Death's Hidden Mobile

The enormous dragon head instantly appeared in front of Xia Yan, opened its mouth, and spewed out bursts of hurricane-like energy.

Facing the hurricane, Xia Yan gently tapped his right hand, and a huge blue light instantly appeared, piercing through the hurricane and dispersing the dragon's head.

At that moment, Hyosube Ichibei leaped high into the air, and countless light staffs fell down.

"Sixty-two binding paths, a hundred-foot railing."

Countless beams of light shot down, attempting to seal Xia Yan away.

However, the railing began to crumble little by little before it even touched Xia Yan.

But at that moment, a voice rang out, “Binding Path Ninety-Nine, Second Time, First Curve, Stop the Bound.”

The moment the sound rang out, the strip of cloth wrapped tightly around Xia Yan. Xia Yan exerted a little force with his arm, and the strip of cloth began to break.

"Two curves, a hundred bolts."

Countless iron spikes pierced towards Xia Yan, sealing his body.

"Ten thousand songs, ultimately forbidden by the Great Seal."

A huge stone tablet fell from the sky and landed on Xia Yan.

The Binding Spell Ninety-Nine, which was performed without chanting, directly imprisoned Xia Yan.

Following closely behind was Hyōsuke Ichibei, who appeared above Natsuhiko. His white brush, Ichimonji, instantly struck Natsuhiko, and then he softly chanted: "Twilight, dark night, please come over~ Let's meet and have a drink~ Drink this bowl and your soul will scatter and your spirit will fly away."

On the road to the underworld, blooming flowers keep you company. Where are the delicacies? Dyed black, divided into eight pieces, smoked black by flames, then devoured to your heart's content. After the feast, piles of white bones lie, a tombstone erected to mourn the sorrow. You, sir, have come here, never to be reborn. To become a sacrifice is impossible.

As Hyosube Ichibei's voice rang out, everything before his eyes turned black. A massive mausoleum appeared in mid-air, descending from the sky, and then countless tombstones emerged, engulfing Natsuhiko within them.

Just after Xia Yan broke free of the Ninety-Nine Binding Paths, he was covered by blackness, slowly sinking into the ground and turning into nothingness.

Then, Hyobu Ichibei flashed forward, and with his right hand, he wrote two characters in the air with a brush: "Silent Words".

When Soi Fon saw Natsuhiko disappear, she was about to call out his name, but she couldn't utter a sound.

Hyosube Ichibei said softly, "I used the Ichimonji to sever his Ichimonji, and at the same time severed his name. Then I used the Unrepeatable Great Killing Ridge to dissolve him, and finally sealed your voices."

By severing the Ichimonji, Natsuhiko could no longer use ink; similarly, by severing his name, he lost it once more. By writing "Silent Sequence," Soi Fon and Aizen would be unable to utter a sound.

"Of course, this is only a temporary halt. His name still lingers in everyone's heart, and someone will always call it out."

Hyosube Ichibei swung his Zanpakuto, and all the black things in the world turned into ink, even the black fish in the water revealed ink.

Hyosube Ichibei wrote his name in white ink, "Anonymous".

After his handwriting was preserved, the image of Xia Yan in everyone's mind became that of an anonymous person.

Even if someone mentions Xia Yan, Xia Yan is just a nobody; no one can call out the name Xia Yan.

Hyosube Ichibei said, "As long as he doesn't utter those two words, he can never be resurrected. And since I've stripped him of his name, he can't be associated with any name. He is now completely dead."

Upon hearing this, Soi Fon replaced all of Natsuhiko's names in her mind with "anonymous".

"I can't remember his name. What was it?"

Soi Fon knew of Natsuhiko's existence, but she didn't know his name. Not only him, but everyone else was unable to recall his name.

Since he cannot be summoned, Xia Yan cannot be resurrected.

"This is it, we're doomed."

Aizen frowned, a hint of regret in his expression, especially since Xia Yan hadn't launched the first attack, which was a bit too careless.

