I Am a Heroic Spirit

Zhang Luo's calm voice echoed within the barrier.

"Twelve trials? Twelve must-wins? Does that mean Hercules can be resurrected twelve times?!"

Considering her previous resurrection ability, Soi Fong made a judgment that even she couldn't believe.

"That's right. The ability of the Twelve Guaranteed Victories is that it won't fail until the twelfth battle. This means that in order to defeat Hercules, who possesses the Twelve Guaranteed Victories, twelve enemies are needed who are capable of defeating Hercules. The Twelve Trials of the Twelve Guaranteed Victories that Hercules brought with him this time are a bit more complicated. The first ability is to transform his body into a tenacious armor, which can nullify level B. Well... for you, it can be said to be a full-strength slash at the level of a vice-captain. At the same time, it has B-level magic resistance and can ignore attacks from ghosts below level 80. The second ability is to automatically revive the body after death, and because of this resurrection, it stores 11 times. Therefore, Hercules will not be destroyed unless he is killed twelve times. Furthermore, if Hercules cannot be killed twelve times in a short period of time, the remaining eleven times will gradually regenerate, allowing a powerful opponent to kill Hercules multiple times at once. Besides resurrection and nullification, the Twelve Trials of the Noble Phantasm also has a third effect: it renders an attack once ineffective a second time. For example, recovering from fire damage grants +100 defense against fire. Furthermore, the ability to grant resistance does not require a prior death. Even if Hercules is defeated with overwhelming force, the effect will be lost upon his next resurrection.

The barrier was extremely quiet, with only Zhang Luo's voice echoing inside. Almost everyone showed a look of horror, because such a treasure was too cheating...

However, Zhang Luo still concealed some information, such as the consumption required for resurrection. Even Zhang Luo's magic power took two days to recover one part.

"According to the legend of Hercules, this is the Noble Phantasm that came from the Twelve Trials? It is indeed a very powerful Noble Phantasm, and it is indeed necessary to continue fighting." Aizen sighed from the bottom of his heart. Even for him, it would be difficult to kill such an enemy.

"I killed him several times just now." Kenpachi Zaraki quickly calmed down and asked Zhang Luo this question.

"What do you think? Of course it's only once. If you can use Bankai, you might be able to kill more times, but you can't." Zhang Luo replied calmly, and this was also the fact.

In the future that Zhang Luo saw, there were a total of one hundred second matches, fifty of which involved Kenpachi Zaraki and the other fifty involved Unohana Retsu.

Unohana Retsu relied on her healing abilities and fought with Hercules from the afternoon of the first day to the evening of the fifth day before she was defeated due to exhaustion of her spiritual pressure. This happened all fifty times.

In Kenpachi Zaraki's fifty matches, he released his Soul Zanpiercing Sword through continuous fighting thirty times, and used the powerful destructive power of his Bankai to kill all of Hercules' remaining four resurrection powers. He was killed by Hercules ten times before his Soul Zanpiercing Sword was released, and in the remaining five times, he was forcibly taken back to the audience seats by Unohana Retsu before he was about to release his Soul Zanpiercing Sword, and lost the battle.

"Did you mention resistance to magic?" Dong Xianyao didn't pay much attention to Hercules' ability to resurrect, but was sensitive to the resistance to magic mentioned by Zhang Luo. After all, even if Hercules didn't have the ability to resurrect, he would not be his opponent with his strength.

When Dongxian mentioned this word, others also associated it with the battle that Dongxian had experienced before.

"Magic Resistance is a class skill for Heroic Spirits. Generally, only Saber, Lancer, Archer, and Rider possess it, but sometimes other Heroic Spirits possess it. It's used to counter spells like magic, magecraft, Onmyojitsu, Kidō, and alchemy. At A rank, one is already immune to the 90th Hado. Elizabeth possesses A rank magic resistance."

As Zhang Luo mentioned Elizabeth in his explanation, Elizabeth straightened her back, raised her head proudly, and met the shocked gazes of the Grim Reapers.

