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

Chapter 480 Orochimaru shocks everyone.

In the present world, Edo is a place of spiritual rebirth.

In the night sky, portals opened one after another, and soon a large number of Grim Reapers emerged from them.

The person in the lead was none other than Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, the captain-commander of the Gotei 13.

The old man, holding a cane formed from Ryujin Jakka, stood in the air, his squinting eyes slightly open, looking down at the world from the night sky.

"Counting the time, it must have been 160 or 170 years since I last came to the mortal world," Yamamoto Genryusai said in a low voice with a hint of emotion.

"The last time you came to the mortal world was because of the spiritual disaster caused by the Spirit Lord back then, right?" Ukitake Jushiro said with a smile.

Hearing this, Kiryu, standing nearby, chimed in, "Things have changed. Of those who came to the Human World with the Captain-Commander, only Captain Unohana remains."

"Don't say such scary things, as if everyone else is dead. They're just on leave!" Kyoraku Shunsui couldn't help but complain from the side.

"Hahaha, my old man will probably miss it a lot, right?" Yoruichi Shihouin said with a laugh.

On the other side, the captains and vice-captains of the squads that came to fight the Quincy also gathered together.

Wearing a Shinigami uniform and flip-flops, the blonde, twin-tailed loli Sarugaki Hiyori looked curiously at the still brightly lit Edo district below and asked, "This is my first time in the human world. Is there anything I should be careful about?"

"Don't let your spiritual pressure run too wildly, lest it affect those fragile souls in the mortal world," Kisuke Urahara cautioned from the side.

"At the same time, don't overexert your spiritual pressure. The human world is not like the Soul Society. This world is made of spirit particles, and the concentration of spirit particles is very low. Once you consume too much spiritual pressure, you will easily fall into a weak state and it will be difficult to replenish your spirit particles," Aizen Sousuke said gently from the side.

He knew very well that Hiyori Sarugaki came from the Ninth Division and had received care from her teacher at the Shinigami Academy, so she had a very deep emotional connection with the Spirit Lord.

Although he has now been transferred to the 12th Division as a vice-captain, he has not lost contact with him. Aizen often sees Hiyori Sarugaki visiting the 9th Division and bringing back delicacies made by the top chef Kiryu Hikifune for the Spirit Lord.

It's clear that their relationship remains very close.

Meanwhile, Aizen felt it was necessary to win over Hiyori Sarugaki. The captain of the 12th Division, Kiryu Hikifune, was powerful, but that wasn't the main point. The main point was that she had always been eager to ascend to the Spirit King Palace.

In Aizen's view, this was clearly not the way of people, because he hated the Soul King Palace very much.

If Orochimaru-sensei were to put in the effort and help Kiryu Hikifune develop that temporary spiritual pressure technology as soon as possible, then Kiryu Hikifune might very well be promoted to the Zero Division.

At that time, Orochimaru will rise to the position of captain of the 12th Division, with a trustworthy vice-captain like Hiyori Sarugaki under his command. If things go well, the 12th Division will be practically his!

Therefore, Aizen Sousuke took great care of Sarugaki Hiyori, and immediately began to answer her questions as soon as she had any.

"I see." Hiyori Sarugaki nodded as if suddenly understanding, then asked in surprise, "Doesn't that mean we'll be at a great disadvantage fighting these Quincy in the human world?"

"Of course it will be disadvantageous." Orochimaru, as if enjoying himself, took a deep breath of the polluted air of the present world, then clasped his hands together in front of his chest and softly exclaimed, "Spiritual Transformation Secret Technique - Activate!"

Then, to everyone's astonishment and disbelief, Orochimaru's body, which was originally made of pure spirit particles, began to transform rapidly, and in a short while, it transformed from a spirit body into a flesh and blood body!

"Huh?" Kisuke Urahara and Mayuri Kurotsuchi were both dumbfounded!

