The Alchemist in Bleach

Chapter 105 Alchemy?

In a corner of the empty underground base, Soi Fon was watching the scene before her in shock, not only because of Ichiro and the others' plan, but also because of the shocking scene before her!

As soon as Urahara’s experiment was started, the spiritual pressure aggregate in front of him transformed into countless ribbons of light that danced in the sky within a few breaths!

Each strip of light exudes a chilling aura!

Beautiful, yet terrifying!

However, Ichiro and the other person at the center of the spiritual pressure remained as calm as an ancient well. They had foreseen everything before the experiment even began, and this scene only showed that the experiment was proceeding in an orderly manner.

Guided by Urahara, these bands of light, containing terrifying energy, surged toward a center like a vortex, and as the spiritual pressure gathered, Ichiro's spirit collapsed.

suddenly!

Urahara shifted his hand gestures, bringing his index fingers and thumbs together with his palms facing outwards. The Soul King fragments remained suspended between his hands, and the spell he had set up earlier instantly changed, with one circle darkening and the other lighting up.

Suddenly, all the spiritual pressure belts converged towards the center at an incredible speed!

However, at this moment, the excessively large compressed spiritual pressure caused a slight fluctuation in the surrounding spiritual pressure gathering technique, resulting in signs of collapse in the originally orderly condensed spiritual pressure!

At that moment, Ichiro shifted his feet and instantly moved to the front of the spiritual pressure core using Shunpo. The Spirit King's hand suddenly reached out and grasped the spiritual pressure core. Then, the power of the Spirit King surged out, stopping the explosion at the critical moment and turning it into a white and blue crystal.

The first attempt failed.

Urahara shook his head, put away the Soul King fragment, and began to think about the mistakes he had just made, as well as the possible mistakes in the original plan. He wasn't disappointed, though; experiments are all about learning from failures.

Soi Fon, standing to the side, was quite frightened, panting heavily. It was simply too terrifying; such terrifying spiritual pressure was running rampant in this enclosed space...

Their bodies have absolutely vanished without a trace!

Hearing the bellows-like hissing sound from Soi Fon, Ichiro turned and smiled at them, waving the spiritual pressure crystal in his hand to indicate that everything was alright. He then lowered his head to study it. This thing was condensed using the power of the Spirit King, not alchemy, so it had certain research value. This was also the reason why he chose to use the Spirit King's Hand first. Not only did he obtain new materials, but he could also continue to experiment with the abilities of the Spirit King's Hand.

However, Soi Fon, who was not far away, could not laugh. In normal battles, her mental fortitude was up to par, but this was the first time she had ever encountered such a death wish!

Soi Fon turned her head slightly mechanically, gave a dry laugh, and asked Yoruichi with lingering fear, "Yoruichi-sama, are they... usually this crazy?"

Seeing Soi Fon's frightened expression, Yoruichi smiled, patted her head, and said with a hint of affection, "No, this is the first time we've conducted an experiment of this magnitude. Well, it's the second time for Ichiro. He almost lost his life once before."

Thinking of Ichiro's embarrassing situation after that incident, Yoruichi couldn't help but smile.

Looking at Yoruichi's smiling face, Soi Fon couldn't help but be a little infatuated. After Yoruichi looked over with a puzzled expression, she immediately straightened her expression and asked curiously, "Then, Yoruichi-sama, aren't you afraid?"

"Fear? How could we not be afraid? After all, if that power goes berserk, everyone here will die."

"Then why...?"

"Because those two wouldn't let that happen. Even if the whole world betrayed me, Urahara, and Ichiro, they will always be trustworthy. So, I believe in them."

Soi Fon stared blankly at Yoruichi again. Such touching words, spoken by Yoruichi, sounded so calm, as if they were nothing important...

She couldn't help but turn her head to look at the two people not far away, somewhat curious about what kind of charm they possessed that made Lord Yoruichi trust them so much...

Of course, from these plain words, Soi Fon also understood who her real enemy was!

"Achoo~" Urahara rubbed his itchy nose, feeling a little confused. Strange, he didn't smell any strange gas.

"what happened to you?"

"It's nothing. Maybe someone misses me. Didn't you say that the first time you say 'miss' is the first time you say 'sorry' and the third time you say 'love'?"

Ichiro rolled his eyes: "You're mistaken, Ichiro clearly meant to insult!"

After a brief pause, there was a long silence. The two then immersed themselves in their research again. Urahara was in charge of optimizing the experiment, while Ichiro studied the spiritual pressure crystal in his hands from the perspectives of Kido (demon arts) and alchemy.