"Isn't this magic immunity?"

As soon as Zhang Luo finished speaking, someone on the Internet summarized the essence of magic resistance. The so-called magic resistance is very similar to the resistance to magic attacks in online games. Those who often play online games have understood it. After all, who hasn't encountered a few RMB3.0 players whose magic defense is hopeless?

Although the Shinigami had never played online games, they reacted quickly. After all, there was a man named Ukitake Jushiro with similar abilities. He could not only absorb the Kidō but also release it again. Almost no Kidō could hurt him.

The current results of the Death God's team are one loss and one draw, which is also a bad start.

Chapter 250 Sword Duel

You've also practiced kendo? Isn't that a bit too modest?

Suzu Chojiro and Zaraki Kenpachi looked at Unohana Retsu with strange expressions. What did he mean by asking for advice? He was clearly a great swordsman who had dominated Soul Society as the Yachiryu a thousand years ago, and now he was asking for advice from a junior like Sasaki Kojiro.

"What's the matter?" Unohana Retsu felt the gazes of the two people, turned his head and asked gently.

"No, it's nothing!"

"Since Captain Unohana wants to join the battle, then this round will be handed over to Captain Unohana."

Kenpachi Zaraki and Chojiro Suzuki keenly sensed a sense of crisis, shuddered, quickly looked away, and spoke in a stiff voice.

It's really interesting. I still underestimated Captain Unohana.

Aizen glanced at Kenpachi Zaraki and Chojiro Suzuki inconspicuously, and saw their admiration and fear for Unohana Retsu, and a hint of interest flashed in his eyes.

"Come to think of it, I've never seen Captain Unohana fight." Ichimaru Gin said with a smile, meaning that he gave up this game and handed it over to Unohana Retsu.

"Indeed, I have been the captain for more than a hundred years, but I have never seen Captain Unohana take action. I guess this time I can feast my eyes." Soi Fong also spoke. After listening to Gin Ichimaru's words, she remembered that she had never seen Unohana Retsu fight, and she didn't even know when Unohana Retsu became the captain of the Fourth Division.

As he spoke, Unohana Retsu had already performed a flash step and appeared in the center of the stage. He then looked up at Sasaki Kojiro in the audience on the other side and said, "Unohana Retsu, captain of the 4th division of the Gotei 13, would like to ask for kendo lessons from Lord Sasaki."

Upon hearing this, Sasaki Kojiro stepped on the ground and flew out like a swallow, landing on the stage and facing Unohana Retsu head-on.

"Your Excellency is too modest. Everyone knows the famous Unohana Yachiryu. If I have any advice, I should come to you, the senior in kendo." Sasaki Kojiro greeted Unohana Retsu respectfully.

"It seems you know me." Unohana Retsu's eyes twitched.

"One of the oldest surviving Shinigami in Soul Society, he calls himself Yachiryu because he masters all the schools and sword styles in the world, so he is also known as Unohana Yachiryu. More than a thousand years ago, he was taken in by Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni, so he later joined the original Gotei 13 and was the first generation Kenpachi." Sasaki Kojiro said loudly.

Sasaki Kojiro's words caused an uproar among the Shinigami. Even Kyoraku Shunsui and Ukitake Jushiro, two of Captain Yamamoto's disciples, did not know Unohana Retsu's background, let alone others. Only Suzuki Chojiro, who had followed Captain Yamamoto two thousand years ago, knew Unohana Retsu's background.

"The first generation Kenpachi? Are you kidding? Captain Unohana is obviously the captain of the medical team." Soi Fong said in disbelief.

"Yachiryu?" Byakuya Kuchiki's gaze turned to Kusaka Yachiryu, who had the same name as Captain Unohana and was also the current vice-captain of Kenpachi. What was her relationship with Captain Unohana?

