The Alchemist in Bleach

This time he was prepared, pushing his speed to the limit, and he would absolutely not be...

"boom!"

Just as Kenpachi was thinking this, a pillar of fire came crashing down on him!

Yes, smash it!

This is a rare school of swordsmanship that excels at fighting with the back of the blade, sacrificing the lightness and sharpness of swordsmanship in exchange for a sense of weight and solidity.

Of course, this is just a brief overview. Although this sword style is indeed weak, the overall level is still above average, otherwise the captain wouldn't have used it against the enemy at this moment.

However, what truly revitalized this school of swordsmanship was the captain's Yachiru no Ken.

From the captain's perspective, this school of swordsmanship should actually use the kind of heavy double-edged sword that Ichiro and she mentioned, with a wide and sweeping style. The shape of the Zanpakuto is too much of a disadvantage for this swordsmanship.

However, with the help of Ichiro's Kido techniques, the captain attached a large amount of viscous and heavy Kido flames to the sword, making it perform an effect similar to a greatsword. However, since the heaviness was provided by the Kido flames, its actual weight did not change, meaning the sword-swinging speed remained the same, but its power was increased by several levels!

The captain was seen wielding a pillar of fire, bouncing Kenpachi back and forth like a ball.

Although Kenpachi's speed has increased, his attack speed is inherently slow, so many of his sword techniques are designed to counter speed-based attacks, making it difficult for Kenpachi to get close to him for the time being.

Just as Kenpachi changed his mind and prepared to charge in, he suddenly realized that the captain's swordsmanship had changed again...

There was nothing he could do but carefully maneuver around the situation. He could already sense the message coming from his body: if he were to be attacked so intensely, he would truly die after at most ten more attacks!

Even under these circumstances, Kenpachi's spiritual pressure continued to increase steadily. At this rate, it was only a matter of time before he completely surpassed the captain!

However, what Kenpachi lacks most right now is time...

As the saying goes, those involved are often confused, while bystanders see things clearly. While Kenpachi was slowly maneuvering with the captain, he didn't notice that the captain-commander and the others on the periphery had become particularly serious.

The reason lies with the captain...

Under the cover of the captain's numerous Ghostly Secret Swords, Kenpachi did not notice that there was another Ghostly Power slowly spreading within the captain's body, like a large net. With each change of swordsmanship, this net would become more complete. If Kenpachi had not fully recovered his previous strength by the time the net covered all parts of the captain's body, then today would be his death day!

Because this is the true Eight Thousand Streams Sword!

As mentioned before, in the true Yachiru-ryu sword style, Kido is only an auxiliary method, while swordsmanship is the foundation. Ichiro's style, which prioritizes Kido and uses swordsmanship as a secondary method... doesn't require any swordsmanship at all, and is not the Captain's Yachiru-ryu sword style at all.

The essence of the Eight Thousand Streams Sword lies in two points. First, it is a secret sword technique of the Ghost Path that takes the sword techniques of various schools as its core, combines them with different Ghost Path powers, and makes up for their weaknesses to achieve a comprehensive sublimation. Second, it is the Ghost Path Net, which is woven into a net covering the body with Ghost Path power. Once the net is successfully woven, it will have super strong defensive power. At the same time, each of the nets will be attached with different Ghost Path powers.

With a comprehensive boost to speed, defense, and attack, coupled with the captain's unparalleled swordsmanship, those in Soul Society capable of defeating him have become even fewer...

Of course, up to this point, it's actually quite similar to Ichiro's Yachiru no Tsurugi, except that Ichiro has amplified the power of Kido to an infinite degree. The biggest effect of Kido Net on the captain is to make his body highly active!

At this distance, the distance between mind and body is almost non-existent; a single thought leads to a single movement of the body, and a thousand thoughts lead to a thousand movements of the body!

How swift are Death's thoughts?

Take Ichiro for example. In just one second, he can devise more than ten tactics, but that's just thinking. The captain, on the other hand, executes all ten tactics in a single second...

Thoughts lead to actions.