Believe it or not, Ichiro actually figured out something!

Through alchemical investigation, Ichiro discovered that the spiritual pressure within this crystal was exceptionally pure. If guided correctly, it could be perfectly absorbed by the Shinigami to enhance its power!

This thing reminded Ichiro of ancient alchemy, but not the kind of herbal elixirs, but the kind of elixirs made from metals and stones that ancient alchemists often refined.

Having read many fantasy novels before, in which the Golden Stone Elixir was part of the protagonist's cheat ability, during his chuunibyou (adolescent delusions of grandeur) period, he not only memorized some Buddhist and Taoist scriptures, but also found and read many records of these elixirs online.

Looking back now, I have to say that the ancients were truly amazing!

Based on Ichiro's current understanding, those great pills would indeed be very beneficial if successfully digested. The pill formulas are genuine, of course, provided that they can be digested. Even the Grim Reaper's appetite cannot digest such things.

But the underlying principles are the same!

Ichiro could draw upon these concepts to refine a spiritual pressure version of the Great Elixir, which would be a new path worth trying.

The more Ichiro analyzed, the more inspiration he had. If he didn't need to help Urahara with his experiments, he would have loved to fly back and refine pills right now!

A while later, Ichiro put away the crystals, used his right hand to refine the spiritual particles in the air into a stack of documents filled with crystal information, and handed them to Urahara. Then he began to wander around, analyzing the reason for the rampage of the spiritual pressure gathering technique.

One possibility is that the sheer volume of spiritual pressure is overwhelming, but another is that the nature of the spiritual pressure is too violent. These factors require careful analysis before a conclusion can be drawn.

However, this was even simpler for Ichiro than analyzing spiritual pressure crystals. Kido had always been his area of ​​expertise, so not long after, another document was handed to Urahara.

A while later, in a different location, the second experiment began. This time it was even worse than the last. Before the spiritual pressure even reached the next stage, it started to go berserk. In this situation, even the Soul King's Hand couldn't work. Helpless, Ichiro could only use alchemy to forcibly decompose all the berserk spiritual pressure and restore it to the original spiritual pressure aggregate. The experiment failed again, but this time there was one less spiritual pressure crystal, a huge loss!

Next, the third and fourth experiments all failed, and the reasons for the failures were different each time. Helpless, Ichiro could only postpone his return. After sending a secret message to the world, he and Urahara once again immersed themselves in the research.

During this process, Yoruichi and the others also faced a lot of work, since the spiritual pressure aggregates needed for the experiment were composed of Hollow remnants, and those things don't just appear out of thin air.

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Chapter 106 Divine Might and the World (1/2)

On the other side of the base, after Kamui and The World finished their training, they sat facing each other in the living room eating. Of course, eating was now just a ritual, as Ichiro's spiritual food was used to replenish their energy, so there were only a few simple dishes on the table.

Kamui looked up at the world and said while eating, "Isn't Father coming back?"

"The experiment over there isn't over yet; it'll probably take a long time."

"How about we go over there? That way you can spend more time with your father and enjoy his last moments together, because he will absolutely ignore you once he sees your mother!" Kamui said confidently.

"Heh~" Sekai rolled her eyes at Kamui. "You little devil. The bond between me and Lord Ichiro isn't so easily severed. Besides, isn't it you who wants to go with Lord Ichiro? You're such a baby who can't leave your father~ Heh~"

"Keep being stubborn! But whatever, that's all the value you have left anyway. What are we practicing tonight?"

"You're not going to keep arguing about going? Just beg me a little more, and I'll take you there."

"Is it appropriate for my existence to be exposed now? Don't treat me like a child. If we could get there, you would have already taken me there by now. Are you willing to leave your father for so long? There's only a little time left."

The world put down its chopsticks, looking at Kamui with a slight smile: "I didn't expect you to know so much. But I'm just curious, are you really that confident in your... mother?"

"Of course! Mother is the most perfect being in the world! No father could possibly dislike her once he sees her!"

Seeing Kamui's confident demeanor, Sekai's expression twisted slightly as she tried her best to suppress her laughter.

In fact, based on the spiritual pressure they collected and some remaining traces, they have roughly deduced several possible images of the Mother, and indeed, as Kamui said, the term "most perfect being" is probably correct.

But it is the most perfect creature!

Not the most perfect person!