The other Shinigami also thought of what Byakuya Kuchiki had thought of, and they all cast their gazes towards Kusaka Yachiru, with a thoughtful look in their eyes.

Kenpachi and Yachiryu, could it be that the captain and vice-captain of this generation's 11th Division are both Unohana Retsu's former disciples?

However, in order to become Kenpachi, one must defeat the previous Kenpachi. The current Kenpachi, Kenpachi Zaraki, defeated the previous Kenpachi, Kenpachi Kiyomizu, before passing the interview and entering the Gotei 13 and becoming the captain of the 11th Division.

So, why is the first Kenpachi, now the captain of the 4th Division, Unohana Retsu, still alive? And why has he been the captain of the 4th Division until now?

However, Yachiru Kusaka acted as if he heard nothing. He was still lying on Kenpachi Zaraki's head and playing with Kenpachi Zaraki's hair.

Seeing this, no one knew what to say. Who knew how deep the water was? Moreover, Unohana Retsu had been the captain of the 11th Division for over a thousand years, and if these new captains didn't know about it, then couldn't Captain-in-Chief Yamamoto also know about it? This was naturally impossible.

These captains are all veterans and know that it is not easy to get involved in this matter, so they will naturally not continue to get involved.

"You actually know so much about Soul Society?" On the stage, Unohana Retsu's expression was still so gentle and kind, but it inexplicably made people's hearts tremble.

"No, this shouldn't be considered a secret. It's just history. Senior Unohana and Yamamoto Genryusai Shigekuni can be said to be living fossils of Soul Society. It shouldn't be strange to know the deeds of the seniors." Sasaki Kojiro still had a respectful attitude, but Unohana Retsu almost couldn't even maintain his smile.

"...In that case, then come on, show me your rock flow." Unohana Retsu stopped talking nonsense and slowly pulled his Zanpakuto out of the scabbard. As the sound of iron rubbing against each other rang out, the snow-white blade came out of the scabbard inch by inch, and the sharp sword force rose from it along with murderous intent.

No woman would want to hear a young and handsome man calling her "old senior". Unohana Retsu, who has lived for more than a thousand years and still looks young and beautiful, is even worse in this regard. Hearing Sasaki Kojiro calling her "old senior" in every word, she naturally feels dissatisfied. Now, even if Unohana Retsu doesn't kill Sasaki Kojiro, he will teach him a lesson.

"That's great, let's fight to the death."

Sasaki Kojiro smiled and then began to sing.

"Iwateu Sasaki Kojiro, please teach me."

Sasaki Kojiro gracefully pulled the five-foot-long sword Bizen Osafune Nagamitsu out of its scabbard and pointed the tip of the sword at Unohana Retsu.

"Unohana Yachiryu, 4th Division of the Soul Society's Gotei 13, please advise."

Unohana Retsu gripped the Soul-Slaying Sword tightly in his hand, with a different smile on his face that looked a bit bloody.

With one step forward, Unohana Retsu instantly crossed a distance of ten meters and appeared in front of Sasaki Kojiro, slashing him on the head with a knife.

This extremely fast attack made it impossible for people to react. Even fellow captains such as Kuchiki Byakuya, Ichimaru Gin and others could only withstand the attack or retreat quickly.

But Sasaki Kojiro did not retreat. The moment Unohana Retsu appeared in front of him, he had already swung his five-foot-long sword.

"Qiang!"

With a crisp sound, Unohana Retsu and Sasaki Kojiro disappeared from the spot at the same time, each retreated more than ten meters, and then rushed towards each other again.

Silver light danced, and the battle between swordsmen of different natures, one complex and the other simple, exploded with starlight on the stage. The blades intertwined, leaving sword marks from countless swings, countless sword lights, the soul-slaying sword and the long sword collided, emitting countless sparks, and the slashing blows swung with the intention of killing were thrilling to watch.

In the blink of an eye, the two had fought for dozens of rounds, but the situation between the two had not changed at all. Neither of them had ever been able to suppress the opponent. Unohana Retsu, who continued to launch fierce attacks, still did not force Sasaki Kojiro to retreat even a step.

