Infinite Chimera Creation

Looking up at the sky, Yuan Yuan seemed to be talking to himself, or perhaps conversing with something, revealing a slightly lazy, mocking smile.

Turning his gaze away from the sky, Yuan Yuan looked down at the remnants of the future organization below, their eyes now dull and lifeless, like walking corpses. A malicious smile crept across his face.

"So, thank you for your despair. Now, please join your family and friends in witnessing the destruction of this world."

Chapter 110 The Buddha's End (Part 1)

"Nice to meet you, Master Ikkyu. I am Kongxiang, the evil incarnation of Yuan Yuan, the King of Hell. Please give me your guidance."

Although the flames of malice in its eyes never cease, after hundreds of years of refinement, the Fantasy has become able to perfectly control its emotions, unlike when it was first born, when it could only roar and scream.

Ikkyu lowered his eyes, clasped his hands together, and softly chanted a Buddhist prayer.

“Amitabha, Benefactor Yuan Yuan has such strength even with just an avatar, I am truly envious.”

Although Kongxiang and Yuan Yuan were identical in appearance and clothing, Yixiu wasn't naive enough to believe Yuan Yuan was bluffing him. The difference in their auras was simply too great. Yuan Yuan's aura was cold, composed, and wise, yet carried a twisted malice, inspiring both trust and fear. Kongxiang's aura, while equally cold and composed, seemed to conceal a molten malice beneath its icy exterior, as if about to erupt at any moment, giving off a strong sense of danger and instinctively making one unwilling to approach him.

Opening his eyes, he gazed at the endless army of monsters behind him, feeling their surging, frenzied killing intent. A slight ripple appeared in Ikkyu's eyes, which seemed to encompass the entire world.

"Judging from Benefactor Guan Kongxiang's behavior, Benefactor Yuan Yuan must be unwilling to wait any longer and intends to attack my Buddhist kingdom."

Nodding slightly, Kongxiang didn't say anything grand or eloquent, and directly acknowledged Ikkyu's words.

Golden flames gradually ignited in his eyes, and Ikkyu chanted Buddhist mantras again. Instantly, the entire Hueco Mundo erupted in chaos, with all the Hollows, regardless of their strength, converging on this place.

The earth trembled, and amidst the thunderous roar of running, resembling the beating of war drums, Ikkyu's voice remained clearly audible.

"I have a question, and I hope that Benefactor Kongxiang can enlighten me. If Benefactor Yuan Yuan had made his move back then, he could have easily taken over this Buddhist Kingdom. No one could have stopped him. Why did he wait until I had already turned the Buddhist Kingdom into a death trap for invaders before trying to control it?"

"An intruder's death trap? Master Ikkyu is quite confident."

The flames of malice in his eyes burned ever brighter, as if they were about to erupt at any moment. Kong Xiang waved his hand lightly, scattering a cloud of black mist that evoked irritation, disgust, and revulsion towards the chimera army behind him. Within the black mist, countless twisted, monstrous phantoms ran, emitting silent roars. In their crimson eyes, there was nothing but malice that sought to destroy everything.

The instant the black mist enveloped the chimera army, the twisted, monstrous phantoms didn't hesitate, plunging into the chimera's bodies. The chimeras, already roaring and restless, suddenly froze, then became even more ferocious. They swung their claws and opened their mouths, seemingly wanting to attack everything around them, yet they were restrained by something, afraid to attack their own comrades.

"Since you are so confident, Master, why don't you go to hell yourself and ask me to answer your questions?"

With a cold smile, Kusou waved his hand lightly. Without saying a word, the twisted monsters roared and charged towards the gathered Hollows, driven by their instinctive killing intent and the malice in their souls, frantically attacking the equally roaring Hollows.

Ikkyu was taken aback, seemingly surprised that Kusou would attack without a word. He quickly recovered, showing no anger, seemingly unconcerned about the number of "believers" who had died in that short time. His expression remained calm as Ikkyu gazed at Kusou, slowly lowering his clasped hands and rising from the lotus platform.

