Bleach: Getting Stronger Starting from Teaching at the Spiritual Arts Academy.

So what if I don't have a Zanpakuto!

His current abilities are already stronger than many of his classmates!

As long as he continues to nurture this divine weapon, he can continue to grow stronger.

Just then, the three boys lying down suddenly let out painful howls.

"what!!!"

Guan Zhimu Yan turned his head and saw the boys desperately trying to shake off the knives they were holding.

But the knife seemed glued to his hand, and he couldn't shake it off no matter what he did.

The group was enveloped in spiritual pressure, and their spiritual bodies were dissolving at a visible rate.

A few seconds later, all three of them melted into spiritual particles and were drained by the knife.

Chapter 72 Man and God (Please continue reading)

Guan Zhimu felt a chill run down his spine upon witnessing this horrifying scene.

"Kujiro Hideaki! What's going on?!" Guan Zhimu Yan shouted.

Shukui had never told him that this "divine sword" was so dangerous!

"Don't worry, they only suffered a backlash because their spiritual pressure was insufficient. Your spiritual pressure is enough to nurture it," Shuu Kukai reassured him.

Shuu Kukai stepped forward and examined the three "divine swords" left on the ground, discovering that all three had developed cracks.

"It's a pity that I couldn't forge them. What a waste of three blade blanks... The success rate is really low. I should have succeeded with at least one!" thought Shuu Kukai.

He only got four blade blanks. If the last one doesn't turn out well, all his efforts will have been in vain.

Kukai Shu turned to look at Kanzaki En and said persuasively, "Look, the inferior spiritual power flowing through their bodies has even damaged the 'Divine Blade' embryo. You are different. The Kanzaki family has a noble bloodline and will soon be able to nurture the 'Divine Blade'."

"That's for the best!" Guan Zhimu said with some doubt. "If anything happens to me, the Guan Zhimu family won't let you off the hook!"

Although he still had some doubts, he was now like a gambler who had already invested a lot and, after experiencing the thrill of constantly becoming stronger, could not bring himself to give it up.

"Homura, continue to inject spiritual pressure. I can feel that the 'Divine Blade' will soon be born! After the 'Divine Blade' is born, you will gain abilities comparable to Shikai!" Shuu Kukai gently stroked Homura's sword, a hint of intoxication in his eyes.

Guan Zhimu Yan also wanted to see the true appearance of the "divine sword" and injected his spiritual pressure into it.

After a while, the appearance of the "divine knife" gradually changed.

The hilt has been transformed into a circular disc, with a mirror on top of it.

The hilt of the sword transformed into a red tentacle, swallowing Guan Zhimu Yan's wrist.

"What is this? Shuu Kukai, what's going on with this knife?!" En Kannoki panicked and tried to cut off the supply of spiritual pressure, but found that the knife in his hand was still sucking his spiritual pressure and tightening its grip, making it impossible to shake off.

On the other side, Shu Nukui appeared unusually excited: "It's a success...it's a success..."

"Stop it!" Guan Zhimu Yan lunged at Guan Jingxiu, but easily knocked him down.

Both of them were startled.

Guan Zhimu Yan was originally much weaker than Guan Jing Xiu, but he easily tackled him to the ground.

Shuu Kukai had not expected that En's strength would increase so much in such a short time, and he had no time to dodge.

Guan Zhimu's face was contorted with rage as he roared, "Kujin Xiu! Make it stop, or I'll kill you!"

"Calm down..." Guan Jingxiu panicked. He realized he couldn't break free from Guan Zhimu Yan's suppression and quickly reassured him, "This is normal. 'Divine Blade' is undergoing a transformation. You'll soon have strength comparable to a seat commander... comparable to a captain!"

"Nonsense! I'm being drained dry!" Guan Zhimu Yan felt his spirit gradually emptying and the tearing pain coming from his body, and he still refused to believe it.

The power he's displaying now is all from this evil blade; he himself simply can't sustain it anymore!

"Kujin Hideaki, if you don't stop it, I'll kill you right now!"

"I had no choice!"

Shukui really had no choice. When forging a sword, the blank would inevitably absorb a spirit with spiritual potential. This process was irreversible, and now even if he cut off his hand, it would be too late.

"Then go to hell!"

"No—no—wait a minute!"

The long sword fell, and Shu's head rolled to the side.

After the head fell off, the person was not immediately dead and could only stare in despair at the headless body before them.

He never expected that he would be killed by Guan Zhimuyan at the very last moment when he was reaping the rewards.

In his mind, Guan Zhimuyan was just a useless person who couldn't even become a Grim Reaper after graduation.