Orochimaru continued, seemingly oblivious to his surroundings, "It's been so long since I've used this flesh and blood to experience the world. I'm actually starting to miss it. Hiyori, you're right. It's indeed a disadvantage for us to fight the Quincy in this human world. That's why the Captain-Commander decided that the first battle must be to take over the Edo Spirit Land. The concentration of spiritual particles in the Spirit Land is quite good. Once we take it, we can use it as a base in the human world to radiate outwards and further eliminate the Quincy."

"Mr. Orochimaru, what's going on with you?" Ōmaeda Kinosuke asked, looking at the flesh-and-blood Orochimaru with an incredulous gaze.

"This is the secret technique of our Ryuchi Cave Spirit Lord lineage, the Spirit Transformation Technique. Want to learn it? It's a bit of a shame, traditional Shinigami cannot learn this technique." Orochimaru raised his arm and flexed his fingers.

Occasionally, when Orochimaru chats with people, he mentions old stories, and some people have heard of the concept of "Ryuchi Cave," which is said to be the place where the Spirit Lord trained before coming to Soul Society.

It has some kind of "holy site" name.

However, such things are too vague and unrealistic, so everyone just listened to them as a story and didn't pay much attention to them.

Until now, Orochimaru suddenly "came back to life from the brink of death," transforming from a spirit into a living person in an instant, which completely astonished everyone!

These officers and deputy captains, who lacked any real "culture," were simply shocked by the situation.

However, Aizen Sousuke, Urahara Kisuke, and Kurotsuchi Mayuri had very different perspectives.

"Spiritualization technique, it can actually convert spirit particles and artifact particles? Traditional Shinigami can't learn it? It's really a pity," Aizen Sousuke said with some emotion.

"Hey, Orochimaru, you have this kind of skill, why didn't you say so sooner!?" Mayuri Kurotsuchi grabbed Orochimaru's arm, his eyes gleaming as if he were looking at a rare treasure, and stroked it, saying, "You should know what the transformation between spirit particles and vessel particles represents, right?"

"It's incredible that two completely contradictory properties of matter can be transformed. If a breakthrough is made in this area, it will bring about changes to Soul Society that I can't even describe or imagine. If you can make this technology work, wouldn't you be able to join the Zero Division before Captain Kiryu?" Kisuke Urahara said excitedly.

"I have no interest in Squad Zero," Orochimaru said, shaking off Mayuri Kurotsuchi's arm.

At that moment, the soldiers from various squads who were continuously emerging from inside the interdimensional gate seemed to have all arrived.

Seeing this, Yamamoto Genryusai didn't delay and immediately said, "This operation in the human world is solely aimed at the Quincy. It must not excessively affect the operation of mortals. Twelfth Division, Thirteenth Division, set up the Spirit Seal Array to seal off the Spirit Land, isolate the mortals, and find the Quincy!"

With a wave of their hands, Jushiro Ukitake and Kiryu Hikifune sent Hiyori Sarugaki, Orochimaru, Kaien Shiba, and the other captains and lieutenants of the 12th and 13th Divisions plummeting from the sky.

Immediately, the group dispersed into the night sky, quickly spreading throughout various parts of Edo's sacred sites.

Because they are spirits, the mortals of Edo's spiritual land cannot see them. Only some special people with spiritual power can see them. However, it is late at night, and the Shinigami are wearing Shinigami uniforms, so they are not easily discovered.

Even Orochimaru, who had already transformed into a physical being, was not discovered and landed lightly in the alley behind a wooden house.

After landing, he knelt on one knee and placed one hand on the ground. Immediately, his spiritual pressure began to flicker, and the spiritual energy network of the heavy spiritual land was guided and manifested by the spiritual pressure.

Not only him, but also Hiyori Sarugaki and other Shinigami scattered throughout the Resurrection Lands were doing the same thing.