"It seems that you, the dreamer, are unwilling to say more. Then, please, dreamer."

Seeing Ikkyu's obvious challenge, Sora sneered. Instead of stepping forward, he took two steps back, pointed at Karim and the others who had already drawn their Zanpakuto, and spoke with a hint of sarcasm.

"Master, you misunderstand. It is not I who will fight you, but these children."

Ikkyu, who hadn't shown any change in expression upon witnessing the mass deaths of his followers, now had a grim look on his face. In his view, although Kongxiang was merely an avatar of Yuan Yuan, he still represented Yuan Yuan, and fighting him wouldn't diminish his own status. However, Karim and the others were different; they were Yuan Yuan's children, undoubtedly juniors in Ikkyu's eyes. To have juniors fight him was an insult.

Perhaps Ikkyu wouldn't have thought that way a hundred years ago, because the strength of Karim and the others terrified him. But things are different now. Driven by his madness, his strength has surpassed that of Karim and the others, so naturally he no longer takes them seriously.

Anger flared in his eyes, and Ikkyu's voice was no longer calm. He suddenly threw a punch and roared.

"Fine! Fine! Fine! Yuan Yuan has humiliated me, and even his avatar dares to humiliate me. Since that's the case, I'll show you my strength. After I kill all these juniors, let's see if you'll make a move!"

Kongxiang's lips twitched twice, forming a disdainful expression on his face. He gently closed his eyes, seemingly uninterested in paying any attention to Ikkyu. Kongxiang's behavior naturally enraged Ikkyu even more, and he unleashed his madness without hesitation, attacking Karim and the others.

In fact, Kongxiang wasn't as arrogant as he appeared. Perhaps Yuan Yuan, having awakened [Madness. Arrogance], would arrogantly ignore his opponents on such a battlefield, but Kongxiang, whose nature was "evil," wouldn't. The reason he ignored Ikkyu's challenge and even closed his eyes on the battlefield was because he was currently controlling those roaring, fighting chimeras.

The fantasy was born from the evil thoughts in Yuan Yuan's heart. It was a personality born from the mutual devouring of all the evil monsters at the bottom of the abyss of Yuan Yuan's mental world. Those monsters never died, but resided in his body in a dormant form, waiting to be released one day to wreak havoc on the world.

Because the origin of fantasy is "evil", new evil thoughts constantly arise in his mind, and new evil monsters are constantly born. This results in more and more evil monsters residing in his body, which, after more than a hundred years of accumulation, has almost reached the level of "immeasurable number".

As the only independent personality within the boundless evil thoughts, Fantasy can control all the evil monsters. Independent evil monsters, lacking physical bodies, pose little threat unless they gather in large numbers. However, once they are forcibly introduced into the bodies of the chimeras under Fantasy's control and take control of their bodies, the situation changes.

Through the malevolent monsters, Kuro could control the chimeras that originally fought independently without any coordination, allowing them to work together and unleash greater power. Because there were too many malevolent monsters to control, requiring absolute concentration, Kuro closed his eyes.

Of course, to Ikkyu, who had been humiliated by Yuan Yuan many times and had become unusually sensitive, this was yet another humiliation. So much so that while he referred to Karim and the others as juniors, he used his madness without any sense of responsibility as an elder, and even released his blade.

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Chapter 111 The Buddha's End (Part Two)

Although Ikkyu was always severely suppressed by Yuan Yuan, seemingly an easy target for everyone, if Ikkyu were truly an easy target, how could Yuan Yuan have chosen him from among so many people to become the ruler of Hueco Mundo? How could he have single-handedly ruled Hueco Mundo for hundreds of years, keeping this place, which constantly gave birth to ferocious beasts, firmly in his grasp?