Xia Yan died as an anonymous person and could never be resurrected under the name Xia Yan.

"You two, will you continue fighting, or surrender and be handed over to the Seireitei to be imprisoned there?"

Hyōnobu Ichibei looked at the two of them and asked with a grin.

His words lifted the ban on the two, allowing them to speak.

Aizen sighed and said, "I choose to surrender."

Unable to see the Soul King, and unable to witness Natsuhiko kill the Soul King, Aizen had no intention of resisting.

Especially after witnessing Hyosube Ichibei's abilities, he realized that he was no match for him in his current state.

Even if you possess the Hogyoku, you could still be killed by Hyoninbe Ichibei if you're not careful.

Soi Fon did not answer. Her body went limp, and she collapsed on the path leading to Rei-o's shrine, tears streaming down her face.

"How could he be dead? An anonymous person, how could he be dead?"

Despite her sorrow, Soi Fon still called out the name "Nameless".

No one could call him by name; they could only call him "Nameless".

But in everyone's mind, "unnamed" also means a person without a name.

Therefore, Xia Yan will die as a nameless person.

But just then, a voice rang out from behind Hyosube Ichibei, "Who gave you permission to change my name?"

Xia Yan's figure slowly appeared behind Hyosube Ichibei.

"how is this possible?"

Hyonshube Ichibei turned to look at Natsuhiko, but the latter threw a punch that went straight into Hyonshube Ichibei's chest.

The fist crackled with lightning, instantly blasting Hyosube Ichibei into pieces.

“I know you’re not dead, you still have your senses and can hear me.”

Even after Hyosube Ichibei is killed, you can still find Kurosaki Ichigo's arrival, talk to him, and borrow his power to revive.

Xia Yan said, "I'm sorry, I lied. My abilities are not the same as yours. I didn't imagine your abilities. What I imagined was that I exist within everyone's imagination of me."

"You can only change my name so that no one can call me by it, but you can't change everyone's thoughts. As long as someone thinks of me or has a thought about me, I can be resurrected."

Xia Yan spoke slowly, and then white characters appeared on his right hand, writing two words inside his body: Xia Yan.

The moment the characters took shape, Xia Yan in everyone's minds reverted to his real name.

"Xia Yan."

Soi Fon looked at Natsuhiko in the distance and shouted loudly.

"I'm sorry, I made Soi Fon cry again."

Xia Yan said with a smile, walking towards Soi Fon. But at that moment, Soi Fon's body stiffened, black blood flowed from the corner of her mouth, she staggered and slowly walked forward, finally collapsing to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, Soi Fon's body turned bluish-black, and her eyes slowly disappeared.

"A very potent toxin that can destroy the most basic cells, causing them to break down and dissolve."

Not far away, a figure slowly appeared in front of Xia Yan. He was wearing a fisherman's hat, a dark green coat, and wooden clogs, and walked over step by step.

"Kisuke Urahara?"

Xia Yan looked at Urahara Kisuke and slowly uttered four words.

"I'm sorry, I had to kill Soi Fon to stop you."

Kisuke Urahara said softly, "I don't know why you wanted to kill the Soul King. Is it because the Soul King didn't fulfill his duties, so you wanted to kill him? I don't believe that reason. I guess you have your own selfish motives, wanting to seize power. But I think, even if you have selfish motives, you should still love Soi Fon."

Aizen chimed in, "If Soi Fon dies, Natsuhiko will start to doubt whether he's done the right thing. Countless thoughts will flood his mind. For example, 'Soi Fon is dead, so why am I still alive?' 'What's the point of all the hard work I put into fusing with the Hogyoku?' 'What's the point of getting stronger and stronger?' 'I'd rather die than let Soi Fon live!'"

Kisuke Urahara nodded and said, “Your ability is to make dreams come true, which is even more powerful than the Hogyoku. Therefore, when you think that evolution is useless, you will not evolve. When you think that you are going to die, you will die. You are too strong; a single thought can give birth to a new ability. But you are also too weak; as long as you believe that you are going to die, you will die.”