The differences are vast. From Kamui's state, they can roughly deduce that the so-called "mother" likely doesn't even resemble a human. Unless she's a Namekian, asexual reproduction is something that ordinary life forms cannot accomplish!

Furthermore, the substances extracted from the devoured portion of spiritual pressure were unidentifiable as to which part of the body it came from, making the true image of the Matrix even more intriguing.

So every time Sekai saw Kamui like this, she wanted to laugh. She really couldn't believe how twisted Ichiro's aesthetic sense had to be to like that mother body. Their speculations might be wrong, but no matter how bad it was, it couldn't possibly be humanoid.

Of course, the world at this point clearly overlooked another thing: Kamui wasn't originally like this, and Hollows, after undergoing Arrancar evolution, also develop a human-like form...

After suppressing his laughter for a while, Sekai straightened his expression and said, "Tonight I'll teach you the fighting technique that Lord Ichiro used the most. Given your situation, you can bring it to its fullest potential."

Kamui nodded, slightly excited. He didn't care how strong it was; what mattered was that this was the fighting technique his father used most often, and that was enough!

This fighting style is a simplified version of military combat techniques from Ichiro's previous life, extracting all the killing moves and making the already offensive military combat style even more ruthless.

Of course, the consequence of this is that the side effects are also greater; almost every move will hurt oneself.

However, since arriving in Soul Society, he has rarely used this fighting technique. Although he doesn't care about the side effects, it's really not worth the suffering.

But this is perfect for Kamui. Kamui's powerful steel skin makes him almost immune to these side effects. Although the fighting techniques designed for humans are not as effective against non-humans, the ruthless fighting philosophy is very useful to Kamui.

Hueco Mundo is a world where the strong prey on the weak!

.......

And so, time slowly passed, and in the blink of an eye, half a year had gone by...

The experiment was much more difficult than Ichiro had imagined, so he was "trapped" on Urahara's side. The training here was basically conducted by Sekai, which brought the two of them closer as a result. Well, neither of them was willing to compromise on the key points.

"Pfft!"

In the wilderness, Kamui, wearing a white mask, crushed the mask of a lower-level Hollow, ending the battle. After removing the mask, Kamui patted his white outfit, rubbed his wrists, and looked somewhat dissatisfied.

He still prefers to fight with his feet, feeling that it gives him a stronger sense of power and also allows for a longer attack range.

Now, after half a year of development, Shenwei has grown taller rapidly and is now about 1.7 meters tall, clearly shedding the image of the little boy he was half a year ago.

Or perhaps this is what he should look like, after all, who knows how long he was born before Ichiro found him.

"It seems the next step in my cultivation journey can be to the Great Void Forest." The World, dressed in a white palace gown, walked over, looking at the Void's corpse on the ground, a hint of approval flashing in his eyes.

Six months ago, he could only rely on brute force to defeat these lower-level Void beings, but now he can kill them with a single blow. This speed of progress is truly genius.

"May I?"

“No problem. The Void there isn’t much stronger than the Void outside, just more numerous. It will also benefit your next stage of cultivation.” As she spoke, World lifted her skirt, carefully stepped forward, and rearranged the Void’s corpse into fragments of the Spirit King.

After putting away the Spirit King fragments, the World looked at Kamui and asked curiously, "Can't you sense your mother's location or direction yet?"

Kamui looked somewhat dejected, shook his head, and said, "No, but I can sense that Mother is still alive!"

"Really? Then you should focus on your cultivation, so that when you find it, you won't be too weak to participate in the operation."

"Aunt, did you and Father find some information?" Kamui was a little excited, and even forgot to hide his excitement when addressing her.

World smirked and said, "Yes, we've found some, but don't expect me to tell you. Besides, we're just guessing right now. We'll have to wait for you to confirm whether it's true or not. Otherwise, we might alert them."

"To stir up trouble?"

“Hmm~” World glanced meaningfully at the sky above and said, “There is a king above this world. If we mistakenly target him and disturb him, it will be inconvenient to act next time.”

Kamui fell silent for a moment. Although he didn't know how strong that king was, he knew that his father and the world were very strong!

The Hollows that he struggled to fight were mere cannon fodder in their hands, a difference that was immense. Yet even they, with their formidable strength, had to be so cautious when facing that king...

Kamui's heart grew heavier; it seemed he would have to work even harder to find his mother!

"Let's go back and rest for a bit before you get ready for your hellish training!" World turned and walked towards the base.

"I don't need to rest! Let's start training right away!" Kamui shouted as he watched the world's departing figure.