This is a level of martial arts he learned from Ichiro. Ichiro, naturally, was someone he learned about online in his previous life while chatting with others. According to reports he'd read, Bruce Lee was very close to this level, which is why it left such a deep impression on him. He hadn't expected Dragon Ball to be related to him; all he remembered from Dragon Ball was one concept—"Wow, that transformation is so cool..."

A moment later, the captain and the others sighed. The Kido Web was complete; Kenpachi was finished...

"Captain, wait a moment." Just then, Ichiro stopped the captain who was about to deliver the killing blow, took a step forward, and said, "I'm sorry to have disturbed the captain's battle, but I think the captain is more eager to fight Kenpachi in his prime than now, right? So, I will help you complete this final step with Kenpachi."

'Perfect, let me vent my anger too...'

Ichiro didn't say the last sentence aloud, but slowly drew the Yachiru no Tsurugi from his waist and stared intently at Kenpachi.

"Ichiro! Come back! Do you know what you're doing?!" Kirinji was frantic. Retsu had barely survived, why was he going up there to cause trouble? He admitted that Kenpachi was indeed very talented, but they weren't familiar with each other!

“Kirinji-sensei, as I’ve said before, I know exactly what I’m doing… The captain needs this battle, and a perfect one at that… So, let me be the one to get Kenpachi to take this final step!”

"The Sword of Eight Thousand Streams... Flame!"

"boom!!!"

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Chapter 172 Look! The Golden Legend!

Amidst the shocked gazes of the crowd, accompanied by murmured chants, a blazing flame enveloped Ichiro!

Kirin Temple then realized that this kid wasn't just talking the talk when he said he could kill him!

Damn it, how many years has he been practicing?!

Also, if he didn't mishear, Ichiro said "the sword of eight thousand streams"?

Is this swordsmanship?

You're kidding me!

This was the shared thought of Kirinji Shunsui and the other two. Now, they understood why the Captain-Commander had added the prefix "the real one" before...

Looking at the flames engulfing Ichiro, the Captain-Commander's expression became somewhat complicated, because his sword techniques were also present within them—no, his former sword techniques, now known as Kido!

As the first principal of the Shinigami Academy, the Captain-Commander, while not exactly a know-it-all, at least had a heart that valued talent. Therefore, after learning about Ichiro's talent, he personally instructed him in swordsmanship.

In less than an afternoon, Ichiro was kicked out of the First Division by the Captain-Commander...

The reason for this is Ichiro's bizarre idea that "everything is a demonic path." To be honest, at the level of the Captain-Commander and his ilk, pure swordsmanship is almost non-existent because the upper limit is too low. They all add spiritual pressure to some extent and then use special spiritual pressure techniques to maximize the power of their swordsmanship.

But when Ichiro is learning, he can skillfully avoid swordsmanship and immerse himself in spiritual pressure techniques. Then, before you even realize it, oh dear, his swordsmanship has turned into demonic arts...

Of course, they could accept it if it were just like that. After all, although the talent was a bit strange, it was still genius. But damn it, the types of moves have all changed. Can't you change the names? What does what you're using have to do with a sword?

"Sigh..." The Captain-Commander sighed again. Whenever he thought about these things, he couldn't help but recall the swordsmanship that Ichiro had ruined...

I'm so sorry to have entrusted you to him.

Ignoring the many thoughts swirling around them, on the battlefield, when blazing flames appeared on Ichiro's body, Kenpachi's expression turned completely serious. This attack would definitely severely injure him!

This was even with his spiritual pressure greatly increased; otherwise, he would have been killed with just one strike!

There was no other way; his body had already reached its limit. If he were still in his prime, Ichiro's move, though powerful, would be seen as an explosive attack. If he could just hold on, he would win.

only……

Can we pull through?

Seeing Ichiro's actions, the captain hesitated for a moment, but finally took a step back, signaling to Ichiro that he could make his move.

Actually, she didn't want Ichiro to get involved. It wasn't because of any sacredness of battle or anything like that; it was simply because she didn't want Ichiro to be sad. She was contemplating suicide, and if Ichiro got involved, he might think that he killed her, thus falling into endless self-blame.