Soon, their respective spiritual pressures connected through the spiritual veins of the spiritual land, and Orochimaru and the others shouted in unison: "Mountains and rivers, the five elements of the earth's veins, wherever spiritual energy flows, build a garden to integrate it, circulate the spiritual energy array, activate!!!"

With a hum, aided by the spiritual energy of the spiritual veins within the spiritual land itself, a massive barrier rose from the edges of the spiritual land, transforming into a square structure and beginning to rise upwards!

At the same time, the entire Edo Ward's spirit land seemed to have been "replicated," with streets, houses, and buildings all being copied one-to-one and ascending to heaven.

But just like a fish trap, ordinary mortals in the Edo Spiritual Land were completely unaffected and were directly 'filtered out' by this square barrier, while those with spiritual power were directly carried up to the sky.

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"What's going on!?" Many Quincy families were awakened by the night and found themselves being forcibly pulled into the night sky, completely bewildered.

"It's Death!"

"The visitors seem hostile; be on guard!"

On the other side, Yamamoto Genryusai had no intention of wasting words. He had already warned these Quincy many times over, so he had nothing to say now.

"Anyone who dares to resist shall be executed!" Yamamoto Genryusai declared with a wave of his hand.

At this moment, he possessed some of the charisma of his days as the "boss of the assassin group."

"Yes!" The Gotei 13 Shinigami replied in a deep, menacing voice.

They then followed their respective captains and rushed into the Spirit Combing Array.

At the same time, Orochimaru pressed one hand to the ground and uttered a soft shout: "Ninja Art: Ten Thousand Snakes' Lurking Technique!"

Although it was a ninjutsu, it was driven by spiritual pressure. A spiderweb-like incantation pattern appeared on the ground, and then a large number of venomous snakes appeared from it, swimming away in all directions at great speed, and soon disappeared into every corner of this spiritual land.

The Quincy were also a group of ruthless characters. As soon as they saw the Grim Reapers rushing in, they knew there was nothing to say and no way to communicate or negotiate. So they all began to fight back. In an instant, spirit particles flickered in the night sky, and a large number of arrows and slashes exploded in the air.

Various Quincy techniques clashed with the Shinigami's Kido and Shikai.

In terms of numbers, the Quincy clearly have an absolute advantage, but in terms of strength, the Shinigami are stronger than the Quincy.

Perhaps due to the loss of Yhwach's leadership, the Quincy have lost much of their inherited power over the past few centuries, and are no longer as powerful as the Empire of Light was back then.

In the night sky, Aizen Sousuke did not draw his sword. Instead, he formed a hand seal in front of his chest while chanting, "Heavenly attack, Dragon Ridge flower, wind, water, earth, fire, bind the thunder dragon."

More than a dozen Quincy appeared before Aizen Sousuke in a flash, their feet treading on Hiren's Kick. They drew their bows and were about to take action when Aizen simultaneously finished his hand seals and chanting.

"Sage Art: Breaking the Dao Modification: Five Dragons Reincarnation and Annihilation!" Aizen said softly.

As soon as he finished speaking, the five elemental particles of wind, water, earth, fire, and thunder instantly transformed into five giant dragons, which flashed out from the night sky and roared with overwhelming power, directly crashing into the Quincy group in front of Aizen.

Wherever they went, the Quincy suffered heavy casualties; no one could stand against them!

"Although it can't compare to the true Five Dragons' Annihilation, its power is still terrifying enough," Kyoraku Shunsui remarked, having witnessed the scene from a distance.

The true Five Dragons Transformation technique he mentioned is naturally the ninety-ninth level of the Hado technique. That technique is too difficult, and Aizen has not yet mastered it.

Aizen's "Hado Kai: Goryū Tenmei" is a fusion version of the new Kidō style that the Spirit Lord started back then. It combines some Sage Techniques with some Hado Techniques, greatly reducing the difficulty of Goryū Tenmei, allowing many Shinigami who originally could not perform Goryū Tenmei to have a little fun.

(End of this chapter)