In fact, looking at the entire world, there are fewer than five people who can compare to Ikkyu. At this moment, he undoubtedly stands among the world's top tier. It's just that because he's facing Yuan Yuan, he's been constantly suppressed and appears somewhat incompetent. But if his enemy weren't Yuan Yuan, but anyone else, Ikkyu wouldn't be at a disadvantage.

For example, any one of Karim or others could easily defeat Captain Death or Vasto Lorde, but now they are at a complete disadvantage when facing Ikkyu.

After releasing his sword, Ikkyu was no longer the little boy, but had reverted to his original form as a four-headed Buddha. Surrounded by a dazzling golden aura of madness, Ikkyu seemed to have truly transformed into a Buddha engulfed in the flames of ignorance, both solemn and dangerous.

Meanwhile, Karim and the others, who had also reverted to their beast forms after their swords were released, were struggling to withstand Ikkyu's attacks.

Karim, now transformed back into a giant scorpion, suddenly swelled up like a balloon inflated in an instant. Then, he lashed out with his stinger, aiming a vicious stab at Ikkyu. However, the stinger, capable of easily piercing Vastod's steel armor, was now blocked by the madness emanating from Ikkyu's body, unable to make further contact. Seeing that the stinger was ineffective, Karim didn't hesitate. He directly detonated his stinger with his spiritual power, spraying the venom meant for his enemy directly onto Ikkyu through the ruptured wound.

The dark purple venom, exuding a refreshing fragrance, was sprinkled onto Ikkyu's body. Madness is an emotional product containing a small amount of spiritual energy. While Karim's venom couldn't affect that emotional product, it could easily corrode the spiritual energy component. Ikkyu's spiritual energy was damaged by this soul-destroying poison, causing a momentary fluctuation before he instantly regained his indestructible nature.

But this fleeting fluctuation was exactly what Karim needed. In that instant, the enhanced version of Super Speed ​​Regeneration activated, the destroyed tail hook regenerated, and then the sharp tail hook, like a blooming flower, blossomed from its tip into a huge mouth filled with rings of sharp teeth. The mouth formed from the tail hook broke through the unstable madness and bit down on Ikkyu's thigh. With the strongest muscle power in the entire body, the mouth tore Ikkyu's thigh off with almost no resistance.

At the same time, the Wester's head spewed flames, and its snake head spewed ice, stirring up a large cloud of spiritually charged mist that obscured Ikkyu's vision. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the ant head, possessing power comparable to [Breaking Through All Laws], bit down. Instantly, the immense power, amplified by the [Limit] spell inscribed on its teeth, shattered the mad energy—which, while capable of blocking attacks, was not a material entity. Instantly, the tangible yet intangible mad energy emitted a crisp cracking sound, like shattered glass, transforming into countless scattered golden fragments.

Having broken through the defenses of madness, the ant-head's power, unstoppable, easily tore off Ikkyu's left arm.

The seemingly complicated process was actually completed in less than a second; Karim and West took away one of Ikkyu's legs and one of his arms.

However, the two who had achieved such a great success showed no joy whatsoever. Having landed their blow, they immediately tried to retreat. But before they could move, accompanied by a cry of "Amitabha," four golden rays shot from Ikkyu's eyes, piercing large holes in their bodies. In an instant, the frenzied energy of the attack stripped them of their ability to move, and they collapsed helplessly to the ground.

Just like Paiby and Josephine, who had attacked Ikkyu before them and also fallen, Karim and West helplessly watched as Ikkyu's injured area writhed wildly, returning to normal in just a few seconds, as if it had never been injured at all.

Although his eyes burned with rage, Ikkyu's four faces remained calm. He clasped his hands together, using his immense spiritual power to lock onto Kusou, whose eyes were still tightly closed, and unleashed a deafening roar that sounded like the roar of ten thousand people.

“Daydreamer, is there anyone else besides you who can fight me?”