The Divine Blade is truly amazing; it can actually make a useless person so strong that it can even suppress a formal Grim Reaper.

It's a pity I didn't get to experience the power of the divine sword...

No... perhaps they've already experienced it...

Moments later, Shu Nukui was plunged into eternal darkness.

When July and Aizen arrived, they saw Homura Kanonok lying on the ground, most of his body covered by red tentacles extending from the hilt of his sword.

“He’s already exhausted.” Aizen saw through his predicament at a glance.

The shadows spread rapidly through the forest, turning every flower, every tree, and every grain of sand black.

In July, Shadow Binding was used on everything within a 100-meter radius except for Aizen and Kanonokami.

This is a method he came up with to force out invisible units.

Because when using Shadow Binding against enemies with high spiritual pressure, the consumption of spiritual pressure will also increase significantly.

Using Shadow Binding on ordinary objects in the surroundings requires very little spiritual pressure.

Therefore, he can determine whether anyone wearing an invisibility cloak is hiding here based on the spiritual pressure consumed by using Shadow Binding.

After confirmation, no one was hiding nearby.

July walked up to Guan Zhimu Yan, and the black shadow disguise on her body quickly faded away.

"Guan Zhimu Yan." July could also see that Guan Zhimu Yan was beyond saving, but she still used the reply on him.

Thanks to the effect of the return channel, Guan Zhimu's pain was significantly reduced.

"Shikatori... teacher?" Kanzaki En's eyes widened, thinking he was hallucinating.

“It’s me. Why are you here?” July asked.

"Shikatori-sensei...am I going to die...please save me...I don't want to die!" Kanzaki En seemed to have grasped at a straw.

"I can only alleviate your pain a little." July shook her head.

Tears streamed down Guan Zhimu's face as he hated himself for believing Guan Jingxiu.

"It's Shu Nukui!"

He's determined to make that guy pay!

Although he had personally killed Shu Nukui, it was not enough to quell his resentment.

He didn't want to let the Kukai family off the hook; he wanted to make the entire Kukai family pay with their lives!

In his final moments, Guan Zhimu Yan recounted his experiences in detail, begging Lu Qu Qiyue to relay these matters to his family.

Then, the red tentacles that had spread all over his body completely engulfed him.

"Please tell my family for me, Professor Shikatori... it was Shu Nukui who harmed me!"

Guan Zhimu Yan's final plea reached July's ears.

"The bitter fruit brewed by greed, ambition, and other desires." Aizen quickly made this judgment in his mind.

“A long time ago, I thought that humanity feared loneliness, while divinity craved solitude…” July said expressionlessly, “Sousuke, tell me, how different are we, who are called Grim Reapers, from humans?”

Aizen adjusted his glasses and slowly said:

"Teacher, I'm not Death itself."

The glasses reflected a white light under the moonlight, making it impossible to discern what appeared behind the lenses.

Chapter 73 Tracking

When he left in July, he did not choose to take the forged Mo Yao Blade with him. The side effects of the Mo Yao Blade were too great, and he certainly would not use it.

Furthermore, the Kasumi family must have a way of tracking sword blanks if they dared to distribute them.

Therefore, in July, it was decided to leave it here and wait for the fish to take the bait.

After the two left, the forest fell silent once more.

More than an hour later, there was movement in the area again.

The two Grim Reapers, dressed in black robes, lifted their hoods, revealing their figures.

They came to collect the blanks.

Each knife blank is made with information that facilitates tracking.

The two men examined the four knives on the ground.

"This sword has been successfully forged." The black-robed Grim Reaper put on specially made gloves and picked up the Tapir Blade.

“These sword blanks I have here are all damaged.” Another man in black robes examined the swords left behind by Kato and the others and found cracks in the blades.

The success rate of forging the Moyao Blade is not high. It would be lucky if even one of these four blade blanks were successfully forged.

"Let's go. The batch of blade prototypes we sent to the Reverse Bone Zone should have results soon." The black-robed Grim Reaper sheathed the Tapir Blade.

He did not realize that when he picked up the Tapir Blade, the thing in the shadow remained in his shadow.

The spiritual pressure that Shichizuki left in the shadow of the Baku Yao Dao was transferred into his shadow.

Although he cannot change the shape of the shadow or control the movement of the "monitoring point" when he is not present.

However, as long as the shadow of the black-robed Grim Reaper overlaps with the shadow of the Baku Yao Dao, the spiritual pressure left in the shadow can be transferred.

The black-robed Grim Reaper put his hood back on and vanished from sight.

There is no shadow on the outside, but beneath the cloak, there are only dark shadows.