "not affect daily life".

In his current state, he couldn't even get within a hundred meters of Bane, otherwise he would be forcibly suppressed by that unreasonable and terrifying spiritual pressure. If he maintained this level of spiritual pressure in Seireitei, people would probably die wherever he went!

Among the Gotei 13, probably only those who have mastered the power of Bankai can withstand this spiritual pressure and not have their souls crushed instantly.

Having been away from this state for a long time, it took Bane a few breaths to adjust to his original power. He then looked at the immortal Saito in the distance and said, "So, flat-chested loli, are you ready to welcome my full glory?"

Resurrection is a technique that consumes a lot of spiritual pressure. Therefore, after the Bankai of the Gurakuro ended, Saito Immortal immediately released his Resurrection and cut him in half with Tenka Sou Sen.

Now, Saito, who was immortal, had once again released his blade, a fierce glint in his eyes, and said, "Don't hold back, let's utterly ravage each other!"

"As you wish," Bane replied softly.

The next second, Saito, who was immortal, felt his breath catch in his throat, as if a mountain had suddenly pressed down on him.

In reality, it was just an illusion caused by Bane instantly closing the distance between them and the overwhelming spiritual pressure that washed over them.

A flash of cold light appeared, and the slash stretched for thousands of miles, as if it would split the entire Hueco Mundo in two. The remaining Hollow Forest was instantly cut in two, and countless Gillian perished within it, turning into shattered spiritual particles and dissipating.

(End of this chapter)