"what!"

Unohana Retsu swung out another slashing attack in an attempt to force back Sasaki Kojiro, but Sasaki Kojiro easily swung his sword, which was more than five feet long, to block Unohana Retsu's heavy blow. No, it was not just an easy thing like defense. If Unohana Retsu's soul-slashing sword was a surging wave, then Sasaki Kojiro's sword was the gale. Although its speed, strength, and momentum were slightly weaker than Unohana Retsu's, its soft trajectory completely cut off Unohana Retsu's attacks again and again, and then it accelerated its counterattack, sweeping towards Unohana Retsu's head like a storm.

And towards Unohana Retsu, who had dodged the attack by the narrowest of margins, the long sword that should have avoided it slashed towards him again without any gap. In contrast to Unohana Retsu's powerful slash like a wave, Sasaki Kojiro's swordsmanship was drawing a curve, passing by with a relatively weak breeze, and bypassing Unohana Retsu's slash.

Although Sasaki Kojiro's sword moves gracefully, it is not swung at the shortest distance because it draws an arc. Therefore, Unohana Retsu's straight slash should have been able to catch up. However, Sasaki Kojiro has a way to make this gap invisible and dissolve Unohana Retsu's powerful slash.

The clash of swords finally stopped. Unohana Retsu stood twenty meters away without changing his expression, and the Soul-Slaying Sword in his hand made an unknown posture, which should belong to a school from a thousand years ago.

Sasaki Kojiro stood there leisurely, with the blade hanging weakly, but he could not use that as an opportunity to advance. The man had no posture, and if he could not swing the sword in any posture, he would not be able to use the five-foot-long sword.

"Your swordsmanship is indeed excellent. You truly deserve to be called a great swordsman." Unohana Retsu said, "However, if that's all you have, it's far from enough."

Unohana Retsu's tone was calm and proud. She could naturally see the exquisiteness in Sasaki Kojiro's swordsmanship, but compared to her, it was still a little behind.

"Not enough? Well, you're almost there too. It's time to stop hiding your strength." Sasaki Kojiro said with a chuckle.

"I'm not saying that to you..."

"Are you saying you haven't hidden your strength from me? Senior Yachiryu, you only used a few straightforward slashing techniques and didn't even unleash your Soul Slashing Sword. Can you also say you haven't hidden your strength?"

Unohana Retsu was interrupted by Sasaki Kojiro before he could finish his words.

"Or, are you saying that my level isn't enough for you to take seriously?"

Sasaki Kojiro stared sharply at Unohana Retsu.

"You only exerted less than half of your strength. Why would you think I gave it my all? Just because you're a thousand years older than me? Just because you've practiced the sword for over a thousand years longer than me?"

Sasaki Kojiro's words were very strict, and he didn't give Unohana Retsu any face at all.

“…Hehehe…Indeed, I was too arrogant.” Unohana 577 Lie lowered his head and remained silent for a few seconds. Instead of getting angry, he smiled. His eyes also changed, becoming more solemn than before.

Others didn't know, but she herself knew that although she had said things like "please give me some advice" before, she didn't actually regard Sasaki Kojiro as an enemy who she could fight with all her strength.

Perhaps it was because, apart from Captain Yamamoto and Kenpachi Zaraki, she had never encountered an enemy capable of fighting her, or perhaps it was because of her perfect control of hundreds of sword styles, or perhaps it was because of her continuous sword training for more than a thousand years that made her look down on young juniors like Sasaki Kojiro who had only practiced swordsmanship for fifty years, so she did not use her full strength in the battle.

She thought that with less than half of her strength, she could fight on equal terms with Sasaki Kojiro's full strength, but who would have thought that Sasaki Kojiro slapped her, telling her clearly not to think that she was the only one who didn't use her full strength. He could see it, so naturally he wouldn't go all out to take advantage of her.