However, when Ichiro actually brought it up, the captain didn't know how to refuse...

One issue is that Kenpachi is still a little short of her expectations, and the only way to achieve this is through pressure from others. If she continues, Kenpachi will die.

Secondly, it's because she seems to have gotten used to agreeing to Ichiro's requests, since Ichiro has never disappointed her.

Of course, another point is that her Eight Thousand Streams Sword lasts longer than Ichiro's, so waiting a few seconds won't have any effect on her.

This is why the Captain-Commander said that hers is the true Yachiru no Utsuru.

Ichiro's Yachiru no Ken is achieved by using the captain's technique to forcibly gather a large amount of Kido power into his body, which results in a particularly large consumption of spiritual pressure and mental energy.

However, the captain's technique is different. The captain's Eight Thousand Streams Sword is based on the swordsmanship level of Body Follows, and the power of the demonic path is only an aid, so the duration is much longer.

As everyone's thoughts were racing, Ichiro drew the Yachiru no Tsurugi and swiftly sheathed it. At the same time, the flames on his body also quickly flowed into the sheath.

"Click~"

After the sword was sheathed, the last wisp of flame on Ichiro's body dissipated, and he seemed to return to normalcy, no longer possessing the immense power he had displayed just moments before.

However, everyone understood that Ichiro was in the most danger at that moment...

Kenpachi was also on high alert, gripping the kitchen knife in both hands, the blade pointed at Ichiro, looking at him seriously.

Yes, Kenpachi is not going to avoid it.

Just as Ichiro wanted the captain to fight against the strongest Kenpachi, Kenpachi also wanted his strongest self to fight against Hana-chan.

Therefore, although he really didn't want others to get involved in his battle with Sister Hua, he had sealed his power for too long... so long that after so many battles, Kenpachi was still a step away from awakening his former power.

At the same time, he also understood that if he continued to fight Sister Hana, he would surely die! It was impossible for him to fight Sister Hana at his strongest, so he had to rely on Ichiro's power!

"Slay him with a stroke!"

In an instant, Ichiro moved, his right hand suddenly swung out, and a flame carrying the power to burn the heavens rushed towards Kenpachi!

This scene made the Captain-Commander's face darken instantly. Is that how you use "Fu Zhan"? Where's the "Zhan" (斩)? The emphasis of "Fu Zhan" is "Zhan," not "fire," you bastard!

The three bystanders also looked at the Captain-Commander with strange eyes. The first move of Ryujin Jakka, a rare technique that can be activated without Shikai, possesses immense power.

but!

The stroke is a sword technique!

The key is the slash! Not the fire! And the technique uses spiritual pressure, not flames, but Ichiro's... only has fire; the slash is gone, or rather, it's just a Kido skill with the name "Slash" attached...

……

Faced with the raging flames, Kenpachi focused his spirit to the extreme, tightened his grip on his Zanpakuto, raised it high, and then slashed down with a loud shout!

"Drink it!!!"

"boom!"

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the Zanpakuto, imbued with immense spiritual pressure, collided with the Flame Pillar, generating a violent shockwave!

Surprisingly, despite Ichiro's powerful attack, the situation did not turn out to be one-sided!

The blade, infused with spiritual pressure, and the pillar of fire were locked in a standoff!

Although the Flame Pillar was slowly moving towards Kenpachi, it had withstood the attack. Originally, they had expected that such a powerful attack would have crushed Kenpachi like a devastating blow!

However, to everyone's surprise, Kenpachi was actually putting up a fight...

At this moment, everyone finally believed the captain's words. This man might have really defeated Captain Unohana hundreds of years ago, and made her want to give up her position as Kenpachi...

"Drink it!!!"

Kenpachi held his swords in both hands, veins bulging on his forehead, pouring all his spiritual pressure into his Zanpakuto and pressing down with all his might, trying to cut through the pillar of flame!

how...

This is Ichiro's strongest attack...

The strongest in the truest sense!

The power level of the Eight Thousand Flows Sword, which could be maintained for nine seconds, will be increased further, so that it can only be maintained for one second now!