Aizen sighed and said, "Actually, I've always known that Soi Fon is your last weakness. As long as I capture Soi Fon, I can kill you. I hinted at it to you, but you didn't listen to me."

Xia Yan looked at Urahara Kisuke and asked, "When did you first have the idea of ​​killing me?"

Kisuke Urahara replied, “In the present world, three months after you found me, I deduced your thoughts and concluded that you were too dangerous. At that time, I considered countermeasures, and based on the idea of ​​the Hogyoku’s immortality, I came up with the idea that only by killing Soi Fon would you stop needing anything and be sealed away by me.”

Xia Yan asked, "When was the poison put in?"

Kisuke Urahara replied, “When you asked me to save Soi Fon and fight against the ‘lethal dose’ Askin, I didn’t know you were going to kill the Soul King, and I tried to trust you. So I put a controllable poison into Soi Fon’s body, intending to kill her if she showed any dangerous intentions. But Soi Fon’s senses were very sharp, so I could only use my Bankai to modify her body.”

"So your Bankai wasn't just used against Askin."

Xia Yan nodded and then asked, "But you overheard my conversation later, where I said I wanted to kill the Spirit King and take his place. At that time, I had already fallen. Why didn't you kill Soi Fon immediately?"

Kisuke Urahara said softly, "The reason I did this was because I placed my hopes on Captain-Commander Yamamoto and the Zero Division. But I didn't expect you to be so strong that they are no match for you."

Xia Yan looked at the corpse of Soi Fon on the ground and said with a wry smile, "But obviously they couldn't restrain me."

Kisuke Urahara said, "That's right. And now, hearing my words, don't you feel even more that you shouldn't have come to the Spirit King's Palace, shouldn't have evolved, and that everything you did was wrong? Soi Fon is dead, so what's the point of you living?"

"The moment you have these thoughts, you've already lost."

Kisuke Urahara said softly.

Chapter 309: The Time Rift

Xia Yan looked at Soi Fon lying on the ground not far away, her breath growing weaker and weaker.

Kisuke Urahara looked at Natsuhiko and said, "You haven't died during this long conversation. That proves you never wanted to die. I didn't expect you to have absolutely no feelings for Soi Fon. Your emotions aren't affected in the slightest by someone who loves you so much. You're so heartless."

Xia Yan shook his head and said, "You're wrong. I'm not heartless. Do you remember when I asked you why you didn't kill Soi Fong when I said I was going to kill the Spirit King?"

Kisuke Urahara frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"

Xia Yan sighed and said, "Back then, you could have killed Soi Fon, but you kept waiting and placing your hopes on someone else. Now, you can't kill him at all."

As Xia Yan finished speaking, Soi Fon let out a groan and slowly stood up, her body fully recovered.

"How is this possible?"

Kisuke Urahara stared blankly at the scene before him.

Xia Yan smiled and said, "Before fighting Hyosube Ichibei, I left Aizen and Soi Fon where they were, but how could I trust Aizen? Just like you said, if I killed Soi Fon, I would inevitably be in danger. The moment I killed Hyosube Ichibei, Aizen killed Soi Fon, and the Zero Division was wiped out by me. He could then go and kill the Soul King. So, how could I trust him?"

Aizen suddenly realized something and said, "You gave her a coin."

Xia Yan nodded and said, "I imbued that coin with Fullbring. The power of Fullbring is Scapegoat."

When Soi Fon is damaged, all the damage is transferred to the coin.

This ability is modeled after Haschward's equipment, the Scapegoat, except that the Scapegoat can be used in conjunction with Haschward's World Harmony ability to transfer the damage to the target.

Xia Yan could only create a coin to replace the damage, but that was enough.

Xia Yan lightly touched the ground with his toes and arrived beside Soi Fon, standing in front of her. Looking at Urahara Kisuke, he said, "What are you going to do next? The Zero Division killed me, and I can give them a chance because I know they will serve me after I become the Soul King. But you are different. You tried to kill Soi Fon, and I must kill you."