Opening his eyes, Kongxiang looked at the four men lying on the ground, shook his head helplessly, ignored Ikkyu's obvious challenge, and stared at their unwilling eyes, speaking coldly.

"It's not that I'm so unwilling to accept this, it's a qualitative difference. The effect of madness on the soul is overwhelming. When everyone is a soul body, it is almost impossible for someone without madness to defeat someone with madness. If Ikkyu didn't have madness, or if you could awaken madness, then although you would still lose, you wouldn't be as miserable as you are now, being instantly killed."

Seeing that Ikkyu was unusually angry at being ignored once again, Kusou stopped talking and extended his right hand to Karim and the others.

"I'll lend you my body for now, just treat it as a show."

The instant his words faded, countless twisted monsters burst forth from his palm, an endless black tide surging towards the dead lying on the ground, engulfing them like a flood. After a frenzied writhing, countless malevolent monsters burrowed into the bodies of the dead.

Instantly, the four people's bodies swelled up, growing several times larger. At the same time, their hair turned into a disgusting, twisted black, with eerie purple patterns moving within it, like living beings, exuding a dangerous aura.

The four people, whose consciousness and bodies had been severed by the madness and who were unable to move, suddenly sprang to their feet, surrounded by a frenzied aura of slaughter, and charged towards Ikkyu. In their already distorted and ugly expressions, the desire for killing, destruction, annihilation, rampage, and aggression surged forth, causing anyone who saw them to be involuntarily driven to madness by the negative emotions within them.

Strangely, despite their distorted appearance, the four people's eyes remained clear, showing no sign of being tainted by these negative emotions. Just as Kongxiang said, all they needed to do was watch; Kongxiang would indirectly control their bodies through the ferocious beasts.

Facing the four individuals who had been greatly enhanced, Ikkyu showed no sign of tension. While parrying their attacks, he calmly looked at Kushang and spoke indifferently.

"You delusional benefactor, you are a weakling who has already failed. Even if you rise again after strengthening, you will still be a weakling. Why don't you come up and have a chat with me yourself?"

Before Kongxiang could speak, West, realizing he could still speak, roared out.

"Bullshit! You bald monk, you're the weakling! Your whole family of bald monks are weaklings!"

However, as if to slap West in the face, Kong Xiang raised an eyebrow and spoke in a cold voice.

"I don't deny that these little guys are weak when they're out in the outside, but even the weak can be put to good use."

The instant the fantasy ended, West felt a change within his body. He laughed wildly, letting the fantasy control his body as it charged towards Ikkyu, and shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Hahahaha!! You bald monk, weren't you so arrogant? I'm waiting for you in the deepest part of hell, go die!!!"

The instant he reached Ikkyu, West's body exploded. His spiritual power, surpassing even the Vastod level, was compressed into a single point and released in a self-destructive attack, instantly injuring Ikkyu, who hadn't had time to react. Immediately afterward, three more explosions rang out, and in just moments, Ikkyu, who had seemed unstoppable like a god, collapsed to the ground, severely wounded.

Even as he collapsed to the ground, Ikkyu still couldn't process what was happening. Weren't those four people Yuan Yuan's children? Wasn't Kongxiang Yuan Yuan's incarnation? Weren't those four people essentially Kongxiang's children? Why could Kongxiang control them to self-destruct without hesitation?

Of course, if Ikkyu had seen that at the same moment the four people self-destructed, four invisible chains rushed out from the deepest red lake in hell, connecting to the pale white chains of vengeance on their wrists, and then seemingly transcending the distance limit, instantly dragging the four people into the red water, he would not have been puzzled.

Because the deepest part of Hell is not only the most dangerous place in Hell, but also the place where all wicked people are resurrected. And every time a wicked person is resurrected, their body is reshaped from the Red Water Lake, filled with spiritual power and the negative emotions of many wicked people. And now, the four red water pillars rushing out of the Red Water Lake, constantly changing shape and gradually taking on human form, are clearly the four people who have just "heroically sacrificed" and "self-destructed."