"Come on, Lord Sasaki, use your rock flow and let me see if you can let me perform Bankai."

Unohana Retsu raised the Soul-Zhan Dao, and before he finished speaking, he appeared above Sasaki Kojiro and slashed down at Sasaki Kojiro with a falling blade of silver light.

Sasaki Kojiro drew his sword and raised it, colliding with Unohana Retsu's soul-slaying sword. However, before he was suppressed by Unohana Retsu's power, he turned his wrist and gently dodged the long sword in his hand.

Chapter 251 Defeat Unohana Retsu

"He's a bit too strong. He actually beat Sasaki Kojiro."

"The name Qianliu is well-deserved."

"After careful calculation, that Unohana Retsuyoshi used more than ten different sword techniques. These are the ones I can recognize, and there are many more that I can't recognize."

"I recognized thirty-seven sword techniques, including the Japanese Itto-ryu, Yin-ryu, Nen-ryu, and Shinto-ryu, as well as European dual-wielding swordsmanship, Bingji, stabbing swordsmanship, Fiore-ryu swordsmanship, Spanish swordsmanship, slashing swordsmanship, Richardnal-ryu swordsmanship, and even our country's Shaolin swordsmanship, Xiaoyun swordsmanship, Qixing swordsmanship, Dragon and Tiger swordsmanship, and Eight Immortals swordsmanship. It's really unbelievable. How did this person learn so many sword techniques? Some of these sword techniques have been lost for hundreds of years."

"Even if it hadn't been lost, even if a person practiced a single sword technique from childhood to death, they wouldn't necessarily be half as good as Unohana Retsu, let alone so many different sword techniques."

"This can already be called the Sword God."

"You think too highly of her. Don't forget, that woman lived for over a thousand years, not counting her time as a human. That's almost two thousand years. If I had that much time, I could also practice swordsmanship to this level."

"That makes sense, but you need to have the perseverance. There are so many martial arts in China, but I don't see many people taking the time to practice them. Most people practice quick-fix martial arts like Taekwondo and Karate."

"Indeed, but I can't understand why this Unohana Retsu knows so many sword techniques. It's ok to just use Japanese sword techniques, but why does he also know European and Chinese sword techniques, and quite a few of them?"

"That's right. You have to know that transportation was inconvenient in ancient times. Japan is surrounded by the sea. Leaving Japan would consume a lot of manpower and resources. She couldn't have gone to Europe or China to learn swordsmanship."

"What's so strange about this? There were many foreigners in ancient Japan. Around 1600, Ying people came to Japan, and many settled there. The most famous was William Adams, Tokugawa Ieyasu's foreign policy advisor. There were also Romans and Great Britain. If these two countries hadn't been to Japan, where did Okita Souji come from? China and Japan had even closer ties in ancient times. During the Qin Dynasty, Xu Fu brought young boys and girls to Japan. During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Wei appointed Queen Himiko of Japan as the pro-Wei Wa King. Not to mention what happened later."

"Yes, everyone should have heard about the eastward expansion of Western merchants and Western religions in the late 15th century. Christianity and Western countries once traded and preached in Japan. Many foreigners also visited Japan before that time, and many foreigners died in Japan during that period. It's not surprising that Unohana Retsu learned these sword techniques from the souls of those people."

While viewers online were discussing Unohana Retsu's swordsmanship, the captains within the barrier were also amazed at the strength displayed by Unohana Retsu.

You have to know that Zanjutsu, Quan, Zougui are the four essential and commonly used combat techniques of Shinigami. While Zanjutsu isn't the most powerful, it's the most fundamental and crucial skill. There may be Shinigami who don't know Kidō, Shunpo, or Paida, but there aren't any Shinigami who don't know Zanjutsu. These captains are no exception, and their attainments in kendo are at least 5th dan. Shinigami who excel in Zanjutsu, like Ichimaru Gin, Zaraki Kenpachi, Madarame Ikkaku, and Abarai Renji, are even at 7th or 8th dan. However, no Shinigami currently believes they can rival Unohana Retsu in kendo. Even some weaker captains, even after performing Shikai, can't stand up to Unohana Retsu at this point.

How could they not be amazed? He was the captain of the medical team, but his kendo skills were far superior to theirs. This was such a waste.

All the Death Gods thought so in their hearts, and at the same time they became even more taboo about this matter. A person who has strength exceeding that of ordinary captains just by relying on the slashing technique and the unreleased soul-slashing sword was arranged to be the captain of the medical team, and there has never been a replacement in thousands of years. How terrible must the secret hidden in this be.

Unohana Retsu's performance successfully made these Shinigami conspire to reveal the hidden things. Although there was actually no conspiracy to talk about, who would believe it? Even Aizen now thinks that Unohana Retsu and Captain Yamamoto have some conspiracy that is hidden from everyone, and only the two most special Shinigami know it.

Kenpachi Zaraki, the current captain of the 11th Division, is able to burst out spiritual pressure in a short period of time that surpasses all the captains except him, Captain-in-Chief Yamamoto, and Unohana Retsu, but he is unable to release his Soul Zanken.

The first vice-captain of the First Division, Chojiro Suzuki, who has always served as deputy to Captain-in-Chief Yamamoto, but whose actual strength has surpassed that of most captains.

"Not bad, worthy of being the great swordsman known as the Eight Thousand Streams. The sword techniques you've used must be over fifty, and each one has been mastered to an extremely high level. Compared to the founders of those sword techniques, you're not much weaker. You're indeed a veteran from over a thousand years ago."

Sasaki Kojiro smiled indifferently, and the long sword in his hand danced lightly, drawing one silver arc after another in the air. The trajectory of the long sword always avoided Unohana Retsu's frontal attack and intercepted Unohana Retsu's sword from the side.

No matter how many sword techniques Unohana Retsu uses, Sasaki Kojiro is always able to narrowly block Unohana Retsu's attack.

Although it seems a little weak, it still remains undefeated.

"You're quite good too, even though you can only be a coward. But there aren't many who can remain undefeated under my all-out swordsmanship."

Unohana Retsu listened to Sasaki Kojiro's another blow against her age and sneered back, continuing to swing the sword with both hands. The silver-white sword light was as powerful as a dragon or elephant, as fast as lightning, slashing towards various parts of Sasaki Kojiro's body, but it was still unable to break through Sasaki Kojiro's defensive swordsmanship, which was no weaker than St. George's.

Listening to Unohana Retsu's provocative words, Sasaki Kojiro's expression remained unchanged, with a smile always on his face, and he calmly danced with his long sword.

"Puch-"

Just as Unohana Retsu said that Sasaki Kojiro could only be a coward, less than two minutes later, a sword strike tore Unohana Retsu's shoulder. Large amounts of blood splattered out and sprayed on Unohana Retsu's face, dyeing Unohana Retsu's black hair blood red.

"What?!" Unohana Retsu's face was shocked and his hand stopped moving. The second sword was already coming towards Unohana Retsu's neck. Unohana Retsu quickly drew back the sword to block it, but the sword energy still pierced his skin and he retreated more than five steps.

"Now that we've seen the opportunity to attack, what should we do, Unohana-senpai?"

Sasaki Kojiro stood leisurely, with the tip of the long sword in his hand pointing at Unohana Retsu, but he did not attack Unohana Retsu immediately.

"It's just a small advantage." Unohana Retsu took a step forward, and the soul-slaying sword slashed at various parts of Sasaki Kojiro's body like lightning in a breath. It looked like one strike, but in fact the twelve strikes were enough to kill anyone under the sword.

Sasaki Kojiro's expression remained unchanged as he swung his sword, a simple downward thrust, but it hit the trajectory of Unohana Retsu's attack, breaking Unohana Retsu's attack.