The process of reshaping the body usually takes a long time, but as long as you master certain techniques, you can greatly shorten the time. As the children of the King of Hell, the four of them naturally knew this method. Therefore, it did not take long for the four of them to complete the reshaping of their bodies and walk out of the Red Water Lake.

The four who returned to hell had different expressions. Karim's expression remained cold, as if what had just happened had no effect on him. However, his hands, which had just fully recovered and were completely unharmed, were dripping blood from his clenched fists. It seemed that the evaluation of him as a "weakling" had indeed had an impact on him.

Paiby wasn't a combatant, so although being called a weakling made her somewhat disappointed, it wasn't as obvious as Karim's reaction.

Josephine hung her head, her usual smile gone, replaced by a complex mix of emotions: arrogance, anger, despair, and resentment. Without uttering a word, she walked towards the upper reaches of hell.

West sat down by the Redwater Lake, his face contorted with rage, clearly intending to wait there for Ikkyu, who had also been bound by the Chains of Sin, to be resurrected.

However, even if he waits here, he won't see Ikkyu appear in the Red Water Lake in a short time, because Kongxiang didn't kill Ikkyu.

Within Hueco Mundo, Kusou casually sat down, gazing up at the illusory blue sky of Hueco Mundo, his expression relaxed.

"The oscillation rate of the virtual circle has reached the specified level. Next, we just need to patiently wait for the Red Star and the main body to make their moves."

Chapter 112 Entering Madness

At the same time that the fantasy descended upon Hueco Mundo, Red Star also led the Arrancar forces to Soul Society. The instant they stepped out of the White Rift, the spiritual pressure of the Arrancars completely enveloped the entire Seireitei, arrogantly announcing to all the Shinigami that...

Our arch-rival has arrived!

"Has Yuan Jun's plan finally begun? This is truly exciting,"

Aizen led the Shinigami captains into the sky, blocking Kurenai's path before the White Gap. The gentle, languid smile on the face of this man, who, in cooperation with Urahara Kisuke, held the entire Soul Society in his grasp, remained unchanged. He seemed completely oblivious to the Arrancar's spiritual pressure and killing intent, and spoke softly...

“If Yuan-kun’s plan requires the use of the Soul Society, then I don’t mind giving it to him directly. After all, both Kisuke and I are looking forward to the ‘world outside the world’ that Yuan-kun has described.”

Upon hearing Aizen's words, the captains behind him instantly turned extremely ugly, but none of them dared to speak.

When Aizen and Kisuke Urahara killed the Soul King, they descended upon the Soul Society with overwhelming force, declaring that the Soul Society was now under their control. Naturally, the captains and nobles wouldn't kneel and swear allegiance to them, and thus resisted.

As a result, the concept of "nobles" ceased to exist in Soul Society, while the captains were preserved because "high-level combat power is a rare resource." However, having witnessed the two men's abilities, the Shinigami captains never again had the courage to resist Aizen.

Hongxing curled his lip, inwardly cursing Yuan Yuan's cunning and deceptive skills. He drew his Zanpakuto from his waist, pointed it at Aizen, and a fanatical tone began to emerge in his voice.

"Ah! Yuan Yuan does want the Soul Society, but I can only appreciate your kindness. Besides the Soul Society, the battle here is also an essential part."

Aizen nodded knowingly, chuckled softly, and gently placed his right hand on the hilt of his Zanpakuto, speaking softly.

"I understand. In that case, let's have a fight."

"My name is Red Star,"

Red Star revealed a satisfied smile, his eyes turned bloodshot, and he charged towards Aizen with his sword.

"All Arrancar, obey my command. Do not hold back. Release your Zanpakuto and fight with all your might. Kill the enemy at all costs."

The war in Soul Society has begun. The powerful spiritual energy of the high-ranking Arrancar and the captains soared into the sky, even slightly distorting the sky above the Soul Society.